WEBVTT - Playoff Seeding Doesn’t Matter Anymore

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<v Speaker 1>I want to talk about something more broad than the

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<v Speaker 1>individual games themselves. After watching the first round of the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA playoffs, something has become very evident, very obvious. Playoff

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<v Speaker 1>seeding doesn't matter anymore at all. There was a time

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<v Speaker 1>where teams would scratch and they would claw to try

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<v Speaker 1>to get home court advantage in the playoffs. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>after all, we've been told for decades that having home

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<v Speaker 1>court is a difference between life and death, between cant

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<v Speaker 1>coon and a deep run in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 2>That's just not true anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not the Miami Heat. We're a playing team, not

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<v Speaker 1>just a playing team. They lost their first game in

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<v Speaker 1>the play in tournament. They were down by double digits

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<v Speaker 1>of the Chicago Bulls. Scratched in clawed just to get

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<v Speaker 1>the eight seed. And you know what they did. They

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<v Speaker 1>just beat a team that won two years ago the

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<v Speaker 1>NBA title. Yes, there was no Joannis for two games,

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<v Speaker 1>but it didn't matter.

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<v Speaker 2>They didn't have Tyler Hero.

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<v Speaker 1>Either, one of their best shooters. They made quick work

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<v Speaker 1>of them in five. Everybody thought that the Heat were

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get bounced in four.

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<v Speaker 2>Nope.

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<v Speaker 1>Duncan Robinson has emerged from the crypt. He had fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>threes in four games after the Tyler hero injury fourteen.

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<v Speaker 1>Steph Curry his performance, Jimmy Butler's performance was pretty good too,

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<v Speaker 1>fifty six points. The Bucks are done. Bud might get fired,

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<v Speaker 1>He might have dismantled the Milwaukee Bucks. Jimmy Butler an

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<v Speaker 1>eight seed.

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<v Speaker 2>The Warriors.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that they were a six seed joke Jokeville

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<v Speaker 1>made no sense. They were always We said this all year.

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<v Speaker 1>The Warriors are a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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<v Speaker 2>Do not sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>The only thing that the Warriors are pretending is that

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<v Speaker 1>they're not contending.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>There was all this talk, Oh, Warriors are old. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>they're done, they're road records trash. Are they gonna win

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<v Speaker 1>in the playoffs that they can't win on the road?

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<v Speaker 2>That was some bullshit. Did you see what they just said?

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<v Speaker 1>They got two wins against the Sacramento Kings, one of

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<v Speaker 1>the toughest places to play.

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<v Speaker 2>In the NBA.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, they don't have youth on their side. But the

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<v Speaker 1>truth is what we now know. This is a fact.

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<v Speaker 1>Fact nobody's talking about. The Warriors don't have a tank

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<v Speaker 1>for the regular season anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>They are old.

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<v Speaker 1>Their tank is twenty eight games, the amount of games

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<v Speaker 1>that the playoffs are.

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<v Speaker 2>That's their tank. We'll give you some good games in January.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>You a couple of good games in February. We'll get

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<v Speaker 1>up for our home crowd. But where we go on

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<v Speaker 1>the road, you're not getting our a squad, you're not

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<v Speaker 1>getting our a effort. And if we lose to Detroit

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<v Speaker 1>Pistons at Little Caesars Arena, be thankful that we didn't

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<v Speaker 1>give you our full force, because when we have it,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no one on the planet who can beat us.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what Draymond said, I can barely get out

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<v Speaker 1>of bed in February. Jesus Christ, did you see the

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<v Speaker 1>performances that he had in the playoffs? He had twenty

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<v Speaker 1>something points, one of the most efficient performances in saying defense, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he did stop someone in the chest.

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<v Speaker 2>Turns out that was pretty effective for them too.

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<v Speaker 1>When he got suspended, unlocked the things that they needed

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<v Speaker 1>to know in order to have better spacing.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the kind that's the kind of bad luck that the.

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<v Speaker 1>Warriors have, bad luck that ultimately turns into good luck.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got Steph thirty five, Clay thirty three, Draymond thirty three,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not mustering up the energy to play defense against

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<v Speaker 1>the Detroit Pistons, Are.

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<v Speaker 2>You kidding me?

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<v Speaker 1>No, So the next time the Warriors are in February

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<v Speaker 1>and they're like a borderline fringe playing team, just remember

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<v Speaker 1>they're still a title team.

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<v Speaker 2>They are never dead until one of them leaves, one

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<v Speaker 2>of those core three leave. Maybe that's this offseason. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have Kevon Looney, who I think maybe the

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<v Speaker 1>best center we've ever seen, the best rebounding small center.

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<v Speaker 2>He had more what was that tweet?

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<v Speaker 1>I saw this? Kevon Looney has had as many twenty

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<v Speaker 1>plus rebound games in the first round of this playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Then David Robinson, Hakeem elijahu On, Karl Malone to Kembe Mutumbo,

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<v Speaker 1>and Bill Walton had in their entire playoff careers just

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<v Speaker 1>shy of one hundred and twenty eight, which is Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Russell for most all time.

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<v Speaker 2>That's that's unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>There were people who said it, not me, said Sabonis

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<v Speaker 1>would eat Kavonloney for lunch. No, Sir, Sabonis got eaten

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<v Speaker 1>for lunch from kavan So yeah, it doesn't really matter

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<v Speaker 1>to Golden State. They just wanted to avoid the playing tournament,

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<v Speaker 1>which honestly, even if they made it.

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<v Speaker 2>To the play in tournament, they probably would have stilled.

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<v Speaker 1>They probably would have played the Nuggets and beat the

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<v Speaker 1>Nuggets in six. This is the potency. It is a

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<v Speaker 1>team that is built for the playoffs. Do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to play the Warriors? Ever, the answer is no. The

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<v Speaker 1>answer along your path. That's why I didn't want the

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<v Speaker 1>Kings to play the Warriors in the first round, because

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<v Speaker 1>they are at the end of the day, inevitable. This

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<v Speaker 1>is the trend though, of the future for me. I

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<v Speaker 1>think you're seeing this with Lebron. Lebron just takes full

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<v Speaker 1>plays off in the middle of the game to conserve

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<v Speaker 1>his energy for winning time, because.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the only we are not allowed. We're not gonna go,

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<v Speaker 2>go go. They're not robots.

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<v Speaker 1>Their tank isn't just completely unlimited where they can be

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<v Speaker 1>their game seven fourth quarter winning time south in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of a random Tuesday game against some bottom feeder team.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely fucking not.

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<v Speaker 1>Remember when Lebron James broke the scoring record and they

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<v Speaker 1>lost to OKC and we thought that that was meaningful

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<v Speaker 1>in any way.

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<v Speaker 2>It was not.

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<v Speaker 1>This was a team given up for dead at the

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<v Speaker 1>trade deadline below five hundred, Lebron James injured, Anthony Davis injured.

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<v Speaker 1>In other words, they were cooked. Rob Polinka pulled something

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<v Speaker 1>out of his hat. I don't know who he has

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<v Speaker 1>pictures on where he was able to make those trades,

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<v Speaker 1>but retooled the roster, reinvigorated the team, and now that

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<v Speaker 1>they now they are scary. I think this is the

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<v Speaker 1>trend of the future. It is now called the conservation

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<v Speaker 1>of star power. All of this means the regular season is.

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<v Speaker 2>Just not very meaningful anymore. Doesn't mean it's not fun.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't mean teams can't build on regular season success.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't mean that we should just cancel it all together.

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<v Speaker 1>It means that guys like Lebron and Steph and Draymond

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<v Speaker 1>cannot be judged by their individual performances or team performances

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<v Speaker 1>until playoff time.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it.

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<v Speaker 1>Because if you can go off for fifty in a

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<v Speaker 1>Game seven after being embarrassed and straight up flattened in

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<v Speaker 1>Game six on the road.

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<v Speaker 2>Who gives a fuck what you do in February? Who cares?

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<v Speaker 1>That's gonna mean skipping Tuesdays against Utah and not really

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<v Speaker 1>trying that.

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<v Speaker 2>Hard till April. That's it, that's that's that's the takeaway.

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