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Speaker 1: Happy Tuesday, everybody. I hope all of you guys are

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Speaker 1: having a great start to your weeks. We're gonna be

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Speaker 1: doing two videos today this morning. We're gonna be covering

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Speaker 1: continuing with our power rankings. We are moving into the

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Speaker 1: top tier of contenders. We have four teams left, the Clippers,

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Speaker 1: We're gonna be doing deep dives into all four of

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Speaker 1: Honest number one because I think he's the best defensive

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Speaker 1: I was late for practice because I had another engagement,

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Speaker 1: and I just texted the guys to get started without me.

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Speaker 1: When I showed up, I walked in and they were

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Speaker 1: already running our offense from last year, without me even

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Speaker 1: having to tell them. They just walked in the gym.

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Speaker 1: They knew what I wanted, They knew the kinds of

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Speaker 1: sets that we were working on, and they were playing

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Speaker 1: five on five working on their sets. And I remember

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Speaker 1: sitting there thinking, like, man, we are at such a

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Speaker 1: huge advantage this year, just compared to last year. In

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Speaker 1: one year, because of continuity, we returned almost our entire

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Speaker 1: starting lineup from last year, and because the kids already

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Speaker 1: know the offense and we have, you know, a couple

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Speaker 1: of different things we're working on, like red and react

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Speaker 1: five out stuff, and then actual sets that involved running

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Speaker 1: actions and they and just to see how much better

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Speaker 1: they are in those two areas just compared to last

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Speaker 1: year is monumental. So you can imagine at the NBA

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Speaker 1: level over a decade, just how firm of an understanding

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Speaker 1: a team like the Warriors had of their offense. And

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Speaker 1: imagine the Lakers by comparison. They're sitting with Darvin Ham today,

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Speaker 1: learning a brand new system from scratch with what three

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Speaker 1: players that returned from last year that actually were in

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Speaker 1: the rotation, you know, maybe four if you count when

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Speaker 1: in Gabriel like, that team is at a disadvantage with

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Speaker 1: their system and execution compared to a team like the Warriors,

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Speaker 1: and almost every team in the NBA is in a

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Speaker 1: similar predicament, at least in some to some extent compared

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Speaker 1: to the Warriors, con duty is a legitimate basketball weapon.

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Speaker 1: The Warriors were not the most talented team in the

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Speaker 1: league last year, and they won't be the most talented

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Speaker 1: team in the league this year. They actually lost a

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Speaker 1: little bit of talent, losing Gary Payton second and losing

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Speaker 1: out of Porter Jr. But they're every bit as big

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Speaker 1: of a threat to win the title this year as

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Speaker 1: they were last year when they actually want it, and

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Speaker 1: a huge part of that is how smart they are

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Speaker 1: as a team, but also how much conton nuwity they have.

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Speaker 1: And I do think it's important that it's discussed. The

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Speaker 1: last Warriors thing that I wanted to touch on was, uh,

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Speaker 1: the extensions and free agency. So Andrew Wiggins his deal

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Speaker 1: expires next summer um. I believe he might be a

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Speaker 1: restricted free agent. I'm not certain about that. And then

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Speaker 1: Draymond Green has a player option this summer. Now, ideally

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Speaker 1: you keep both and then the issues, you know, goes away.

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Speaker 1: But it gets even more complicated when you factor in

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Speaker 1: the Jordan Pool is going to need to get paid.

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Speaker 1: And at the end of the day. We actually heard

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Speaker 1: Joe Lake about after the season when he was addressing

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Speaker 1: the Auto Port the second or Auto Porter Junior and

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Speaker 1: Gary Payton the second UH leaving the team. He talked

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Speaker 1: about how the it was just unrealistic for him to

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Speaker 1: be able to pay everybody. So there's some difficult decisions

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Speaker 1: coming up for the Warriors. And you know, in the past,

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Speaker 1: it might have been the easiest decision in the world

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Speaker 1: to prioritize Draymond over Andrew Wiggins, but now it's kind

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Speaker 1: of a tough call. And I honestly don't know which

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Speaker 1: one they should favor, because Andrew Wiggins has turned himself

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Speaker 1: into a vitally important part of this team. He's what

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Speaker 1: I would call a three in D star because he

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Speaker 1: fills the role of three and D right spotting up

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Speaker 1: and knocking down three point shots, you know, defending on

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Speaker 1: the wing on the other end of the floor, but

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Speaker 1: he's unbelievably good at both. So, for instance, defensively, Andrew

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Speaker 1: Wiggins is on the short list of players in the

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Speaker 1: running for best perimeter defender Alive, which is an insane

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Speaker 1: bit of progress from a player and Andrew Wiggins, who

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Speaker 1: was a bad defensive player in Minnesota. The job he

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Speaker 1: did on Luca don Chich, the job he did on

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Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum was a job that only a handful of

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Speaker 1: players in the league are capable of. Guys like Jayson Tatum,

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Speaker 1: maybe a Ben Simmons, maybe a Michaal Bridges. There's only

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Speaker 1: a small handful of players who can do what Andrew

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Speaker 1: Wiggins did in those two series. That's how much of

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Speaker 1: a star he is defensively, and then on the offensive

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Speaker 1: end of the floor. It's not just shooting spot up

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Speaker 1: three's or attacking closeouts. He has legitimate scoring punch. He

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Speaker 1: draws weaker matchups because of the other other players on

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Speaker 1: the floor for Golden State, and you can toss him

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Speaker 1: the basketball and he can go create his own shot. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: he's a little bit more inconsistent in that role. You

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Speaker 1: don't want to rely on him as a lead scorer.

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Speaker 1: But that capability to provide real scoring punch, in combination

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Speaker 1: with him being a defensive star, like an impact defensive player,

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Speaker 1: that makes him a three and D star. You could

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Speaker 1: make the case he was the second best player on

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Speaker 1: the Warriors last year. It's a tough call. Some of

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Speaker 1: that is Clay Thompson was coming, excuse me, trying to

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Speaker 1: get his rhythm back, coming back from injury, and Draymond

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Speaker 1: Green didn't have a great playoff run, although he had

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Speaker 1: a lot of really big games, and he helps you

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Speaker 1: a lot in specific matchups like the Denver Nuggets game.

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Speaker 1: And then I'm really glad he had that good moment

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Speaker 1: there in Game six of the NBA Finals to just

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Speaker 1: kind of remind everybody what he's capable of. But you know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's always been the joint effort in Golden State,

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Speaker 1: and when the ESPN came out with their player ranks.

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Speaker 1: You know, Jordan Pool, Clay Thompson, Draymond Green, Andrew Wiggins.

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Speaker 1: They were all in that like I think Dyed a

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Speaker 1: fifty right or thirty to sixty range or whatever, And

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Speaker 1: that was kind of the best way to describe that roster.

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Speaker 1: They were not top heavy. They were not a you know,

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Speaker 1: Lebron James Anthony Davis type of team. They were not

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Speaker 1: a you know, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving type of team.

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Speaker 1: It's Steph the bona fide star, and then four players

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Speaker 1: who might not be stars, but are very close to

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Speaker 1: that and are absolutely stars in their roles. And when

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Speaker 1: you have four guys who are stars in their roles

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Speaker 1: next to a guy who's in conversation to be the

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Speaker 1: best basketball player alive, that is enough talent to contend

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Speaker 1: for a title. It's a very interesting dynamic on that team.

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Speaker 1: But I'm really curious to see what they decided to

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Speaker 1: do next summer. And I would not be surprised if

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Speaker 1: they prioritized Andrew Wiggins due to his age and the

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Speaker 1: impact he has on this team. And it's gonna be

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Speaker 1: unfortunate if the Warriors end up losing Draymond and it

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Speaker 1: will change. It will fundamentally change the dynamic of that

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Speaker 1: entire team. But it's just the reality of the predicament.

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Speaker 1: He's getting older, Jordan Pool needs to get paid, he's younger.

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Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins needs get paid, he's younger. Obviously, you've got

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Speaker 1: other rookies in the pipeline. It's just eventually going to

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Speaker 1: become untenable to pay all these guys. It'll be really

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Speaker 1: interesting to see who ends up taking the first hint. Alright, guys,

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Speaker 1: that is all I have for right now. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: later this evening, we'll be continuing with their power rankings

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Speaker 1: with number four. I will see you guys later tonight.

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