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Speaker 1: And so that goes to show you just like how

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Speaker 1: you can one area of the game one margin. Remember

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Speaker 1: I talked about JJ Redick and like trying to expand

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Speaker 1: margins for their team to help them win games in

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Speaker 1: the long run, and JJ was talking about through offensive rebound.

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Speaker 1: Here's an example of it. Through scoring in transition. The

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Speaker 1: Suns dominated the transition battle last night kept a game

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Speaker 1: close that otherwise could have gotten ugly for them. Again,

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Speaker 1: a little sloppy for their first outing, but I thought

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Speaker 1: the Lakers looked sloppy in their first gaming. It's Minnesota too,

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Speaker 1: Like this is their second game, so the Lakers are

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Speaker 1: further along in this process, so it's nothing to overreact to.

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Speaker 1: But I was hoping to see a little bit more

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Speaker 1: out of the Suns offensively, and we'll see what we

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Speaker 1: see later on in the preseason. Well that shout out

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Speaker 1: on the Suns front, Ryan Dunn. I thought he looked

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Speaker 1: really good. He guarded Lebron a bunch picked him a

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Speaker 1: full court on a possession and Lebron ended up making

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Speaker 1: like a little back cut off of a horn set

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Speaker 1: where he ended up getting a layup. But he defended

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Speaker 1: Lebron well in a post up and forced him into

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Speaker 1: a bad miss, like a little right shoulder fadeaway, or

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Speaker 1: he forced him into a bad miss he'd knocked down

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Speaker 1: a corner three. Playing with the main guys, he's just

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Speaker 1: like he's functional size and athleticism, Like he's a big

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Speaker 1: basketball player that can do a lot of things, and

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Speaker 1: that's something that this team desperately needs, and so I

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Speaker 1: thought that that was an encouraging takeaway from last night.

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Speaker 2: Let's move on to Nick Hornets.

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Speaker 1: So the Knicks new starting lineup that go with Josh

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Speaker 1: Hart As as most folks predicted, they were a little

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Speaker 1: clunky on both ends of the floor, which was to

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Speaker 1: be expected a lot of new players in new style

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Speaker 1: on offense. So like that it's gonna be clunky. You're

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Speaker 1: you're taking spacing big when you never had a spacing big.

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Speaker 1: There there's a play that I'll show you guys in

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Speaker 1: the in the film session where Karl Anthony Towns popped

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Speaker 1: and like Jalen Brunson like didn't even realize he was

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Speaker 1: out there and then eventually hit him and Kat got

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Speaker 1: a decent look from three. But it's like like Brunson's

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Speaker 1: gonna have to reconfigure the way he perceives his kickout

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Speaker 1: reads because now his kickout raids are gonna look different.

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Speaker 1: There are gonna be spot up reads where like maybe

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Speaker 1: an opportunity for a spot up wasn't a great opportunity

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Speaker 1: with a lesser player, but now that that's McHale Bridges,

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Speaker 1: maybe you throw that pass because Michale can be a

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Speaker 1: close out and he's a really high level close out

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Speaker 1: attacking score. That was what he used to do in

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Speaker 1: Phoenix all those years ago, right, So, like the there's

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Speaker 1: a lot of like learning on Brunson's part, there's a

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Speaker 1: lot of learning on the other guy's part. Like it's

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Speaker 1: just it's new, it's different. There's gonna be some clunkiness

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Speaker 1: on defense. What I thought was fascinating was the the

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Speaker 1: Knicks were not switching a lot of the action with

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Speaker 1: their wings like you would assume with a Josh Hart,

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Speaker 1: you know, Jalen Brunson, Bridges, Annobe cat lineup you would

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Speaker 1: imagine dropped with cat hedge with Brunson, and then you're

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Speaker 1: switching two through four with Josh Hart, McHale Bridges, and

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Speaker 1: oh Jannobi. But they han mckal Bridges chasing over the

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Speaker 1: top to start the game, even on guard guard screens,

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Speaker 1: even on screens where like Josh Hart was the other

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Speaker 1: defender or Jannoby was the other defender. And so as

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Speaker 1: a result of that, LaMelo Ball was getting downhill and

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Speaker 1: starting to kind of picked them apart as a playmaker.

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Speaker 1: The Hornets ran a ton of ball screens in this

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Speaker 1: game and were really efficient throughout the game, and then

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Speaker 1: in their traditional one to five ball screen when they

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Speaker 1: would bring like when they would run it with the center,

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Speaker 1: the obviously cats in a drop so it's easier for

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Speaker 1: LaMelo to get downhill. But LaMelo was then killing him

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Speaker 1: with skip passes because the Knicks were having to get

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Speaker 1: extra defenders down into the lane to help defend that

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Speaker 1: ball screen. Right now, to be clear, some of it

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Speaker 1: is Charlotte just shot the ball really well. They converted

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Speaker 1: catch and shoot shots in that game at one point

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Speaker 1: four to one points per shot. That's insane. They shot

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Speaker 1: forty five percent from three, so like a good but

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Speaker 1: it was a lot of good looks too, So I

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Speaker 1: want to give the Hornets some credit and point out

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Speaker 1: some of the realities of some stuff that the Knicks

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Speaker 1: have to clean up with the defense, because again, like

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Speaker 1: if you switch those two through four ball screens that

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Speaker 1: involve LaMelo ball, now he's not getting downhill. Its stagnates, right,

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Speaker 1: and then you're going to force him to play through

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Speaker 1: the center. At that point you can at least set

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Speaker 1: up your base pick a roll coverage and see if

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Speaker 1: you can rotate out of it. Now, for the record,

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Speaker 1: I think that they're gonna be in rotation a little

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Speaker 1: bit on defense. I think that's part of this experience

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Speaker 1: with the Knicks. Why, because Cat's dropping in, Brunson is

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Speaker 1: hedging in most of these cases. So if Brunson's hedging

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Speaker 1: and Cats dropping, then there's just going to be opportunities

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Speaker 1: when those guys are involved in action for guys to

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Speaker 1: attack closeouts, right, and so from there that's where ground

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Speaker 1: coverage comes in. We talked about the Sam Bossini after

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Speaker 1: the season, right, Like having big athletes that can cover

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Speaker 1: lots of ground in rotation is how you counter that, right, Anatobe,

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Speaker 1: big athlete can cover ground in rotation. Mikhale Bridges, big

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Speaker 1: athlete can cover ground in rotation when precious is out there,

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Speaker 1: big athlete can cover ground in rotation. Josh Hart even

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Speaker 1: is a guy that's really good at closing out on shooters. So, like,

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of it is just they need

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Speaker 1: to get a little bit sharper with their closeouts and

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Speaker 1: chasing guys off the line and rotating and helping each other.

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Speaker 1: One of random hornets shout out to Trey Mann was

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Speaker 1: awesome in this game. He was like in this like

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Speaker 1: big baggy Jersey in a headband, so he looked like

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Speaker 1: a guard from like the early two thousands, and it

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Speaker 1: was like a blast from the past. But he came

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Speaker 1: out immediately looked good. In ball screens. He was hit

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Speaker 1: Brandon Miller on a couple of skip passes, once again

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Speaker 1: catching Josh Hart as being the third nick defender who's

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Speaker 1: coming down into the lane to help on ball screens

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Speaker 1: because Kat's in a drop coverage and Kat obviously can't

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Speaker 1: cover as much ground. And you know, we talk about

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Speaker 1: the brackets of a drop coverage, right, Like the bracket

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Speaker 1: is your back pressure and your big man, your big

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Speaker 1: man's ability to kind of bother the ball handler while

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Speaker 1: also being back at the rim. That's how big his

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Speaker 1: bracket is in that coverage. And then the other bracket

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Speaker 1: the ball handler or the guy guarding the ball handler,

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Speaker 1: how good is he at back pressuring and getting in

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Speaker 1: like that's what causes the bracket to shrink around on people.

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Speaker 1: And so Mikhale Bridges has good length and that is

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Speaker 1: going to help that side of the bracket. But Karl

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Speaker 1: Anthony Towns is not the most vertical big man in

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Speaker 1: the league, and so there's a little bit of weakness

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Speaker 1: on the back side of that pick and roll cup.

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Speaker 1: That's where you supplement it by helping from the weak side.

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Speaker 1: That's where the Knicks can get into rotation on some

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Speaker 1: of those skip passes. But Trey Man ended up hitting

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Speaker 1: Brandon Miller on like back to back right wing threes

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Speaker 1: on kickouts like that, he hit a couple of nasty

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Speaker 1: step back threes. He just looked like a young Jamal

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Speaker 1: Crawford in his prime type of vibe watching him out there.

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Speaker 1: But anyway, back to the Knicks again, that's part of

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Speaker 1: their defensive structure. I think it's going to be something

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Speaker 1: that takes some time, and I think one of the

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Speaker 1: things that can do to make it a little easier

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Speaker 1: on themselves is be willing to switch mcale bridges in

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Speaker 1: any ball screens that involve Ognobi or Josh Hart. There

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Speaker 1: are ways they can counter that too, like when teams

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Speaker 1: run three man actions, so if they run stack, pick

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Speaker 1: and roll, or if they run double drag, which is

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Speaker 1: like anything where there's two where there's like two people

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Speaker 1: that are involved with the ball handler, so it's like

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Speaker 1: a three man action. In situations like that, you can

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Speaker 1: involve some switching as well to make things easier for

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Speaker 1: McKale bridges. I think they're gonna be fine in the

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Speaker 1: long run. Again, it wasn't their best effort there in

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Speaker 1: that first preseason game, but like we talked about with

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Speaker 1: the Suns, like we talked about the Lakers against the Wolves,

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Speaker 1: like there's gonna be a good amount of sloppiness in

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Speaker 1: the preseason. On offense, it was also a little clunky,

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Speaker 1: but some exciting stuff. Kat just unlocks a bunch of

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Speaker 1: elements to their offense that weren't there in years past,

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Speaker 1: Like post up cutting was a big one. There was

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Speaker 1: two layups I think, I think Brunson missed one and

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Speaker 1: then og Andnobi missed one. But it was like that

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Speaker 1: classic like Spurs cut where like you throw the ball

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Speaker 1: into the post to Kat and then you cut. Let's

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Speaker 1: say he's on the right block, so his left shoulder

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Speaker 1: is facing towards the sideline. On the catch, you cut

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Speaker 1: off of his left shoulder and then basically what Kat

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Speaker 1: can do is as you cut off, he can pivot

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Speaker 1: because he has the ball. He can pivot right after

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Speaker 1: Brunson passes him and kind of like set a little

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Speaker 1: brush screen in between the two of them as they're

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Speaker 1: running past, and he hit both Brunson and and og

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Speaker 1: Anoby for easy catches right underneath the basket. They both

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Speaker 1: smoked him if I remember correctly, they missed him both,

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Speaker 1: But like there were good opportunities and part of the

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Speaker 1: offense that they can get a little bit more out

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Speaker 1: because of Kat and the idea there is Kat is

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Speaker 1: a threat to score. So like if that's not a

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Speaker 1: threat to score, like let's say that's Mitchell Robinson, the

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Speaker 1: big man who's guarding him is going to drop back

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Speaker 1: on that cutter right because he can show on the

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Speaker 1: cutter and then you don't have to worry about whoever

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Speaker 1: that Mitchell Robinson turning around a quick shooting a little

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Speaker 1: ten foot or looking to quickly be aggressive to score.

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Speaker 1: Because Kat is a scoring threat out of the elbow.

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Speaker 1: The man who's guarding him is pressed up on it

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Speaker 1: and is really worried about Kat turning around and shooting

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Speaker 1: that patented little jabstep jump shot right. And so because

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Speaker 1: he's up on him, as that guy cuts off of

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Speaker 1: his shoulder, if he can get behind him and Kat

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Speaker 1: can brush the defender a little bit, there are catches

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Speaker 1: that you can have on the weak side or on

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Speaker 1: the underneath the rim and then if they help from

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Speaker 1: the weak side, there are kickouts that you can get

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Speaker 1: out of that. The pick and pop was a big

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Speaker 1: one too. We saw a couple of really good looks

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Speaker 1: for Kat out of it, and I don't even think

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Speaker 1: they're even coming close to scratching the surface of what

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Speaker 1: they can get out of the pick and pop with

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Speaker 1: Kat and Jalen Brunson Bruntson, as I mentioned off the top,

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Speaker 1: a little bit not used to playing with the player

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Speaker 1: that is a legitimate pick and pop threat, and I

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Speaker 1: think that he'll get more used to that in time,

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Speaker 1: and he'll realize that there's just easy ways for him

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Speaker 1: to generate like three to four easy threes for Karl

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Speaker 1: Anthony Towns every single game without having to work super

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Speaker 1: hard and get into the lane and gerbble seventeen times

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Speaker 1: and try to make some dramatic kickout pass. Like there's

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Speaker 1: an easy opening there with cat picking and popping that

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00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: wasn't there in the past. And I've broken this down

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Speaker 1: before on the show. But like the pick and pop

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Speaker 1: is the counter to a drop coverage that makes it

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Speaker 1: impossible to guard right because the idea of the drop coverage,

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Speaker 1: the big man has to do a very difficult job.

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Speaker 1: They call it no roller behind coverage in most cases now,

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Speaker 1: when the big comes up to the level, that's when

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Speaker 1: you have to help from the weak side.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: But a traditional drop coverage, the ball handler's coming at you,

652
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 1: the rollers coming at you, and you're kind of splitting

653
00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: the difference between both. But they're both coming at the rim.

654
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Speaker 1: So if you're a good vertical athlete, you can kind

655
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Speaker 1: of bother both and be in both places at once.

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Speaker 2: Right.

657
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 1: But like, if I'm in a drop coverage and the

658
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: guard is coming downhill at me, but the screener doesn't roll,

659
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: he just pops, I still have the responsibility of coralling

660
00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,360
Speaker 1: the ball handler because the guard is in trail position.

661
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 1: The guy guarding the ball is trailing. He chased over

662
00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: the screen and now he's behind the ball handler. So

663
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Speaker 1: if I stay with the popping big, there will be

664
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Speaker 1: plays this year where Jalen Brunson gets wide open easy

665
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,840
Speaker 1: layups because the rim protector is too worried about Kat

666
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 1: on the pop, and if he doesn't stay home with

667
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 1: Kat on the pop and he sits in a drop coverage,

668
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:40,239
Speaker 1: Kat's going to be absolutely wide open. And there were

669
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 1: some plays by the way with the Hornets where they

670
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: were rotating from the weak side to cat and that's

671
00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 1: where those skip passes are open. So like there's just

672
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff they're going to be able to

673
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,920
Speaker 1: get open. With Karl Anthony Town setting ball screens for

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Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson, they use Jalen Brunson as a screener more

675
00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,920
Speaker 1: because there's more off ball talent around him. First play

676
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 1: of the game, Jalen Brunson kind of ran down instead

677
00:30:58,280 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: of like a little brush screen for og And and Obo.

678
00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 1: Janeobe got wide open on the left side of the

679
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 1: rim LaMelo ball to his credit, snuffed it out at

680
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 1: the last second and made like a kind of a

681
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,200
Speaker 1: crazy defensive play, got back into the he's got super

682
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:11,240
Speaker 1: long arms, got back into the play and got a

683
00:31:11,240 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 1: little block from behind. But like, I think we're gonna

684
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: see a lot more of that, like off ball action

685
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: with Jalen Brunson functioning as the screener. I feel like

686
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,880
Speaker 1: they're barely scratching the surface of what they can do

687
00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,440
Speaker 1: with those guys, obviously, because it's early in preseason, so

688
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see what the Knicks can do

689
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,320
Speaker 1: offensively over the course of the next few weeks. One

690
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: last nick I wanted to shout out is Deuce McBride.

691
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:33,720
Speaker 1: He's becoming one of my favorite backup guards in the league.

692
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 1: He's just painting the ass on ball defender. He had

693
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 1: a play where he he had a pick six on

694
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: vasilla Jay Mitchitz, where he like ripped him on one side,

695
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 1: beat him to the ball on the opposite side, went

696
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 1: down the floor and got a dunk. He's got more

697
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 1: offensive pot than most people realize. He can score from

698
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,760
Speaker 1: all three levels, has a nice little like mid range

699
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,200
Speaker 1: jump shot, little short range jump shot can knock down.

700
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 1: The three had twenty two points and twenty five minutes

701
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: last night. That's pretty high level scoring output. I also

702
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: thought Landrew Shamitt just looked like a professional two guard

703
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: out there, and that was something that I thought helped

704
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,120
Speaker 1: them on the offensive end of the floor. All right,

705
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Speaker 1: let's move on to Warriors Clippers. Interesting starting lineup for

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Speaker 1: the Warriors, uh de Anthony Melton got the start over

707
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Speaker 1: Brandon Pazemski. I was a little surprised, but that is

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Speaker 1: a defensible way to go. I mean, Melton is a

709
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: rock solid starting caliber two way guard in this league,

710
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: and he's a six year veteran, and so like I think,

711
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: I like, I don't think it really matters because I

712
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: think both Pazemski and the Anthony Melton are going to

713
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 1: be twenty five plus minute a night guys. They're just

714
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: they're two of the best players on the roster, so

715
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: they're both gonna play a lot. They just happen to

716
00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 1: play the same position, so I think they're gonna have

717
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 1: some crossover there. And we know that Kerr loves to

718
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 1: run three guard lineups, so like, I think we're gonna

719
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: see a lot of like Steph Melton and Pods out

720
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 1: there this year. But I did think it was interesting

721
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:47,040
Speaker 1: that Melton got the start after Pazemski ended up starting

722
00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: the majority of last year, and the reason we don't

723
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: know what's gonna happen in the long run. Who knows,

724
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 1: maybe Pods is starting by the time the season starts.

725
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 1: But it's more just kind of interesting from the standpoint

726
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,960
Speaker 1: of like the outlook of a franchise looking forward and

727
00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: like the idea that is kind of viewed as a

728
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: foundational piece in that sense. But anyway, we saw some

729
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: of Meltain's upside. You can really shoot the ball and

730
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 1: he's got real pop off the dribble. I told you guys,

731
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 1: he can dribble better than most of those role player

732
00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,600
Speaker 1: two guards out there. Good on ball defender, Trace Jackson

733
00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: Davis got the start at center. Now Wiggins didn't play,

734
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: so we have no idea if he would have started

735
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,080
Speaker 1: over cominga or not. My guess this comingo would still start,

736
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: but who knows. So we ended up getting Steph the

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00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 1: Anthony Melton, Jonathan Kminga, Draymond Green, and Trace Jackson Davis.

738
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Speaker 1: Trace Jackson Davis with the starters was a kind of

739
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 1: an interesting fit because he struggled a little bit with

740
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,600
Speaker 1: Zubac's size, which is to be expected. Zubach is huge,

741
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of starting centers in the Western

742
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 1: Conference that are pretty big and strong, and and so

743
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,880
Speaker 1: that's like a potential downside in the sense that that

744
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 1: that problem will be there throughout the season. But there's

745
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:51,560
Speaker 1: a counter.

746
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 2: Because TRACE's fast as shit.

747
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 1: And like there's a there's two plays I'm gonna show

748
00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 1: you guys a couple of transition buckets for the Warriors

749
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 1: in our Tim's tape segment where where Trace just like

750
00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: straight up beats the hell out of Zubach. In a

751
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: foot race and ends up getting dunks. So like I

752
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: think he gets a pass for a dunk on one

753
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: and then a dunk on another one. So like that's

754
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: the thing is, there's gonna be a give and take.

755
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 1: He's gonna get beat to the offensive glass. Sometimes there's

756
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,200
Speaker 1: gonna be players or guys like Zubatch or Someponis or

757
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 1: Nurkic or Jokic or whoever. It might be Barri's trace

758
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,480
Speaker 1: underneath the basket and they get to an easy little

759
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: hook shot or something right underneath the basket. But the

760
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: flip side is it's like again, you know, I talk

761
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 1: about styles, the expression styles make fights.

762
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 2: It's what style wins the fight. Though.

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00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 1: If you're bigger and you win being bigger, but you're

764
00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: smaller and you win being faster, and you win being

765
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: faster more than the big guy wins being bigger than

766
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 1: you've won the battle. And those are the types of

767
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,360
Speaker 1: battles of trace is gonna have to win. And there's

768
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:53,360
Speaker 1: also like matchup flexibility. I wouldn't be surprised if Kerr

769
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,040
Speaker 1: was like, oh, Clippers regular season game, Zubotch, let's go

770
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:01,520
Speaker 1: with Looney. You know that now we're playing and you know,

771
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 1: the Brooklyn Nets and it's it's Nick Claxton. Okay, now

772
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,359
Speaker 1: we're playing Tray Jackson Davis. You know, like it's it's

773
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of like matchup dependent type of

774
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: stuff I would imagine at that starting five spot. As

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00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: a team, though they looked really good in transition. They

776
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,360
Speaker 1: outscored the Clippers twenty four to fourteen in transition. It

777
00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: was one of the big subplots of this game. Draymond

778
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: still just an unbelievably disruptive defender. I was watching the

779
00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: game on Saturday night, and before I even made it

780
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,000
Speaker 1: five minutes into the game, I'm like, dude, Draymond has

781
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:32,359
Speaker 1: just blown up, like his fourth possession of the entire game,

782
00:35:32,360 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: where it's like like he just snuffs stuff out and

783
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,240
Speaker 1: he aggressively goes at the basketball. He forces dudes into misses.

784
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: He's just still one of the best defensive players in

785
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 1: the league and one of the advantages of putting Draymond

786
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 1: at the four. Again, there's ups and downs to putting

787
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:48,640
Speaker 1: Draymond at the four versus at the five. Like he's

788
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 1: at the five and you play you know, Kmingo Wiggins

789
00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:53,959
Speaker 1: and the two guards, there's just a lot of data

790
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,760
Speaker 1: last year that that's when they were at their best.

791
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:56,279
Speaker 2: Right.

792
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: It's just there's more space to operate there better offensively,

793
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:00,720
Speaker 1: and they can still cover a lot of round on defense.

794
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:01,040
Speaker 2: Right.

795
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 1: But as we've talked about, Draymond playing center all season

796
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:06,880
Speaker 1: is just a lot to put on his body for

797
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 1: the same reason we were just talking about with Tracey

798
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,480
Speaker 1: Jackson Davis. A lot of big body centers in the league,

799
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: and they can wear on the legs, wear on the body,

800
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:15,960
Speaker 1: cause injuries, wear and tear, that sort of thing, right,

801
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:20,240
Speaker 1: And so the upside one of the upsides. The downside,

802
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 1: but playing two biggs is you are typically a little slower.

803
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: Trace is obviously very athletic, but spacing could be an issue.

804
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 1: You're going to play basketball, Trace Jackson Davis and Raymond

805
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 1: Green on the floor at the same time, like obviously

806
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: with Kaminga out there, that's three below average three point

807
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:37,279
Speaker 1: shooters all on the floor at the same time. So

808
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 1: there are spacing concerns.

809
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 2: Right.

810
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: One of the upsides is, though, is Draymond Green is

811
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 1: in help. We talk a lot about that bracket, right,

812
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: the ball screen bracket. Draymond is typically part of that bracket.

813
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: Draymon's typically defending the ball screen, so he's the guy

814
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: that's responsible for coming as far up to the level

815
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 1: as the game plan dictates, which is usually depends on

816
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,319
Speaker 1: the matchup, or as far back depending on the matchup. Right,

817
00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: and he's reading the ball handler in the role and

818
00:37:00,560 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 1: making all of those types of decisions right, and then

819
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: it's usually like Wiggins or Cominga that functions as the lowman,

820
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 1: which is the guy that decides whether or not to

821
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 1: help on that ball screen or to stay home in

822
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,879
Speaker 1: the corner, depending on how far Draymond has to go up. Well,

823
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: with Trace Jackson Davis defending ball screens, now Draymond is

824
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 1: the low man, and now Draymon is the guy that's

825
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 1: down in that help side position, and so he gets

826
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: to be the guy that kind of decides whether or

827
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: not to hop over there to help or to close out.

828
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,720
Speaker 1: Draymond gray wingspan one of the best guys at contesting

829
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 1: three point shots after helping at the rim literally in

830
00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 1: the history of the league. It's a really good spot

831
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 1: for him to be defensively. And I do think that again,

832
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:40,440
Speaker 1: it'll be like a sacrifice. Your offense will go down

833
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,920
Speaker 1: a level. You're spacing obviously is not as good, but

834
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,960
Speaker 1: you're bigger, you're more athletic, and you put Draymon into

835
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: a defensive role as the lowman where he can be devastating,

836
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 1: and he was in that game against the Clippers on

837
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,399
Speaker 1: Saturday night. Comingo was a little up and down, had

838
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,720
Speaker 1: some nice buckets in transition. He dunked on a baseline

839
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,879
Speaker 1: cut out of like your typical Warriors tic tac toe

840
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 1: sort of thing, gets seven rebounds, but he's still a

841
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 1: little aloof when he's not directly involved in what's happening,

842
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 1: like off ball. Defensively, he gets lost some times. He

843
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 1: got back cut on a possion. I'm gonna show you

844
00:38:12,600 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: guys in the film session. There's a on the offensive end,

845
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 1: he still just doesn't quite look like he knows what

846
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: to do in the flow of the offense. That's a

847
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 1: typical again for a younger player playing in a lot

848
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 1: of ball in player movement. But once again with Kaminga,

849
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 1: it's just his first preseason game two, so I don't

850
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 1: want to read too much into it. Steph was two

851
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 1: for eight with two assists and three turnovers. But this

852
00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:35,280
Speaker 1: is like a really tough matchup for him. The Clippers

853
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 1: just have a ton of really good guard defenders. Chris

854
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 1: Dunn is legitimately one of the very very best players

855
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:45,359
Speaker 1: in the NBA at defending guards. Like, if you're leasing

856
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:48,399
Speaker 1: strictly guard defenders, he's in the top three or four

857
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: guys in the league. And he just did a really

858
00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: good job on Steph. Physical ball pressure, staying attached to

859
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 1: tacking his dribble pocket, forced him into some sloppy handling situations,

860
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: some turnovers. Like he just that's just a tough matchup there.

861
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,839
Speaker 1: So again, like Steph is gonna look better because he's

862
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,799
Speaker 1: not gonna play against Chris Dunn every single night. And

863
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Speaker 1: that's what I talk about with the Clippers in the preseason,

864
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 1: in the season preview, like the strength of this roster

865
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 1: is they've got a bunch of guys who can guard guards.

866
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 1: It's like, oh, you here, you got Chris Dunn off

867
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: of you, here's Terrence Man, Oh, here's Derek Jones junior.

868
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: You know, it's just high level perimeter athlete after high

869
00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:26,239
Speaker 1: level perimeter athlete. Moses Moody. It was the last war

870
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,040
Speaker 1: year guy. I wanted to shout out two steals in

871
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:31,439
Speaker 1: a block, twelve points and thirteen minutes. Really impressive first

872
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,120
Speaker 1: preseason outing, aggressive shooting the ball, had a nice like

873
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 1: off to dribble three on the right wing, hit a

874
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: corner three again, physical defense. I'm hoping he gets a

875
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,520
Speaker 1: bigger opportunity this year. He's never had a season where

876
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 1: he's gotten over twenty minutes a year or twenty minutes

877
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: a game for the entire season. I'd like to see

878
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,640
Speaker 1: him get that opportunity this year. We'll see if he does.

879
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: On the Clippers front, you can see the formula. It's

880
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: helio centric Harden ball with role players all around him

881
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,399
Speaker 1: and a really good screening folkrum in Zubats to tie

882
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: it all together in their pick and roll game, James

883
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:04,360
Speaker 1: Harden in just seventeen minutes thirteen points, eight assists, plus

884
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:07,720
Speaker 1: five on the scoreboard. That's the formula. Defend like crazy

885
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 1: with your crazy good guard defenders and fly around on

886
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,560
Speaker 1: the perimeter and just be scrappy and tough and play hard,

887
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: and then have James Harden and i Vikazubats just pick

888
00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:20,319
Speaker 1: you apart, pick them apart by running pick and roll.

889
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:22,799
Speaker 1: Zubat said fourteen and six and eighteen minutes. The two

890
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: of them just are supernatural pick and roll pairing, and

891
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: then again, like I said, just waves after waves after

892
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 1: waves of good perimeter defenders coming off the bench. They

893
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 1: started the game with Derek Jones Junior and Chris Dunn.

894
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 1: Then it was Terrence Man Kobe Brown. I thought had

895
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:40,200
Speaker 1: some really good on ball possessions. All of them can switch,

896
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: all of them are big and big and strong and

897
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:47,399
Speaker 1: can guard different types of perimeter initiators. They were able

898
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,239
Speaker 1: to drag the game down into the mud. And that's

899
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 1: the formula. Defend like crazy, buys margin of error for

900
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: James Harden to kind of lift you over the top offensively.

901
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,320
Speaker 1: And when you defend like that, you don't need James

902
00:40:57,320 --> 00:40:59,880
Speaker 1: Harden to be Luka Doncic. You just need him to

903
00:40:59,880 --> 00:41:02,640
Speaker 1: be Luca l liked and just do like a reasonable

904
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 1: facsimile of that. And it's gonna be enough offense if

905
00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 1: they can defend like that.

906
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:08,279
Speaker 2: I really quickly.

907
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 1: We're not spend too much time on Bucks pistons. Jiannis

908
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: didn't play, and the pistons are really bad, right, but

909
00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:14,919
Speaker 1: we got to see how Dame looks, and he looks great.

910
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,680
Speaker 1: The entire team came out guns blazing. They basically hit

911
00:41:18,719 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: every shot to start the game Brooken Dame in particular,

912
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 1: We're red hot. They went up twenty to three in

913
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 1: this game. But the main thing that I just wanted

914
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: to shout out is Dame looks great. He was getting

915
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,719
Speaker 1: great separation. He hit his first four threes, hit a

916
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 1: couple of step backs for like he like just had

917
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 1: like a little bit more juice on the step back

918
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,120
Speaker 1: and lift than I was seeing last year. You gotta

919
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:43,799
Speaker 1: be super excited if you're a Bucks fan by how

920
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:44,399
Speaker 1: Dame looked.

921
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:45,839
Speaker 2: Again. We'll talk a lot of Bucks this year.

922
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 1: I didn't want to spend too much time on that

923
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: particular game just because of the guys that were playing

924
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: Torrian Prince. You got to see a little bit of

925
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 1: what he does and brings to the table. I thought

926
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,279
Speaker 1: Gary Trent Junior looked fine. We're gonna talk more about

927
00:41:57,280 --> 00:41:58,600
Speaker 1: the Bucks in the long run, but I thought that

928
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:00,200
Speaker 1: was a really impressive first out.

929
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:22,800
Speaker 2: Outing four Daine. All right, let us get to our film.

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00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 1: Tim's take first second episode of the season. I saw

931
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: you guys throw out some name suggestions. We're going with

932
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,560
Speaker 1: TIMPs type for right now, but that's still up for debates.

933
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,240
Speaker 1: So if you guys have any suggestions drop them in there.

934
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 1: We did shrink a little square. I had some of

935
00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 1: you guys tell me the square was too big, so

936
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:42,560
Speaker 1: we shrunk that down. We're working on the formatting still,

937
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,320
Speaker 1: and we're working on some of those details. This is

938
00:42:44,360 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 1: going to be something we do every day, and I

939
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 1: want it to be something that we just get a

940
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: little bit better at each day, and hopefully by the

941
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 1: end of the season it looks more like a finished product.

942
00:42:51,560 --> 00:42:53,919
Speaker 1: But got nine clips for you guys tonight. Clip number

943
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,400
Speaker 1: one and two are both Warriors low man possessions that

944
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,800
Speaker 1: led to transition runouts. I have two callouts from this play,

945
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: so we're gonna run it through twice. First play, we

946
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:06,360
Speaker 1: got a ball screen. As you can see, de Anthony

947
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:09,879
Speaker 1: Melton's chasing Trace. Jackson Davis is in more or less

948
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: a drop coverage. But Zubach is on the role here

949
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:16,560
Speaker 1: and Trace is a little out of position. So James

950
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 1: Harden makes the pocket pass. But look where Steph is.

951
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,560
Speaker 1: Steph's job here is to decide whether or not to

952
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: help or to stay home in the corner. Steph times

953
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 1: it perfectly jumps the passing lane, gets in there, takes

954
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 1: it away from Zubachs. Those are those low main defensive

955
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 1: plays that are so important. Then we get the Warriors

956
00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 1: out in transition, where once again they dominated this game

957
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 1: twenty four to fourteen. In transition points, Tray Jackson Davis

958
00:43:39,600 --> 00:43:42,399
Speaker 1: drops off for kaminga for a dunk. Now, you guys

959
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: remember the talking point I had earlier in the game

960
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: about styles making fights and about how you just have

961
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 1: to win with your particular style. Zubach as we talked

962
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 1: about a little big for Tray Jackson Davis. What is

963
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 1: Trace Jackson Davis's advantage Speed's watch what happens here pass

964
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,240
Speaker 1: At the point of the turnover. Zubatch is actually closer

965
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,759
Speaker 1: to the basket than Tray Jackson Davis. They're both more

966
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 1: or less even with each other. I'm gonna run this

967
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: in full speed. Watch how much faster Tray Jackson Davis

968
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: is than Zubos getting down the floor. Look at this,

969
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:17,160
Speaker 1: Zubos is not even in the frame, and Trace looks

970
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,200
Speaker 1: like a wing making a play in transition. That's his

971
00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 1: advantage if you want, if he ends up starting a

972
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,800
Speaker 1: lot this year, that's how he can beat out these bigger,

973
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:30,480
Speaker 1: slower bigs around the NBA. Let's get to clip number two.

974
00:44:30,520 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 1: This time Draymond Green once again as the help defender.

975
00:44:33,560 --> 00:44:37,000
Speaker 1: Tray Jackson Davis is the guy that is guarding the

976
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,600
Speaker 1: ball screen. This allows Draymond Green to function as the lowman.

977
00:44:41,160 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 1: As we can see in this we could see how

978
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:44,000
Speaker 1: this play is developing.

979
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:44,239
Speaker 2: Right.

980
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,280
Speaker 1: So, and by the way I grab Synergy splits play

981
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:50,440
Speaker 1: clips into different play types, I wanted to include the

982
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 1: transition segment. That's why the beginning of these plays got

983
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: cut off. If I show the beginning of this plays,

984
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 1: then I missed on the transition, and the transition.

985
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 2: Is kind of part of the point here.

986
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:01,640
Speaker 1: So as James Harden is coming off, Tray Jackson Davis

987
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:04,320
Speaker 1: is in a high drop right. This is I believe

988
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,080
Speaker 1: that's thee Anthony Mountain chasing over the top. Steph is

989
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:11,239
Speaker 1: tagging the roller real quick. So Zubach is getting behind

990
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,680
Speaker 1: Trey Jackson Davis. Steph is doing something that he can

991
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: do on this play to make life a little easier.

992
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:19,799
Speaker 1: Let's just bump Zubach with that shoulder there right then

993
00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,759
Speaker 1: Steph gets back out to the corner. Now Draymon is

994
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 1: splitting the difference. He's hanging tight, he's putting himself in

995
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: a position where he feels comfortable. If James Harden has

996
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 1: two reads available, James can throw this pass on the

997
00:45:33,160 --> 00:45:36,360
Speaker 1: bounce to Zubach, or he can throw the skip to

998
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,080
Speaker 1: Kobe Brown. Here in the left corner right, Draymond has

999
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:42,120
Speaker 1: to make a read. He's playing the difference where he

1000
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:45,359
Speaker 1: feels like if James makes this pass, he can close out,

1001
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,279
Speaker 1: but he can also get to Zoo. Watch the pass.

1002
00:45:48,280 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: Watch how Draymond sits waits boom explodes, gets there, and

1003
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:54,600
Speaker 1: this is where Draymond's long arms are a huge advantage.

1004
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 1: Watch that's in slow motion. I'm gonna show this in

1005
00:45:57,400 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: fast motion. Watch how quickly Draymond goes from stay ending

1006
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 1: still to deflecting this pass. Crazy defensive play and once

1007
00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 1: again like blows it up. There's two open guys there.

1008
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:09,960
Speaker 1: Draymond is splitting the difference between the two turns out

1009
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,080
Speaker 1: and neither of them are open. Once again, we have

1010
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:15,200
Speaker 1: tray Jackson Davis sprinting up the floor way ahead of

1011
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,400
Speaker 1: Zubac and he's gonna get a lob dunk running the floor.

1012
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,000
Speaker 1: That's the best way for Tray Jackson Davis to show

1013
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,680
Speaker 1: his value at the center position. All right, This is

1014
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:27,000
Speaker 1: a possession where the Clippers end up getting a layup

1015
00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:28,960
Speaker 1: for Terrence Man out of the left corner. The reason

1016
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 1: why I put this play in here is I wanted

1017
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,480
Speaker 1: to I always talk about the importance of offball player movement,

1018
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:39,319
Speaker 1: So off ball player movement is these The simplest way

1019
00:46:39,360 --> 00:46:40,960
Speaker 1: I can put it is like here, we're getting a

1020
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 1: ball screen, right, we're going to Chicago action. So the

1021
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 1: Clippers are running Chicago action on the strong side. All

1022
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: that is that James Harden pinning down for Norman Palell

1023
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:50,560
Speaker 1: is gonna come off of a handoff from Zubach. Right,

1024
00:46:51,160 --> 00:46:53,960
Speaker 1: these are your weak side spacers. So there's two versions

1025
00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: of this play. Right, There's the version of it where

1026
00:46:56,040 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: they just stand they stand still. Caminga can kind of

1027
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:03,120
Speaker 1: sit here. Let's say Powell comes off, Kaminga can dig down.

1028
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,000
Speaker 1: But if Powell makes the kickout pass, Kaminga can easily

1029
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 1: close out. Because that's such a short distance. It's much

1030
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:12,760
Speaker 1: easier help side defense if these guys just stand still.

1031
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:16,120
Speaker 1: But instead, as none Powell comes off of this dribble handoff,

1032
00:47:16,400 --> 00:47:19,719
Speaker 1: Kobe Brown goes hey vacant corner. As they're running this action,

1033
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,160
Speaker 1: James could theoretically stay up at the wing. I'm just

1034
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: gonna cut through, just not with any because i think

1035
00:47:25,120 --> 00:47:27,480
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get a lay up, but just because I'm

1036
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:29,800
Speaker 1: gonna do something other than stand still.

1037
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 2: Kobe Brown cuts through. Watch what happens.

1038
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,080
Speaker 1: Now, let's slow down and talk about what specifically happened

1039
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 1: on the cut. Jonathan Kaminga is so keyed in on

1040
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 1: the Chicago action. Look at him is keyed in on

1041
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:45,359
Speaker 1: the Chicago action. Kobe back cuts him, beats him from

1042
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: behind there. This forces Steph to chase the cutter. So

1043
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 1: now since Steph chases the cutter, sorry, guys, Since Steph

1044
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,360
Speaker 1: has chased the cutter, Kaminga is now guarding Terrence Man.

1045
00:47:58,040 --> 00:48:00,560
Speaker 1: And because Kaminga is now guarding Terrence Man, and when

1046
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:04,480
Speaker 1: Kobe was here, that's a closeout Kaminga can make. But

1047
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:06,600
Speaker 1: with Terrence Man being all the way over here, that's

1048
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:11,680
Speaker 1: a much tougher closeout. Now we get the pass little

1049
00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:14,480
Speaker 1: jab step Kaminga's way on the high side. Because he

1050
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:17,120
Speaker 1: closed down from the elbow, Terrence Man is able to

1051
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:19,600
Speaker 1: get downhill and he's got too much of ahead of

1052
00:48:19,680 --> 00:48:21,920
Speaker 1: team goes up and under on trace. Jackson Davis for

1053
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:25,000
Speaker 1: a nice finish, So again you get a high quality

1054
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 1: closeout opportunity just by virtue of cutting. Now the counterpoint

1055
00:48:28,719 --> 00:48:33,040
Speaker 1: would be, okay, Jason, but Jonathan Kaminga just got back cut.

1056
00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:35,399
Speaker 1: That's all that really happened there, right, Yeah, you're right,

1057
00:48:35,960 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: And guess what. Any elite defense that is locked in,

1058
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: they're not gonna make many mistakes and it's gonna be

1059
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:45,359
Speaker 1: difficult for you to find openings. The point is, the

1060
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:49,600
Speaker 1: more action you run on the ball, the more off

1061
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:52,960
Speaker 1: ball player movement you have, the more off ball screening

1062
00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 1: you have. All of those things forced defenders to make decisions.

1063
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:01,320
Speaker 1: And if you make a defense make two or three

1064
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 1: times as many decisions on a possession, there's just more

1065
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,840
Speaker 1: chances that they make a mistake. For instance, if Kobe

1066
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:13,040
Speaker 1: Brown just stands still there on this switch, they switch

1067
00:49:13,120 --> 00:49:15,680
Speaker 1: this right step stays in the corner. If Kobe Brown

1068
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,120
Speaker 1: just stands there, Kaminga does not have to make a

1069
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,600
Speaker 1: decision having to do with Kobe Brown. He's key in

1070
00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:22,279
Speaker 1: on the ball handler. He knows where he is. If

1071
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 1: the kickout passes there, he closes out Kobe Brown. Cutting

1072
00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:29,440
Speaker 1: forces the Warriors to make a decision. Kaminga makes a

1073
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:34,239
Speaker 1: mistake that generates the opening. The more think of it

1074
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:37,279
Speaker 1: like a blender, the more of a blender you put

1075
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,880
Speaker 1: their defense in, the more chance that it breaks apart.

1076
00:49:40,880 --> 00:49:43,080
Speaker 1: But if you attack it in a very rudimentary and

1077
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:47,040
Speaker 1: basic way, there's less opportunity for that defense to break apart.

1078
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:50,839
Speaker 1: That's why off ball player movement is so important. That's

1079
00:49:50,880 --> 00:49:54,480
Speaker 1: why I wanted to include that. Play easy basketball, all right,

1080
00:49:55,160 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 1: This next one is a Karl Anthony Towns pick and pot.

1081
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: So one of the things I want you to kee

1082
00:50:00,520 --> 00:50:01,680
Speaker 1: an eye on here. I talked about this. You could

1083
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:04,000
Speaker 1: tell Brunson's just not used to having this as an option.

1084
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:06,560
Speaker 1: This is an easy read, right, Okay, So we're in

1085
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 1: our drop coverage, right, TODJ. Gibson's in the drop coverage.

1086
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 1: Brandon Miller's chasing over the top. As Brandon Miller's chasing,

1087
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:15,400
Speaker 1: TODJ is still staying in the drop. Kat is staying

1088
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:18,399
Speaker 1: around the three point line right now. A little bit

1089
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:20,399
Speaker 1: of spacing detail, Josh Hart needs to be a little

1090
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:22,719
Speaker 1: bit further over here. That makes it so that Trey

1091
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 1: Man is a little bit further over here, but still

1092
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:28,239
Speaker 1: play develops. Josh sees it at the last second kind

1093
00:50:28,239 --> 00:50:29,879
Speaker 1: of cuts out of the way. Look at Brunson though.

1094
00:50:29,880 --> 00:50:32,319
Speaker 1: Brunson's not even looking at the fact that Kat's wide open,

1095
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:33,880
Speaker 1: and it's because he's not used to look at Brunson.

1096
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:37,040
Speaker 1: He's looking down, He's looking this way, hasn't even located

1097
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: Cat yet.

1098
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:38,400
Speaker 2: He's wide open.

1099
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 1: Does eventually notice it and go, oh shit, he's right there,

1100
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:42,880
Speaker 1: passes in the ball and he hits it. This is

1101
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:45,840
Speaker 1: one of those things where in time Brunson will realize,

1102
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,760
Speaker 1: like as one of his passing reads, look back, because

1103
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:51,839
Speaker 1: if Kat's open, one of the best shots the Nicks

1104
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:53,720
Speaker 1: can generate this year is an open catch and shoot

1105
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,200
Speaker 1: three for Karl Anthony Towns. And so there's no reed to,

1106
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:59,160
Speaker 1: no need to kind of overcomplicate things if that's open.

1107
00:50:59,239 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 1: And so again that was an example of just simple

1108
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:05,600
Speaker 1: example of like new players, new fit gonna take some time.

1109
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 1: Brunston's playing with the stretch five. He ran a ball screen.

1110
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 1: It took him a while to even look behind him

1111
00:51:10,680 --> 00:51:13,480
Speaker 1: to see if the stretch big was open. This is

1112
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:15,959
Speaker 1: a hornet's play that I wanted to show you guys,

1113
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:19,000
Speaker 1: simply just because it's a very very good example of

1114
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:22,439
Speaker 1: a well executed double drag. So double drag ball screen.

1115
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: We talk about stack ball screens. These are like different

1116
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: ball screens that involve three players. Right, stack ball screens

1117
00:51:28,560 --> 00:51:30,960
Speaker 1: where we have the shooter underneath and he's going to

1118
00:51:31,040 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 1: backscreen for the screener. Right, a double drag. All that

1119
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:39,319
Speaker 1: is is a staggered ball screen where one player rolls in,

1120
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,759
Speaker 1: one player pops, So the Fasila je Mechich is the

1121
00:51:42,840 --> 00:51:46,800
Speaker 1: ball handler. First screener pops, second screener roles right. So

1122
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:50,200
Speaker 1: that's how the play is developed. Right, But as you

1123
00:51:50,239 --> 00:51:53,480
Speaker 1: can see, let's go back to the defensive element. Shammitt's chasing.

1124
00:51:54,120 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: But because of that second screen, Shamit's in trail position.

1125
00:51:57,719 --> 00:52:02,160
Speaker 1: This forces I think that's Jericho Sims is in the

1126
00:52:02,239 --> 00:52:09,040
Speaker 1: drop coverage. Jericho Sims is now defending the ball and

1127
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,520
Speaker 1: sham It is chasing. So now we've made Precious to

1128
00:52:12,640 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: Chewa make a decision. Right, because these guys sham It

1129
00:52:17,440 --> 00:52:20,520
Speaker 1: and Sims are both on the ball. We have Taj

1130
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:25,279
Speaker 1: rolling unguarded, and we have the popping shooter above the brick, right,

1131
00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:29,359
Speaker 1: Precious has to make a decision. His decision he makes

1132
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:32,320
Speaker 1: is to stay home. See Precious stays home with the shooter.

1133
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:36,239
Speaker 1: This makes it so that Taj is wide open and

1134
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,600
Speaker 1: Taj ends up getting a dunk. One last little detail here,

1135
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:44,000
Speaker 1: notice vasili Ja Michiz. Watch how he fakes the floater

1136
00:52:44,160 --> 00:52:47,839
Speaker 1: before he throws the pass, which forces Jericho Sims to jump.

1137
00:52:48,280 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: Watches he's getting downhill, he's gonna go up like he's

1138
00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:52,759
Speaker 1: shooting a floater. Watch you look right there, you're thinking

1139
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:57,120
Speaker 1: floater Right there, that looks like a floater that forces

1140
00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:01,120
Speaker 1: Jericho Simms to jump boom. That role is open because

1141
00:53:01,160 --> 00:53:03,719
Speaker 1: if he doesn't fake the shot, Jericho Simms is in

1142
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:06,600
Speaker 1: that no roller behind coverage we talked about earlier, where

1143
00:53:06,640 --> 00:53:09,879
Speaker 1: now Jericho Sims can stunt but recover and get back

1144
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:12,440
Speaker 1: to Taj. This is why it's so important for the

1145
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:15,320
Speaker 1: ball handler to engage the screen defender. He's got to

1146
00:53:15,400 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 1: get him to commit to him offensively, otherwise this guy

1147
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:20,640
Speaker 1: won't be open. But again, as I talked about earlier,

1148
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:22,840
Speaker 1: this is an on ball example of that same concept

1149
00:53:22,880 --> 00:53:25,040
Speaker 1: we were talking about with the Clippers. The more on

1150
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:29,360
Speaker 1: ball action you run, meaning complicated action multiple players instead

1151
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:32,840
Speaker 1: of just a simple ball screen, the more opportunity you

1152
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,600
Speaker 1: give the defense to make a mistake and if the

1153
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:38,760
Speaker 1: defense makes a mistake, that's where you generate the opening.

1154
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:41,120
Speaker 1: Right like that, That's why I'm such a big believer

1155
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,080
Speaker 1: in running action. That's why I'm such a believer in

1156
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 1: off ball player movement. It's about forcing the defense to execute.

1157
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:49,600
Speaker 1: And the more times you force the defense to execute,

1158
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:52,320
Speaker 1: the more times they're going to make mistakes. Move on

1159
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: to the Lakers. Here is just a classic Lebron James

1160
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:59,560
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis pick and pop. This is a great example

1161
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:03,640
Speaker 1: of that, except I was talking about earlier involving drop

1162
00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:07,200
Speaker 1: coverages and how hard, how hard they are to guard

1163
00:54:07,239 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 1: against pick and pop. So again, so Katie's on the ball, right,

1164
00:54:10,200 --> 00:54:10,960
Speaker 1: Katy's on the ball.

1165
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 2: We have.

1166
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,759
Speaker 1: Tias Jones kind of digging down to the nail. But

1167
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:21,160
Speaker 1: as Lebron comes off the ball screen, Katie's chasing plumb,

1168
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:27,880
Speaker 1: Lee's dropping, Ad pops, He's wide open. Lebron hits him

1169
00:54:28,000 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: and he knocks down the three. And again too, that's

1170
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,800
Speaker 1: a simple example too. Last year Ad would have popped

1171
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:35,839
Speaker 1: to this spot. AD would have popped more or less

1172
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:38,919
Speaker 1: into this kind of like elbow area where he would

1173
00:54:38,920 --> 00:54:41,359
Speaker 1: have made probably forty forty five percent of them. Right,

1174
00:54:41,800 --> 00:54:43,759
Speaker 1: He's not going to shoot forty forty five percent out here,

1175
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:45,520
Speaker 1: but he's going to get an extra point every time

1176
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:47,319
Speaker 1: he makes one, which is going to help with the math.

1177
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:50,960
Speaker 1: Here's a really sharp Laker defensive possession that I wanted

1178
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,080
Speaker 1: to shout out, and one specifically that shows some of

1179
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,800
Speaker 1: the quality help side defense from Lebron James and Anthony Davis.

1180
00:54:56,840 --> 00:54:58,400
Speaker 1: So this is going to start with an action that

1181
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:02,600
Speaker 1: gets defended by Ad and Austin and Reeves. So it

1182
00:55:02,680 --> 00:55:07,080
Speaker 1: starts with the Beal is on Hatchamura right tyas Jones

1183
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,799
Speaker 1: is being guarded by Austin Reeves, Beal is gonna slip

1184
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:14,040
Speaker 1: because on this pick. On this pick, they're switching. The

1185
00:55:14,120 --> 00:55:16,000
Speaker 1: Lakers are switching one through four. This is something they've

1186
00:55:16,040 --> 00:55:18,279
Speaker 1: been talking about a lot in training camp. But one

1187
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:21,560
Speaker 1: of the ways you can beat switching is understand angles. Right,

1188
00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,399
Speaker 1: So all I have to do is touch Austin. That's

1189
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:27,040
Speaker 1: gonna trigger the switch. But when I trigger the switch,

1190
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:31,040
Speaker 1: Austin's now on my top side. Ruey is guarding the

1191
00:55:31,080 --> 00:55:35,120
Speaker 1: ball handler, so Beal slips behind Austin, right, So they switched,

1192
00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:37,440
Speaker 1: but because Austin's stuck on the top side, Beal makes

1193
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:39,800
Speaker 1: the right decision. He cuts right. So that's how the

1194
00:55:39,880 --> 00:55:43,399
Speaker 1: Lakers got compromised initially. So now it's about helping each

1195
00:55:43,440 --> 00:55:46,759
Speaker 1: other in rotation, right, So AD's got to help, right,

1196
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:50,279
Speaker 1: Ad steps over and helps Biel. As Ad helps Biel,

1197
00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:54,200
Speaker 1: you're gonna watch Austin immediately go, oh shit, AD's got Beal.

1198
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:57,440
Speaker 1: I need to recover to plumbe. Austin gets to Plumbley.

1199
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:57,879
Speaker 2: Look at him.

1200
00:55:57,880 --> 00:55:59,799
Speaker 1: He's run into plumb Lee making sure that that drop

1201
00:55:59,840 --> 00:56:02,400
Speaker 1: off pass isn't open. Beal would have thrown it. If

1202
00:56:02,440 --> 00:56:04,880
Speaker 1: Austin had given up on the play or chased Brad,

1203
00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 1: he would have thrown a little bounce pass to Plumbley.

1204
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:10,480
Speaker 1: Plumbley's getting a dunk. Austin takes away the drop off

1205
00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:14,600
Speaker 1: pass to Plumblee. Beal drives through. As Beal drives through,

1206
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:18,120
Speaker 1: they switch again. Austin goes, okay, I got Brad. Now

1207
00:56:18,280 --> 00:56:21,399
Speaker 1: look at you can see Ad. I identify it. He's like, okay,

1208
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:25,160
Speaker 1: I'm on Beal, I'm on Beal, I'm on Beal. Okay,

1209
00:56:25,239 --> 00:56:27,399
Speaker 1: Austin's got him. Now watch him jerk back. Now he's

1210
00:56:27,400 --> 00:56:29,440
Speaker 1: coming back this way. Okay, Now I'm back on Plumblee.

1211
00:56:29,760 --> 00:56:33,160
Speaker 1: Now because if they don't communicate that well, and they

1212
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:34,920
Speaker 1: both stay on bal. Then Beal can drop it off

1213
00:56:34,920 --> 00:56:37,600
Speaker 1: to Plumbley here for a dunk because they recover. Now

1214
00:56:37,640 --> 00:56:40,239
Speaker 1: we're back in a one on one situation. Now it's

1215
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: Beal on an island against Austin Reeves. They end up

1216
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:44,600
Speaker 1: kicking out, but they go right back down. So let

1217
00:56:44,640 --> 00:56:45,520
Speaker 1: me fast forward a little bit.

1218
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:47,200
Speaker 2: There's a swing.

1219
00:56:47,920 --> 00:56:50,359
Speaker 1: Now we're one on one Austin and Bale. Okay, seven

1220
00:56:50,480 --> 00:56:52,600
Speaker 1: on the shot clock. Let's see how our help side

1221
00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:55,680
Speaker 1: defense pans out. I'm fast forward a little bit. Okay,

1222
00:56:55,760 --> 00:56:59,520
Speaker 1: So here we are posting up right, Plumbley's making himself

1223
00:56:59,520 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 1: available at the elbow. Kd's on the weak side. Lebron

1224
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:05,120
Speaker 1: and Ad are both in like help side position where

1225
00:57:05,160 --> 00:57:07,359
Speaker 1: they can stay home in case these kickout passes come,

1226
00:57:07,400 --> 00:57:09,239
Speaker 1: but they can help if they need to. Right, So

1227
00:57:09,360 --> 00:57:13,760
Speaker 1: let's see AD's making a decision. Austin's got this, He's fine,

1228
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:17,320
Speaker 1: I don't need to help spin. But then he sees

1229
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:19,240
Speaker 1: Austin gets compromised by the spin.

1230
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:20,520
Speaker 2: Move right here.

1231
00:57:20,760 --> 00:57:23,440
Speaker 1: Uh oh, Bal's gonna go past him on the baseline.

1232
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:26,600
Speaker 1: Now Ad knows I've got to help, So Ad comes

1233
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:29,400
Speaker 1: over look at Lebron. Lebron hasn't done anything yet, but

1234
00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:33,120
Speaker 1: as soon as is Ad got his moment with Austin,

1235
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:35,600
Speaker 1: now Lebron's about to get his moment with Ad where

1236
00:57:35,640 --> 00:57:38,920
Speaker 1: he goes, oh shit, AD's coming over to help. Ad

1237
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,000
Speaker 1: is now committed to help. So now Lebron has to

1238
00:57:41,080 --> 00:57:45,880
Speaker 1: engage to make that next rotation. Lebron immediately engages, snaps over,

1239
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,400
Speaker 1: beats plumbly to the spot and blocks him at the rim.

1240
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:54,840
Speaker 1: Really really good defense in communication from Austin, Lebron and

1241
00:57:55,000 --> 00:57:56,240
Speaker 1: Ad on that possession.

1242
00:57:57,160 --> 00:57:57,840
Speaker 2: All right, two more.

1243
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:03,000
Speaker 1: This is an example of the Sun's generating three point

1244
00:58:03,080 --> 00:58:05,360
Speaker 1: shots instead of mid range pull up shots. So as

1245
00:58:05,400 --> 00:58:08,560
Speaker 1: you can see here, Devin Booker cuts slip, same sort

1246
00:58:08,560 --> 00:58:11,640
Speaker 1: of action we just talked about with Brad and Devin.

1247
00:58:12,200 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 1: Devin screens the bottom side of Ruie because he's on

1248
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:17,560
Speaker 1: the bottom side of Ruey. When the switch triggers, look

1249
00:58:17,600 --> 00:58:21,160
Speaker 1: at Austin. Austin comes running out to guard KD but

1250
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:25,840
Speaker 1: and now Hatchimer is switching, Booker slips it gets into

1251
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:26,600
Speaker 1: this part of the floor.

1252
00:58:26,800 --> 00:58:26,920
Speaker 2: Right.

1253
00:58:27,560 --> 00:58:29,480
Speaker 1: This is a shot we know Devin Booker can make,

1254
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:32,000
Speaker 1: and can make at a very very high percentage. But

1255
00:58:32,160 --> 00:58:35,680
Speaker 1: instead he knows that Dalton Connects came over as the

1256
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:38,160
Speaker 1: low man to help. Let's turn it into a wide

1257
00:58:38,200 --> 00:58:39,800
Speaker 1: open catch and shoot three for a guy who shot

1258
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:41,320
Speaker 1: over forty percent from three last year.

1259
00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:41,720
Speaker 2: Boom.

1260
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,240
Speaker 1: That's the type of like order of operations where it's like, yeah,

1261
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:46,920
Speaker 1: if it's late in the shot clock and we need

1262
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,080
Speaker 1: to take a pull up two, or if they're staying

1263
00:58:49,120 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: home off the ball and we're in a two on

1264
00:58:50,800 --> 00:58:52,480
Speaker 1: two ball screen and this is the only shot we

1265
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:55,680
Speaker 1: can get. Okay, that's fine. But like whenever you can

1266
00:58:55,840 --> 00:58:59,320
Speaker 1: generate catch and shoot threes for good shooters or shot

1267
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:02,280
Speaker 1: attempts at the they are so far in a way

1268
00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:04,840
Speaker 1: more efficient than any other shot in basketball, you have

1269
00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:07,640
Speaker 1: to hunt those whenever you can. This was the last

1270
00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:09,560
Speaker 1: one I cut through in here. I'm going to include

1271
00:59:09,560 --> 00:59:11,440
Speaker 1: a lot of this kind of junk in our in

1272
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:14,160
Speaker 1: our film sessions, just because I think it's fun. This

1273
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,760
Speaker 1: is not any sort of dramatic schematic thing. I just

1274
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,680
Speaker 1: think it's smart basketball players making a smart play. Lebron

1275
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:21,520
Speaker 1: and ad are going to generate a dunk out of

1276
00:59:21,560 --> 00:59:23,480
Speaker 1: a jump ball here middle of the game, right, So

1277
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:26,200
Speaker 1: it's three three minutes left in the second quarter. But

1278
00:59:26,280 --> 00:59:28,400
Speaker 1: look at how the play is set up. If you

1279
00:59:28,440 --> 00:59:30,800
Speaker 1: look at the Suns, Josha Kogi, one of the better

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Speaker 1: athletes on the team, tied up with Max Christy. On

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Speaker 1: this side of the ball, right, we have the guy

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Speaker 1: making the jump. Tallest player on the floor is bowl Bull.

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Speaker 1: Bull Bull is assigned to D'Angelo Russell at this point

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Speaker 1: in time in the jump ball, I want you to

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Speaker 1: watch Ad sprint as soon as he catches, because Ad

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Speaker 1: knows if I can just beat bull Bull down the floor,

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Speaker 1: I'm getting a dunk because no, this I think this

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Speaker 1: is Tys Jones, Tis Jones ain't gonna stop me, Grayceon

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Speaker 1: Allen ain't gonna stop me. The only guy that can

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Speaker 1: stop me at the rim maybe is bowl Bull. If

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Speaker 1: I outrun him and catch him slipping, I'm gonna get

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Speaker 1: a dunk. Lebron and Ad have clearly discussed this before

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Speaker 1: the play, because watch how quickly Ad takes off sprint, sprint, sprint, sprint, sprint, about.

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Speaker 2: Ball is up.

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Speaker 1: See how quickly that was. See how quick that happened.

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Speaker 1: Lebron throws the pass after one dribble. Those are little

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Speaker 1: things where it's just like, oh, we identified that they're

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Speaker 1: lined up funky on the jump ball and they don't

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Speaker 1: have anybody back here to take care of the rim,

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Speaker 1: Like if bowl bull is back here instead, then that's

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Speaker 1: not open. It's probably just something Lebron and Ad discuss, hey,

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Speaker 1: whenever they have their big man away from like kind

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Speaker 1: of that free safety spot in the jump ball, Let's

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Speaker 1: just have you sprint quick tap, sprint one dribble, lob dunk.

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Speaker 1: Easy work for Lebron and Ad. All right, guys, that's

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Speaker 1: all I have for today for our first old fashioned

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Speaker 1: hoops to Night episode of the season. As always, as

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Speaker 1: sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting the show. Will be

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Speaker 1: back tomorrow with another season preview. We have I think

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Speaker 1: five more season in previews to do before the start

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Speaker 1: of the years. Well, we will get to all of

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Speaker 1: them before before the October twenty second, which I think

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Speaker 1: is the start of the season. But we will also

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Speaker 1: react to at least one or two preseason games tomorrow

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Speaker 1: as well, and then we'll do another episode of TIMPs

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Speaker 1: tape at the tail end. Again, as always, I appreciate

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Speaker 1: you guys for supporting the show, and I'll see you tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: The volume What's Up guys, As always, I appreciate you

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Speaker 1: for listening to and supporting hoops tonight. It would actually

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Speaker 1: be really helpful for us if you guys would take

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Speaker 1: a second and leave a rating and a review. As always,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you guys supporting us, but if you could

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Speaker 1: take a minute to do that, I'd really appreciate it.