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I'm just gonna give you guys my initial 37 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: impressions on that trade and then we'll get out of 38 00:01:57,600 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 1: here for the day. You guys know, the drill before 39 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: we get started to subscribe to whom Tonight YouTube channels. 40 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 1: You don't miss any more of our videos. Follow me 41 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: on Twitter at underscore jsonlts you guys don't miss you announcements. 42 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: Don't forget about a podcast feed wherever you get your 43 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: podcast under Hoops Tonight, don't forget its helpful if you 44 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: leave a rating and a review on that front. 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Once we get through that, then we'll kind 55 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 1: of talk about it in the big picture of what 56 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 1: the Lakers are trying to accomplish this season. So join Finney. 57 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: Smith is quite literally the stereotypical three and D guy. 58 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,679 Speaker 1: He is a professional defender. He knows his job is 59 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: to play defense, and he does it every night, it'll be. 60 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: A good addition to the motor. 61 00:02:56,919 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: Issues that the team can struggle with, like an apex athlete. Like, 62 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 1: he's not as good of an athlete laterally in terms 63 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 1: of like foot speed and covering ground as like Jared Vanderbilt, 64 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: but he does play hard consistently. He's a good motor guy. 65 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: Brooklyn's scheme involves a lot of switching. He typically would 66 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:20,440 Speaker 1: guard bigger perimeter players, but he did switch a lot, 67 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 1: and there were examples, like in the Cavs game in particular, 68 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: where he drew the Donovan Mitchell assignment right out the gates. 69 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: So like, he's pretty versatile in the type of guys 70 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 1: that he can guard. He's pretty big and strong, but 71 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 1: like we talked about earlier, not overly quick. That said, 72 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: he's very good with angles, meaning like his approach to 73 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: defense in terms of reading the offensive player and choosing 74 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 1: how to weaponize his physical gifts translates well to his 75 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 1: ability to guard different different types of players on different 76 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 1: types of possessions. So, for example, there was a play 77 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 1: in the Cavs game the other day a couple of 78 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 1: weeks ago, I should say, where he ducks underneath the 79 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: pick and Donovan. Mitchell hits the jets and tries to 80 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: turn the corner and get downhill, and instead of like 81 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: trying to slide over and meet him, he picks a 82 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 1: spot pretty far back around like the second block, and 83 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: like sprints back and even though he's not as fast 84 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: as Donovan, he's able to cut him off take the 85 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 1: contact in the middle of his chest. Now Donovan spun 86 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: off of that. It hit like a little turnaround, fadeaway 87 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: jump shot over his right shoulder. But the point is 88 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:28,599 Speaker 1: it's an example of like, Okay, I'm giving up speed here, 89 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:31,640 Speaker 1: so I've got to pick the right angle to find 90 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: a spot where I can beat him there by virtue 91 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 1: of the fact that I'm choosing the right angle rather 92 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: than just trying to beat him in a foot race, 93 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,760 Speaker 1: which I'm gonna lose because he's done him and Mitchell. 94 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:44,520 Speaker 1: So like, as far as the Lakers go, I think 95 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 1: it's important to acknowledge what he is and what he isn't. 96 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 2: Here's what he's not. 97 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: Dorian Finneysmith is not the type of defender that you 98 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: feel great about putting on the other team's best player 99 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: every single night. Jared Vanderbilt is that type of guy. 100 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: Jared Vanderbilt is that type of apex athlete, not the 101 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 1: super vertical athlete, but he's very very quick laterally in 102 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: a way that you feel comfortable with him on the 103 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: other team's best player. That's not a Jared Vanderbilt's issues 104 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: are on the offensive end of the floor. On the 105 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:15,839 Speaker 1: defensive end, he's pretty far up when he's healthy. He's 106 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: that type of guy. Dorian Finney Smith is not that 107 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,000 Speaker 1: type of guy, but what he is is just a 108 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:25,679 Speaker 1: really good, versatile defender that fits the Lakers scheme really well. 109 00:05:26,320 --> 00:05:28,599 Speaker 1: The Lakers aren't switching as much as they did to 110 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: start the year, particularly in actions that involve Anthony Davis, 111 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,719 Speaker 1: but they are still doing a lot of switching. And 112 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: when you're doing that sort of thing, the kind of 113 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,559 Speaker 1: defensive personnel you need is just a bunch of guys 114 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,400 Speaker 1: who are pretty good at guarding bunch of different types 115 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: of players. Why, Because you might be a guard who 116 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 1: ends up guarding a forward. You might be a forward 117 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:51,280 Speaker 1: who ends up guarding a guard. You might end up 118 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,880 Speaker 1: in a rebound battle with a bigger player or a 119 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,799 Speaker 1: rebound battle with a quicker player, right. 120 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: And so like. For instance, like Austin Reeves. You've talked 121 00:05:59,080 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 2: about this before. 122 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: Not the kind of guy that you want to have 123 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: guarding the other team's best player every single night, but 124 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,279 Speaker 1: does a pretty good job guarding guards and does a 125 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: pretty good job guarding forward. So does Dorian Phinney Smith. 126 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: You get Max Christi in the mix right now. Max 127 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: Christy in the starting lineup is the guy who's guarding 128 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,359 Speaker 1: the best perimeter player every night. But like you just 129 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: added another player in Dorian Finney Smith who's pretty good 130 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: at guarding the most the majority of types of offensive players 131 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 1: that you'll see in the league. So you just feel 132 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:31,359 Speaker 1: anytime Dorian Finney Smith is on an island against somebody, 133 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:34,880 Speaker 1: you're not gonna feel like you're completely compromised. You're gonna 134 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,239 Speaker 1: feel like he's got a fighting chance in that matchup. 135 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: So does Austin, so does Max. You're turning Maxwell Lewis 136 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,359 Speaker 1: a guy who was completely out of your rotation as 137 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:44,600 Speaker 1: a young player that's got a long. 138 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 2: Way to go. 139 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: And Dangelo Russell, who we're going to talk about, is 140 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: a real loss for the Lakers on the offensive end 141 00:06:48,520 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: of the floor. You're bringing in a legitimate forward defensive 142 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: weapon there that is real value on the rebounding front. 143 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: He's not the type of rebounder that Jared Vanderbilt, but 144 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: he's a lot better than Torrian Prince was. What I 145 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,000 Speaker 1: see when I see on tape is a guy in 146 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: Dorian Phiney Smith who competes and fights on the glass, 147 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: but again, just isn't that exceptional type of athlete that 148 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,600 Speaker 1: can really dominate the glass on the offensive end of 149 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,200 Speaker 1: the floor. There's not really much to get into with 150 00:07:16,280 --> 00:07:18,760 Speaker 1: Dorian Phinney Smith. He is your textbook three and T 151 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: guy at three and D guy in the sense that 152 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: like he is. 153 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 2: A very good catch and shoot shooter. 154 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: His numbers as of right now, he's shooting forty three 155 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: percent on catch and shoot jump shots overall, forty four 156 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: percent when he's guarded, forty two percent when he's unguarded, 157 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 1: converting spot up possessions at one point one four points 158 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 1: per possession. 159 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 2: All really good. 160 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 1: That is a solid spacing threat out there on the perimeter. 161 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: He only attempted eight pull up jump shots, floaters or 162 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:48,239 Speaker 1: hook shots all season, so he is not the high 163 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: level close out of He's not Michale Bridges beating a 164 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: guy off of a close out and hitting a fadeaway 165 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: jump shot in the mid range. 166 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: That's not what he is. 167 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: He's a wide open catch and shoot three drive the 168 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,080 Speaker 1: close out to either make the next pass or take 169 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: a layup if he's got an opportunity there, same sort 170 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: of thing in transition, running his lanes and getting to 171 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 1: the corners for three point shots. So, like what that 172 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: basically means is he can function as part of an offense, 173 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 1: but he's not going to be part of the offensive 174 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: driving force in terms of advantage creation. So like that 175 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: is what you expect from a three to and D guy. 176 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: We'll get back into Dorian Finney Smith in the context 177 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: of the Lakers and their big picture goals here in 178 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: just a minute. I wanted to briefly talk about Shake Milton. 179 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,560 Speaker 1: I don't think Shake Milton is going to be a 180 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,120 Speaker 1: huge part of what the Lakers do. He might play 181 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: a little bit in the d LO role right off 182 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: the bat because Gabe Vincent is dealing with an oblique 183 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: strain and so he might be kind of forced into 184 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: the rotation. But when Gabe gets healed, I wouldn't be 185 00:08:43,320 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: surprised if if Shake just falls out of the rotation. 186 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: But just so, did you guys know what he is. 187 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:52,200 Speaker 1: He's kind of more or less a just like an 188 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,360 Speaker 1: average to below average backup guard that you'll find in 189 00:08:55,360 --> 00:08:58,560 Speaker 1: the league. Offensive minded guy. He handles the ball and 190 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: play makes a little bit like you'll see him break 191 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: a dude off with a dribble combination and whip a 192 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: cross court pass to a shooter from time to time. 193 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,880 Speaker 1: Really really good shooter, really really good spot up guy. 194 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: His shooting numbers this year right now forty three percent 195 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: on jump shots, converting spot up possessions at one point 196 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: three to one points per possession, which is obviously through 197 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 1: the roof good a little bit more advanced close out 198 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: attacking with him, like I think in catch and shoot 199 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: jump shots, he's shooting only thirty nine percent. But he's 200 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,079 Speaker 1: that guy that like gets into that mid to short 201 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: range and a lot of like little pushots, floaters turn 202 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: around like got like a good little turnaround jump shot, 203 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,560 Speaker 1: a little pull up jump shot in that like short range. 204 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 1: He likes to take it pretty far in like around 205 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: like ten feet from the basket. And that's what it 206 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 1: makes him a more advanced spot up player, so like 207 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:48,600 Speaker 1: he can run a little bit of offense. Good spot 208 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:51,240 Speaker 1: up guy. He was running the backup unit a lot 209 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: of times this year for Brooklyn. On the defensive end, though, 210 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: even though he has good size, like his good size 211 00:09:57,160 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: six four and a half without shoes on, and has 212 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 1: a seven to one wingspan, and he's pretty well built, 213 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: like he's a solid like two h five two ten 214 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: in terms of like his physical build, but he does 215 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: not make great use of those tools. He's not very 216 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:14,320 Speaker 1: quick laterally when you see him on the ball, his 217 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: weight is forward a lot of times, and he has 218 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: a stance open, so like he just gets blown by 219 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 1: all the time. Doesn't defend well on ball screens, doesn't 220 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:24,959 Speaker 1: defend well in ISO for being a guy who's pretty big. 221 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: He doesn't defend well in the post either, So like 222 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:30,319 Speaker 1: the defensive end leaves a lot to be desired. I 223 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 1: mean for a guy with a seven to one wingspan, 224 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: he doesn't really get much in the way of deflections 225 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: or rebounds. But again, like it's just a depth piece, right, 226 00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: Like he's a guard that can play NBA minutes from 227 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: time to time when you need him to. But again, 228 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised, especially with how well Gabe has 229 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: been playing as of late, if we just see more 230 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: of Gabe and Cam and a lot, and it's just 231 00:10:52,760 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: being kind of like an Austin Max Gabe Cam type 232 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 1: of backcourt rotation. But again a guy for some depth pieces. 233 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 1: So here are my big picture thoughts about how this 234 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:18,679 Speaker 1: whole thing is coming together for the Lakers. I talked 235 00:11:18,679 --> 00:11:21,680 Speaker 1: a lot about when I looked at like different trade 236 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 1: kind of like strategies for the Lakers, that they could 237 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 1: get away with an inferior two or three as long 238 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:31,439 Speaker 1: as the upgrade they got at the two or three 239 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 1: is a really high level player. So if you think 240 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: of the Lakers in terms of their core lineup as 241 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: Austin as the one, and Lebron and Ad is the 242 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:41,439 Speaker 1: four to five, you have these two three spots, right, 243 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: and they've been being filled by a variety of different 244 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: guys over the last couple of years. Rui's kind of 245 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: settled into that three spot, But like at the two spot, 246 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: it's been d Lo, it's been Max, it's been Gabe, 247 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: it's been Torrin Prince, it's been it's been Cam Reddish, 248 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: It's been so many different guys, right, And the reality 249 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:00,600 Speaker 1: is is neither of those guys are actually the starting 250 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: caliber players at that position. Could Ruey Hachimura be a 251 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 1: starting caliber four for a good team. Yeah, if he's 252 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 1: like the fifth best player in that lineup, I think 253 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: he could be. 254 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 2: But he's a four. 255 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: Is the point Ruey is miscast as a three because 256 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 1: at the three there are a lot more perimeter defense 257 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 1: responsibilities that a guy like Ruy's going to struggle with. 258 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:21,719 Speaker 1: So Ruey's more or less of starting caliber player, but 259 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: he's at a position. And then there's never there's not 260 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 1: a single starting caliber two on the entire roster unless 261 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,800 Speaker 1: you count Austin who's currently filling that point guard role. 262 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,280 Speaker 1: So like those are the two primary weak spots, and 263 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: so what I was saying in terms of the they're 264 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 1: kind of like approach this trade deadline is like, let's 265 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,280 Speaker 1: say you get like a brandon Ingram. If you get 266 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: a brandon Ingram, then yeah, I think a max at 267 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: the two is fine. I think a flawed, more of 268 00:12:47,840 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 1: a bench player type of guy at the two is 269 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 1: fine because now you have Austin Reeves, brandon Ingram, Lebron James, 270 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis. Right, your top end talent is so 271 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: good that you can kind of craft a small enough 272 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 1: role there that it's fine but if you don't get 273 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: that type player, in this case a Dorian Finney Smith. 274 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,920 Speaker 1: I only like it in terms of a real ceiling 275 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: raising move for the Lakers. In the context of also 276 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: upgrading that two spot. Max has been playing really well 277 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: this year, but again he's a young player. I think 278 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: this is where it would be cool if you could 279 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: get an upgrade at that specific type of position and 280 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: start to slot everybody properly in the rotation. So, for instance, 281 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: let's look at the two spot right now, you have 282 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: as your bench to Cam Reddish. Cam Reddish has had 283 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 1: his moments this year, but he's also had his moments 284 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: where he's not that great. Every single time I see 285 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: a play happen, like a play materialize Austin Lebron ad stack, 286 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: pick and roll, help off the corner, Cam Reddish is 287 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,040 Speaker 1: wide open, the ball gets in his hands, he misses 288 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: another catch and shoot three. I always think the same thing. Man, 289 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: It sure would be nice if the Lakers just had 290 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 1: a better version of Cam Reddish, just like a guy 291 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,439 Speaker 1: who can guard but like that hits that catch and 292 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:59,480 Speaker 1: shoot three at a pretty high percentage, right, That would 293 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:02,480 Speaker 1: be amazing. So now you can imagine a scenario with that, 294 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 1: we look at Max Christi. Max Christy's really developing, but 295 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 1: he's a young guard. Ideally he'd be in the camspot. 296 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: He is the guy that can guard and we'll hit 297 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 1: that catch and shoot three. So if you imagine a 298 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:19,200 Speaker 1: slotting process where we move everything around to where Dorian 299 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: Finney Smith is now kind of like a traditional starting three, 300 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: Ruey is now an overquality Ruey may stay in the 301 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: starting lineup, but Ruey would now be an overqualified bench forward. 302 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: Max Christie slotted as a bench guard looks good. You 303 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: get a starting caliber two in there. Let's just call 304 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: it Bruce Brown for the sake of argument, but it's 305 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 1: it might be a different player who knows call it 306 00:14:42,280 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: Bruce Brown. But like, you get that kind of guy 307 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: in there. Now, all of a sudden you start to 308 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: look at it and it's like Austin Bruce, Dorian Finney Smith, 309 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 1: lebron Ad with a bench group centered around Ruey and 310 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: Max and Christian Cloco, Gabe Vincent. You guys get the 311 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 1: drill right not to make not to mention the bench 312 00:15:03,520 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: centers that have been hurt, guys like Christian Wood and 313 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: Jackson Hayes and stuff like that. So like again, they're 314 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 1: saying that they're not going for the high level player, 315 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 1: they're going for the moderate upgrade. If they're going for 316 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: the moderate upgrade, that's good. I just think you also 317 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: need a moderate upgrade of that two spot. 318 00:15:18,080 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: You need to. 319 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 1: Turn Max and Cam into somebody else in Max. I 320 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: think if you do that, you start to have a 321 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: really strong role player cores and this that kind of 322 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:31,080 Speaker 1: goes to like one of the new developments that's been 323 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: taking place for the Lakers in recent weeks. Austin Reeves 324 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: was like out of control good against Sacramento last night. 325 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 1: It was one of the It was one of the 326 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: most Like the Warriors game on Christmas Day was a 327 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: little uglier for Austin in the sense that it was 328 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 1: a tougher game, tougher opponent. Not everything was as easy, 329 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 1: but he makes a bunch of huge plays, drops twenty six, 330 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: twenty six, ten and ten and gets the win. The 331 00:15:56,360 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: winn against Sacramento, Austin was just cutting those dudes up, 332 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 1: just picking them apart as a ball handler. As a passer, 333 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: his skip passes and pick and roll were insane. He 334 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: was just consistently every time Sacramento brought that low man over. 335 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:11,880 Speaker 1: He's just throwing that skip pass and it's just landing 336 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: right in the shooting pocket for a guy like Max 337 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: Christy to knock down a shot. Austin has been so 338 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 1: good on offense as of late, and Gabe has been 339 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: playing better on offense. I think the Lakers are looking 340 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 1: at the situation and going like, let's anchor this team 341 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: on the defensive end of the floor. I think that's 342 00:16:29,160 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: probably the right direction for them to go. If you 343 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: look at their recent success since the ugly stretch, and 344 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: I can't remember the exact they were four and one 345 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,880 Speaker 1: and then they dropped the Pistons game, and then they 346 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: won two in a row, right, So that would make 347 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: them what six and two in their last eight if 348 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 1: I remember correctly. So like this recent stretch that they've 349 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: been playing pretty well, it's been the defense that has 350 00:16:47,120 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: been driving them by and large, and that is the 351 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 1: best direction for this team to go. Right, is the 352 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: team that made it to the Western Conference finals. It's 353 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 1: Lebron and ad focused on defense, but anchor them with 354 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 1: high level offense. That's what Austin Reeves is bringing, right. 355 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves is bringing that higher level offensive creation from 356 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 1: the perimeter anchor. These guys with defensive role players. I 357 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: like that direction. Here's the thing that's important to keep 358 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:16,360 Speaker 1: in mind. The the D'Angelo Russell loss is real and 359 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 1: worth and worth uh calling into question here to a 360 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: certain extent, they this year their best plus minus guy 361 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: has been D'Angelo Russell. It's been almost nine points better 362 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,000 Speaker 1: per one hundred possessions for the Lakers when he's on 363 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: the floor versus when he's off, specifically on offense, five 364 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 1: and a half points better per one hundred possessions on 365 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,919 Speaker 1: versus when he's off. So losing Delo is real. This 366 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: is not just like a oh, Delo's bad, We're getting 367 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: rid of Delo. I have my issues with del as 368 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: a playoff player. When you when the physical intensity picks 369 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,919 Speaker 1: up and the attention to detail matters more, his mental 370 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: focus drifts from time to time, his jump shooting falls 371 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: off of a cliff, and in general he really struggles 372 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 1: with ball pressure in the intense physicality of the playoff environment. 373 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: So like, I have my issues with Delo as a 374 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: playoff player, but he is a good regular season basketball 375 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: player who really greases the wheels for an offense. As 376 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 1: a matter of fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Brooklyn 377 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: ends up flipping de Lo again before the deadline to 378 00:18:17,720 --> 00:18:20,359 Speaker 1: a team that needs someone that can run their bench groups, 379 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: like a backup guard, someone that can really help them, 380 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: and Delo is the kind of guy who can really 381 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: help that type of unit. So in this context, it 382 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: it adds a little bit of a complication in the 383 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: sense that this will require Austin and Lebron to be 384 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: very good offensively for this whole thing to work, because 385 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: without Delo, those guys are going to have more responsibility 386 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: to create shots. Also, it at least makes you have 387 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: to consider as you're perusing the trade market to at 388 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: least look at backup guards and guys who could potentially 389 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: help this team on the offensive end of the floor, 390 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,399 Speaker 1: because we have seen this team this season not be 391 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: as smooth offensively as they were in this second half 392 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,200 Speaker 1: of last year. It's been one of the weirder developments 393 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:04,200 Speaker 1: with this particular team. 394 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 2: Right. 395 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: So like losing d Lo, real loss, it's a real 396 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: piece that helped this team on offense. It's gonna put 397 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,679 Speaker 1: more pressure on Austin and Lebron, but you brought in 398 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: a legitimate wing defender that helps this team in their 399 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: switching scheme really well. I like it in the context 400 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: of also trying to support at the two and hopefully 401 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:28,880 Speaker 1: squeeze Cam out of the rotation and put Max more 402 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: properly slotted as a bench guard. If they can pull 403 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: that off, I think now you're looking at a team 404 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 1: that has a real defense alongside Austin Reeves, Lebron James, 405 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis. And at the level that Austin Reeves 406 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 1: has been playing, at the level that Lebron's been playing 407 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:45,800 Speaker 1: as of late, I think you've got a real opportunity 408 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:47,640 Speaker 1: there to try to make a run again. The last 409 00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: piece of all of this is the thing I've been 410 00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 1: talking about with the Lakers all season. When the Lakers 411 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 1: had their downstretch, when they went on that big road 412 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:00,199 Speaker 1: trip last month or earlier this month, I should say 413 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 1: I talked a lot about how I expect this team 414 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 1: to have more good stretches. There's a lot of teams 415 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 1: in the Western Conference in that five to eleven group 416 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: that will have good stretches and bad stretches. You watch 417 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:17,160 Speaker 1: the Suns on the right week or two, they look 418 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,640 Speaker 1: like a team that can win the conference. You watch 419 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,560 Speaker 1: the Lakers on the right week or two, they look 420 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: like a team that is a threat to win the conference. 421 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: You watch Denver on the right week or two, they 422 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: look like a team that can win the conference. You 423 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:31,160 Speaker 1: watch Minnesota on the right week or two, they look 424 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: like a team that can win the conference. You guys, 425 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: get the point. But if you watch them on a 426 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: different week when they don't have it together, they look 427 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,160 Speaker 1: like a team that could miss the play in entirely right, 428 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:45,919 Speaker 1: and like that, somebody has to separate from that group 429 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: if they're serious about making a run for the title, 430 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: and that comes down to a consistent effort, energy, and 431 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: focus on the details, the margins that win basketball games 432 00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: outside of the talent that you have on your roster. 433 00:21:00,600 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: I am skeptical about the Lakers and their commitment in 434 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: that department, So even irrespective of any sort of deal 435 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,439 Speaker 1: that they might make, in order for me to believe 436 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: in them, it's gonna come down to a consistent effort 437 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: on those details to become the type of team that 438 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: has the type of habits you need to thrive in 439 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,919 Speaker 1: adversity and win multiple playoff rounds. And the way that 440 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:27,679 Speaker 1: will manifest is by separating from the pack you're eighteen 441 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,879 Speaker 1: and thirteen. Now, I think if you're the Lakers and 442 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: you want to seriously contend, you got to do what 443 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: Dallas has done. With Dallas obviously since the Luke injury 444 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,760 Speaker 1: has dropped another game. But like, if you look at 445 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: that next tier above number five, those top four seeds, 446 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: they're just a level, just a level above the group below. 447 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,359 Speaker 1: And in that group, if you end up in that group, 448 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:52,679 Speaker 1: you are demonstrating that you're putting in that effort to 449 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 1: establish those habits to carry you in the adversity when 450 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 1: you get to the postseason. Right, Like, again we look 451 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,439 Speaker 1: at last year you lose to Denver. You can look 452 00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: at the Jamal Murray shot in game two. You can 453 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 1: look at the Jamal Murray shot in game five. I 454 00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 1: look at Ruey Hachimura losing a shooter coming off of 455 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: a screen, Lebron James missing a box out. I look 456 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 1: at a lot of like little details where they lost 457 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: that series that were under their control that go outside 458 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 1: of like let's just hope and pray that Jamal Murray 459 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: misses a shot. If you're sharper on those details, you 460 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 1: buy yourself more margin for error, which can be the 461 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: difference between winning and losing that type of series. 462 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 2: So I'm I'm proud of the. 463 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,600 Speaker 1: Lakers for giving Lebron James and Anthony Davis the support. 464 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,200 Speaker 1: The onus is now on them. Well again, there's another 465 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 1: part of this. I want the front office to do more. 466 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: But once the front office has finished the process of 467 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: revamping the roster, it is on Lebron James and Anthony 468 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:48,920 Speaker 1: Davis to lead these guys on the daily process of 469 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:53,240 Speaker 1: becoming an excellent basketball team. And I'm skeptical, but I'm 470 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: hopeful as a fan that they will apply that type 471 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 1: of daily process that they need. All right, guys, that's 472 00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: all I have for today. Is always, as sincerely appreciate 473 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 1: you guys for supporting me and supporting the show. We'll 474 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:06,639 Speaker 1: be back tomorrow with power rankings as well as a 475 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:07,880 Speaker 1: breakdown of the weekends games. 476 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 2: I'll see you guys then. 477 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: The volume. 478 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 2: What's up guys? 479 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 480 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,439 Speaker 1: OOPS tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us 481 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,359 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a 482 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys 483 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 1: supporting us, But if you could take a minute to 484 00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,520 Speaker 1: do that, I'd really appreciate it.