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Speaker 1: it's super frustrating for offensive players because like you have

433
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Speaker 1: these counter move design like when a guy makes an

434
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Speaker 1: aggressive move, I whip it behind my back this way

435
00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:03,840
Speaker 1: and I have an angle. But it's like against the

436
00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:05,720
Speaker 1: best athletes in the world, they can just recover and

437
00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:07,680
Speaker 1: it's like, shit, I did everything right on that possession,

438
00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,280
Speaker 1: and he's still right in my face.

439
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Speaker 2: Right.

440
00:20:10,320 --> 00:20:13,359
Speaker 1: And then Tray Jackson Davis was just really a force

441
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,640
Speaker 1: around the rim defensively in the second half of this game.

442
00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:18,520
Speaker 1: Actually had a possession in the fourth quarter where he

443
00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,280
Speaker 1: blocked Trey Jones and Zach Collins back to back on

444
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Speaker 1: the same possession. Weirdly enough, didn't get credited for a

445
00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,720
Speaker 1: block in the box score, which I thought was really interesting.

446
00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:29,760
Speaker 1: And then on the offensive end of the four, Clay

447
00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:32,240
Speaker 1: Thompson and Chris Paul did a really nice job running

448
00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,600
Speaker 1: the offense. Clay was able to hit some jumpers against

449
00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,960
Speaker 1: the Spurs and their drop coverage, and you know some

450
00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,200
Speaker 1: of those classic like come off of a dribble hand

451
00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:40,960
Speaker 1: off the guy's kind of in a trail position and

452
00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,440
Speaker 1: just hits him with a hard like right shoulder step back,

453
00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:46,640
Speaker 1: moving to his left and knock it down like that

454
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Speaker 1: sort of thing. Chris has his usual Chris and his

455
00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,520
Speaker 1: like Chris and Tray Jackson Davis pick and roll chemistry

456
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,359
Speaker 1: thing just on level ten throughout this entire game, hit

457
00:20:56,440 --> 00:20:58,879
Speaker 1: him for lobs and finishes around there. Trace had a

458
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:03,520
Speaker 1: ridiculous right handed finish around zat Collins where he jumped

459
00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,960
Speaker 1: into him and then like scooped around with his offhand

460
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:10,400
Speaker 1: to finish. But just a ridiculous play. We haven't even

461
00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:11,720
Speaker 1: got to it yet. But like at the end of

462
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Speaker 1: the game when Victor Wembinyama reached to his right hand

463
00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 1: side and he spun off of him, just one of

464
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,919
Speaker 1: the most ridiculous dunks you'll ever see, as he palmed

465
00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,960
Speaker 1: it as best as he could have, just threw it

466
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Speaker 1: over the top of the rim into Victor wemen Yama.

467
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Speaker 1: That's a highlight that Trace will be looking at for

468
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Speaker 1: the rest of his life, I'm sure, especially when Victor's

469
00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:32,280
Speaker 1: running rough shot over the rest of the league in

470
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Speaker 1: five years. I'm sure that'll be a fun one for

471
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Speaker 1: him to look back at but Chris had his mid

472
00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:38,159
Speaker 1: range jump shot going as well. He hit six shots

473
00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:39,800
Speaker 1: and the mid range in this game, which obviously is

474
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Speaker 1: such an important part of Chris being able to navigate

475
00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,520
Speaker 1: and pick and roll situations. He has to be a

476
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Speaker 1: threat to score in order to bring the screen defender

477
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,560
Speaker 1: up enough to open up those roleman opportunities. And that's

478
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Speaker 1: what just kind of brings that two man game to fruition,

479
00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,080
Speaker 1: is like Chris's willingness and ability to knock down those

480
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:58,720
Speaker 1: mid range jump shots and then trace after the screen,

481
00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,280
Speaker 1: rolling hard to the rim and bringing that vertical spacing.

482
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,800
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins had sixteen points on eight shots. He had

483
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 1: a massive three in the third quarter, kind of moving

484
00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:09,720
Speaker 1: to his right. He's really bringing confidence to the three

485
00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:11,680
Speaker 1: point stroke now that we haven't seen really since the

486
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Speaker 1: playoffs in twenty twenty two, shooting forty nine percent from

487
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Speaker 1: three on three point three attempts per game in his

488
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,360
Speaker 1: last eighteen games, averaging fourteen points and shooting fifty four

489
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:23,480
Speaker 1: percent from the field overall. So Andrew Wiggins really encouraging

490
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,800
Speaker 1: stretch from him as of late. And johnathankaminga twenty two

491
00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,480
Speaker 1: points the usual getting out transition in a couple ISO

492
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Speaker 1: jumpers attacking in face up situations. Big win for the Warriors.

493
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Speaker 1: This was a tough one because again the Spurs have

494
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,600
Speaker 1: been sneaky, tough to play for a while now. As

495
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Speaker 1: the Warriors know very well. They just lost to him

496
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Speaker 1: at home without Victor weman Yama, and so adding Wemby

497
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 1: on the road really nice bounce back win, a very

498
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,439
Speaker 1: important one for them in the standings as well. So

499
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Speaker 1: obviously we have not taken the time yet this season.

500
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Speaker 1: We've had brief conversations about Wemby, but we haven't really

501
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 1: talked about his season in totality, and I haven't because

502
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Speaker 1: how bad the Spurs have been. I haven't really taken

503
00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:03,760
Speaker 1: the time to dig into Victor wemben Yama and the

504
00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,359
Speaker 1: tape and the numbers this year. So that's what I

505
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 1: wanted to do here for a few minutes, is just

506
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Speaker 1: kind of do like a deep dive on Victor wemben

507
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Speaker 1: Yama's rookie season. So for the season, averaging twenty one points,

508
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 1: ten rebounds and three assists, one point three steals, three

509
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,080
Speaker 1: point four blocks on fifty seven percent tru shooting, obviously awesome,

510
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 1: But since December twenty eighth, Victor took a leap in

511
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:23,880
Speaker 1: the middle of the season, which is something we'll talk

512
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,120
Speaker 1: about in a little bit. But since December twenty eighth,

513
00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:29,680
Speaker 1: so his last thirty one games, twenty three points per game,

514
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,639
Speaker 1: ten rebounds and four assists, one point two steals with

515
00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:37,240
Speaker 1: three point seven blocks per game, fifty percent from the field,

516
00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,080
Speaker 1: thirty eight percent from three to eighty two percent from

517
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Speaker 1: the line, so sixty point four percent for shooting. So,

518
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 1: before we go any further, a rookie averaging twenty three

519
00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:49,919
Speaker 1: to ten to four with five stocks per game on

520
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,239
Speaker 1: over sixty percent for shooting is completely insane, especially when

521
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,640
Speaker 1: you factor in that like most rookies around this time

522
00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:57,679
Speaker 1: of year, start to hit a wall, they start to

523
00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,720
Speaker 1: struggle with fatigue because the length of the season is

524
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,399
Speaker 1: just different than what they've dealt with and when they

525
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,680
Speaker 1: were younger. Although overseas, Victor obviously is had a different

526
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,840
Speaker 1: experience than most college players, so Victor is probably more

527
00:24:09,560 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: capable of handling the physical nature of an eighty two

528
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Speaker 1: game season, but still it's an adjustment. It's different than

529
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Speaker 1: what he was dealing with, but for all rookies, that's

530
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 1: an adjustment, right, We're seeing Brandon Bazemski run into this

531
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,879
Speaker 1: a little bit with the Warriors, right. Also, teams have

532
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,080
Speaker 1: started to put together a good amount of film. So

533
00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,760
Speaker 1: like again, when you look at scouting once you have

534
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 1: like fifty games worth a sample, these scouting departments, they

535
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:35,919
Speaker 1: have really good data to look at and they can

536
00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 1: really find out like, Okay, this particular action, if we

537
00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:41,919
Speaker 1: guard it like this, he struggles in ISO. If we

538
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:45,280
Speaker 1: sit on this hand and we prepare for this counter move,

539
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:47,640
Speaker 1: we can handle it. Right, Like, there are a lot

540
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 1: of ways that teams just get better at scouting rookies

541
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,720
Speaker 1: as more film becomes available, and so so many rookies

542
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:54,680
Speaker 1: run into a wall at this point in the year,

543
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: and instead Victor women Yabas is going up a level.

544
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,280
Speaker 1: And again, twenty three ten four with five stocks and

545
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,399
Speaker 1: over sixty percent shooting is just completely insane for a rookie,

546
00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,399
Speaker 1: regardless of the circumstances. So looking into play type data,

547
00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:08,680
Speaker 1: it's having a tough spot up season zero point seven

548
00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: to seven points per possession, which is really bad. There

549
00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,040
Speaker 1: are one hundred and forty three players in the NBA

550
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 1: that have logged at least one hundred and fifty spot

551
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: up possessions and that rakes one fortieth. So he's been

552
00:25:16,760 --> 00:25:18,360
Speaker 1: one of the worst spot up players in the league

553
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 1: combination of a couple of things. He's really struggling in

554
00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:24,639
Speaker 1: catch and shoot situations. He's been a good jump shooter,

555
00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,199
Speaker 1: decent jump shooter in pull up situations, but he's been

556
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,720
Speaker 1: really bad off the catch. That's a concept that we're

557
00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 1: going to dive into a little bit more when we

558
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,159
Speaker 1: get to the off the dribble shooting, but also just

559
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 1: when he tax close outs. He has a tendency to

560
00:25:35,440 --> 00:25:39,119
Speaker 1: drive into traffic, and tall guys have issues dribbling the

561
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:41,199
Speaker 1: basketball in general when it comes into traffic. By the way,

562
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,720
Speaker 1: this is something that happens with Kevin Durant, which is

563
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:45,960
Speaker 1: why he turns the ball over most more than most

564
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,080
Speaker 1: of his peers that are perimeter ball handlers. It's because

565
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 1: when you're just dribbling at that high off the ground,

566
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 1: there's just a larger distance for devenders to get involved

567
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,399
Speaker 1: with disrupting the basketball, right, and so you have to

568
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,159
Speaker 1: be really careful as a tall player about when and

569
00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,119
Speaker 1: where you drive the basketball, and so just struggle and shoot,

570
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,119
Speaker 1: catch and shoot and struggle struggling to maintain control of

571
00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 1: the basketball when he drives into traffic. Those are the

572
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:09,840
Speaker 1: main things that are hurting him in spot up situations.

573
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: He's been very good in ball screens as the screener.

574
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,040
Speaker 1: He's shooting fifty nine percent in effective field goal percentage

575
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 1: when he pops or rolls, which is awesome. He's in

576
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,000
Speaker 1: the sixtieth percentile overall in points per possession on role

577
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,400
Speaker 1: man possessions, which especially when you factor in the spacing

578
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 1: that he's around, really impressive. There's a lot of guys

579
00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:29,040
Speaker 1: on the spurs that teams just don't need a guard

580
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: at the three point line. They're conceding threes to Keldon Johnson,

581
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 1: they're ducking under picks on Trey Jones. No one's guarding

582
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:35,800
Speaker 1: Jeremy Soschein out there. Like there's just a lot of

583
00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,320
Speaker 1: like ability to kind of pack the pain on him,

584
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,359
Speaker 1: which can cost some issues for any basketball player, let

585
00:26:43,400 --> 00:26:46,080
Speaker 1: alone a rookie. On the ball, he's run one hundred

586
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,200
Speaker 1: and eighty three inverted ball screens, resulting in zero point

587
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,560
Speaker 1: eighty six points per possession including passes. Passes out of

588
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,760
Speaker 1: those ball screens almost like almost about two thirds of

589
00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 1: the time. A lot of turnovers in those situations, he

590
00:26:58,520 --> 00:27:00,439
Speaker 1: turns it over about thirty percent of the time that

591
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,960
Speaker 1: he passes out of ball screens. Really, he just makes

592
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:05,719
Speaker 1: really aggressive passes to the slipper, So like when he

593
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:09,400
Speaker 1: sets those inverted ball screens, he's getting pretty aggressive coverages

594
00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,159
Speaker 1: and those guards are slipping out of it, and like

595
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:13,639
Speaker 1: they get a lot of for the record, they get

596
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: a lot of great stuff out of this too, where

597
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: like he'll throw the pocket pass and the guard will

598
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,520
Speaker 1: have like a good angle and get into the paint

599
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,840
Speaker 1: and finish. They had a similar play in the second

600
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,120
Speaker 1: half against the Warriors last night. I want to say

601
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:26,439
Speaker 1: it was Malchi Branham that slipped, but I can't remember exactly,

602
00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,360
Speaker 1: but they hit a little pocket pass, get a lay up.

603
00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 2: In the middle of the lane.

604
00:27:29,359 --> 00:27:31,400
Speaker 1: But he just he kind of throws it every time,

605
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: regardless of whether or not it's open. So that's just

606
00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: a rookie thing. Like in time, he'll just get better

607
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 1: about being more picky about when he makes that pass

608
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,360
Speaker 1: because sometimes it's not open right, or sometimes it's better

609
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: to throw the swing pass and let the swing pass

610
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,880
Speaker 1: guy make the pass if he has a better angle right,

611
00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,959
Speaker 1: and then he's personally shooting just forty one percent out

612
00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 1: of ball screens as the handler, similar kind of stuff

613
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 1: that we were talking about earlier. He's actually been pretty

614
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 1: good shooting pull up threes in that situation, but when

615
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:56,800
Speaker 1: he puts on the ball on the floor and tries

616
00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:58,680
Speaker 1: to drive again, when he gets into traffic, he can

617
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:01,679
Speaker 1: have some issues. It's always been awesome ninety four points

618
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,439
Speaker 1: on eighty eight ISOs, including passes, really deadly face up jumper.

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Speaker 1: It's something that he's been shooting really well all season.

620
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 1: It's funny certain shot types he's been shooting really well.

621
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Speaker 1: He's been really good in face up jumpers, pretty average

622
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 1: and dribble jumpers, and then bad and catching shoot jumpers.

623
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Speaker 2: Now face up.

624
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: Jumpers are like I catch, I turn in my face,

625
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,240
Speaker 1: maybe I rise up if I have space, or maybe

626
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:22,959
Speaker 1: I jab step and then I rise up. That's what

627
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 1: I qualify as a face up jumper. On Synergy they

628
00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: classify them as early jumpers, but it more or less

629
00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 1: means the same thing. But he's got in the ISO

630
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 1: situations a lot of face up jumpers, good step back,

631
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 1: going both directions. When he drives, he likes to when

632
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,440
Speaker 1: he gets cut off moving towards his right, he likes

633
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,720
Speaker 1: to step back going right or spin back towards his

634
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 1: left hand side, and sometimes when he gets into that spin,

635
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,520
Speaker 1: he can get into some trouble where he'll turn the

636
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 1: basketball over. But overall, he's been really good in ISOs

637
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,680
Speaker 1: Okay in the post two hundred and fifty six possessions

638
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 1: two hundred and forty one points at zero point ninety

639
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 1: four points per possession. That ranks ninth out of the

640
00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 1: ten guys in the league that are high volume post

641
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 1: up players over two hundred and fifty possessions. Once again,

642
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: surrounding talent and shooting are the important like kind of

643
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,880
Speaker 1: context there. He's just he's not in a situation where

644
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: guys are gonna make team make him pay consistently, make

645
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 1: teams pay consistently for throwing second defenders at him. At

646
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:20,120
Speaker 1: his best in the post, it's when he's quick and decisive,

647
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 1: like catching second defender, quick kickout pass, just like really

648
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,320
Speaker 1: fast decision making, and then also quick aggressive moves towards

649
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 1: the rim. It doesn't really need to shoot a hook shot, thankfully,

650
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:31,719
Speaker 1: just because how tall he is, and he'll just make

651
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 1: like an aggressive move towards the middle and like almost

652
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 1: shoot like a sliding scoop shot with his left hand

653
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 1: into the lane or a sliding scoop shot with his

654
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: right hand in the lane.

655
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 2: Like, he'll just catch him basically.

656
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,480
Speaker 1: Pivot over that shoulder right away, even if the defender

657
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 1: bumps him and kind of flattens out the drive, as

658
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: long as he's close enough to the basket.

659
00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 2: And the Spurs do a lot of smart stuff.

660
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 1: They run him off of a ton of wedge screens

661
00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 1: where like they'll start him at the elbow and like

662
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 1: screen have him flash to the post to try to

663
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: get him some deeper position, and like again just quickly

664
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 1: pivoting towards the middle over whatever shoulder that is in

665
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 1: going to that scoop shot in a lane. He'll get

666
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 1: a bunch of good stuff out of that. Again, when

667
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 1: he goes quick, that's when he's best as a tendency.

668
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 1: Sometimes to settle for unnecessary tough like turnaround jump shots

669
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: off the glass and stuff like that, that's usually where

670
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 1: he'll have misses in those situations. Had a really good

671
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 1: post up sequence against Indiana late in a win last week.

672
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: It was one o three to one oh two with

673
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,840
Speaker 1: four minutes left, the Spurs were up. He had an

674
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: aggressive baseline move on Siakam, just one of those quick

675
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 1: attacks to get a and one. And then he had

676
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,280
Speaker 1: an aggressive move on Turner on the opposite block where

677
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: he drew foul. Now on the next possession, the hard

678
00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,480
Speaker 1: double teamed him and he hit Jeremy Socian on a

679
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:39,239
Speaker 1: cup on a cut and he made a layup at

680
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:42,720
Speaker 1: the basket. So like spamming an action to close a

681
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,880
Speaker 1: game against a really good team. And again, Indiana's defense

682
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 1: has not been very good since Siakam came over, but

683
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,440
Speaker 1: that is in terms of personnel, a good defensive front line,

684
00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: and Miles Turner and Pascal Siakam and Wenby was just

685
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 1: going right through him like tissue paper. In terms of

686
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 1: shot types, he's been a bad jump shooter zero point

687
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: eighty eight points per shot overall. That's a twenty six

688
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 1: percentile mark for jump shooting, catch and shoot zero point

689
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:11,960
Speaker 1: eight two points per shot overall, thirty percent field goals,

690
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,200
Speaker 1: forty one percent when you weaight it for threes, when

691
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: he's guarded twenty eight percent, thirty eight percent weighted for threes,

692
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: and when he's unguarded thirty two percent, forty six percent

693
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: weighted for threes. So just all really bad and all

694
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 1: areas where he'll need to improve in the long run.

695
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: But his pull up jump shot has been really, really

696
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 1: deadly this year. He's got thirty five point four percent

697
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 1: field goal percentage on pull up jump shots forty nine

698
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 1: percent weighted for threes, so right around a point per

699
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: possession to give you an idea, he's been about as

700
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,880
Speaker 1: effective hitting pull up jump shots as Jason Tatum, which

701
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: again as a rookie, is a really really impressive mark.

702
00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 1: But again it's the face up jumpers where he's been best,

703
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:53,480
Speaker 1: shooting forty one percent overall on face up jump shots

704
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 1: fifty four percent weighted for threes. So question is, why

705
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 1: is it that Victor woman Yama has struggled so much

706
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 1: in catch and shoot situations but has been pretty good

707
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 1: and pull up and face up situations. To me, it's

708
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: all about rhythm and Wemby as a tendency to get

709
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 1: a little bit loose with his jump shot form in

710
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,360
Speaker 1: the sense that like he's relying a lot on just

711
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,400
Speaker 1: the release at the end, his base gets a little

712
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: funky on these, where like he'll he's drifting a lot

713
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: on his like off the dribble shots, he'll drift to

714
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: the left or drift to the right. There was a

715
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: flashing like kind of like a movement shooter type of

716
00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 1: shot he took against the Warriors in the second half

717
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: last night where Draymond was guarding him and he was

718
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: under the basket, and he flashed up to the left

719
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,760
Speaker 1: wing and he caught and like quick turn and pivot

720
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: and shot literally looked like a movement shooter, but on

721
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 1: it like he randomly jumped like forward into the left

722
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 1: quite a bit, even though he was unguarded, he jumped

723
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 1: like forward to the Draymond got a late contest on it,

724
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: but he jumped like forward into the left a little bit.

725
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,080
Speaker 1: And it's just like different than what he does on

726
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: a bunch of other possessions. And so one of the

727
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,280
Speaker 1: and by the way, this is super typical for young

728
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: basketball players, and like one of the things that that

729
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: he'll just have to you're out in the long run,

730
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 1: is getting super consistent with his form. And like to me,

731
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 1: you actually want to build it out out of catch

732
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: and shoot, So like you want to have like this

733
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: perfect muscle memory from the base up in your catch

734
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 1: and shoot shots.

735
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 2: And once you.

736
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: Nail that down, you want your your off the dribble

737
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: shots to more or less resemble that in the sense that, like,

738
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 1: obviously there's going to be some drifting, but when you

739
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 1: get enough separation to go straight up and down, go

740
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 1: straight up and down when you're drifting, get great lift

741
00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 1: and at least from the waist up, have the exact

742
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: same type of release and motion as you do when

743
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 1: you're shooting catch and shoot jump shots. Once you can

744
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: connect those two, then you'll see the numbers more consistent

745
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 1: across the board. But right now, it's like when he's

746
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 1: in a rhythm because he's touching the basketball, he shoots well,

747
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: but when he has to catch and shoot not so well.

748
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: When he can actually build out his catch and shoot

749
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: as the foundation of his jump shot and then connect

750
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: that to his off the dribble shooting, that's when I

751
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: think we'll see some real shooting consistency from him. But

752
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: the touch is there. I have no doubt that in

753
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,400
Speaker 1: the long run he's going to be a great shooter.

754
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,640
Speaker 1: Thirty five percent on floaters, only ten makes on the season, though,

755
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: so it's not a shot he takes a lot. Only

756
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: forty three percent on hooks sixteen makes, though on the

757
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: entire season. Like we talked about earlier, doesn't really need

758
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: it because he's so damn tall. So it's more like he'll,

759
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,440
Speaker 1: like most players while on the black like drop step

760
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: and then shoot like a little half hook over their

761
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: left shoulder. Wemby can go out to the side and

762
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 1: almost like take a scoop shot, so like it's not

763
00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:25,879
Speaker 1: really relevant to him just because it's not a shot

764
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: he needs to take. At the RIM, one hundred and

765
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,799
Speaker 1: thirty one dunks. That's tied for the sixth most in

766
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,120
Speaker 1: the NBA. Here's a little trivia. You guys want to

767
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:35,359
Speaker 1: guess who the six players are that are either tied

768
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 1: or above him number six, Nick Claxton, number five, Jarrett

769
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:51,239
Speaker 1: Allen number four, Aaron Gordon number three, Anthony Davis number two,

770
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,800
Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert number one, drum Roll Joannis, and Tana Kumbo.

771
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,520
Speaker 1: Big shot, I know, but still Victor Wiman yamun limited minutes,

772
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: that's sixth in the most dunks in the NBA. Only

773
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 1: fifty four percent on layups, obviously a big area of

774
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 1: improvement for him. Gets knocked off of his base relatively easily,

775
00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:10,000
Speaker 1: and it has some can occasionally have some bad misses

776
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: around the rim, but that again is just something I

777
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 1: think it comes down to both driving into traffic and

778
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: just being better about his drive pass decisions, and then too,

779
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,920
Speaker 1: just putting on a little bit more bulk. On the

780
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 1: defensive end, He's already one of the best defensive players

781
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 1: in the world. He currently has the second best odds

782
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: on DraftKings in the league to win Defensive Player of

783
00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:29,919
Speaker 1: the Year. Leads the league in blocks in limited minutes.

784
00:35:29,960 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, if you extrapolated out to

785
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: a thirty six minute shift, he's averaging four point three

786
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 1: blocks for thirty six minutes, fourth in deflection rate among

787
00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:40,839
Speaker 1: players who've played at least fifteen hundred minutes this season,

788
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,720
Speaker 1: So just wreaking havoc on the defensive end of the floor.

789
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: He has this tendency, this ability that most players don't

790
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,359
Speaker 1: have to hang back and make it look like there's

791
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,880
Speaker 1: an opening, but then just take a simple drop step

792
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,919
Speaker 1: in reach and be able to cover like fifteen feet

793
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: of space, and it just makes it so that he

794
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: can really bait players into situations that they don't want

795
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,960
Speaker 1: to get into. Most of the I shouldn't say most,

796
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 1: but a good percentage of the blocks that victor women

797
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 1: Yama women Yama have. They're not like a players or

798
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,319
Speaker 1: guys are challenging him. They're plays where they don't even

799
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,080
Speaker 1: think he's around, and then suddenly he's just there. And

800
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: that's just the advantage of his ability to kind of

801
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,279
Speaker 1: disguise whether or not he's coming in help or not.

802
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 1: So in summary, he's already impacting winning at a high level.

803
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,600
Speaker 1: The Spurs are six point two points better per one

804
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: hundred possessions when he's on the court versus when he's off.

805
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: He's already a top twenty five player in the league

806
00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 1: in my opinion, and he can still get so, so,

807
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,840
Speaker 1: so much better on both ends of the floor. Some

808
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,279
Speaker 1: specifics again, improving as a shooter in every phase of

809
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:34,839
Speaker 1: the game, which we talked about already, so I won't

810
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: get into again limiting turnovers, specifically being more careful that

811
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,239
Speaker 1: when he tries to thread the needle and pick and

812
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: roll passing situations, just being more deliberate. Again, if it's

813
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 1: not open, you can literally just swing the pass, get

814
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 1: it back and run another one, like you don't need

815
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:51,800
Speaker 1: to force it in that specific action. Dribbling into traffic

816
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 1: as well, just when he's attacking closeouts or driving in

817
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: ball screens or ISO situations, just being more picky about

818
00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:02,080
Speaker 1: when he exposes the basketball. And then lastly, like all

819
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,560
Speaker 1: young players, just kind of shot selection stuff, so like

820
00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 1: finding the right place for tough shot making and then

821
00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:12,799
Speaker 1: maximizing the capitalizing on the low hanging fruit. Right like

822
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 1: what we talk about Jokic all the time, Like the

823
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: dude is the best in the league at grabbing all

824
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: of the low hanging fruit on offense. And Victor has

825
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 1: that type of potential to be a guy who gets

826
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,080
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five points a game just on the easy

827
00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: stuff that's sitting there right in front of him, and

828
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 1: so then the tough shot making stuff can push him

829
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,919
Speaker 1: over the top. Now, right now, despite all of these

830
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,280
Speaker 1: classic rookie issues, he's averaging twenty six points and thirteen

831
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,800
Speaker 1: rebounds per thirty six minutes right now for the season,

832
00:37:39,520 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: and he's still adjusting to the league. So like, there's

833
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:44,839
Speaker 1: no reason at all why we couldn't see a five

834
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,800
Speaker 1: year run in Victor women Ya's Victor wemen Yama's prime

835
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 1: where he averages like thirty two, fifteen and seven with

836
00:37:51,560 --> 00:37:54,280
Speaker 1: like six stocks per game, Like that's on the table

837
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 1: for him, that's not even a long shot that almost

838
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 1: feels like a certainty, Like, right now, he's getting you

839
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:01,439
Speaker 1: twenty six and thirteen per thirty as a rookie. That's

840
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 1: for the season, not including this latest leap that he's

841
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:05,360
Speaker 1: been on. There's no reason at all to think that

842
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 1: it's some improved shooting bumping his minutes up, just overall

843
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: better decision making in veteran experience, that he can't be

844
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,760
Speaker 1: up around thirty two points per game. He's already grabbing

845
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,560
Speaker 1: thirteen rebounds per game, that's not a big leap to get.

846
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 2: Up to fifteen.

847
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,439
Speaker 1: And he's averaging four assists per game over this last

848
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: thirty one game stretch, and he's still learning how to

849
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,680
Speaker 1: read the NBA floor and so, and he's playing around

850
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,799
Speaker 1: guys that struggle to finish plays around him. So it's

851
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: just there's no reason at all to think that he

852
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:30,520
Speaker 1: can't get up to that type of level. Thirty two

853
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,760
Speaker 1: to fifteen and seven, I think is like an interesting

854
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: kind of goal for Victor to hit during his prime.

855
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 1: And then again, the last thing I'll say about Victor

856
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: took a big leap in the middle of the season,

857
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,160
Speaker 1: when most rookies go down a level that to me,

858
00:38:42,239 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 1: is just a huge indicator of his work ethic and

859
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: his competitiveness, and that to me just that's like the

860
00:38:48,080 --> 00:38:51,120
Speaker 1: swing factor in what if you look at like Victor's

861
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,239
Speaker 1: career as a spectrum of results, meaning like the best

862
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 1: possible version of his career and the worst possible version

863
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 1: of his career based on his talent, it's his competitiveness

864
00:38:59,400 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: and work ethic, along with some injury luck that will

865
00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,920
Speaker 1: determine where he lands on that scale. Injury lucks outside

866
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,279
Speaker 1: of your control. But Victor, for the record, works extremely

867
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: hard on pliability and flexibility and all that kind of stuff,

868
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 1: and so he's doing everything he can on his end

869
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 1: to avoid injuries. Obviously, the Spurs have been really careful

870
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:17,880
Speaker 1: with his minutes and stuff as well, so that you

871
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: do what you can to control that. But his competitiveness

872
00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 1: and his work ethic I think are going to help

873
00:39:22,680 --> 00:39:24,320
Speaker 1: him hit the high end of that spectrum. Sky's the

874
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,359
Speaker 1: limit for Victor, And it was really fun diving into

875
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 1: his film this morning. All right, let's get to the mailbag.

876
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,560
Speaker 1: Since the twenties twenty one season, ad bulked up a

877
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: bit to better center position, what are the pros and

878
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 1: cons of this bigger build and playing center overall. So

879
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 1: I think it's the pros are in theory it should

880
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 1: help him bang with other big centers underneath the basket,

881
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,399
Speaker 1: and he for the record, he does do better than

882
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:49,280
Speaker 1: he used to in that regard, and there are guys

883
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:51,120
Speaker 1: that he can bully now that he didn't used to

884
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 1: be able to buoy.

885
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:52,960
Speaker 2: There's been some upside there.

886
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,359
Speaker 1: Also, I think it's probably helped him a little bit

887
00:39:55,400 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 1: with his injury prevention, just by virtue of him just

888
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,719
Speaker 1: being a little bit more sturdy in his joints and

889
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: stuff like that. That said, like I think the cons

890
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,919
Speaker 1: of outweighed the pros on that front, Like his foot

891
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 1: speed is substantially lower than it was before he bulked up.

892
00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,880
Speaker 1: And then also I really think it's led to some

893
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 1: stiffness in his joints in the sense that he hasn't

894
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,719
Speaker 1: been as fluid as a score and you know, for

895
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:20,279
Speaker 1: whatever that's worth. Like I tend to think, like lean

896
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 1: into your advantage, like don't play big guy basketball when

897
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,680
Speaker 1: you're not as good at playing big guy basketball as

898
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: Nukolea Yokich, right, Like, don't you're not good Like you're

899
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,719
Speaker 1: still running into the zubatches and the some bonuses and

900
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 1: the Nurkices and the Yokitches of the world and struggling,

901
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,359
Speaker 1: and that's the only matchup where that size really makes

902
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 1: that much of a difference. So if it were up

903
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,280
Speaker 1: to me, I would have leaned more into ads speed

904
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,240
Speaker 1: and been like, yeah, there are gonna be some matchups

905
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 1: before we struggle, because you know, Ad is getting buried.

906
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,279
Speaker 1: But like, as long as we're playing hard around him

907
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: and we have advantage of his ability to cover ground

908
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: in rotation, there's gonna be so much more good than

909
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,600
Speaker 1: bad that comes from that. Also, I just think the

910
00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 1: Lakers would have been in a much better position offensive

911
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 1: if they had the Anthony Davis from the bubble that

912
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: was capable of being really a high level perimeter score

913
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:10,000
Speaker 1: and he's just gone down a massive level in that department,

914
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 1: which I do think is connected to some of his strength.

915
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: So again, there are pros that have come with it,

916
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,799
Speaker 1: and I understand why, like conceptually why he did it,

917
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: but personally, if I was Anthony Davis, I would have

918
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:24,320
Speaker 1: lingered more around the body type he was in twenty twenty. Hey, Jason,

919
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,240
Speaker 1: I love this channel and I think you provide desperately

920
00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:29,399
Speaker 1: needed insightful content, especially for a casual viewer, and keep

921
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:31,279
Speaker 1: up the great work. Thank you for the kind words

922
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: and for supporting the show. I'm not a guy who

923
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 1: generally likes plug and play players and certain into certain

924
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 1: eras and teams, but I cannot help but wonder what

925
00:41:38,560 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 1: if someone like Demarta Rosen or Paul George was on

926
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:44,880
Speaker 1: AI's Final Team Finals Team. I think the type of

927
00:41:44,880 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: player that would greatly benefit the chances of that series

928
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: being at least more competitive. But then again, who is

929
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: guarding Shaq still? Yeah, Shack still would have been a

930
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: massive problem, But that was a team that grinded it

931
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: out and just depended on Alan Iverson to take and

932
00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:00,600
Speaker 1: make tough shots, and so specific the guy that I

933
00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 1: think would have been an interesting option, there is a

934
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,319
Speaker 1: DeMar de Rozen, just because he was the kind of

935
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,640
Speaker 1: guy that like you could really he's, in my opinion,

936
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 1: a better like on an island score than Paul George

937
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 1: can be because Paul George is just a little bit

938
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 1: too dependent on his three point shot, He's not as

939
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,799
Speaker 1: good at drawing fouls. DeMar de Rozen, I think like,

940
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 1: is a little bit bigger and sturdier for some of

941
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: the more physical playback then I think Paul George, for

942
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:26,920
Speaker 1: the record, is a better player than Demarta Rozen. Right now,

943
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:28,200
Speaker 1: That's not what I'm trying to say, but I just

944
00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 1: think in that like kind of boxed in, like we

945
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 1: just need someone to grind out points type of environment.

946
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: Alongside that, that Sixers team in two thousand and one,

947
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,279
Speaker 1: I think Demarta Rozen would have been a really interesting fit.

948
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: Next question, Hey Jason. First off, I love the show,

949
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 1: big Lebron fan here, and I know you are as well.

950
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 1: I've said for years that I think personally the twenty

951
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,680
Speaker 1: seventeen Cavs were better than the twenty sixteen title team

952
00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 1: and that they just ran into the best team ever.

953
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 1: I know the regular season wasn't great, but when you

954
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,160
Speaker 1: look at the playoffs, their run was insane. Curious if

955
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:59,239
Speaker 1: you agree, and if you can provide some context as well.

956
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,399
Speaker 1: So I thought the seventeen Calves were obviously a much

957
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:05,840
Speaker 1: better offensive team than the twenty sixteen team. Lebron James

958
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,200
Speaker 1: kind of went up a level as a scorer between

959
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 1: that from twenty sixteen into that twenty seventeen twenty eighteen stretch.

960
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,719
Speaker 1: Lebron really went up a level in terms of his consistency,

961
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 1: and his jump shot and just his overall feel as

962
00:43:17,040 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 1: a score.

963
00:43:17,520 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 2: It was Lebron was.

964
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,960
Speaker 1: Really peaking in his offensive skill in that twenty seventeen

965
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen range. Also, like they just had totally nailed

966
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: down all their spacing concepts and the one to two

967
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 1: punch of Kyrie and Lebron. They were really hunting on

968
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:33,800
Speaker 1: all cylinders offensively. But it was one of their worst

969
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,320
Speaker 1: seasons of that era in terms of their overall focus

970
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: and energy on the defensive end of the floor. And

971
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 1: so here's the thing. I don't think it would have

972
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 1: mattered under any circumstances with how good that twenty seventeen

973
00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: Warriors team was. However, had Kevin Durant not gunn to

974
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: the Warriors and twenty seventeen was more or less a

975
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:54,880
Speaker 1: rematch of the Harrison Barnes Warriors versus the twenty seventeen Calves,

976
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 1: I think it would have been a great series. But

977
00:43:58,040 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: the Calves would have been in some trouble in the

978
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: sense that, like even in that playoff run, they didn't

979
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,759
Speaker 1: really need to defend that much, and so I wonder

980
00:44:04,800 --> 00:44:07,080
Speaker 1: if their defense in twenty sixteen they were just much

981
00:44:07,120 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 1: sharper defensively overall from start to finish in the season,

982
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 1: and so I don't know what would have happened if

983
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:16,120
Speaker 1: the Caves and Warriors rematch in twenty seventeen. I really

984
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: wanted to see that, which is what kind of sucked

985
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:19,880
Speaker 1: about Kevin Durant going there, is it just kind of

986
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,720
Speaker 1: ruined what would have been a really fun rubber match

987
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 1: because the twenty seventeen Warriors are the best roster ever

988
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:27,680
Speaker 1: assembled in my opinion, and they, I mean, the twenty

989
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,480
Speaker 1: seventeen Warriors won fifteen consecutive playoff games. Think about that, like,

990
00:44:31,840 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: I don't even I don't even know if we've had

991
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:35,959
Speaker 1: a team won fifteen win fifteen straight regular season games

992
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:40,160
Speaker 1: this year, and the Warriors literally won fifteen straight playoff

993
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 1: games in that twenty seventeen run, so like they were

994
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:46,960
Speaker 1: just completely unbeatable. But I do think that twenty seventeen

995
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,600
Speaker 1: Caves is playing with a little bit of fire, just

996
00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,880
Speaker 1: with where they were at defensively at that point in

997
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:52,880
Speaker 1: the season, and it was really just effort and focus

998
00:44:52,920 --> 00:44:56,359
Speaker 1: and like discipline type stuff. Hey, Jason, I like your

999
00:44:56,360 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 1: explanation on why it's a better strategy to lean into

1000
00:44:58,400 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: higher field goal percentage shots at the end close games.

1001
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 1: Is it also better to take higher field goal percentage

1002
00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: shots when you have a decent lead, to lower the

1003
00:45:04,680 --> 00:45:06,800
Speaker 1: variant of the game and lean into the trending outcome.

1004
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:09,800
Speaker 1: So in general, I believe you lean on shot value

1005
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: in the large sample at the end of games. Yes,

1006
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,279
Speaker 1: you want to hunt high field goal percentage. Also, it's

1007
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,719
Speaker 1: about feeling the game. So for instance, like when you

1008
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 1: have a guy that you need to get in rhythm

1009
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 1: that hasn't been involved in the offense, you want to

1010
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: find a way to get him in rhythm when the

1011
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: other team, let's say you have an eighteen point lead

1012
00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: and the other team scores three four baskets in a

1013
00:45:27,760 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 1: row and they're starting to regain control. That's a possession

1014
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 1: where it's really important for you to identify a high

1015
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,440
Speaker 1: field goal percentage shot rather than a high shot value

1016
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:37,799
Speaker 1: type of shot. And again, for those of you gus

1017
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: who don't understand what I'm saying, like, shooting thirty five

1018
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:43,480
Speaker 1: percent from three is a higher value shot than shooting

1019
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 1: forty five percent on a two, right, But in that

1020
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,880
Speaker 1: singular possession, forty five percent is more than thirty five percent.

1021
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:53,160
Speaker 1: So that's what I mean. In the large sample. I

1022
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:54,799
Speaker 1: want to lean into shot value. You want to take

1023
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:59,120
Speaker 1: the highest value shot, but feeling out the game, identifying

1024
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:02,839
Speaker 1: when it's important, and you need baskets those pivotal possessions,

1025
00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: having really smart ball handlers that will track down high

1026
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:09,799
Speaker 1: value shots within that specific possession. In terms of field

1027
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:13,359
Speaker 1: goal percentage, usually are the teams that manage the flow

1028
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,920
Speaker 1: of offense over a game better. Next question, Really want

1029
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: to get into podcasting, but I really don't know where

1030
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:21,120
Speaker 1: to start. Love basketball, but I would primarily talk about

1031
00:46:21,120 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 1: football at the college and professional level. Any tips on

1032
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:26,600
Speaker 1: how to start, So a couple of things. I think

1033
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: it's a blessing and a curse. I think it's the

1034
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:31,160
Speaker 1: best possible time in the history of the industry to

1035
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 1: get involved because anybody can do it and you don't

1036
00:46:33,120 --> 00:46:35,960
Speaker 1: need a ton in terms of investment upfront, Like, I

1037
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 1: personally have a podcast that I do separate from this

1038
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 1: that I produce myself still to this day, just like

1039
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,200
Speaker 1: I used to with my basketball stuff before the volume

1040
00:46:44,239 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 1: came on board, and for two Suns podcasts, what I'll

1041
00:46:47,239 --> 00:46:50,120
Speaker 1: do is like we recorded an episode at my buddy's

1042
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:53,840
Speaker 1: house talking about Showgun the other day and literally I

1043
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:57,799
Speaker 1: set up my phone on a tripod and it automatically

1044
00:46:57,840 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 1: pairs with my MacBook as a webcam. And then I

1045
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,799
Speaker 1: had a microphone that I used to plug a cheap

1046
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:08,080
Speaker 1: plug in microphone that I had, So like, you can

1047
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 1: literally for like you could buy a used MacBook, you know,

1048
00:47:12,200 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 1: for what three four hundred bucks, and you can use

1049
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: whatever iPhone you have and buy a tripod for thirty

1050
00:47:17,719 --> 00:47:20,399
Speaker 1: bucks on Amazon, and get a microphone for thirty bucks

1051
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: on Amazon and have all the equipment you need to

1052
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: produce a podcast you can use like there are apps

1053
00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:29,920
Speaker 1: like Spotify for podcasters that allow you literally to host

1054
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 1: a podcast for free, right like there, Like YouTube is

1055
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,120
Speaker 1: an incredible tool that is completely free for you to

1056
00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: distribute content. Social media is an incredible place for you

1057
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,880
Speaker 1: to put content out and advertise your podcast, right So, like,

1058
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:44,840
Speaker 1: it has never been a better time for you to

1059
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:47,799
Speaker 1: get involved. The flip side of that, though, is that

1060
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 1: it's a very flooded field. So if you do it

1061
00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,399
Speaker 1: very casually and you don't invest a ton of time

1062
00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 1: into it, you have to be prepared for that process

1063
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 1: to be more slow because there are going to be

1064
00:47:57,840 --> 00:48:00,640
Speaker 1: a lot of people out there that are relentless with content.

1065
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 1: That was a big thing that separated for me when

1066
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,040
Speaker 1: I was getting into this industry. I covered every single

1067
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:09,239
Speaker 1: Lakers game after the game. We we went live right

1068
00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,759
Speaker 1: after every single Lakers game, and so like we were

1069
00:48:11,840 --> 00:48:14,879
Speaker 1: first and we were going every day basically, and then

1070
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:16,759
Speaker 1: in between, I'd cover the rest of the league by

1071
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,759
Speaker 1: myself in these like other podcasts that I would do.

1072
00:48:19,800 --> 00:48:22,799
Speaker 1: So like, I was really really grinding at it, and

1073
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:24,919
Speaker 1: I was fortunate I had a flexible job at the time,

1074
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Speaker 1: so I was able to kind of just fit it

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Speaker 1: in there. I had a wife was very supportive and

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Speaker 1: was helping me, you know, pursue my dream of trying

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Speaker 1: to make this happen. So like, just keep in mind

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Speaker 1: it is flooded. So like if you want to separate yourself,

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Speaker 1: you have to separate yourself through quality work and through

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Speaker 1: consistency of your work. As far as how to do it,

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Speaker 1: like it's really the simple. Set up your shit and record,

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Speaker 1: get something out there when you do, distribute it everywhere.

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00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,080
Speaker 1: Have it on a podcast feed, have it on YouTube,

1084
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Speaker 1: make sure you take clips of it, put it on

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Speaker 1: social media to direct people to those feeds. As far

1086
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Speaker 1: as what content you cover, that's a beautiful thing about YouTube.

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Speaker 1: You can have a podcast titled whatever, but on YouTube

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Speaker 1: you can just target whatever that specific subject matter is.

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Speaker 1: So for me my two Sons podcast with my buddy Luke,

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Speaker 1: we cover a lot of like TV shows and specific

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Speaker 1: and movies, but specifically I'm big into fantasy, right, so,

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00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:15,359
Speaker 1: like I love Star Wars, I love Lord of the Rings,

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00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:18,920
Speaker 1: I love Game of Thrones, Like Showgun is something that's

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Speaker 1: right up my alley in terms of what I enjoy

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Speaker 1: and appreciate obviously with the history element of it, and

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Speaker 1: so like the branding of the episode is surrounding the

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Speaker 1: subject matter. It's kind of like these shows, like you

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Speaker 1: guys see, like we I just do a show, but

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Speaker 1: we have a team of people that is really smart

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Speaker 1: about identifying what is most you know, like like interesting

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Speaker 1: about whatever we're talking about, and they brand it accordingly.

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Speaker 1: But like, make sure you're using YouTube, make sure you're

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Speaker 1: using social media. The reason why the algorithms on those

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Speaker 1: apps they do the work for you in the sense

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Speaker 1: that like, as long as you're talking about something interesting

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Speaker 1: and as long as you're being interesting in terms of

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Speaker 1: the watch time, those algorithms will continue to push your

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Speaker 1: content out to other people, and so the point is

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Speaker 1: never been a time to do it. I highly recommend

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Speaker 1: that if it's something you're interested in doing, that you

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Speaker 1: do it just because, like you can do it on

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Speaker 1: the side of another career. It's a hobby for lack

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Speaker 1: of a better term, right, But as long as you

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Speaker 1: in order to separate yourself, you really have to make

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Speaker 1: quality and quantity of content. And that's just something to

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Speaker 1: keep in mind because it is a very flooded industry

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Speaker 1: at this point. In one last little note on that front,

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Speaker 1: what works for me doesn't necessarily work for everybody. This

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Speaker 1: is just my own personal experience being in this industry,

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Speaker 1: and as is always the case, I think it's important

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Speaker 1: to pick the brains of lots of different people that

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00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,839
Speaker 1: bring different perspectives, because again, what works for me might

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Speaker 1: not work for you, and what works for you might

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Speaker 1: not work for me. It's just, you know, everyone's unique

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Speaker 1: in that regard. How important will it improve Jalen Brown

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Speaker 1: be in a playoff series. Over the last fifteen games,

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Speaker 1: he has a blistering sixty seven percent field goal percentage

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Speaker 1: and eight point two half court drives per game, while

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Speaker 1: only turning the ball over three point one percent of

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Speaker 1: the time, how useful will his paint penetration be in

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Speaker 1: a potential mil Milwaukee or Cleveland series. I think Jalen

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Speaker 1: Brown's improvement is super exciting, mainly just because he's found

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Speaker 1: a way to impact games in a way that doesn't

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Speaker 1: rely on his skill as much. Obviously, he's playing a

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Speaker 1: very high level skill game right now, but he's really

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Speaker 1: leveraging his athletic tools on both ends of the floor,

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Speaker 1: both as an on ball defender and also as a

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Speaker 1: physical rim pressure guy. As you've been talking, he's been

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Speaker 1: one of the main drivers of the Celtics have been

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Speaker 1: the third best paint offense in the league of over

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00:51:22,520 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: the last seven games so by like two weeks or so,

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Speaker 1: and Jenn Brown's been the primary driving force behind that.

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Speaker 1: So I absolutely think it's encouraging and I absolutely think

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Speaker 1: that it can help in the playoffs. And the main

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00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,720
Speaker 1: reason why is like so much of basketball can be mental,

1146
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: and so having the ability to lean on athletic gifts

1147
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:40,840
Speaker 1: when you're not confident mentally is a great way to

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Speaker 1: keep impacting winning And I just feel better about Jalen

1149
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,640
Speaker 1: Brown's resiliency as a playoff impactor this year as a result.

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Speaker 2: Thanks question.

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Speaker 1: Do you think the NBA would ever consider doing away

1152
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,480
Speaker 1: with the one through eight conference separated playoffs and instead

1153
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Speaker 1: go for a one through sixteen March Madness style bracket.

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00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 1: Think it would be incredible to see a seven game

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00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: series between teams and players we wouldn't otherwise see, and

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Speaker 1: I think would open up the opportunity for all time

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00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:04,040
Speaker 1: legends to face off where the otherwise wouldn't. They'll never

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Speaker 1: do that just because of travel. It's just too unrealistic

1159
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:09,560
Speaker 1: to be imagine a game five, game four, five, six,

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Speaker 1: seven in basically the two cities going back and forth

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00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,000
Speaker 1: like it just it wouldn't work if you were going

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Speaker 1: across the country. What do you think is the realistic

1163
00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:19,880
Speaker 1: ceiling of the Timberwolves and what is their championship windub?

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00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:22,440
Speaker 1: This team is clearly well built right now, but it's

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Speaker 1: interesting to see that there's an age gap between the

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Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards, Cat McDaniels group and the Rudy Gobert Mike

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Speaker 1: Conley group. I see the issue of relying too heavily

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Speaker 1: on ant to generate for us in grind down half

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Speaker 1: court offense situations, and I don't see how that is

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Speaker 1: improved without some sort of big roster moved via trade

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00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:40,319
Speaker 1: because the Cold Soda ain't exactly the hottest free agent

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Speaker 1: destination in the nation. I've never heard that saying before

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Speaker 1: the Cold Soda my wife actually went and played college

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Speaker 1: basketball up in Minnesota, though she's told me a little

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Speaker 1: bit about it. I just feel like by the time

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Speaker 1: ant Man matures enough to make the right decisions and

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Speaker 1: is able to be the best player on a championship team,

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Speaker 1: it'll be three to four years from now and those

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Speaker 1: guys will be too old, and we actually win a

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Speaker 1: ship with this group. Given the deepness of the league

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00:53:03,520 --> 00:53:05,360
Speaker 1: and the odd age gaps with the core guys, a

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Speaker 1: couple of things I don't like right now. What's exciting

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00:53:09,480 --> 00:53:12,040
Speaker 1: is the combination of perimeter defense and Gobert. But when

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Speaker 1: you have elite perimeter defense, you don't need as much

1185
00:53:14,480 --> 00:53:16,399
Speaker 1: in terms of rim protection. This is something we've seen

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00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,640
Speaker 1: with the Nuggets. Right when you have KCP and Aaron Gordon,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't make Nikola Jokic's limitations matter as much. As

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Speaker 1: a matter of fact, it gives him a role that

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Speaker 1: he can really thrive in defensively, right, So, like that's

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Speaker 1: kind of way I look at it.

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Speaker 2: In the long run.

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Speaker 1: First of all, Gobert is only thirty one, so like

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Speaker 1: in the event that you move on from Gobert, and

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Speaker 1: Gobert's not really a tradable contract because of his salary number.

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Speaker 1: So it like really as far as Gobert goes, like,

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Speaker 1: I actually do think there's a longer window here than

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Speaker 1: you think. But after Gobert, the way I look at

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Speaker 1: it is you slide Cat to center and then you

1199
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Speaker 1: just have to find a Aaron Gordon esque type of

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Speaker 1: power forward to put next to him. You got to

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00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:50,960
Speaker 1: find somebody that can essentially be the low man, that

1202
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:54,120
Speaker 1: can be a rim protector and rebounder that allows Carl

1203
00:53:54,160 --> 00:53:56,400
Speaker 1: Towns to be aggressive and pick and roll coverages up

1204
00:53:56,400 --> 00:53:58,440
Speaker 1: at the level where he can use his intelligence more

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00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,640
Speaker 1: than the physical gifts that he has, right And so

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Speaker 1: from that perspective, From that perspective, like, I actually am

1207
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Speaker 1: not really worried about the timeline stuff, And I do

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Speaker 1: think Aunt is advancing at a fast enough rate that

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Speaker 1: I think you'll be able to capitalize on the go

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Speaker 1: Bear window at some point a few more Do you

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Speaker 1: feel like it is a lock for the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: four Lario Brian Trophy to be hoisted up by a

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Speaker 1: Western Conference or Eastern Conference team. I argue that the

1214
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,360
Speaker 1: West has arguably been the more difficult conference, particularly this

1215
00:54:25,440 --> 00:54:28,520
Speaker 1: season with the amount of tanking, slash unorganized teams in

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Speaker 1: the East. So I'm on the fence because I kind

1217
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,920
Speaker 1: of look, I look at the Clippers and the Bucks

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Speaker 1: as like, I put the Clippers slightly above the Bucks,

1219
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:38,239
Speaker 1: but they've been struggling as of late, and then now

1220
00:54:38,280 --> 00:54:39,799
Speaker 1: the Suns are playing better, so I got to kind

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Speaker 1: of like kind of factor them into that.

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Speaker 2: List a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I would say that there's I would say that, like,

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Speaker 1: I give it like an eighty percent chance that either

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Speaker 1: Denver or Boston wins. They feel like the clear obvious choices,

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Speaker 1: and I definitely lean closer towards Denver in that regard.

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Speaker 1: So then the question becomes, out of that Phoenix Clippers,

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Speaker 1: Bucks group, who's more likely, And I still lean towards

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Speaker 1: the West between those two teams versus that one, So

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Speaker 1: like I'm gonna go with I'm gonna go with the

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Speaker 1: Western Conference on that one. I think the Bucks might.

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Speaker 1: I think the Bucks might be the best chance to

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Speaker 1: beat the Nuggets in the finals. The gap between the

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00:55:12,520 --> 00:55:14,279
Speaker 1: two teams isn't as large as people make it seem.

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Speaker 1: I'm a fan of both teams, mainly because of Jannis

1236
00:55:16,120 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 1: and Jokic are my favorite players to watch over the

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00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:21,040
Speaker 1: past three years. Can you provide in details advantages that

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00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:23,320
Speaker 1: either team has if this wants to play out potentially

1239
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Speaker 1: in the finals, because I don't believe any other team,

1240
00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:28,680
Speaker 1: even the Celtics, can beat Milwaukee in the East. So

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00:55:28,920 --> 00:55:30,759
Speaker 1: I disagree in the sense that I think Milwaukee has

1242
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,040
Speaker 1: their work cut out for them to get out of

1243
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:33,480
Speaker 1: the East. But I do think they have a legitimate

1244
00:55:33,560 --> 00:55:35,719
Speaker 1: chance to get out. So with that being the case,

1245
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:39,000
Speaker 1: looking quickly at matchups, Brook Lopez is another guy who

1246
00:55:39,040 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 1: will struggle to gard nikolea Jokic over the course of

1247
00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:43,799
Speaker 1: his series. He's had some success with him over the years,

1248
00:55:43,800 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 1: but he's got a high enough center of gravity that

1249
00:55:45,640 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 1: Jokic can kind of bump him off. Aaron Gordon is

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Speaker 1: actually a decent matchup for Giannis. I think that on

1251
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Speaker 1: the let's look first at the Denver on offense, Jokic

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Speaker 1: working against Lopez Giannis on the back line, that's like

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00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:00,640
Speaker 1: as good of a duo as you can find there.

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Speaker 1: Because Giannis has that ability to kind of be in

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Speaker 1: two places at once, and I think they will have

1256
00:56:04,120 --> 00:56:06,799
Speaker 1: some success there where I worry about Milwaukee's at the

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00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:10,879
Speaker 1: guard position. We just saw D'Angelo Russell Cook Dame Lillard

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00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:14,480
Speaker 1: in large part because of the size differential. These bigger

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00:56:14,560 --> 00:56:18,840
Speaker 1: skill guards are starting to give Milwaukee some issues. This

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00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:20,839
Speaker 1: has been an issue that we've seen kind of as

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00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:24,640
Speaker 1: of late in general with Milwaukee. And I worry about

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00:56:24,719 --> 00:56:28,840
Speaker 1: Jamal Murray just like really really causing problems for their backcourt,

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Speaker 1: just because of how much bigger he is than all

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Speaker 1: of them. And then I don't think like a guy

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00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,080
Speaker 1: like Jay Crowder can hang with a guy like Jamal either,

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00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 1: So I worry about that a little bit. You need

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00:56:38,239 --> 00:56:40,160
Speaker 1: to keep that size on the weak side because Michael

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00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:41,880
Speaker 1: Porter Junior is the guy who can really do damage

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00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,200
Speaker 1: on the offensive glass, and then obviously you need a

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00:56:44,239 --> 00:56:46,839
Speaker 1: guy who can bother him with contests at his height.

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Speaker 1: So I like how they match up with Denver in

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Speaker 1: the front court, just in the sense that I think

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00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:53,239
Speaker 1: Giannis is as good of a low man as you

1274
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:55,120
Speaker 1: can have in that situation, kind of helping off of

1275
00:56:55,160 --> 00:56:57,319
Speaker 1: Aaron Gordon. But I worry about them in the back

1276
00:56:57,360 --> 00:56:59,840
Speaker 1: court on the other end of the floor, Yo Kitchen

1277
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,200
Speaker 1: and Aaron Gordon is about as good a frontline as

1278
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,439
Speaker 1: you could have to deal with the Yiannis problem, right,

1279
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:08,000
Speaker 1: and then they're gonna throw KCP on Dame for the

1280
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:12,160
Speaker 1: entire series. Again, to Aaron Gordon with Yokics behind him,

1281
00:57:12,200 --> 00:57:13,400
Speaker 1: is gonna be something they're gonna be able to do

1282
00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:14,920
Speaker 1: against Giannis and have some success.

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00:57:15,080 --> 00:57:15,879
Speaker 2: I've seen even in.

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Speaker 1: Euro League basketball, Jokic do a decent job guarding Giannis

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Speaker 1: for stretches. So, like I again, I just think the

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Speaker 1: Nuggets are a better team. I think they match up

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Speaker 1: a little bit better. I think that they're gonna have

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Speaker 1: an easier time generating quality shots. That doesn't mean Milwaukee

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Speaker 1: can't win. I think it would absolutely utterly depend on

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Speaker 1: Dame just being an absolute superstar because in that event,

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Speaker 1: you if you can actually force the Nuggets to bring

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Speaker 1: Jokic way up to the level of the screen and

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Speaker 1: exist in rotation and kill teams with the dam Giannis

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Speaker 1: pick and roll, I think they can have some success.

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Speaker 1: But I would still lean Denver in that matchup two

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Speaker 1: more quick ones. A lot of people upset that I

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Speaker 1: didn't mention D'Angelo Russell in the In the last podcast,

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Speaker 1: I swear I talked about her. He's the hero of

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Speaker 1: the game. He made the biggest play of the game

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Speaker 1: at the end with that floater. I mentioned him having

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Speaker 1: twenty one points in the fourth quarter. I don't really

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Speaker 1: understand there's a segment of Lakers fans I think I

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Speaker 1: hate dl which is just completely nonsensical. Delo's won me

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Speaker 1: over this year. I'm a huge fan of Dlo. Even

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Speaker 1: before the season, I had no issues with Delo. I

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Speaker 1: just looked at it as next to Austin Reeves, he

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Speaker 1: was the obvious guy that you had to trade, just

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Speaker 1: based on his salary number, the years left on his contract,

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Speaker 1: and the fact that he wasn't as playable in the

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Speaker 1: playoffs last year. Two things have changed. One, I was

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Speaker 1: super impressed even when Delo wasn't playing very well. I

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Speaker 1: was impressed with his professionalism. And then since he rejoined

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Speaker 1: the starting lineup a couple months ago, he's just been

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Speaker 1: a better player. And like, again this is something I

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Speaker 1: harp about on the show, but like I'm going to

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Speaker 1: respond to new information, and so like, Delo is a

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Speaker 1: better basketball player now than he was when I was

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Speaker 1: saying some of the things I said about him over

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Speaker 1: the summer, like that's just a fact, and so I'm

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Speaker 1: not married to any opinion. I don't have any personal

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Speaker 1: beef with del I like Dlo a lot. He's now

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Speaker 1: become one of my favorite players because I've learned to

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Speaker 1: love not just his personality and his professionalism, but now

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Speaker 1: he's also in roved so much that there's a lot

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Speaker 1: to love just on the basketball side of things. So,

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Speaker 1: like I did mention him last night, big fan of him.

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Speaker 1: Don't really know what else to say. Last question, Hey, Jason,

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Speaker 1: do you really think the Bucks defense got so awesome

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Speaker 1: just because the Bucks won on a small win streak

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Speaker 1: against bad teams except the Clippers. It doesn't seem like

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Speaker 1: they are really any better than they were before Doc

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Speaker 1: Rivers got there, and the offense is definitely slower.

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Speaker 2: And worse off. So a couple things.

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Speaker 1: First of all, I actually am more encouraged about their

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Speaker 1: offense than I've been all season, just because some of

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Speaker 1: the stuff they're figuring out with the dam Giannis pick

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Speaker 1: and roll. They're just starting to figure out some stuff

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Speaker 1: in terms of their spacing and they're timing on the roles.

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Speaker 2: That is really encouraging.

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Speaker 1: As for the defense, I wanted to wait for this

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Speaker 1: West coach trip to really evaluate them for that very reason,

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Speaker 1: and they haven't defended well so like, I still have

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Speaker 1: major defensive concerns, but I do think they're trying harder

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Speaker 1: since Doc Rivers came, and there's still plenty of time

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Speaker 1: here down the stretch of the season to evaluate them further,

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Speaker 1: which we will do. So all right, guys, that is

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Speaker 1: all I have for today. Is always I sincerely appreciate

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Speaker 1: you guys for supporting the show. The plan as of

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Speaker 1: right now, we're gonna be going tomorrow with a quick

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Speaker 1: instant reaction on a couple of games and another our

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Speaker 1: mail bag in the morning, and then we will have

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Speaker 1: a live reaction to Kings Lakers tomorrow night on YouTube

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Speaker 1: after the final buzzer, I will see you guys. Then

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Speaker 1: the volume