1 00:00:16,239 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Jason Tip Podcast. Thank you guys so 2 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 1: much for taking time out of your day to come 3 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: hang out and talk some hoops with me. I'm finally 4 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: back in town, hopefully for the long run this time. UM, 5 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: I went up to Utah in Park City. UM did 6 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:33,920 Speaker 1: some skiing. Uh, it was funny. I managed to survive 7 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 1: on the mountain pretty well. But then one of the nights, 8 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:39,560 Speaker 1: my wife and I went ice skating on like a 9 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: little ice drink that was right there next to the slopes, 10 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: and I totally ate ship in the most spectacular way possible, 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,040 Speaker 1: where I slammed my back into the ground and gave 12 00:00:50,080 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: myself a pretty mean case of whiplash and uh, a 13 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 1: reminder that no matter how athletic you think you are, 14 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:00,320 Speaker 1: no matter how coordinated you think you are are, you 15 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 1: can very quickly be humbled anytime you're on on some 16 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: ice skates. So that was interesting. I am back in 17 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: town for a while now. I'm looking forward to getting 18 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 1: into a good rhythm with this and getting this going 19 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:14,399 Speaker 1: again to where we have multiple episodes a week. But 20 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,320 Speaker 1: thank you guys as usual for tuning in and supporting. 21 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: I'm gonna talk all about Lakers six Ers today. I 22 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: did a ton of film deep dive today, particularly into 23 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: the specific strategies that the two teams were employing against 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:28,839 Speaker 1: each other. And then I really dove into some numbers 25 00:01:28,880 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: having to do with the Laker rotation that I think 26 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 1: is really interesting, particularly as it pertains to the Crusoe 27 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: minutes and the Dennis Schroeder in the starting lineup stuff. 28 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: And I really found some interesting numbers, So hopefully you 29 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 1: guys will stick around for that, and then I also 30 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 1: plan on taking some questions at the end. I've got 31 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: one from the tweet I sent out earlier, and then 32 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: while you guys are listening along, drop any questions you 33 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: have in the comments here and I'll get to them 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: at the end. But I want to so I have 35 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: a couple of things I wanna touch that I thought 36 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:00,840 Speaker 1: were interesting in this particular game, because usually in a 37 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,280 Speaker 1: regular season game, you can't take too much from the 38 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: outcome necessarily because there's always some weird thing going on, 39 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:08,639 Speaker 1: Like the Lakers are in the middle of a super 40 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: long road trip while the Sixers have been at home. 41 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,080 Speaker 1: The Lakers are um and you could tell from the 42 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:17,960 Speaker 1: start last night the Sixers just felt like they had 43 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: a little bit more that they wanted to prove, so 44 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: they're playing a little bit harder. But what you can 45 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 1: pay attention to is UH specific strategic things that will 46 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,480 Speaker 1: inevitably end up happening when you get into a playoff series. 47 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: So I want to talk about how the Lakers defended 48 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 1: Joe l em Bad. I thought that was really interesting. 49 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about the problem with Dennis Schroeder in 50 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,959 Speaker 1: the starting lineup, We're gonna talk about Crusoe's minutes, and 51 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 1: then I'm gonna talk about some of the stuff that's 52 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: going on with Anthony Davis and what I think might 53 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: be causing those problems. Um So, starting with him bat 54 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: from the start. At the beginning of the game, Gassol 55 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 1: was on him, and I thought this was interesting because 56 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: if you guys have listened to my podcast at all 57 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: over the last couple of months, I talked about how 58 00:02:55,760 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: big I thought the Marcosol signing was as insurance for 59 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: specific at thick matchups against Joel Embiid and against Nicola 60 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: Yokich and just bigger, craftier centers that used to just 61 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:12,160 Speaker 1: absolutely destroy Dwight Howard and UH and JaVale McGee last 62 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: year just because they were a little bit in over 63 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,359 Speaker 1: their skis in terms of their basketball I queue and 64 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: their mobility and things along those lines, and Marcusol has 65 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 1: a little bit of a history of defending Joel Embiad 66 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: really well, so I was optimistic that there might be 67 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: something there. And to be clear, some people got in 68 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: my case last night. I don't think he did a 69 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: bad job by any means, but he wasn't the same 70 00:03:32,040 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: force against Joel Embiad that he had shown in the past. 71 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,640 Speaker 1: He wasn't as effective as against him as he used 72 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 1: to be, And a lot of that has to do 73 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 1: with the fact that Joel Embiad is just better now. 74 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: It's not as so much about Marcusol's decline as it 75 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: is about Joel Embiid just being in a rare groove 76 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: right now. He's extremely gifted at drawing fouls. He's a 77 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 1: lot quicker and more decisive when he makes his moves, 78 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: and he's got this whole arsenal of mid range jump 79 00:03:56,040 --> 00:03:57,960 Speaker 1: shots and little floaters and hook shots and stuff that 80 00:03:58,000 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: he can make now that he didn't used to be 81 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 1: able to make. Um So that was the first thing 82 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:04,280 Speaker 1: that I thought was interesting. But as the game progressed, 83 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: they tried Montrez on him for stretches. Montrez got absolutely 84 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: destroyed for the most part, and then they tried or 85 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,840 Speaker 1: they had to send doubles, a hard doubles every time 86 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: he'd end up in that matchup. But then at the 87 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 1: end of the game, it was a lot of Anthony 88 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,720 Speaker 1: Davis and what was interesting there. If you go into 89 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: my Twitter feed and you scroll down, you'll see a 90 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,520 Speaker 1: video breakdown that I did where I really talked about 91 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: the different types of of of matchups between em Beat 92 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 1: and Davis at the end of the game, and the 93 00:04:30,880 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 1: different types of defensive technique that Anthony Davis used. There 94 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: were plays where Joel took him with his back to 95 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,360 Speaker 1: the basket. There were plays where Joel faced him up. 96 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:41,600 Speaker 1: When he faced him up, there were times when Anthony 97 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: Davis tried heavy ball pressure, getting up in his grill, 98 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: and then there were times where Anthony Davis gave him 99 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: a little bit more space and just played with a 100 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: hand up to try to force him into a jump shot. 101 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: And it was really clear what was working what wasn't. 102 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: There was a big play at the end of the 103 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 1: fourth quarter where Joel em Beat faced up Anthony Davis, 104 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: a d media it lead like got right up into 105 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: him with his chest on his shoulder and was kind 106 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 1: of had his arms up like this and was just 107 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 1: getting up into his space. And Joel embiad is so 108 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: much more physically powerful than Anthony Davis, so much stronger 109 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 1: and bigger, that he was able to do just a 110 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 1: really basic ripthrough move to get past Anthony Davis and 111 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: finished a reverse layup with the foul. Whereas on later 112 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 1: possessions when Anthony Davis gave space and used his length 113 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,160 Speaker 1: to his advantage, he was able to beat Joe l 114 00:05:31,160 --> 00:05:33,599 Speaker 1: Emba to the spot and force him to take tougher 115 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:35,960 Speaker 1: jump shots. And there at the end of the game 116 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 1: when the Lakers made their comeback in the last few minutes, 117 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: there was a lot of Anthony Davis giving Joel embat space, 118 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: forcing him to to make some sort of dribble move 119 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: or to settle for a jump shot, and they had 120 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 1: a lot of success, forced them b two into a 121 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:53,520 Speaker 1: lot of missus a couple of turnovers. It gave the 122 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: Lakers better chances for a lot of dig ins and 123 00:05:57,440 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: helped to to try to force turnovers, and a lot 124 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: of that had to do with better rotations on the 125 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: back end. So early in the fourth quarter, there was 126 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: a play where Joel was posting up and Matistible was 127 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 1: one pass away and they doubled off of Matisse Stybel's 128 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: man with Anthony Davis and Uh matist Hebel was wide open, 129 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,480 Speaker 1: but instead of letting him be the guy to take 130 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: the shot, Alex Crusoe rotated over from fur Con Corkmas, 131 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: who was a much much better shooter, and it led 132 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: to a really simple rotation that led to it Ben 133 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,040 Speaker 1: Simmons layup. Whereas if they were when they were a 134 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: little bit smarter late in the game, uh they were 135 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: when they would double and leave Matistible open or when 136 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: Matisse checked out of the game, there was a lot 137 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: of a lot better communication between the Laker guards. You'd 138 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 1: see k CP usually be two passes away and then 139 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:51,239 Speaker 1: either Dennis Schroeder or Alex Cruso be one pass away, 140 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 1: and he would work on digging on embiid and then 141 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:57,640 Speaker 1: KCP would kind of position himself in a classic kind 142 00:06:57,640 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 1: of shell drill position where he's split in the difference 143 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: between the two guys so that he's effectively taking away 144 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,520 Speaker 1: that first pass. But for whatever reason, Joel embiid attempts 145 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:09,720 Speaker 1: to throw over the top and anticipate KCP jumping the 146 00:07:09,760 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: first pass, he could still rotate to the second pass. 147 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,400 Speaker 1: That's kind of like cheating that first rotation. It's something 148 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: you can only do against rudimentary passers, but it gives 149 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: you a better opportunity to to recover u in those circumstances. 150 00:07:23,560 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: And one of the big things to watch for a 151 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 1: potential NBA Finals series between these two teams is embiad 152 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 1: still is a rudimentary pass. So there were a lot 153 00:07:31,640 --> 00:07:33,680 Speaker 1: of sequences at the end of that game where the 154 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: Lakers were sending heavy help towards em Beat and he 155 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: just wasn't seeing the floor very well. If you look 156 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: on my little uh, if you look on my little 157 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: a thread that I did, you'll see several plays where 158 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,480 Speaker 1: the Lakers basically abandoned Seth Curry and either left him 159 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: wide open in the corner or one pass away on 160 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: the wing and there and there was a really easy 161 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: opportunity for him Beat to hit one of the best 162 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,720 Speaker 1: three point shooters in the league, but he just wasn't. 163 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:00,320 Speaker 1: He just wasn't seeing that play. So it's something to 164 00:08:00,360 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: keep in mind. In one regular season game without a 165 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: whole lot of of reps to really build a strategy. 166 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: The Lakers really found a method to slow down Joe 167 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:14,240 Speaker 1: l Embiid in the half court, and it involved a 168 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: lot of Anthony Davis on Joel giving space, forcing him 169 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,559 Speaker 1: to make dribble moves and beating him to the spot 170 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: and forcing him to take jumpers, and the Laker guards 171 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,600 Speaker 1: just being in better positions to rotate and banking on 172 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: the fact that Embat's just not a good enough passer 173 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: to be kind of one step ahead of that rotation 174 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: to make the right play to hit the open shooters. 175 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: So that very very uh good news if you're a 176 00:08:38,480 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: Laker fan for that potential matchup, because usually that sort 177 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: of thing with really really great players can take a 178 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,000 Speaker 1: whole series to figure out, and they kind of figured 179 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: it out in three and a half quarters. So it 180 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: was a really interesting matchup, a lot of interesting stuff 181 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: to take away. But I still like the Lakers defense 182 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: as being very capable of not neutralizing Joel Embiad but 183 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:01,840 Speaker 1: at least making him take a lot of jump shots 184 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: and forcing him to make tougher reads on the floor. 185 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: So it's a lot of good stuff to take away there. 186 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,200 Speaker 1: So let's move on to Schroder. This is a drum 187 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: that I've been beating all year long, this idea that 188 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: you know, Dennis Shrouder, for ego purposes or whatever the 189 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: reason is, decided that he believes he deserves to start. 190 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 1: And what I always was saying was just that, and 191 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,680 Speaker 1: beats started. Shoulder starting maybe good for his ego, but 192 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 1: it's bad for his game. And a lot of that 193 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:38,079 Speaker 1: has to do with a simple basketball proposition. If you're 194 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 1: gonna be playing alongside Lebron and Anthony Davis, chances are 195 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:45,040 Speaker 1: at the beginning of these games they're gonna be very aggressive. 196 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 1: And if they are, all of a sudden, you, Dennis Schroeder, 197 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,480 Speaker 1: this guy who's supposed to be a lead ball handler, 198 00:09:50,720 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 1: is going to pretty much become a spot up shooter. 199 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,319 Speaker 1: And you saw a lot of that in last night's 200 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: game early in the game, a whole lot of Lebron 201 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis, not a lot of Denn A shooter action. 202 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: And so you're basically wasting Dennis Shooter's minutes in a 203 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: role that Wesley Matthews could just as easily fulfill, if 204 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,320 Speaker 1: not better. Because Western mattheis is a little bit better 205 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: defensively that it's a waste of those minutes and so, 206 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: But the biggest problem is is it's hurting the opportunities 207 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 1: later in the game when the starters aren't because the 208 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: all three of them together went I dug into the 209 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: line up data today. When Lebron, Anthony Davis, and Dennis 210 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 1: Shooter on the floor together, the Lakers are amazing. It's 211 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 1: not a problem with that specific lineup. It's a problem 212 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: with other lineups. So when all three of them are 213 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:36,720 Speaker 1: on the floor there plus fifteen point four and three 214 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,720 Speaker 1: thirty one minutes, that's great news. That means you can 215 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: go to that lineup inclosing time. That means you can 216 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,719 Speaker 1: go to that lineup at the end of halves or 217 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:45,600 Speaker 1: whatever it is that you want to do to to 218 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:48,199 Speaker 1: find minutes for the three of them together. But if 219 00:10:48,200 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 1: you don't properly stagger them at the beginning of the game, 220 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: you're gonna end up with these other lineups that end 221 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: up struggling. So, for instance, the Lakers have had to 222 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 1: run Lebron by himself for a hundred and eighty eight 223 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: minutes this year. That's a lot when you've got three 224 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 1: star ish level players. If you're counting Dennis Shooter is 225 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,840 Speaker 1: a fringe star. When you've got three really really gifted 226 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 1: offensive players and you're not staggering them properly, you're gonna 227 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 1: end up with one of those guys on the floor 228 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:16,680 Speaker 1: a lot, and that really shouldn't happen. So Lebron in 229 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: a hundred and eighty eight minutes, because he's so good, 230 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 1: is still a net positive, but he's only a plus 231 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,960 Speaker 1: one point seven, Whereas when Lebron is with a d 232 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:28,160 Speaker 1: he's plus fifteen point six in forty eight minutes. When 233 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: he's with just Dennis, so Lebron and Dennis together he's 234 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: plus nineteen point one in sixty minutes. So when you 235 00:11:34,920 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: have Lebron in one of the other two on the 236 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: floor together, you're killing teams, but you're leaving him out 237 00:11:41,160 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: there by himself for a hundred and eighty eight minutes 238 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: as compared to a hundred and eight minutes with him 239 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: with one of the other two stars, And in those 240 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:53,079 Speaker 1: minutes you're barely winning because you're leaving Lebron with those 241 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:56,480 Speaker 1: weird lineups with like Montrez harrold And and Mark Kith 242 00:11:56,520 --> 00:11:59,960 Speaker 1: Morris and things along those lines. So one of the 243 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:05,080 Speaker 1: problems with with starting Dennis Shrewder is Inevitably, Lebron checks 244 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:06,679 Speaker 1: out of the game with like five minutes to go 245 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: in the first quarter, and Anthony Davison and and Dennis 246 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: Shrewder are running the team. But then Lebron comes back 247 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: in at the end of the first quarter, and Dennis 248 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,680 Speaker 1: pops out, and then Anthony Davis checks out because he's 249 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,080 Speaker 1: got to get some rest. And so now you're starting 250 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: the second quarter and you're going like a six minute 251 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: stretch with neither Anthony Davis nor Dennis Shutter on the floor. 252 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 1: And that's happening every single night, and in those minutes, 253 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 1: the Lakers are barely scraping by with the positive, with 254 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: the positive on the scoreboard. So, for instance, last night, 255 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:38,199 Speaker 1: Dennis Shooter plays from the beginning of the game to 256 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: about three minutes left in the first quarter, then he 257 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: sits for eleven minutes. He doesn't come back in until 258 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,520 Speaker 1: four minutes left in the second quarter, and at that 259 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:51,199 Speaker 1: point he's only with Lebron Is checking back in. Lebron 260 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,959 Speaker 1: checks back in with two and a half minutes left 261 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: in the in the second quarter, and so you're you're 262 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: you're wasting the vast majority of the Dennis Shooter minutes 263 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:01,640 Speaker 1: with Lebron already on the floor, when the whole point 264 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: of having Dennis Shooter to begin with was to have 265 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: him as this like backup ball handler that can help 266 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: with your bench lineups, you know what I mean. So 267 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: it's one of those things where I it's it's I understand, 268 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: you're trying to appease a player that you're trying to 269 00:13:14,920 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 1: resign and bring back, you know, as a future for 270 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: this team. So you're trying to take care of his ego, 271 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 1: You're trying to make him feel better about himself and 272 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:26,440 Speaker 1: all that good stuff. But genuinely, you're you're damaging other 273 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,719 Speaker 1: areas of the of the team, other lineups in in 274 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: a bunch of different ways too, because guess what, Dennis 275 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: Shooter has been struggling. You want to know why, because 276 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: every single game he comes out and he's starting the 277 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:38,959 Speaker 1: game playing against playing with two of the four best 278 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: players in the world, and he's not getting the same 279 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: amount of aggression that he normally would get in a 280 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:46,640 Speaker 1: different lineup. And then to top that off, it's it's 281 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: starting to affect Anthony Davis. We're gonna talk a lot 282 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: about this later In my opinion, one of the big 283 00:13:51,640 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: reasons why Anthony Davis has had struggles this year stems 284 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 1: from the fact that there's just a little bit an 285 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 1: overreliance on trying to keep other guys involved because there's 286 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:04,720 Speaker 1: too much ball handling on the floor with that initial lineup. 287 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:07,079 Speaker 1: Whereas last year, one of the bigger reasons why I 288 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 1: think Anthony Davis was so good was from the beginning, 289 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 1: it was, Hey, it's Lebron and a D. They're gonna 290 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 1: do everything. So there was there wasn't an issue with rhythm, 291 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,439 Speaker 1: There wasn't an issue with like building your confidence over 292 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: the course of the game. And I do think that's 293 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: one of the reasons. And we're gonna talk about this 294 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: more later, like I said, but I do think that's 295 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 1: one of the reasons why he has struggled. So, in 296 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: my opinion, makes way more sense. You start with Lebron 297 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: and a D. Then it goes to a D and 298 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,920 Speaker 1: Schroeder at the end of the first when Lebron checks out, 299 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 1: and then a D checks out, and it's Schroeder and 300 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 1: Lebron to start the second quarter, you know, and then 301 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: Lebron checks out, a D comes back in and it's 302 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, Schroeder and and and a D and then 303 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: you can end the half either with a D and 304 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: Lebron or you can find a little bit of time 305 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: to take Schroeder out there so he can finish the 306 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: half as well. But there's an easy way to stagger 307 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: this lineup so that you always have two of those 308 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: guys out there. Because like the numbers that I shared 309 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 1: with you earlier, when they have them at least two 310 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 1: of them, they're doing pretty well. It's it's the Lebron 311 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: by himself minutes or they're barely scraping by because you're 312 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: not staggering the lineups properly, and it's starting it's starting 313 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 1: to hurt the team. All right, let's move on to Cruso. 314 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: Remember to drop questions in the comments if you guys 315 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:28,560 Speaker 1: have any questions for the end. Alright, So, um I 316 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 1: dug into some of the line up data with Cruiso. 317 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:37,920 Speaker 1: Um it's getting absolutely out of control and completely nonsensical 318 00:15:38,480 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 1: and downright at sometimes seemingly self sabotaging when it when 319 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,600 Speaker 1: it comes to this this stuff with the Crusoe minutes, 320 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: because of all of the Laker rotation players, he's got 321 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 1: the second highest net rating behind just k c P 322 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: who's around plus nineteen and some change Crusoe's plus sixteen 323 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: point seven and only seventeen point seven minute per game. 324 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: Cruso is playing only thirty seven percent of available Laker 325 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 1: minutes in a per game uh and within the scope 326 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: of of of each game, So you're playing two thirds 327 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: of the game without your one of your very best 328 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: role players. And what's crazy about this is, you know 329 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: a lot of times you'll you'll read too much into 330 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,920 Speaker 1: this kind of stuff because of you know, statistical noise 331 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: that can happen in a small sample size. So for instance, 332 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 1: last year, the exact same thing was happening. Caruso was 333 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: playing limited minutes every single time he was on the 334 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: floor of the Lakers were dominant, and you could but 335 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 1: there there was there was It was early on, you know, 336 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: there wasn't a ton of of of evidence in the 337 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 1: Lakers were so good that you could look in the 338 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: mirror and you could be like, yeah, like is it 339 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:48,080 Speaker 1: really Crusoe or is it just the fact that he's 340 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: out there with Lebron James, who's a you know, second 341 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: in the m v P voting or whatever it is. 342 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,320 Speaker 1: But now we're stretching to a whole year and a 343 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:00,480 Speaker 1: playoff run and an additional you know whatever it nineteen 344 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: games or whatever the Lakers have played this year. We 345 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 1: have a ton of data now, and this ton of 346 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:08,080 Speaker 1: data tells us that when Alex Crusoe is on the floor, 347 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: the Lakers are flat out dominant on both ends of 348 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: the floor. They're right around one sixteen offensive rating and 349 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:17,400 Speaker 1: their defensive rating is down below one hundred. They are 350 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: dominant on both ends of the floor. With Alex Caruso, 351 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,679 Speaker 1: he has now added enough to his game offensively that 352 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:27,400 Speaker 1: he's a legitimate positive on that end as well. There 353 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:29,719 Speaker 1: is absolutely no reason at this point for him not 354 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 1: to be in the game more than he is at 355 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: one point. You know, you could say early on you're like, oh, 356 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: we're testing out lineups. You know, we're trying to see, 357 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: you know what, where things fit together. Bl blah blah 358 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: blah blah. We have a year, a full playoff run, 359 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: in nineteen games of this regular season worth of evidence 360 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:49,879 Speaker 1: that this guy needs to be playing more, and for 361 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: whatever reason, he's not, and I really don't understand it. Like, 362 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:57,120 Speaker 1: you know what's funny is he absolutely deserves to be 363 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,480 Speaker 1: an all defensive life to be on one of the 364 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,399 Speaker 1: ALLA all defense teams. He's not gonna get it, you 365 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: know why, because he's not playing enough, which is on 366 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,199 Speaker 1: frank it does. It doesn't make any sense to me, 367 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,919 Speaker 1: And I feel bad because, you know, if if I 368 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 1: was in Alex Crusoe's position, you can see with the 369 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: way he plays, he's such a competitor. He plays so hard, 370 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: and it's got to be frustrating for him to to 371 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 1: sit on the bench and watch these games knowing he's 372 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:24,199 Speaker 1: impacting the game at the level he is, and to 373 00:18:24,240 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: sit there and know he has to watch for two 374 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 1: thirds of the game and then maybe get his chance 375 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: at the end. It's It's one of the more nonsensical 376 00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,119 Speaker 1: things that I can remember in my time rooting for 377 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 1: any team in professional sports. But I feel bad for 378 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 1: Alex because it's like it there is no weakness in 379 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:42,720 Speaker 1: his game as it pertains to the role that he's 380 00:18:42,760 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 1: asked to fill. No one's saying he's Dennis Shrewder as 381 00:18:45,640 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 1: an offensive player, but when you're looking at what he's 382 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: asked to do, which is to defend at an extremely 383 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:56,240 Speaker 1: high level both in rotation and on the ball, and 384 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: he on the other end, he's has to open knockdown, 385 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: open shots, attack blows out into every so once in 386 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 1: a while, you know, run a pick and roller or 387 00:19:04,240 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: or something with the ball in his hands. He's not 388 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 1: asked to do much, and with the things that he's 389 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:11,399 Speaker 1: asked to do, he's knocking those things out of the 390 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: park every single time, and there's absolutely no reason for 391 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 1: him not to be in the game. Like when you're watching, 392 00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: when you're watching UH Talent Horton Tucker, you're like, man, 393 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,400 Speaker 1: this guy brings a ton to the table. Defensively, every 394 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: once in a while he's making a really really impressive 395 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: offensive play where he's driving the basket and duncan on 396 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: somebody or or he's doing some crazy scoop shot over 397 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: a shop blocker. And then on the defensive end he's 398 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: stealing the ball from somebody here there, he's making some 399 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: crazy play. But when you dig into the numbers UH 400 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: Talent Horton Tucker that the team performs really well defensively 401 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: with him on the floor, they're right around like a 402 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: defensive rating. But in his in his minutes offensively the 403 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 1: team is struggling. They're down around a hundred and five 404 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:56,439 Speaker 1: points profit per a hunter possessions offensively, so there's a 405 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 1: reason why he's not playing very much offensively. He's a 406 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 1: little bit of a loose cannon and that's to be 407 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 1: expected at his age, and you can see it in 408 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: the game tape when you're watching the game last night. 409 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: You know, one minute he's driving to the basket and duncan. 410 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:13,120 Speaker 1: The next minute he's getting stripped in traffic because he's 411 00:20:13,119 --> 00:20:15,000 Speaker 1: not seeing the floor well enough to kind of see 412 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,960 Speaker 1: where the health defense is coming from and to understand 413 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 1: that there's so much length on the floor with that 414 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:21,920 Speaker 1: Philly defense that he's not he can't just squeeze through 415 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 1: all these holes the way that he's used to. So 416 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,479 Speaker 1: Town Horn Tucker, it makes sense to not play him 417 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: as much. You know, Wesley Matthews, he's older, he's coming 418 00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:30,440 Speaker 1: off and a kill his his tear. Makes sense to 419 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: keep his minutes down, you know, he's he's he's been 420 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:35,239 Speaker 1: a little bit hit or missed this year in a 421 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: lot of ways, so it makes sense for him to 422 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: be unlimited minutes. You know. But as far there are 423 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: three guys in that guard rotation that should never be 424 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 1: out of the game, you know, as far as their 425 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: normal rotation goes. They should always be in the game, 426 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 1: you know, uh to to to as much as their 427 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: bodies can handle. And that's k C p Alex Crusoe 428 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: and Dennis Shutter. Those three guys are absolutely flat out 429 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: ballers can play. They need be in the game. And 430 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: it doesn't make any sense to continually have Alex sitting 431 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,440 Speaker 1: on the sideline watching, you know, especially in really competitive 432 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: games like last night, with all the things that he 433 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: brings to the table. So we're gonna talk about Anthony 434 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 1: Davis now, all right, So Anthony Davis has been flat 435 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 1: out disappointing this season. I don't need to tell you 436 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,440 Speaker 1: that all of you feel that way. I tweeted last night. 437 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,399 Speaker 1: You know, the synopsis of Anthony Davis this season is 438 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 1: that he's nowhere near as good as he was defensively 439 00:21:42,800 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: last year. And on the offensive end, he's drifting further 440 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: away from the basket and making a heck of a 441 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,200 Speaker 1: lot less of those shots than he did last year. 442 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 1: You know, ros you guys know him, his unwritten rules. 443 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,359 Speaker 1: Every time he'd come on. We talked a lot about 444 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:59,159 Speaker 1: how Anthony davis Is mid range jump shot is is 445 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 1: going in at like a k Desque level or Michael 446 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,400 Speaker 1: Jordan's sque level, you know, right around the mid fifties, 447 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,119 Speaker 1: a type of range. That's the way he was shooting 448 00:22:08,119 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: in the bubble. And not only that, he was shooting 449 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 1: extremely well in the games leading into the bubble, you know, 450 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:17,240 Speaker 1: in March and in February. I remember he was like 451 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,359 Speaker 1: forty something percent from three over his last twelve games 452 00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: of the of the of the regular season before the shutdown. 453 00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:26,679 Speaker 1: There was an absolute positive trend and Anthony Davis as 454 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 1: a jump shooter that was showing not just in the 455 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,480 Speaker 1: bubble but before the bubble, and it gave you, you know, optimistic, 456 00:22:32,520 --> 00:22:35,120 Speaker 1: give you an optimistic outlook on on what you could 457 00:22:35,119 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: expect from Anthony Davis. You know, moving forward this season, 458 00:22:40,240 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 1: he's just not making them. And not only that, he's 459 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:45,120 Speaker 1: leaning too heavily on it. You know, I always talked about, 460 00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:49,080 Speaker 1: you know, with a jump shot. You know, the thing 461 00:22:49,119 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: with jump shooting as a superstar, as a really good 462 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,920 Speaker 1: basketball players is it's complicated because there's a fine line 463 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,879 Speaker 1: between you know, settling and using it as as a 464 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 1: mix up and for rest. So for instance, like everyone 465 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:04,199 Speaker 1: always wants to say, oh, Lebron should drive to the 466 00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 1: basket and dunk it every time. Well, that's not realistic. 467 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: It's not realistic for fatigue, it's not realistic for you know, 468 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:11,720 Speaker 1: the way that the defense is going to react. You know, 469 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,120 Speaker 1: like the if you drive to the basket and get 470 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: an easy layup chainces are the next time you attempt 471 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:18,359 Speaker 1: to drive, there's gonna be a lot more traffic in 472 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,240 Speaker 1: the paint as the defense kind of you know, adapts 473 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:23,520 Speaker 1: and adjust to what you're trying to do. You have 474 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,639 Speaker 1: to be able to make jump shots in order to 475 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,119 Speaker 1: loosen up the defense and soften up the defense so 476 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:29,840 Speaker 1: that you can get to the basket. Same goes for 477 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,719 Speaker 1: passing the ball. All of those things are part of 478 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:37,200 Speaker 1: that experience. And so you know, uh, it's very important 479 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: for Anthony Davis to be able to shoot. But there's 480 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,399 Speaker 1: always a line, and the line for Anthony Davis has 481 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,119 Speaker 1: been crossed. In my opinion, he's leaning too heavily on 482 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 1: the jump shot to the point where I actually think 483 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 1: it's starting to detrimentally impact him overall as an offensive player. So, 484 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: for instance, this season, in total, Anthony Davis has attempted 485 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: eight two shots inside a five feet So I think 486 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:01,000 Speaker 1: of that as like finishing anything around the basket off 487 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:04,040 Speaker 1: of drop offs and and transition things along those lines. 488 00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: But that's also a really physical post move. You know, 489 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:08,879 Speaker 1: obviously you can get to a seven or eight foot 490 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: hook shot anytime you want when you're as tall as 491 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,120 Speaker 1: he is. But with how physically gifted he is, without 492 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: big and strong he is, with how fast he is, 493 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 1: without tall he is, he absolutely should be able to 494 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 1: in isolation, get to the rim a certain amount of time, 495 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 1: you would think, right, So eight two shot attempts inside 496 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,720 Speaker 1: a five feet he's making those at seventy six percent. 497 00:24:29,760 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 1: He's attempted a hundred and forty eight shots outside of 498 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 1: ten feet, So for every one shot that he's getting 499 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: at the rim, he's taking almost two shots outside of 500 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: ten feet, and he's only making those at a thirty 501 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: six percent clip, a very very tiny fraction of what 502 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: he was doing last year in the bubble, in the 503 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,639 Speaker 1: games leading into the bubble. So if with this Anthony 504 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,719 Speaker 1: Davis stuff, you know, like it was almost like one 505 00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: of those things where, uh, he probably took some time 506 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,399 Speaker 1: off after the championship, which he should have took some 507 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:06,160 Speaker 1: distance from the game to recover mentally to recover physically, 508 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: that's great, but then he came back and whatever rhythm 509 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: he had built up over that stretch, you know, from 510 00:25:12,000 --> 00:25:15,639 Speaker 1: February through the bubble, that rhythm is gone. And so 511 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 1: now I think he's trying to get that rhythm back, 512 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,760 Speaker 1: but he's doing it by leaning more heavily into those 513 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: long distance jump shots. And as you the problem with 514 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: jump shooting is there's nothing more discouraging than missing a 515 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,359 Speaker 1: jump shot because when you miss a jump shot, it 516 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 1: always leads too long rebound and transition. It always feels 517 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: like you're settling, so it kind of has a negative 518 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:36,960 Speaker 1: impact on the rest of the team. You know, there's 519 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: there there's a big downside to missing a jump shot, 520 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 1: so it can kind of spiral out of control into 521 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: a confidence issue. Next thing, you know, you can't make anything. 522 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,520 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis is missing wide open shots now in addition 523 00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:50,960 Speaker 1: to the tougher ones that he's taking over the course 524 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 1: of the game. Like the last couple of games, the 525 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: Golden State game and last night, he missed a couple 526 00:25:56,119 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: of wide open shots. At the end of the game. 527 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: Against Golden State there was one at the top of 528 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: the key, and then against Philly there was a three 529 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: that he took uh and both of them not even 530 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,720 Speaker 1: really close. Both of them. I think we're wide right. 531 00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:11,200 Speaker 1: That's part of that issue is he doesn't have confidence 532 00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 1: in his jump shot, and he's trying to get confidence 533 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 1: back in his jump shot by shooting a million of 534 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:17,919 Speaker 1: him and as a result, he's not getting to the 535 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,680 Speaker 1: basket at all, you know, compared to to what you 536 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,800 Speaker 1: would expect. You want that balance to be to be 537 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: more fifty fifty in my opinion. So I'll have to 538 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,280 Speaker 1: look up the numbers and I'll tweet them out later, 539 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 1: but I'd be willing to bet that if I pulled 540 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 1: up lebronze stats at the basket versus ten feet or 541 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: more away from the basket, my bet, my bet would 542 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: be that he would have a better balance and that 543 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: you would see more attempts at the rim to balance 544 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: out the shots that he's getting from the basket. Anthony 545 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,000 Speaker 1: Davis is taking twice as many shots away from the 546 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:52,159 Speaker 1: rim over ten feet away as he is inside a 547 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: five ft and I really do think that that is 548 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 1: part of his problem offensively and part of the reason 549 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: why he's having such a hard time getting into a rhythm. 550 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 1: You know, when you look at Lebron shooting percentages over 551 00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,479 Speaker 1: the course of his career, and you look and it's like, 552 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 1: you know, his bad games were never the Kobe bad games. 553 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,480 Speaker 1: You know, he never had the six for twenty four. 554 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,680 Speaker 1: That just doesn't happen with Lebron. It's not part of 555 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 1: it's not part of his shot profile. You know, his 556 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,240 Speaker 1: bad games are like eight of twenty two, you know, 557 00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: ten of twenty two. That's what the the inefficient Lebron 558 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:23,360 Speaker 1: game looks like. And the reason why it's like that 559 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 1: is he has such a great shot profile. He has 560 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: such a good balance between attempts at the rim and 561 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,119 Speaker 1: attempts further away from the basket. So Lebron can have 562 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 1: a game where he goes over five from three and 563 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,480 Speaker 1: over two for midrange, you know, but he's ten for 564 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: fourteen inside the paint, and so you know, he finishes up, 565 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,879 Speaker 1: you know, ten for twenty three, and it ends up 566 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:47,359 Speaker 1: being a much more efficient game in his bad game. 567 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: And then he has his good game where he's making 568 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,119 Speaker 1: his jump shots, and that's when he ends up with 569 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: his sixteen for twenty four and things along those lines. 570 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,399 Speaker 1: Lebron's shot profile is constructed in a way that even 571 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 1: on his bad games, he's getting to the rim enough 572 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: that he's maintaining his impact, he's maintaining his efficiency, he's 573 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,159 Speaker 1: maintaining his numbers. As we talked about earlier, Anthony Davis 574 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 1: is attempting a hundred and forty eight shots outside of 575 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 1: ten feet and only eight two shots inside a five 576 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 1: feet So his shot profile is a little bit too 577 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:17,480 Speaker 1: stretched further away from the basket. It's negatively impacting his efficiency, 578 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: it's negatively impacting his rhythm, and it's really starting to 579 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,679 Speaker 1: hurt him overall offensively. It's just something to keep an 580 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:26,160 Speaker 1: eye on. Defensively, it's just weird. I don't I don't 581 00:28:26,160 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 1: really know. It's hard to quantify. Because the team is 582 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,240 Speaker 1: defending extremely well. They are number one in the league 583 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 1: still by a decent margin, they still are having these 584 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,760 Speaker 1: stretches where they're just absolutely stifling. There were a couple 585 00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: of plays last night where he did a really nice job, 586 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,720 Speaker 1: but there's still all these random plays where he's getting beat, 587 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 1: whether it's like Kent Baysmore on a switch toasting Anthony 588 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: Davis to the basket, or Tobias Harris Scott Anthony Davis 589 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: a couple of times last night with like jump shots, 590 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 1: shots that he used to smother with the other players. 591 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,960 Speaker 1: And then there was there was that play with Danny 592 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: Green and transition. It's in my Twitter feed if you 593 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 1: look down the thread where Danny Green's running the left 594 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: side of the floor and uh shooting like a left 595 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,160 Speaker 1: handed layup from Danny from Danny Green, where Anthony Davis 596 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: would absolutely swallow that nine times out of ten. And 597 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: he's just not getting He's just not getting that anymore. 598 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 1: And you know, I honestly think that's just like a 599 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: little bit of effort focusing uh inconfidence thing that will 600 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: come back to him as he as he as the 601 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,800 Speaker 1: offensive end kind of comes around for him. So there's 602 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: a lot of people talking about on Twitter, are you 603 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 1: worried about Anthony Davis? Not at all. I am not 604 00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 1: at all worried about Anthony Davis and how good he's 605 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 1: going to be as the season progresses, and how good 606 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: he's going to be in the playoffs. He's just not 607 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:46,640 Speaker 1: playing well. It's kind of like the weird thing where 608 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: you know, I can flatly say that he's not playing well, 609 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: but I can also flatly say that I'm sure he's 610 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,520 Speaker 1: going to be fine. Because it's not like he's looking slow. 611 00:29:57,080 --> 00:29:59,640 Speaker 1: It's not like he's looking, you know, like he lost 612 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 1: some sort of of talent. He's still the same guy. 613 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: He's just not playing well. Some of that's fit, some 614 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: of that shot selection, a lot of it is just confidence. 615 00:30:09,360 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: It's gonna come back over time. He's gonna have a 616 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,080 Speaker 1: couple of breakout games, and things are gonna come together, 617 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 1: especially as you get later in the season. So I'm 618 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: not worried about it. All right, That's all I had 619 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: as far as my notes. So let's look at these questions. 620 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 1: There's one in particular about crunch time that I saw 621 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:28,959 Speaker 1: on Twitter, but we'll get to that in a second. Um, Okay, 622 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: someone asked, are the Sixers your pick out of the East? 623 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,880 Speaker 1: So after watching last night, I would say that they're clearly, 624 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 1: And I've watched six or several times this year, but 625 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 1: it's one of the games that I've watched them most closely, 626 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: especially since I rewatched the game watching the tape the UH. 627 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 1: I said from the beginning of the year that I 628 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 1: gave them a really good chance. I was picking Brooklyn 629 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 1: because I thought that their defense was gonna be good 630 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: enough with Jared Allen and Kevin Durant just bringing a 631 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,440 Speaker 1: ton of length on the defensive end of the floor. 632 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:58,480 Speaker 1: I thought they were gonna be good enough, But after 633 00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:02,360 Speaker 1: the Jared Allen uh trade uh to bring in James Harden, 634 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: I actually would lean a little bit towards the Sixers. 635 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:10,400 Speaker 1: That Sixers team is extremely physical and extremely long and 636 00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: athletic on the defensive end of the floor. They're gonna 637 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,560 Speaker 1: make things really tough on that Brooklyn Nets team. And 638 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 1: one of the big reasons why they were able to 639 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:23,200 Speaker 1: The Lakers were able to slow down Joel Embiad, who 640 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 1: literally might be the second or third best player in 641 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 1: the league right now, was because of Anthony Davis in 642 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:33,520 Speaker 1: his ridiculous defensive ability and the the keyton rotations around 643 00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis that allowed the Lakers to shut down the 644 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:40,960 Speaker 1: the Philly actions later in the game and really make 645 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 1: things hard on Joel Embiad and allowed them to come back. 646 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: That's not something Brooklyn is capable of. They literally do 647 00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,040 Speaker 1: not have somebody who can check Joel Embiad. If you 648 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: thought Marcus al was bad, way to see DeAndre Jordan, 649 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: He's really gonna struggle in that matchup. Outside of DeAndre 650 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,040 Speaker 1: Jordan's every other player on the team is too thin 651 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 1: and wiry, They're not gonna be able to stay in 652 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,200 Speaker 1: front of him physically, and then they're not connected enough 653 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 1: defensively as a unit in terms of the rotations to 654 00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: really successfully double and and and and double and rotate 655 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: to try to get the ball out of Joel Mbat's 656 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: hands and make other things happen. Not to mention, Ben 657 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: Simmons is an absolute freight train and transition and he 658 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,280 Speaker 1: one of the big reasons the Lakers were able to 659 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 1: slow him down was you know, Lebron and Anthony Davis 660 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 1: sitting and drop coverages, you know, playing way off of 661 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 1: him and forcing him to drive into their chest. Ben 662 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,640 Speaker 1: had a great game, but a lot of his success 663 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,000 Speaker 1: came early, and a lot of his success came as 664 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,840 Speaker 1: a passer as they packed in the paint. They did 665 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:35,640 Speaker 1: a good job as slowing him down at the end 666 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,680 Speaker 1: of the game, and there were a couple of interesting 667 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: sequences if you look into my thread that I put earlier, 668 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: where you can see how the Lakers kind of defended 669 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: Ben Simmons. But the point being, you know, Philly bring 670 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: him on both ends. They have a truly lead offensive 671 00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:51,240 Speaker 1: player and and Joel and beat that can go toe 672 00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: to toe with all the best stars in the league. 673 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 1: They have a co star and Ben Simmons that can 674 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: bring enough offensively as a co star, you know, pushing 675 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: the ball and transition creating, as as a passer, running 676 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,480 Speaker 1: pick and roll things along those lines. They found a 677 00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 1: way to to kind of balance that in a way 678 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,040 Speaker 1: that they are a really good offensive team and they 679 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,880 Speaker 1: have tons of shooting around those guys. Tobias Harris is 680 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,200 Speaker 1: playing a million times better than he used to. That 681 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: ability to drop a play for Tobias Harris at the 682 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: end of a game, you know, it's kind of like 683 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: the Chris Middleton thing. He's kind of like what Chris 684 00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,480 Speaker 1: Middleton is to the Bucks, except for Joe l embiads 685 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 1: actually capable of doing those things that Janice is not 686 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: capable of doing, so they can bring it on both 687 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: ends of the floor and over the course of a 688 00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:33,720 Speaker 1: seven game series. Physicality plays a huge role. The game's 689 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 1: really slow down. It's a lot of bullyball. It's a 690 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:38,480 Speaker 1: lot of can you, you know, get key rebounds and 691 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 1: can you when the rest are swallowing their whistles, can 692 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 1: you be physical enough and dominate that side of the game, 693 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,680 Speaker 1: and Philly is just going to be monstrously more physical 694 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: than that Brooklyn team is. So uh as a lot 695 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:53,479 Speaker 1: of basketball left to play. There's obviously the angle of 696 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: of buy out guys, and potentially a trade or two 697 00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,440 Speaker 1: that that Brooklyn can make, although they don't have any 698 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:01,640 Speaker 1: uh trade, They don't many draft picks at this point, 699 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: but as of right this second, I would lean slightly 700 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 1: towards the Sixers and see what else we got here? 701 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:20,520 Speaker 1: All right, So I'm gonna get to the one that 702 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,840 Speaker 1: I saw on Twitter. So there was a person asked, 703 00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:25,279 Speaker 1: what did you see in the last four minutes in 704 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,400 Speaker 1: terms of the execution offensively and defensively from the Lakers. 705 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,320 Speaker 1: So a lot of this have already touched on, but 706 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,879 Speaker 1: I'll touch on a couple of things that I did 707 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,440 Speaker 1: that I didn't touch on. Offensively is really simple. They 708 00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,319 Speaker 1: ran a lot of stuff, uh through Dennis Shrewder at 709 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 1: the end of the game, attacking Danny Green. So it's 710 00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 1: a matchup thing. A lot of a lot of times, 711 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,520 Speaker 1: what you'll see at the end of these uh, really 712 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:50,080 Speaker 1: slow bogged down games is attacking specific matchups. And this 713 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:51,800 Speaker 1: is something that I love about Lebron James. It's the 714 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: opposite of the Russell Westbrook effects. So like the Russell 715 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,240 Speaker 1: Westbrook effect is like Bradley Beal has a good matchup, 716 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,800 Speaker 1: he's going to work. Russ feels like he's kind of 717 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,280 Speaker 1: left doubt. Russ Jack's up a couple of stupid shots 718 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,319 Speaker 1: that that disrupts the rhythm. Lebron is not like that. 719 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,320 Speaker 1: Lebron didn't attempt a shot in the final four minutes 720 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,319 Speaker 1: of that game, and part of the reason was they 721 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:12,160 Speaker 1: were getting whatever they wanted elsewhere, and Lebron is not 722 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 1: wired in a way to disrupt the flow of the 723 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 1: offense for the sake of whatever the hell he's feeling. 724 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: And so Dennis shrewder early before because Lebron temporarily checked 725 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,799 Speaker 1: out there around the five minute The five minute mark 726 00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:25,360 Speaker 1: for is the weird rest that he takes in the 727 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,280 Speaker 1: middle of the fourth quarter, and Dennis shooter just started 728 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,440 Speaker 1: going to work on Danny Green, beating him off the dribble, 729 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: got to the basket for a floater, got to basket 730 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,839 Speaker 1: for a couple of layups. Dennis was playing really, really well, 731 00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,480 Speaker 1: and that confidence actually led into him making that huge 732 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: three on the left wing off of the a d 733 00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,960 Speaker 1: miss UH later in the game, but that was part 734 00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,120 Speaker 1: of the offensive execution. And then late in the game 735 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,319 Speaker 1: it was a lot of Lebron getting switches onto Joel 736 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,600 Speaker 1: and beat and and driving and kicking making the right 737 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: playoff of um off of his drives leading to that 738 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: huge contagious called Pope three in the corner. And then 739 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:00,680 Speaker 1: I talked about this on the UH on the thread, 740 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 1: but I really really liked that play that they ran 741 00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: at the end of the game for Anthony Davis to 742 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:08,440 Speaker 1: get the what would have been the game winner had 743 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: Tobias not made a shot. So right before the time out, 744 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,680 Speaker 1: Lebron and a D run pick and roll at the 745 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:15,680 Speaker 1: top of the key. Ben Simmons is on Lebron, Joel 746 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:18,080 Speaker 1: Ebad is on Anthony Davis. When they go to kind 747 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,879 Speaker 1: of set the screen, you know, Ben Simmons is going 748 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 1: under and uh and and it kind of looks like 749 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:26,319 Speaker 1: Joel Embiad is gonna switch. Nothing's really open unless he 750 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:29,000 Speaker 1: wants to take a bomb three from like twenty four 751 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,880 Speaker 1: ft away, which he didn't really have much of a 752 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: rhythm at that point. So the Lakers called time out 753 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,360 Speaker 1: and it's clear that they're gonna switch that Lebron a 754 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,160 Speaker 1: d pick and roll because they really liked the way 755 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,560 Speaker 1: he mostly stayed in or and being mostly stayed in 756 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 1: front of Lebron on his previous drive. So it's one 757 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,399 Speaker 1: of those things that go to the huddle. They're sitting 758 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 1: there thinking, Okay, they don't want to switch any weaker 759 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,560 Speaker 1: defender onto Lebron. I'm watching the game with my father 760 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:55,040 Speaker 1: in law at this point. I look over at him 761 00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:58,320 Speaker 1: and I'm like, they're gonna try to get uh Danny 762 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,759 Speaker 1: Green onto Lebron because at this point, Tobias Harris was 763 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,040 Speaker 1: in Mtis Thible was in for the defensive end of 764 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:06,160 Speaker 1: the ball. So you don't want to tack to Bias. 765 00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,719 Speaker 1: You don't want to attack Matisse, you don't want to 766 00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 1: tack Joel, you don't want to attack uh Ben Simmons. 767 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,399 Speaker 1: So I was like, they're going to find a way 768 00:37:13,719 --> 00:37:16,800 Speaker 1: to get Dennis Shrewder into the screening action. I figured 769 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,680 Speaker 1: they'd run to Lebron, Dennis Shrewder pick and roll at 770 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 1: the top of the key and just try to get 771 00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,319 Speaker 1: a switch and then have Lebron attacked Danny Green. That's 772 00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 1: what I was expecting. Then they come out of the 773 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: time out and did what I thought was pretty genius, 774 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,360 Speaker 1: which was they basically had Anthony Davis standing in the 775 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:35,600 Speaker 1: in the short corner, and they had Dennis Shrewder come 776 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 1: get the inbound and then Dennis if you watch, if 777 00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,560 Speaker 1: you watch three play and I have it on my feet, 778 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,320 Speaker 1: he sprints down and sets a hard screen on Joel Embid. 779 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,839 Speaker 1: A couple of things are important there. By setting a 780 00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:51,120 Speaker 1: really really hard screen where you move quickly, it makes 781 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:55,960 Speaker 1: it so that, uh, the defensive player who's guarding Anthony 782 00:37:56,040 --> 00:37:59,719 Speaker 1: Davis can't give like kind of like drop away from 783 00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:01,960 Speaker 1: Anthon Davis, so we can go under the screen. He's 784 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: on Anthony Davis. The screen is on him before he 785 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,880 Speaker 1: has a chance to position his body. He gets a 786 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,200 Speaker 1: good hard screen on Joel Embat. Danny Green doesn't want 787 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,920 Speaker 1: to switch, probably because it was directed by Doc Rivers. 788 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,400 Speaker 1: In the huddle before the play, Danny Green hesitates just 789 00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 1: for a second. It doesn't completely abandon a d but 790 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:23,920 Speaker 1: you can tell he's looking at Shrewder and he just 791 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: hesitates for just a second. Probably based on that directive. 792 00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,880 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis curls the screen gets a wide open lay up. 793 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:33,040 Speaker 1: Lebron's gonna hit hit that every single time. It was 794 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:35,440 Speaker 1: a genius play design in my opinion, and it was 795 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:38,080 Speaker 1: a really smart example of how, like you know, you 796 00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:43,279 Speaker 1: can close a basketball game by playing smart basketball. It 797 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:47,120 Speaker 1: doesn't always have to be Kevin Durred doing seventeen crossovers 798 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,400 Speaker 1: into a pull up jump shot, or Kyrie over Kyrie 799 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,360 Speaker 1: Irving doing the same thing, or James Harden doing the 800 00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,880 Speaker 1: same thing. The Lakers closed that game scoring every single 801 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,440 Speaker 1: possession in the final I think it was like five minutes. 802 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,839 Speaker 1: They literally scored every time down the floor, I think 803 00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:03,720 Speaker 1: it eight consecutive either made field goals or or trips 804 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:06,320 Speaker 1: to the free throw line. And they did it all 805 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:10,040 Speaker 1: with very little isolation. There was a whole lot of 806 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,080 Speaker 1: of driving kick It was a whole lot of uh 807 00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:16,880 Speaker 1: specific screening actions to get guys open offensive rebounding, just 808 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:20,040 Speaker 1: like they closed the game on both ends of the 809 00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:24,200 Speaker 1: floor by executing defensively and and and just making the 810 00:39:24,320 --> 00:39:26,319 Speaker 1: right play on offense. And they did it, and they 811 00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,759 Speaker 1: made it look easy. And then if there was no 812 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:31,600 Speaker 1: crazy Lebron fadeaway or anything along those lines, and it 813 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,920 Speaker 1: was a great example, you know, of why a closing 814 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,080 Speaker 1: basketball games is so much more complicated than guys like 815 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:39,200 Speaker 1: Kyrie Iring or Kevin Durant will tell you that it 816 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,319 Speaker 1: is UH, And I did think that that was fun 817 00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 1: to watch. Last question I'll take and then we're done. 818 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,280 Speaker 1: Why is Vogel doing this lineup thing again this season? 819 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:53,000 Speaker 1: I honestly don't know. UM, there's some stuff early on, 820 00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: you know, like the shoulder stuff. It's obvious the shoulder 821 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:57,319 Speaker 1: stuff has to do with, you know, taking care of 822 00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 1: his ego because he wants to start there. Or there's 823 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,960 Speaker 1: always been some line up stuff with Montrez where they're 824 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,480 Speaker 1: just kind of trying things out. The Montres stuff. You know, 825 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:07,359 Speaker 1: everyone always says like, why are they playing Keith and Tres? 826 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,400 Speaker 1: Why are they playing Kif and Tres. It's clear that 827 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:11,880 Speaker 1: the Kief and Tread's stuff isn't working, But to me, 828 00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 1: that's all part of an attempt to try to figure 829 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,480 Speaker 1: out how they can make Tread's work on this team. 830 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:19,279 Speaker 1: And you know, from the very beginning, all the way 831 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,359 Speaker 1: back to the Treads signing, I said I didn't like it. 832 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:25,120 Speaker 1: I said I didn't like hardcapping the team. I said 833 00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:29,320 Speaker 1: I didn't like uh his fit naturally on the defensive 834 00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:31,440 Speaker 1: end or offensively. I was never a big fan of 835 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:32,960 Speaker 1: the tread signing. So, but it is what it is. 836 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,560 Speaker 1: He's on the team now, and uh, and Frank was 837 00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: trying things with Tread's to try to find lineups that work. 838 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,280 Speaker 1: The stuff that I can't figure out is the Crusoe stuff, 839 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:42,880 Speaker 1: Like I said, it just doesn't make any sense to me. 840 00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,880 Speaker 1: He's very clearly one of your top three guards. You know, 841 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,120 Speaker 1: Like this isn't like last year where like KCP was 842 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:52,319 Speaker 1: struggling sometimes and you know, Rondo was struggling struggling from 843 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:54,960 Speaker 1: time to time. Like Dennis Shooter is really good and 844 00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:58,879 Speaker 1: and KCP is awesome. So you know, those two guys 845 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:01,120 Speaker 1: need to be in there a lot. But Crusoe very 846 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,240 Speaker 1: much belongs in that conversation. Uh. But he's very clearly 847 00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:07,680 Speaker 1: in that third spot in the hierarchy of the guards, 848 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,520 Speaker 1: which means it makes absolutely no sense for him to 849 00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,319 Speaker 1: only be playing, you know, seventeen points seven minutes per games. 850 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,839 Speaker 1: I mean, that's just completely inexcusable. The exciting part about 851 00:41:16,840 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 1: the guard rotation is there was a lot of question 852 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:23,360 Speaker 1: last year about you know, uh, there's a lot of 853 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,040 Speaker 1: question last year about whether the Lakers had enough guard talent, 854 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,360 Speaker 1: And now I think They've got the perfect guard threesome 855 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,640 Speaker 1: to go with Lebron and a D shrewder k CP 856 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,920 Speaker 1: Alex Crusoe, Anthony Davis and Lebron is just gonna be 857 00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:41,279 Speaker 1: an incredible lineup for the Lakers to lean on uh 858 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:43,480 Speaker 1: in crucial moments the playoff series at the end of 859 00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:47,480 Speaker 1: the season. Alright, guys, well we have one more. Has 860 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:51,000 Speaker 1: Key progressed, real quick guy, like a guy like Markip Morris, 861 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,480 Speaker 1: classic role player when they go in and out of games, Uh, 862 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:55,360 Speaker 1: in and out of chunks of the season, shooting the 863 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,640 Speaker 1: ball poorly shooting the ball. Well, I'm not worried about it. 864 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,120 Speaker 1: When he first came to the Lakers last year or 865 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,640 Speaker 1: he couldn't make anything. Uh, and then in the playoffs 866 00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:04,720 Speaker 1: he was a dead eye shooter. He had some moments 867 00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:06,279 Speaker 1: early in the season where he was shooting super Well, 868 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,279 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about it. Markief is what he is. 869 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:12,400 Speaker 1: He's a backup center, backup four man who can occasionally 870 00:42:12,480 --> 00:42:14,879 Speaker 1: knock down open shots. He's not great attacking clothes outs, 871 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:17,960 Speaker 1: and he's not great defensively. He's just Uh, he's a 872 00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,440 Speaker 1: backup four or five man. He's what he is. Like 873 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,400 Speaker 1: if your if your expectations are for Markis Morris to 874 00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,719 Speaker 1: bring some massive thing to the table. You need to 875 00:42:26,719 --> 00:42:29,480 Speaker 1: adjust your expectations because that's just never gonna be something 876 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:32,640 Speaker 1: that he's gonna be able to do and do well. Um. 877 00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,760 Speaker 1: He I would imagine he'll have a few more stretches 878 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,840 Speaker 1: this season where he shoots really well, and I imagine 879 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,640 Speaker 1: he'll have a few more stretches this season where his 880 00:42:38,640 --> 00:42:41,040 Speaker 1: shot seems to leave him, and the same thing goes 881 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:42,719 Speaker 1: for playoff games. He'll have a game where he makes 882 00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:43,920 Speaker 1: three or four, and then he'll have a game where 883 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:45,239 Speaker 1: he can't make him It's just kind of part of 884 00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,560 Speaker 1: the process. Um. Anyway, So tomorrow I am doing a 885 00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:53,000 Speaker 1: pod with Tommy where I'm gonna talk about other NBA stuff, 886 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,400 Speaker 1: But today I really just wanted to dive into the 887 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,560 Speaker 1: Laker game. You know, not often in a long regular 888 00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:01,319 Speaker 1: season do you have a chance to really, you know, 889 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,319 Speaker 1: get something from a regular season game, because regular season 890 00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:08,000 Speaker 1: basketball always has these other factors. But you could tell 891 00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:10,120 Speaker 1: right away from the beginning that both teams are playing 892 00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:13,040 Speaker 1: super hard and it was gonna be a really competitive game. 893 00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:14,560 Speaker 1: It had a kind of a playoff field to it, 894 00:43:15,120 --> 00:43:16,680 Speaker 1: and and that's why I thought that game was super 895 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:18,600 Speaker 1: interesting and interesting. It's why I took the time to 896 00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,520 Speaker 1: really dive into the numbers. So I took the time 897 00:43:20,560 --> 00:43:21,960 Speaker 1: to really watch the film and try to see what 898 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,399 Speaker 1: I could find that was interesting out of that game. 899 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,440 Speaker 1: But thank you, guys all so much for all of 900 00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:31,920 Speaker 1: your support. You know, I uh, I can't believe how 901 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:33,960 Speaker 1: many listens these things get and how many downloads of 902 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:37,239 Speaker 1: podcast gets. I'm so thankful for you, guys, and I 903 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,480 Speaker 1: appreciate you tuning in, like I said, tomorrow with Tommy 904 00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:43,719 Speaker 1: and hopefully two more every week from now on. And 905 00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:45,600 Speaker 1: then if you haven't checked out my film breakdown of 906 00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:47,120 Speaker 1: the of the fourth quarter, you can find it in 907 00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,640 Speaker 1: my Twitter feed. All right, guys, enjoy the rest of 908 00:43:49,640 --> 00:43:50,840 Speaker 1: your day and I'll talk to you tomorrow