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Speaker 1: M hmmm. Welcome to the State of the Lakers, presented

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Speaker 1: by DASH Radio. Happy Thursday, everybody. It's been a very

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Speaker 1: important week in Laker Land. We have somebody returning and

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Speaker 1: that would be our friend and co host Raj. How

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Speaker 1: you doing, buddy. How's your trip to Vegas? It was good.

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Speaker 1: It was too long, Like I was telling you, five

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Speaker 1: days in Vegas is way too long. After the third day,

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Speaker 1: you're kind of ready to come back home. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: a nice, nice sleep in your own bed, back to

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Speaker 1: was nice. But how are you, man, How are you doing.

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Speaker 1: I'm doing very good. It is good to have you back.

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Speaker 1: We have a lot to talk about. Um. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about this Anthony Davison be battle um because I

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Speaker 1: thought it was super interesting and fascinating and as a

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Speaker 1: You know, I thought the Lakers should have been able

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Speaker 1: to to to give this one a run for even

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Speaker 1: without Lebron. I thought this was a winnable game. Why,

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Speaker 1: Because the Sixers have overchead overachieved a bit. They don't

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Speaker 1: leaning on their version of th HD and Tyrese Maxie,

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Speaker 1: but another young, inconsistent type of guard. And Tobias Harris

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Speaker 1: a contract of the Sixers are trying to get off of.

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Speaker 1: But there's this imbid factor and him obviously playing super well.

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Speaker 1: But I thought that this was a winnable game. So

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Speaker 1: I'm a little disappointed. You and I talked to in

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Speaker 1: the text messages about how the Lakers didn't quite approach

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Speaker 1: approach the game with the right amount of a belief,

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Speaker 1: you know, you know, and just a handful of sequences

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Speaker 1: And that became unfortunate because then when they tried to

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Speaker 1: make runs later in the game, um, they weren't able

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Speaker 1: to sustain anything enough. But I think the main driving

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Speaker 1: force behind this, and this is something we've talked about

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Speaker 1: a lot on the show is the Lakers are a

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Speaker 1: brute force offense. They depend heavily on matchups. They depend

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Speaker 1: on Lebron and Anthony Davis in their ability to compromise

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Speaker 1: the defense, which then gets the defense and rotation, and

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Speaker 1: then guys can capitalize off of that, right, That's kind

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Speaker 1: They don't run super sophisticated actions. They're not the team

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Speaker 1: And so when you take a Lebron James out of

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Speaker 1: that initial advantage creation. And I thought our offense struggled

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Speaker 1: And I thought that's kind of where the wheels came

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Speaker 1: I just thought we didn't defend well enough, we didn't

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Speaker 1: didn't defend well enough. You know. Still the Carmelo Dwight

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Speaker 1: Philly continued to attack Carmelo. He hit a cree jump shots,

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Speaker 1: So I thought that's where we lost the game. But

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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis man incredible and credib will get into him.

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Speaker 1: But the game I thought was lost by doubling and

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Speaker 1: from tonight. Yeah, I'm so glad you brought up that

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Speaker 1: Because the continuity is the number one thing that's missing here.

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Speaker 1: I don't need to see anymore of what a Lebron

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Speaker 1: don't need to tinker with lineups anymore. We need our

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Speaker 1: I'm really glad you pointed out that thing with doubling,

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Speaker 1: But if it's when it's done well, it's effective. When

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Speaker 1: thought it was super interesting. They were doubling one pass away,

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Speaker 1: You understand when you double that you're going to give

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Speaker 1: It's kind of a win for the defense. Yes, it

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Speaker 1: results in points on the scoreboard, but it slows things down.

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Speaker 1: I would have and if that matchup, like especially in

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Speaker 1: the Western Conference, it's more like a Yokich kind of thing.

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Speaker 1: But I don't think we'll see him beat in the finals.

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Speaker 1: then yeah, then that's when you make that adjustment. But

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Speaker 1: the hard doubles early in the game, unless you're dealing

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Speaker 1: just in general, I seemed to me tonight that the

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Speaker 1: I thought it was a winnable game, and so that

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Speaker 1: did the previous you know season. So there's that progress,

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Speaker 1: and then you have this Lebron progress. And you know,

429
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Speaker 1: one of the big things here is it's it's building blocks.

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Speaker 1: It's no different than when you're building a roster in

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Speaker 1: the off season and you're looking at your situation, You're going, Okay,

432
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Speaker 1: I've got Lebron James here. That's a huge building block. Okay,

433
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Speaker 1: how good is he still? Is he top five? Is

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Speaker 1: he top ten. Like those are the kinds of questions

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Speaker 1: we were asking ourselves after the title, right, it was like, okay,

436
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Speaker 1: you know, what's it going to be like moving forward?

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Speaker 1: How good? Okay, well, Lebron still is very much in

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Speaker 1: the conversation for the best basketball player alive. That's a

439
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Speaker 1: very good building block to go with. Then we look

440
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Speaker 1: at Anthony Davis and it was like, Okay, it used

441
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Speaker 1: to be that Lebron in a d to the top

442
00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,520
Speaker 1: four or five players in the world, we have this awesome,

443
00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:44,200
Speaker 1: you know, formula that's guaranteed to win. But then we

444
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,440
Speaker 1: declined and was hovering in that different range. And again,

445
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Speaker 1: regardless of what you want to say about player rankings,

446
00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,880
Speaker 1: like forget about play rankings, he just wasn't as good

447
00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,000
Speaker 1: like you just Anthony Davis was not as good as

448
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Speaker 1: at basketball since the bubble, you know, as he was

449
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Speaker 1: when he was in the bubble. It's that's not I

450
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Speaker 1: don't even think that's up for debate rags like that

451
00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,800
Speaker 1: was like like in in Game six of the Finals,

452
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Speaker 1: he literally had one of the most dominant defensive performances

453
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Speaker 1: we've ever seen in conjunction with him shooting like Kevin

454
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Speaker 1: Durant and since then, he's declined defensively, mostly because the

455
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Speaker 1: effort I think in health, but then he also just

456
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Speaker 1: hasn't been able to shoot the ball, so he hasn't

457
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Speaker 1: been the same guy. If he becomes a better basketball player,

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Speaker 1: that's the same as trading for more talent. You're infusing

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Speaker 1: talent into the rosters. So if Anthony Davis starts to

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Speaker 1: come around, if what we're seeing from tonight is real

461
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Speaker 1: and not just a blit but rather a trend, then

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Speaker 1: that's when we start talking again about how the Lakers

463
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Speaker 1: have a talent advantage in a lot of these matchups.

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Speaker 1: Because now we're talking about Lebron James, you know, top

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Speaker 1: four or five player in the world, and Anthony Davis,

466
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Speaker 1: top seven eight player in the world. That's just a

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Speaker 1: lot to handle for anybody. And then from there, that's

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Speaker 1: when we can start looking at the building blocks. And

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Speaker 1: we're gonna talk a little bit more about that in

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Speaker 1: a minute, but it's like that's where the Stanley Johnson

471
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Speaker 1: and the Austin Reaves become important factors because when this

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Speaker 1: team was struggling early in the season, those two guys

473
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Speaker 1: just weren't playing. So, I mean, it's a different type

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Speaker 1: you know, I hate using the work reset because you know,

475
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Speaker 1: it's a famous Phil Parcels quote. You're you're you are

476
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Speaker 1: what your record says you are. And I don't want

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Speaker 1: to sit here and just undercut and pretend like none

478
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Speaker 1: of that stuff never happened. That said, like, oh, just

479
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Speaker 1: about everybody playing in the rotation now is different than

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Speaker 1: what we were using early in the year. And the

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Speaker 1: Lebron and a D we're getting now they're just better

482
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Speaker 1: players than the Lebron in a D that started the season. Yeah,

483
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Speaker 1: for sure, And that's the most important part of the season.

484
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Speaker 1: And all this stuff, all the loudness about Russell Westbrook

485
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Speaker 1: and that's, you know, the stuff that still has to

486
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Speaker 1: be figured out. I think he's starting to figure out

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Speaker 1: his role. I think tonight it was uplifted obviously with Lebron.

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Speaker 1: Now you're gonna put more possessions in his hands, a

489
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Speaker 1: lot of responsibility on him. But you know, a D

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Speaker 1: has to be this type of player for this team

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Speaker 1: to go anywhere. I think Lebron has kind of showed

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Speaker 1: that he's still that guy from the beginning of the season.

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Speaker 1: The jumper looks get looks there. Lebron has turned into

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Speaker 1: a full time screener, you know, ball mover kind of

495
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Speaker 1: off the ball, uh, running screen actions with Malik Monk

496
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Speaker 1: and stuff like that. And A d has talked about

497
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Speaker 1: it too, how he wants to move less in isolation

498
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Speaker 1: more in ball screen action as well. I think you're

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Speaker 1: seeing that again, running trible hands off with Malik Monk

500
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Speaker 1: and defensively when this team missed him like crazy. Like

501
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Speaker 1: we talked a lot about offense, and that's mostly what

502
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Speaker 1: we discussed with the Russell Westbrook fit, but we needed

503
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Speaker 1: Anthony Davis to be there. Defensively, he takes away pick

504
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Speaker 1: and rolls in a way none of our other bigs

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Speaker 1: can do. And he did that again tonight on a

506
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Speaker 1: lot of possessions. We ran a little bit of a

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Speaker 1: drop coverage and he was able to guard like Tobias

508
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Speaker 1: Harris and take away Joel and beat at the rim.

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Speaker 1: And that's just stuff none of our bigs can do.

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Speaker 1: And when you see him like Jux juxtaposed with like

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Speaker 1: Dwight Howard, right, because Dwight Howard played some minutes and

512
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Speaker 1: now you just see the difference. Like we were running.

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Speaker 1: Our center lineup was Lebron James and Dwight Howard for

514
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Speaker 1: so long and then you see Anthony Davis out there

515
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Speaker 1: being able to move block shots. Yeah, it jumps off

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Speaker 1: the page right now. You can take that for granted.

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Speaker 1: And we just talked about how A D wasn't himself

518
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Speaker 1: and he wasn't on both ends right offensively and defensively,

519
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,480
Speaker 1: the replace where you know, he wasn't as engaged for

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Speaker 1: full games. And we can put whatever context we will

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Speaker 1: into that COVID season, short offseason, not wanting to be

522
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Speaker 1: injuryed yadi YadA. But it was just there. And you

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Speaker 1: see these last two games, I thought he was engaged,

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Speaker 1: and you know, Philly's a tough matchup with Himbiid having

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Speaker 1: a bank against him. But I thought again against Brooklyn

526
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Speaker 1: against tonight, I thought, you know, he gave them a

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Speaker 1: chance to win. And that's all you can ask for

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Speaker 1: Dowight Howard. You know, looks it looked a lot, looks

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Speaker 1: a lot slower. When you're playing Anthony David's minutes, you

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Speaker 1: don't notice it as much until A D gets back.

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Speaker 1: You just see the mobility difference, and then DeAndre Jordan

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Speaker 1: you can forget about it, right, So, so you just

533
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:41,840
Speaker 1: talked about you just talked about the rotation. Man, it's

534
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,639
Speaker 1: flipped so much. Right when a D went out, we

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Speaker 1: still had DJ in the lineup. I think Wayne Ellington

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Speaker 1: was really really quickly. Ro Rondo was playing, minutes bas

537
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Speaker 1: was playing, minutes DeAndre Jordan was playing, minutes Wayne Ellington

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Speaker 1: was consistently in the rotation. All of those guys are

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Speaker 1: just completely not being played anymore different. It looks like,

540
00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 1: and the hook is a lot quicker, right. Trevor Reason

541
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Speaker 1: got three games and we realized his legs are just

542
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Speaker 1: not under him, and maybe, you know, we give him

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Speaker 1: a few weeks off to go find them. We'll know

544
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Speaker 1: who knows if he'll find them. But I think you

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Speaker 1: know that's the better case than whatever we were getting

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Speaker 1: from him. He just was moving in slow motion. So

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Speaker 1: you're seeing the rotation kind of flip. Austin Reeves has

548
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Speaker 1: jumped all those guys you just mentioned I treated before.

549
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Speaker 1: Austin Reasons has jumped all those guys. Went from undrafted

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Speaker 1: to jumping four guys we signed to think to be

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Speaker 1: in the rotation at least a bit. Whatever you think

552
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Speaker 1: of Wayne Ellington, whatever you think of Camp bays Moore,

553
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Speaker 1: you know those guys are supposed to be NBA players

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Speaker 1: for US, and Reeves has jumped all of them. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Stanley Johnson, the tame gay guys starting now, we kind

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Speaker 1: of moved into him. I think he did in more

557
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Speaker 1: minutes tonight. He played twenty five minutes to me, which

558
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:44,560
Speaker 1: isn't enough for a team that just lacks athleticism and pop.

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Speaker 1: When Lebron's out, we still have a shortness of wings,

560
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Speaker 1: so I thought he should have played more. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is a totally different team, man, and it looks

562
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Speaker 1: like eight and Lebron kind of played better next to

563
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Speaker 1: the young guys. It doesn't that's not really what it

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Speaker 1: should be. And he's supposed it should have been more vetereman,

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Speaker 1: I guess savvy next to them, but that's just not

566
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Speaker 1: how the how the season has played out. So we'll

567
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:04,119
Speaker 1: see how it goes going forward. Getting this a D

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00:25:04,240 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 1: back I think is the most important thing for the season,

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Speaker 1: and I'll lose something that continues going forward. Yeah, it's

570
00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 1: funny throughout Lebron's career, he's always been dependent on this

571
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Speaker 1: experience this. I would rather have a player who I

572
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Speaker 1: can count on to, you know, understand what it takes

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Speaker 1: to win big, pivotal basketball games. Rather than the young

574
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Speaker 1: player who doesn't understand those things. But as it turned

575
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Speaker 1: out as we got into this season, their biggest shortcoming

576
00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:32,080
Speaker 1: had to do with consistent energy. So actually ironically it

577
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Speaker 1: became we need youth and as a result of that,

578
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Speaker 1: you know, there had to be this awkward transition of

579
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Speaker 1: start starting to slowly move these older, unenthused players out

580
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Speaker 1: of the rotation to these guys that were playing with desperation.

581
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Speaker 1: And desperation was the key there, right, because like guys

582
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Speaker 1: like Austin Read Stanley Johnson, they're literally playing for their

583
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Speaker 1: NBA careers, Like Stanley was going ten day to ten

584
00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,560
Speaker 1: day and it was like, is this going to be

585
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Speaker 1: the time? Am I gonna get to solidify by spot

586
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Speaker 1: in the league or is it gonna be here we

587
00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,680
Speaker 1: go to the G league again? And that that desperation

588
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,400
Speaker 1: fueled that consistent effort and that ironically, and like this

589
00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,280
Speaker 1: is the thing, the Stars weren't playing hard RAJ Like

590
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 1: like in the season, Lebron and a D had this

591
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,919
Speaker 1: mutual accountability with each other and they fed off of

592
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 1: that with each other to push each other on a

593
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,920
Speaker 1: night tonight basis to play hard to start this season.

594
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Speaker 1: And you can You can blame them, you can blame

595
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 1: the scheming, you can blame spacing, you can blame Frank

596
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 1: and then just getting sick of his voice. I don't

597
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:31,920
Speaker 1: know how you want to describe it, but they got

598
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Speaker 1: to the point where they just weren't playing hard that consistently,

599
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,840
Speaker 1: and I think some of that energy from the younger

600
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,440
Speaker 1: players on the roster just became contagious. And I think that,

601
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 1: in conjunction with the urgency of the situation and where

602
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 1: they were in the standings, got them to finally start

603
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:51,560
Speaker 1: to dial it up and start to take things more seriously. Yeah, no,

604
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: I agree, And it looks like that's what it's going

605
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Speaker 1: to be. I think the young guys are just gonna

606
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Speaker 1: get more and more minutes. I think a d playing

607
00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,240
Speaker 1: thirty four minutes tonight is great, Like it looks like

608
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Speaker 1: he got his legs under him. But lit, we're gonna

609
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: go towards this youth movement, right, and I think that's

610
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,399
Speaker 1: the plan. Now. Ken Basemore can't even get minutes, man,

611
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,440
Speaker 1: I think that's absolutely insane. I would like to see

612
00:27:08,520 --> 00:27:10,200
Speaker 1: him getting out of the chance. But all those guys

613
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: we sign, it just looks like they're going to be

614
00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 1: taking out of the rotation. Wayne Allington, Trevor Reza. I'm

615
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 1: not sure he'll be back. I think DeAndre Jordan is

616
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 1: done for the team. I don't think he's gonna be

617
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 1: in the rotation. Avery Bradley is like the last surviving

618
00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,879
Speaker 1: the last survivor of that right Like it looks like

619
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Speaker 1: every Radley just continues to start. I think that will

620
00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: eventually switch. I'm not sure when. I think Reeves will

621
00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,960
Speaker 1: eventually take that over. But the main point here is

622
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 1: like this is a brand new team that even we

623
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Speaker 1: started and even when a D went out um a

624
00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, so brand new team has to

625
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: kind of get reps here. I think Russell Westbrook is

626
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:41,720
Speaker 1: getting a little bit more and more comfortable with his

627
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 1: role every game. I think we've kind of decided that

628
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:47,119
Speaker 1: he's more. Even tonight, there wasn't much Was there much

629
00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 1: Russ ad pick and roll tonight? Jason? I didn't notice

630
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 1: very much, did you. There hasn't been a ton of

631
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 1: pick and roll with Russ this entire season, And you know,

632
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,479
Speaker 1: we Vene and I got into this a little bit

633
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:01,119
Speaker 1: the other night. I think they're there's a couple of

634
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,959
Speaker 1: different potential explanations. Part of it has to do I

635
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 1: think with the fact that teams are starting to put

636
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:09,439
Speaker 1: bigger defenders on Russ and switches so they can just

637
00:28:09,480 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 1: switch it, like and again, like there's just no point

638
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: in running a pick and roll, you know, if it's

639
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 1: not going to gain any advantage other than a switch,

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Speaker 1: unless that switch is one that compromises the defense, you know.

641
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Speaker 1: And so I think I think that's part of it.

642
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: But some of it too is like they just I

643
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 1: don't know, I I don't for whatever reason they have it, Rob,

644
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,919
Speaker 1: I don't know. Yeah, no, no, they've completely get more

645
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 1: of a chance to do well. This isn't just well,

646
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,080
Speaker 1: this isn't and this just isn't tonight. It's been happening

647
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,040
Speaker 1: even when Lebron's on the floor, when Lebron is on

648
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: or off the floor, like even tonight we did more

649
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: just Horn's action and then run it off like Malik

650
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 1: Munk coming off the screen and Russell Westbrook would kind

651
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: of flow into the corner. So it's interesting. I think

652
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 1: Russ is still attacking the rim. I thought he found

653
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,880
Speaker 1: guys were jump shots tonight that didn't work. He got

654
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: some nice drive tonight, like they threw Matisse tyable on him,

655
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,520
Speaker 1: and that's not a guy you want rust really attacking

656
00:28:54,520 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: in isolation, but that's on transition. He got to the

657
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 1: rim on him and finished at the basket. But yeah,

658
00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,959
Speaker 1: it's been it's been out to kind of watch them

659
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 1: move more and more off of that uh in action

660
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: we thought would be so you know, vital to our team.

661
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: The Russ eighties screen roll just hasn't materialized at all,

662
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:10,600
Speaker 1: and a D has been out for a lot of that,

663
00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 1: but even these last two games, I haven't seen much

664
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 1: of it. So it's interesting to watch kind of the

665
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,440
Speaker 1: team moved to more other ball handlers and even Lebron's

666
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:18,920
Speaker 1: on the floor, and the rust fits still will be

667
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 1: something that hasn't get worked out as as the season goes,

668
00:29:21,280 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: but hopefully, you know, we can kind of build on

669
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: whatever we on the Brooklyn win and get Lebron back

670
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: tomorrow and just get you know, some more reps. Man.

671
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: Sixteen games between our big three just isn't enough, especially

672
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,040
Speaker 1: with these other teams coming in already with a super

673
00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,640
Speaker 1: headstart and continuity. You go to Phoenix, you go to

674
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: Golden State having their core um intact for all these years,

675
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 1: so hopefully there's something we can build from here. But yeah,

676
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 1: it's interesting. We moved to a brand new kind of younger,

677
00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,680
Speaker 1: more youth confused team th h T. I think twenty two,

678
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: Austin Reeves two, Stanley Johnson um all just super young

679
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaker 1: guyslak Monk three and that's just not what you thought

680
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 1: to start the season. So hopefully they can kind of

681
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,280
Speaker 1: build a little rhythm here on this road trip. Yeah,

682
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 1: So it's it's funny because one of the things that

683
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,520
Speaker 1: I think is a more realistic outcome or goal from

684
00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,160
Speaker 1: the trade deadline, because we've talked the trade deadline has

685
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: been kind of a NonStop discussion among Laker fans over

686
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,160
Speaker 1: the course of the last week, whether it's surrounds for

687
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 1: us or it surrounds Jeremy Grant and I've talked to

688
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 1: Russ literally to death over the course of the last week.

689
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 1: So I'm not going to go there again. I'm kind

690
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 1: of I'm kind of coming to terms with the fact

691
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: that he's going to be around I. I personally think

692
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: it's a mistake. I've laid that out at like at

693
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:31,480
Speaker 1: length on this podcast, so I don't need to get

694
00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: into it again. But understanding that he's going to be here.

695
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 1: You know, there are still opportunities to make these improvements.

696
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: And we talked about slotting a lot having to do

697
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 1: with Anthony Davis and just how having him on the

698
00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:46,920
Speaker 1: floor makes everybody's defensive responsibilities easier, which just makes everything

699
00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 1: more achievable. Right, Well, I think I think a lot

700
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:54,920
Speaker 1: could be gained there by accomplishing some better slotting at

701
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: the two guard positions. So this is where like someone

702
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 1: like an error like Eric Gordon or Terence Ross. These

703
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,440
Speaker 1: are our guy been They pointed these out on Twitter earlier,

704
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: and these are two perfect examples of just what we're

705
00:31:08,040 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 1: talking about. Guys that are like, they're just better two

706
00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,959
Speaker 1: guards than Avery Bradley. Are they? Are they championship level starters?

707
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 1: I don't know. Are they still capable of doing the

708
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,200
Speaker 1: things they could do, you know, at their absolute peaks

709
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,000
Speaker 1: at I don't know. But are they better than Avery Bradley? Yes,

710
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:29,240
Speaker 1: I think in a situation where we're upgrading that specific position,

711
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 1: just slots everybody every a little better. All of a sudden,

712
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: now Avery Bradley is coming off the bench instead of

713
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: running with all your most important lineups. All of a sudden, now,

714
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Speaker 1: maybe th h T can take some of those Avery

715
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,840
Speaker 1: Bradley minutes away, and now we're just bigger in general.

716
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 1: Now we can do more switching and a little bit

717
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,520
Speaker 1: less of our chase over the top rank. Vogel had

718
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: a pregame interview i think before the game earlier this

719
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: week having to do with, uh, like, hey, I've come

720
00:31:57,720 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 1: to terms with the fact that with our personnel, we're

721
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: a little bit more of a switch team than we

722
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: are what I've been, which is something that like literally

723
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,240
Speaker 1: Rogers to hear that. It was like like, oh my goodness,

724
00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: we're we're damn damn near game fifty year and we're

725
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:12,680
Speaker 1: finally coming to terms with what kind of basketball team

726
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: we are, you know. But the bottom line is is

727
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,920
Speaker 1: that bringing in a reasonably like because if you look

728
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,200
Speaker 1: at our starting group now and you're looking at Russell Westbrook,

729
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 1: which you know by like, you know, very uh you know,

730
00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:30,480
Speaker 1: he's a he's a very like polarizing person, but he's

731
00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: there like it or not. And then you have Lebron

732
00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis Well Stanley Johnson slots into that three

733
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 1: spot and it works, like it just works. He plays

734
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: so hard to start the game. He takes the most

735
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: difficult defensive matchup. He it brings this level of athleticism

736
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: that I've been pleading for with the Jeremy Grant trade,

737
00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: where it's like, oh man, you have Jeremy Grant, Lebron

738
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis in the front court. That's just the

739
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:58,200
Speaker 1: devastating athletic defensive front court. Well, Stanley Johnson kind of

740
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,960
Speaker 1: accomplishes the same thing. I I don't I don't think

741
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 1: he's quite the defender that Jeremy Grant is, but he's

742
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: in that same archetype, right. So but then then there's

743
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: this two guard spot, and our to guard is not

744
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,920
Speaker 1: Seth Curry. You know, it's not like a league average

745
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: to slightly above league average starting to guard. He's probably

746
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 1: one of the worst starting two guards in the league.

747
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,320
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean he's not an NBA player, doesn't mean he

748
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:26,720
Speaker 1: doesn't belong in the rotation. It's just he's underqualified for

749
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:30,520
Speaker 1: that position. So bringing in somebody like a Terence Ross,

750
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 1: like a Eric Gordon, somebody in that vein just a

751
00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:37,560
Speaker 1: bona fide like NBA two guard that can do the

752
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,440
Speaker 1: things that this team needs that from that position, I

753
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:44,360
Speaker 1: think would go a long way towards and as much

754
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 1: as I like, because Kendrick Nunn is where a lot

755
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 1: of people are going to go there and why I

756
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 1: don't While I don't disagree with the fact that Kendrick

757
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 1: Nunn is a viable option at that position, this just

758
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: kind of goes back to a small ball concept garage,

759
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,719
Speaker 1: like I don't think we need to places six two

760
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,880
Speaker 1: guys with a six two guy like I think I

761
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: think we need to try to to to have that

762
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:09,839
Speaker 1: aggregate size and the lineup be big, because that's where

763
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,880
Speaker 1: you get that. You know, if it's if it's Russell Westbrook,

764
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,120
Speaker 1: Eric Gordon, Stanley Johnson, Lebron, Anthony Davis, you can switch

765
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: every screen screen in that line up because both russ

766
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,279
Speaker 1: and Eric Gordon are so strong that they can hold

767
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 1: their own in post mismatches. So I just would like

768
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,960
Speaker 1: to see them upgrade that position. I think that's super achievable.

769
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,280
Speaker 1: I don't think that's a pie in this guy idea.

770
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 1: It's not like, oh, it's Jeremy Grantmer arguing about trade value. No,

771
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 1: this is a realistic, on the table option to upgrade

772
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 1: the roster that very clearly makes us better, fixes our

773
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,080
Speaker 1: greatest weakness in the starting lineup, slats everybody a little

774
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 1: bit better, and I think just makes us a better team. Yeah,

775
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,240
Speaker 1: and look, I think that players on the team Jason,

776
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 1: like I would just and probably maybe yes, you know,

777
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: maybe because he's a rookie, you know that that they

778
00:34:55,400 --> 00:34:57,360
Speaker 1: don't want to go there yet. I understand that. But

779
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 1: and the Crusoe arc is just hilarious to watch in

780
00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,560
Speaker 1: I've hated you know, comparing those two, but just the

781
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 1: arc in terms of how they kind of came up,

782
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: I guess in the rotation is almost like deja vu.

783
00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 1: But yeah, I think we have a better to guard

784
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,319
Speaker 1: currently sitting on the team. Like I think Austin Reaves

785
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,960
Speaker 1: is already closing games. He's already like leading our fourth

786
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 1: quarter minutes. Again, that's a Cruso thing that was following

787
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:18,520
Speaker 1: before Cruso eventually took over, that you know rotation in

788
00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: the fourth in the bubble and all that stuff. But yeah,

789
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 1: Austin res is already kind of you know, winning the

790
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,120
Speaker 1: fourth quarter minutes. He's already closing games. Like, I think

791
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,680
Speaker 1: that's the eventual lead here. If you can't get a trade,

792
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: obviously there are trade you know partners out there. I'm

793
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: not a guy that really likes to go in the

794
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 1: trade machine. But and Jeremy Grant would be my wish.

795
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:35,680
Speaker 1: I think, you know, you see Stanley Johnson do this.

796
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: Imagine a guy you know, like Jeremy Grant who has

797
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 1: all the uh, all the physical tools, who has all

798
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:42,200
Speaker 1: the skills to match with that. I think that would

799
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,200
Speaker 1: be amazing. But I think that guy's on the team already.

800
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 1: I think that's the last kind of piece to kind

801
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: of the piece of the puzzle here to you know,

802
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: fulfill the starting line up full potential there. Everybody's not

803
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,720
Speaker 1: everybody's not just undersized. He's undersiged for the he's undersized

804
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: for the point guard positions. He's under comed to point guards. Yeah,

805
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: let alone the to guard position. And we've kind of got,

806
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 1: you know, in nauseum of like why Frank Voga starts him.

807
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: I think a lot of it also is the roster

808
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 1: has flip three times, you know, like it's nice to

809
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,400
Speaker 1: have a guy that was there through the through the

810
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 1: trenches with you, even though he didn't go in the bubble,

811
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,840
Speaker 1: but he was there for that full season, that successful season.

812
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: He does a you know, a good point of attack

813
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: defense on drop coverage YadA, YadA YadA, But yeah, I

814
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: understand why. But I think that's the eventual lead here.

815
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: And maybe, you know, Frank Voga doesn't really care who starts,

816
00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 1: is about who finishes to him, maybe that really hasn't

817
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: matched up with the numbers, but you know, reason is

818
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: starting to pick up in the fourth quarter, and I

819
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,320
Speaker 1: think that's that's where you can go. Justin Holiday, I

820
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 1: think I think that's his name on the pacers has

821
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,560
Speaker 1: been rumored as well, that would the pacers would go,

822
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 1: would let him go for like two seconds or something

823
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:41,760
Speaker 1: like that. There's players out there to kind of upgrade

824
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,520
Speaker 1: our athleticism, But yeah, that would be the eventual kind

825
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 1: of in house moved to me. He just fits so well, Jason,

826
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Speaker 1: Like you watched these games and like he doesn't play

827
00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: like a rookie. You know, he jels so well. He's

828
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 1: kind of a connector with both of those guys. He's

829
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:56,200
Speaker 1: played so well next to Lebron. I've already seen him

830
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 1: kind of gain camistry with a D. I think he's

831
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 1: thrown a D like five logs in the last two games.

832
00:37:00,880 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 1: Like just in the last two games, he's already hit

833
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,839
Speaker 1: eighty with like five lots, which is you know, it's

834
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 1: nice to see a rookie be able to read the

835
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,920
Speaker 1: floor like he does. So that's my eventual move here.

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00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 1: Reeves isn't tall either. I think he's like six four

837
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: six five, but just and he and he's a legit

838
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: good defender. He's not a good defender for a rookie,

839
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 1: like he's a legit good defender. He knows angles. I

840
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,320
Speaker 1: think he leaves. He's a leader in the league and

841
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,560
Speaker 1: charges and stuff like that. So just a guy, I

842
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: think I would kind of fill in. I understand why

843
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 1: he's not starting, but that's my eventual kind of role

844
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: here to kind of pick for the pieces together in

845
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,080
Speaker 1: that starting lineup. I think everybody is the final kind

846
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: of older veteran guy that eventually kind of move out

847
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,480
Speaker 1: from there. But we'll see if that happens. So the

848
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 1: last item on our list was Sammy Johnson, and we

849
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: Roger and I both wanted to to talk about them

850
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 1: for a minute because he's earned something that is really cool. Um,

851
00:37:47,880 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 1: he was out of the league and he scratched and

852
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: clawed his way back in and found an opportunity. Now

853
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 1: I've told a shorter version of this story on the show,

854
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 1: but I grew up in Tucson, and Stanley was recruited

855
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:03,280
Speaker 1: to University of Arizona, and um, I got to compete

856
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: with him a lot while he was here, and I

857
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: remember just liking the guy. It was just a nice

858
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: guy and like he was very enthusiastic and energetic. He

859
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:15,560
Speaker 1: was thrown into a very difficult situation. Sean Miller is

860
00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:18,920
Speaker 1: a is a very demanding coach, and Sean Miller was

861
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,560
Speaker 1: very hard on Stanley while he was there and did

862
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 1: a lot to try to, you know, because Stanley was

863
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,360
Speaker 1: a he was a high school star. You know, he

864
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: was literally one of those YouTube stars as we've talked

865
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,600
Speaker 1: about here on the show, and and you know, I

866
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:36,799
Speaker 1: just to see his development from you know, getting into

867
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 1: like having some struggles at Arizona, not quite performing to

868
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:43,080
Speaker 1: the level that he thought he would, but then still

869
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: being a lottery pick because of his athletic potential, but

870
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:49,560
Speaker 1: then having some struggles as things didn't quite work out,

871
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 1: to the Massiyu Jerry thing where he allegedly looks Stanley

872
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,600
Speaker 1: in the face and said you're bad at basketball, to

873
00:38:55,400 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: him becoming like you know, I think I think just

874
00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 1: from I've watched him throughout his career because I've always

875
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: been a fan of him just as a person, and

876
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,440
Speaker 1: he's better at ball handling and shooting now than he

877
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 1: used to be. You know, he just looks more he

878
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,479
Speaker 1: looks more comfortable, he's more committed to the dirty work.

879
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:19,160
Speaker 1: He's he's thoroughly embraced what his role is to succeed

880
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 1: in the NBA, and it's manifested in him getting to

881
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: your contract. And I just all I wanted to say

882
00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 1: was that I'm super stoked about it. I can just say,

883
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 1: you know, as someone covering the Lakers just like you, Roge,

884
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 1: I'm very excited that I get to cover him for

885
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 1: the rest of the season, and I'm rooting for him

886
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: and I'm happy he's on the team. Yeah, I mean too.

887
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:40,680
Speaker 1: He has a fearlessness about him, which I think is

888
00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 1: important when you play next to superstars like he, and

889
00:39:43,239 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: he understands his role as well in that. But I

890
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: think I just love like he'll get a rebound and

891
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,760
Speaker 1: even if it's like a d or Rust or Lebron

892
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: looking for the outlet past, he would just be like,

893
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: I'm a big six six nine dude with ball handling ability, Like,

894
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:57,080
Speaker 1: let me just go down the lane. You know, to gather,

895
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:58,840
Speaker 1: get up, get up a shot at the rim. I

896
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,800
Speaker 1: think he drew a foul on embeat. I guess I

897
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 1: want play tonight. He just has to fearlessness that. I

898
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 1: think it's important playing next to those guys and it's

899
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,200
Speaker 1: not like a direct competent. Reminds me a little bit

900
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:09,879
Speaker 1: of Kuzma as well, that, you know, irrational confidence. He's

901
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 1: not you know, the shooter that couzes or whatever, but

902
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 1: or the floor spacer, but just a guy that also

903
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: takes shots. He doesn't pass up open threes, which I

904
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: think there's another like domino effect that's important to me.

905
00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: He's a guy that takes the open corner three when

906
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 1: it's there. I think he's hitting at a high percentage.

907
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: But even if not, I think that's just important. Has

908
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 1: a dominant effect on your game, on your confidence. At

909
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 1: least him attack in the basket. He's had a bunch

910
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: of shots, you know, in four quarters, big time plays. Um.

911
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 1: I think he's important for this team. I think he's

912
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 1: gonna be in closing lineups more than people realize. I

913
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: don't know if you would agree with like even in

914
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I know that's crazy for a guy whose

915
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:46,280
Speaker 1: deal isn't even guaranteed for next year. It's a team option.

916
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: But I just think that fits man. Just a super agile,

917
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 1: athletic wing. He's like looking like a younger Trevor Reza

918
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:55,320
Speaker 1: who's a little bit more bulked up, Like just a

919
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: guy that can run the floor. And I think he's

920
00:40:57,640 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 1: I think he doesn't get credit for how smart of

921
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,880
Speaker 1: a defender is he is to Like, obviously he plays

922
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: hard and that's a skill and all of that stuff,

923
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: but I think he's also like a smart defender. He

924
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,799
Speaker 1: understands angles. You watch him against James Harden, and he

925
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 1: knew like the scouting report, he knew like where to

926
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 1: shade him, how to like if James Harden drives right,

927
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 1: he's gonna go to the rim. He goes left. He

928
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,479
Speaker 1: likes to step back jumper like he liked. He knows

929
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:19,319
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff and he works that to

930
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 1: his advantage. I actually liked him on switches against Joel

931
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 1: and b Tonight, Like I like that a D and

932
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: Stanley can kind of switch for five, and then if

933
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 1: you have Stanley Lebron and a D, you can switch three,

934
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 1: four or five you have Jeremy. Granted that you can

935
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: switch two through five and Rust can handle some physical

936
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: matchups as well. Like, I think that's the idea for

937
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 1: this team to go back to winning the battle athletically,

938
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 1: and I think Stanley is a huge part of that.

939
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,160
Speaker 1: And I know that again that sounds crazy for a

940
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 1: guy who's guaranteed, who's not guaranteed, but still, I just

941
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,760
Speaker 1: think he fits this team. You add his ball handling

942
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:49,640
Speaker 1: ability really attacked the rim, the fearlessness to play. I

943
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: think he's a big part of us going forward. Yeah,

944
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,720
Speaker 1: there's a handful of things that he does really really

945
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,200
Speaker 1: well that have given him a spot right like, because

946
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:01,280
Speaker 1: you know, it's not us that he's big an athletic,

947
00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,000
Speaker 1: because as we've seen, there are guys who are big

948
00:42:03,040 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 1: enough like do I like DeAndre Jordan for instance. DeAndre

949
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: Jordan's is definitely declined massively athletically from where he is,

950
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,960
Speaker 1: but he is still physically capable of doing some of

951
00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: that job. He's just not willing to do it, you

952
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: know what I mean. Yeah, Stanley has that, and there

953
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:23,160
Speaker 1: there are three important things that he does that I

954
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,799
Speaker 1: think translate really well at this level. First of all,

955
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: he applies consistent ball pressure. Now this is something with

956
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:33,399
Speaker 1: Avery Bradley that, um, you know, it's the only thing

957
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:36,480
Speaker 1: Avery Bradley does. That's kind of one of my you know,

958
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 1: criticisms of him is he applies ball pressure, but he

959
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,480
Speaker 1: can't really impact the defensive end anywhere else. Stanley can

960
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: apply for ball pressure and do other things, but ball

961
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 1: pressure is important because it makes the paul handler feel

962
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 1: uncomfortable and makes them do something they don't want to do.

963
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 1: You know, it's a it's a classic concept of the

964
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant has he pull up jump shot that he

965
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 1: made over Lebron in the NBA Finals, Like, if you

966
00:42:57,640 --> 00:43:00,399
Speaker 1: apply just a little bit of ball pressure as he's

967
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:02,800
Speaker 1: coming across half court, he just won't take that shot

968
00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: because that's not what the read is. That you're going

969
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:07,919
Speaker 1: to force him to all of a sudden drive into

970
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 1: the teeth of a defense when he's not really necessarily

971
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 1: wanting to do that. Like, you're just even for me

972
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: as a basketball player, I met my most comfort playing

973
00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:20,879
Speaker 1: pick up when I'm comfortably on the perimeter, just manipulating

974
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 1: the basketball getting to where I want to go. If

975
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:25,080
Speaker 1: you applied ball pressure to me, it forces me to

976
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:27,560
Speaker 1: do something I don't want to do. That translates at

977
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:30,480
Speaker 1: every level of basketball, and that is it's like with

978
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: James Harden. It's not that he stopped James Harden. Of course,

979
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,439
Speaker 1: he didn't stop James Harden. He didn't stop James Harden

980
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: on Christmas Day either. But what he did is he

981
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 1: made James Harden play faster than he wanted to play,

982
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:42,759
Speaker 1: which fatigued him over the course of the game and

983
00:43:42,800 --> 00:43:45,200
Speaker 1: made things just more difficult than they needed to be.

984
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 1: The second thing is just this ability with his low

985
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: center of gravity to attack the basket even when he

986
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,200
Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily have a size advantage. So from what we've heard,

987
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 1: according to Stanley, this came from Lebron, So apparently Lebron

988
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,840
Speaker 1: has advocated for him with him privately, like, hey, dude,

989
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:04,960
Speaker 1: attack the basket. If you see an angle, put the

990
00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 1: ball in the ground, try to get to the rim.

991
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,319
Speaker 1: That's that will help our team. And you can tell

992
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: over the course of this last four or five games

993
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:16,959
Speaker 1: like when he sees an opportunity, he goes, he tried,

994
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 1: he tried, and he tries to get there. And then

995
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: the last thing is he's actually a very good finisher.

996
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:26,399
Speaker 1: And this is an underrated difficult basketball ability. Because it's

997
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 1: not easy to work on guys, Like when you go

998
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: to the gym, it's hard to work on finishing because

999
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: it's boring, Like who's gonna like just perpetually drive to

1000
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: the basket and take difficult layups? Like it's different. It's

1001
00:44:38,040 --> 00:44:40,000
Speaker 1: much easier to work on a jump shot, or to

1002
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: work on dunking, or to work on your handle, because

1003
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:44,319
Speaker 1: all those things are just easy to work on in

1004
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: the flow of a workout. It's difficult to build the

1005
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 1: like Kiber Irving, for instance. I've always been so fascinated

1006
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,200
Speaker 1: just with how long it must have taken for him

1007
00:44:54,239 --> 00:44:57,400
Speaker 1: to become so gifted finishing around the basket. And Stanley

1008
00:44:57,520 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: isn't above average finisher. When he gets around on the

1009
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:02,520
Speaker 1: rim and he gets a little bit of an angle,

1010
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 1: he's probably gonna make it. And so that's another one

1011
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:08,319
Speaker 1: of those really high end NBA skills that he has.

1012
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:10,319
Speaker 1: So that ability to attack the rim, that ability to

1013
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: finish when he gets there, and that consistent ball pressure motor,

1014
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,600
Speaker 1: those three things have made him kind of an indispensable

1015
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,399
Speaker 1: part of this team. And I just I just think

1016
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:22,319
Speaker 1: it's really impressive, And like I said, I'm just happy

1017
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,600
Speaker 1: to have him on the team. Yeah, me too. He's

1018
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,839
Speaker 1: earned that two year deal, you know, or one year

1019
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: plus the team option. Like he's earned every penny of

1020
00:45:29,239 --> 00:45:31,200
Speaker 1: that and hopefully he's on the team next year as well.

1021
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 1: But yeah, man, and you also like he gives that assignment,

1022
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,040
Speaker 1: he can take the defensive assignment. That's what Trevor reason

1023
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:38,600
Speaker 1: was supposed to be. And obviously Trevor doesn't look like

1024
00:45:38,600 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 1: you can even feel that. Stanley also like he picks

1025
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,480
Speaker 1: up guy's full court and he can keep up that

1026
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:44,399
Speaker 1: energy and I think that's just some of this team

1027
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 1: sorely needed. Um. He just has a physicality to him

1028
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 1: as well. That's important when you're playing next to Lebron

1029
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,959
Speaker 1: and a d those three are just physically are guys

1030
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,240
Speaker 1: that can just dominate physically, and I think that's important.

1031
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,319
Speaker 1: I think that's the kind of identity that this team

1032
00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 1: is going for. And it's crazy, man, a guy that

1033
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: wasn't on the roster, you know, like four weeks ago, Um,

1034
00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,640
Speaker 1: it is now such an important key cock. That's kind

1035
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: of what that's kind of what we figured out, and

1036
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: that's what a season is for. They're going to figure

1037
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 1: out where, you know, where to plug your holes. From

1038
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,120
Speaker 1: and to find, you know, weaknesses that you have. This

1039
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 1: is kind of a godsend, right, he you know, flies

1040
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 1: into your G league and you're able to find him

1041
00:46:16,680 --> 00:46:18,799
Speaker 1: and bring him up that way. Um, and he's able

1042
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 1: to earn a spot. So it's good, it's great. I'm

1043
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 1: glad they didn't like wait till the trade deadline or

1044
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:25,600
Speaker 1: something to keep him. Um. And so it's just good process. Man.

1045
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,319
Speaker 1: This is what good organizations do. They find players like

1046
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: this and they keep them, They extend, you lock them down. Yeah, exactly.

1047
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:33,959
Speaker 1: And so it's great for Stanley, great for the team,

1048
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:35,800
Speaker 1: and I think both of us believe he's going to

1049
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:38,480
Speaker 1: be a big part of this rotation. And he competes. Man,

1050
00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:41,000
Speaker 1: he's a competitive dude. Like again, like not even just

1051
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 1: against Harder on Christmas hard and you know the other

1052
00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: night Joel and b Tonight just makes guys work. You

1053
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: talked about the low center of gravity. Guys can't like

1054
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:50,919
Speaker 1: push him backwards. He gets a lot of steals where

1055
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,000
Speaker 1: guys try to, you know, physically go into him and

1056
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:54,879
Speaker 1: he just doesn't move and he just grabbed the ball

1057
00:46:55,239 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 1: and he's Okay, I'm to twenty six six and that's

1058
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:04,399
Speaker 1: big for six six, Like most taller guys I meet

1059
00:47:04,400 --> 00:47:07,880
Speaker 1: are usually right around like two pounds. He is literally

1060
00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:11,400
Speaker 1: a refrigerator that move, that moves like a wide receiver

1061
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,720
Speaker 1: like that. That is a massive human being. Yeah, exactly.

1062
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:16,680
Speaker 1: And you put that next to Lebron and you and

1063
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:18,560
Speaker 1: put that next to a d he looks small, right,

1064
00:47:18,600 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 1: you have them next to those, dude, you look small.

1065
00:47:20,280 --> 00:47:22,360
Speaker 1: But he's a huge dude. And I think that's you know,

1066
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,440
Speaker 1: so key for this team. And and just a guy

1067
00:47:24,440 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: who plays freaking hard and can defend and it takes

1068
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,919
Speaker 1: takes the right shots, doesn't you know, never will ask

1069
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:32,120
Speaker 1: for a possession, We'll never try to, you know, break

1070
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:35,080
Speaker 1: the offensive flow. He's a good closeout attacker as well.

1071
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 1: I think he has passing ability that we've you know,

1072
00:47:37,200 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 1: talked about on this podcast as well. He can find dudes.

1073
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:42,440
Speaker 1: He can find dudes off the dribble. So it's just important, man,

1074
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:43,880
Speaker 1: to have this kind of guy on the team. And

1075
00:47:43,880 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 1: it's a godsend to find it in the middle of

1076
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,279
Speaker 1: the year you usually find guys like that. So I'm

1077
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:50,120
Speaker 1: glad he's on the team. Man, I'm glad he's locked

1078
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:53,680
Speaker 1: in for the full year. Team option is huge because

1079
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:57,600
Speaker 1: like it gives us the flexibility. That's the thing is like, like,

1080
00:47:57,719 --> 00:48:00,080
Speaker 1: and from Stanley's the angle, it's easy, it's like I

1081
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: want to stay in the league, you know. But but

1082
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: from the Lakers angle, it's like, hey, like you have

1083
00:48:05,320 --> 00:48:09,480
Speaker 1: this guaranteed low salary player that can play a big role,

1084
00:48:09,520 --> 00:48:12,319
Speaker 1: possibly start for you coming in next year. That's huge.

1085
00:48:12,320 --> 00:48:14,719
Speaker 1: That's that's that's a huge deal exactly. I'm shocked that

1086
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:16,360
Speaker 1: they were able to get, you know, a team option.

1087
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: I think he's played well enough where he could have

1088
00:48:17,960 --> 00:48:20,880
Speaker 1: probably just earned the full full next year, but you know,

1089
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,080
Speaker 1: they're the lucky to get then. I think he's gonna

1090
00:48:23,080 --> 00:48:24,759
Speaker 1: be a big part of this team going forward, and

1091
00:48:24,800 --> 00:48:27,319
Speaker 1: he fits looks like Lebron has really you know, liked him.

1092
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,439
Speaker 1: He got his first game next to eight last time,

1093
00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: all right, Tonight was the second game next to eighties.

1094
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:35,319
Speaker 1: So hopefully those dudes canna build a rhythm too as

1095
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: we go forward. I think the team option thing, because

1096
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:39,800
Speaker 1: you're right, I think he played himself into a situation

1097
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 1: where he had the leverage to probably just keep it

1098
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: as a deal to the end of the season, or

1099
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 1: even a player option. Right. But the thing is, I

1100
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 1: think I think Stan wants to be a Laker, And

1101
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:51,920
Speaker 1: that's the other that's the other really cool part about this.

1102
00:48:52,040 --> 00:48:54,279
Speaker 1: I think he's really happy here. I mean, he's an

1103
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,880
Speaker 1: l a guy and and you know, I think he was.

1104
00:48:57,960 --> 00:48:59,720
Speaker 1: I think he was playing with the G League squad

1105
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: here before he even signed that deal. Like, I think

1106
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 1: he's just happy here. I think he loves his role.

1107
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:07,360
Speaker 1: This is honestly, I think I think this. I've watched

1108
00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:08,640
Speaker 1: him a lot in Detroit and I watched him a

1109
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:12,200
Speaker 1: lot in Toronto. This it feels like in Detroit he

1110
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 1: had moments where they leaned on him a lot and

1111
00:49:14,680 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 1: he got to be more aggressive. This, it seems to

1112
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:20,560
Speaker 1: me where he's the most comfortable here in terms of

1113
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:23,480
Speaker 1: just like at peace with his role, knows what the

1114
00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,399
Speaker 1: team needs from him every night. There's you know, even

1115
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,080
Speaker 1: if he has a poor shooting night, like it doesn't

1116
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:30,520
Speaker 1: matter because he has these other responsibilities. Like I just

1117
00:49:30,760 --> 00:49:32,919
Speaker 1: I'm happy with him. But anyway, is there anything else

1118
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:34,160
Speaker 1: on your list that you wanted to hit before we

1119
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,799
Speaker 1: call it tonight? Uh? No, I think that's it. Man.

1120
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 1: Hopefully Lebron place tomorrow. We'll be back at it tomorrow again.

1121
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:42,319
Speaker 1: But yeah, hopefully we can kind of build something here, man,

1122
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:44,680
Speaker 1: where we keep we keep building this house and then

1123
00:49:44,719 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 1: we have to stop for like a few days with

1124
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 1: like no roof on his head. You know, I've made

1125
00:49:48,480 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 1: that analogy before. So it's like raining and we're like, man,

1126
00:49:50,840 --> 00:49:52,920
Speaker 1: we have no clue what's happening in this house. So

1127
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:54,719
Speaker 1: hopefully we can kind of build build a little bit

1128
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,800
Speaker 1: more tomorrow. Dude, How incredible was it when you watched

1129
00:49:57,800 --> 00:50:00,920
Speaker 1: the film of that Miami game just to see Lebraun

1130
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:03,359
Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis on the floor, even though I didn't

1131
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: like the Avery Bradley piece, Like just just to have

1132
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 1: like Lebron, a d Stanley Johnson on the part, It's

1133
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:12,120
Speaker 1: just like it's like physically imposing, just so when you

1134
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 1: see them out there and they're running around, you're like,

1135
00:50:14,120 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 1: WHOA like it had do? It felt good to see that? No,

1136
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 1: it felt amazing, man, watching that, watching that game over,

1137
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:22,279
Speaker 1: watching the replay of it. Seeing a d on the floor, Man,

1138
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,560
Speaker 1: it's just you take for granted what he does out there.

1139
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:26,600
Speaker 1: Just having a guy who can move like that, who's athletic,

1140
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 1: you pray that next to Lebron who looked at his

1141
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: peak physically and then Russell Westbrook being able to attack

1142
00:50:31,480 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 1: the rim off of those two's. You know, attention. It

1143
00:50:33,520 --> 00:50:35,359
Speaker 1: just it looked like it was working, man. It looked right.

1144
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:39,040
Speaker 1: It looked like what the team was supposed to be. Mhm, alright, guys,

1145
00:50:39,440 --> 00:50:41,200
Speaker 1: this is gonna be on Dash right down tomorrow morning

1146
00:50:41,200 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 1: at seven am Pacific Standard time. We will be going

1147
00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:46,600
Speaker 1: live for the postgame show tomorrow in Charlotte right after

1148
00:50:46,640 --> 00:50:50,279
Speaker 1: the final buzzer, hopefully with both Lebron and Anthony Davis playing,

1149
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:52,720
Speaker 1: but regardless, Rog and I will be here as always.

1150
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,640
Speaker 1: We appreciate your guys support and we will see you tomorrow.

1151
00:50:56,400 --> 00:50:57,040
Speaker 1: Thanks everyone,