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Speaker 1: Hey, welcome in. I'm gotli been this. He is all ball,

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Speaker 1: all hoop, all the time. I think you're gonna love.

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Speaker 1: I think I love this week's podcast. Um, that's because

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Speaker 1: we have a a special guest, Um Andrew uh Combo salad.

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Speaker 1: You can um. You can follow him on social media

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Speaker 1: on the Graham um at one to Combo. Of course,

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Speaker 1: you can fall him on Twitter. You can download his podcast.

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Speaker 1: He's a former professional basketball player mostly in Israel, although

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Speaker 1: it spent a little bit of time in Denmark. Grew

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Speaker 1: It's kind of a unique right. Didn't play Division one basketball,

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Speaker 1: didn't play Division two, Division three, bounced around high schools.

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Speaker 1: How do you get the playing overseas? How did it

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Speaker 1: all happen? You will? Uh, you will, you will find out. Um,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna join us momentarily. I you know, look, we're

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Speaker 1: getting ready here for this upcoming NBA season. I have

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Speaker 1: Does feel like there's been this mass upheaval and I'm

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Speaker 1: covering it coach k this is last year. Roy Williams

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Speaker 1: you're having a lot of of guys that had a chance.

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Speaker 1: Jason Terry um Um a Damon Stotdom are leave the

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Speaker 1: college game. You have overtime Elite, you have the G

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Speaker 1: League ignite team, you have all of these challenges. I'm

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Speaker 1: what happens in Oklahoma. There's a program that's been really

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Speaker 1: really interesting. I will get to more of that in

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Speaker 1: a second. First, though, let's catch up with Andrew selim Um.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's start at the very beginning. You grew up

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Speaker 1: the Bronx um, early on, like middle school days. Where

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Speaker 1: are you playing? Oh, middle school days? Wow? Well in

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Speaker 1: the parks of in you know, all kinds of leagues.

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Speaker 1: I went to a lot of different high schools. I

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Speaker 1: mean I went up to a lot of different middle

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Speaker 1: It was a private school in New York called York

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Speaker 1: up transferring to St. Thomas More, which was a prep

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Speaker 1: So man, I was all over the place. Doug, Okay,

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Speaker 1: So but what's your what's your family situation? It's good.

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Speaker 1: You know, Riverdale is you know, middle class, the upper

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Speaker 1: was a good situation. You know, my my parents aren't

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Speaker 1: But my upbringing was great. I mean it just because

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Speaker 1: So I'm just wondering for you. He grew up in

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Speaker 1: If it makes sense, the Jewish mother wants your kid

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Speaker 1: so did you stay there for your software? So, Doug,

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Speaker 1: How did you carry your sale? Were playing in playing

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Speaker 1: been focused on media on media for a long time now.

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Speaker 1: Combos Court Podcast if you could include the bonus episodes

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Speaker 1: world with three episodes in a lot of great guests

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Speaker 1: like Jay billis join already yourself. I don't even know

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Speaker 1: if you remember you're on my poddub Okay, so uh yeah,

429
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Speaker 1: you know all different former NBA players, former media members.

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Speaker 1: It's been great and that's something I work on religiously.

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Speaker 1: So um, but then you tore your a c L again.

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Speaker 1: What working dudes out? See? The thing is is that

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Speaker 1: my a CL was never the same after the first surgery,

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Speaker 1: and it deteriorated. It deteriorated to a point where it

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Speaker 1: wasn't stable anymore. So I had to get surgery again. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so you're you're currently rehabing that you're five months and

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Speaker 1: did you the hamstring again? Would you do this time? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm almost at six months now. Hamstring again? Other hamstring

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Speaker 1: on the right side, back to my left. Okay, um uh?

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Speaker 1: Will you have the unique perspective basically kind of skipping

441
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Speaker 1: college basketball, but that allows how was you You're not

442
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Speaker 1: kind of polluted by the college basketball style of offense

443
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Speaker 1: and defense, and it's it's a different sport right. On

444
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Speaker 1: the other hand, most of your experience as a player

445
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Speaker 1: is an international ball, whereas it's it's different here. Even

446
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Speaker 1: they played in the A B A. So recently you

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Speaker 1: went to the NBA Summer League, which it's just different.

448
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Speaker 1: When you have a guy like yourself that's played, that

449
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Speaker 1: gets it, they can see it. Um. I think you

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Speaker 1: know most of the social media reaction is highlight here,

451
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Speaker 1: a highlight there, maybe even one really good game where

452
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Speaker 1: the true what you learned about what you learned about

453
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Speaker 1: summer league is I remember I was summerly with the Lakers.

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Speaker 1: You know, I had had a really good game, and

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Speaker 1: then I came back in the next day and uh s,

456
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Speaker 1: Frank Hamlin was felling assistance for the Lakers back in

457
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Speaker 1: the days, came up from the Bulls. You know, it's

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Speaker 1: Phil Jackson. Guy. He's like, yet it's like not good

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Speaker 1: game last night, you know, being being a pro as

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Speaker 1: I go, no, fucking do it again tonight, you know,

461
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Speaker 1: and I go, it's a great point. And I just um,

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Speaker 1: I didn't struggle with it necessarily when I was in

463
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Speaker 1: the usb L I didn't struggle with it, just like

464
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Speaker 1: playing hoop every day. But the mentality of like you

465
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Speaker 1: you gotta you sit there on the bench and you

466
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Speaker 1: just load up with energy and you have to process

467
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Speaker 1: it and have it come out the right and it

468
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Speaker 1: just everything works. One night you're like, Okay, now you

469
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Speaker 1: gotta do that again tomorrow night. You just because you

470
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Speaker 1: get that, you play a game, you get done. And

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Speaker 1: then some really was in Long Beach, which is close

472
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Speaker 1: to where I grew up. My parents were there, um,

473
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Speaker 1: which is my wife, and then I was there. You know,

474
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Speaker 1: you're just like you feel like you're part of the Lakers.

475
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Speaker 1: But then you realize, like, oh shoot, I gotta do

476
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Speaker 1: it again to night. Tonight was Memphis. Tomorrow night's the Clippers,

477
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Speaker 1: you know, and and it's it's it's pretty anyway. Um, Okay,

478
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Speaker 1: So who if you could say I came home from

479
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Speaker 1: some league and this is the best player that I saw.

480
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Speaker 1: Can be can be a big name, can be a

481
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Speaker 1: small name. The best player you saw was here. Man.

482
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Speaker 1: It's close between Jalen Green and Kate Cuttingham. I'll give

483
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Speaker 1: the edge to Kate Cunningham because of the leadership and

484
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Speaker 1: the poise, and he seems a little bit more advanced

485
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Speaker 1: with his game at this point. But Jalen Green was explosive. Man.

486
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Speaker 1: And what I liked about Jalen Green was that obviously

487
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Speaker 1: he could score the basketball really athletic separation is amazing,

488
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Speaker 1: like he could just get a shot off whenever he wants.

489
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Speaker 1: But he cares on both sides of the floor. So

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Speaker 1: that tells me he's gonna be a good defender as

491
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Speaker 1: well at the NBA level. Like you could look in

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Speaker 1: his face and that's a great thing. That's the value

493
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Speaker 1: of showing up somewhere in person. You could read body

494
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Speaker 1: language better. So I just really feel like he cares

495
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Speaker 1: about both sides of the floor, and he's going to

496
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Speaker 1: be a dynamic score Like he's an NBA scorer right now.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if he scores like seventeen points

498
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Speaker 1: a game is worth the year at the twenty. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think he'll struggle with field goal percentage the first

500
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Speaker 1: couple of years. He doesn't really know what a good

501
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Speaker 1: shot is. But I would agree with you. I mean,

502
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Speaker 1: that guy's a professional score. I think what's interesting is

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Speaker 1: that both of them are as advertised. Yes, right, and

504
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,080
Speaker 1: that's kind of a rarity. Right, Sometimes you get there

505
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Speaker 1: and you're like, he's not as big, or he's not

506
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Speaker 1: as good or something. This is interesting. Top five was

507
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Speaker 1: probably as advertised, and I would you know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think Jalen Suggs is exactly what he's advertised to be.

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Speaker 1: I think Comena is pretty much what he's advertised to be. Well, actually,

510
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Speaker 1: I think Comenda is better than what people were saying.

511
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Speaker 1: I mean, everything you've heard about Comenda going into this

512
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 1: was negative, and the Warriors didn't care. They obviously didn't

513
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Speaker 1: look at the draft boards or look at draft Twitter

514
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: or look at media. They just took who they felt

515
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Speaker 1: the best player was at the moment. And it seems

516
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Speaker 1: to be like it's gonna work out for what I

517
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Speaker 1: saw in summer league. Yeah, okay, so let's um, let's

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Speaker 1: let's go to Let's go to comminga what you said,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna work out? What's he ultimately going to be? Like, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's the thing. I think he's better right now. He's

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Speaker 1: better suited to be a four or five in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully he could develop those skills with his handle and

523
00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,080
Speaker 1: reading off pick and rolls to be eventually becoming a three.

524
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Speaker 1: But his best his best path to NBA minutes right now,

525
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Speaker 1: or as a small ball four, as a small ball five.

526
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Speaker 1: But the guy is a crazy athlete. Man, Like, he

527
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Speaker 1: made one defensive play that really stood out to me.

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Speaker 1: How quick he gets off the floor. I haven't seen

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Speaker 1: in a long time from anybody, to be honest, Like,

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Speaker 1: he gets off the floor quick. He's a top level

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Speaker 1: NBA athlete. Um, okay, what about Evan you spenttioned top five?

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Speaker 1: What about Evan Mobley? What was your impressions? So Evan

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Speaker 1: Mobley was probably the most disappointing out of the five,

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Speaker 1: But that's not saying much because all five I think

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Speaker 1: played well. Um. What six outs about Evan Moby is

536
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Speaker 1: his fluidity? Um? Really like he could he could go

537
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Speaker 1: off for a shot, fake land and still slide and

538
00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,720
Speaker 1: stay in front of his man. He could close out

539
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Speaker 1: jump land and still slide with a perimeter player. Defensively,

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Speaker 1: he's NBA ready right now. He has a great feel

541
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Speaker 1: for the game, great fluidity. Um, the jump shot has

542
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:16,760
Speaker 1: to improve. I think he only shot twelve from three

543
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Speaker 1: in Summer League, so everybody was raving about his touch.

544
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Speaker 1: But we have to see if that really develops and

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Speaker 1: he'll be able to knock down that three consistently. All

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Speaker 1: the other guys were more consistent with they're playing the

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Speaker 1: top five. I think Evan Mobli was more flashes, but

548
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Speaker 1: he played well also, just not as well as the

549
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Speaker 1: other four. Um, okay, uh, let's let's go to uh,

550
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Speaker 1: let's go to jail and sucks? What is? What is?

551
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Speaker 1: Who is he in the NBA? Who is he playing like?

552
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: I think he could be a Drew Holiday. He could

553
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Speaker 1: play both sides of the floor. He's a He'll be

554
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:56,480
Speaker 1: a good offensive player and he'll be dynamic on defense.

555
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Speaker 1: He made some crazy defensive plays in the big moments

556
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Speaker 1: of that Summer League game. I know it's only Summer League,

557
00:30:02,840 --> 00:30:04,720
Speaker 1: but I think he's a guy who gets it. I

558
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: think he's a great intangibles guy. He's a really good athlete.

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Speaker 1: I think the shooting is better than people think when

560
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Speaker 1: it comes to a lot of these prospects. Actually, like

561
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,640
Speaker 1: Cage shooting was probably better than even people thought. Um,

562
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,960
Speaker 1: Scotty is a willing shooter. And I think Jalen Stug

563
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: is another guy that shoots it well off the dribble. Um,

564
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Speaker 1: He's gonna get better catch and shoot it looks good.

565
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Speaker 1: So yeah, I think he could be an NBA comp

566
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Speaker 1: for him, and I love hate relationship with NBA comps,

567
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 1: but I could see a Drew Holiday and I think

568
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Speaker 1: he's gonna be a guy that comes up in the

569
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Speaker 1: big moments. That's always been his rep and that's what

570
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 1: he's done in college for those partings a year. Um, okay,

571
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Speaker 1: you mentioned Scotty Barnes. Ye kind of the prototype athlete

572
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Speaker 1: right for two thousand twenty one basketball, But as a

573
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Speaker 1: as a player and an evaluator, what did you see? Well?

574
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Speaker 1: I was high on Scotty Barnes, higher than most going

575
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Speaker 1: into this, and I saw what I thought I was

576
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Speaker 1: so from him. An NBA ready defender, a guy who

577
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Speaker 1: can initial aid offense of defense is with something you

578
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Speaker 1: could really start out with, Like he's a guy that

579
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Speaker 1: could guard one through five legitimately and on offense. I

580
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: think we don't put into enough stock into players that

581
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: just make the right decision really often. I think we

582
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: over analyze things sometimes, and he's a guy that just

583
00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: continually continuously makes the right decision over and over and

584
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Speaker 1: over again. Great pastor great feel. And you mentioned the athleticism.

585
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: There's probably guys that jump higher than Scotty Barnes, but

586
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: there's not a lot of guys who have the athletic

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00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: profile at Scottie Barnes, like I think a good person

588
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Speaker 1: to compare that with and be like Obie Topping. Obi

589
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: probably jumps higher, but he's not the overall athlete that

590
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: Scotty is in terms of sliding his feet, flexibility, you know.

591
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,040
Speaker 1: So I think we almost put too much stock into

592
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Speaker 1: just jumping, and Scotty Barnes is just a great overall athlete,

593
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Speaker 1: and he's a willing shooter, as I said, so I

594
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Speaker 1: think that's important and I think if he becomes an

595
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: average NBA shooter, he's definitely an all star in my book.

596
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting he mentioned every Topping. It's like

597
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Speaker 1: when he was drafted there billing crazy because they love

598
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: him and Dayton coming back home and like, okay, what

599
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 1: is the in the NBA? You know? And when he

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Speaker 1: said the eight ten, he's playing five, not just a five,

601
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:12,480
Speaker 1: but also against Atlantic ten fives, you know, and it

602
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 1: looks it looks different. Now he struggles to find, you know,

603
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,800
Speaker 1: something to latch onto that this is what I'm gonna be.

604
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:22,959
Speaker 1: Whereas Scottie Barnes, you know, didn't start at at at

605
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Speaker 1: at Florida State. But he's a different body type, as

606
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: you point out, a different kind of athlete and more

607
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 1: than one that's more transferable to an NBA style game

608
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: than than obises was more of refined coming out. Obviously

609
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,719
Speaker 1: it was older. Yeah, I think people saw that through

610
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: the legs, dunks and all that stuff, and you you

611
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: automatically think craziest athlete, you know, But there's more athleticism

612
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Speaker 1: than just jumping out the gym correct correct latter athleticism

613
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Speaker 1: is huge. Um uh, you didn't give us the giddy

614
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Speaker 1: a ton. I don't know if you saw him with

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Speaker 1: the Olympic team, what do you think, man? I watched

616
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 1: that first game with giddy first player they gave he

617
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 1: comes off it just gets down the lane and catches

618
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: a dunk and then he doesn't play anymore. I was

619
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Speaker 1: looking forward to seeing that match of Cade versus Josh,

620
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: but it didn't happen. That would have been interesting. Josh

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Speaker 1: Giddy size, that's what that's what great takeaway from it.

622
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: He looks about Cade's size from what I saw, but

623
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Speaker 1: he wasn't in the game very long. You know, he's

624
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: big and he's not obviously not a crazy athlete, but

625
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,160
Speaker 1: he gets gets a lot done. I do think also

626
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Speaker 1: sometimes like the game continues to evolve and you can

627
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: make up for a lot. I mean, Lucas not a

628
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: not a blur at all. He knows how to use

629
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Speaker 1: his body, knows how to create separation in space, and

630
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 1: he's obviously super skilled. And I'm not saying Giddy is

631
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 1: Giddy's Luca, but if Luca can do it as a

632
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 1: limited athlete on some levels, so too kid of Josh

633
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Speaker 1: Giddy and with his style play, I would say the

634
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Speaker 1: big difference is is that Luca gets his shot off

635
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: effortlessly and seamlessly, and Josh Getty's released this kind of slow. Yes,

636
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Speaker 1: I totally agree, and Lucas, I'm in a a star player,

637
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 1: are you? And the Luca is the best player in

638
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:09,960
Speaker 1: the world. Camp Man, it's high and everybody you know

639
00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: draft night, Luca's Draft night. I was the guy saying

640
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: this guy was going to be the best player out

641
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,719
Speaker 1: of this draft, and people were like on me about it, like, no,

642
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 1: it's too slow, that's Europe. But they didn't really realize

643
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: that when you're EuroLeague MVP at that age, it means

644
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,279
Speaker 1: a lot. But I will say to your question, now,

645
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,720
Speaker 1: I've always been high on Luca and people like talks

646
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 1: back to me how high I'm on Luca. I would

647
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: say that it is between Lebron and probably at this

648
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 1: point k D between the two best players in the world. Yeah.

649
00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: I know, we have to see how he comes back.

650
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,400
Speaker 1: It's always a wait and see with them. But he

651
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 1: was an MVP candidate until that injury, I think, and uh,

652
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,640
Speaker 1: we have to see how he comes back. So it's

653
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 1: gonna be interesting to see. But Katie, I mean, I'm

654
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: not mad at anybody saying that Katie is the best

655
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,120
Speaker 1: player in the world, especially when we saw in the

656
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 1: playoffs and in the Olympics. Not mad at that at all. No,

657
00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: I would agree. I just think sometimes we do a

658
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: little bit of the dated like, look, Lebron is just

659
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,640
Speaker 1: not the same, dude. He's still a great player, but

660
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,439
Speaker 1: I don't think he's that guy. On the other hand,

661
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: if you don't like him, like who do you like

662
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis? But he obviously he's always hurt, you know,

663
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: Um what do you feel like he's just not able

664
00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 1: to physically dominate and post his will like Lebron has

665
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 1: at times? Although I still think I don't think Lebron

666
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,120
Speaker 1: imposes will nearly is the percentage of times that that

667
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 1: he I mean, for example, was you know again, I

668
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 1: understand that that k D couldn't get his team to

669
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 1: the NBA Finals with all those injuries, but he still

670
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 1: carried his team when they lost those two other guys.

671
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:49,720
Speaker 1: And I know Harden came back and played or as Lebron,

672
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,120
Speaker 1: he lost Anthony Davis and they just house a card,

673
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 1: you know, and they just always collapsed. I'm not sure

674
00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 1: he's not I'm not sure. I don't think he's that

675
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,200
Speaker 1: guy anymore. Still a great player, do nineteen years in

676
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,680
Speaker 1: the NBA takes a ton ton of tread off the tires.

677
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:06,960
Speaker 1: How did you feel about a d coming into the

678
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: season out of shape? Um? Well, I kind of new,

679
00:36:12,719 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 1: kind of know too much. I mean, reputationalize out here.

680
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: Everyone will say, like you know, you ask anybody in

681
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:23,000
Speaker 1: the Lakers organization, like everybody loves a d but he

682
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: just he's just a hooper, like he thinks you just

683
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 1: show up in hoop and you know where's Lebron. It's

684
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,240
Speaker 1: when he says he spends a million dollars in his body,

685
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,400
Speaker 1: million dollars in his body. And that's why for the

686
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 1: most part, you know, he's had obviously two of the

687
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:39,040
Speaker 1: last three years series had injuries, but he's had an

688
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 1: unbelievable run, whereas Anthony Davis like put him out four weeks,

689
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: all right, I'll see you guys in four weeks, Like yeah,

690
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 1: that's he just rolls different and and look in fairness

691
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:51,279
Speaker 1: to them, you know, the Lakers wanted them to get

692
00:36:51,320 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: away from it. It was a lot in the bubble

693
00:36:53,200 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 1: and it was a quick turnaround. Yeah. But uh but

694
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:58,879
Speaker 1: you know, Shaq was the same way. He wouldn't work

695
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,320
Speaker 1: out in the office, seem minute playing his way in shape.

696
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,840
Speaker 1: But that's a dangerous theme to play because you know,

697
00:37:04,520 --> 00:37:06,239
Speaker 1: the second you're carrying a little bit more weight, that's

698
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:09,439
Speaker 1: when your body starts to break down. Yeah, I'm like, dude,

699
00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:11,680
Speaker 1: you know, there's there's I always thought there was like

700
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,200
Speaker 1: three types of guys. There's the guys that don't do enough.

701
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: There's the guys who are professionals doing what they're supposed

702
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: to do, and then there's a obsessive, obsessive compulsive guys.

703
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: And UH usually pros fit into one of those three categories.

704
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: In my opinion, Yep, I would agree with that. He's

705
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:30,840
Speaker 1: definitely not an excessive compulsive right exactly. It's not that

706
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 1: it's not not who not who who? He is on paper? Um,

707
00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: where where are you on the Lakers? I mean, I

708
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,759
Speaker 1: guess you can't just be on paper like but when

709
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,240
Speaker 1: they did add Russell Westbrook, but he's an inefficient shooter

710
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: and he's in his mid thirties and he's had poor

711
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:54,280
Speaker 1: knee circles. Yeah, you know how it is. Um, spacing

712
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,440
Speaker 1: is going to be an issue with them, but they

713
00:37:57,719 --> 00:37:59,840
Speaker 1: with the amount of talent they have, I think the

714
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 1: coaching staff could be creative and figure it out. I

715
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: think a big key for them is how well Anthony

716
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:07,560
Speaker 1: Davis shoots the three so you don't have two cloggers

717
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: on the floor. I think you could do. Now this

718
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,359
Speaker 1: sounds crazy, but I think you could use Russell as

719
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: a super Bruce brown Um in spots. I think that

720
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:23,479
Speaker 1: makes sense. Small ball for small ball five Houston. Yeah,

721
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: that's how they used them in Houston exactly, and I

722
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,840
Speaker 1: think that's how they have to use them now. But

723
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 1: you know, Anthony Davis, it would greatly benefit them if

724
00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: you could knock down that three, because I mean, there's

725
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:35,800
Speaker 1: a good chance that Russell won't so the space and

726
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: could be compromised there. Well, I think, I mean, I

727
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: think the game plan is to start him at the

728
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 1: five and a Russell Russell d Okay, Yeah, that's what

729
00:38:47,239 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: they always wanted to do. But AD's not a fan

730
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: of that, right right, But I think slowly he's kind

731
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 1: of bought into it and he understands it like that's

732
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: how they're gonna finish. Now they're trying to convince him

733
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 1: like let's start that way as well, and then you know,

734
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:00,800
Speaker 1: bring in Dwight's. But the way it's not gonna be

735
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 1: a starter or mark if he has anything laps thing

736
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,320
Speaker 1: and you start either. I think that's that's generally the

737
00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 1: game plan, all right? What about the nets? Can they

738
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:11,280
Speaker 1: keep it together long enough to get to the finals

739
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 1: where they'll have a ton of town. Yeah, if they

740
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 1: see if they stay healthy, don't don't be fine man,

741
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:23,680
Speaker 1: physically healthy. You know, Kyrie is somewhat of a wild card,

742
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 1: even though I will always say that Kyrie is the

743
00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 1: most skillful player in the NBA, and I don't know

744
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: if you want to debate that. I think that guy

745
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 1: has more options as an offensive player than anybody in

746
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:36,319
Speaker 1: the NBA. UM, but he's always a wild car when

747
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 1: it comes to, you know, off the court. But love

748
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 1: him as a player. Um, yeah, you know, the chemistry

749
00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:43,719
Speaker 1: on the court looked really good when they got to

750
00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: play together last year, and and it you know, it

751
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: didn't last. They didn't get to play with each other much.

752
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,280
Speaker 1: But I think Patty Mills was a huge offseason signing

753
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:56,239
Speaker 1: for them. I think that went under the radar, and

754
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: that's gonna be big for them because he's gonna be

755
00:39:57,719 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 1: able to step in when one of those guys are

756
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: injured and played great regular season and play off minutes.

757
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 1: It's a good point. If you had to pick one

758
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 1: team in the West that would that would compete the

759
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,759
Speaker 1: most with the Lakers, who would it be? Oh Man,

760
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 1: Let's say let's go with the wild card if Jamal

761
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: Murray comes back healthy. Let's say, Denver, do you know

762
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,040
Speaker 1: what's funny? That's the one that I would point to.

763
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,280
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you why the Lakers have transformed themselves

764
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:28,360
Speaker 1: in this offensive team. Right. They were the best defensive

765
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:31,439
Speaker 1: team two years ago. Now they're an offensive team. They're

766
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 1: not better offensively on paper than Denver because Denver is

767
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 1: so much between Michael Horder Jr. A twenty and a

768
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 1: problem and he has another way. I think I think

769
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: he has another lead to make Doug and then you

770
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 1: throw in um uh, and then you throw in obviously

771
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,479
Speaker 1: at the m v P. People forget how good Jamal

772
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Speaker 1: Murray was going back to the bubble, right like you

773
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Speaker 1: have through that's I think you got seventy points right

774
00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 1: there between those three. Yeah, and then they have a

775
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,279
Speaker 1: depth of other dudes. They could people. They still Eric

776
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: Gordon right where they got They were still trying to

777
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 1: figure out how to use them late in year, Like

778
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:13,359
Speaker 1: that's a really good offensive, really good yeah. And if

779
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:16,480
Speaker 1: you know, it was amazing how they were playing when

780
00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: they had Aaron Gordon and Jamal Murray was still healthy.

781
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 1: They were playing like the best team in the league

782
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 1: at that point, and I think they could get back

783
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,320
Speaker 1: to that. Um okay, you mean one team in the

784
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: East that you think is most likely compete with with Brooklyn?

785
00:41:29,480 --> 00:41:32,319
Speaker 1: Would it be Milwaukee? Do you like what Boss has done?

786
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,320
Speaker 1: Are you gonna go crazy town and tell me the Knicks?

787
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:37,800
Speaker 1: Is it gonna be Philly? We still don't know what

788
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 1: they hang on to Ben Simmons. Let's go with the team.

789
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,880
Speaker 1: You didn't mention the heat. You know he could win

790
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:50,399
Speaker 1: heat culture. Um. Their coaching staff always seems to get

791
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 1: things done in my opinion, and they have enough talent

792
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 1: this year with Kyle and Jimmy and Duncan space in

793
00:41:56,480 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 1: the floor and hopefully uh Tyler could it back to

794
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 1: where he was in the bubble of They got a

795
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: lot of pieces there and I think they have enough

796
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,479
Speaker 1: talent to get it done. Would they be the Healthy Nets?

797
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 1: I don't think so, but I think they can make

798
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: a run again. Um okay, last thing, how can somebody

799
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 1: get your podcast? Combo's Court podcast C N b O

800
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: S c O U R t um Apple podcast, I

801
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: Heart Radio Spotify. You can follow me on Instagram and

802
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: one to Combo and E t w O c O

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00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,759
Speaker 1: n b oh and on Twitter at Combo's courts. N

804
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,759
Speaker 1: B O. S c O U R T. Doug. Thank

805
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 1: you so much for having me on your platform. Actually

806
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: listen to your podcast. I enjoy your podcast. Um. I

807
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: appreciate everything that you do, and thanks so much for

808
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 1: having me on. Last thing, Hold on last thing. Um,

809
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: we haven't talked Warriors. Okay. I may be the only guy.

810
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:49,799
Speaker 1: I kind of think this is gonna be a year.

811
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: Like I have no idea about Clay's health none. I'm

812
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,719
Speaker 1: with you, dog, but I'm looking and I'm sitting there

813
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,719
Speaker 1: going like when you have those two guys and you

814
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: had Dre and I don't love Andrew Wiggins. I don't

815
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 1: know if they hold on him, but if he's your

816
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: third or fourth best player, I like it. I don't

817
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: like it he's your first or second best player. I

818
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 1: like it he's your third or fourth best player. Whyse

819
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:12,240
Speaker 1: when people forget like, dude, it played three games in college,

820
00:43:12,680 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: three you know, so no real preseason learning curves hard.

821
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: He's just a kid, um Um, I like them. What

822
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 1: I like? What the Warriors? The kid? What's the kid

823
00:43:27,600 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: from Michigan? I'm forgetting his name. Um came out the

824
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: bench for him. He I thought that. I think they

825
00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: found something there. I like them. I think they're gonna

826
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 1: be great. I don't think they'll be legit title contenders, though,

827
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:47,000
Speaker 1: to be honest, Doug, okay, I'll come well. I think

828
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,800
Speaker 1: first of all, the committed pick kind of shows that

829
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: they're going in two different directions. They took a guy

830
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: who's gonna be good four or five years from now

831
00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 1: and maybe not right away. Um, we don't know about

832
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: Clay's health. It's two in reason in a role. And

833
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:04,280
Speaker 1: I think you know they call lightning in the bottle

834
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 1: when they were the Warriors back then. I don't think

835
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,719
Speaker 1: they have the same supporting cast. They don't have Livingston

836
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 1: and Equadala and these type of gooda back you know

837
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 1: what I mean, closer to closer to primary Goodala and

838
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,360
Speaker 1: I don't know if but but hold on, but but

839
00:44:20,520 --> 00:44:24,879
Speaker 1: like let's let's let's um, let's let's look at it though.

840
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:28,399
Speaker 1: Now okay, so now they're bench. I can't remember who

841
00:44:28,480 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 1: is the kid from Michigan who comes off the bench

842
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 1: to them can really shoot? It's got the floppy hair thinking,

843
00:44:33,800 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 1: oh yeah, he played the league little bit, did he?

844
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: Probably he can he can? Who? Um? Okay, but then

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Speaker 1: so you have yes, yeah, yeah, he's great, he's great.

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Speaker 1: So you bring off the bench, you bring Pool off

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Speaker 1: the Brench, you'll bring cominga the bench. Who else they draft?

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Speaker 1: They d have something else? So I kind of like,

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Speaker 1: where's the playoff experience again? That's that's what Yeah, Andre

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Speaker 1: goo dolla. Okay, though I'm sure they'll add some got

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Speaker 1: some buy out market guys as well. Right, and then

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00:45:07,400 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 1: you're you know, you're starting lineup. Now you still have

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Speaker 1: Steph and Clay. We don't know. We don't know Draymond

854
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Speaker 1: shooting has the climb, and we don't know about Clay.

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Speaker 1: So I feel like there's a lot of questions. It's

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Speaker 1: completely fair, completely but if we do the on paper

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Speaker 1: thing or you know, if all if they if everything

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Speaker 1: goes right for them. Right, when you start doing that

859
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:33,319
Speaker 1: too much, I feel like you're not a contader anymore. Right, Yeah,

860
00:45:33,640 --> 00:45:35,840
Speaker 1: but it's but it's but but that's part of like, Okay,

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Speaker 1: we just said Denver, all right, Well we don't know

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Speaker 1: what Jamal Murray's gonna be, like come back from a knee. Yeah, alright,

863
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:47,080
Speaker 1: so we could excel Jamal Murray and Clay and then

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Speaker 1: we just added all these other problems with the Warriors,

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Got it? Okay, you know,

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Speaker 1: but like it's like, Okay, Russ has had four knee surgeries.

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Speaker 1: Lebron has been hurt to the last three years, and

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Speaker 1: it's hurt like every year. The Brooklyn Nets, like Brooklyn

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Speaker 1: was the best team in the NBA. They're gonna win

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Speaker 1: the NBA Championship. Kyrie rolls his ankle and James Harten

871
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Speaker 1: pulls his hamstring, Right, these things do happen. What you're

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Speaker 1: saying is there's a it's these aren't limited soft Tingie

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Speaker 1: talk to soft tissue, like we're talking to major injuries

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Speaker 1: f Clay. The one thing that I it does give

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Speaker 1: me maybe more hope is um is that you see

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Speaker 1: how k D came back from Achilles tendant, Like it

877
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:35,240
Speaker 1: feels like medicine has really improved. It didn't for DeMarcus Cousins.

878
00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: But it's a different position. He wasn't in great shape,

879
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,440
Speaker 1: not the not the same type of player. So I

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Speaker 1: don't know, it's gonna be really interesting to see what

881
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 1: happens with with Clay. But I also think the point

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Speaker 1: that you made, which is a good one, which is

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Speaker 1: I don't think people understand how much they were ahead

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Speaker 1: of the NBA in terms of understanding valuing the three

885
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 1: point shot, small ball basketball, and all the right pieces.

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00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 1: You know, they had staff. Second contract was only four

887
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,720
Speaker 1: million dollars, allowed them to go out and get other guys.

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00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 1: Now they're capped out, now they're older, and now everybody

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Speaker 1: plays some form of small ball. So I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be interesting. Yeah. No, I I just think I

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Speaker 1: just feel like the compound effect of question marks, it's

892
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Speaker 1: just gonna be tough for the Warriors to overcome all

893
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Speaker 1: of that. But they do have staff. But I would

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Speaker 1: say the Lakers have Lebron and the Nets have Katie.

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Speaker 1: So that's another factor why you could have the you know,

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Speaker 1: the Nets of the Lakers over the Warriors. But you know,

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Speaker 1: all great players, but I would give the edge to

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Speaker 1: Lebron and Katie when it comes to the playoffs in

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Speaker 1: the finals. I didn't ask you. Um, I have my

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Speaker 1: own opinion that talk to you, but I'm not gonna

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00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: cloud yours. Jello Ball made a little bit of headlines

902
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Speaker 1: because he made some threes in the first game you watched.

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Speaker 1: You evaluate what level of players Jello Ball, Well, I

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Speaker 1: can tell by the way you frame the question, I

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Speaker 1: probably know your opinion on it. Um, maybe I'm wrong,

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Speaker 1: but I'll tell you he looked like he belonged in

907
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Speaker 1: the NBA Summer League. You gotta give him credit for that.

908
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:08,000
Speaker 1: He played well. You know, he made shots. I feel

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Speaker 1: like the biggest issue with him is the foot speed

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Speaker 1: at his position. I think it would help him to

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Speaker 1: lose some weight, maybe get a little bit quicker on

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Speaker 1: his feet. Um. The thing is, though, his brother could

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Speaker 1: be a future superstar, and that helps younger siblings or

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Speaker 1: even older siblings get on their team. So I wouldn't

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Speaker 1: be surprised if he becomes the Charlotte Hornet in the future,

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Speaker 1: especially if you get maybe down to the G League

917
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Speaker 1: and play really well down there. In combination of LaMelo

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Speaker 1: becoming a superstar, I think it could happen. But you know,

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Speaker 1: in summer league, he looked like he belonged. I'll say that.

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Speaker 1: been listening. I enjoy it. I enjoy your insight and

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thanks so much. For having me on

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Speaker 1: a really tough season, Texas new head coach, looks like

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