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But you know what, I was having a 35 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:24,519 Speaker 1: nice day today, drive into the gym to get a 36 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: little workout in, and I'm listening to a podcast, a 37 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: podcast with Brian Windhorst and David Bennerman and Ramona Shelburne 38 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 1: and all of a sudden, a full blown proxy war 39 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: broke out. Very you know, it's very cordial. Everyone was 40 00:02:39,360 --> 00:02:43,519 Speaker 1: being nice, but it basically amounted to a representative from 41 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:47,919 Speaker 1: Clutch hashing out this entire Lakers situation with someone who 42 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: is representing the point of view of the Lakers front 43 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 1: office in ownership group. And obviously it gave us a 44 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 1: ton of really juicy information. There were two things in 45 00:02:57,919 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: particular that stood out to me that I wanted to 46 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:04,839 Speaker 1: hit on, and the first was this epic quote from 47 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: again from Ramona Shelburn explaining the point of view of 48 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,639 Speaker 1: Laker ownership and what she said was quote the Lakers organization, 49 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: from ownership on down decided, you guys got yourself into this. 50 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: This is the bed you have made Lebron, Anthony Davis, 51 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook, Carmelo, Anthony, Dwight Howard, all of the future 52 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: Hall of famers. This is your choice of roster and team. 53 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 1: Go make it work. We are not going to mortgage 54 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: our future in terms of draft picks, in terms of 55 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: taking on luxury tax now because this team isn't working yet. 56 00:03:40,320 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: Go make it work. End quote, which is which is 57 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 1: one heck of a message, A very pointed, very aggressive message. 58 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: This is the verbal version of starting a war essentially 59 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: between these two sides. And you know what's funny is 60 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 1: I sympathize with the plight or the point of view that, 61 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: you know, the sentiment behind why ownership feels the way 62 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: they feel and why the front office feels the way 63 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: they do. They do. Lebron and Anthony Davis did push 64 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: for this Russell Westbrook trade. They are in many ways 65 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: the architect of this roster to a certain extent, and 66 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: there's a bunch that goes into that. I want to 67 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 1: be consistent. I was very critical of Genie bus last 68 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: night for leaning on three guys that aren't very much 69 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: hard working NBA personnel evaluators to make roster decisions for 70 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,520 Speaker 1: the team. I was critical of that, and I want 71 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,440 Speaker 1: to do the same with Lebron and Anthony Davis, Like, 72 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: guess what, Like you guys aren't going home and watching 73 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:45,839 Speaker 1: twenty extra games a week on league Pass trying to 74 00:04:45,839 --> 00:04:47,960 Speaker 1: get a feel for who's playing well and who's struggling 75 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 1: around the league. Either those two guys have the same shortcoming, 76 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: which is why it is a problem when players get 77 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:59,680 Speaker 1: overly involved in roster construction. That's why Lebron and Michael 78 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 1: Jordan historically haven't had great personnel picks in their careers. 79 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: So I get that. I get why Genie and Rob 80 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:11,599 Speaker 1: Field that way. However, first of all, you have no 81 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 1: leg to stand on because you are also very much 82 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,560 Speaker 1: involved with why the team is where you're at. I 83 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 1: laid out, step by step in last night's show, every 84 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 1: single personnel mistake that the front office has made in 85 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 1: the last four years, and it's pretty damning. It's one 86 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: hell of a rap sheet. So you also have had 87 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: these issues. Literally, you yourself, Genie Buss. We're the driving 88 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: force behind Alex Crusoe being a Chicago Bull right now 89 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: instead of an l a Laker, even though Alex Cruso 90 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: is the exact archetype of the type of the player, 91 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: the type of player that the Lakers were desperately searching 92 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 1: for last week during the deadline. So I get it. 93 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,239 Speaker 1: I get where you're coming from. But again, you're cutting 94 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:57,039 Speaker 1: off your nose to spite your face. Here. This is 95 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 1: what happens when people are you know, when it becomes 96 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,919 Speaker 1: about pride, when it becomes about retaliation, there's actually no 97 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 1: positive you know, there's no positive result from that. So 98 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 1: you stood up to Lebron, you stood up to Clutch, 99 00:06:11,880 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 1: and you told them, no, you're not going to make 100 00:06:13,880 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: a trade. Okay, great, Now where are we now? We're 101 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: still in this situation where this roster is fundamentally broken. 102 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: Now we're still in a situation where this team as 103 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: currently constructed doesn't have enough talent to win the title. 104 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: And Lebron is thirty seven years old? So how do 105 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:35,920 Speaker 1: you reconcile that with whatever message it is you're trying 106 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: to send a Clutch with whatever this proxy war is. 107 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: And again, like I understand the asset side of it, Like, 108 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: obviously assets need to be spent in a smart way, 109 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 1: but really, how big of a difference is it gonna 110 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 1: make if you attach too distant firsts to Russell Westbrook 111 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: this summer instead of one, Like, it'll make some difference, right, 112 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:00,600 Speaker 1: it might open the door to a deal or two 113 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: that you might not have access to, But is it 114 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: really going to make that much of a difference. No, 115 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: Tailor is a good prospect, you guys know, I'm higher 116 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: on Tailor than most. But is keeping Tailor around some 117 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: sort of franchise altering piece of asset management? No, which 118 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: is exactly why even though I'm high on Taylor, I 119 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 1: advocated for trading it because I understand the reality of 120 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: the predicament, which is Lebron James is thirty seven and 121 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: has a knee that's got issues, and Anthony Davis has 122 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: had trouble staying on the court over the last couple 123 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: of years. There is absolutely an urgency here, and that 124 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,840 Speaker 1: urgency has to be factored in when you're making these 125 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: types of decisions. But then we get to the money, because, 126 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: as we heard in this podcast, I have now I 127 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: can I can now point to multiple, multiple reports that 128 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: have suggested that Genie Bus would not take on additional 129 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: salary during the trade deadline. The way Ramona Shelburne described 130 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:01,640 Speaker 1: it on The Hoop collect it was, quote unquote, the 131 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: Lakers were looking for low hanging fruit, any sort of 132 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: ask for assets or for money. Any of them taking 133 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: on additional salary was off the table and went so 134 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: far as they may. Men have been reported there was 135 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:22,880 Speaker 1: a framework of a deal that would have sent gen 136 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 1: Wall and Christian Would to the Lakers, and everything was set, 137 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 1: but they didn't want to take on the money. Imagine 138 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 1: Christian Would again, this Laker team that has struggled with 139 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: talent all year, that has struggled with quality NBA players 140 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: all year, that has struggled with size and athleticism all year, 141 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: could have had Christian would if the franchise was willing 142 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:52,679 Speaker 1: to take on some salary. And again, like I understand, 143 00:08:52,760 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: money doesn't grow on trees. You can't just spend recklessly. 144 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: But I have a really hard time sympathizing with the 145 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: ownership groups in the NBA, even the ones that aren't 146 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: as wealthy as some of the bigger names that we 147 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 1: have around the league. Just because you're not Steve Ballmer 148 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: doesn't mean you can't afford luxury tax. Over the course 149 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: of the time that Genie has been involved with the Lakers, 150 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: that franchise has increased in value by billions with a 151 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 1: B billions. So you're gonna have a hard time getting 152 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:27,720 Speaker 1: me to sympathize with a short term financial plight when 153 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 1: this has been a great arrangement for you and your family, 154 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: and you have a responsibility as the person shepherding literally 155 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:41,480 Speaker 1: the most famous franchise in NBA history it through this era. 156 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 1: And if there was one time to maybe pony up 157 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 1: a little bit, it would be when Lebron James is 158 00:09:49,400 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: thirty seven and on your team and still playing at 159 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:56,719 Speaker 1: a level like the best players in the league. This 160 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: is a we can now directly point to Alex crue 161 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: So and Christian would as examples of talent that the 162 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,680 Speaker 1: Lakers could have had on the roster and they willingly 163 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,959 Speaker 1: passed on because of money. That's inexcusable. And so because 164 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,199 Speaker 1: of that, I your message, Genie that you sent to 165 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:23,560 Speaker 1: Clutch via Ramona Shellburn rings hollow because it's hypocritical, because 166 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: of your own mistakes and because you were cheap. Some 167 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 1: of this is you just have to acknowledge what it's 168 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: like doing business with Lebron James. And again, as I said, 169 00:10:34,160 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: I don't think Lebron should be making I don't think 170 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: Lebron should be intimately involved with personnel, but you have 171 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: to trust what he's doing here. The reason why Lebron 172 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,199 Speaker 1: wanted you to flip the deck at the deadline is 173 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: because he's done that before. He literally did it in 174 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,200 Speaker 1: two thousand eighteen with the Calves and took that team 175 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: to the finals. In his head, he's like, we screwed up. 176 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: He literally admitted it on Twitter. He tweeted out that 177 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: he apologized for how the season had gone. He knows 178 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:09,360 Speaker 1: they screwed up. He his way of owning it is 179 00:11:09,360 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: saying like, hey, we gotta pull a two thousand eighteen 180 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 1: cass here, we gotta shuffle the deck moving like talent 181 00:11:14,320 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: that's just different and make a run at this thing. 182 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: And of all the times, not this summer when they 183 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: approached you with the Russell Westbrook deal. Of all the 184 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: times to finally put your foot down against clutch, it's 185 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 1: now when Lebron and a d looked this good and 186 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: the team clearly isn't good enough. Now you want to 187 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: put your foot down, But you didn't care when Russell 188 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:40,280 Speaker 1: Westbrook was brought to the table. So again, I just 189 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: I just don't sympathize with them in any regard. You know. 190 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: One of the things that a phrase that I've kind 191 00:11:46,679 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 1: of coined over the years that ever since is like, hey, 192 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: since Lebron came in the league in two thousand three, 193 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,440 Speaker 1: no team or player, franchise, anything has won as many 194 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 1: titles as Lebron James. He literally has more than any 195 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,640 Speaker 1: of them. That's what the business of Lebron James looks like. 196 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: It's chaotic. There can be some drama there can be 197 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: ups and downs, there can be turmoil, there can be change, 198 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: but it is in this era the most unassailable approach 199 00:12:18,160 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: to winning basketball games that exists in the NBA. So 200 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:25,120 Speaker 1: at a certain point you have to just understand that 201 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,040 Speaker 1: that's what you're in business with and roll with the 202 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: punches a little bit. And again, like the fact that 203 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: they didn't make a trade, just a trade to try 204 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,040 Speaker 1: to bring some fresh blood into the room and try 205 00:12:39,080 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: to turn things over for the sake of sending a 206 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: message to Clutch is just cutting off your nose a 207 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: bite your face. So now where do we go from here? 208 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: The the answer is hopefully that you can convert some 209 00:12:52,640 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: of this stuff into usable pieces this summer and try 210 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: to make another run at this. But again, lebron is 211 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: thirty eight. Understand the urgency of the situation. 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But I wanted to move on. 253 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: I have a very specific point that I wanted to 254 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: make as it pertains of the Lakers rotation, because I 255 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: was digging into the numbers today, and it's actually pretty 256 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: wild the way that this team has performed with their 257 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: young guys on the floor relative to when their old 258 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: guys are on the floor. So for starters, it's not 259 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:51,480 Speaker 1: exactly a big shock to understand why the younger players 260 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: on the Lakers have played better than the older players. 261 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: They're faster, they're quicker, they're more athletic, and most importantly, 262 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:02,480 Speaker 1: it's about urgency. Austin Reaves was an undrafted free agent. 263 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: Molik Monk was. He literally told us, hey, I didn't 264 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: get a single contract off for this summer except for 265 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: the Lakers. Stanley Johnson was playing for the South Bay 266 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: Lakers was out of the NBA. You're capitalizing on urgency there. 267 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:21,640 Speaker 1: Those guys are playing desperate and that has directly led 268 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: to that influx of energy and success on the floor. 269 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:30,360 Speaker 1: This year, only four rotation players have a positive net rating. 270 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 1: And I like net rating because it's just the scoreboard. 271 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: All net rating is is the scoreboard relative to possessions, 272 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:39,120 Speaker 1: So it's adjusted for pace. This year, with Ossar Reaves 273 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: on the floor, there plus seven per one hundred possessions. 274 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: With Malik Monk on the floor, their plus three point 275 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: one per one hun possessions. With Stanley Johnson on the floor, 276 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,120 Speaker 1: there plus zero point one per one possessions. There's one 277 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: old guy in that group, and it's Carmelo Anthony at 278 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: plus one point five, and that's not coincidence. He is 279 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: an elite spot up player. He brings an elite skill 280 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 1: to the table. Carmelo Anthony is one of the best 281 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: catch and shoot three point shooters that we have in 282 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 1: the league. Trevor Reason is not that Trevor Reason does 283 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: not have an elite skill. Avery Bradley does not have 284 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 1: an elite skill. Dwight Howard does not have an elite skill. 285 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,360 Speaker 1: Camp Baysmore does not have an elite skill. That's why 286 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: those guys are struggling. But Mellow is succeeding in that 287 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: role even as you work your way down. The highest 288 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,000 Speaker 1: among the players that have a negative net rating is 289 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: Taylor Horton Tucker and mine is zero point four. So 290 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: per the scoreboard, the Lakers are playing best when they 291 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: have their young guys on the floor. I even dug 292 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:34,159 Speaker 1: a little bit more. This is an absolutely wild stat 293 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: When Lebron James is on the floor with Malik Monk 294 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 1: and Austin Reeves. The Lakers are plus five point one 295 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: per one hundred possessions in a hundred and eleven minutes. 296 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 1: When you swap those guys out for two similar players 297 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: who are older guys, Avery Bradley and Trevor Ariza hundred 298 00:17:51,760 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: and seventeen minutes, so and even larger sample size minus 299 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: twenty two point five per one hundred possessions. So getting 300 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 1: absolutely rolled with your older guys on the floor. Good 301 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:06,679 Speaker 1: team with your young guys on the floor. Swap out 302 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: Lebron and Anthony Davis, Anthony Davis with Austin Reaves and 303 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: Milik Monk plus fifteen point two in a hundred one minutes, 304 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: Davis with Bradley and Areza minus six point eight. The 305 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: numbers are there, they're screaming at us, and it's again, 306 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:24,280 Speaker 1: it's all just about that overall foot speed. And most importantly, 307 00:18:24,280 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 1: this is something we all had to learn right because 308 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,880 Speaker 1: coming into the season, I said, I was like, Hey, 309 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:32,360 Speaker 1: the Lakers aren't old. They're young. Because Malik Monk is young, 310 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: because Anthony Davis is young, because Taylor Horton Tucker is young. 311 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: I was because Kendrick Nunn is young. I was looking 312 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: at that and said that these old guys are slotting 313 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,480 Speaker 1: into small roles, but the actual you know, lion's share 314 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: of the guys in the rotation are young. But there 315 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:49,960 Speaker 1: are two things that I didn't factor in there properly. 316 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: One is politics, just how often this year that inferior 317 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,160 Speaker 1: players have played over better players because of their reputation, 318 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: which is a problem. And then the second part of 319 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:06,199 Speaker 1: this is just the way the game has changed. You know, 320 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,400 Speaker 1: ten years ago, it was like a three out, two 321 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 1: in type of deal. There are always two bigs on 322 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: the floor. The overall foot speed wasn't that crazy, and 323 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: you had specialists usually in the corners, like a Shane 324 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 1: Dattier or Kyle Corver, like an older version of of 325 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: Ray Ray Allen, right, Like that was who was in 326 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 1: the corner. Now every NBA team is putting out three 327 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: or four guys that are super fast and quick and 328 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:27,920 Speaker 1: can dribble and get to the rint. So, all of 329 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 1: a sudden, in today's league, your ability to defend on 330 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:35,040 Speaker 1: the perimeter, to keep people in front of you is 331 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: immensely important in a way it didn't used to be. 332 00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 1: I was talking about this last night with the Chicago Bulls. 333 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: They had a ton of success early in the year 334 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: because they were defending. Then Lonzo Ball and Alex Cruso 335 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 1: get hurt, their defense falls apart, and the team's falling apart. 336 00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: That's not a coincidence. That's another way that the game 337 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: is changing. And that's another symptom of that. You need 338 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: guys on the perimeter that can keep guys in front 339 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 1: of them. In this LA, your team utterly lacks that, 340 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: especially with the guys that they've played in the rotation. 341 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: But what you're seeing is the guys who are your 342 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: better perimeter defenders, Taylor Horton, Tucker, It's a good point 343 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: of attack defender, Austin Reeves, a good point of attack defender. 344 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: Those guys are moving their feet and they're helping the 345 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: team win. And the Malik Monk and Mellow they just 346 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: shoot so outrageously well that they're still net positives even 347 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: though they struggle on that end. But it's not a 348 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: coincidence that those groups are doing well. And it's gonna 349 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:31,560 Speaker 1: be immensely important for the Lakers to play those young 350 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: guys the rest of the season to give this team 351 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: their best chance to win. And that's exactly why the 352 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,560 Speaker 1: buy out market is so important. If you want to 353 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: have less Trevor Reason minutes, if you want to have 354 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:47,840 Speaker 1: fewer Avery Bradley minutes, you've got to bring in NBA 355 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: players that can play those minutes. Because even if you 356 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 1: did start Austin Reeves, even if you do start Malique Monk, 357 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: even if you do favor the young guys, you still 358 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:59,479 Speaker 1: have to spell them with guys from the bench. And 359 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: I think very Bradley can do that in a small amount. 360 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: I don't think Trevor Reason can do that. I don't 361 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,640 Speaker 1: think Kemp Baysmore can do that, and Dwight Howard doesn't 362 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:09,400 Speaker 1: fit with their modern style that they're going with now. 363 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: So you have to find two or three guys that 364 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,439 Speaker 1: can play that role so that you can play the 365 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 1: young guys more and give this team their best chance 366 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: to succeed. Because Lebron and a D with those guys 367 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: is working. That is very much working. It's one of 368 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: the biggest silver linings of the season. So the Lakers 369 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: have to lean into that more. Al Right, before we 370 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: get out of here tonight, I wanted to talk really 371 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: quick about the Boston Celtics. It's very ironic because I 372 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: talked about them a little bit last night, and specifically 373 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,159 Speaker 1: I talked about how they weren't shooting well over the 374 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 1: course of their most recent stretch of games. Over their 375 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: last twenty games, both Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brown are 376 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: below from three, and as a team they were in 377 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:52,880 Speaker 1: three point percentage over that span. So I kept saying 378 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: last night, I'm like, hey, if they start making shots, 379 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna start killing people. And what do you know, 380 00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: Tonight they make a bunch of threes on the road 381 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,479 Speaker 1: in Philly and beat the living crap out of a 382 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: really good team in Philly, a really obviously Philly is 383 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: not what they're going to be, but that's not an 384 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:15,919 Speaker 1: easy win. And the formula is very simple. They have 385 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,919 Speaker 1: tons and of height and athleticism all over the floor. 386 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:22,399 Speaker 1: They are the anti Lakers in that regard. At every 387 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: position there probably above average in size and athleticism. That's 388 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: a huge boost in that direction. And then they have 389 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: a completely modern scheme. They switch everything, so which is 390 00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:39,000 Speaker 1: ironic because switching everything is a scheme that's generally reserved 391 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: for lazy teams, right because it's an it's the path 392 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: of least resistance. It's a lot harder to ask a 393 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: guy to chase over the top of a ball screen, 394 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: fight through all that contact, apply back back pressure, then 395 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: dive down and box out the big guy as the 396 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: as your big guys helping on the dry it's just 397 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,040 Speaker 1: a really tough job. But for you to be able 398 00:22:57,080 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 1: to point over to your teammate and go, hey, you 399 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 1: got him now, that's easy. But when you combine that 400 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: that philosophy with actually talented defensive players like what Boston has, 401 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 1: that's how you can get extremely dominant. And as I 402 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: pointed out last night, their defensive rating is lapping the 403 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: field of late. They were coming into last night in 404 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 1: their previous fifteen games and the next closest team was 405 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 1: a one oh six. That's a huge gap. So that's 406 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 1: a huge foundational piece. There's a ton of height and 407 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 1: athleticism in the ability to switch and guard everything. Then 408 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,080 Speaker 1: it comes down to the offensive guys developing. The big 409 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 1: rub on Jayson Tatum throughout his whole career has been 410 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,320 Speaker 1: that he doesn't create shots. First teammates, that he's just 411 00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:39,679 Speaker 1: an isolation score. Well, in his last twenty games he 412 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,600 Speaker 1: had coming into tonight, he had seventy five assists to 413 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,200 Speaker 1: just thirty eight turnovers. That's a two to one assist 414 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 1: turnover ratio. That's five assists per game. That is pretty 415 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:52,479 Speaker 1: solid playmaking. That's a growth from Jayson Tatum that has 416 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: manifested over the course of the last few years because 417 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,679 Speaker 1: he's had to because the circumstances of the team in 418 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: the roster have forced him in that direction. Then you 419 00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 1: add Derek White, who is also a good playmaker. Now 420 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 1: the team has some playmaker. I always talk about on 421 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: the pod that there are three hallmarks to a championship contender. 422 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 1: You have to be able to score in isolation because 423 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: teams are gonna switch against you, and you need to 424 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: be able to attack matchups. You need to be able 425 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,199 Speaker 1: to play make because teams will send multiple bodies to you, 426 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,359 Speaker 1: and when they send multiple bodies to you you have to 427 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,080 Speaker 1: be able to make the right play. That's how you 428 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:25,199 Speaker 1: find cracks and playoff defenses. And then lastly, you have 429 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 1: to be defensively versatile. So that's not just a good 430 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: defensive team, but you have to be able to defend 431 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: in multiple ways. This is what kills the Utah Jazz 432 00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 1: every year. They're really good with their drop coverages with 433 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 1: Rudy Gobert, but when they get into a five attack 434 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 1: and they have to really guard on the perimeter, they 435 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:44,040 Speaker 1: fall apart. They had a one thirty defensive rating last 436 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,920 Speaker 1: year against the l A Clippers in the playoffs. That's 437 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 1: horrid for a team that was the third best defense 438 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: in the league. But when you can do both, like 439 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:54,920 Speaker 1: for instance Lakers, when you can run drop coverages with 440 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,879 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis, but you can also switch everything and you 441 00:24:57,960 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: also have tons of point of attack defense, that is 442 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,919 Speaker 1: defensive versatility, and that's what this Boston teams has. It 443 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,920 Speaker 1: has they can try to keep Robert Williams around the 444 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 1: rim as a rimp protector using traditional coverages, and they 445 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: can switch everything, so they they cross all the boxes 446 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: now of a bona fide championship contender. And like I said, 447 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:21,680 Speaker 1: the most exciting part is they haven't shot well sixteen 448 00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: and four in their last twenty games in the league 449 00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:28,320 Speaker 1: and three point percentage in that stretch. When they start 450 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,560 Speaker 1: making shots, everything can turn around for them. Tatum and 451 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: Brown are a lot better as shooters than they've shown 452 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,600 Speaker 1: over the course of this last month. So you know, 453 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: it's funny because it's gonna come down to execution, right. 454 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: You now have to be able to Jalen Brown, Jyleen 455 00:25:44,520 --> 00:25:47,080 Speaker 1: Brown and Jason Tatum have to out execute Kevin Durant, 456 00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving, they have to out execute Jana Sountenna Coombo 457 00:25:50,359 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: and Chris Middleton. That's a challenge, right, but your defense 458 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: buys you margin for error. Brooklyn is a bad defensive team. Milwaukee, 459 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 1: like we talked about last night, is the middle of 460 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: the pack defensive team that has slacked a lot. If 461 00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: you are an unbelievable, elite defensive team, that makes it 462 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,399 Speaker 1: so that Jayson Tatum and Jalen Brown don't have to 463 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: be as good as Kevin Durant and Jana Suntana compo. 464 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: They can just compete with them to some extent and 465 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: if they do, it will be enough. But it's crazy. 466 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,359 Speaker 1: It's crazy because the big rub on the Celtics over 467 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,480 Speaker 1: the previous few seasons was there basically a five team, 468 00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:25,520 Speaker 1: you know, in the aggregate when you combined it all. 469 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: Ever since they lost to the Miami Heat in the 470 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,680 Speaker 1: playoffs in the bubble, they were like a five team. 471 00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: Until this This is like dominant basketball that we're seeing. 472 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:39,239 Speaker 1: And then the last night I wanted to throw out 473 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: at you guys, which is just stunning. To me. I 474 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: hinted at this last night, but it's been adjusted from 475 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: their latest game when Robert Williams, Jaylen Brown, and Jayson 476 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 1: Tatum are on the floor. This year, the Celtics are 477 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: plus nineteen point five per one possessions in a huge 478 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,560 Speaker 1: sample size seven fifteen minutes. That is like Big Three 479 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 1: in my any type of dominance. That is like Steph, 480 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: Kadie and Clay type of dominance. That's how good that 481 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,320 Speaker 1: group has been this year. So they've been swept under 482 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: the rug by so many people, but they're gonna be 483 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,479 Speaker 1: a really tough out and I absolutely think they can 484 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 1: win a championship. Alright, guys, that is all I had 485 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 1: for tonight. I'm very excited for tomorrow big Laker game, 486 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,320 Speaker 1: Lakers Jazz. We will be going live immediately after the 487 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: final buzzer. I hope you all will be there. I 488 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 1: hope you all enjoyed the rest of your night, and 489 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: I will see you tomorrow. Volume