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Speaker 1: that when I was Luca's age, which is which is

431
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Speaker 1: why I keep yelling at him to cut that shit out,

432
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,840
Speaker 1: because it's just it just doesn't help you, and more

433
00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,879
Speaker 1: important anything else, it just distracts you. It distracts you

434
00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:19,679
Speaker 1: from what you're trying to accomplish, Like when you're worried

435
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:22,439
Speaker 1: about what the refs are doing, when the reality is

436
00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:25,639
Speaker 1: is they're completely out of your control. All that's doing

437
00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,080
Speaker 1: is preventing you from focusing on the task at hand.

438
00:21:28,480 --> 00:21:30,680
Speaker 1: And that's really the point. And that's what came brings

439
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Speaker 1: me back to the thought that my coach had for

440
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Speaker 1: me when I was in college, which is, this is

441
00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:38,439
Speaker 1: a variable that is outside of our control. So the

442
00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,280
Speaker 1: only thing that we should do is try to build

443
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Speaker 1: in margin for error so that if this sort of

444
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Speaker 1: thing happens, we don't get beat by it. And how

445
00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:49,960
Speaker 1: do we build up that margin for air by focusing

446
00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:54,399
Speaker 1: entirely on things that are in our control. The more

447
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:58,240
Speaker 1: we do that, the more margin we have. Then the

448
00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,360
Speaker 1: ref comes in and decides to co op the big

449
00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:03,119
Speaker 1: moment at the end of the game, maybe it's you know,

450
00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,960
Speaker 1: maybe that exact same vowl happens, but you're up five,

451
00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,040
Speaker 1: that's a game you end up winning, right, So, like

452
00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,560
Speaker 1: it's just about perspective, and my my perspective is always

453
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,320
Speaker 1: going to come from what it was like for me

454
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Speaker 1: when I'm playing, when I was playing in the past,

455
00:22:17,800 --> 00:22:19,639
Speaker 1: or what I'm playing now. That's always going to be

456
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Speaker 1: my perspective. But like again, I'm not telling you guys

457
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Speaker 1: not to be pissed off as fans. If you're if

458
00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,480
Speaker 1: you're pissed off about it, be pissed off. It's just

459
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,720
Speaker 1: complaining about revs is not actually going to save your team.

460
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:34,720
Speaker 1: There's an expression be an active participant in your own survival.

461
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:38,600
Speaker 1: Like the only way you can participate in your survival

462
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,840
Speaker 1: in a game like that is to make basketball plays

463
00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:43,879
Speaker 1: that are under your control, not to focus on the officiating.

464
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Speaker 1: Do you think Anthony Edwards shot diet is somehow holding

465
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Speaker 1: the Timberwolves back even though he's been crazy efficient or

466
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Speaker 1: is it more of a lack of spacing that is

467
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Speaker 1: affecting their offensive cohesion maybe also causing Anthony Edwards lack

468
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Speaker 1: of shots at the rim. So one of the things

469
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Speaker 1: you'll notice about the first of all, I don't think

470
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Speaker 1: to answer the question very quickly. Anthony Erwards is still

471
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Speaker 1: shooting in the mid forties on eleven attempts per game.

472
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Speaker 1: It's still the Anthony Edwards three point shot is one

473
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Speaker 1: of the most efficient shots that the Timberwolves could ever

474
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Speaker 1: generate in their offense. So I don't have any issue

475
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Speaker 1: with him taking them. If he starts missing, then we

476
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Speaker 1: can have another conversation. But it's not something I'm worried about.

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Speaker 1: As far as the build for the Timberwolves, there's this

478
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Speaker 1: concept that's been happening a lot in the NBA we

479
00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 1: just saw last night where it's like, Okay, where are

480
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Speaker 1: we hiding shanng goom oh? If we put him on

481
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Speaker 1: Gary Payton, then we don't have to worry about some

482
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Speaker 1: of the stuff that Draymond can do on the role.

483
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Speaker 1: You know, Gary Payne's a lesser shooter, so we can

484
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Speaker 1: hide him there, right Or like Jason Tatum guarding a

485
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:43,440
Speaker 1: center in Porzingis guarding Derek Jones Junior in the NBA Finals,

486
00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 1: every team is constantly looking for an opportunity to put

487
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Speaker 1: their weakest defensive player onto a non shooter. Every team

488
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:57,639
Speaker 1: is looking for an opportunity to help in other matchups

489
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Speaker 1: by coming off of guys that they don't view his threats.

490
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Speaker 1: The problem is Jada McDaniels is a guy that can

491
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Speaker 1: knock down a three, but probably won't. Julius Randall has

492
00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:11,240
Speaker 1: had has shot the ball really well at times this year, right, So, like,

493
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Speaker 1: I'm not trying to pretend like you can't shoot, but

494
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Speaker 1: he's a guy that most teams on the game plan

495
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Speaker 1: are thinking, he's not Michael Porter junior. We can close

496
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Speaker 1: out on him, and then Rudy Gobert can barely even

497
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Speaker 1: catch the basketball when he's in any sort of traffic,

498
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Speaker 1: which any good defense is going to put you in traffic.

499
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Speaker 1: So the real problem is is that there are just

500
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Speaker 1: a lot of options when you're playing against Minnesota to

501
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Speaker 1: tinker with matchups, leave guys open, pack the paint. It's

502
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Speaker 1: just inherent in their roster construction. Something I've been complaining

503
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Speaker 1: about NonStop. Anthony Edwards is addressing it by becoming one

504
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Speaker 1: of the best jump shooters in the league. And that

505
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Speaker 1: just goes to show you another reason why I think

506
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Speaker 1: Anthony's going to be one of the best players in

507
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Speaker 1: the NBA. He already is one of the best players

508
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Speaker 1: in the NBA, But why he has the potential to

509
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Speaker 1: be a true top top, top tier super in the

510
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,600
Speaker 1: long run is because he has the competitive nature to

511
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Speaker 1: be like, I can't get to the room with this group.

512
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Speaker 1: I need to just get really really good at knocking

513
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Speaker 1: down threes. But yeah, that's why I've been preaching so

514
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Speaker 1: much over the years. Like, I would love to see

515
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Speaker 1: a team take a guy like Anthony Edwards and accentuate

516
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Speaker 1: his superpower, which is his ability to be anybody in

517
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Speaker 1: the world off the dribble. So hopefully eventually they do that,

518
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Speaker 1: hopefully before he loses his athletic burst. Thankfully, Anthony's super

519
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Speaker 1: young and there are many years to figure this out.

520
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Speaker 1: But like, my thing is, as long as Jaden McDaniels

521
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Speaker 1: and Rudy Gobert are your foundational three and five. Unless

522
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Speaker 1: Jayden McDaniels just becomes a deadly forty two percent catch

523
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Speaker 1: and shoot three point shooter, I don't think you're gonna

524
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Speaker 1: see a situation where Minnesota's spacing improves tangibly. Do you

525
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Speaker 1: think Jalen Brunson gonna be the best player in a

526
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Speaker 1: championship series? Absolutely? I mean last year's Celtics are the

527
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Speaker 1: perfect example of that. Now, Jason Tatum's playing at a

528
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Speaker 1: top three or four level this year, but last year

529
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Speaker 1: he wasn't, and he sure as hell wasn't in the playoffs. So, like,

530
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Speaker 1: the point is, if you put Jalen Brunson on a

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Speaker 1: roster with that type of talent, they absolutely can win

532
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Speaker 1: the title. The Knicks, it remains to be seen if

533
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Speaker 1: they have that much talent. They especially on the defensive end,

534
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Speaker 1: haven't really put that together. But like, I think the

535
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Speaker 1: Knicks are championship contender this year. Is certainly a top

536
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Speaker 1: six championship contender this year with him on this current roster.

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Speaker 1: So if put him on a better roster, I certainly

538
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Speaker 1: think that he could do it. So I would say absolutely, Hey, Jason,

539
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Speaker 1: can you explain in your opinion and basketball reasons why

540
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Speaker 1: one the Rockets aren't using Read Sheepherd as much and

541
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Speaker 1: two why you draft him at all when you paid

542
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Speaker 1: Fred Van Vliet thinks keep out the good work a

543
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Speaker 1: couple of things. Read's been struggling a little bit with

544
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Speaker 1: size and athleticism in the NBA. That'll take time for

545
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Speaker 1: him to figure out. I think it's an adjustment for

546
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Speaker 1: anybody to go to that level, and just in time

547
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Speaker 1: he'll figure out how to compensate that with sharper fundamentals.

548
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Speaker 1: And Reid's a good athlete himself. He just just to

549
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Speaker 1: find a way to leverage it properly right Star. As

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Speaker 1: the rotation goes, in general, the rotation is it's just

551
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Speaker 1: very shrunk for Houston. They have a ton of good players,

552
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:05,120
Speaker 1: it's a bit of a log jam. The reason why

553
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Speaker 1: you make a draft like that, you draft like that

554
00:27:07,320 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 1: is look at the roster. You have a Men Thompson

555
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Speaker 1: who maybe has big picture offensive potential, but right now

556
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 1: is a defensive player, Tarry Easton defensive player, Dylan Brooks

557
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: defensive player, Javari Smith more or less a three and

558
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 1: D guy, Shane Gun offensive player but plays at the

559
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Speaker 1: center position. As you start to kind of like work

560
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Speaker 1: your way down the roster, Fred van Vliet and Jalen

561
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Speaker 1: Green are pretty much your only two primary ball handlers.

562
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Speaker 1: And Jalen Green is a guy that might not fit

563
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Speaker 1: this timeline. Fred van Vliet is a guy that's almost

564
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Speaker 1: certainly going to go out in a trade if you

565
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Speaker 1: end up making a star trade, and so where that

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Speaker 1: advantage is present is like let's say you make a

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Speaker 1: trade for a star wing like let's just say brandon

568
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Speaker 1: Ingram for instance, Let's say that they go get brandon Ingram.

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Speaker 1: If they go get brandon Ingram and you trade Fred

570
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Speaker 1: van Vliet, suddenly you're down a guard up a forward.

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Speaker 1: That could be a position where Reed Shepherd suddenly gets minuted.

572
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,840
Speaker 1: So it's one of those things where like inevitably Houston's

573
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Speaker 1: gonna make some kind of consolidation trade, maybe not for

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Speaker 1: at star, but maybe first Star, and in that case,

575
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 1: Reay Shepherd's opportunity will open up. But again, like he's

576
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,920
Speaker 1: struggling a little bit with size and athleticism, give him

577
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Speaker 1: some time. He just hasn't really had as many reps

578
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Speaker 1: as you would like to see as well. Right, we

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Speaker 1: have five more yo. Jason loved the show. It's probably

580
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Speaker 1: my favorite basketball show currently. I have yet another yokch topic.

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Speaker 1: So the discourse lately has been that Yokic's output has

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Speaker 1: been so high because his teammates, namely Jamal, are just

583
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Speaker 1: bad lately, and so he has to do everything reasonable,

584
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Speaker 1: no doubt. But I have been considering the opposite, which

585
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Speaker 1: is maybe his teammates are being affected by not his usage,

586
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Speaker 1: but the fact that he dictates everything. What I meant

587
00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:41,239
Speaker 1: to say is what I mean to say is I

588
00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: was perusing time of possession stats, not usage, and I

589
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Speaker 1: noticed something. The Nuggets have had three real playoff runs together,

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty, twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four. They were

591
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Speaker 1: competitive in two of them, twenty twenty and twenty twenty three,

592
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Speaker 1: and those playoffs, specifically, Yokic's averages touches per game where

593
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Speaker 1: one hundred and three Murray's were ninety. In the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three playoffs, Jokich was at one hundred and eleven

595
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Speaker 1: and Murray was at ninety last year's playoffs. In this

596
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 1: regular season so far, the split is closer to one

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Speaker 1: to fifteen for Jokic and seventy for Murray. So I

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Speaker 1: say all that to ask you this, do you think

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Speaker 1: there's any possible validity to the assertion that maybe Jokic

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Speaker 1: getting one hundred and fifteen touches per game and although

601
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,000
Speaker 1: the stats are insane and the onus is all on

602
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 1: him and Murray their point guard only getting seventy, not

603
00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,920
Speaker 1: to mention Michael Porter Junior and others being relegated to

604
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,840
Speaker 1: spot up standing around guys, again, do you think that

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Speaker 1: Jokic's play to play dominance is contributing to his teammates

606
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,560
Speaker 1: being out of rhythm, poor play, whatever, and just the

607
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,840
Speaker 1: team's overall issues in general. Obviously, he needs to touch

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Speaker 1: the ball a lot regardless. My main question is has

609
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Speaker 1: it gone too far? Is the discrepancy between him and

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Speaker 1: especially Murray two wide? And also why do you think

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Speaker 1: that is. Do you think it's just because the team

612
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:49,920
Speaker 1: sucks so he's just doing everything, or do you think

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00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: maybe Murray needs to be forced back into the same

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00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:54,000
Speaker 1: role he played in twenty twenty and twenty twenty three.

615
00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,120
Speaker 1: Same for Michael Porter Junior and Aaron Gordon. Would love

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Speaker 1: to hear thoughts. First of all, thanks for the kind

617
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Speaker 1: words and the support. Here's the thing. I don't think

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Speaker 1: Yo Kicch's touches or his usage affects the team in

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Speaker 1: a negative way at all. Whatsoever. He's out a ball stopper,

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Speaker 1: he is a ball mover. He is dictating a lot,

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Speaker 1: but he's doing it as the part of the process

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Speaker 1: of generating advantages. The point is this is not Luka

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Speaker 1: Doncic dribble the ball off the floor, wait till thirteen

624
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Speaker 1: or fourteen seconds on the shot clock, spread ball screen,

625
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 1: kick out pass with four or five seconds on the

626
00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 1: shot clock for a guy to maybe take a catch

627
00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:35,080
Speaker 1: and shoot three or drive to close out one time.

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Speaker 1: Denver is constant motion side to side, trying to get

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Speaker 1: guys involved, trying to create advantages. Jokicch touches the ball

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Speaker 1: a lot. He is the fulcrum that makes everything work.

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Speaker 1: But very rarely is Yokich just dribbling the air out

632
00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 1: of the basketball or just standing there with the basketball

633
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Speaker 1: for extended periods of time. The big reason why the

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Speaker 1: touches are shifting is just because Jamal is not playing

635
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: well in a basketball and there's a natural flow that

636
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:06,640
Speaker 1: takes place, like you'll find like you'll find that like

637
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:11,040
Speaker 1: if you come out to start a game and that

638
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: your point guard hits like a pull up three in

639
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:16,240
Speaker 1: a ball screen, and then hits a floater in a

640
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,280
Speaker 1: ball screen and then hits another three and like a

641
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 1: transition situation, and he's got eight points in the first quarter,

642
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,280
Speaker 1: Like he's in rhythm and he's feeling good, and that

643
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: team might play through that guy more throughout the game.

644
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Speaker 1: If he misses that first pull up three, maybe he

645
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:36,560
Speaker 1: doesn't take the floater, misses the transition three, Maybe you

646
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,120
Speaker 1: play through other guys for different for other parts of

647
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Speaker 1: the game. That's not to say you go away from

648
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Speaker 1: that guy entirely, but basketball games tend to like kind

649
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:48,200
Speaker 1: of naturally find the player that's in rhythm. That's just

650
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,280
Speaker 1: kind of the way it goes. Smart smart basketball players

651
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 1: will do that. They'll just get the ball to the

652
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: guy who's in rhythm. There's gonna be a natural dip

653
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: in Jamal Murray's touches because he's not playing well. You

654
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 1: don't want to stop feeding him entire but they haven't.

655
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Speaker 1: He's still getting seventy touches a game, as you said,

656
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Speaker 1: But like you'll see, if Jamal gets it going, if

657
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:10,320
Speaker 1: he gets back into form, his touches will increase commensurate

658
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,720
Speaker 1: with that. I'm just saying from my like, I'm watching

659
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: Jamal not move as well. I'm watching Jamal not get

660
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 1: as much lyft on his pull up jump shot. There's

661
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 1: there's a lot more that goes into Jamal Murray's struggles

662
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:27,200
Speaker 1: than just he's not getting enough touches, is my point.

663
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Speaker 1: And the last dead giveaway for this is, have you

664
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Speaker 1: guys looked at the offensive rating when Yo kitch is

665
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Speaker 1: on the floor? Denver is scoring. It's like it's like

666
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Speaker 1: almost one hundred and twenty four points per one hundred

667
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Speaker 1: possession when Yo Kitch is on the floor, despite all

668
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Speaker 1: these guys struggling. So it's like the opposite of the

669
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Speaker 1: LaMelo ball thing, where like with the Lamel ball, he's

670
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: putting up monster numbers but the team can't score. Yokic

671
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:50,920
Speaker 1: is putting up monster numbers. And Denver is historically great

672
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Speaker 1: offensively when he's on the floor. So like, I don't

673
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Speaker 1: think the issue is anything to do with Jokic. It's

674
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Speaker 1: just he has accentuated, leveraged his own greatness to cover

675
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Speaker 1: for his teammates who are out of rhythm. As his

676
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Speaker 1: teammates come out of that funk, and Jamal has a

677
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Speaker 1: tendency to play his way into shape and peak at

678
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:13,840
Speaker 1: the end of seasons, as Jamal gets his shit together,

679
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Speaker 1: Jokic will parse back his touches and you'll see that

680
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Speaker 1: one fifteen number come back down to one oh five

681
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: or whatever, and you'll see Jamal Murray's ebbs go back up.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be on him to dig himself out of that.

683
00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 1: Joki is gonna keep setting monster screens for him, keep

684
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Speaker 1: running two man game for him. He still gonna get

685
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: opportunities the lead second units. Jamal is gonna get all

686
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Speaker 1: the opportunity in the world to figure it out, but

687
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Speaker 1: at the end of the day, he's got to be

688
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Speaker 1: the one that figures it out. What's up, Jason, big

689
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: fan of the show. I've been seeing a few people

690
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Speaker 1: on the internet talk about a potential Jimmy Butler the

691
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Speaker 1: trade to Denver for Michael Porter Junior in a pick.

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Speaker 1: What do you think the basketball reasoning is behind that

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Speaker 1: potential trade and how do you think Jimmy Butler would

694
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Speaker 1: fit in with Denver. Also, maybe it would be dope

695
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Speaker 1: if you had a series where you broke down basketball

696
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Speaker 1: reasoning behind potential trades that could possibly happen. Love your content, bo,

697
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Speaker 1: Hope you stay blessed. Thanks again for the kind words

698
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,359
Speaker 1: and for supporting the show. I've been pretty bad at

699
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 1: covering like hypothetical trades in the time leading up to

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Speaker 1: the trade deadline. We'll try to figure that out better

701
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Speaker 1: this year. It's a little too early. There's most players

702
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 1: aren't even eligible to be traded till December fifteenth. We

703
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 1: might get a panic trade before then from a team

704
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: like Golden State, but like usually it'll be like mid

705
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Speaker 1: January that we start getting really serious about looking at

706
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Speaker 1: the trade market. But if you guys have any ideas

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Speaker 1: for how you want to cover that, let me know

708
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Speaker 1: and we'll dig into it, because I would like to

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Speaker 1: get better at covering the trade deadline up. I've always

710
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Speaker 1: been like pretty good at like, Okay, this trade happened,

711
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Speaker 1: let me talk about the basketball of how this works.

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Speaker 1: I have not as creative as most trade machine workers are,

713
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Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Like I see guys post

714
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Speaker 1: trades on twin or I see some of my favorite

715
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: NBA podcasters talk about him on their shows, and I'm like,

716
00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 1: I'm like, I clearly just don't have enough of that

717
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: like time to just sit down and just conceptualize. I

718
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Speaker 1: haven't devoted enough time, is my point, to conceptualize different

719
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: trade opportunities and things along those lines. It's just something

720
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Speaker 1: I need to get better at because inevitably it is

721
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:26,239
Speaker 1: an important part of this industry because people love to

722
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 1: think about potential trades. So it's something I'll try to

723
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Speaker 1: get better at. In the big picture, as far as

724
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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler goes, i'd be concerned about trading. Michael Porter

725
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Speaker 1: Junior for Jimmy Butler because Michael Porter Junior feels a

726
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 1: very very important role in terms of skip pass scoring,

727
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,440
Speaker 1: Like he is your off ball scoring that compliments everything.

728
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 1: Jimmy shooting the ball really well since he came back

729
00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 1: from his injury. But he's not the kind of guy

730
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Speaker 1: that's going to be guarded the way Michael Porter Junior does,

731
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Speaker 1: or he's or to make teams pay the way Michael

732
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Speaker 1: Porter Junior does on those skip passes. I wouldn't trade

733
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Speaker 1: for Paul George, but let's say that it's Paul George

734
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,800
Speaker 1: totally different story. He's an upgrade of Michael Porter Junior

735
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,799
Speaker 1: that can do a lot of similar things. Right, So, like,

736
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Speaker 1: if you could upgrade a player in that mix for

737
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:11,279
Speaker 1: somebody that kind of is a like fit, I'd go for.

738
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Speaker 1: I'd be careful with like tinkering too much with the fit,

739
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: because remember, part of what made that Denver team so

740
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Speaker 1: good in twenty twenty three was it was a perfect

741
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,879
Speaker 1: fitting starting five. Maybe not all the guys that you'd

742
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 1: rank super high in a vacuum as basketball players, but

743
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 1: each one of those guys fit a specific role so perfectly.

744
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,520
Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler probably would inevitably find a way to impact

745
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 1: the game and play well alongside Jokic, But I do

746
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,800
Speaker 1: think there's more clunkiness in that fit. Then we realize

747
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 1: that they need shooting. They need guys who can shoot.

748
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,080
Speaker 1: That's the kind of thing that Denver is going to

749
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: be looking a lot at in the trademarket. Hey, Jason,

750
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: you always say that it's easier to cover defensive shortcomings

751
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,360
Speaker 1: rather than offensive ones with role players, which I agree,

752
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 1: But do you also think that the ceiling is higher

753
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 1: on a perfect team or on a player like Luca,

754
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: or as a player like Giannis with his defense more

755
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 1: effective with a hypothetical perfect team around him. Love the

756
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: show and I appreciate your analysis over the legacy media.

757
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: Keep up the great work. So I still think that

758
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:07,280
Speaker 1: I take so let's take Let's take Boston for instance,

759
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Speaker 1: Like if I put Giannis or Luca on Boston, They're

760
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: winning the title no matter what, Like both of those

761
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,719
Speaker 1: for the same reason that Tatum's winning the title with them,

762
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,640
Speaker 1: Like they're just they're the best roster, right. Uh, Tatum

763
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,879
Speaker 1: does a lot uniquely to make all that work. I'm

764
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:24,040
Speaker 1: not trying to undercut that. I'm just trying to focus

765
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Speaker 1: on this specific debate between Yannis and Luca. So let's

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Speaker 1: remove Tatum from the equation for a second. Just imagine,

767
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,080
Speaker 1: when I refer to Boston, I'm referring to just the

768
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,800
Speaker 1: most talented roster in the league. Okay, that fits a

769
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,560
Speaker 1: lot of modern basketball concepts. I think. I think if

770
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Speaker 1: you put Luca with Boston, they'd be devastating offensively, just

771
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,640
Speaker 1: like flat out devastating, and they'd still be so good

772
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 1: defensively because of their ability to cover for him. With Yannis,

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00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:57,920
Speaker 1: Yannis would Jannis would still put up monster numbers in

774
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Speaker 1: a in a roster like Boston, and he would still

775
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: unlock a super high ceiling with them. I just don't

776
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:06,720
Speaker 1: think he'd be able to reach the level of offense

777
00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: that Luca would be able to reach with that group.

778
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Speaker 1: And yeah, Boston would still be really good defensively, but

779
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,840
Speaker 1: I think they'd be really good defensively even with Luca. So,

780
00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:17,399
Speaker 1: like it's complicated, but the gist of it is, a

781
00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 1: perfect basketball team around Luca I think has like transcendently

782
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:25,120
Speaker 1: great offense, whereas a perfect basketball team built around Giannis

783
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,919
Speaker 1: still would have some limitations offensively when things really really

784
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:32,319
Speaker 1: grind down. But Again, here's the thing, Giannis has played

785
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,239
Speaker 1: better than Luca this year, So like I'm talking more

786
00:38:35,239 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: about an idealized version of Luca that hasn't really come

787
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:40,919
Speaker 1: to fruition yet this year. Now, I believe it will.

788
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: I believe Luca will demonstrate that he's still at that

789
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 1: level over the course of this season. He played pretty

790
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,040
Speaker 1: well up until that Oklahoma City game in the last

791
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 1: couple of games that he had played. But yeah, like

792
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,800
Speaker 1: to Jannis's credit, he's outplayed Luca at this point in

793
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 1: the season. So I'm more referring to these players in

794
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: a vacuum, kind of like the idealized versions of themselves

795
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 1: outside just the scope of this season. Last one, hey,

796
00:39:04,239 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 1: Jason was wondering what you think of different defensive concepts

797
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: man three two two three zone, occasional traps. They seem

798
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 1: to be the only defensive formations anyone will play, so

799
00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: much is invested in new offensive concept However, I think

800
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Speaker 1: defense needs innovation with these concepts. So there's you know,

801
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Speaker 1: I was thinking about this earlier, like every defensive scheme

802
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: has its upsides in its downsides, and most of the

803
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,280
Speaker 1: time whether or not they work has to do with personnel.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you an example, The Lakers tried doing a

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00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: lot of switching this year. I am generally a person

806
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: who likes switching, but that has to do with what

807
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 1: kind of roster I have. The Lakers are a roster

808
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: that is going to struggle with switching because they don't

809
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 1: have really versatile defensive players in their lineup. So all

810
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,520
Speaker 1: teams have to do is get Ad into the action,

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Speaker 1: get him switched, pull him out of the play, and

812
00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: then look to attack elsewhere. And they have and they

813
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: have tons of advantages. Or just get a shot up

814
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: over Ad and you're going to get the offensive rebound

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Speaker 1: because there's not enough size on that back line to

816
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,560
Speaker 1: clean things up. That is a roster that probably should

817
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 1: be running a lot more drop coverage. Why because that

818
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,960
Speaker 1: keeps Anthony Davis near the rim, prevents him from switching

819
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,800
Speaker 1: out to the perimeter, allows him to solve problems there.

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Speaker 1: At the very least, you can try to gear the

821
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: shots towards things that your game plan would prefer to

822
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,720
Speaker 1: give up, like mid range attempts, kickouts to mediocre shooters,

823
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:33,400
Speaker 1: things along those lines. Right, But the point is switching

824
00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:37,320
Speaker 1: has an upside. The upside of switching shuts down screening

825
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:43,240
Speaker 1: actions lower ask physically on your defensive players. The downside

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Speaker 1: of switching is you can give up rebounding mismatches and

827
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Speaker 1: you can give up size mismatches to attack one on one.

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Speaker 1: Another upside of switching is keeps you out of rotation, right,

829
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Speaker 1: but again the downsides that come with rebounding, and also

830
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Speaker 1: I think that one of the things switching to is

831
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Speaker 1: it breeds laziness in a lot of ways because it

832
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 1: is so much easier. Right traditional coverages like drop to

833
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: varying degrees, a low drop coverage. It can work really

834
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Speaker 1: well if you've got an elite point of attack defender

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Speaker 1: who can get over the top of screens in funnel

836
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,399
Speaker 1: into your big But if that guy starts getting caught

837
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,759
Speaker 1: on screens, there's a big weak point there in the

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00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 1: short to mid range. Right, Okay, well, what if we

839
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Speaker 1: go with the high drop coverage. Well, with the high

840
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,320
Speaker 1: drop coverage, we take away that little opening there in

841
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,200
Speaker 1: the mid range, but now we open up the pocket

842
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,040
Speaker 1: pass or the skip pass, depending on whether or not

843
00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:40,320
Speaker 1: the low man comes over. Zone zone defense can disrupt rhythm.

844
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 1: Zone defense depending on the configuration, can take things away

845
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,160
Speaker 1: like the paint or the three point line, but it's

846
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:50,759
Speaker 1: really difficult to rebound in zones. Professional basketball players are

847
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 1: much better at solving zones than younger basketball players are.

848
00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: Point being, there's upsides and there's downsides. Ball pressure and aggression.

849
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 1: Trying to force turnovers. Upsides speeds teams up, makes them uncomfortable,

850
00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:07,560
Speaker 1: disrupts rhythm. Forces turnovers can help you get out in transition. Downside,

851
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: a lot of aggression at the point of attack can

852
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 1: lead to dribble penetration and to you being in rotation

853
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: a lot, which can lead to offensive rebounds. So the

854
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: point is is like every defensive concept has upside and

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Speaker 1: has downside, and so what you want to do as

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Speaker 1: a team is you want to find two or three

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Speaker 1: if it accentuates your talent, then it'll probably work well. Boston,

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Speaker 1: for instance, a lot of switching, especially with Horford right,

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Speaker 1: but then they try to protect Porzingis as much as

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Speaker 1: possible by running drop with him and putting him on

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Speaker 1: the weakest above the brakeshooter on the other team. They

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Speaker 1: have schemes that match up really well with their personnel.

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Speaker 1: Like we talked about with the Lakers. I would like

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Speaker 1: Not because I don't believe in switching. I do believe

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Speaker 1: be running more drop coverage. So that's kind of the point.

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Speaker 1: Ball pressure. A team like the Lakers really shouldn't ball pressure.

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Speaker 1: They're not athletic enough, and so if they do, they're

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Speaker 1: just gonna get beat off the dribble right, and then

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be in rotation where they're slow and they're

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Speaker 1: just gonna get beat right. Teams like Houston, Oklahoma City,

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Speaker 1: they've got all these athletes on the perimeter. They should

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Speaker 1: be pressuring the ball. If they don't pressure the ball,

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Speaker 1: it's a waste. Right. So, like defensive schemes are not,

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Speaker 1: you know, world beaters, they are not the end all

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Speaker 1: beat all. It's it's a combination of like the scheme,

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Speaker 1: matching with the personnel, and sharp execution. And if you

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Speaker 1: don't put all three of those together, it's not gonna

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Speaker 1: have any success to begin with. All right, guys, it's

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Speaker 1: all have for today as always to sincerely appreciate you

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