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It's been mostly them playing 80 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,000 Speaker 1: really well ever since the trade deadline, with exception of 81 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,000 Speaker 1: some really bad one and three stretch over four game 82 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: stretch where they got some inconsistent play out of Anthony 83 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: Davis and lost the game when Anthony Davis rested. And 84 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:38,039 Speaker 1: you know, it's funny because I have a lot of 85 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: the Lakers fans get on me a lot about how 86 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 1: critical I am of Anthony Davis. And that's not unique 87 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,159 Speaker 1: to the Lakers. That's kind of just the way it 88 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 1: is with every fan base. There. A lot of fans 89 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,520 Speaker 1: want to hear very rose colored glasses approaches to their team, 90 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 1: and that's just not what this show is about. This 91 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 1: show is I'm just gonna give you guys my authentic 92 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,160 Speaker 1: and honest opinion about any team and any player. And 93 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: I'll admit that I'm biased about certain things, and I 94 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: am biased about the Lakers. I root for them. They're 95 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: the team in the league that I root for the most. 96 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: I don't really have an NBA team that I'm directly 97 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: associated with, but Lebron has always been my favorite player, 98 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:13,799 Speaker 1: so I root for the Lakers. And you know, Anthony 99 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 1: Davis has been one of the more frustrating players that 100 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: I've rooted for in my time as a basketball fan, 101 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,919 Speaker 1: in large part because the difference between what he's capable 102 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:26,960 Speaker 1: of when he is locked in and physically aggressive versus 103 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: when he's coasting through games or anything else below that 104 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: is a massive chasm, and you know, you'll see dynamics 105 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: like what you saw in this particular game, Anthony Davis 106 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: you saw in the first half versus the Anthony Davis 107 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: you saw in the second half. That oscillation between those 108 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,560 Speaker 1: two versions of AD has been a massive storyline in 109 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: his time as a Laker, at least since the twenty 110 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 1: twenty season, when I will admit that he was dominant 111 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,480 Speaker 1: throughout you know, and I don't know what happened after 112 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,480 Speaker 1: that point. I'm sure it's a combination of a bunch 113 00:05:58,520 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: of different things. He put on a lot of it. 114 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: He put on a lot of weight, so he's not 115 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: as fast as he used to be. He's had some 116 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: bad luck with injuries. He definitely let his foot off 117 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: the gas a little bit in terms of just his 118 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: overall competitiveness and aggression after that title, because he came 119 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: in healthy into the following season and started the following 120 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:18,040 Speaker 1: season kind of passively working his way through the season 121 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:21,679 Speaker 1: and so like, it just hasn't been consistently that version 122 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,479 Speaker 1: of Anthony Davis since he came to LA and that's 123 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 1: been frustrated because what happens when he engages himself like that, 124 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: drop steps, spin, move dunks, you know, like barreling down 125 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: to the rim, and nobody can stop him without fouling him. 126 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: He's so good when he's physically aggressive to the rim. 127 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: He's not Yannis, but he's close to that when he's 128 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 1: engaging himself like that. And that's why it's frustrating when 129 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 1: he floats through games. You know, there's been a lot 130 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 1: of excuse making from Lakers fans on that front. Oh 131 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: they're not running enough plays for him, Oh you know, 132 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: like it's the guards are looking him off. I completely 133 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: and vehemently disagree with that. If you're a guard and 134 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:11,480 Speaker 1: you're operating through a game and you toss the ball 135 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 1: to your big man, your star, and he just kind 136 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: of stands there and casually waits for the devil team 137 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: and then makes a kickout pass to the wing, or 138 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: if he catches and looks at it at his man 139 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: and takes two crazy dribbles and takes a wild step 140 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: back jump shot from twenty feet and it's just not 141 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: producing offense. Then it's a guard as your program, So 142 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: make the right play for your team. You will start 143 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: to be like, hey, comes to a ball screen, Let's 144 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: see if we can get you somewhere else on the floor. Right, 145 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: they're reacting to AD's passivity when he is physically aggressive. 146 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: They do give him the basketball when he's engaging himself 147 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: like that. Like he touched the ball almost every time 148 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: down in the third quarters. You know why because every 149 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: time he touched it, it was a point and a half. 150 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: He was either make a shot or going to the 151 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 1: foul line and going one for two. And I mean, 152 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: and what was interesting is he kind of started to 153 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: build his rhythm there at the free throw line, and 154 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: then what happened He made two highly difficult pull up 155 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,560 Speaker 1: jump shots. Because what do I always talk about if 156 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:18,239 Speaker 1: you build your rhythm by finding easy shots, and easy 157 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:21,160 Speaker 1: shots are not just layups, they're also the free throw line. 158 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: The free throw line is an amazing opportunity to build 159 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: the rhythm for your jump shot. We just talked about 160 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 1: this in the Dallas game when Natsi Kleiba had not 161 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 1: made a three in the game, but he made three 162 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,880 Speaker 1: straight free throws on the previous possession, effectively practicing his 163 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 1: release so that it felt great when he made the 164 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 1: game winner on the following possession. There is an order 165 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: of operations to being consistently great as an offensive player. 166 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: You build your rhythm through easier shots, and then you 167 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,600 Speaker 1: start to test yourself to see what you're capable of. 168 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:56,320 Speaker 1: Devin Booker did that tonight. He was drifting his way 169 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: to fouls, and once he started to find his release 170 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: there at the foul line, that was when he started 171 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: going aggressively to his pull up jump shot. You know, 172 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 1: I hold a d to that standard, not because I'm 173 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: trying to be a jerk, not because I'm trying to 174 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 1: be overleague critical. It's because I think that when Anthony 175 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,720 Speaker 1: Davis plays like that, he is one of the five 176 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:23,080 Speaker 1: best players in basketball. That's how highly I think of 177 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. When he is engaged, I think he's I 178 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: think his ceiling defensively is higher than any other players 179 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: in the league. Hiring Draymond's hired the Broglopez hiring. Janis 180 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 1: hired Rudy Gobert, but I've never considered him the best 181 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: defender in the league because he just doesn't bring it 182 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:44,160 Speaker 1: enough often enough in games. And then on the offensive 183 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,079 Speaker 1: end of the floor, his combination as a play finisher, 184 00:09:47,360 --> 00:09:50,600 Speaker 1: as a downhill force when he's being physically aggressive, and 185 00:09:50,840 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: a pick him pop threat, and a guy who can 186 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 1: make those fifteen to twenty foot jump shots consistently when 187 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,440 Speaker 1: he's in rhythm. That guy, combined with being the best 188 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 1: defender basketball, a guy that can dominate games as a 189 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: rebounder as well, that guy is a top tier superstar. 190 00:10:09,080 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 1: And like the same way you guys would criticize Janis 191 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 1: if he was inconsistent, the same way you guys would 192 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: criticize him beat if he was inconsistent, the same way 193 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: you guys would criticize Jokis if he was inconsistent. That's 194 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: just the standard I hold a D two. Is he 195 00:10:21,760 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: one of those guys or is he something else? Because 196 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 1: if he's something else, if he's not that guy, then 197 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: I'd be happy to start to be a little bit 198 00:10:27,880 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 1: more relaxed than the way that we cover it. The 199 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: difference between the way he engaged himself and the second 200 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 1: half of that game versus the first half of that 201 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 1: game was jarring. The second half of that game versus 202 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,120 Speaker 1: every one of his previous five games except for the 203 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: Pelicans game is jarring, and a disappointing thing in it 204 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 1: all is It's simply a matter of physical aggression. And 205 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 1: for the Lakers, they are desperate. There's no reason in 206 00:10:57,679 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: the world why he shouldn't be at that level as 207 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: much as he physically can manage. From a tactical perspective, 208 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: one thing I really liked in that second half that 209 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:09,079 Speaker 1: I'd like to see a little bit more from Anthony 210 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:12,319 Speaker 1: Davis is going quickly off the catch instead of waiting 211 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: for a double team. You know, we talk about Yannis 212 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: a lot for being kind of a balloon of China's shop, 213 00:11:17,640 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 1: And I don't mean that critically with Yannis, because you 214 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: guys know, I think Yannis is the best basketball player 215 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: in the world. But like sometimes Yannis, like one of 216 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: the best ways that he counters double teams is he 217 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: catches the ball and he sees like a little slip 218 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: of space. Even if there's like defender right in front 219 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: of him, a defender digging down from the left wing, 220 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,440 Speaker 1: a defender digging down from the right wing, He'll see 221 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: one of those gaps, and he'll find one that looks 222 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: just a little better than the other and he'll just 223 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 1: go through it. And he'll get offensive fouls every single game, 224 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,560 Speaker 1: he'll get turnovers every single game. But you know what else, 225 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,880 Speaker 1: he gets a million free throws and a million baskets, 226 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,280 Speaker 1: and he averages like thirty two points per game. And 227 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: so one of the ways that you can counter dub 228 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: teaming and crowding, specifically when you have a physical advantage. Obviously, 229 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 1: if you're DeAngelo Russell and you try to do that, 230 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,640 Speaker 1: they're gonna bounce you off instead of you bouncing them off. Right, 231 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: But you're Anthony Davis, one of the most basically gifted 232 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 1: athletes in the league, and when you just throw your 233 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:19,439 Speaker 1: head down and go to the rim, you're gunna drop fouls, 234 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna get baskets, and yeah, you have occasional charges 235 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: and turn and you'll turn the ball over occasionally. Sometimes 236 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: I think Ad plays too safe instead of just understanding 237 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 1: that his job is to be a wrecking ball. And 238 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 1: that's the way that the Lakers can win a championship. 239 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: Lebron the half court surgeon with some of that perimeter 240 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,880 Speaker 1: shack and then Anthony Davis, the wrecking ball with the 241 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 1: skilled guards around them, Aussa Reeves. You know, following up 242 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 1: is the thirty five, six and six. The other night 243 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:56,400 Speaker 1: follows that up with twenty five and ten again tonight. 244 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,680 Speaker 1: You know what's funny is like last year, I was 245 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:02,240 Speaker 1: really coming into the beginning of this year, I was 246 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 1: higher on Austin Reeves than the vast majority of even 247 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: Laker fans. There were a couple of specific things that 248 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 1: I thought he was really good at. He's an excellent 249 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: positional defender, meaning like he doesn't get aggressive at the basketball. 250 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: He just understands if I slide my feet and I 251 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,320 Speaker 1: put my chest between my man in the basket, he'll 252 00:13:17,360 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: have to shoot over the top of me. If he 253 00:13:18,720 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: has to shoot over the top of me, he's either 254 00:13:20,280 --> 00:13:21,719 Speaker 1: gonna miss or he's gonna try to go through me, 255 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: and I'll draw a budge offensive fouls as I get 256 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 1: elbowed in the face and then on the offensive end 257 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 1: of the floor. I just viewed him as this awesome 258 00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 1: connective piece, a guy that can knock down spot at threes, 259 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 1: but was an excellent like second side creator, like a 260 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: guy that can attack with an advantage and then attacking 261 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,880 Speaker 1: clothes outs so good at like like getting into the 262 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 1: middle of the lane and getting guys off balance to 263 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 1: draw fouls and hit cutters and things along those lines. 264 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: Even as optimistic as I was, I never in a 265 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: million years thought he could be this guy. Somehow I 266 00:13:55,240 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 1: underestimated him. I can't say credit for it because it's 267 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 1: from one of my bosses, But one of my bosses 268 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 1: says that he reminds me of that he reminds him 269 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,040 Speaker 1: of Manu Genobli, And I think it's a super interesting 270 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:15,280 Speaker 1: comp because, you know, MANAGENOBLEI was not the most athletic 271 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: player in his position, very similar to Austin Reeves, like 272 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: man who played the same position as Kobe Bryant, but 273 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 1: without the you know, the ridiculous set of physical tools 274 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: that Kobe Bryant had, right, But one of the things 275 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: that Manage Genoble did is it was a combination of 276 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: understanding the angles and leverage you need to get defenders 277 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 1: out of the position and weaponizing defenders physical gifts against them. So, 278 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: for instance, like if you've got better physical tools than 279 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: the guy you're guarding, a lot of times when you 280 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 1: get beat off the dribble, you think to yourself, like, 281 00:14:47,360 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: I can recover, I can get back into this play. 282 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: All I gotta do is sprit because I'm a better 283 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:54,840 Speaker 1: athlete and I'm gonna get there. And Austin is so 284 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 1: good at again. He'll flip angles of the screen. We 285 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 1: talked about this a lot, getting the defense to pick 286 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 1: a side that he thinks the screen's gonna go, and 287 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 1: start preparing to go over the screen, but then suddenly 288 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,520 Speaker 1: reversing that angle, so he's out of position. Austin gets 289 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: you out of position. Once you're out of position, he's 290 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 1: expecting you to come flying back into the play, and 291 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: that's when he gets you with those foul calls. But 292 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: the combination of legit high end shot making, the dude's 293 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,640 Speaker 1: going to be a perennial fifty forty ninety guy. He's 294 00:15:24,680 --> 00:15:27,640 Speaker 1: got all the important shots that pull up fifteen footer, 295 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: the catch and shoot three, the pull up three when 296 00:15:30,120 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: the guy goes underneath the screen, the floater, the hook shot, 297 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 1: the scoop shot, and then he combines that with the 298 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:38,440 Speaker 1: ability to make all the necessary reads. That's really all 299 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: you need to be a primary ball handler. If you 300 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: can make the right reads and you can make all 301 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: the shots that present themselves at an efficient rate, you 302 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: can be a primary ball handler in the NBA. You know, 303 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: I thought it was super interesting that Darvin him moved 304 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 1: him into the starting lineup, and I thought it was 305 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: the right move, you know, I was on the fence 306 00:15:55,720 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 1: about it, like, obviously Austin is he's just better than 307 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: Malik Beasley, so he deserves to start. But one of 308 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: the reasons why it wasn't like actively pushing for it 309 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: was just I understood the staggering elements of it, right, 310 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: Like Austin can run the bench unit right now, you 311 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: don't have Lebron, so you need that little bit of 312 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: extra ball handling, right, Lebron will be running bench groups 313 00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: because of the way they use Anthony Davis. Lebron will 314 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: be running bench groups. So it kind of made some 315 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: sense to me. But at the end of the day, 316 00:16:21,760 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 1: there were a couple of specific advantages that immediately became apparent. 317 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: And I always just knew who cares who starts, Like 318 00:16:29,040 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: it just doesn't matter. Austin's gonna be out there more 319 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 1: minutes and he's gonna be out there to close games, right, 320 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 1: But moving into the starting line I thought was interesting 321 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 1: on a couple of different levels. First of all, I 322 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 1: actually liked Angel Russell offball more than on ball. He 323 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: made several very important spot up threes. I made two 324 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: whom I think in the fourth quarter of this game. 325 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 1: He's got a very quick release on the catch, and 326 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 1: he doesn't need to get his feet set or dip. 327 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,320 Speaker 1: He can, like on the catch, just kind of flow 328 00:16:52,520 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: up into his shot. So there's no wasted time there. 329 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: So he doesn't need a ton of space. And so 330 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 1: you can't put Delo off the ball if Molik bees 331 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 1: Lee is with him, because Malie Beasley is an off 332 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,760 Speaker 1: ball player, so bringing Austin Reeves onto the floor open 333 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 1: things up for Dangel Russell to get more off ball opportunities. 334 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: So it made some sense there, right. But another big 335 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: part of it is it helped, I think, specifically in 336 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: the second half, with getting Anthony Davis involved. You know, 337 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: one of the things that the Lakers have done a 338 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,800 Speaker 1: lot lately is run action for Malik Beasley, just having 339 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:23,639 Speaker 1: him fly off the screens, off the weeks out of 340 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 1: the floor and have him rise up and take shots. 341 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: The problem with that is Malik's not that good at 342 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: that particular type of shot, and he hasn't been a 343 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: consistently elite shooter for the Lakers, and really anywhere in 344 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 1: his career is just a high volume, thirty six percent guy, right. 345 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,719 Speaker 1: But most importantly, running action for Malie Beasley means you're 346 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: not running action with Anthony Davis, because again they're Anthony 347 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 1: Davis is involved in that action, but primarily as a screener, 348 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,959 Speaker 1: and they're prepared to handle Malik Beasley as a curling player, 349 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,480 Speaker 1: and so Anthony Davis could have openings they're poppingto the 350 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,400 Speaker 1: three point line that Ad doesn't like to take three, 351 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: So doesn't really make a ton of sense to use 352 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis that way. Having Malik Beasley run those off 353 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: screen actions with Winnie and Gabriel makes a lot more sense. 354 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: And so moving off some raves the starting lineup was 355 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:09,720 Speaker 1: I thought an interesting little adjustment from Darbnham that I 356 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 1: agreed with. The biggest thing that they're gonna have to 357 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:14,639 Speaker 1: track here over the course of the rest of the 358 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: season is the dynamic with Lebron out. Do you run 359 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: the offense through Anthony Davis or do you run the 360 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: offense through the guards meaning high pick and roll or 361 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:26,600 Speaker 1: you know, they were they kept running the same play 362 00:18:26,640 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 1: every time down the floor tonight, where they would get 363 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,479 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis on the left block and they'd have one 364 00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:33,159 Speaker 1: of the Laker guards to set a pin down for 365 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,639 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis at the block, having curl up to the 366 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 1: free throw line just so Anthony Davis could have a 367 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,359 Speaker 1: tiny bit of separation so that he could quit catch 368 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: and go to work, right, And like, that's the way 369 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: you run it through Anthony Davis. But if you're running 370 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,639 Speaker 1: it through the guards, it's all high ball screens with 371 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 1: AD setting the screen that dynamic needs to be decided 372 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 1: gains a game if Anthony Davis was consistently this physically 373 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,640 Speaker 1: aggressive downhill, run the damn offense through Ad every single game. 374 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: But there's just that's just not the case. Ad is 375 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 1: gonna inconsistent with his engagement level physically, So it's gonna 376 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 1: be one of those things where you're gonna have to 377 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: kind of tow that line where if Ads not engage mentally, 378 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: you do need to run it through the guards. And 379 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: between Austin Reeves, Dennis Schroeder, and Dangel Russell, the Lakers 380 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: actually have a very good guard core, and so that's 381 00:19:15,800 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 1: actually in many nights, the better way to run offense 382 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 1: when Anthony Davis is not engaged. Before we move on 383 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 1: Devin Booker, I am terrified of the Phoenix Suns. I 384 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 1: said this yesterday with the same Massini when we were talking. 385 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:32,760 Speaker 1: But I've been high on Devin Booker pretty much for 386 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 1: the last two years. You guys have noticed, those of 387 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:36,119 Speaker 1: you who have been following the show of notice that 388 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:39,160 Speaker 1: I've been really impressed with this playmaking. And he's gone 389 00:19:39,200 --> 00:19:43,760 Speaker 1: from like Bradley Beal type of inconsistent scorer to like 390 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,280 Speaker 1: deadly efficient score with the high level playmaking. Which is 391 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 1: the difference between a volume scoring guard like Bradley Beale 392 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 1: and a superstar like Devin Booker. That is the difference, 393 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: the next level of efficiency and the high level playmaking. 394 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 1: But like, he completely controlled and dominated that game for 395 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: the Suns offensively, and I appreciate we talked about this earlier, 396 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 1: but I liked the way he built his rhythm by 397 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: grifting his way to the line, and I hate foul drifting. 398 00:20:09,800 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: I tweeted this third in the game. I hated the 399 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 1: way that game was officiated on both ends of the floor. 400 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 1: But I've just kind of reserved myself to the fact 401 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:18,399 Speaker 1: that that's the way that basketball is going to be 402 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,840 Speaker 1: for a while until the NBA makes some significant changes. 403 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,280 Speaker 1: But he built his rhythm at the line, then he 404 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:27,480 Speaker 1: got crazy with the pull up shooting. He every single 405 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:30,160 Speaker 1: time he saw the Lakers not set in their defense, 406 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: he just hit Jared Vanderbilt with a quick move and 407 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:33,800 Speaker 1: tried to go to the ram and he got a 408 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: bunch of free throws that way he is. He's gone 409 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 1: up a level this year to what I think is 410 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 1: that legit consistent superstar status. I think you saw that 411 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: without Phoenix fell apart when he got hurt, and I'm 412 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 1: terrified to the Suns put that guy, which is a 413 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,320 Speaker 1: better version of Kyrie Irving. With Kevin Durant, with Deandreton, 414 00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 1: with Chris Paul, with what Joshu Kogi brings as a 415 00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,199 Speaker 1: point of attack defender, and he's got a little bit 416 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: of downhill athletic force himself. They're terrifying, and like the 417 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: deeper they get into the playoffs and get that continuity, 418 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:08,960 Speaker 1: I'm going to be more and more scared of them, 419 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: And I can tell you guys right now that I'm 420 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 1: probably going to pick them to win the title at 421 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,840 Speaker 1: the start of next season. If they can address the 422 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: specific needs that they have on that roster. All right, 423 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 1: let's move on to the Warrior's maps. So the Warriors 424 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:23,440 Speaker 1: finally get two consecutive road wins. I was talking about 425 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:27,960 Speaker 1: the schedule coming in after the last Warriors game, and 426 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 1: I talked about how, like that Houston battle was going 427 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: to be an interesting challenge, Like Houston's kind of big 428 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: and strong on the perimeter, right, and Golden State struggles 429 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 1: on the road. They battle through there, they get a win. 430 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 1: The Dallas game, that's a tough that's a tough place 431 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: to play on the road. And what's interesting is, I 432 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,919 Speaker 1: a it's an easier matchup for Golden State because Dallas 433 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: also is missing length and athleticism on the perimeter and 434 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,000 Speaker 1: in the front court. Right. So that specific issue, like 435 00:21:56,040 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 1: that's been the problem that's plagued Golden State over the 436 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: course of the last couple of months. Andrew Wiggins has 437 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: gone Gary Payton is hurt. They're trying to go out 438 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: there and win NBA games. Is one of the least 439 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: athletic and least tall perimeter teams in the league, and 440 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,879 Speaker 1: it just is really tough for them to compensate. But 441 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: fortunately with Dallas in particular, they also suffer from that 442 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: same problem, so they were able to flip that script. 443 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 1: They outrebounded Dallas forty four to thirty one. They had 444 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: eleven offensive rebounds for eighteen second chance points, which was 445 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: literally the difference in the game. And what was funny 446 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 1: is I'm sure you guys who watched the game kind 447 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 1: of felt this way. That whole fourth quarter is one 448 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,200 Speaker 1: of the most entertaining fourth quarters that I've seen this year, 449 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,560 Speaker 1: And it kind of is that little bit of a 450 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 1: hint of what we're gonna get for two months, because 451 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: what you saw was true, like complete and total desperation 452 00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: from two teams that are clawing to get out of 453 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:49,280 Speaker 1: the plane. And that's what the playoffs are for two months. 454 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: It's just desperation from everybody. But like desperation just brings 455 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: a level of effort and energy on both ends of 456 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: the floor that makes for highly entertaining basketball. Is super chaotic. 457 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: I think both teams actually scored pretty well all things considered, 458 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 1: which is to be expected with the lack of athleticism 459 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: on the floor. But it came down to at the 460 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 1: end of the game, Steph made two plays and the 461 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: Warriors got two stops. That was literally the difference in 462 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: the game. It was back and forth, back and forth 463 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:20,040 Speaker 1: and back and forth, and then Steph made two plays 464 00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,440 Speaker 1: and the Warriors got two stops. The two plays, there 465 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: was a really nice player where Steph snake to pick 466 00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,560 Speaker 1: and roll, and again what that means is when you 467 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:29,119 Speaker 1: go over the top of the screen, the defender's chasing 468 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 1: you over the top, but if you quick go over 469 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,960 Speaker 1: to the other side of the screen, the defender will 470 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: be trapped behind you and you can slow yourself down 471 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,359 Speaker 1: and kind of pin him. And then it's very interesting. 472 00:23:37,359 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: This is the player where Draymond gets the end one. 473 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,680 Speaker 1: Steph just literally looks up at the rim like he's 474 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,920 Speaker 1: gonna shoot his little floater, and Christian Wood just takes 475 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,520 Speaker 1: one false step up towards Steph to contest the floater, 476 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: and step throws a no look bounce pass to Draymond Green. 477 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: Draymond goes up through the contact Christian Woods, not exceptionally 478 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 1: strong player, Draymond powers through him and gets the end one, 479 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 1: and then the second one he's got a Maxi cleave 480 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: on him. And we just talked about this earlier with 481 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: the Lakers with Austin reeves flipping the angle of a 482 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 1: screen or rejecting the screen, which basically just means we 483 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,720 Speaker 1: talked about this before. When the guard is preparing to 484 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: go over a screen, he's gonna take a big step 485 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: high up over the top of the screen to try 486 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: to sidle up over the top of that screen. That's 487 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,560 Speaker 1: a great time to flip angles or to reverse and 488 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,919 Speaker 1: go the other way because his steps are off and 489 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,760 Speaker 1: he's not in a position to stay in front. Steph 490 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: hits him with the behind the back Trible rejects the screen. 491 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,879 Speaker 1: Draymond Green has Reggie Bullock on him from the switch, 492 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: and he just boxes him out of the lane and 493 00:24:36,800 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: leaves Steph with a wide open, driving right handed layup. 494 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 1: Two excellent examples of high pick and roll shot creation 495 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 1: from Steph Curry then and then on the other end 496 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: of the floor. The Warriors got the two stops they needed. 497 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: The first one Clay Thompson on Luca. Luca a tacks 498 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,959 Speaker 1: Clay on a switch, targets Clay. They don't even need 499 00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 1: to double. Luca tries to hit him with his textbook 500 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 1: hesitation to go to his right. Clay funnels him towards 501 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 1: the sideline. Luca ends up throwing a pass to the 502 00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 1: middle of the floor and goes back to get a 503 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: dribble hand off with Clay on him. And what I 504 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: thought was so smart is Clay understood the amount of 505 00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,679 Speaker 1: time that was on the shot clock. Luca is not 506 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,920 Speaker 1: an exceptionally fast player. There was only about three or 507 00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:18,960 Speaker 1: four seconds on the shot clock. Clay knew he was 508 00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: not going to go past him to the rim. There 509 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:24,080 Speaker 1: wasn't enough time. And what is Lucas go to move 510 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: in a late clock situation. And when he's got that 511 00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 1: type of matchup the step back three. And if you 512 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,880 Speaker 1: watch Clay, he sold out on the step back three 513 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: and Luca went for it obviously because it was his 514 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: only option there. Luca had to step through and he 515 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: misses that little floating jumps out at the top of 516 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:43,560 Speaker 1: the key. Excellent individual defense from Clay Thompson, which has 517 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 1: been a hallmark of his career. And then on the 518 00:25:45,680 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: final possession, at him bounds pass to Luca underneath the basket, 519 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: Draymond just walls up and sends him under the rim. 520 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 1: That's a super common play you'll see in basketball is 521 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: a player that catches the ball underneath the rim and 522 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: it's a good place to draw a foul if the 523 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:01,320 Speaker 1: defender comes down with his arms, and so most offenders 524 00:26:01,359 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 1: will just wall up, and as the offensive player, you 525 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,800 Speaker 1: have to jump into him and try to win that 526 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 1: physical confrontation to dislodge him enough to go up and 527 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,239 Speaker 1: make that lay up underneath the rim. But Draymond is 528 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: as stout a power forward that you'll find in the league, 529 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: holds his ground, forces the miss on Luca don Chich 530 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: and the game is over a couple of specific shout 531 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 1: out like classic Warriors execution down the stretch, a couple 532 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:27,640 Speaker 1: of specific shout outs steps on ballplaymaking. Yet thirteen assists 533 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: in this game had excellent chemistry hitting Draymond Green and 534 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,719 Speaker 1: Jonathan Cominga and the role and pick and roll in ISO, 535 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,400 Speaker 1: he was hitting cutters when they would get too many 536 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,000 Speaker 1: eyes on the basketball. He was really good with transition 537 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:42,760 Speaker 1: kick aheads today, like just spotting those little spots in 538 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: transition where a guy wasn't getting matched up. He'd kick 539 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 1: ahead to Comingo for a dunker, kick ahead to Draymond 540 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 1: Green for a layout. You know what's interesting with step 541 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 1: is he's never really thought of is a great passer 542 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 1: because so many people just look at his assists numbers 543 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 1: instead of watching the games. But the truth of the 544 00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: matter is as steps assists numbers are low because he 545 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,160 Speaker 1: operates off the ball all the time. His assists are 546 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,880 Speaker 1: the attention that he gets garners from defenses. But making 547 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 1: no mistake, if he played Damian Lillard ball and he 548 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: just ran high pick and roll fifty times a game, 549 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,640 Speaker 1: I guarantee you he could average a double figure assists 550 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: in this league. He's every bit as good a pastor 551 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 1: in high pick and roll as the best cards in 552 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 1: the league. He just simply doesn't need to do that 553 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 1: because of how well he weaponizes his off ball attention. 554 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: Jordan Pool played a really nice game six assists with 555 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: no turnovers. His dribble penetration was a huge swing factor 556 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 1: in the third quarter running from the Warriors. He was 557 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:33,960 Speaker 1: just consistently beating Jaden Hardy and Josh Green off the bounce. 558 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: There's a play, just one of the most ridiculous, like 559 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 1: highlight plays in basketball that you'll see that kind of 560 00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:43,440 Speaker 1: got glossed over in this game. Jordan Pool is Josh 561 00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,040 Speaker 1: Green on him, calls for a ball screen, comes hard 562 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 1: off of it to his left when the big shows. 563 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 1: He whips into a spin to split the pick and roll, 564 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: and I can't even begin to describe how complicated that is. 565 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,080 Speaker 1: Splitting the pick and roll is already tough because that 566 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: gap is super tight. Most players have split the pick 567 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 1: and roll will push the ball in between and try 568 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,720 Speaker 1: to cdle in between and catch up to the ball. 569 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,640 Speaker 1: Jordan's just so damn fast that he's covering so much 570 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 1: ground that that gap is pretty big. He spun into 571 00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: split the pick and roll and dropped it off for 572 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 1: Jamichael Green for a dunk, and had that little flare 573 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 1: with his hands out, you know, the Jordan Poole ceiling. 574 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: It's it's he's such a high, high level dribble creator 575 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: in this league just because people can't keep him in front. 576 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: I've only played the game tonight. And then lastly, Johnathan Cominga. 577 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: You know it's funny is I talked a lot in 578 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: this show about the intelligent switch that Golden State made 579 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,200 Speaker 1: to kind of turn Jonathan Cominga into a big in 580 00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,840 Speaker 1: the offensive sense, operating mostly as a cutter, operating most 581 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: of the screen and roll guy, and he did a 582 00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: lot of that tonight, cut into the rim. He had 583 00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 1: a really nice left handed finishing pick and roll with 584 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: Steph Curry in a late fourth quarter play I had 585 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: like his left hand is actually sneaky, super accurate off 586 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: the glass. But what I want to talking about cominga 587 00:29:00,760 --> 00:29:04,160 Speaker 1: tonight is he a big part of why they physically 588 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: dominated Dallas, because again they didn't have the physical mismatches 589 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:11,760 Speaker 1: with Dallas, but they actually dominated Dallas physically in this game, 590 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,280 Speaker 1: and a big part of it was Jonathan Cominga put 591 00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 1: put forth a reasonable vacsimile of what Andrew Wiggins was 592 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: excellent point of attack defense on Luca don Chich. He 593 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,120 Speaker 1: was doing this thing where like Luca will Luca will 594 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:30,239 Speaker 1: give the ball up to the big and then do 595 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,040 Speaker 1: like a false cut and then try to cut off 596 00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,160 Speaker 1: the top for like a dribble handoff to go downhill, 597 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 1: and Johnathan Comingo was shooting that gap and he actually 598 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: forced a couple turnovers that way for just unbelievable ridiculous 599 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 1: transition dunks too. But then he was also I thought 600 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: he did a pretty solid job all game in point 601 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: of attack on Luca, his spot up shooting at two 602 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 1: corner threes, Like if he starts knocking down corner threes 603 00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: at a consistent right that's obviously a huge game changer. 604 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 1: And then one of the big things I always talking 605 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 1: about with Andrew Wiggins is matchup attacking. So like you 606 00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: get a smaller play you're on the perimeter, Andrew Wiggins 607 00:30:01,560 --> 00:30:04,120 Speaker 1: in the playoffs last year, which constantly just like rip 608 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 1: through the middle and like get to the basket, or 609 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: if did you cut him off, just bump him off 610 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: and like make a little float or a little short 611 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:11,440 Speaker 1: pull up jump shot. There's a play in the I 612 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: think it was in the fourth quarter of this game 613 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,560 Speaker 1: where he happened to have Jayden Hardy on him on 614 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: a switch late clock situation on the left wing, and 615 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,760 Speaker 1: he just ripped through to the right, bump Jaden Hardy, 616 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,240 Speaker 1: hard spin back towards his left hand, soft left hand 617 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 1: finished off the glass. That's all Andrew Wiggins stuff. And again, 618 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,400 Speaker 1: like when we're talking about the Warriors, like here's the thing. 619 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:35,760 Speaker 1: If Andrew Wiggins doesn't come back, it's gonna be extremely 620 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,479 Speaker 1: difficult for them to win a championship. That's just the 621 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: reality of NBA basketball. I would imagine even most of 622 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 1: you Warriors fans can acknowledge that. But if there was 623 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 1: a puncher's chance, it's what if Jonathan Cominga can give 624 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:53,480 Speaker 1: you eighty percent of what Andrew Wiggins gives you, And 625 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: obviously that would still maybe not be enough because ideally 626 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: you want all three you want coming off the bench, 627 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,200 Speaker 1: with Gary Payton off the bench, Wiggins in the starting lineup. 628 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: But that gives you at least a fighting chance before 629 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 1: we move on with the Mavericks. So that weird play 630 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 1: in the third quarter. Here's the thing. Did the ref 631 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: screw up? Yeah? They did. What should the crew chief 632 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,640 Speaker 1: do when like one team is way on one side 633 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,800 Speaker 1: of the court and there's clearly confusion over who has possession. 634 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: Maybe you're run out onto the floor and you blow 635 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,560 Speaker 1: the play debt Like, of course it was a mistake, 636 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: but Mark Human making such a big deal out of 637 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 1: it and protesting the game is such a loser mentality, 638 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,360 Speaker 1: Like how many times in a basketball game does something 639 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: that's out of your control not go your way? A 640 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,360 Speaker 1: bad call, a missed goaltend, a guy steps out of 641 00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:49,600 Speaker 1: bounds and the ref just doesn't see it. Lucky stuff 642 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: like dude throws up a half court shot MC goes in. 643 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 1: There are random occurrences a half dozen probably in every 644 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,719 Speaker 1: single basketball game that are completely out of your control. 645 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: Sometimes all six of them go against you and you 646 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,760 Speaker 1: have to try to find a way to win. You 647 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: land late in the fourth quarter of this game, and 648 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: you couldn't close the deal because they got the clutch 649 00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 1: baskets and you could not. That's a loser mentality. It's 650 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: like Luca Donche, It's like, look, everyone who has played 651 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,680 Speaker 1: basketball at any level gets frustrated with officiating. That is 652 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: just normal part of being a competitor. But there's a 653 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: way to handle it, and there's a way not to. 654 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: You know, I was talking there's a friend of mine 655 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: who plays NCAA basketball right now, and they just lost 656 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,920 Speaker 1: a heartbreaking game in the tournament and is one of 657 00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:37,320 Speaker 1: the guys I work out with when he comes home 658 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 1: in the summer and on two awful calls, an awful 659 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:43,200 Speaker 1: call and regulation and an awful call at ot And 660 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:45,360 Speaker 1: when I messaged him about it, the kid's attitude, who 661 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 1: was like, yeah, it sucked, but you know what, like 662 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 1: we gotta be better so that we can't find ourselves 663 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: in that situation next year. Of course he's pissed off 664 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: about the play, but it's just a loser mentality to 665 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,960 Speaker 1: go up to the refs and make the money sign like, No, Luca, 666 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,240 Speaker 1: you didn't lose that game because of officiating. Draymond didn't 667 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: foul you on the final basket under the play? Were 668 00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,880 Speaker 1: there some play under the basket? Were there some plays 669 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,520 Speaker 1: where you got foul? Yeah, But the same could be 670 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 1: said on the other end of the floor, Steph Curry 671 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: doesn't get a great whistle. Hate to break it to you, 672 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,960 Speaker 1: and so just that over that again, maybe it did 673 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: get screwed. That's a loser mentality. Find a way to 674 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:27,760 Speaker 1: win the game despite the things that every single team 675 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,239 Speaker 1: deals with that are outside of your control. All right, 676 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,960 Speaker 1: really quickly, let's move on to John Morand's return, so 677 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,560 Speaker 1: the Griz get a big win at home versus Rockets 678 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,160 Speaker 1: today one thirty one, twenty five. Jared Jackson, junior, thirty 679 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,040 Speaker 1: seven and ten. I was texting with some of the 680 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: guys on our team before the show. If I were 681 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:49,800 Speaker 1: to ask you, guys, if Jared Jackson has any chance 682 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,160 Speaker 1: to be a better player than John Moran in a 683 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 1: few years, would you guys think that is legitimate? And 684 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 1: I don't know what I think yet. I'd really have 685 00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:59,400 Speaker 1: to think about it. But like, here's the thing, I 686 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: think Jared Jackson can be the best defensive player in 687 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: the league. I think he has that potential. I also 688 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,440 Speaker 1: think he has real downhill force combined with a semi 689 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: reliable perimeter shot. And if he can improve his handle 690 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,479 Speaker 1: enough and if he can improve his court vision enough, 691 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:18,480 Speaker 1: if he's a reliable twenty five point per game guy 692 00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:21,640 Speaker 1: who's also the best player a defensive player in the league. 693 00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 1: Like that's a top tier superstar. Like that's Anthony Davis 694 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,879 Speaker 1: ish right, you know, So, Like if he can get 695 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,000 Speaker 1: to that level, that's I don't know if John can 696 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: be a top tier superstar. He can't be a top 697 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,400 Speaker 1: tier superstar until he can figure out how to be 698 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:38,600 Speaker 1: at least a net neutral on the defensive end of 699 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,480 Speaker 1: the four. My gut says, I still think Job will 700 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: be better in the long run. But for Memphis fans 701 00:34:44,640 --> 00:34:48,480 Speaker 1: that's not a bad thing. Like, if Jared Jackson has 702 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,200 Speaker 1: the potential to be better than John in the future, 703 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: that's fantastic for you because that means you could have 704 00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: two superstars. When it's all set and down. John Murray 705 00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:59,320 Speaker 1: came off the bench for seventeen and five. He's plus eleven. 706 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,239 Speaker 1: I'm not going to talk about the off course stuff 707 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: with Jaw. I've said that a million times to you guys. 708 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 1: It's not what she's coming to me for. I'm not 709 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,319 Speaker 1: going to pontificate about all of the many factors at 710 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:12,759 Speaker 1: play in his situation. You guys come to me for 711 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:16,399 Speaker 1: the basketball. But here's the thing. John Morant is the 712 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: only legitimate chance that the Grizzlies have to win a 713 00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: championship this year. That's just a fact they You know. 714 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,399 Speaker 1: It's funny. I talked a lot. I talked a lot 715 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,080 Speaker 1: with Saying the Seni about this yesterday when we were 716 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: talking Grizzlies. But I look at that slow down half 717 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,680 Speaker 1: court dynamic a lot with teams, and really, to me, 718 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 1: I think the biggest swing factor voor Memphis to win 719 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 1: a championship potentially this year is John Moran needs to 720 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,320 Speaker 1: be very accurate with his pull up three point shot. 721 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 1: Here's the reason why I feel that way. Teams are 722 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: going to pack the pain. That's just the reality. The 723 00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:53,399 Speaker 1: Memphis loves to play two bigs because they're a big, 724 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:56,760 Speaker 1: physically imposing, you know, type of team. Especially with Brandon 725 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,040 Speaker 1: Clark out, I think you're going to see a lot 726 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 1: of Xavier Toll and if Steven Adams can get back, 727 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,280 Speaker 1: I think you're gonna see a lot of Steven Adams. 728 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,480 Speaker 1: They're gonna play big, So there's gonna be a lot 729 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:09,360 Speaker 1: of bodies in the pain. You are gonna see exaggerated 730 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 1: ignoring of Dylan Brooks, and Memphis needs Dylon Brooks because 731 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 1: he's one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, 732 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,120 Speaker 1: and he's gonna take a lot of those significant perimeter assignments. 733 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,799 Speaker 1: Desmond Maine obviously is a great shooting threat, but the 734 00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,439 Speaker 1: reality of how that breaks down is John Moran's gonna 735 00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 1: be playing pick and roll two on three a lot. 736 00:36:29,360 --> 00:36:31,200 Speaker 1: But that two on three is not gonna be blitzing 737 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 1: or double teaming. It's gonna be digging down from the wings. 738 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,280 Speaker 1: And so in a lot of cases, the best shots 739 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:40,080 Speaker 1: he's gonna be able to get is defenders sagging back 740 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 1: or going or going underneath screens. With job with the 741 00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:46,080 Speaker 1: ball in his hands, he's going to have to be 742 00:36:46,120 --> 00:36:50,479 Speaker 1: consistent knocking down that pull up three. This year three 743 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,840 Speaker 1: point three pull up threes per game. He's shooting just 744 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:56,080 Speaker 1: thirty point six percent, and that was with him coming 745 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,440 Speaker 1: out the gates red hot. So I'm not super optimistic 746 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 1: about it. Right now. I do not have the Grizzlies 747 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,680 Speaker 1: on my list of teams that really can win a 748 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:06,880 Speaker 1: championship this year. I just don't think they have the 749 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 1: level of half court shot creation. But there's a lot 750 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,680 Speaker 1: to be excited about. Jaren Jackson. That interior defense is 751 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:15,160 Speaker 1: f real. Dylan Brooks, he's gonna be very agent the summer. 752 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,640 Speaker 1: God knows what he's gonna make, but he's one of 753 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: the best permimeter defenders in the leading got a lot 754 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,480 Speaker 1: of foundational pieces. They've just got to tie off some 755 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:23,239 Speaker 1: of their half court shot creation stuff. But it's good 756 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 1: to see John r a backpoint basketball the Clippers. So 757 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 1: we're gonna talk about the Paul Georgie injury in a minute. 758 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:36,239 Speaker 1: It was a bizarre game. They one of the most 759 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 1: bizarre final possessions of a game I've ever seen. Kawhi Leonard, 760 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,680 Speaker 1: who's renowned as one of the best clutched players in 761 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:43,319 Speaker 1: the league, and a guy who creates his own shot 762 00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:47,239 Speaker 1: literally doesn't get a shot off on Lou Dort on 763 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:50,480 Speaker 1: the final possession. There's an interesting dynamic there with help 764 00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,279 Speaker 1: defense or with cutters that I want to talk about. 765 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,600 Speaker 1: You're just a minute. But you know the real story, 766 00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:56,520 Speaker 1: like Kawhy didn't get a shot off, Yeah, that's fine. 767 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,160 Speaker 1: On the other end of the floor, the Thunderbird just 768 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,359 Speaker 1: walking the clippers down to the basket. Every time down 769 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: the floor there was there were three straight buckets for 770 00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:11,120 Speaker 1: like on Kawhi Leonard just driving past Kawhi Leonard, Isaiah 771 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 1: Joe hard drive on Kawhi Leonard stepped back into a 772 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,640 Speaker 1: little short jump shot that he made. Jaalen Williams just 773 00:38:17,640 --> 00:38:20,080 Speaker 1: just attacked a close out on Kawai, just dusted him 774 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:21,840 Speaker 1: by his right shoulder and got to the basket for 775 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:26,000 Speaker 1: a nasty dunk. She guilt. Just Alexander straight iso Kawhi 776 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:29,600 Speaker 1: Leonard in position left elbow, just beats him to the 777 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:32,239 Speaker 1: middle of the floor for the layout. And then on 778 00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,200 Speaker 1: the final two possessions for the thunder Sails, Alexander just 779 00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:38,239 Speaker 1: walked Russell Westbrok down into a fowl then got Eric 780 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,040 Speaker 1: Gordon on a switch and walked him down to the 781 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,239 Speaker 1: basket for a little floater. So the real story was 782 00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 1: they just couldn't guard, which is a whole other issue, 783 00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:47,160 Speaker 1: and we'll talk about that in just a second. But 784 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:48,840 Speaker 1: I didn't want to say what I thought was interesting 785 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:52,399 Speaker 1: on the final possession with Kawahi. You know, there were 786 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: two cuts that took place on this play, and one 787 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:55,600 Speaker 1: of them was kind of a screen I think it 788 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,600 Speaker 1: was from Marcus Morris. He comes over like does a 789 00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,120 Speaker 1: quick pick and pop. And then there was an other 790 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,880 Speaker 1: play where Russ cuts right before the final seconds. Russ 791 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,719 Speaker 1: cuts through to the opposite corner, but it's just a 792 00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,920 Speaker 1: touch too late. Here's the thing. Cutting is an excellent 793 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 1: way to open up space for a guy to go 794 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,400 Speaker 1: to work because you're naturally going to drag defenders away 795 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,920 Speaker 1: with you, but you need to time it right to 796 00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:19,080 Speaker 1: give the guy an opportunity to go to work. What 797 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:23,439 Speaker 1: happened there was like Marcus Morris ran his cut right 798 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,239 Speaker 1: after Kawhi was finishing a play. He wasn't ready to 799 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 1: capitalize on it. And then on the final attempt that 800 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,440 Speaker 1: he made that where he took the step back but 801 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:32,920 Speaker 1: he didn't get off in time, Russ cut, but not 802 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,240 Speaker 1: until it was too late for Kawai to drive that way. 803 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: If Russ cuts like two seconds earlier, then Kawhi can 804 00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,759 Speaker 1: take a hard couple of dribbles to that way. Maybe 805 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,400 Speaker 1: pump Bay can try to get him out of position 806 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,560 Speaker 1: and get up into a shot. So just a couple 807 00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:47,360 Speaker 1: of awkward things there. But the reality is this. You know, 808 00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:49,880 Speaker 1: Paul George came down and took a nasty knee injury. 809 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 1: It wasn't quite as bad as it looked, but he's 810 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:55,000 Speaker 1: going to be out for two or three weeks. And 811 00:39:55,120 --> 00:40:00,520 Speaker 1: here's the thing. I was already seriously considering removing the 812 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,239 Speaker 1: Clippers from my list of real contenders based solely on 813 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:06,920 Speaker 1: the fact that they had no rim protection relative to 814 00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,319 Speaker 1: the great rim protection you need to win a championship. 815 00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 1: But I didn't remove them yet because technically I consider 816 00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:15,240 Speaker 1: Paul George and Kawhi Letter to be kind of front 817 00:40:15,239 --> 00:40:17,400 Speaker 1: court type talent, and I thought, man, if they just 818 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:20,440 Speaker 1: are really locked in defensively, then that can kind of 819 00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,759 Speaker 1: make up for that. But here's the thing, they are 820 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:27,040 Speaker 1: not overcoming their lack of rim protection without other world 821 00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:30,080 Speaker 1: they superstar play from Paul Georgian Kwhi Letter, and it's 822 00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:33,719 Speaker 1: just too much to ask for Paul George, who is 823 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,680 Speaker 1: a rhythm rhythm based pull up shooter, to walk into 824 00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,800 Speaker 1: the middle of a first round series against what's probably 825 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,680 Speaker 1: going to be a very good team, a team probably 826 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:46,399 Speaker 1: like the Sacramento Kings and to just suddenly walk into 827 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,520 Speaker 1: that series and look like prime Paul George. And so 828 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:51,920 Speaker 1: as of right now, I think their question marks are 829 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,719 Speaker 1: too much. So I'm removing the Clippers from my list 830 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:58,319 Speaker 1: of real contenders, keeping it down to just seven now. 831 00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: And that's the Celtics, Bucks, Sixers, and the Nuggets, Suns, 832 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,600 Speaker 1: and the Lakers and the Lakers, and I'm missing one 833 00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:10,640 Speaker 1: of whom I missing, the Warriors. So that's my list 834 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:12,800 Speaker 1: of seven as of right now. All right, before we 835 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:14,440 Speaker 1: get out of here, it's got to the Eastern Conference. 836 00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:17,840 Speaker 1: So speaking of the Kings, the Celtics just beat the 837 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:21,400 Speaker 1: shit out of them last night one thirty two to 838 00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 1: one on nine in Sacramento. I will say, like the 839 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,799 Speaker 1: Celtics went on their run in the third quarter. The 840 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:33,200 Speaker 1: third quarter for Sacramento against Boston was one of the 841 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:38,120 Speaker 1: worst defensive performances I've ever seen from an NBA team 842 00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:42,560 Speaker 1: that's not deliberately trying to lose basketball games. They were 843 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:46,920 Speaker 1: not getting matched up in transition. They were like there 844 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,840 Speaker 1: was a play where not even a transition play. Celtics 845 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,239 Speaker 1: come up the floor in a standard half court set. 846 00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:55,040 Speaker 1: There's just nobody guarding Jalen Brown in the left wing 847 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,719 Speaker 1: swing pass. Jalen Brown knocks down the shot. Jalen Brown 848 00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:04,080 Speaker 1: was relentlessly attacking Deer and Fox and Keegan Murray and isolation. 849 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,240 Speaker 1: There's no help. Then when they do help, it's reckless. 850 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:09,200 Speaker 1: There's no organization to it. Sometimes they help out of 851 00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 1: the weak side corner. Sometimes they help out of the 852 00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:12,759 Speaker 1: strong side corner. You know, when they do help, they 853 00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: just kind of run into the play. They're not actively 854 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:17,640 Speaker 1: attacking the basketball. No one's trying to rotate around. It 855 00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:21,000 Speaker 1: was honestly embarrassing watching the Celtics just go for a 856 00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:24,399 Speaker 1: layup line an easy kick out threes. For that entire quarter. 857 00:42:24,719 --> 00:42:29,479 Speaker 1: They had a one seventy four, one seventy four offensive rating. 858 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:32,960 Speaker 1: In the third quarter, They're at home with the chance 859 00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:35,320 Speaker 1: to beat one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference, 860 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,920 Speaker 1: and they had a one seventy four defensive rating in 861 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:40,600 Speaker 1: that third quarter. Sacramento did for the game, they had 862 00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:44,320 Speaker 1: a one forty one defensive rating. And you know, and 863 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,640 Speaker 1: the perimeter sized thing was really starting to show up 864 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,480 Speaker 1: because Jason Tatum was catching Kessler Edwards a lot. They 865 00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:52,640 Speaker 1: were beating him just with quick seals underneath the basket, 866 00:42:53,120 --> 00:42:55,680 Speaker 1: just how much size they have to give up at 867 00:42:55,680 --> 00:42:58,600 Speaker 1: those spots. But you know, it was interesting. It's like, 868 00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,520 Speaker 1: we can talk a lot about their defense, and I've 869 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 1: talked a lot about Sacramentos defense all season, but the 870 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,200 Speaker 1: biggest thing that concerned me in that game for Sacramento 871 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,640 Speaker 1: is Boston kind of locked him down in the second 872 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,279 Speaker 1: quarter and fourth quarter. In particular. They held him to 873 00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:13,479 Speaker 1: like one hundred and fifteen offensive rating in the game 874 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:15,400 Speaker 1: for what is the best offense in the history of 875 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,560 Speaker 1: the league right now. They were switching almost every ball screen, 876 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,000 Speaker 1: basically anything that didn't involve Robert Williams. They were switching, 877 00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:24,680 Speaker 1: and Darren Fox was not attacking when he saw those opportunities. 878 00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,320 Speaker 1: They when they would switch, they would just front Demonus 879 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,200 Speaker 1: s Abonus as he's rolling to the basket with lots 880 00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:31,720 Speaker 1: of help around him, finding guys that they could ignore. 881 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,839 Speaker 1: It was a really impressive defensive performance, and it kind 882 00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:36,600 Speaker 1: of it comes down to a couple of different things. 883 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:38,960 Speaker 1: Because we're gonna talk Celticstern just a second. But the 884 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:43,000 Speaker 1: reality of playoff basketball is easy baskets are not there anymore. 885 00:43:43,600 --> 00:43:46,719 Speaker 1: When you're playing against good teams. They will be there 886 00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: against Sacramento because they don't play in the defense. But 887 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,560 Speaker 1: you don't have those easy baskets anymore, and it is 888 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,360 Speaker 1: going to come down to against switching came Demonus, s 889 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,400 Speaker 1: Abonus and Darren Fox consistently create an advantage, and I 890 00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:01,279 Speaker 1: think they'll be fine. They'll be fine, but they're not 891 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:03,440 Speaker 1: going to be the other worldly offense that they were 892 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,640 Speaker 1: in the regular season, and that's when their defense will 893 00:44:05,680 --> 00:44:08,279 Speaker 1: come up to be a problem. But I wanted to 894 00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,759 Speaker 1: talk a little bit about Jean Brown because so Jean 895 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:12,719 Speaker 1: Brown had this really bizarre quote that came out. I 896 00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:14,319 Speaker 1: believe it was before the King's game. As a matter 897 00:44:14,320 --> 00:44:17,000 Speaker 1: of fact, I'm certain it was, and he said, quote, 898 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:21,120 Speaker 1: he was asked about his future in Boston and he said, quote, 899 00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:25,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. As long as I'm needed, it's not 900 00:44:25,120 --> 00:44:27,600 Speaker 1: up to me. We'll see how they feel about me 901 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:31,080 Speaker 1: overtime and I feel about them overtime. Hopefully whatever it is, 902 00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,760 Speaker 1: it makes sense. But I will say where I'm wanted. 903 00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,520 Speaker 1: I will say where I'm needed and treated correct end quote. 904 00:44:37,160 --> 00:44:41,600 Speaker 1: Now here's the thing that is a weird quote. I 905 00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:44,600 Speaker 1: won't lie, but I'm gonna say the same thing I 906 00:44:44,600 --> 00:44:48,080 Speaker 1: said about the Warriors last week. Nobody likes to lose. 907 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:51,719 Speaker 1: I hate to break it too. I believe coming into 908 00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:53,759 Speaker 1: the King's game, the Celtics had lost its six out 909 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:57,640 Speaker 1: of eleven games ven, playing some sloppy basketball. And we'll 910 00:44:57,680 --> 00:44:59,200 Speaker 1: talk about them as a team here in just a minute. 911 00:44:59,200 --> 00:45:03,480 Speaker 1: But like that, that sort of thing is just natural 912 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:08,680 Speaker 1: competitive reaction to No one enjoys losing basketball games. You 913 00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 1: know what, the Warriors looked pretty dejected the other day, 914 00:45:13,400 --> 00:45:15,680 Speaker 1: you know, when they were on that losing streak. But 915 00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,440 Speaker 1: you know what, you're on the road, you beat a 916 00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:22,920 Speaker 1: Houston team, you go into Dallas and Steph makes a 917 00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:26,400 Speaker 1: nice little drop off past to Draymond Green, and Steph 918 00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:29,400 Speaker 1: is flexing and screaming at the crowd, and Draymond Green's 919 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:35,680 Speaker 1: on the ground flexing, and everything's fine because winning cures everything. 920 00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:39,120 Speaker 1: So the reality is, I think the Celtics will go 921 00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,080 Speaker 1: into the first round and beat the hell out of 922 00:45:41,080 --> 00:45:43,080 Speaker 1: whoever they end up matched up with, which apparently that's 923 00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:46,040 Speaker 1: up in the air now, because again, if Boston toasts 924 00:45:46,040 --> 00:45:48,640 Speaker 1: away the two seed, they deserve what's coming to them. 925 00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:51,799 Speaker 1: It's just you need to find a way to have 926 00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:54,440 Speaker 1: home court for that particular matchup. It's already brutal that 927 00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:57,120 Speaker 1: they've toasted away the one seed because the one seed 928 00:45:57,239 --> 00:45:58,680 Speaker 1: might only have to play one of those guys as 929 00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:02,440 Speaker 1: opposed to two of them. Right, But, like, I'm not 930 00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,880 Speaker 1: worried about Jalen Brown's comments. The reality is is the 931 00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,960 Speaker 1: basketball fit is natural. He kind of compliments Jason Tatum 932 00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,640 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways because Jason Tatum doesn't have 933 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,799 Speaker 1: that creative shop making piece Jaylen Brown does, so he's 934 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,360 Speaker 1: kind of the perfect compliment to him. They're an excellent 935 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:18,279 Speaker 1: defensive duo. They're gonna win a lot of games. He's 936 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:21,200 Speaker 1: got to get a supermax contract that I think Jalen 937 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,479 Speaker 1: Brown is definitively a top fifteen player in this league. 938 00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:25,040 Speaker 1: So I don't see any reason why he would not 939 00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:27,440 Speaker 1: get the paycheck that he wants. So all of this 940 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:31,040 Speaker 1: is going to break out and be fine. I don't 941 00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,640 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna suddenly care about Jalen Brown's comments when 942 00:46:33,640 --> 00:46:36,000 Speaker 1: I didn't care about Golden State's bad body language. To me, 943 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:38,680 Speaker 1: it just doesn't really matter as far as Boston goes. Like, 944 00:46:39,160 --> 00:46:41,920 Speaker 1: I could not be less worried about them. I know 945 00:46:41,960 --> 00:46:46,840 Speaker 1: there's a lot of negativity because they haven't finished the 946 00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:49,719 Speaker 1: season as strong as you would hope. But here's the thing. 947 00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:54,359 Speaker 1: All of the players that made the finals run last 948 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,719 Speaker 1: year are better this year. Tatum's better, Jaylen Brown's better, 949 00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:02,200 Speaker 1: Derek White has been unbelievable, although he's struggling to get 950 00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:06,360 Speaker 1: into the Joe Mazolla's rotation a little bit. Malcolm Brogden 951 00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,680 Speaker 1: has been a home run piece, you know. Grant Williams 952 00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:10,319 Speaker 1: have been a little inconsistent as of late, but he's 953 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:14,160 Speaker 1: dealing with an elbow injury. Everyone's playing great. They're just 954 00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:16,520 Speaker 1: they got off to such a hot start that it's 955 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:18,200 Speaker 1: such a big lead. They've lost a little bit of 956 00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:20,840 Speaker 1: that urgency. It's gonna click in. They're gonna have a 957 00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:23,440 Speaker 1: winnable first round series. Yeah, I know they might end 958 00:47:23,520 --> 00:47:27,600 Speaker 1: up bashed up with Miami. Miami. They just don't have 959 00:47:27,719 --> 00:47:31,120 Speaker 1: the perimeter size to handle Boston compared even to what 960 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:33,560 Speaker 1: they had last year. So I'm just not particularly worried 961 00:47:33,560 --> 00:47:38,279 Speaker 1: about that. So yeah, I remained very, very bullish on 962 00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:40,440 Speaker 1: the Celtics. I still think they are a top top 963 00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:43,200 Speaker 1: tier contender with Milwaukee. All right, guess that is all 964 00:47:43,200 --> 00:47:45,760 Speaker 1: I have for tonight is always I sincerely appreciate your support. 965 00:47:45,760 --> 00:47:47,040 Speaker 1: I'm not sure what the schedule is for the next 966 00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,840 Speaker 1: few days, so keep tuned to my twitter feed and 967 00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:50,600 Speaker 1: I'll let you guys know and I'll see you guys. 968 00:47:50,680 --> 00:48:13,640 Speaker 1: That the volume