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We're 33 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 2: gonna be hitting the two ESPN games from last night. 34 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: The New York Knicks went into Golden State and beat 35 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 2: the Warriors, and then after that the Sixers got a 36 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,160 Speaker 2: big win. They've been kind of sneaky okay for the 37 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 2: last sixteen seventeen games after EMBIID one down. So we're 38 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: gonna break down heat Sixers, and then I have a 39 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,000 Speaker 2: short mail bag for the end of the show as well. 40 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 2: You guys are the joke for we get started. Subscribe 41 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: to our brand new YouTube channel. 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So the 51 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: Knicks jumped the Warriors earlier, they went up eighteen to four. 52 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: They're flying around on defense. 53 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: Main story that really stood out at the beginning of 54 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 2: this game was the same kind of thing that we've 55 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: seen a lot from teams guarding the Warriors over the 56 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 2: last couple of years, and that's just basically completely ignoring 57 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,839 Speaker 2: their front court players to chase Steph around into help 58 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 2: on all of his screening actions so that Steph can't 59 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,760 Speaker 2: find openings, and to dare guys that are capable of 60 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 2: making shots but not great at making shots to make shots. 61 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 2: And they were basically conceding jumpers to Draymond and Andrew 62 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: Wiggins and Jonathan Kaminga early in the game, and Wiggins 63 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: and Cominga in particular were really missing to start, and 64 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 2: duce McBride was doing a great job on Steph chasing 65 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 2: around and so Steph didn't have a field goal in 66 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 2: the first quarter, a lot of miss jumpers from some 67 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: of the Warriors forwards. Next thing you know, you're down 68 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 2: eighteen to four. On the other end of the floor. 69 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 2: The three main guys were carrying the Knicks offense. Early 70 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 2: duce McBride hit a couple of threes that were open 71 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 2: off of coverage situations, and he rode that into confidence 72 00:03:30,639 --> 00:03:33,079 Speaker 2: to start making the tougher off the dribble jump shots. 73 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 2: This is a concept I talk about all the time 74 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 2: on the show, like we'll see a guy hit a 75 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 2: shot and we'll be like, oh my gosh, he never 76 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 2: makes that shot. 77 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: This is so fake or whatever. He's having the night 78 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 1: of his life. 79 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 2: This is ridiculous, And it really isn't all that complicated 80 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: to figure out, Like these guys are pros playing a role. 81 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:56,000 Speaker 2: So duce McBride is a bench guard typically, and he's 82 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,400 Speaker 2: a guy that like guards really well at the point 83 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: of attack and can runs the ball screens, can spot 84 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: uIP do this kind of stuff. But he's a low 85 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 2: usage guy in terms of what his role is on 86 00:04:05,680 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 2: this team. That does not mean that's all he practices 87 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: or that all he has in his bag. Almost every 88 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: player in the NBA has a far more advanced bag 89 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 2: of tricks then they show in games. Like, for instance, 90 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:19,919 Speaker 2: if I just took a like an off ball player, 91 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 2: take guy like KCP, and I dropped him in your 92 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: pickup basketball run today and he haird enough to try that, 93 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: dude could go into crazy off the dribble stuff better 94 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,559 Speaker 2: than anybody in that gym, even though in the NBA 95 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 2: right now, he's primarily a movement shooter and a guy 96 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,720 Speaker 2: who comes off of dribble handoffs and stuff like that, 97 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 2: Like he's a three and D off ball kind of 98 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 2: role player guard, right, but he's capable of so much more. 99 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,680 Speaker 2: And so if you let a guy like that get 100 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: into a rhythm and he starts to have the confidence 101 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 2: in the freedom from the coach, like Okay, you've hit 102 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 2: a couple of shots, feel free to push the envelope 103 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 2: a little bit. They can dip into that deeper bag 104 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 2: of their tricks to find some stuff and duce McBride 105 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: was hitting like step back threes and he had multiple 106 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 2: like between the legs dribble kind of into a sidestep 107 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 2: type of three point shot off the dribble. Like that's 108 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,839 Speaker 2: the kind of stuff that Deuce can do, but maybe 109 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:12,840 Speaker 2: he doesn't show every single game, and so a lot 110 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 2: of times we focus on, you know, shot variance in 111 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 2: these regards when it's like, Okay, he got in a 112 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: rhythm from being wide open and then he started to 113 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: make shots that he does practice. Just you know, what 114 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 2: do you think Deuce McBride talks about behind the scenes 115 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 2: right now, he's a bench guard, but of course he's 116 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 2: got ambitions. Of course, he'd like to one day be 117 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 2: a starting guard in this league. Of course he'd one 118 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: day like to be a guy who has the usage 119 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,120 Speaker 2: to take two or three pull up threes off the 120 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: dribble in ball screens more frequently, right Like, so of course, 121 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 2: behind the scenes he's working on that stuff. Isaiah Hartenstein 122 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 2: was the second big guy that was carrying things offensively 123 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,359 Speaker 2: for the Knicks earlier two main ways, burning Draymond for help, 124 00:05:52,680 --> 00:05:55,599 Speaker 2: but in short range shot making and also on the 125 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,400 Speaker 2: offensive glass. And so again when we talk about the 126 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,200 Speaker 2: short role. The idea behind the short rule is instead 127 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,480 Speaker 2: of rolling hard all the way to the rim and 128 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 2: jumping and making yourself available at the rim, when there's 129 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 2: a drop coverage big that is hanging all the way 130 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 2: back underneath the basket, sometimes you're making yourself easier to 131 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,719 Speaker 2: guard there. So you want to stop short and try 132 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 2: to find an opening in the middle of the floor. 133 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 2: And that looks differently different depending on the coverage. So 134 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,160 Speaker 2: a short roll on a blitz, for instance, that both 135 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,119 Speaker 2: defenders are out and you're short rolling into the open space, 136 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 2: you can catch and turn and run a four on three. 137 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:31,479 Speaker 2: A short roll in a drop coverage is finding the 138 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,799 Speaker 2: soft spot before the rim protector. So imagine in a blitz, 139 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,200 Speaker 2: Draymond's up at the level of the screen. Draymond's away 140 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:39,800 Speaker 2: from the play, so you get the ball over the 141 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: top to a Hartenstein. He's mainly going against smaller players 142 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 2: and he's making a four on three type of reed. 143 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 2: If Draymond's in a drop coverage and he's underneath the basket, 144 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 2: Harten signs short rolling so that he doesn't go all 145 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: the way into Draymond and so that he can catch 146 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,679 Speaker 2: in that little short range and either hit his little 147 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: pushot or maybe quick a drop step into a little 148 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 2: hook shot over his left shoulder or whatever it is. 149 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,239 Speaker 2: He's looking for an opening to be available as a score. 150 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 2: He did some damage there, and then he had five 151 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,760 Speaker 2: offensive rebounds in this game. And that's just textbook, like 152 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 2: Draymond gets engaged in help or Draymond is dropping in 153 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: some sort of ball screen coverage, and Hartenstein has an 154 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: opening on the week side, either with nobody on him 155 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 2: or with a smaller player on him to do some 156 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: damage on the offensive glass. And then finally, Jalen Brunson, 157 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 2: he's become one of my favorite players to watch in 158 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 2: the league, really just watching the leap that he's taken 159 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 2: in New York. But I thought last year in the 160 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 2: playoff run was where he really won me over, just 161 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:36,480 Speaker 2: showing that this guy's legitimately a star guard in this league. 162 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,840 Speaker 2: This is not a short, small sample size. Oh, he 163 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 2: played above his pay grade. No, this dude's just really 164 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: freaking good at basketball, and specifically in these super physical 165 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,240 Speaker 2: and stagnant games, he can be really effective. He had 166 00:07:49,280 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: thirty four points. I thought he outplayed Steph Curry in 167 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 2: this game. Steve Kerr talked after the game about how 168 00:07:54,520 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 2: it felt like they got jumped early and they just 169 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 2: couldn't regain control of the game. And that's exactly what 170 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 2: it felt like watching and went down eighteen to four. 171 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 2: There'd be these Warriors runs right like we'd get Chris Paul. 172 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:06,760 Speaker 2: He had his pull up jumper going in this game, 173 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 2: so he hit a couple jumpers and pick and roll, 174 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:11,360 Speaker 2: or like Klay Thompson and Tray Jackson, Davis had a 175 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 2: really nice two man game going in this game, which, 176 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 2: by the way, on a side note, Tray Jackson Davis 177 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: having such roleman chemistry with everybody already just goes to 178 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 2: show you how gifted naturally he is at some of 179 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 2: the stuff in that role game, and I think he's 180 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 2: picking up some of the details too. Trace is just 181 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: Trace is just gonna be such a useful player in 182 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,440 Speaker 2: this league for such a long time. But like Clay 183 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: and Trace Jackson, Davis would get going and hit a 184 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 2: couple make a couple of plays together, or Steph would 185 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 2: make a couple of plays and they'd get it down 186 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,120 Speaker 2: to like you know, four, five, six, seven, eight points 187 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 2: and then the Knicks would just respond every single time. Dude, 188 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,600 Speaker 2: McBride would hit another rescue shot at the end of 189 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 2: the shot clocker, the Warriors would have turnover get kicked ahead, 190 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 2: and Dante DiVincenzo would hit a transition three or you know, 191 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 2: Jylen Brunson would get to the foul line or something 192 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 2: like that. They were just able to stemy all of 193 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,440 Speaker 2: those runs and the Warriors can never make a real push. Really, 194 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 2: to me, this game was just another great example of 195 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 2: how overwhelming physically New York can be even when they're 196 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 2: down guys. Ogn Ando be down with elbow maintenance and 197 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:14,880 Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on there because I thought 198 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: he had a procedure done to try to kind of 199 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 2: address that situation, but it appears to be kind of 200 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:23,320 Speaker 2: flaring up on him again. That's concerning because like he 201 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:25,880 Speaker 2: already has gone through a process and it's still as 202 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 2: a problem. So hopefully hopefully they can figure that out 203 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: sooner than later. Still know Julius Randall or Mitchell Robinson, 204 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:35,360 Speaker 2: So you're down your entire front court, but they're still 205 00:09:35,400 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 2: it's just it's every other guy on the roster is 206 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 2: still just a really physically imposing player like Josh Hart 207 00:09:40,240 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: is a bowling ball of a wing in this league. 208 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,880 Speaker 2: Isaiah Hartenstein is a monster, Duce McBride is a pain 209 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 2: in the ass perimeter defender. Dante DiVincenzo has been one 210 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 2: of the best three and D guards in the league 211 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,520 Speaker 2: this year. Precious that you had five offensive rebounds in 212 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 2: this game. And then Jalen Brunson. I think he's one 213 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 2: of the most physically imposing small stars that we have 214 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 2: in this league. And so I just really hope we 215 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 2: get to see them at full strength when we get 216 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,320 Speaker 2: to the postseason, because I really think this Knicks team 217 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:09,079 Speaker 2: can do some damage in that environment. On the Warriors front, 218 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 2: I've had this six game stretch circled as a potential 219 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 2: problem stretch for the Warriors for a little while now, 220 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:18,719 Speaker 2: just because there. Let me just before we actually get 221 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 2: into the details, let's just look at the games the 222 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 2: Knicks obviously last night, then they played the Grizzlies, then 223 00:10:23,280 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 2: they play the Pacers, then they play the Timberwolves, and 224 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:27,440 Speaker 2: they play the Heat, then they played the Magic. So 225 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,640 Speaker 2: why does that stretch concern me? Well, let's look at 226 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 2: some specific guys, like with the Knicks, you're getting Dante 227 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 2: DiVincenzo and Deuce McBride and all of the Knicks physicality. 228 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 2: I saw a tweet that was going around yesterday from 229 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 2: January twenty seventh from a Knicks fan, and this was, 230 00:10:44,040 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 2: by the way, January twenty seventh, before the ref stopped 231 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 2: calling fouls the way that they did recently. The tweet said, 232 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 2: everyone in the NBA is scoring like one hundred and 233 00:10:51,480 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 2: fifty points a night. Then they come to Madison Square 234 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,440 Speaker 2: Garden and the Knicks beat them with metal bats for 235 00:10:56,480 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 2: two hours. That's literally what it was like. That's what 236 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 2: it was like before the chain are made. And now 237 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 2: of that stuff is being legalized in a lot of 238 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: ways and it's getting more like that. So that's what 239 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 2: the knickspring to the table. Obviously, the Grizzlies are a 240 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 2: bad team. The Warriors should win that game. That's an outlier. 241 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,439 Speaker 2: But the Pacers Aaron Nee Smith and Andrew and Mhart, 242 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: the Timberwolves Anthony Edwards, Nikkeile, Alexander Walker, Jayden McDaniels, the Heat. 243 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 2: They've been a top five defense since January first, since 244 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 2: the turn of the new year. That's gonna be Terry 245 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 2: Rogier and Caleb Martin and bam Adebayo on the back 246 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 2: line and weird zones and aggressive coverages and things like that, 247 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 2: and then the Magic have Jalen Suggs, who's arguably the 248 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,520 Speaker 2: best guard defender in the NBA. So why does that 249 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 2: concern me? Because, like we saw last night, the Warriors 250 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 2: can really struggle offensively unless Steph goes supernova. And obviously 251 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 2: Steph still can go supernova. He's still absolutely capable of that. 252 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,079 Speaker 2: Even one of those matchups I had circled the Pacers. 253 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 2: They had a game against the Pacers a few weeks 254 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,840 Speaker 2: ago where Steph just lit them on fire at the 255 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 2: start of the game and they blew them out. So 256 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 2: I'm not gonna sit here and pretend like that can't happen. 257 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 2: But it's here's the thing. No superstar, not even the 258 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 2: best player in the world, Nikolaiokich, not even Lebron James 259 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: at the height of his powers or Michael Jordan at 260 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 2: the height of his powers. 261 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: No superstar can go super nova. 262 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,120 Speaker 2: Every single night, especially when they get into their late thirties. 263 00:12:16,120 --> 00:12:19,160 Speaker 2: And Steph's thirty six years old now. So like what 264 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,960 Speaker 2: we see happen is as long as you can as 265 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,599 Speaker 2: a team bring physical layers of perimeter defense and aggressive 266 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 2: coverages and make it hard for Steph, meaning like kind 267 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 2: of like last night, he gets twenty seven, but it's 268 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: kind of a pain in the ass twenty seven and 269 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 2: you're preventing him from going nuclear more often than not, which, 270 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:43,720 Speaker 2: by the way, is not a Steph problem. That's literally 271 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 2: just every team is throwing the kitchen sink at them 272 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 2: and as long as they have the personnel to hang. 273 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 2: I'm not talking about the Lakers, I'm not talking about 274 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 2: Austin Reeves and Jackson Hayes for most of the night. 275 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 2: This is a completely different challenge. When you run into 276 00:12:57,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 2: real perimeter talent defensively, and teams that can bring that 277 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 2: kind of physicality, they can at least make Steph work 278 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,839 Speaker 2: hard and help avoid the super nova performances from there 279 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 2: when that happens. The Warriors desperately need consistent offensive production 280 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 2: off of Steph, and none of those guys are consistent. 281 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,400 Speaker 2: Klay Thompson at this age, just some nights he doesn't 282 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 2: have it. Andrew Wiggins, like, we're gonna talk about him 283 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 2: in the mail bag, so I won't get into it 284 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: right now, but like he had a night where his 285 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 2: jumper wasn't going right. Jonathan Kaminga had a little bit 286 00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 2: of like he had a reasonably efficient night. I think 287 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 2: he had like sixteen points, but he had a bunch 288 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 2: of those young guy mistakes like stupid kick ahead passes 289 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 2: or dribbling into traffic and turning it over. Those are 290 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,439 Speaker 2: normal stuff you see from a young guy, and an 291 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 2: inconsistency that you can expect in that situation. And so 292 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 2: that's thing. It's like when when you can kind of 293 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 2: make things difficult for Steph, which a lot of teams 294 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: in the league don't have the personnel too. But we're 295 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 2: running into a stretch here where some of these games 296 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 2: they have that type of personnel. It shines a light 297 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 2: on the inconsistencies of the role players. I don't think 298 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 2: they're gonna lose all those games, because there will be 299 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,360 Speaker 2: games in there where they do get a good Andrew 300 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: Wickens scoring night, they do get a good Jonathan Kimika 301 00:14:07,920 --> 00:14:11,080 Speaker 2: scoring night where Steph does go super nova. But this 302 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 2: is a stretch I have my eye on here these 303 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 2: six games, and I wouldn't be surprised if they went 304 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,839 Speaker 2: three and three over this stretch because of the fact that, 305 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 2: like some of these some of these specific matchups can 306 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 2: shine a light on some of the Warriors specific weaknesses. 307 00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:27,240 Speaker 2: That's something I'm gonna be keeping an eye on as 308 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 2: we head into the next couple of weeks. All right, 309 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 2: moving on to Heat sixers, another super physical game. By 310 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 2: the way, I am loving this from the NBA. These 311 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,320 Speaker 2: games are just so much more entertaining and so have 312 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 2: so much better flow, and I feel like there's so 313 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 2: much more realistic in terms of what these teams could 314 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 2: potentially accomplish in the postseason. Spolstrov went really heavy on 315 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 2: zone in this game. He had thirty eight possessions of 316 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 2: zone overall, including twelve in the fourth quarter, something he 317 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:58,080 Speaker 2: really leaned on. Philly only managed to score on fourteen 318 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 2: of those thirty eight possessions of zone. We were tied 319 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 2: at eighty five with about seven minutes left. Buddy Heeld 320 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 2: broke the tie on his own possession where they just 321 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,480 Speaker 2: threw swing pass to Buddy Heeld on the left wing, 322 00:15:09,640 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 2: and there was a contest and it was pretty far 323 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 2: out as like twenty six feet, but he knocked it down, 324 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 2: so that put him up eighty eight eighty five. Then 325 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 2: at eighty eight eighty seven, there was this kind of 326 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 2: interesting sequence. This is a rock fight game, so every 327 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:24,520 Speaker 2: single basket means so much. Right, So it's eighty eight 328 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 2: eighty five or eighty eight eighty seven, and the Sixers 329 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 2: have the ball. Maxi's dribbling on the left wing. They're 330 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 2: in the heater and Manna man on this possession, you 331 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 2: can see Spolstrey's on the sideline. He's signaling he wants 332 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 2: them to bring on a double team. Right, So Jime 333 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 2: Hakez is guarding Tyrese Maxi on the left wing with 334 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 2: the live dribble. Right, so Spolster calls for a double 335 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 2: team and a windshield wiper rotation. What that means is, 336 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:49,800 Speaker 2: as the double team's going, the next guy in line 337 00:15:49,880 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 2: rotates and you leave the opening on the weak. 338 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:52,720 Speaker 1: Side of the floor. 339 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: So Hawkes is guarding Maxi, Patty Mills is guarding Kyle 340 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 2: Lowry on the right wing extended right. Patty Mills comes 341 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 2: in double teams. They run a really good windshield wiper rotation. 342 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 2: Caleb Martin slides up from the wing that forces Kyle 343 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 2: Lowry to take steps away from the basket to make 344 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 2: a passing angle, and Tyree's Maxie makes the pass. Kyle 345 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 2: Lowry catches like thirty five feet from the rim throws 346 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 2: it right back to Maxie. Okay, so now the wind 347 00:16:19,120 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 2: show wiper is set again. Hi May Hawkes is on 348 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 2: the ball. Now it's Caleb Martin that is on the wing. 349 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 2: Everyone's kind of rotated around one. So now Patty Mills 350 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,160 Speaker 2: is down on that left side, and then Bam at 351 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: a Baio has now been matched up on the right 352 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: corner instead of underneath the basket. So basically what happens 353 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 2: is Spolster calls for the exact same double team. Caleb 354 00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: Martin comes over and doubles with Hi May Hakkez, except 355 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 2: for this time, Bam does not slide up, and I 356 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,560 Speaker 2: think it had to do with a hesitance to leave 357 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,440 Speaker 2: because he was still in position to kind of help 358 00:16:51,440 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 2: because even though he's in the right corner, the ball's 359 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 2: on the left wing, so he's kind of in position 360 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:58,160 Speaker 2: to help around the rim. Anyway, Bam is hesitant to 361 00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 2: go out. Kyle Lowry identified it just steps in and 362 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 2: makes himself available, and Tyre's Maxy just throws a basic 363 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 2: swing pass to a wide open Kyle Lowry on the 364 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 2: right wing, who knocks down the three to puts him 365 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,199 Speaker 2: up ninety one eighty seven. So like kind of an 366 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 2: unusual execution mistake from Miami. Spolsuer's basically calling for a 367 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,919 Speaker 2: basic double in rotation. They execute it well once the 368 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:23,960 Speaker 2: Sixers just reset run it again. The Heat do the 369 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: exact same action, but they fail to make that windshield 370 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 2: wipeer rotation to the top and they give up the 371 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 2: wide open three. So ninety one eighty seven we get 372 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: a man possession. I'm focusing on Philly on offense here. 373 00:17:36,080 --> 00:17:38,760 Speaker 2: We'll get to Miami on defense here in a minute. 374 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:40,480 Speaker 2: So at ninety one eighty seven we get a man 375 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 2: to man possession and Tyres Maxy is the ball in 376 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: the right wing this time, and we have Jim Hawk 377 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 2: has really digging down into the right hand driving lane 378 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 2: with Kelly Ubra in the corner, and then we have 379 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 2: Caleb Martin digging way down into left hand driving lane. 380 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 2: So Tyres Maxy is facing an ISO, but basically like 381 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 2: where my lights are right here are are defenders, So 382 00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 2: there's no real driving now. One of the things I 383 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,160 Speaker 2: talk about when I talk about digging down is there's 384 00:18:04,200 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 2: a baked in closeout opportunity right. 385 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: All I need to do is throw the ball to 386 00:18:08,040 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: Kelly Ubray and. 387 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 2: He's got a close out opportunity and that might be 388 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 2: a catch and automatically ripped through to the right. That 389 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 2: might be a catch and shoot three if it's to 390 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: a light of a closeout or in this case, hime 391 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:24,240 Speaker 2: Hakez is through a super aggressive close out towards the 392 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 2: baseline side, expecting Kelly ubray Uh to kind of rip 393 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,439 Speaker 2: through to the right towards the baseline. Ubre throws a 394 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:35,800 Speaker 2: pump fake Haquez flies by him. Ubre rips through to 395 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:38,639 Speaker 2: the middle, and he's got a full head of steam 396 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 2: and he's one of the rare athletes in the league 397 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 2: that can go against a vertical bam underneath the basket 398 00:18:44,520 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 2: and get the lift in separation it needs to finish. 399 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 2: He just jumps and goes right through a bam aebaio 400 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 2: at the Raymond finishes. Now the Sixers are up ninety 401 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 2: three eighty seven. Then we have an offensive rebound sequence 402 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:00,680 Speaker 2: where Kyle Lowry hits basically the dagger. So it's ninety 403 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 2: three eighty nine at this point, and there's a zone 404 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 2: possession where we end up getting a three point shot 405 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: out of the right corner. I believe for Tyrese Maxi okay. 406 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 2: Now this is it. If you ever, guys, if you 407 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,640 Speaker 2: guys ever heard the expression that it's hard to rebound 408 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 2: in zones. One of the specific reasons why is that 409 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 2: the matchups get funky. So in this zone, it's a 410 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 2: two to three concept of a zone. Right, so Bamane 411 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 2: Bio's underneath the basket, but when the ball gets swung 412 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 2: to the right corner, Bamane Bio slides over the entire 413 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,800 Speaker 2: zone kind of like shifts towards that right side of 414 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 2: the floor. 415 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 1: Right. 416 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 2: So now Jimeijkkez, who's in the left corner in the zone, 417 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: is now down on the left block, and Bamande Bio, 418 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,280 Speaker 2: is typically underneath the rim, is now on the right block. 419 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,880 Speaker 2: And then obviously the right corner man is extended out 420 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 2: to the shooter. So as a result, when the shot 421 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,719 Speaker 2: goes up, Paul Reid is on the left block engaged 422 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: with Jimei Hawkes. If it's manned a man bam is 423 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: engaged with uh with Paul Reid, he can box him 424 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,080 Speaker 2: out much better a chance for him to win that battle. 425 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 2: Right on this possession, Hide Hawkez is boxing out Paul 426 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 2: Reid and Caleb Martin comes over the top to try 427 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,680 Speaker 2: to crack down, but he's just had a complete physical disadvantage. 428 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 2: Paul Reed goes up and grabs the basketball, kicks it 429 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 2: back out, and then that's when we have Kyle Ratt Lowry, 430 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 2: which is just an old school move. Drives left, spins 431 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 2: off at Terry Rosier hump fakes Bam jumps out of 432 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 2: his shoes, and he sneaks underneath and makes that little 433 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,359 Speaker 2: right handed scoop shot off the glass ninety five to 434 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 2: eighty nine. That basically was the Dagger, But I thought 435 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 2: it was a good example of just some of the 436 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: downsides of his own all ye because again Bam is 437 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 2: going If the ball gets to the high post, he's 438 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 2: showing high right. The ball goes to the right side, 439 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: he's showing right. God ball goes the left side, he's 440 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 2: showing left. He's in all these different spots. Paul Reid 441 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: is just gonna find himself an opening there. He sees 442 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 2: Bam because the ball goes to the right, he sees 443 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 2: Bam go to the right. He knows he's got position 444 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,760 Speaker 2: on that left block. He just battles for position. He 445 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,640 Speaker 2: gets an easy rebound. That's a baked in advantage against 446 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,119 Speaker 2: his zone defenses. There is people just aren't matched up 447 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:05,920 Speaker 2: and so you have a better opportunity to find mismatches 448 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 2: and rebounding situations on the other end of the floor. 449 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 2: Really was this simple. Philly was running drop coverage with 450 00:21:11,680 --> 00:21:14,360 Speaker 2: Mobamba and Paul Reid. The main on ball guys down 451 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,400 Speaker 2: the stretch were Nick Patoom, Kelly Ubray and Kelly. Kyle 452 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 2: Lowry had a possession on Terry Rozier as well, but 453 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,399 Speaker 2: the Heat were primarily running. 454 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: There were a couple random ones in there. 455 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 2: There was like two random Jaimihawkis post ups and he 456 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: missed a really tough left shoulder fade over Kyle Lowry, 457 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,240 Speaker 2: and then he had a post up of Kelly Ubray 458 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:34,760 Speaker 2: where he may or may not have gotten fouled but 459 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 2: it didn't get called. And there was like a, you know, 460 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:39,680 Speaker 2: a couple of miss jump shots in there as well. 461 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,200 Speaker 2: Patty Mills missed one in the right corner and Kayla 462 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:44,960 Speaker 2: Martin missed one in the left wing. That were pretty 463 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 2: decent looks, but most of the offense for the Heat 464 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 2: down the stretch was typical two man game between Thomas 465 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,480 Speaker 2: Bryant and Terry Rozier and bam Adebayo and Terry Rozier, 466 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 2: and they just did a really good job. Both Mobama 467 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 2: and Paul Reid had really good contests in that sequence. 468 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:01,640 Speaker 2: On Rogier at the rim and in the mid range. 469 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,919 Speaker 2: Rogier missed three of his last four shots, three of 470 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 2: which were in pick and roll. And then again, this 471 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 2: is one of the downsides with Tyler Harrow and Jimmy 472 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 2: Butler both being out. Those are guys that are your 473 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,880 Speaker 2: best guys on the team at busting drop coverage, and 474 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 2: so because of the being down, your two best drop 475 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 2: coverage busters, and you're in a situation against Philly where 476 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,399 Speaker 2: their coverage is going to have some success against you. 477 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 2: The Heat scored just six points in the final seven 478 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 2: minutes as the Sixers got to win. Tyres Maxie thirty points, 479 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 2: eight rebounds in tennis is unbelievable. Kelly Yubray Porden twenty 480 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 2: two points. This is the sixth time in the last 481 00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:40,280 Speaker 2: nine games he's had twenty plus. Obviously, he's spacing with 482 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,720 Speaker 2: the shot. He shoots forty percent on unguarded catch and 483 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,359 Speaker 2: shoot threes. But I thought this game was a great 484 00:22:44,359 --> 00:22:47,199 Speaker 2: example of the spacing that he brings both as a 485 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 2: slasher and as a cutter. He's really good at identifying 486 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: when the low man steps over again, that's his man 487 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 2: who's stepping over to help tag a roller, right, that 488 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,200 Speaker 2: means ball screen guy, the screener is rolling downhill. Kelly 489 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 2: Youubra's man steps up to guard instead of just waiting 490 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:04,680 Speaker 2: in the corner for a three point shot, he'll cut 491 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 2: along the baseline and get dunks that way. And when 492 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 2: you're that type of athlete, that's just a more efficient 493 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 2: spot up situation than shooting a three, not just for 494 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 2: a shooter, for not just for Kelly Ubray, but for anybody. 495 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 2: Steph Curry's not going to convert corner threes as well 496 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 2: as Kelly Ubra is gonna convert open dunks along the 497 00:23:23,040 --> 00:23:26,399 Speaker 2: baseline like that. I again, it's a read because if 498 00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 2: it's not there, if it's more traffic, you want to 499 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,440 Speaker 2: be spaced out. But if you see the opportunity there 500 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:33,000 Speaker 2: and you make the read, that is a one hundred 501 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 2: percent play for an athlete like Kelly Youubray. And then 502 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:39,840 Speaker 2: in addition to that to slashing like again, this is 503 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:41,560 Speaker 2: why I look at spot up efficiency so much. And 504 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,359 Speaker 2: Kelly Ubra hasn't had that great of a spot up 505 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,159 Speaker 2: a season overall, and that's because he hasn't shot very 506 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,600 Speaker 2: well on contested jumpers, although he made some contested jumpers 507 00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 2: in this game. 508 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,000 Speaker 1: But a big part of it is like if. 509 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 2: You can catch and rip like Kelly Ubray did on 510 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 2: that final sequence, one of those final sequences out of 511 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,119 Speaker 2: the right corner, that's another way to p spacing without 512 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,239 Speaker 2: having to knock down jump shots. And he had some 513 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:06,040 Speaker 2: good defensive possessions on Terry Rozier as well as well. 514 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,119 Speaker 2: I thought Kelly Bray played a great game. And then 515 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:10,679 Speaker 2: Kyle Lowry with the old man ball just again. This 516 00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,399 Speaker 2: is a rockfight of a game. Everyone struggling to score, 517 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,120 Speaker 2: but he made two of the biggest shots in the game. 518 00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:19,080 Speaker 2: First recognizing that botched double windshield wiper rotation I was 519 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:20,919 Speaker 2: talking about where he stepped into the right wing and 520 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:23,120 Speaker 2: made that three. That was a great read. And then 521 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 2: just that old school spin move on Terry Rozier. Terry Rozier, 522 00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,520 Speaker 2: a better athlete, beat him to the spot, but just 523 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 2: had the counter move loaded up. Went to that spin 524 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,080 Speaker 2: move hump fake to take advantage of the eager athleticism 525 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,119 Speaker 2: of the Miami Heat front line and ends up sneaking 526 00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:40,119 Speaker 2: in a layup the sixersst they they lost six of 527 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:43,800 Speaker 2: their first seven when joe El Embiid went down, but 528 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 2: they've really managed to sety things from there. They're eight 529 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 2: to nine since February tenth. That's hanging around five hundred, 530 00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 2: and hanging around five hundred without Embiad is a massive win. 531 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,919 Speaker 2: Like they had they gone six and eleven instead, so 532 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 2: two of those games end up being losses instead. Right 533 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,280 Speaker 2: at six and al, they're sitting at the eighth seed 534 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 2: and they're facing a road playing game. So like if 535 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 2: they can somehow linger around this five hundred ish area 536 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 2: and if they can get out of the plane and 537 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 2: stay at number six, that gives you a much better 538 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 2: chance with a full first round series against a three seed, 539 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 2: which won't be Boston, for Embiid to kind of get 540 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,920 Speaker 2: his legs back underneath him and potentially make a playoff run. 541 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,959 Speaker 2: Last note in this eight and nine span, Tyros maxis 542 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,879 Speaker 2: so in these last seventeen games, twenty eight points, five rebounds, 543 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 2: and six assists, I'm forty five percent from the field, 544 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,879 Speaker 2: thirty nine percent from three to ninety one percent from 545 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,119 Speaker 2: the line. I've been really impressed by Tyres this year, 546 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 2: I think he's done an admirable job with a limited 547 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 2: supporting cast. All right, guys, let's get to our mailbag. Hey, Jason, 548 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 2: big fan of the show from Belgium, you mentioned how 549 00:25:43,119 --> 00:25:45,440 Speaker 2: Dame has been playing better in games where he has 550 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,320 Speaker 2: the ball in his hands and can get in a rhythm, 551 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 2: often when Giannis is not on the floor. If Dame 552 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 2: needs the ball, but with Giannis on the floor, their 553 00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 2: offense is primarily run through him. Can the two of 554 00:25:54,080 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 2: them reach their individual offensive ceilings playing together? And if so, 555 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:58,960 Speaker 2: what would that look like? Also in a playoff setting? 556 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:03,199 Speaker 2: So want the Bucks to get more into spamming the 557 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 2: two man game. So again like how do you maintain 558 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 2: rhythm for both guys but keep the ball in Dame's 559 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 2: hands by spamming two man game? And this is where 560 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,479 Speaker 2: it can get a little convoluted in terms of roles. 561 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 2: So for instance, like if you're the Denver Nuggets, You've 562 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 2: got guys that can score in KCP, Aaron Gordon and 563 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 2: Michael Porter Junior. But they have a really good hierarchy 564 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 2: in that system to where the vast majority of touches 565 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 2: for all three of those guys are going to take 566 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 2: place off the ball, and so because of that, they 567 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,719 Speaker 2: don't take up usage. And since they don't take up usage, 568 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 2: it allows Murray and Jokic to spam their action and 569 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,679 Speaker 2: keep the two of them in rhythm the majority of 570 00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:43,360 Speaker 2: the time that they're on the floor, Whereas with the Bucks, 571 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 2: it's like Dame will just run Dame Lopez ball screens 572 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,879 Speaker 2: a bunch as well, and then it's like, well, we 573 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,720 Speaker 2: got to keep Chris Middleton involved, right, Or it's like 574 00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,560 Speaker 2: Giannis wants to play his one on one stuff that 575 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 2: he that he does, and whereas like I'm a big believer, 576 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 2: like let Yannis push and transition, but if you get 577 00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 2: into the half court, go run a ball screen and 578 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:05,600 Speaker 2: try to get Dame with the ball in his hands 579 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,639 Speaker 2: as well. And like some of that's on Dame too, 580 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 2: because when Dame's spamming two man game, I think he 581 00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 2: can get a little bit ball hogey. Sometimes I thought 582 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 2: that was a big problem down the stretch of the 583 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 2: Lakers game in particular, but just it's one of those 584 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:21,159 Speaker 2: things where I would have I would have Lopez in 585 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,639 Speaker 2: Middleton play with green lights, but within the context of 586 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 2: the Damiannis two man game. In addition, to spamming it 587 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 2: to keep the two of them in rhythm. It just 588 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 2: gives you a lot more reps with those guys before 589 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 2: you get to the postseason and gives you a better 590 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:37,680 Speaker 2: chance of reaching their ceiling there. Hey, Jason, love the show. 591 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 2: I'm not sure if you've ever done a video on this, 592 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 2: but what is your top who is your top ten 593 00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 2: players of all time? I would love to hear your 594 00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 2: take on that never ending debate. So I did a 595 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 2: video this summer series this summer on the top twenty 596 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,240 Speaker 2: five players of the last twenty five years, and that 597 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 2: video series is on our YouTube feed if you go 598 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 2: back to like I want to say, August. But so 599 00:27:58,560 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 2: I did a bunch of stuff on that, so you 600 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 2: can find that. They're off the top of my head. 601 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 2: Though I sort them into perimeter players in bigs up 602 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 2: until now because now the bigs actually play more of 603 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 2: an offensive, full crom type of role. But like I view, 604 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 2: like centers free two thousand is like fundamentally a different 605 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 2: sport than what the centers do today and what all 606 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 2: perimeter players have done ever, so I keep them in 607 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,440 Speaker 2: separate lists as far as perimeter players, for me, it's 608 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 2: MJ By a hair over Lebron, and I think Lebron 609 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 2: has a legitimate case, like he's gonna make He's gonna 610 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:35,720 Speaker 2: probably be I think he's been a top ten player 611 00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 2: this year, Frande, like in that eight, nine to ten range, 612 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 2: So like we're looking at twenty consecutive seasons of him 613 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 2: being a top ten player in the league. And like, 614 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 2: at a certain point, like if you put that in 615 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 2: a vacuum and you get a slot machine GM and 616 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 2: a slot machine owner and a slot machine coach and 617 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,160 Speaker 2: a slot machine supporting cast, meaning like completely random, and 618 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 2: you had to pick a player to anchor that for 619 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 2: their career, you might pick Lebron just because twenty seasons 620 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,240 Speaker 2: of a top ten player is just going to give 621 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 2: you so many opportunities to win. That said, I think 622 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,880 Speaker 2: Michael Jordan's dominance in the nineties is at another level 623 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,240 Speaker 2: above anything Lebron did in his era. And I do 624 00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:16,959 Speaker 2: think a big part of why he didn't play as 625 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 2: much was because he kicked everyone's ass so bad that 626 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,640 Speaker 2: he wasn't feeling challenged. He retired after winning three titles 627 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 2: in a row, right, and then he retired again after 628 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 2: winning three titles in a row. So like if MJ 629 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 2: wasn't as dominant. He probably stays around longer and plays 630 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,400 Speaker 2: more years. Right, So, like it gets complicated there when 631 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 2: we go into a vacuum because MJ's career didn't happen 632 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 2: in a vacuum either, right, And so I leaned slightly 633 00:29:41,920 --> 00:29:46,719 Speaker 2: towards MJ over Lebron. I have Kobe at three, Magic 634 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 2: at four, Steph at five, and Bird at six for 635 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,200 Speaker 2: my top six players perimeterive players of all time. So 636 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,000 Speaker 2: it gives you a little teaser, but it's in my 637 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,000 Speaker 2: You could find that in our feed from earlier this summer. 638 00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 2: Following up on your Kyrie rant, do you agree with 639 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 2: the narrative that the twenty seventeen twenty eighteen Celtics were 640 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 2: better without Kyrie? Where on Earth did that idea come from? 641 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 2: This is something we've all seen, But there's this tendency 642 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,520 Speaker 2: and Twitter gets like this a lot, where like or 643 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 2: it's like anytime we've decided somebody has done something wrong, 644 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 2: we are just going to assassinate everything about their character forever. 645 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 2: It's very much like a bullying type of culture that 646 00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:29,240 Speaker 2: we see online. It's literally one of the worst things 647 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 2: about that platform and one of the things that happened 648 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 2: with Kyrie's he did some questionable stuff off the court, right, 649 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 2: and like, once that kind of thing happened, everyone jumped 650 00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 2: on the Kyrie's a piece of shit you know bandwagon, which, 651 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,760 Speaker 2: by the way, is fundamentally false. Like k by all indications, 652 00:30:46,800 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 2: Kyrie is an excellent human being, so like there's no 653 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 2: reason for people to have felt that way. But like, look, 654 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 2: do I agree with everything Kyrie did off the floor 655 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:56,120 Speaker 2: over the course of the last few years. Obviously not, 656 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 2: but it distress There's a way to have a fair 657 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,680 Speaker 2: conversation about that, which is, like, here are the things 658 00:31:04,800 --> 00:31:07,120 Speaker 2: Kyrie's great at and all the positives he brings to 659 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,720 Speaker 2: the table. Here are the risks that are involved in 660 00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 2: a business partnership or a team partnership with Kyrie Irving. 661 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 2: Let's make a you know, educated decision about this. But 662 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,440 Speaker 2: instead that's not how Twitter acts. Instead, Twitter's like fuck 663 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 2: all of this, Like none of that matters. This guy sucks, 664 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,320 Speaker 2: you know, and we just focus on that. And like, honestly, 665 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,040 Speaker 2: I thought Kyrie caught a lot of strays over those years, 666 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 2: and like, like he brought it on himself in a 667 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,320 Speaker 2: lot of ways. But as is always the case, it 668 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,959 Speaker 2: ends up going off the rails into so much hyperbole 669 00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:41,280 Speaker 2: and slander, and honestly, I think Kyrie's become one of 670 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 2: the most underrated players in the league as a result 671 00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 2: of that media backlash from some of his behavior. Last question, Jason, 672 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 2: can you address how Andrew Wiggins is absolutely, completely and 673 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 2: utterly garbage. It's so frustrating as a fantasy a guy 674 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,800 Speaker 2: get paid that much money and barely even try. It 675 00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,760 Speaker 2: doesn't even look like he cares anymore. Kurt needs to 676 00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 2: take him out of the rotation for movie to get 677 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 2: more playing time. 678 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: So here's the thing. 679 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:05,440 Speaker 2: I look, I watched last night's game, and I thought 680 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: Andrew Wiggins came out playing hard. And I thought he 681 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 2: cut off several drives from Jalen Brunson in the in 682 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 2: the opening minutes. He was engaged physically for the most part. 683 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 2: Over the last month, I really think Andrew wiggins a 684 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:22,080 Speaker 2: defensive focus and energy has been really good. Really, Andrew Wiggins' 685 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 2: downslide comes down to two basic things. This year, he's 686 00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 2: getting zero point nine to five points per jump shot. 687 00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 2: In the twenty twenty two year they won the title, 688 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 2: he got one point zero four points per jump shot, 689 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:39,200 Speaker 2: So he's ten percent worse as a jump shooter. Then 690 00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,480 Speaker 2: this year he's shooting fifty seven percent at the rim. 691 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:44,920 Speaker 2: In the twenty twenty two season they won the title, 692 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 2: he was sixty four percent at the rim. So he's 693 00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 2: substantially worse. He's gone for being a good rim finisher 694 00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 2: to a bad rim finisher for his position in athletic 695 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 2: profile in those two years. And so what's happened is 696 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 2: is the ugly offensive moments for Wiggins have been really bad. 697 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 2: Like last night his jumper was off and you're like 698 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 2: ough Man and like now it is one of those 699 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 2: things where it makes more sense sometimes depending on the matchup, 700 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 2: to go to Moody. But at the end of the day, 701 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 2: like I do think Wiggins is trying. I just think 702 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 2: maybe I'm not sure what's caused the slide. That could 703 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 2: be something off the court. Maybe he's not doing as 704 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 2: diligent about his skill development as he needs to be. 705 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:23,360 Speaker 2: But when I watch Anger Wiggins, I don't feel like 706 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 2: he's not trying. That said, when he misses some shots, 707 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 2: when he smokes a layup around the rim, or he 708 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:28,680 Speaker 2: misses a couple jumpers in a row, you can see 709 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 2: that affected body language a little bit, but that happens 710 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 2: to everybody. That's completely normal. But again, just kind of 711 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 2: put a bow on the Wiggins thing. I don't think 712 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 2: he's completely an utterly garbage. I think he's a player 713 00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 2: that has is dealing with some decline and I think 714 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,880 Speaker 2: that specifically the pressure from the young players coming up 715 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:50,600 Speaker 2: behind him that may or may not deserve some of 716 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 2: his rotation minutes are exacerbating that by adding more pressure. 717 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:56,000 Speaker 2: And he's just not as good of a jump shooter 718 00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 2: as a rim finisher as he used to be in 719 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 2: that has diminished his impact by particularly by making him 720 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 2: a lesser offensive player. All right, guys, that is all 721 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 2: I have for today is always a sincerely appreciate you 722 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,360 Speaker 2: guys for supporting the show. We have a double show tomorrow. 723 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,120 Speaker 2: We have a instant reaction. We'll hit one or two 724 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 2: games in the morning, and then tomorrow evening we are 725 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 2: going I think it's Buck Celtics. So we got a 726 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,320 Speaker 2: live show on YouTube. After the final buzzer of Buck Celtics, 727 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 2: I will see you guys. 728 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:52,040 Speaker 1: Then the volume