1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: The volume. All right, welcome to Hoops Tonight. You're at 2 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,960 Speaker 1: the volume heavy Wednesday, everybody, Oh love you guys are 3 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: having a great week. We are going to break down 4 00:00:20,840 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: some clipper stuff today. I want to go over some 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: of the latest back and forth that has taken place 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: in the Steve Balmer may or may not have been 7 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,319 Speaker 1: illegally paying Kawhi Leonards fiasco. And then at the tail 8 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 1: end of the show, I want to go over some 9 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,559 Speaker 1: of more of our mail bag questions from the last 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: couple of weeks. You guys have the job before we 11 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 1: get started. 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Make sure you guys follow us there. 19 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: In the last but not least, keep dropping those mail 20 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 1: bag questions in the YouTube comments and we'll get to 21 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: them at our mail bags throughout the remainder of the season. 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 1: So there has been a lot of back and forth 23 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: in this Clipper situation with the cold heart evidence. Pablo 24 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 1: Torre has continued to piece together a pretty compelling record 25 00:01:10,880 --> 00:01:15,319 Speaker 1: of investments and payments that look incriminating to say the least, 26 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 1: but again still mostly circumstantial. At this point, Andre Scherney 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 1: came out and defended himself. Mark Cuban continues to send 28 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,440 Speaker 1: out these incredibly long tweets, like incredibly long tweets defending 29 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 1: Steve Ballmer. We even had a strange Adam Silver moment 30 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: where he said he had no prior knowledge of Aspiration 31 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,199 Speaker 1: at all, which he then of course had to walk 32 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: back because Pablo Torre pointed out that obviously he would 33 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:41,840 Speaker 1: have to know about Aspiration because of the league rules 34 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: regarding team sponsors. So all of this stuff going back 35 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: and forth with the evidence, but I keep coming back 36 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: to one single piece of circumstantial evidence that I find 37 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: to be super compelling, and that every single attempt to 38 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: explain away the other stuff fails to ad this single point, 39 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: and it's simply the amount of money that Kawhi was 40 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: paid relative to the other payouts from Aspiration to celebrities, 41 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 1: especially relative to the amount of work that was done. 42 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 1: The example I keep coming back to is Robert Downey Junior. 43 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: So Robert Downey Jr. Is like an absolute a lister 44 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 1: by any measure. He is flatly more famous than Kawhi 45 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: by a wide margin. He just got recasted into the 46 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: Marvel universe to save it from falling apart, and we 47 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: literally all know it's going to work. We're all gonna 48 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: go see Avengers Doomsday. I feel very confident that Avengers 49 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: Doomsday is going to crush in the theaters and basically 50 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: revitalize Marvel after this kind of latest phase, which hasn't 51 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,640 Speaker 1: performed super well. That's the power that Robert Downey Junior has. 52 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 1: That's the leverage that he has in negotiations regarding his 53 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: paid appearances. Actually appeared on camera for Aspiration, He filmed 54 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: a commercial something Kawai never did, extensive voiceovers on camera 55 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: appearances again, stuff that Kawai never did, and yet he 56 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,440 Speaker 1: was paid only a tiny fraction of what Kauhi was 57 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: paid to essentially do nothing. This is where the Leak's 58 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: standards approved for this sort of thing come into the equation. 59 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 1: From what I understand, the NBA does not need to 60 00:03:27,160 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: prove beyond reasonable doubt that the Clippers circumvented the salary cap. 61 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: The standard is much lower, and that's where this piece 62 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: of circumstantial evidence becomes a sticking point for me. The 63 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 1: bottom line is Aspiration, who was in a very intimate 64 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:49,320 Speaker 1: partnership with the Clippers that involved a massive investment from 65 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:54,480 Speaker 1: the Clippers ownership group, paid Kawhi Leonard to do nothing 66 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: ten times as much as they paid a much bigger 67 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: and more famous star to do way more work. The 68 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: payment to Leonard literally makes no sense. Pablo was able 69 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: to get a signed statement from multiple high ranking executives 70 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: at Aspiration that essentially said, we don't think this payment 71 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: to Leonard made any sense, and we voiced our concerns 72 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:21,640 Speaker 1: about it at the time. It may not be the 73 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: literal definition of a smoking gun, in the sense that 74 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: it's not concrete proof that Steve Balmer paid Kawhi Leonard directly, 75 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: but it is an incredibly strong piece of circumstantial evidence. 76 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,480 Speaker 1: I was here. I heard Zach Low talking the other 77 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: day about how some of his conversations with league personnel, 78 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: like people work for teams around the league. They've centered 79 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: around the idea that the Clippers essentially have to prove 80 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:52,240 Speaker 1: their innocence here, and I completely agree the Clippers should 81 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:56,200 Speaker 1: have to prove that they are innocent of any wrongdoing here. 82 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: The reason is because the integrity of the league means everything. 83 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: We all remember how bad it got during the Tim 84 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: Donnie scandal. People still to this day talk about the 85 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,839 Speaker 1: refs as if they're rigging games. I don't agree with 86 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: those people, but a lot of people feel that way, 87 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,600 Speaker 1: and they feel legitimized by a scandal that is now 88 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:25,120 Speaker 1: almost two decades old. In order to maintain the feeling 89 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: of integrity and fairness within the competitive structure of the NBA, 90 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: Adam Silver will need to come down hard on the 91 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: Clippers if they can't prove their innocence. The public won't 92 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: buy it if you just come out in a few 93 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: months and say there's no concrete evidence. If they come 94 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: out and they go We did an investigation and we 95 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 1: found no direct ties between Steve Baumer and the payments 96 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:50,279 Speaker 1: to KWHI Leonard from Aspiration, that is not going to 97 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,520 Speaker 1: fly in the court of public opinion again. Robert Downey 98 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,960 Speaker 1: Junior literally filmed a commercial for Aspiration and got paid 99 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 1: a tiny fraction and of what Kawhi Leonard got paid 100 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: to do nothing, and the Clippers ownership group invested enough 101 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: money in Aspiration to cover those costs. It reeks the 102 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: high heaven of caps or convention, and so the Clippers 103 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: have to demonstrate their innocence. And like, it gets even 104 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: darker when you start to look at there have been 105 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 1: a lot of players for the Clippers that have taken 106 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: discounted deals in recent years. Like if it's a Zubots 107 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: like nick batoon, like, it could get even darker. The 108 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: court of public opinion is not going to buy just 109 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: sweeping this under the rug. Now, let's talk about the 110 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: consequences here, because this is where it gets really tricky. 111 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: I've seen a lot of talk about, like, oh, what 112 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 1: happens if Kawhi Leonard's contract just gets voided? What if 113 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 1: he goes and signs on a veteran minimum contract or 114 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: a mid level exception with a contender? Like what if 115 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,440 Speaker 1: Kawhi goes and signs with the Knicks, or signs with 116 00:06:53,520 --> 00:06:56,680 Speaker 1: the Calves, or signs with the Denver Nuggets or something 117 00:06:56,800 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 1: like that. I don't think you can allow that to happen, 118 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: because at this point, I don't think the Clippers would 119 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 1: even care if they lost Kawhi. I think they're kind 120 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: of done with that whole experience. And for Kawhi, if 121 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: he just gets to walk and go compete for a title, 122 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,720 Speaker 1: that's the epitome of a slap on the wrist for 123 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: both parties. I would make the Clippers keep Kawhi. I 124 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,680 Speaker 1: don't think they're a top tier championship contender anyway. I 125 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: think they're a second tier contender at this point. I 126 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: think the general public is kind of more or less 127 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: okay with the Clippers being the Clippers, even if they cheated, 128 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: in large part because they aren't particularly scared of them. 129 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: They have a puncher's chance shot to win it out. 130 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: Like I wouldn't be like completely stunned if the Clippers 131 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: were in the Western Conference Finals next year, but like 132 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: no one's particularly scared of them in that sense. If 133 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: Kawhi jumps to a contender, if you watched Kawhi playing 134 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 1: in the Western Conference Finals with the Denver Nuggets this year, 135 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 1: everyone would be like, this is kind of bullshit. I 136 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: think that would actually hurt the league more in the 137 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:08,360 Speaker 1: court of public opinion, so I would just find the 138 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: hell out of them, dock him a bunch of draft picks, 139 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,400 Speaker 1: something that actually punishes Balmer and the Clippers to the 140 00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: point of not to the point of stopping them from 141 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 1: doing this kind of thing. And again, I think the 142 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,880 Speaker 1: worst case scenario is something that looks fishy competitively in 143 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: the league at this point. Yes, it looks, it looks pretty. 144 00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: It looks very compelling that the Clippers did some cheating, 145 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: but they're a second tier contender and they don't appear 146 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: to be a substantial threat to win the title this year. 147 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: I think the payment at the punishment needs to be 148 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 1: more focused in fines, in draft picks, something to stop 149 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: the behavior. I would not allow Kawhi Leonard to walk 150 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,040 Speaker 1: and go sign anywhere else in the NBA. 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I'm assuming this is 186 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: in reference to EuroBasket in Germany winning the title and 187 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: in general, what do you see is the big differences 188 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 1: in the two styles of basketball. So, first of all, 189 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: I'm just a huge Dennis Schroeder fan. Obviously, this success 190 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: with Germany is a culminating type of moment for him 191 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:58,959 Speaker 1: in his career. Hit a couple of huge shots down 192 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: the stretch of the game. For a while there, it 193 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: looked like Shangun was going to get it done. They 194 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:05,679 Speaker 1: had a little lead there in the mid fourth quarter, 195 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,679 Speaker 1: but they just went cold late. Dennis took over got 196 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: a couple buckets, got to the foul line, and was 197 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,480 Speaker 1: able to ice the deal. But like for Dennis, to me, 198 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,880 Speaker 1: this is a player that I've been anybody who's been 199 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 1: listening to this show over the last couple of years. 200 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,319 Speaker 1: I when I when I was rooting for him with 201 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:22,640 Speaker 1: the Lakers, I enjoyed rooting for him. He was a 202 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 1: flawed player, you know, he had a stretch in twenty 203 00:11:25,360 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: twenty one where he was unwilling to take catch and 204 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: shoot threes in the postseason and had a I think 205 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,400 Speaker 1: he had a game where he had zero points at 206 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: one point in that series. Like, Dennis is not a 207 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: perfect player. No one's going to sit up here and 208 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: call him a top thirty player in the world. But 209 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 1: like he competes his ass off. He's a good defender, 210 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:44,240 Speaker 1: he could beat people off the dribble. He brings enough 211 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: jump shooting to the table. I think he's like a 212 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,959 Speaker 1: very very good NBA player, And he's the kind of 213 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 1: player that I'm not the least bit surprised on a 214 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: team like Germany, where they have lots of talent to 215 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: surround him with and they also trust him with the 216 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: basketball at the end of games. The way that they 217 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: do that he has found a role where he can 218 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: have success. I like, he got a pretty big deal 219 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: from the Kings, so that's a lot of money or 220 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: that's very Sacramento thing to do. But like, I don't 221 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: think Kings fans are going to be watching Sacramento this 222 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,840 Speaker 1: year and going like, you know, Dennis is a bad 223 00:12:16,880 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: basketball player. Dennis is a very, very good player that 224 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: I've been a fan of for a long time. I 225 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 1: think he is a player that can help any team 226 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 1: win basketball games. I think what you saw with Germany 227 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 1: is a classic example of just people slotting into their 228 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: roles perfectly. If you can bring enough talent to the 229 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:36,079 Speaker 1: table where Dennis just needs to make a few plays 230 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: in a few big spots. He's a competitive mffort who 231 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:41,960 Speaker 1: can get the job done, and he did it in 232 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,080 Speaker 1: this case on the biggest stage in European basketball, at 233 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 1: least in this particular summer, obviously not counting the World 234 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: Cup in the Olympics. Now, as far as Foeba hoops 235 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 1: versus the NBA, there's some obvious rule differences in terms 236 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 1: of like the ability to park Biggs in the lane, 237 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: the physicality on the perimeter, the big thing is is 238 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,680 Speaker 1: like with the physical reality on the perimeter, you have 239 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: to rely more on ball and player movement than you know, 240 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: singular greatness, simply because it's just much harder to beat 241 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 1: people one on one when you're allowing individual defenders to 242 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: put their hands on you. Now, again, hand checking has 243 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:16,640 Speaker 1: always been a part of basketball. It's one of the 244 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 1: most silly kind of talking points surrounding old NBA hoops. 245 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:23,079 Speaker 1: Is this idea that like that there's just no hand checking. 246 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: Over the last two decades since the rule changed, It's 247 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 1: always been something that is oscillated up and down throughout 248 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:32,640 Speaker 1: NBA history. They allow more contact, they allow less contact, 249 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 1: they allow more contact, they allow less contact. It goes 250 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,520 Speaker 1: back and forth, and like, all that really happened is 251 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: the league got so nasty in the late nineteen nineties, 252 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,079 Speaker 1: like so ugly and so physical that the league kind 253 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:48,280 Speaker 1: of felt the need to establish a point of emphasis 254 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:51,000 Speaker 1: to free up movement a little bit. And they've gone 255 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: back and forth and back and forth even in the 256 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: years since then. I wouldn't be like we've all seen 257 00:13:56,160 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: it in the last couple of years that the league 258 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: has allowed more physicality. Again, we're legislating back in that direction, 259 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: but when it comes to feebobs, they're pretty far on 260 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,720 Speaker 1: that spectrum towards physicality, which is going to cause more 261 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: emphasis on that sort of that ball and player movement 262 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: to free players up outside of those one on one situations. 263 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 1: It's also a game that is less played in transition, 264 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:25,520 Speaker 1: so athleticism factors in less, and half court polish matters more, 265 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: continuity matters more over there, Obviously, you've got a lot 266 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: of international teams that have players that are constantly bouncing 267 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 1: in and out of the roster versus other international situations 268 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 1: where the players are consistent year in, year out. That's 269 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 1: an advantage. And as you can imagine, as you tilt 270 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 1: the game away from one on one play and away 271 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Speaker 1: from transition into half court ball and player movement, that's 272 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: going to heavily favored teams that have continuity, and are 273 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: going to heavily favorite teams that have lots of half 274 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 1: court polish. And that's the main thing that I've noticed 275 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: different between the two leagues or the two professional basketball 276 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 1: situations over the course the last few three more questions. 277 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: Longtime NBA fan here, it seems that in the old days, 278 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: teams could have less supporting players than two or three 279 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:11,600 Speaker 1: stars while winning multiple titles. Has that really changed or 280 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:13,960 Speaker 1: is that just a perception? If it's real, what are 281 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: your ideas on why this phenomenon exists now? So I've 282 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: talked about this a lot over the course of the 283 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 1: last year, because this became a major talking point during 284 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: Indiana's playoff runt last year. But I think that this 285 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: has always been the case. You've always needed really good 286 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:36,000 Speaker 1: players and really good supporting role player talent. Has it 287 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: shifted a little bit, Sure, we'll get to that in 288 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: just a minute. But like go Beck, look back at 289 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: the Miami Heat, they had the three stars. Dwayne Wade 290 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: was better in twenty ten than he was in any 291 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: of the other seasons by var he just wasn't the 292 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: same dude after that season. But they as a team 293 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: were better because they were able to round out a 294 00:15:56,080 --> 00:16:00,760 Speaker 1: couple of specifics in the roster, right bringing in Shane Battier, 295 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: bringing in Ray Allen, bringing in Mike Miller. They were 296 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: able to kind of polish things in a way, like 297 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: the development of Norris Cole over those years, Like they 298 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:13,479 Speaker 1: were able to round out those guys with really good players, 299 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,640 Speaker 1: and they all played huge roles. Mike Miller hit a 300 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: bunch of really big threes against the Spurs, so did 301 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: reality hit maybe the biggest one of all time? Right. 302 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: Shane Battier was a huge part of that team on 303 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 1: both ends of the floor. Over those years, they had 304 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 1: to build out the roster in order to capitalize on 305 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: the top end talent. You look at the Kobe Powe 306 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,920 Speaker 1: Lakers deep with role player talent, guys that were playing 307 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 1: bigger roles in earlier iterations of the Lakers, but played 308 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,640 Speaker 1: smaller roles during the Kobe Power era, and they were 309 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: able to thrive in those roles and lift them to 310 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: winning the championship. You think about Derek Fisher hitting a 311 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: three to tie the game against the Magic in the 312 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: NBA Finals. There are so many of these big moments. 313 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: Run Our Test hits a huge three, right. You just 314 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: you need role play talent to win the title, but 315 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: you also need top bend talent. I think a lot 316 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,120 Speaker 1: of what happened with Indiana and the way they were 317 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:10,639 Speaker 1: discussed centers around a fundamental lack of understanding of Tyre's 318 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,119 Speaker 1: Aliburton and everything that he does to oil the wheels 319 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: of an offense. And I just think he's generally super underrated, 320 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: and so a lot of people just think it's just 321 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:21,359 Speaker 1: a bunch of really good role players. But it's both. 322 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: It's Tyre's Halliburton's advantage creation, it's Pascal Siakam's kind of 323 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:30,199 Speaker 1: supremely gifted one on one talent and a depth of 324 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: role player talent off of them. Now the pendulum has 325 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: swung a little bit more towards needing depth. Why is that? 326 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: I do think this stems from the sophistication of defenses. 327 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: We are so good now at getting the ball out 328 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 1: of stars hands and rotating out of it. The league 329 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,919 Speaker 1: is super fast, there's tons of foot speed on the floor, 330 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 1: and NBA teams have figured out we can get the 331 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:02,360 Speaker 1: ball out of this dude's hands and make infear your 332 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: players make plays, and that is the way defense is 333 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: tilted over the last few years. So with that being 334 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: the case, it's become more important than ever to have 335 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,879 Speaker 1: players that can play with an advantage. If we're going 336 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: to blit Steph Curry, we need guys that can quickly 337 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: process on a four on three and get layups, dunks 338 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 1: and three and quick easy threes out of it. That 339 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: is where the game has shifted in years past, the 340 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 1: defenses weren't as sophisticated at getting the ball out of 341 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,320 Speaker 1: stars hands. An easy way to describe this is just 342 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 1: look at the points per game numbers for the Stars 343 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,160 Speaker 1: relative to the pace. All of the points per game 344 00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: numbers have stayed relatively static. It's a little higher, but 345 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 1: it's not like you're seeing like thirty points per game 346 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:57,480 Speaker 1: from a Star. Still feels just as unique and special 347 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: as it did in the late two thousand, right, but 348 00:19:02,119 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: the pace of the game is substantially increased, so there's 349 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: way more possessions in every game. But we don't have 350 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,480 Speaker 1: a bunch of dudes averaging forty points. That is because 351 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,000 Speaker 1: defenses are better at getting the ball out of your 352 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 1: star's hands. That produces advantages. That requires you to have 353 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: talent off of your stars that can quickly process and 354 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: capitalize on advantages. That is why it's tilted a little 355 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: bit more towards needing a depth of role player talent. Also, 356 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,880 Speaker 1: you don't need as many stars because they can be redundant, 357 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: and I think people have seen that. There are examples where, yeah, 358 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:42,439 Speaker 1: like the Golden State Warriors with Steph Catie and Clay 359 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,439 Speaker 1: that was a unique group of offensive players that just 360 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,120 Speaker 1: fit each other extremely well. But that's rare. Like the 361 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,639 Speaker 1: Wade Lebron fit was clunky. It just was. It's what 362 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: stopped them from ripping off a bunch of titles in 363 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: a row. They were redundant once you have they were 364 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: a better basketball team with a lesser version of Wade 365 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,680 Speaker 1: because they leaned into the fact that Lebron's our guy, 366 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 1: He's our advantage creator. We're going to play off of that. 367 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 1: That is where, like I talked about my overarching basketball philosophy, 368 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: basketball flows from advantage creation, and so yeah, like I 369 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:18,960 Speaker 1: actually think it makes more sense now in team building 370 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 1: to have, you know, a supremely gifted offensive player that 371 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 1: you're built around. But ultimately to win the title, you 372 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: still want lots of really good players. You need j 373 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: dub to give you a forty in an NBA Finals game, 374 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: and you need a huge defensive performance out of Chet, 375 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,960 Speaker 1: You need Lou Dort to hit a bunch of threes. 376 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 1: You need a combination of top end talent and a 377 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,480 Speaker 1: depth of role player talent to win. That has always 378 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 1: been the case. Basketball has just changed in a way 379 00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:52,320 Speaker 1: that has accentuated a little bit more that ability to 380 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: capitalize on advantage creation. Two more, Hi, Jason, love the 381 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: show and your content has been amazing for the game. 382 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: Your channel has been a huge part of me getting 383 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:02,960 Speaker 1: back into the game of basketball. That makes me very 384 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,440 Speaker 1: happy to hear. I was just wondering, as an experienced 385 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: basketball player yourself, do you have any helpful tips slash 386 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: exercises for getting your jump shot back into rhythm after 387 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: hitting a slump. Thanks and keep up the great work. 388 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:17,640 Speaker 1: This is a very good question and one that I 389 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:20,879 Speaker 1: have been interested in for a long time because I 390 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: take a lot of jump shots. Any of you basketball 391 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 1: players out there that have taken a lot of jump 392 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:28,560 Speaker 1: shots know that it is a mind fuck sometimes and 393 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: like sometimes they go in and sometimes they don't. When 394 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: I was playing in college, I was a much more 395 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:37,080 Speaker 1: streaky shooter back then. But when I was playing in college, 396 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:40,159 Speaker 1: like I had a stretch in Utah playing JUCO or 397 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,920 Speaker 1: during conference play, I shot like forty nine percent from three. 398 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm pretty high volume. And then the very next year 399 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: I had a stretch where I missed twenty two threes 400 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: in a row in one week of basketball. Like that's 401 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: that's shooting, especially when you're in the early phase of 402 00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: your development, and you haven't learned how to become more 403 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: consistent through your habit. So the streaks are part of 404 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: the game. How do you get out of them? The 405 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 1: truth of the matter is there's no secret sauce other 406 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: than you need to go shoot. That stems even beyond 407 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: the idea of getting out of a slump, to just 408 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: your development as a shooter and your development as a shooter. 409 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,320 Speaker 1: The only way for you to get from where you 410 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: are to where you want to be, where you want 411 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: to eventually be is to shoot thousands and thousands and 412 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,000 Speaker 1: thousands and thousands of jump shots. Like I said, I 413 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: was a very streaky shooter when I was in college. 414 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: I've reached the point now where I believe I am 415 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,640 Speaker 1: a good shooter. I only got there because I took 416 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 1: tens of thousands of shots over years and years to 417 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 1: get to the point where I could shoot the ball better. 418 00:22:46,320 --> 00:22:49,359 Speaker 1: There is no shortcut. There is no oh, I stop 419 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 1: using my opposite thumb, or I do this with my hands, 420 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,760 Speaker 1: or I tweak this thing in my release and suddenly 421 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 1: I become a way better shooter. No, like, there are 422 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: proven things which will go over that will help, but 423 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: ultimately The only way you're going to become a great 424 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,879 Speaker 1: shooter or even a good shooter is by shooting thousands 425 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: and thousands and thousands of shots. There is no shortcut. Now. 426 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: As far as like the technical side of it, I'm 427 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 1: a big believer in I don't like tweaking releases. I 428 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:24,080 Speaker 1: don't think there's necessarily a uh. I don't think that 429 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,560 Speaker 1: you're that you need to go completely throw your release 430 00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,119 Speaker 1: into the garbage and start from scratch and have the 431 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 1: perfect jj Reddick shooting form where your hand is like 432 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,560 Speaker 1: in this perfect slot and you have this exact, this 433 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,160 Speaker 1: exact same release that jj Reddick has. No, I don't 434 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,399 Speaker 1: think you need to have the a one specific type 435 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 1: of release to be a good shooter. There are things, though, 436 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: that every good shooter does. So for example, every good 437 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:56,439 Speaker 1: shooter has a good base, so wide feet, straight up 438 00:23:56,440 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: and down balance. Every good shooter does that they can 439 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: make off balance shots. But even on their off balance shots, 440 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:09,639 Speaker 1: they have great lift. They have a wide base. It 441 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 1: starts from their feet, but when they're open. Part of 442 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: the reason why it goes in as frequently as it 443 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,360 Speaker 1: does is they always have their feet spread wide. They 444 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 1: go straight up and down, they have great balance. The 445 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: second piece of it is energy transfer. You don't want 446 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,639 Speaker 1: to have any sort of hitch in your shot. You 447 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: don't want to have any spot where you lose energy 448 00:24:32,960 --> 00:24:35,919 Speaker 1: from the ground up to the release, right your feet 449 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 1: or your starting point. You power up out of it. 450 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: The ball is in your shooting pocket and it goes 451 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,119 Speaker 1: up through the release. You want a smooth flow of 452 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,679 Speaker 1: energy from the floor all the way up through the 453 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: release of the shot. If you do that, you won't 454 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: have to tax your release as much for power. If 455 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,440 Speaker 1: you don't have to tax your release as much for power, 456 00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 1: you can get really good at doing the same thing 457 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: over and over again, right, And that's the third piece 458 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: of it. Just do the same thing over and over 459 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 1: again whatever you're doing. If you're tweaking your release from 460 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 1: shot to shot to shot to shot, you're gonna have 461 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 1: no consistency. So like if you're in a shooting slump, 462 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:20,119 Speaker 1: the best way to get out of it is to 463 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:22,679 Speaker 1: shoot a shit ton of shots and make sure that 464 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: when you're shooting, you have a good base, you don't 465 00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 1: lose any power up through your release, and that you 466 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: do the same exact thing every single time. If you 467 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,840 Speaker 1: do that, through thousands of reps you will inevitably get 468 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 1: out of your shooting slump. One last little piece that 469 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:42,640 Speaker 1: I'll say in terms of the uh, the mental side 470 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: of it, because that can be a big part of 471 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 1: you spiraling. I especially remember myself as a twenty one 472 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: year old kid during that shooting slump, really struggling mentally 473 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:53,399 Speaker 1: with it, Like I'm shooting all these shots, like what 474 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:56,760 Speaker 1: is going on? You get in your head, right, find 475 00:25:56,880 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 1: something in your shot to focus on that is into 476 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:05,400 Speaker 1: the release. So when you're in a shooting slump, as 477 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:08,879 Speaker 1: you're going into your next shot in a game, just 478 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: think about your base. Find something in the shot that 479 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: you can focus on that is not tied to whether 480 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,760 Speaker 1: or not it goes in, and that is not tied 481 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: to your release. That way, you get out of your head. So, 482 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 1: for instance, if I've been a shooting slump, I'm going 483 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:29,280 Speaker 1: to run into that next shot thinking wide base, good lift. 484 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,320 Speaker 1: That's what I'm going to be thinking, because it gets 485 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 1: me out of my head, gets me focused on an 486 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: easy thing for me to fix, and that allows me 487 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:40,560 Speaker 1: to just trust the release at the end without necessarily 488 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: overthinking it. But again, no cheating. The only way to 489 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: become a good shooter. To get out of shooting slump 490 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,320 Speaker 1: is to take tons of shots. There's no shortcut. There's 491 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:50,200 Speaker 1: never been a shortcut for any player in the history 492 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,480 Speaker 1: of basketball to becoming a great ball handler or becoming 493 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: a great shooter other than thousands and thousands and thousands 494 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:00,639 Speaker 1: of reps. Last question, it just doesn't make sense to 495 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,399 Speaker 1: me to have a key argument point based on the 496 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:05,920 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, twenty twenty four Luca being over shay 497 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,440 Speaker 1: going into the twenty twenty five twenty twenty six season. 498 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:10,960 Speaker 1: It makes it feel like this take is just based 499 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: off vibes, because what other player would you use their 500 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 1: play two seasons ago for your twenty twenty five twenty 501 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: twenty six projections. If Luca was still on the MAVs, 502 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:21,400 Speaker 1: I would get it because that team was built better 503 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: for his play style and offensive ceiling. So this to 504 00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,399 Speaker 1: me is like, I just don't understand this line of thinking, because, like, 505 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: we're ranking players for this coming season, do you think 506 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:35,120 Speaker 1: Lucas gonna be bad because he had this one season 507 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: where he was overweight, clearly overweight, and dealing with an injury, 508 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 1: and he didn't look anything like himself when we had 509 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,880 Speaker 1: a half decade that was one of the most successful 510 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: starts to a career in the history of basketball. It's 511 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 1: not like that twenty twenty three twenty twenty four season 512 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: was a outlier in Luca. What Luca is mediocre? Mediocre? 513 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: Mediocre and then said only thirty four nine to ten 514 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: on sixty two percent through shooting takes his team to 515 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 1: the finals and then back to being shitty. The outlier 516 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: was clearly last season. So for me, it's actually you're 517 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: saying it doesn't make sense to base it on the 518 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four season. To me, it doesn't make any 519 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,919 Speaker 1: sense to rank Luca based on last season for the 520 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,800 Speaker 1: purposes of my list. Again, if there's a different list 521 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:29,560 Speaker 1: which is more reflective looking at the past for ranking 522 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: how last year went, Luca probably doesn't make the top ten. 523 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 1: But that's not how my list works. For the last 524 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: two years, we've had consistent criteria October of this coming 525 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: season through to the following June. What do you like? 526 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 1: What players do you want to lead your team? And 527 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: I just saw Luca before the list playing for Slovenia 528 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 1: looking a hell of a lot like the guy from 529 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,840 Speaker 1: twenty twenty four, So I wasn't going to use the 530 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: obvious down year to rank him forward based on the 531 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: way my criteria works. I hate to break it to you, guys, 532 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 1: but if you're expecting Luca for the rest of his 533 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 1: career to look like he did last year, I just 534 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna be wrong. I think that was 535 00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 1: the outlier. All right, guys, It's all I have for today, 536 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: as always is sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us 537 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 1: and supporting the show. We will be back next week. 538 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: We're going to be starting our season preview series. I'll 539 00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 1: see you guys then.