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Speaker 1: time for us on your Sunday night to come and

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Speaker 1: brought anything you want to vent about, anything you want

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Speaker 1: to say, because we're gonna try to take as many

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Speaker 1: to say about tonight starts and ends with a D.

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Speaker 1: Don't you think garage? Oh yeah, absolutely, I had a

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Speaker 1: him for sure. Yeah, I think, like, uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: we started to notice that he looked a little bit

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Speaker 1: better physically the last couple of games. Um, the big

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Speaker 1: thing that stood out to me tonight is, you know,

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Speaker 1: his physical aggressiveness around on the basket on both ends

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Speaker 1: the thing is is, like, you know, you can tell

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Speaker 1: there's a huge difference with him offensively when he's being

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Speaker 1: more physically aggressive, because just like with that shot chart

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Speaker 1: It's like two completely different shots because like he gets

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Speaker 1: getting into that like you know, five to ten foot

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Speaker 1: for sure, And like I'm gonna tipe this back into

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Speaker 1: a D. But like we were talking about how like

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Speaker 1: these games, and like tonight, Vogo coached as like it

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Speaker 1: was a playoff game, right. He matched up, He went

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Speaker 1: with correct matchups all night pretty much, and a D

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Speaker 1: as well. To start this game. He was aggressive. They

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Speaker 1: getting fouls, getting contact, and this is what we wanted

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Speaker 1: He did against Portland as well, and he's going on

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Speaker 1: like a linear curve, right, is what it feels like.

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Speaker 1: being himself, being you know, there was this bubble a

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Speaker 1: dropping I think I think he got to forty tonight, right,

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Speaker 1: what's what makes him part generational. Right, It's like if

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Speaker 1: tell the difference. He obviously walked into this season trying

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Speaker 1: to relax, get through a slowly fit in. Right. He

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Speaker 1: said a lot his quotes earlier in the year, we're

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Speaker 1: a lot about fitting into a new team, and like

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Speaker 1: you're Anthony Davis, you don't fit into the team. But yeah, yeah, exactly,

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Speaker 1: and so like his defense is what allows them to

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Speaker 1: he couldn't even get any space. And that's the type

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Speaker 1: And you're right, it's okay to like bring that up.

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Speaker 1: I thought he was just excellent tonight going around the

431
00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:10,160
Speaker 1: screens of Chris Paul, staying on his back contesting Chris

432
00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,000
Speaker 1: Paul is amazing. He had a few mid range pull

433
00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,240
Speaker 1: ups in his face. I thought he was just incredible

434
00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,320
Speaker 1: on him tonight and that two way play man. And

435
00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:18,480
Speaker 1: again this is all I hate how to your radical

436
00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,720
Speaker 1: this is, But like if we can get this Caruso

437
00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,280
Speaker 1: with you know, Lebron back and a d with who

438
00:19:23,359 --> 00:19:25,560
Speaker 1: he is, it just changes um the ceiling and floor

439
00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:27,840
Speaker 1: of this team even higher. Because last I think I

440
00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,080
Speaker 1: said last year Crusoe walked in the playoffs as like

441
00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,960
Speaker 1: a thirty three point shooter and he hit timely ones

442
00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,240
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. But he's walking in this year as

443
00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:38,320
Speaker 1: at three point shooter, and he's taking them so confidently,

444
00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,560
Speaker 1: even in transition. There's a few that I whish like

445
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,320
Speaker 1: he didn't shoot, but I just love the how confident

446
00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:44,159
Speaker 1: he's taking them. He gets him in the corner, if

447
00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:46,760
Speaker 1: he's open, he shoots it, and he hits big shots.

448
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:48,640
Speaker 1: He had big ones in the first quarter as well.

449
00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,200
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's just cool to see his his offense

450
00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,360
Speaker 1: grow and we get something out of those games where

451
00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,720
Speaker 1: Lebron didn't play shoot died in play right, it feels

452
00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,720
Speaker 1: like we've got some reps for him and and I

453
00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,000
Speaker 1: guess we can kind of move as well the th

454
00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:01,520
Speaker 1: HD who like, I feel like this was a bad

455
00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,560
Speaker 1: THC game in overall, Like, but I think they need

456
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:06,439
Speaker 1: I think they needed it, if that makes sense, Like

457
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:09,040
Speaker 1: they needed someone to like where you can dribble and

458
00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,800
Speaker 1: create a shot and at least it wasn't a turnover.

459
00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:14,679
Speaker 1: He has a lot of creative, creative drives, but I

460
00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:17,040
Speaker 1: think he found um. I forgot who we found in

461
00:20:17,080 --> 00:20:19,919
Speaker 1: the corner late. I don't remember Phils West or KCP. Um,

462
00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:21,480
Speaker 1: what do you see from him? I thought, I thought

463
00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,760
Speaker 1: he had a he had a not not a good

464
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,760
Speaker 1: game for him. But I think they needed like his

465
00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,000
Speaker 1: ball handling tonight. You know, I agree, I agree with you.

466
00:20:29,080 --> 00:20:31,919
Speaker 1: I think I think, uh, it takes away some of

467
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,840
Speaker 1: the absolute need to have guys like you know KCP

468
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,280
Speaker 1: and Ben McLemore over dribbling and doing things that kind

469
00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,399
Speaker 1: of take them out of their skill set. Like you know,

470
00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,080
Speaker 1: KCP had a really good game tonight, I thought, and

471
00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:46,520
Speaker 1: it was because he was kind of slid back into

472
00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:48,879
Speaker 1: his proper role as a guy who's attacking off a

473
00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,080
Speaker 1: closeout and off ball. Um. You know, I've I've said

474
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Speaker 1: all there is to say really about th h T.

475
00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:56,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I thought, I thought a couple of striking things.

476
00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,920
Speaker 1: I thought a couple of striking typical things happened with

477
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000
Speaker 1: him tonight. He Uh, he was one of the reasons

478
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:06,040
Speaker 1: why UM campaign got going a little bit was his

479
00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,840
Speaker 1: lack of atteniveness defensively. Um there was a play where

480
00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,399
Speaker 1: off of a double team in the post where he

481
00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:14,879
Speaker 1: was wide open on the right wing. I think this

482
00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,199
Speaker 1: was actually the first half, and he just shot a

483
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:19,520
Speaker 1: brick of a three that like went two ft over

484
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,040
Speaker 1: the rim and went carrying off the backboard. I'm in

485
00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:24,160
Speaker 1: two songs. I had to listen to the Sun's broadcast,

486
00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,919
Speaker 1: and the Sun's broadcasters were like, whoa that was? That

487
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,960
Speaker 1: was a bad miss anyway, Like he he his spacing

488
00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,200
Speaker 1: is going to be a legitimate concern in the playoffs series.

489
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:34,240
Speaker 1: He's he's a guy that you don't have to guard

490
00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:37,199
Speaker 1: on the perimeter um. And and then just in general,

491
00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,800
Speaker 1: just consistent decision making, which I think is one of

492
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,160
Speaker 1: the biggest reasons why Lebron is in such a good

493
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,360
Speaker 1: playoff player in his career, is like he just hemorrhages

494
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,920
Speaker 1: less possessions in the other team and more consistently will

495
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:53,040
Speaker 1: will identify the best available shot, and that kind of

496
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,639
Speaker 1: like little decision making on the margins makes such a

497
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,760
Speaker 1: big difference. And so in a in a you know,

498
00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,960
Speaker 1: in in these playoff games, like two or three bad

499
00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,120
Speaker 1: decisions from th HT can can swing a series. And

500
00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:04,639
Speaker 1: and that to me is stuff that I've harped on

501
00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,960
Speaker 1: all season. I'm such a believer. He had another play

502
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,879
Speaker 1: tonight that was like a superstar play he like split

503
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,480
Speaker 1: a pick and roll and Sari was waiting for him

504
00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: at the rim and he just did like a power

505
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,080
Speaker 1: dribble right into Sarge's chest and starts like just caved

506
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,960
Speaker 1: in and backed away, and then he had a wide

507
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:24,280
Speaker 1: open lay up after It's like that's that's like, that's

508
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,199
Speaker 1: like star level stuff. And so I'm I, you know,

509
00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:29,480
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say the company line again here, which

510
00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,160
Speaker 1: is that I love th h T. I don't want

511
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,119
Speaker 1: to see him in the playoff rotation. That's just my

512
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,399
Speaker 1: kind of take on it. Yeah, Like I think that

513
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,720
Speaker 1: first play that he came in, he left campaign open.

514
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:40,800
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, man, like that he's gonna get

515
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,760
Speaker 1: in the rhythm and he and he absolutely did not.

516
00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:44,720
Speaker 1: I just love watching him drive though, right because you

517
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,399
Speaker 1: can tell he just thinking in his head, like what

518
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:48,560
Speaker 1: do I do? Like even on a Starge play he's

519
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: like driving, He's like, okay, I'm just gonna bully him

520
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,320
Speaker 1: in the chest and at work that time the drive,

521
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 1: he'd be like, okay, let me three sixty dribble, spin

522
00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,720
Speaker 1: passed it to the corner, it goes out of the

523
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Speaker 1: bounds and he's like surprised. So yeah, I don't know,

524
00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,159
Speaker 1: but like just to move on from like THHD to

525
00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,040
Speaker 1: go on your point, like a guy who's probably a

526
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: little bit more reliable is like Wes Matthews, right. I

527
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,840
Speaker 1: think it was cool to see him. Like again, like

528
00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:11,960
Speaker 1: these are guys that it feels like they're going on

529
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:15,040
Speaker 1: like a linear curve. Rather they're improving at like a

530
00:23:15,119 --> 00:23:18,159
Speaker 1: linear rate like West Matthews now is like starting to

531
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 1: play good and consistent games. Get a good game I

532
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,320
Speaker 1: think against Portland as well. Um, And and he's defending well,

533
00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:25,320
Speaker 1: like he's he's hitting shots. He had like a really

534
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,040
Speaker 1: cool three off a d Um turning corner, turning the

535
00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:32,719
Speaker 1: corner and yeah, so so it's good to see him. Uh.

536
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:35,639
Speaker 1: And like this seems like a playoff matchup that's going

537
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 1: to happen. It feels like to me, Um, this seems

538
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,879
Speaker 1: like the likely scenario. Um for me, like my biggest

539
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,639
Speaker 1: thing for this for this matchup, I wanted to do

540
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:44,840
Speaker 1: this after the Clipper game, but it just didn't matter

541
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:46,879
Speaker 1: because they didn't take it as serious. Um. What was

542
00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,480
Speaker 1: your biggest like takeaway as like a playoff matchup? Mine

543
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:51,880
Speaker 1: is definitely the size. I guess is there anything else

544
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:54,480
Speaker 1: that you saw that's like really glaring if these two

545
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,119
Speaker 1: teams play playing the playoffs. Well, so a couple of things.

546
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Speaker 1: So first of all, no one can guard Anthony Anamos.

547
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:04,680
Speaker 1: That that is that is the the absolutely terrifying thing

548
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 1: if you're a Phoenix Suns fan. Is no one on

549
00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,959
Speaker 1: that roster even remotely bothered Anthony Davis. Like there were

550
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,240
Speaker 1: a couple of plays where even Jay Crowder opted for

551
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,720
Speaker 1: a lot of ball pressure as a d was dribbling

552
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,679
Speaker 1: further away from the basket, which is something that you

553
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,120
Speaker 1: and I have talked about a lot that we don't

554
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,440
Speaker 1: love Anthony Davis and that type of matchup. And even

555
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,200
Speaker 1: then he was able to patiently just kind of wait

556
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 1: for Jay to gamble one way and then just kind

557
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:30,359
Speaker 1: of spin off of him and go down the lane.

558
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:31,880
Speaker 1: And he drew a couple of fouls that way, got

559
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,280
Speaker 1: into the lane, and maybe there was another one where

560
00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:36,600
Speaker 1: he missed the layup, but Drummond was right there to

561
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,840
Speaker 1: clean it up. Like he there was no one on

562
00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 1: the roster that could guard him. So that's that's number one.

563
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,800
Speaker 1: You're the most exciting thing about a playoff match up.

564
00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,359
Speaker 1: There is just the way that that can warp everything

565
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 1: in the way that the Suns have to to change

566
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Speaker 1: their defense. And then secondly, you know, I thought with

567
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 1: the Laker defense, you know, they did a really good

568
00:24:54,280 --> 00:24:59,679
Speaker 1: job of making things extremely difficult for for Booker and

569
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Speaker 1: Chris Paul while at the same time, like not leaving

570
00:25:03,760 --> 00:25:07,720
Speaker 1: such gaping openings on the back end that the younger

571
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,919
Speaker 1: players on the roster were able to make them pay. Um.

572
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: You know, like they did a good job of closing

573
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:16,960
Speaker 1: off the rotations quick enough so that you know, mediocre

574
00:25:17,080 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 1: to blow average playmakers off of the ball. Um, you know,

575
00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,880
Speaker 1: like Micail Bridges or whether it was you know, DeAndre

576
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,160
Speaker 1: and catching the ball. There just wasn't anything available there.

577
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:29,920
Speaker 1: And I thought that was really impressive. And the Laker

578
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:32,959
Speaker 1: the Laker defense. I tweeted about this tonight, like I

579
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:37,000
Speaker 1: was actually watching the Clippers game today, and I thought

580
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 1: to myself, like, you know, everyone's talking about this Knick's

581
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:42,640
Speaker 1: defense and how it, you know, was making the Clippers struggle.

582
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 1: But that's what the Lakers look like when they're trying,

583
00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:46,919
Speaker 1: you know, that's what's so exciting, and and that's what

584
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,560
Speaker 1: they did. That's what they did tonight. They just they

585
00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:51,560
Speaker 1: went through stretches where they were they were stifling and

586
00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:53,800
Speaker 1: everyone helps each other, and it was just it was

587
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,000
Speaker 1: just really really fun to watch. And and I I

588
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,800
Speaker 1: personally think that that just in and of itself makes

589
00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 1: them so difficult to beat in a seven game series

590
00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 1: and throw the throw in Lebron into that whole mess

591
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: and in the way that Anthony Davis warps all the

592
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,199
Speaker 1: matchups and and and I think that as long as

593
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,920
Speaker 1: they can get through the playing game, which is gonna

594
00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:18,560
Speaker 1: be tricky, um, you know, on account of the health problems. UM,

595
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,080
Speaker 1: as long as they can get through that playing game,

596
00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: I actually think that's a really good first round matchup

597
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:26,119
Speaker 1: for the Lakers to kind of get their sea legs. Yeah, definitely.

598
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,399
Speaker 1: And just watching tonight, like they put a Craig on

599
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,920
Speaker 1: a D and I think Michail Bridges trying to switch

600
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 1: on him a few times as well. But I guess

601
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 1: those two would get the main kind of uh thing

602
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:37,879
Speaker 1: on Lebron in a D, right, you know, in a series.

603
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,399
Speaker 1: And I'm just wondering like where they go with the

604
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 1: UM and like, I guess my main takeaway tonight was

605
00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: like they were able to take shots away from like

606
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,480
Speaker 1: Devon Booker, Chris Paul while also limiting the three point attempts, right,

607
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,479
Speaker 1: I think Penis had like thirteen three point attempts at

608
00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,960
Speaker 1: the half, and they average like thirty five thirty six um.

609
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,840
Speaker 1: And then those the biggest things. They were able to

610
00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:58,240
Speaker 1: shut down their guards while also getting out to three

611
00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,359
Speaker 1: point shooters um. And that's how they gonna have to

612
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,920
Speaker 1: defend in a series. And we saw why they can.

613
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:04,879
Speaker 1: They can do that because a D was able to

614
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: play at play at his his level and oh I

615
00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:12,159
Speaker 1: with this, but yeah, yeah, like Laby, a D was

616
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,000
Speaker 1: able to play at his generational defensive level and he's

617
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,760
Speaker 1: gonna have to in a series against them. And I

618
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 1: thought he was the biggest key ye because he was

619
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: able to switch on christ Ball, switch on Devon Booker

620
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,080
Speaker 1: and really make them not even get shots up. And

621
00:27:23,119 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: I thought that was the biggest, biggest thing. I do

622
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,560
Speaker 1: you have anything else from in this game tonight? Well,

623
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,520
Speaker 1: just lastly about the defense, Like it's so cool the

624
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:35,400
Speaker 1: way that when you really really shut down a team defensively,

625
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 1: they start to miss the open ones too, and uh

626
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: that like you could tell, like Devin Booker for most

627
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 1: of the game, he wasn't you know, like pump picking

628
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:48,320
Speaker 1: a ghosts exactly, but you could see his aggression tone

629
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 1: way back as a result of the fact, like he

630
00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:54,119
Speaker 1: just felt uncomfortable throughout the game. And oh, use one example,

631
00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:56,679
Speaker 1: there was a play where he beat KCP backdoors in

632
00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,560
Speaker 1: the first half and KCP was just dead two rights

633
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,320
Speaker 1: the Devin Booker's got it under the basket. KCP shorter

634
00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 1: than him, and Devin Bookers can basically pick either side.

635
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 1: He can pump, fake and drop out whatever he wants

636
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 1: to do. But Montrese Harold was guarding I think it

637
00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 1: was sorry it's but somebody in the corner, and Montrese

638
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: Harold just like just in a in a great read,

639
00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: just bailed on his man and came flying in and

640
00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:24,000
Speaker 1: and just swallowed up Devin Booker and he ended up

641
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,919
Speaker 1: kicking it out. Actually the play actually ended, I think

642
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,600
Speaker 1: in Jay crowd are drawing a foul on at three

643
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,640
Speaker 1: point shot. But the point is is like even when

644
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:33,200
Speaker 1: Devin Booker thought he had an easy look on KCP,

645
00:28:33,560 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 1: there came another another wave of the Laker defense to

646
00:28:37,320 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 1: throw him off, and then it gets to the point

647
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,479
Speaker 1: where all of a sudden he will break free around

648
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: the eight ten foot line off of a couple of

649
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:47,040
Speaker 1: dribbles in the counter and he'll miss like a ten

650
00:28:47,080 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 1: footer because he has no rhythm, because because he has

651
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,400
Speaker 1: felt uncomfortable all night, and it just throws everything off.

652
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 1: And that's my favorite thing about what the Laker's identity

653
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: is is it's just like, you're not going to get

654
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 1: anything easy on us, and and if you're going to

655
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: beat us, you're gonna have to beat us just by

656
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: consistently making tough shots over the top of our guards.

657
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: Like that's how you're gonna have to beat us. Yeah, exactly.

658
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,320
Speaker 1: And they were. They were everywhere tonight right, they were

659
00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 1: switching trapping on the screen of roles that they didn't

660
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: allow Chris Paul and Devil Booker to really get anything going.

661
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 1: I think Chris Paul all his shots were tough in

662
00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 1: my opinion, Like I didn't feel like, did you see

663
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 1: him get any easy looks? I thought all of his

664
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: shots were pretty contested, uh sa. Devin Booker had a

665
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 1: few good shots in the paint, but I thought for

666
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 1: him as well, they were all contested and they were

667
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 1: flying around. Um I think a d went to the

668
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 1: floor a little bit too many times from my life,

669
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 1: but but he set the tone, right, Like, his aggressiveness

670
00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:37,520
Speaker 1: on both ends kind of uh, kind of set the

671
00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:40,480
Speaker 1: tone here tonight and they got a huge win. Um Like,

672
00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 1: I don't know if this really matters in terms of

673
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,880
Speaker 1: like standing, because again, I feel like we're pretty locked in.

674
00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 1: But I feel like they're they're starting to build some rhythm, right,

675
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 1: some build some build some habits that are good and

676
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 1: and it's good to see like them being serious about

677
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,240
Speaker 1: these games, starting to treat them as like playoff reps

678
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: because they definitely weren't doing that before. And and also

679
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: like I guess the last guy had written down here

680
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 1: is like Ben mcilmore that you've been you've been behind

681
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: for a while. And again he does I'm gonna win

682
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: you over eventually with him, Yeah, he's never met a

683
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 1: shot that he doesn't like, right, like something some of

684
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: the shots are just like he touches the ball and

685
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: he's like okay. And I feel like that that's what

686
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 1: they've told him as well, right like, hey, like when

687
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:17,719
Speaker 1: you get the ball, just shooted, don't think about playmaking,

688
00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 1: don't think about trying to really make too many reads

689
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: and and that's his that's his job there, And I

690
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 1: think it has more positive than negatives. But he did

691
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 1: take a few wild shots and I thought like he

692
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: defended okay tonight, like it wasn't great yet, a few

693
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,719
Speaker 1: off off the ball things there, but yeah, he was.

694
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,760
Speaker 1: He was really good. And the team, it feels like

695
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: they're getting getting deep. The guys are getting in rhythm.

696
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: They can get Shrewder back just for these last few games.

697
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: And and Lebron we'll see, hopefully he comes back pretty soon. Um.

698
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,040
Speaker 1: I feel like they're on the right rhythm. No one

699
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,400
Speaker 1: wants to play them. That feels pretty key. I think

700
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: this was a big game for the Suns. I think

701
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,080
Speaker 1: they wanted the one seed as well, and I feel

702
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,400
Speaker 1: like he just took it to him right. Yeah, So

703
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: real quickly on macklamore before you start taking guests, is uh,

704
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: you know a couple of things. You know, we've worried

705
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: about his defense a lot, but as I've always said,

706
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: like you there, you don't have to necessarily worry about

707
00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: that in individual defense within the scheme of the Lakers,

708
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 1: as long as you play hard in the rotations. And

709
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,600
Speaker 1: there were actually a couple of plays there in the

710
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:15,280
Speaker 1: second half where Devin Booker got mcklemore on an Island

711
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 1: and the Lakers just sent the Lakers just sent it

712
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: double and they were able to make Booker give it

713
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,200
Speaker 1: up and rotate back out and and nothing was open.

714
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,120
Speaker 1: And and to me, that was when I saw that happen,

715
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,800
Speaker 1: I was like, Okay, well here you go. This is

716
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: the point is like within the Laker defense, you don't

717
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 1: have to necessarily be able to guard everybody. You just

718
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: have to play your role, which is if you can't

719
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:38,719
Speaker 1: guard a guy, you're gonna have to be able to

720
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,600
Speaker 1: exist in the chaos of the rotations. And then when

721
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 1: you are off the ball, you have to hold up

722
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 1: your end of that bargain. And and that's what makes

723
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 1: it work. And then as far as his green light,

724
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: you know, I think his green light, it manifests in

725
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: more than just him making shots at manifests in spacing.

726
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,520
Speaker 1: And you know, when when the when the other coaches

727
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 1: on the white board in the locker room before the

728
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 1: game down, you cannot leave this guy open because he's

729
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 1: going to shoot it. If you give him an inch

730
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: of space, that changes the way that that help defender

731
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: has to play. And to me, there there's a lot

732
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:13,880
Speaker 1: of advantage to that. I you know, I'm not necessarily

733
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 1: saying he should be in the closing line up. So

734
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: I'm not necessarily saying he should start or anything ridiculous

735
00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 1: like that. I just think that he very easily fits

736
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: a role on this team that I think works. Yeah,

737
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 1: he's like pretty much the only guy that than like

738
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,880
Speaker 1: k CP right that that can get hot in a quarter,

739
00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:30,480
Speaker 1: that can hit like four threes and like a five

740
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: six minute stretch. And I think they need that for

741
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: a team that really, especially right now, that's struggling to

742
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 1: kind of score, especially in the half court. They need

743
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: a guy that can just get hot and he doesn't

744
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:40,240
Speaker 1: need that much space. So once he gets one to go,

745
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,600
Speaker 1: you can tell his confidence just goes up, right, and

746
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:44,120
Speaker 1: once he kids want, he's going to take the other

747
00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 1: one as soon as he as soon as he catches it. Um,

748
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: do you have anything else from tonight? Before I kind

749
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 1: of bring some people up here. Let's get some questions, man,

750
00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: I'm ready, all right, get your request in. I will

751
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 1: see how many we can kind of get to. But

752
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:59,719
Speaker 1: get some get your requestions if you want to come

753
00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 1: up here and speak. Let's start with I think Tony

754
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:08,320
Speaker 1: was first, by the way, quote from Jovan Buja that

755
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: we were tagged in Anthony Davis on his confidence in

756
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: Lebron James getting back to playing like Lebron James quote

757
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: what I saw from Lebron today? He'll be fine. He'll

758
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:24,600
Speaker 1: be fine. End quote. That's good. That's good. It's very good. Tony,

759
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 1: what's up? Can you hear us? Hello? Can you hear me?

760
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 1: I can hear you? What's going on? Hey? What's up?

761
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,040
Speaker 1: So for this question, this is gonna be based on

762
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: the assuming we get the seventh seed, right, so, um,

763
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: the path is probably gonna go through, uh, the three

764
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 1: best teams in my opinion in the West of Sons, Clippers, Jazz. Right,

765
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: and because the like the Lakers are going to have

766
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 1: like very low continuity going into the playoffs, what do

767
00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: you guys think they can do to like adjust to

768
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:02,239
Speaker 1: that and um take control of series so that like

769
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,680
Speaker 1: they avoid going down too far before they get to

770
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,760
Speaker 1: figure out their opponent. If you understand what I'm trying

771
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: to say, Well, first of all, it's still in play.

772
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 1: I'm looking up the standings, like it's still in play

773
00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: for Denver to get the three seed. Yes, don't check here. Um, yeah,

774
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: they're a game away and they have the time breaker

775
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:27,800
Speaker 1: m hmm, yeah, yeah, So I tend to think that,

776
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 1: you know, when it comes to the difficulty of the

777
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,680
Speaker 1: playoff run, the most important thing is not messing around.

778
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 1: And this is something that the Lakers did a really

779
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 1: good job of last year, uh in the sense that

780
00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:41,879
Speaker 1: they closed out their opponents in five gamers each time.

781
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,680
Speaker 1: So it made it so that there was additional rest

782
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,960
Speaker 1: because the physical wear and tear of the postseason will

783
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 1: manifest if you keep getting locked into these long series.

784
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,399
Speaker 1: I mean, the perfect example of that is the two

785
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,840
Speaker 1: thousand thirteen heat who got roped into a seven gamer

786
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,880
Speaker 1: with the Pacers and then you could just tell that

787
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: they were physically worn out when when they got into

788
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: the Spurs and then in that series dragged out. So

789
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,240
Speaker 1: my thing is like, let's say you face the Suns

790
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: in the first round. You're better than them. Don't let

791
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: that get extended, you know, like physically mal them. Take

792
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: care of business, and that series in five, and then

793
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: by the time you're facing the Clippers or the or

794
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:17,440
Speaker 1: the Nuggets wherever it is that you have to face

795
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: in the next round, you have four or five days

796
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,440
Speaker 1: off to get your legs back, and then at that

797
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:23,239
Speaker 1: point it's just argued a better team as long as

798
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:25,879
Speaker 1: you're not getting physically worn down, it's just about whether

799
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: or not you're a better team. So I don't worry

800
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: so much about the playoff path as much as I

801
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: do about them not getting roped into great long series

802
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,320
Speaker 1: that that physically wear them down, especially with how fragile

803
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: a D can be. Yeah, I think they just need

804
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 1: to really get through that first round, right, get Lebron's

805
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 1: legs under him, a D starting to get his legs

806
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: on them, but like, just get a full series, Um,

807
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,319
Speaker 1: get some confidence at the wins in that first playoff series,

808
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: and I think they'll be fine. Um, Lebron has that

809
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: tendency to lose game ones, which I mean I can

810
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: totally see happening again this year. And that's why I'm

811
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: little That's why I'm a little bit like worried about

812
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,160
Speaker 1: the playing game. I don't like that we get just

813
00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 1: one game to kind of figure out one team. But

814
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 1: if you can get through that, and I'm not really

815
00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 1: worried about that first round series, I think they'll sit down.

816
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 1: They'll they'll be able to like look through look at

817
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: a team fully through a whole seven game series. Um,

818
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,239
Speaker 1: they can adjust the way they want to and really

819
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: put the foot down. This team is really versatile when

820
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: they're healthy, right, they have all these kind of pieces

821
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,880
Speaker 1: they can kind of plug and play around Lebron and

822
00:36:17,920 --> 00:36:19,480
Speaker 1: a d And I think if they can just get

823
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 1: through that first series, which I don't think it will

824
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: be easy. I mean, they beat Phoenix tonight, but I

825
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:24,720
Speaker 1: think that's still gonna be a hell of a series.

826
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 1: In round one, Lebron just jumping right back in. Um

827
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:28,839
Speaker 1: So I think you just get through that. I think

828
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:35,120
Speaker 1: they'll be fine. Yeah, yeah, I agree with you. All right, Yeah,

829
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:39,919
Speaker 1: thank you, thanks man, I apportunately coming over. I think

830
00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 1: uh Brett was next. They can get your request and

831
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,280
Speaker 1: I'll see how I maybe we can get to you tonight.

832
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,760
Speaker 1: But yeah, just get your and can get your request

833
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 1: in Roger's playing hurt tonight guy as he lost. Ye

834
00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 1: apologies apologies from my voice bread, can you hear us? Yeah?

835
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 1: What's up, guys, what's going on it? Hey? Um So

836
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,880
Speaker 1: my question is markis Morris got a d NP today?

837
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 1: I just want to know what you guys think his

838
00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: role is going to be down the strate, especially now

839
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 1: that the possibility of a Marcosol Montrose Harold playing the

840
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:16,000
Speaker 1: four um type of line up starting to come, but

841
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:20,560
Speaker 1: what do we expect from Markief coming forward? So I

842
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 1: thought it was pretty matchup specific. I think the Lakers

843
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: knew that that Phoenix was a team that, outside of

844
00:37:26,640 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: DeAndre at and was very thin on the front line,

845
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: and they were under the impression that going big would

846
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 1: give them a chance to win a game that they

847
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 1: thought they really needed to win, not just for the standings,

848
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 1: but for the confidence of that team. Um. The remaining

849
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: schedule for the Lakers is relatively achievable. UM that I

850
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,759
Speaker 1: think this game against New York in a couple of

851
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 1: nights is actually gonna be the toughest one they have

852
00:37:49,560 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: in that group. So tonight was kind of a little

853
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: bit of a must win for the Lakers, And so

854
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: from that standpoint, they went big to try to win

855
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 1: the matchup. And I think when they get into matchups

856
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,840
Speaker 1: with teams like you know that are a little bit

857
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: more switchy, that they need spacing more, I think you'll

858
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: see a little bit more marks when they need when

859
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: they need to go small. Um. But at the end

860
00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 1: of the day, like I think Frank has shown that

861
00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 1: he's gonna play the center rotation based on matchups, and

862
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 1: tonight was a night where that I think he thought

863
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,360
Speaker 1: they had a chance to bully Phoenix. Yeah, And I

864
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 1: feel like Mark Kief was just like he was a

865
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: part of like not playing with Treads. I guess like

866
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 1: that's and we touched on a little earlier, like I

867
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 1: just didn't want to see them to kind of play together,

868
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: and he was the odd man out tonight. But I

869
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: think like you'll play in some matches some matchups as well,

870
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,480
Speaker 1: especially when his three point shooters going three point shooting

871
00:38:36,520 --> 00:38:38,239
Speaker 1: is going. Um, I'd like to see him next to

872
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 1: this all I guess as like that four or five

873
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: um sometimes as well. But tonight he just didn't play

874
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 1: because they went to that. They finally went to the

875
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 1: treads and disol minutes um that we end that we

876
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,200
Speaker 1: were begging for. Um. I haven't checked like the plus

877
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: minus on that yet tonight, but it just felt like

878
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:53,600
Speaker 1: it looked good. It looked good from the eye test.

879
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: They had some things to work out, but I thought

880
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 1: that Atlanta played really well. We'll see if they go

881
00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 1: to it against the Knicks were a little bit more

882
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 1: of like the kind of bruising team. Un So we'll

883
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,919
Speaker 1: see if they play how the rotations were from there.

884
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: A lot of it has to do with the way

885
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 1: that the game is being officiated to like I you know,

886
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:11,600
Speaker 1: there were a lot of dude, you you would not

887
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 1: believe that how much the Phoenix broadcast was complaining about officiating.

888
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: It was like the the entire night just nonst Like

889
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 1: at one point the Phoenix broadcasters literally said they were

890
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 1: playing five on eight. And I'm not joking that would

891
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: happen in their version of the broadcast. But in my opinion,

892
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: the reason I always say this, so I've said this.

893
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 1: You know, in this podcast format, you know, dozens of

894
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: times the more physically aggressive team gets more calls. And

895
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 1: it seems counterintuitive because you would think the team that's

896
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,959
Speaker 1: being physically aggressive is fouling, but that's not the case.

897
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:44,280
Speaker 1: The team that is being physically aggressive usually gets fouled

898
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 1: because that's how the lazier, less physical team tries to

899
00:39:47,320 --> 00:39:50,479
Speaker 1: compensate for their lack of physicality, and the refs noticed

900
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: that and they usually reward that team. And I thought

901
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:57,040
Speaker 1: tonight the Lakers bullied the Sons into fouling them a lot. Uh.

902
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: But and that has to do with you know, again,

903
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 1: if the if the game is being officiated a different

904
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 1: way and the Lakers size of being is isn't manifesting

905
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,440
Speaker 1: in a way that they can really do anything with,

906
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 1: then hey, you go small to try Mark Keith. You

907
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,440
Speaker 1: go with more shooting and see if you can't give

908
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 1: better driving lanes or whatever it is that you want

909
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 1: to do. But again, the Lakers have flexibility, and I

910
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,320
Speaker 1: think that that's actually an advantage in the playoff series,

911
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: not necessarily a bad thing. And we said just with

912
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:22,960
Speaker 1: the refs things, I thought it was funny watching this

913
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,319
Speaker 1: game and I'm just thinking about, like in a playoff series,

914
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,840
Speaker 1: havnna watch like Chris Paul Devin book or trying to

915
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:30,520
Speaker 1: draw those like but they're just driving and like you're

916
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: just sliding with them and they just throw the ball

917
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:34,279
Speaker 1: up and they get the call. You know, those kind

918
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:36,520
Speaker 1: of calls are just really frustrating just to watch through

919
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 1: like a full for the game in the game, and

920
00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:39,799
Speaker 1: Chris Paul is really good good at that as well,

921
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: right where you'll just fall, like you'll back into the

922
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:44,319
Speaker 1: guy walking up the core and you'll draw a foul

923
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: and all of a sudden you're in the penalty. So

924
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: it's kind of like a game within the game. Um,

925
00:40:48,719 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: looking at that, I thought that the rest it was

926
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 1: a weirdly officiated game. I thought in the first half

927
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 1: there was a lot of feet though tonight to like,

928
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 1: I know, a lot of them were fouls. It just

929
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:59,120
Speaker 1: it just felt like a really slow, non rhythm game.

930
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:01,120
Speaker 1: And maybe that's just how the playoffs are going to be.

931
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,919
Speaker 1: If you're more physical and you're just like banging down low,

932
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: that's how that's how it go. Probably mm hmmp I agree.

933
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,080
Speaker 1: Any else for us? Brett, No, that was it. Thanks

934
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 1: for having me. Thanks for man than the general attics.

935
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of people wanted more. A

936
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: lot of people want an event. The other night, it

937
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:44,240
Speaker 1: looks like a little bit more of a positive vibe tonight. Yeah, General,

938
00:41:44,320 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: are you there? No, can you guys hear me? What's

939
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 1: going on? Man? What's up? Man? Thanks for bringing me on.

940
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 1: I been listening to the pod wild a lot of time,

941
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:55,879
Speaker 1: a lot of fun while watching not watching to listen

942
00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: to it. Thanks. Yeah. Thanks. My question or comment things

943
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:03,399
Speaker 1: is kind of focused on lineups and what Vocal might

944
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: try to do heading into the playoffs for the lack

945
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: of continuity, so you know, Denni's coming back potentially with

946
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:14,359
Speaker 1: COVID and then combined with Caruso over especially the last

947
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: like two months, but also just two two years in

948
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,920
Speaker 1: the league now kind of looks like he can be

949
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: like a starting caliber player without necessarily playing starter caliber

950
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 1: starter caliber minutes. Did that makes sense? So I was thinking,

951
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,880
Speaker 1: you know, doesn't make sense for Caruso to keep the

952
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,879
Speaker 1: starting job and for Dennis to do what Jason said

953
00:42:31,920 --> 00:42:33,400
Speaker 1: like the beginning of the year and come off the

954
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: bench kind of set the tone on defense for the

955
00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 1: bench unit. And also just you know, look to score relentlessly,

956
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:41,680
Speaker 1: like you know with with mar and i'm our you know,

957
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:45,080
Speaker 1: trust Drummond on the bank bank you know, and sort

958
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 1: of matches. So I think I'm a big believer in

959
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,480
Speaker 1: giving a giving shooter a chance to be very aggressive

960
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,479
Speaker 1: in minutes where Lebron and maybe are one of them

961
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: are off the floor. Typically the best way to do that,

962
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 1: uh is by bringing a guy off the bench. But

963
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:05,200
Speaker 1: you can accomplish that by staggering and honestly man like,

964
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: as much as I'd like to say, like, hey, bring

965
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 1: shooter off the bench, like he's earned that starting spot.

966
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:14,760
Speaker 1: He's been really good this year, He's defended extremely well.

967
00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: His playmaking has taken a massive leap, especially in the

968
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 1: last month or two. I I I think Shrewder deserves

969
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,719
Speaker 1: the spot. The only thing that will get tricky. I

970
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: don't know if he's built up some bad blood in

971
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 1: the organization, uh, with his recklessness surrounding Covid and his

972
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,279
Speaker 1: absence at this point in the season. But I can't

973
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,960
Speaker 1: speak to that. That's all speculation, I I. But then

974
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:37,279
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, like when it comes

975
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,799
Speaker 1: to their best lineups, I do think it's fair to

976
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 1: point out that Shrewder size can be a problem and

977
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:45,600
Speaker 1: there will be teams out there that will relentlessly attack

978
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:48,440
Speaker 1: shooter or for being a six foot relatively fan guard.

979
00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:51,760
Speaker 1: And you can put lineups as the Lakers out there

980
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: that have Caruso, you know, KCP, Kuzma, Lebron a d

981
00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:00,040
Speaker 1: that are a little more switchable, a little uh, a

982
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,360
Speaker 1: bit more stout physically at every position and give yourself

983
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,960
Speaker 1: maybe a little bit better chance in specific matchups. Uh.

984
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: And I'm super stoked about how well Caruso has played

985
00:44:09,600 --> 00:44:12,520
Speaker 1: and him getting so much better makes those lineups a

986
00:44:12,560 --> 00:44:16,479
Speaker 1: lot more exciting. But man, Dennis has been really good

987
00:44:16,520 --> 00:44:19,600
Speaker 1: this year, And I mean I can't. I can't like

988
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: look at that dude in the face and be like, hey,

989
00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:23,600
Speaker 1: you're you belong on the bench like he's been. He's

990
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,319
Speaker 1: been very clearly the third best player this year, and

991
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 1: he carried them for a long stretch here with Lebron

992
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 1: and a D out. Yeah, and Caruso is going to

993
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,279
Speaker 1: close a lot of games, right, Like, I'm not really

994
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 1: worried about whether he starts or it comes off the bench.

995
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 1: I'm shooter has been great defensively well. To see how

996
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 1: he comes back. I think he's gonna have to get

997
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:41,960
Speaker 1: his conditioning back. So I'm like, I'm okay, maybe he

998
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,959
Speaker 1: comes off the bench that first game he comes back,

999
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 1: but he'll be a starter. Like his defense has been

1000
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,120
Speaker 1: too good. I think earlier before the season started, we

1001
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: said maybe he'll come off the bench to be that

1002
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 1: plug score, but his defense is just too good. And

1003
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:55,560
Speaker 1: then you get all the ball handling, you get the

1004
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:59,279
Speaker 1: offensive creation, not only worries like just the timing like

1005
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:02,080
Speaker 1: they just not I've had the reps together, right, Lebron,

1006
00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:05,320
Speaker 1: a D and Shrewder still only played like twenty something

1007
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,280
Speaker 1: games together. It's even less if you have the sling

1008
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:09,399
Speaker 1: of it even less if you and none I think

1009
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:12,279
Speaker 1: with Drummond together, right, So that's my only concern here

1010
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 1: is that just the reps. But I think that's why

1011
00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 1: that first round is so important to me, Like it's

1012
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 1: just they can just get through that. I think like

1013
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 1: they'll be able to just really get on a run here. Um,

1014
00:45:19,920 --> 00:45:23,120
Speaker 1: those guys just need some games together, some high level situations.

1015
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: And uh yeah, I think Shrewder should should definitely start

1016
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,520
Speaker 1: when he comes back. I think he's, like you said, Jaze,

1017
00:45:28,560 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 1: he's earned it. He's played really well, he's had a

1018
00:45:30,239 --> 00:45:32,680
Speaker 1: Greek season. Um, his three point shooting also starting to

1019
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:35,160
Speaker 1: come come around. It sucks that this happened at this

1020
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:36,879
Speaker 1: time because I feel like you were starting to find

1021
00:45:36,880 --> 00:45:39,960
Speaker 1: a groove, like a really nice mix between being aggressive

1022
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 1: and being a shock creator. And it just this is

1023
00:45:41,840 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 1: just out of the season and stuff like it's gone though.

1024
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:46,879
Speaker 1: Two steps forward, one step back kind of thing. But he's, yeah,

1025
00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:51,759
Speaker 1: he's he's definitely gonna be the starter when he comes back. Agree,

1026
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:54,080
Speaker 1: So I guess I don't really have all of this

1027
00:45:54,920 --> 00:45:59,040
Speaker 1: request Well yeah, but more people, if you want to

1028
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:01,759
Speaker 1: request getting you don't have asked the question. Just bring

1029
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: up an idea or anything. Um, George, can you hear me?

1030
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 1: Ge are you there? I think I can hear him.

1031
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 1: You go, George, can y'all hear me? Yeah? Here you are?

1032
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: What's going on? Man? Lost him again? Request back? I'll

1033
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:35,359
Speaker 1: get you up here. Let's see. I'll just like I guess,

1034
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:39,000
Speaker 1: while I'm waiting for a George's request back, I'll just

1035
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 1: read this quote real quick. UM shout out Kelly. She

1036
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:44,759
Speaker 1: she shared it with me. Um. Frank said he liked

1037
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,760
Speaker 1: the market treadsparing. I guess they were a minus nine tonight,

1038
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:52,040
Speaker 1: which it just didn't feel that he must have listened

1039
00:46:52,080 --> 00:46:54,319
Speaker 1: to our locker room because we were talking about that

1040
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,400
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. But one thing I wanted to ask,

1041
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: I don't think Keith planned. Don't know if it was

1042
00:47:00,680 --> 00:47:03,000
Speaker 1: health related or maybe a riscause I know he's been struggling.

1043
00:47:03,000 --> 00:47:04,840
Speaker 1: But do you guys like what they did with the

1044
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:08,640
Speaker 1: center rotation? And because I thought Keith would be good

1045
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:12,920
Speaker 1: for this matchup, So just general thoughts on that we

1046
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,080
Speaker 1: talked about this a little bit earlier. I think the

1047
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:16,879
Speaker 1: Lakers saw this as a bit of a must win

1048
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,399
Speaker 1: for any of their chances to try to get out

1049
00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:23,160
Speaker 1: of the plane and the sun's outside of DeAndre Aton

1050
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:25,640
Speaker 1: are very thin on the front line. You know, they're

1051
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,440
Speaker 1: they've got big, switchy wings, but you know, crowd is

1052
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:31,640
Speaker 1: a bit short. You know, Bridges and Kim Johnson are

1053
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,440
Speaker 1: both very thin. You know. Sorry, it isn't very mobile

1054
00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:39,000
Speaker 1: and he's not exactly a defensive stalwart. They lack that

1055
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 1: interior presence and I think Frank went all in on

1056
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:44,000
Speaker 1: trying to bully them. And if you look at the

1057
00:47:44,040 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 1: lineups tiny he basically played two centers for most of

1058
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:50,279
Speaker 1: the game. If you count a D a center, there's

1059
00:47:50,320 --> 00:47:52,000
Speaker 1: a lot of a D and Drummond, and then a

1060
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,080
Speaker 1: D and Mark and then Mark and Trez and Tres

1061
00:47:55,120 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 1: and drum and it was just like a vicious cycle

1062
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,319
Speaker 1: of Actually, I don't think Tres and drum and play tonight,

1063
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: but they they just always had two bigs on the floor.

1064
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,319
Speaker 1: And I think that was a purposeful attempt to just

1065
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 1: physically main handle Phoenix, And honestly, I thought, strategically, at

1066
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 1: least for tonight, that it worked really well. Yeah, it's

1067
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 1: funny because we did like a Son's preview, right, I

1068
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: think the last spaces I can't remember, but um, I

1069
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,360
Speaker 1: think we said Tress could play because they play with

1070
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,040
Speaker 1: Sorry as the backup five usually, and even tonight they

1071
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,240
Speaker 1: actually went away from that. They went with Kaminski first,

1072
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:27,759
Speaker 1: he was ahead of him in the rotation. But I

1073
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,840
Speaker 1: still think that's a guy that Tras can play against

1074
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:32,000
Speaker 1: right commits. He is not going to really mean he's

1075
00:48:32,040 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 1: a good shooter, but he's not gonna really kill you

1076
00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:36,000
Speaker 1: in the post, and the trust can really go at him,

1077
00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 1: go through his chest. And yeah, I thought that was

1078
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:41,000
Speaker 1: a reason. Again, all these centers just feel matchup dependent

1079
00:48:41,200 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 1: to me, Like eight is gonna hopefully play the five

1080
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:45,359
Speaker 1: when it matters because I was gonna play hopefully more

1081
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:48,439
Speaker 1: of the minutes and then drum in Tres even keep.

1082
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:50,760
Speaker 1: They're all kind of matchup. So I like what they did. Again.

1083
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: Vogel coach and I has a playoff game. I thought

1084
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,239
Speaker 1: this was like the first maybe against Denver as well,

1085
00:48:55,239 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 1: he did a little bit, but like tonight, I feel

1086
00:48:57,080 --> 00:48:59,200
Speaker 1: like the really first one that he coached, Like, okay,

1087
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:01,960
Speaker 1: I want to win this game, and the center minutes

1088
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:06,240
Speaker 1: kind of match match that. Yeah, because he he pulled

1089
00:49:06,600 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 1: he put market and first got off the bench and

1090
00:49:08,719 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: pulled Drummond right away. I know Drummond was in foul trouble,

1091
00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:14,440
Speaker 1: but I like to see that because he wasn't really

1092
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: doing as much last game. So yeah, yeah, I agree

1093
00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:22,680
Speaker 1: chasing you anything else on that, I'm good man. I

1094
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:26,319
Speaker 1: agree with you guys. All right, Thank you boys. Joy

1095
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 1: is always see you Tuesday, Yes, sir. Next, it's a

1096
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:38,440
Speaker 1: six eight something. I six eight on a good day.

1097
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:41,200
Speaker 1: I don't think that's his real name, but what's up? No,

1098
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: the real name, the real name is Baylor. But I

1099
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: just I have I have two questions for you guys.

1100
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:48,920
Speaker 1: What's going on? Well? All right, Well, one of the

1101
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 1: questions is, um, do the Lakers, you know, go with

1102
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:55,320
Speaker 1: the guys that they went with last year in the playoffs?

1103
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 1: I mean, obviously Drumming is a new addition guy, but

1104
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: I mean other than him, those guys that was with

1105
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 1: you in the trenches for those three series, Um, do

1106
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:06,799
Speaker 1: you go with those same guys? Because I would think

1107
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,279
Speaker 1: those guys like obviously like still like you know, all

1108
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:11,759
Speaker 1: the sets and everything that they use getting into their

1109
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:14,799
Speaker 1: plays of the ship. You know, more than that, it's

1110
00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,319
Speaker 1: just chemistry, man, especially with their lack of cont duty

1111
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,239
Speaker 1: that they've had this year. Like I I I think

1112
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,839
Speaker 1: that he'll still be very I don't want to say experimental,

1113
00:50:22,880 --> 00:50:24,640
Speaker 1: but I think you'll still see a lot of new

1114
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:27,840
Speaker 1: stuff in the in the early games of the series.

1115
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:31,560
Speaker 1: But make no mistake, dude, if it's first round Phoenix

1116
00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:35,879
Speaker 1: Series tied at two fourth quarter, close game, you're gonna

1117
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 1: see a lot of Lebron, a d k CP, Kusma,

1118
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: and Cruz. So I think that I think that you know,

1119
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:44,560
Speaker 1: when the ship hits the fan for lack of a

1120
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,279
Speaker 1: better term, that they're going to default is something that

1121
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:49,440
Speaker 1: they've got a lot of reps with, just because it's

1122
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,080
Speaker 1: going to give them their best chance to win in

1123
00:50:51,120 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: those super high leverage moments. Yeah. And I think I

1124
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 1: was looking at the lineup data that find my in

1125
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:00,279
Speaker 1: line up data, those dudes haven't even played I think,

1126
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,799
Speaker 1: like twenty minutes together this season. So those all those

1127
00:51:02,840 --> 00:51:05,600
Speaker 1: guys who are like um in the bubble, Uh, those guys,

1128
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:08,839
Speaker 1: I think I can pull it up here. Um. Yeah,

1129
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:14,240
Speaker 1: those dudes have played eight minutes together this season. The Lebron, Davis, KCP, Crusoe, Kuzma,

1130
00:51:14,360 --> 00:51:15,920
Speaker 1: those dudes who were in the bubble who won the

1131
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 1: title eight minutes together. So they haven't really got to

1132
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:20,600
Speaker 1: see it, but yeah, I think I think they can

1133
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 1: go to it in the bubble. I mean, not in

1134
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 1: the playoffs this year, but we just have not seen

1135
00:51:24,239 --> 00:51:27,400
Speaker 1: them really recreate that that that line up again this year,

1136
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 1: and a lot of that had to do with health,

1137
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:31,040
Speaker 1: but also they're just not playing that lineup. But hopefully

1138
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: they'll go to it in the playoffs. Also, like I

1139
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,920
Speaker 1: think Braun at or because he said he wasn't going

1140
00:51:37,960 --> 00:51:42,080
Speaker 1: to be up, I think eighty or seventy percent, he's

1141
00:51:42,080 --> 00:51:45,320
Speaker 1: still better than um, you know, probably your second option

1142
00:51:45,400 --> 00:51:48,720
Speaker 1: on whoever team, like whatever stars you know, that person

1143
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:52,040
Speaker 1: or help maybe even that star. Lebron is still not

1144
00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 1: bad um. But I know, like when it's back is

1145
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:57,200
Speaker 1: against the wall, like one of the Lakers that ever,

1146
00:51:57,239 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 1: just go to a lineup just him at the point

1147
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 1: guard and just about cheese and everything, you know, but

1148
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:07,759
Speaker 1: you know probably not I running more is at like

1149
00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:10,640
Speaker 1: the five and just having like Brin at the one

1150
00:52:10,719 --> 00:52:13,919
Speaker 1: and just you know, just killing everybody because you can't

1151
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:17,600
Speaker 1: guard everybody. So Lebron just penetrating. Man, just he just

1152
00:52:17,640 --> 00:52:19,840
Speaker 1: gonna kill you. Every time. They did a lot of

1153
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,360
Speaker 1: that in the postseason and one of the big reasons

1154
00:52:22,360 --> 00:52:26,040
Speaker 1: why is that Keith was just shooting so well. Uh,

1155
00:52:26,360 --> 00:52:29,480
Speaker 1: And you know, Mark Keith, I think he's he's a

1156
00:52:29,480 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 1: little bit more mobile this year, but last year he

1157
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 1: wasn't great defending out on the perimeter. But where he's

1158
00:52:34,040 --> 00:52:36,680
Speaker 1: always been a good defenders as a post up defender,

1159
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: he's just really good at at holding his ground and

1160
00:52:39,560 --> 00:52:43,480
Speaker 1: defending without fouling and making dudes settled for fadeaways over

1161
00:52:43,520 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: the top of him, and so it all just kind

1162
00:52:45,160 --> 00:52:49,799
Speaker 1: of worked. But you know, this season, it's hard to say, uh,

1163
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,080
Speaker 1: with with how deep they are at the guard position,

1164
00:52:53,080 --> 00:52:55,279
Speaker 1: that they won't like go with a more traditional a

1165
00:52:55,400 --> 00:52:57,680
Speaker 1: D at the five type of lineup where instead of

1166
00:52:57,719 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 1: Mark Keith kind of playing default five, they'll just up

1167
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:02,839
Speaker 1: like a third guard on the floor or something along

1168
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:07,120
Speaker 1: those life. That's just what I personally expect. I only

1169
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:09,680
Speaker 1: said Morris at the at the five because I know

1170
00:53:09,719 --> 00:53:12,080
Speaker 1: a D doesn't like banging down there with the big guys,

1171
00:53:12,120 --> 00:53:15,360
Speaker 1: so he's so much better as a help defender. You know,

1172
00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:17,600
Speaker 1: he could do that more playing the four, So I

1173
00:53:17,719 --> 00:53:19,440
Speaker 1: just figured you'd put him there and just put a

1174
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:23,480
Speaker 1: shooter at the five, you know, And he will. I mean,

1175
00:53:23,719 --> 00:53:26,440
Speaker 1: he played sixty of his minutes at the five in

1176
00:53:26,480 --> 00:53:28,560
Speaker 1: the playoffs. He'll he'll do it when it matters, And

1177
00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: that's I think you talked about it, like you just

1178
00:53:30,680 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 1: give Lebron a D and a bunch of spacing, um,

1179
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:35,520
Speaker 1: a bunch of shooters, and that's pretty much a recipe

1180
00:53:35,640 --> 00:53:38,680
Speaker 1: percess success. That's why the five might have works so

1181
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 1: well is because he's not just uh, not only can

1182
00:53:41,480 --> 00:53:43,319
Speaker 1: he shoot, but even on the defensive end, he's able

1183
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:45,560
Speaker 1: to help recover and he's one of the best rim

1184
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,400
Speaker 1: protectors in the league. And you can do all that

1185
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: from the five, in my opinion, even easier than when

1186
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:52,520
Speaker 1: he's at the four, when he has another five five

1187
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:55,160
Speaker 1: behind them. One thing before before you guys go, because

1188
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:57,240
Speaker 1: I know other people would like to talk to you, guys,

1189
00:53:57,320 --> 00:54:00,919
Speaker 1: but also to like, no other team like it really

1190
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:04,320
Speaker 1: has that, like the the luxury of having two bigs

1191
00:54:04,320 --> 00:54:07,160
Speaker 1: because you know, I mean, Bron is kind of he's big.

1192
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,520
Speaker 1: He's a freight train, right, so I just you know,

1193
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,640
Speaker 1: Brooklyn out in the East, they don't have that, and

1194
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:14,680
Speaker 1: nobody out west has the luxury of doing something like that,

1195
00:54:14,680 --> 00:54:16,640
Speaker 1: like even the Clippers, you know, like they don't have

1196
00:54:16,680 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: anything like that. You can't just do that with those guys.

1197
00:54:20,120 --> 00:54:22,760
Speaker 1: So I just think the Lakers have a better advantage

1198
00:54:22,760 --> 00:54:25,399
Speaker 1: when help you. Yeah, I mean the the We talked

1199
00:54:25,400 --> 00:54:27,439
Speaker 1: a little bit about this earlier in the in the Pond,

1200
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: we were talking about pick and roll coverages. But the

1201
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 1: crazy thing with Lebron and a D is a four

1202
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,880
Speaker 1: or five combo is they can switch any pick and

1203
00:54:36,960 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 1: roll that involves them as a big man. So it

1204
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:42,800
Speaker 1: takes the primary action that the vast majority of teams

1205
00:54:42,800 --> 00:54:45,640
Speaker 1: around the league run to get their best looks and

1206
00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:49,080
Speaker 1: just effectively makes it obsolete because it's like call up

1207
00:54:49,160 --> 00:54:51,759
Speaker 1: your center and you're gonna get a D involved into play, Like,

1208
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:54,320
Speaker 1: good luck with that, or you're gonna get Lebron James

1209
00:54:54,320 --> 00:54:56,560
Speaker 1: involved in the play. And then and then they can

1210
00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,480
Speaker 1: also put Lebron in a D on your two best players,

1211
00:54:59,719 --> 00:55:03,319
Speaker 1: which makes them ineffectual as their own screen partners. And

1212
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 1: so I tend to think that, uh, that that is

1213
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 1: their biggest ace in the whole is more so than

1214
00:55:10,040 --> 00:55:12,359
Speaker 1: Lebron and Ada offensively, is just what they can do

1215
00:55:12,800 --> 00:55:15,359
Speaker 1: defensively as appearing on the floor, especially when you put

1216
00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:18,680
Speaker 1: them with guards like Caruso and KCP, who are always

1217
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,720
Speaker 1: in the right spot at the right time and putting

1218
00:55:20,719 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 1: those extra effort plays, and especially with the player that

1219
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:25,839
Speaker 1: Kuzma has become. I mean, make no mistake about it,

1220
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,840
Speaker 1: it's hard to it's hard to visualize with how crazy

1221
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:32,319
Speaker 1: and chaotic this season has been, but when healthy, this

1222
00:55:32,400 --> 00:55:36,279
Speaker 1: Laker team is considerably better than last year. They the

1223
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:41,000
Speaker 1: moves on the margins are better, Caruso significantly better, KCP

1224
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,760
Speaker 1: is more or less the same, Kuzma is like twice

1225
00:55:43,760 --> 00:55:46,279
Speaker 1: as good as was last year. There are a lot

1226
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,920
Speaker 1: of reasons why this team should, when healthy, be better

1227
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:52,399
Speaker 1: than last year. We just haven't really gotten to see

1228
00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:54,359
Speaker 1: what that looks like as a result of health. And

1229
00:55:54,800 --> 00:55:57,960
Speaker 1: um that's why you should feel optimistic about this group,

1230
00:55:58,040 --> 00:56:03,160
Speaker 1: if they can regain their form in time to uh

1231
00:56:03,480 --> 00:56:07,040
Speaker 1: face up with the real, real competitive teams with them

1232
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:09,400
Speaker 1: at that top tier of the league, like the Clippers,

1233
00:56:09,440 --> 00:56:13,480
Speaker 1: like the Nets and so on and so forth. Yeah,

1234
00:56:13,560 --> 00:56:15,440
Speaker 1: I guess the only last thing you said the Clippers

1235
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:17,279
Speaker 1: don't have anyone to match up with that. I don't

1236
00:56:17,280 --> 00:56:19,400
Speaker 1: think anyone in the league really does. I think the

1237
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: Lakers that's their ace that they can go against against

1238
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:24,840
Speaker 1: anyone right that Lebron a D four or five matchup.

1239
00:56:25,480 --> 00:56:28,200
Speaker 1: Maybe Johannest have the five with the Bucks. Other than that,

1240
00:56:28,239 --> 00:56:30,799
Speaker 1: I'm not really sure any other combo that can really

1241
00:56:30,840 --> 00:56:33,080
Speaker 1: go with that. So yeah, that's there. That's what they're

1242
00:56:33,080 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 1: betting on. The health the role players hopefully. Look, we

1243
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 1: talked an offseason. This is one of the most talented

1244
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:40,680
Speaker 1: Laker teams that we've seen, right, just from a pure,

1245
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:43,759
Speaker 1: pure like talent level. Now it's like all theoretical, we

1246
00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: haven't really got to see it. But that's what they're

1247
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:48,000
Speaker 1: betting on. Health and that those two just being able

1248
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,600
Speaker 1: to power them through the playoffs. I appreciate you, man.

1249
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:57,560
Speaker 1: Thanks all right, let's see we get merge up here.

1250
00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:01,520
Speaker 1: My friend marriage was going on again if if you

1251
00:57:01,600 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 1: just got down. Apologies for my voice. I loved my

1252
00:57:03,719 --> 00:57:06,279
Speaker 1: voice on Saturday night, and I'm not sure where I went,

1253
00:57:06,320 --> 00:57:08,360
Speaker 1: but I hope you will find him for the next places.

1254
00:57:10,040 --> 00:57:16,320
Speaker 1: Apologize emerge. What's going on? Man? Wha you ar hearing me? Yeah?

1255
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:19,680
Speaker 1: I can hear you, he man? What's going on? Two things?

1256
00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:22,800
Speaker 1: One point one thing sort of a comment about the

1257
00:57:22,920 --> 00:57:25,360
Speaker 1: playing the sun. So I think this game kind of

1258
00:57:25,360 --> 00:57:28,800
Speaker 1: solidified for me that I think we can kind of

1259
00:57:28,920 --> 00:57:32,240
Speaker 1: use that first front series against the Suns as not

1260
00:57:32,280 --> 00:57:36,280
Speaker 1: having to have Lebron go full Lebron like we were

1261
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:38,600
Speaker 1: kind of worried about having having him having to go

1262
00:57:38,680 --> 00:57:42,560
Speaker 1: too fast, too quick come off of that injury. I

1263
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:44,200
Speaker 1: think you can kind of lean on Ad a little

1264
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:48,000
Speaker 1: bit as a as the you know, the top option

1265
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:50,560
Speaker 1: there and the flat sort of dominating in that five

1266
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:53,240
Speaker 1: six games four or five six game series against the Suns.

1267
00:57:53,800 --> 00:57:56,720
Speaker 1: The governor a week, we can have two weeks of

1268
00:57:56,960 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 1: resting and then playing the Clippers or whoever we would

1269
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 1: playing this around. Uh, the bank can really come out.

1270
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:04,320
Speaker 1: I don't know what do you think about something like that?

1271
00:58:05,960 --> 00:58:08,360
Speaker 1: Agree with you? Like the you're you're right in the

1272
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:12,760
Speaker 1: sense that Lebron doesn't have to be Lebron Lebron until

1273
00:58:12,880 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 1: he's toe to toe with Kauai, in total toe with

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00:58:15,520 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant. That part I agree with you, But everything

1275
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:21,600
Speaker 1: else has to be right because teams like a team

1276
00:58:21,640 --> 00:58:26,360
Speaker 1: like Phoenix can beat the Lakers if Lebron is and

1277
00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:29,880
Speaker 1: a D is not quite himself and the defense isn't sharp,

1278
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:32,800
Speaker 1: and so what he's exciting is a D looks like

1279
00:58:32,840 --> 00:58:36,120
Speaker 1: he's getting close to and the defense looks great because

1280
00:58:36,160 --> 00:58:40,280
Speaker 1: now I can confidently say that Lebron easing his way

1281
00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:42,920
Speaker 1: back from an injury is enough to win that matchup.

1282
00:58:43,240 --> 00:58:46,120
Speaker 1: But make no mistake, Lebron is gonna have to look

1283
00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:48,800
Speaker 1: you know, Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant in the face

1284
00:58:49,520 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 1: later on this postseason, and he's gonna have to go

1285
00:58:52,040 --> 00:58:53,640
Speaker 1: head to head with those guys, and so he does

1286
00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:57,160
Speaker 1: eventually need to get back to uh pretty close to

1287
00:58:57,240 --> 00:59:00,080
Speaker 1: the to the real deal. Um, but I'm with you

1288
00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:02,920
Speaker 1: that that he doesn't have to right away if he

1289
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:06,040
Speaker 1: catches a team like the Suns in the first round. Yeah,

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00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:08,439
Speaker 1: MARRIAGE agree with you. That's why I like that first

1291
00:59:08,520 --> 00:59:11,480
Speaker 1: round is so important for me. It's just to get them,

1292
00:59:11,720 --> 00:59:13,520
Speaker 1: get those sea legs under him, get that, get his

1293
00:59:13,800 --> 00:59:16,240
Speaker 1: conditioning up. A lot of I think the Laker Twitter

1294
00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:18,480
Speaker 1: doctors as well. Um, they said, like he's probably not

1295
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:20,800
Speaker 1: gonna be right until the second round anyway, just with

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00:59:20,880 --> 00:59:23,320
Speaker 1: how those injuries work. So yeah, you can just get

1297
00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:25,720
Speaker 1: to look the Suns like, I know we dominate in

1298
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:27,920
Speaker 1: them tonight, but like you don't win that many games

1299
00:59:27,920 --> 00:59:30,919
Speaker 1: without being really good like that, They're a really good team.

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00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:32,720
Speaker 1: I think Lebron is still gonna have to be maybe

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00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:36,280
Speaker 1: not a percent but like at his ninety to beat

1302
00:59:36,320 --> 00:59:38,400
Speaker 1: the Suns. In my opinion, UM, a D can really

1303
00:59:38,400 --> 00:59:40,640
Speaker 1: work inside. This is a great series for a D.

1304
00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 1: I don't think DeAndre and can guard him. Ar Sorridge,

1305
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:46,040
Speaker 1: Craig all those guys are not a matchup for a D.

1306
00:59:46,160 --> 00:59:48,680
Speaker 1: It's just I still think we need Lebron shot creation

1307
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:50,680
Speaker 1: though um we saw tonight. I think Caruso did a

1308
00:59:50,720 --> 00:59:52,720
Speaker 1: nice job tonight. I just don't think in a seven

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00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:55,920
Speaker 1: game series that's that's enough to create enough points, um

1310
00:59:56,040 --> 00:59:58,120
Speaker 1: to kind of generate enough points to beat this Phoenix

1311
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:00,400
Speaker 1: team without Lebron shock creation. But I don't think he

1312
01:00:00,480 --> 01:00:03,840
Speaker 1: has to be that full forty fifteen fifteen and night

1313
01:00:03,960 --> 01:00:07,800
Speaker 1: that look like you need in the in the finals, right, Yeah,

1314
01:00:08,160 --> 01:00:10,640
Speaker 1: the main thing it's not that lebraunch just like Layoff.

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01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:12,680
Speaker 1: But like you were saying, he doesn't have to be

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Speaker 1: the guy who doesn't have to go up against Kawhi

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01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:17,760
Speaker 1: Lard and Kevin Durrett, I'm more worried about him, like

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01:00:18,480 --> 01:00:20,960
Speaker 1: you know, having to go from very clear really fast

1319
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:24,520
Speaker 1: and like metaphorically tweaking something if you kind of able

1320
01:00:24,560 --> 01:00:26,640
Speaker 1: to ramp it in that first round in that second round,

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Speaker 1: that's kind of right. It's an ideal matchup to have

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Speaker 1: a D got a team like the Sons, who, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they are a great team and they've been really good

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Speaker 1: this year, but I think a d is this kind

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01:00:36,160 --> 01:00:39,480
Speaker 1: of the ultimate matchup nightmare for them, especially because they

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01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:42,560
Speaker 1: don't really have that guy who can match up with

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Speaker 1: a d um And the second thing I wanted to

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Speaker 1: say is what do you guys think the playoff rotation?

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Speaker 1: How many how many people do you think you have

1330
01:00:51,840 --> 01:00:55,120
Speaker 1: to cut down to? And ultimately, who do you think

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01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:57,720
Speaker 1: are the ones who are locked in who are definitely

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01:00:57,720 --> 01:00:59,880
Speaker 1: playing every single series as opposed to the one too.

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Speaker 1: It might be on and off as the matchups going.

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01:01:05,480 --> 01:01:08,000
Speaker 1: We've talked about this a few times over the over

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Speaker 1: the last few weeks. I think that it's going to

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Speaker 1: be matchup dependent. I think you might see certain players

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01:01:14,120 --> 01:01:16,600
Speaker 1: go dormant against one team and then all of a

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01:01:16,640 --> 01:01:19,680
Speaker 1: sudden be leaned on heavily against another team. A great

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01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:21,640
Speaker 1: example of that is going to be like if you

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01:01:21,680 --> 01:01:24,800
Speaker 1: play Yokich in one round and you play you know,

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01:01:25,400 --> 01:01:27,920
Speaker 1: Zoobots in another round, it's going to be a different

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01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:30,680
Speaker 1: type of center rotation. But at the end of the day,

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01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,960
Speaker 1: like I think, I think it's gonna come down to

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01:01:34,080 --> 01:01:36,680
Speaker 1: figuring out how many of the guards play. I tend

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01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:39,160
Speaker 1: to think guys like th h T and Markis are

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01:01:39,160 --> 01:01:41,400
Speaker 1: going to fall out of the rotation and you're gonna

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01:01:41,400 --> 01:01:43,800
Speaker 1: see a lot more of Wesley Matthews, and you're gonna

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01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:46,640
Speaker 1: see a lot more of Uh. I think. I think

1349
01:01:46,720 --> 01:01:49,680
Speaker 1: Montres is another guy who might fall to the to

1350
01:01:49,760 --> 01:01:53,160
Speaker 1: the edge of the rotation in the postseason. But honestly,

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01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:56,080
Speaker 1: man I I I don't know how you even could

1352
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:58,440
Speaker 1: feel confident about what that's gonna look like with how

1353
01:01:58,480 --> 01:02:00,560
Speaker 1: all over the place Frank has been this year, which

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01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:02,440
Speaker 1: has not been his fault for the record, it's been

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01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,280
Speaker 1: because of the injuries, But I mean this, this rotation

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01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:09,400
Speaker 1: has been all over the place this year. I feel

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01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:12,280
Speaker 1: like all the bigs are matchup dependent. For me, maybe

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01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:14,640
Speaker 1: the solid plays more, but like it's gonna be Lebron

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Speaker 1: at the five, and then we'll see wherever they can

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Speaker 1: play drum, and see where they can play Tress, see

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01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:21,360
Speaker 1: where they can play Mark Kiev. I think those wings

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01:02:21,680 --> 01:02:24,560
Speaker 1: and then Ben malcolmore will see if he's hot that night, right,

1363
01:02:24,600 --> 01:02:27,560
Speaker 1: But other than that, it's gonna be Crusoe, k CP, Kuzma,

1364
01:02:27,920 --> 01:02:29,920
Speaker 1: lebron A D And then from there you can kind

1365
01:02:29,920 --> 01:02:32,280
Speaker 1: of pick out who's gonna play. After that. It might

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01:02:32,280 --> 01:02:34,400
Speaker 1: be like West Matthews as well, might be more of

1367
01:02:34,440 --> 01:02:36,920
Speaker 1: a picture. He's playing really well, so if he continues this,

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01:02:37,440 --> 01:02:39,600
Speaker 1: he might be a fixture in that rotation. But after that,

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01:02:39,640 --> 01:02:41,560
Speaker 1: to me, Vogel is just gonna be able to push

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Speaker 1: whatever buttons he wants, kind of just like he did

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Speaker 1: last year. So that's why I keep comparing Drummond to

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Speaker 1: to Javail, not like or not to Javail, like not

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01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:52,680
Speaker 1: to Dwight um So just just like situationally, how he's

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01:02:52,720 --> 01:02:55,160
Speaker 1: gonna play, where he's gonna be put in, And that's

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Speaker 1: how I see it. So mostly that's how I hope

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01:02:56,800 --> 01:02:59,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna be like an eight man nine month rotation,

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Speaker 1: because I don't I just don't think you can have

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01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,000
Speaker 1: twelve or thirteen men playing every night, and it's just

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01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:05,000
Speaker 1: actually not how the playoffs goes. No one will be

1380
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:07,520
Speaker 1: in Ridham in that way. So that's how I open

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01:03:07,560 --> 01:03:11,200
Speaker 1: see that how it goes, all right, I think that

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01:03:11,400 --> 01:03:21,320
Speaker 1: is that they're driving me on. Guys, alright, we god,

1383
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:27,560
Speaker 1: we are Maple Maples up here, Mr Maple's what's up? Man?

1384
01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:33,920
Speaker 1: Oh job? What's going on? Man? I was just curious

1385
01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:36,760
Speaker 1: what you guys talk. I was talking to some people

1386
01:03:36,800 --> 01:03:40,840
Speaker 1: like this about this. What do you think? Who's do

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01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:43,520
Speaker 1: you think is gonna be the toughest matchup for the

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01:03:43,640 --> 01:03:46,720
Speaker 1: Lakers in the playoffs all the way to a championship?

1389
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:48,600
Speaker 1: Who's the toughest match up? Like, I'm not saying you

1390
01:03:48,640 --> 01:03:50,920
Speaker 1: don't want to see him, because you gotta play everybody eventually.

1391
01:03:51,240 --> 01:03:53,720
Speaker 1: Who do you think gives the Lakers bost trouble in

1392
01:03:53,800 --> 01:03:58,760
Speaker 1: European of the Western Conference. I've been pretty consistent about this.

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01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 1: I have the Clippers, man, I think I think they're

1394
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:05,040
Speaker 1: just built in the sense that, uh, they can go

1395
01:04:05,160 --> 01:04:08,080
Speaker 1: to lineups that will force the Lakers to be isolation

1396
01:04:08,080 --> 01:04:11,920
Speaker 1: heavy by going with all their wings and force Lebron

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01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:13,440
Speaker 1: and a D to take a lot of off the

1398
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:16,520
Speaker 1: drivel jump shots, especially if the spacing isn't there. I

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01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:18,600
Speaker 1: would still pick the Lakers in that matchup. I thought,

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01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:20,800
Speaker 1: I thought what New York I thought. I thought what

1401
01:04:20,880 --> 01:04:23,960
Speaker 1: the Knicks did to the Clippers, today with their defense

1402
01:04:24,040 --> 01:04:26,280
Speaker 1: is a great example of the way that the Lakers

1403
01:04:26,680 --> 01:04:29,960
Speaker 1: can stagnate them in return and make a guy like

1404
01:04:30,080 --> 01:04:34,960
Speaker 1: Kauai really struggle to find quality looks and wear them

1405
01:04:35,000 --> 01:04:37,360
Speaker 1: down over a series. I would pick the Lakers, but

1406
01:04:37,400 --> 01:04:40,560
Speaker 1: if there's a team that has that has uh, you know,

1407
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:44,760
Speaker 1: the theoretical pieces they need to cause the Lakers problem,

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01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:47,960
Speaker 1: it would be the Clippers in my opinion. Yeah, I'm

1409
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:49,720
Speaker 1: with that as well. I feel like the Clippers have

1410
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:52,480
Speaker 1: people aren't really watching the Clippers. It might be and

1411
01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:54,760
Speaker 1: I feel like because obviously what happened last year, but

1412
01:04:54,800 --> 01:04:57,240
Speaker 1: man like they're just as good. They're crazy three point

1413
01:04:57,240 --> 01:04:59,919
Speaker 1: shooting team right there, like super early they create high

1414
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:01,720
Speaker 1: about three point shots. I don't know if that will

1415
01:05:01,760 --> 01:05:03,680
Speaker 1: go in in the playoffs, but with that and the

1416
01:05:03,680 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 1: star level play of Kauai and we'll see what Paul

1417
01:05:06,400 --> 01:05:09,000
Speaker 1: George does. I just think they're ceiling is uh is

1418
01:05:09,040 --> 01:05:10,840
Speaker 1: the highest of what they can do, and they give

1419
01:05:10,880 --> 01:05:12,720
Speaker 1: the Lakers trouble. Right though those Wings play well. I

1420
01:05:12,720 --> 01:05:15,120
Speaker 1: don't think it's a coincidence those Wings play well against

1421
01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:17,960
Speaker 1: It's almost every time. Um So yeah, I definitely against

1422
01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:20,680
Speaker 1: the Clippers and just have the high variants with the shooting.

1423
01:05:20,720 --> 01:05:23,400
Speaker 1: I think Zobach starting changes things a lot for them,

1424
01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:26,360
Speaker 1: Like he's really good as a defensive being man center.

1425
01:05:26,400 --> 01:05:29,040
Speaker 1: They can they can put out there. So definitely I

1426
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:31,760
Speaker 1: saw their defense shot at the top ten with six

1427
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:34,680
Speaker 1: stepid starting. There was a good team. So that's just

1428
01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:37,160
Speaker 1: curious about what you guys thought. I kind of lead

1429
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:39,880
Speaker 1: leading that way too. It was gonna be thinper for

1430
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:43,680
Speaker 1: me and Tony lost Bury that I'm with the Clippers

1431
01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:47,680
Speaker 1: and just one more of the Eastern Conference teams in

1432
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:50,040
Speaker 1: the finals, you know, saying the Lakers get there knocking

1433
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:53,400
Speaker 1: on some wood. Um, who's the who do you think

1434
01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:55,200
Speaker 1: the toughest matchup coming out of there? I think that

1435
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:57,720
Speaker 1: might be a little I have to go back and

1436
01:05:57,760 --> 01:06:01,240
Speaker 1: forth with that. Well, I want to hear your opinion

1437
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:04,360
Speaker 1: first man, what do you think? Uh? For me, it

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01:06:04,440 --> 01:06:09,440
Speaker 1: was the Honestly, it was the Sixers. For me, I

1439
01:06:09,480 --> 01:06:12,000
Speaker 1: think that would be the kind of toughest match up

1440
01:06:12,040 --> 01:06:14,160
Speaker 1: because just because it will force the Laker to play,

1441
01:06:14,440 --> 01:06:16,240
Speaker 1: you know, drubbing and play big a little more and

1442
01:06:16,280 --> 01:06:19,280
Speaker 1: that kind of hurts the Lakers offensively. And that was

1443
01:06:19,360 --> 01:06:22,040
Speaker 1: kind of, you know, my train of thought there. I

1444
01:06:22,080 --> 01:06:24,200
Speaker 1: think I think you put a d at the five.

1445
01:06:24,920 --> 01:06:26,600
Speaker 1: You know, I'm not saying that you handled the nets

1446
01:06:26,600 --> 01:06:29,320
Speaker 1: pretty well, but I think that kind of mutualizes the

1447
01:06:29,400 --> 01:06:33,480
Speaker 1: next one to do offensively. I tend to think that

1448
01:06:33,520 --> 01:06:36,200
Speaker 1: the Lakers would eventually figure out a way to really

1449
01:06:36,240 --> 01:06:41,680
Speaker 1: slow down the Sixers offense. Uh. What worries me about Brooklyn,

1450
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:44,640
Speaker 1: and this is what makes the James Harden things so crazy,

1451
01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:48,280
Speaker 1: is like the Laker defense is so good that you

1452
01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:50,400
Speaker 1: have to beat them by shooting over the top. When

1453
01:06:50,400 --> 01:06:52,120
Speaker 1: they've got it going, you know, you have to beat

1454
01:06:52,120 --> 01:06:54,440
Speaker 1: them by shooting over their smaller guards. And you know,

1455
01:06:54,520 --> 01:06:57,680
Speaker 1: when it's just Katie and Kyrie, or when it's just Kyrier,

1456
01:06:57,720 --> 01:07:00,480
Speaker 1: it's just whoever it is, you can fati eigue them

1457
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:05,040
Speaker 1: and force them to miss. But that three headed attack there,

1458
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:08,440
Speaker 1: it's to me, it kind of balances out the physical

1459
01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:12,120
Speaker 1: wear and tear of generating offense against the Lakers to

1460
01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:15,520
Speaker 1: where you know, you could see all three of them having,

1461
01:07:15,760 --> 01:07:18,040
Speaker 1: you know, moments in the game where they can be aggressive,

1462
01:07:18,080 --> 01:07:20,160
Speaker 1: but where they can also fade into the background and

1463
01:07:20,200 --> 01:07:23,560
Speaker 1: not have to worry about being the guy who's generating everything.

1464
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:26,760
Speaker 1: And in theory, if they can continue to cause teams

1465
01:07:26,800 --> 01:07:30,920
Speaker 1: problems with their switching defense. I I still think that

1466
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:33,240
Speaker 1: Brooklyn is the scariest and I don't think that that

1467
01:07:33,320 --> 01:07:36,000
Speaker 1: massive wind Street that they went on with James Harden

1468
01:07:36,040 --> 01:07:38,720
Speaker 1: was a coincidence. I thought that was they found a formula.

1469
01:07:38,760 --> 01:07:40,880
Speaker 1: They were switching on defense and it was screwing people

1470
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:42,680
Speaker 1: up and then no one can guard them on the

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01:07:42,720 --> 01:07:44,600
Speaker 1: other end. See, that was my thing. Just I just

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01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:46,600
Speaker 1: I just saw what Janice did to them, like back

1473
01:07:46,680 --> 01:07:50,000
Speaker 1: to back game. I just think I think like the

1474
01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:53,840
Speaker 1: playoff rings are a d is kind of you know,

1475
01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:56,720
Speaker 1: he obviously can't initiate like Johannest, but as far as

1476
01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:59,800
Speaker 1: being able to score on smaller guys against switches have

1477
01:07:59,880 --> 01:08:03,040
Speaker 1: to like the talent is similar. So that's quite a time.

1478
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:05,320
Speaker 1: Did you think you're adding Lebron jangs to it on

1479
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:08,720
Speaker 1: top of it? So that's why I was like, I

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01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:11,560
Speaker 1: don't I don't know if it's the it's Brooklyn's the

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01:08:11,560 --> 01:08:13,280
Speaker 1: toughest matchup for the Lakers, But I just chanse what

1482
01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:16,439
Speaker 1: you guys thought. Yeah, yeah, I think I think it's

1483
01:08:16,439 --> 01:08:18,400
Speaker 1: gonna be close, like it was Brooklyn for me all

1484
01:08:18,479 --> 01:08:20,479
Speaker 1: year and then like I guess the Bucks are starting

1485
01:08:20,479 --> 01:08:23,679
Speaker 1: to kind of creep creep in there, but talking about

1486
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:27,320
Speaker 1: Jason was talking about, Sorry, there's two Jason. Now j

1487
01:08:27,760 --> 01:08:30,280
Speaker 1: was talking JT was talking about with like with Brooklyn,

1488
01:08:30,360 --> 01:08:33,400
Speaker 1: how to defend them Katie. Katie and Kyrie are the

1489
01:08:33,439 --> 01:08:35,920
Speaker 1: only really two right in the East that have proven

1490
01:08:36,200 --> 01:08:38,000
Speaker 1: are going to hit like those tough shots when it

1491
01:08:38,040 --> 01:08:40,040
Speaker 1: matters like those are the two have like kind of

1492
01:08:40,080 --> 01:08:42,240
Speaker 1: proven it. That's why I would still kind of pick them.

1493
01:08:42,439 --> 01:08:44,599
Speaker 1: Um in a playoff series where I guess the Lakers

1494
01:08:44,600 --> 01:08:46,519
Speaker 1: are gonna have to hit those tough, midrange kind of

1495
01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:49,000
Speaker 1: contested shots, and their guys that look for that shot

1496
01:08:49,080 --> 01:08:51,800
Speaker 1: like they try to purposely get to that. So that's

1497
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:54,519
Speaker 1: where my struggle would be and then hardened just man,

1498
01:08:54,520 --> 01:08:56,639
Speaker 1: that makes that so tough to cover because you can't

1499
01:08:56,720 --> 01:08:59,840
Speaker 1: really trap anywhere. Um, Blakers would kind of figure it out,

1500
01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:01,840
Speaker 1: see who they want to leave open, maybe leave Bruce

1501
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:04,160
Speaker 1: Brown or something open. But yeah, that's where it's really tough.

1502
01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:06,240
Speaker 1: But Milwaukee starting to go up man with Janice is

1503
01:09:06,280 --> 01:09:09,160
Speaker 1: doing Drew Holiday, I think it's huge. Um. I think

1504
01:09:09,160 --> 01:09:11,360
Speaker 1: he was like a huge X factor for them in

1505
01:09:11,360 --> 01:09:14,080
Speaker 1: the playoffs. He's a playoff performer too, so it's close

1506
01:09:14,120 --> 01:09:16,000
Speaker 1: for me, as closer than it was. Do you see

1507
01:09:16,040 --> 01:09:18,640
Speaker 1: that as well? Maple's like Milwaukee for you have they

1508
01:09:18,680 --> 01:09:23,400
Speaker 1: kind of like Yeah, I mean I watched I watched

1509
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:28,160
Speaker 1: un pell game and the drop off between Bledstoe and

1510
01:09:28,760 --> 01:09:33,240
Speaker 1: Holiday the gap. I'm definitely figured they're at the gap

1511
01:09:33,880 --> 01:09:35,920
Speaker 1: that that's definitely something to considered. I think there was

1512
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:38,599
Speaker 1: gonna be much better in the playoff setting, and uh,

1513
01:09:39,360 --> 01:09:41,680
Speaker 1: I think Janice is different. Obviously people are going to

1514
01:09:41,800 --> 01:09:45,000
Speaker 1: push back. We'll see in the playoffs. But I'm definitely

1515
01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:47,160
Speaker 1: you know, Milwaukee definitely have my eyes and they're actually

1516
01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:50,400
Speaker 1: playing the best right now by the Bees. So do

1517
01:09:50,439 --> 01:09:53,920
Speaker 1: you did you watch that second Bucks Nets game, the

1518
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:57,040
Speaker 1: one where Kyrie was complaining about their crunch time offense.

1519
01:09:58,080 --> 01:10:00,559
Speaker 1: I saw I saw towards the end of the year. Yeah,

1520
01:10:00,720 --> 01:10:04,800
Speaker 1: So that I thought was the interesting kind of microcosm

1521
01:10:04,920 --> 01:10:07,400
Speaker 1: of of what I think is the way to beat

1522
01:10:07,479 --> 01:10:10,479
Speaker 1: Brooklyn Um And it's it's kind of like what happened

1523
01:10:10,520 --> 01:10:13,240
Speaker 1: to the Clippers last year against Denver, Like they just

1524
01:10:13,479 --> 01:10:16,519
Speaker 1: forced them into taking a ton of contested jump shots

1525
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:20,080
Speaker 1: and the Clippers just went cold. And you saw the

1526
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:22,599
Speaker 1: Bucks did the same thing to Brooklyn in that game,

1527
01:10:22,680 --> 01:10:25,479
Speaker 1: it just it became very your turn, my turn, and

1528
01:10:25,760 --> 01:10:29,559
Speaker 1: the and the superstar crazy pull up shots just they

1529
01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:31,560
Speaker 1: just weren't going. And I think I think that's the

1530
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:34,880
Speaker 1: strategy to beat Brooklyn is physically wear them down and

1531
01:10:34,960 --> 01:10:37,280
Speaker 1: then stagnate them and then just hope that at the

1532
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:39,960
Speaker 1: end of those games they just have those like contagious

1533
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:42,519
Speaker 1: cold nights where they just can't make anything, and then

1534
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,519
Speaker 1: and then you're on the other end, you're getting these

1535
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:47,880
Speaker 1: like that. That's the cool thing about the honest, you

1536
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:50,360
Speaker 1: know impact, And what Lebron and a D will do

1537
01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:54,559
Speaker 1: is like their stagnation is at the rim, like they're

1538
01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:57,760
Speaker 1: they're they're like, hey, we're forced fitting feeding Lebron and

1539
01:10:57,800 --> 01:11:00,720
Speaker 1: a D in isolation. But Lebron's putting his head down

1540
01:11:00,760 --> 01:11:02,720
Speaker 1: and going to the rim and a D is you know,

1541
01:11:02,880 --> 01:11:04,880
Speaker 1: back in the dude down and shooting like a seven

1542
01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:07,120
Speaker 1: foot or over the top of him. Like it's it's

1543
01:11:07,160 --> 01:11:10,320
Speaker 1: just a different type of stagnant offense when it's him.

1544
01:11:10,400 --> 01:11:13,040
Speaker 1: Then when it's all pull up jumpers, you know, get

1545
01:11:13,080 --> 01:11:16,920
Speaker 1: the shot quality, I got you. Yep. We saw what

1546
01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:22,080
Speaker 1: happens to James Harden, right, he just stands at half

1547
01:11:22,120 --> 01:11:23,760
Speaker 1: court sometimes. Now I don't know if you'll do that.

1548
01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:26,080
Speaker 1: Now he's got a lot more talent around them, and

1549
01:11:26,280 --> 01:11:27,880
Speaker 1: you know, like we'll see how that goes. But I

1550
01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:30,280
Speaker 1: think that's like a kind of I think that's the template.

1551
01:11:30,560 --> 01:11:32,320
Speaker 1: You kind of trap Harden and then make the other

1552
01:11:32,360 --> 01:11:36,320
Speaker 1: guys try to take tough shots. But I just what

1553
01:11:36,479 --> 01:11:38,760
Speaker 1: did you guys get to, you know, you guys to

1554
01:11:39,479 --> 01:11:43,080
Speaker 1: kind of kind of idea of who the matchups were

1555
01:11:43,680 --> 01:11:48,160
Speaker 1: leaving the lads. So appreciate your man, love what y'are doing, Dope, Maples,

1556
01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:53,920
Speaker 1: I appreciate you man as always, shim Let's see, we

1557
01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:58,680
Speaker 1: got James Harden is better than Kobe and Dwyane Wain,

1558
01:11:58,840 --> 01:12:00,519
Speaker 1: so they should be just fun from what I've been

1559
01:12:00,520 --> 01:12:08,680
Speaker 1: called off. Oh my god, bro, are you there? Hey,

1560
01:12:08,960 --> 01:12:13,680
Speaker 1: let's okay, hear me. The thing about the nets that

1561
01:12:13,760 --> 01:12:17,840
Speaker 1: you guys were talking about those like regardless of how

1562
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:22,000
Speaker 1: it looks, we've only seen them for seven games together, right,

1563
01:12:22,439 --> 01:12:26,040
Speaker 1: So like how like obviously it happened with the Clippers

1564
01:12:26,160 --> 01:12:28,960
Speaker 1: last year, but it didn't have enough chemistry, So how

1565
01:12:29,000 --> 01:12:31,040
Speaker 1: do we think that plays out this year? Because like,

1566
01:12:31,200 --> 01:12:34,080
Speaker 1: these guys are just the talent is just on a

1567
01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:37,840
Speaker 1: different level. You know, So I agree with you in

1568
01:12:37,920 --> 01:12:40,599
Speaker 1: the sense that that the talent is on a different

1569
01:12:40,680 --> 01:12:43,240
Speaker 1: level that makes it different. That these guys are much smarter,

1570
01:12:43,439 --> 01:12:47,599
Speaker 1: smarter offensive players than Kawai and Paul George are. Um

1571
01:12:47,720 --> 01:12:49,360
Speaker 1: the thing the thing that makes it tricky, and Kevin

1572
01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:52,280
Speaker 1: Duran actually talked about this in his podcast. I think

1573
01:12:52,520 --> 01:12:54,800
Speaker 1: Bankski just straight up asked him like, hey, man, like

1574
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:56,640
Speaker 1: what do you say to the people who say you

1575
01:12:56,680 --> 01:12:59,400
Speaker 1: guys haven't played enough together? And He's like, we're we're

1576
01:12:59,520 --> 01:13:02,040
Speaker 1: high i Q basketball players. This is easy for us.

1577
01:13:02,120 --> 01:13:03,640
Speaker 1: Put us in floor. We know what to do, we

1578
01:13:03,720 --> 01:13:06,559
Speaker 1: know how to play basketball. You know. I've always said

1579
01:13:06,640 --> 01:13:08,479
Speaker 1: that the lack of continuity is gonna hurt them more

1580
01:13:08,520 --> 01:13:11,320
Speaker 1: on the defensive and because you know, right now you're

1581
01:13:11,360 --> 01:13:15,080
Speaker 1: getting you know whatever, seventy seventy two minutes of of

1582
01:13:15,439 --> 01:13:18,000
Speaker 1: of Katie and Kyrie and then the rest is being

1583
01:13:18,040 --> 01:13:21,040
Speaker 1: played by these role players who are are embracing the

1584
01:13:21,120 --> 01:13:23,400
Speaker 1: dirty work, and they're actually doing a pretty decent job

1585
01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:26,880
Speaker 1: defensively with those guys given their lack of talent. When

1586
01:13:26,960 --> 01:13:29,280
Speaker 1: you throw James Harden in the mix and now all

1587
01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:32,680
Speaker 1: three of them are playing, you know, thirty forty minutes. Uh,

1588
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:36,920
Speaker 1: that that three, that group of those three guys hasn't

1589
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:39,840
Speaker 1: really learned how to get stops together yet. And and

1590
01:13:40,320 --> 01:13:43,000
Speaker 1: that even in those even in those games where they

1591
01:13:43,040 --> 01:13:45,400
Speaker 1: were having those really close games. I think with the Clippers,

1592
01:13:45,960 --> 01:13:47,800
Speaker 1: I think early on when those three were playing, it

1593
01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:50,040
Speaker 1: was like they were winning, but they were only winning

1594
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:52,360
Speaker 1: by outscoring them because at the end of the day,

1595
01:13:52,439 --> 01:13:55,400
Speaker 1: like teams are having trouble stopping them too. But that's

1596
01:13:55,400 --> 01:13:59,479
Speaker 1: also seven game sample size, so you know m exactly.

1597
01:13:59,720 --> 01:14:01,439
Speaker 1: I do tend to think that they will be able

1598
01:14:01,479 --> 01:14:04,920
Speaker 1: to score no matter what. It's just can they defend?

1599
01:14:05,040 --> 01:14:07,599
Speaker 1: And a key part of their lineup has been out

1600
01:14:07,760 --> 01:14:10,360
Speaker 1: and he's a historically bad defensive player. And if you

1601
01:14:10,439 --> 01:14:12,880
Speaker 1: throw him into that mix and take away you know,

1602
01:14:12,920 --> 01:14:16,000
Speaker 1: a guy like that, whatever his name is, Bruce Brown

1603
01:14:16,080 --> 01:14:18,479
Speaker 1: or whatever it has been, you know, crazy like defending

1604
01:14:18,560 --> 01:14:22,920
Speaker 1: like a crazy person. I think it swings, you know,

1605
01:14:23,120 --> 01:14:26,120
Speaker 1: that side of the floor, you know, in a negative manner,

1606
01:14:26,160 --> 01:14:27,800
Speaker 1: and there is a bit of a diminishing return on

1607
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:29,759
Speaker 1: the offensive end, and I think it lowers their ceiling

1608
01:14:29,800 --> 01:14:32,919
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, it's them, and then the Clippers,

1609
01:14:33,080 --> 01:14:36,000
Speaker 1: I'm I have a little bit worry about the Clippers

1610
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:39,519
Speaker 1: only because for some reason, when they see the purple

1611
01:14:39,560 --> 01:14:43,320
Speaker 1: and goal, those guys all are just insane. That lack

1612
01:14:43,439 --> 01:14:46,080
Speaker 1: of focus or them giving up big leads like did

1613
01:14:46,120 --> 01:14:48,160
Speaker 1: it against the Nuggets. I don't see that happening against

1614
01:14:48,160 --> 01:14:50,320
Speaker 1: the Lakers, Like if the Lakers beat them, they're going

1615
01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:52,439
Speaker 1: to have to beat them. For some reason, when they

1616
01:14:52,520 --> 01:14:55,400
Speaker 1: see the Lakers, they're just they don't they're on their

1617
01:14:55,400 --> 01:14:57,920
Speaker 1: peace and queues. They don't miss anything. They're just straight up.

1618
01:14:58,600 --> 01:15:01,519
Speaker 1: And but yeah, it's just them and the nets that

1619
01:15:01,520 --> 01:15:05,160
Speaker 1: I'm worried about. For the nets. My other thing is

1620
01:15:06,320 --> 01:15:08,880
Speaker 1: if they are on, it's like for teams to go

1621
01:15:09,080 --> 01:15:12,560
Speaker 1: shot for shot with them, Like that's insane. Like we

1622
01:15:12,720 --> 01:15:14,920
Speaker 1: we make fun of James for all of his playoff

1623
01:15:14,960 --> 01:15:16,680
Speaker 1: failures this and that, but at the end of the day,

1624
01:15:16,760 --> 01:15:20,200
Speaker 1: like Harden never played with the guy of Katie's caliber ever,

1625
01:15:21,160 --> 01:15:22,920
Speaker 1: and now he's about to be passing the ball and

1626
01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:26,200
Speaker 1: running the offense with Katie and Kyrie, who are both

1627
01:15:26,280 --> 01:15:29,519
Speaker 1: historically really clutched players. And so I mean, if if

1628
01:15:29,560 --> 01:15:32,800
Speaker 1: we see a finals matchup, it should be insane. Yeah.

1629
01:15:32,840 --> 01:15:34,960
Speaker 1: The funny part about that he said he's never played

1630
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:37,760
Speaker 1: with a guy of Katie's caliber. Yeah it was Katie right,

1631
01:15:39,400 --> 01:15:43,639
Speaker 1: Oh yeah it was. But your point is definitely right though.

1632
01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:45,560
Speaker 1: With that, he has way more talent around him. And

1633
01:15:45,600 --> 01:15:48,000
Speaker 1: I think, look, like I said this about the Lakers

1634
01:15:48,080 --> 01:15:50,680
Speaker 1: this year, they've obviously um gone into going into the

1635
01:15:50,680 --> 01:15:53,000
Speaker 1: playoffs focusing on health, right, that's what they want to do,

1636
01:15:53,280 --> 01:15:55,000
Speaker 1: And Nets are doing the same thing right there, trying

1637
01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:57,679
Speaker 1: to focus on health. I do think there's like this respect,

1638
01:15:57,800 --> 01:16:00,240
Speaker 1: you have to have a continuity in this respect, you

1639
01:16:00,320 --> 01:16:02,040
Speaker 1: have to have the chemistry of what it takes to

1640
01:16:02,080 --> 01:16:05,240
Speaker 1: win a title like I just don't think, um, well,

1641
01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:07,040
Speaker 1: the Nets aren't gonna have enough time with the with

1642
01:16:07,120 --> 01:16:09,599
Speaker 1: the game's missed. I think Katie, Kyrie and Harden only

1643
01:16:09,600 --> 01:16:12,960
Speaker 1: played like games together as well, So that's where that's

1644
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:14,559
Speaker 1: where their struggle is going to be. Have they gone

1645
01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:16,880
Speaker 1: and gone through enough ups and downs to wear in

1646
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:18,360
Speaker 1: the playoffs that we be able to trust each other

1647
01:16:18,680 --> 01:16:21,000
Speaker 1: on defense and be able to go do what you

1648
01:16:21,040 --> 01:16:22,600
Speaker 1: need to do in a playoff series, And that's I

1649
01:16:22,640 --> 01:16:24,160
Speaker 1: think that's the good thing. I just think the talent

1650
01:16:24,600 --> 01:16:26,439
Speaker 1: is overwhelming in the Eastern Conference and you can't go

1651
01:16:26,520 --> 01:16:28,639
Speaker 1: shot with shot for shot with them. That's a eating

1652
01:16:28,920 --> 01:16:31,559
Speaker 1: that's a losing strategy. Like you can't go, you can't

1653
01:16:31,600 --> 01:16:33,479
Speaker 1: play game with them because they'll win. That that's what

1654
01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:35,200
Speaker 1: they wanted, that's what they want you to do. They

1655
01:16:35,240 --> 01:16:37,240
Speaker 1: want you to get into like a one on one battle.

1656
01:16:37,439 --> 01:16:39,479
Speaker 1: They'll switch a lot. They're very like very much like

1657
01:16:39,560 --> 01:16:41,639
Speaker 1: how Houston did last year where they try to switch everything,

1658
01:16:41,760 --> 01:16:44,479
Speaker 1: make you go into an isolation battle. So so yeah,

1659
01:16:44,680 --> 01:16:46,960
Speaker 1: I think you're right with that. They'll definitely have some issues.

1660
01:16:46,960 --> 01:16:49,000
Speaker 1: I just think the talent level is just just too

1661
01:16:49,080 --> 01:16:51,360
Speaker 1: high for them. Well to your point about the to

1662
01:16:51,479 --> 01:16:53,719
Speaker 1: your point about the shopper shot thing, that's the point

1663
01:16:54,000 --> 01:16:57,120
Speaker 1: of the Lebron in a d or the Ben Simmons

1664
01:16:57,200 --> 01:17:01,160
Speaker 1: Joel Embiide or the Janice Drew Holiday type of a pairing.

1665
01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:04,040
Speaker 1: That makes it different is you know, if you go

1666
01:17:04,280 --> 01:17:07,240
Speaker 1: I would be. I am one thousand percent certain that

1667
01:17:07,320 --> 01:17:10,040
Speaker 1: if the Clippers got into a playoff series with the Nets,

1668
01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:13,880
Speaker 1: they would lose because they get into those environments and

1669
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:16,439
Speaker 1: they get into jump shooting contests with them. But for

1670
01:17:16,640 --> 01:17:20,040
Speaker 1: the Lakers, for the Sixers, teams that like you know,

1671
01:17:21,120 --> 01:17:23,880
Speaker 1: when when they're on the other end taking contested pull

1672
01:17:23,960 --> 01:17:27,040
Speaker 1: up jump shots. You're ramming it down their throat at

1673
01:17:27,080 --> 01:17:30,160
Speaker 1: the rim to me, to me, that is the way

1674
01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:32,599
Speaker 1: you counter their shot. Like you can you can get

1675
01:17:32,680 --> 01:17:35,960
Speaker 1: into an isolation contest with him if you bully them

1676
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:38,720
Speaker 1: while they're trying to outfinance you. That to me is

1677
01:17:38,760 --> 01:17:41,680
Speaker 1: the way to beat them. Yeah, all right, well, I

1678
01:17:41,720 --> 01:17:46,479
Speaker 1: appreciate you guys, thanks for having me on than you see,

1679
01:17:46,560 --> 01:17:48,840
Speaker 1: we got two more here so we can get to

1680
01:17:48,920 --> 01:18:07,240
Speaker 1: those cool cam gamba. What's going on? Man, looks like

1681
01:18:07,400 --> 01:18:21,320
Speaker 1: it's a connecting. Let see if I can you guy

1682
01:18:21,320 --> 01:18:25,439
Speaker 1: see me? Yeah, that's what I was. Oh, not much.

1683
01:18:27,080 --> 01:18:30,840
Speaker 1: I guess one thing I've noticed tonight especially, and I

1684
01:18:30,920 --> 01:18:35,200
Speaker 1: guess the first half the Clippers game. Matt West. Matthews.

1685
01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:38,000
Speaker 1: He has came out on defense and he has been

1686
01:18:38,120 --> 01:18:42,320
Speaker 1: awesome earlier. I know, earlier in the season battle and

1687
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:46,680
Speaker 1: leg injuries and stuff, but uh, specifically the lineups with him,

1688
01:18:46,800 --> 01:18:51,120
Speaker 1: Crusoe and KCP. I thought the perimeter defense was awesome tonight,

1689
01:18:51,280 --> 01:18:54,360
Speaker 1: and I think, especially if we play the Clippers, I

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01:18:54,400 --> 01:18:56,280
Speaker 1: think he's going to be important. I realized he's a

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01:18:56,320 --> 01:19:00,400
Speaker 1: little under size for Kauai and PG. By it, I

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01:19:00,479 --> 01:19:03,400
Speaker 1: think I don't know him and Kuzma are probably gonna

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01:19:03,439 --> 01:19:08,519
Speaker 1: be switching on and off. But yeah, yeah, I tend

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01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:12,400
Speaker 1: to think that every older veteran player from the bubble

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01:19:13,120 --> 01:19:15,840
Speaker 1: deserves a pass for the way they looked in the

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01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:19,040
Speaker 1: first few months of the season. Um. I think I

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01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:21,240
Speaker 1: think all of them got out of Disney and they

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01:19:21,280 --> 01:19:25,200
Speaker 1: were like not touching the basketball for the next several months.

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01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:27,920
Speaker 1: I think that was their way of of of rejuvenating

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01:19:27,960 --> 01:19:30,400
Speaker 1: from that crazy experience. And I think a lot of

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01:19:30,439 --> 01:19:32,760
Speaker 1: those guys that West isn't the only guy like that

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01:19:33,000 --> 01:19:35,679
Speaker 1: in the league right now who's a little bit older,

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01:19:35,840 --> 01:19:38,439
Speaker 1: has had some injuries in his life, who came back

1704
01:19:39,120 --> 01:19:42,439
Speaker 1: and looked a little sloppy. His mobility right now compared

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01:19:42,479 --> 01:19:44,559
Speaker 1: to the way it looks back in December is insane.

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01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:48,200
Speaker 1: He's he looks like a different player. Um. And and

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01:19:48,280 --> 01:19:50,720
Speaker 1: I'm with you, like, he's your he's your guy that

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01:19:50,800 --> 01:19:53,760
Speaker 1: you play when you're dealing with bigger wing scores. He's

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01:19:53,800 --> 01:19:55,600
Speaker 1: not as as quick as he used to be, but

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01:19:55,760 --> 01:19:59,040
Speaker 1: he's still really, really strong, and he's still later really

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01:19:59,080 --> 01:20:01,800
Speaker 1: quick enough to hang with the bigger wings in the

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01:20:01,880 --> 01:20:04,880
Speaker 1: league that aren't going to be as shifty and quick

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01:20:04,920 --> 01:20:06,680
Speaker 1: as you might have to deal with with, you know,

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01:20:06,800 --> 01:20:08,680
Speaker 1: with the quicker type of guards. And it looks like

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01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:12,200
Speaker 1: with the way that the matchups are shaking out, that

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01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:14,719
Speaker 1: the Lakers are far more likely to run into wings

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01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:16,560
Speaker 1: than they are too guards at this point, with the

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01:20:16,560 --> 01:20:19,080
Speaker 1: exception of the playing game against Steth, that's gonna be

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01:20:19,160 --> 01:20:24,360
Speaker 1: the one random wrinkle in there. Yeah, I said before,

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01:20:24,479 --> 01:20:27,720
Speaker 1: like West rounding into form is pretty big. Like the

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01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:29,600
Speaker 1: whole league wants three and D wings, right, that's what

1722
01:20:29,720 --> 01:20:32,320
Speaker 1: they want. Mcel bridges is about to get paid this summer.

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01:20:32,640 --> 01:20:34,720
Speaker 1: I think he's one of the best three and D wings.

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01:20:34,760 --> 01:20:36,760
Speaker 1: But yeah, West ending in the forum, he's a he's

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01:20:36,800 --> 01:20:38,800
Speaker 1: a grown experience dude. Like he's been in the league

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01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:40,760
Speaker 1: a long time. He knows what it like takes, I

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01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:43,080
Speaker 1: guess to get his body ready for a full season

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01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:45,519
Speaker 1: going to the playoffs. And his jumper going is huge,

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01:20:45,560 --> 01:20:47,080
Speaker 1: Like he looks like he's moving well. I remember in

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01:20:47,120 --> 01:20:49,200
Speaker 1: the beginning of the season, like he got really cooked

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01:20:49,240 --> 01:20:51,280
Speaker 1: by Kauai. I think in Paul George and I like

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01:20:51,320 --> 01:20:53,920
Speaker 1: first Clippers game, UM today and the last few games

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01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:56,320
Speaker 1: he's look really good against wings UM and he's playing well,

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01:20:56,400 --> 01:20:58,160
Speaker 1: So I think he's gonna be a picture of the uh,

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01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:01,280
Speaker 1: the rotation him and cous You can't can't have enough

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01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:05,439
Speaker 1: of those wings, and that's that's what the whole league wants. Yeah,

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01:21:05,479 --> 01:21:09,040
Speaker 1: I'm not really everyone's freaking out over like rotations and stuff,

1738
01:21:09,080 --> 01:21:12,560
Speaker 1: but I mean, Lakers have so many bodies and so

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01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:16,799
Speaker 1: many different uh, they're shape shifting team. They can literally

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01:21:17,560 --> 01:21:20,439
Speaker 1: got matchups for any team. I do think the Clippers

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01:21:21,320 --> 01:21:23,360
Speaker 1: it's going to be if we play them, it's going

1742
01:21:23,400 --> 01:21:27,760
Speaker 1: to be a blood bath. I don't know. Just every

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01:21:27,800 --> 01:21:31,120
Speaker 1: time we play them it's just I don't know, it's

1744
01:21:31,160 --> 01:21:34,880
Speaker 1: just slow it down type of game. I don't know.

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01:21:35,560 --> 01:21:38,040
Speaker 1: It should be good. But yeah, the cold and I'm

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01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:40,639
Speaker 1: stealing that shape shifting team. I like that. That's going

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01:21:40,680 --> 01:21:43,120
Speaker 1: into my repertoire. I'll be using it from here forward.

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Speaker 1: Yeah all right, thanks, appreciate it. Thanks man. All right,

1749
01:21:51,360 --> 01:21:55,160
Speaker 1: and yeah, let's see if we can get gambo on

1750
01:21:55,240 --> 01:21:57,560
Speaker 1: there and we'll just close it off for that for

1751
01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:13,400
Speaker 1: the night. It looks like he's still connecting. Um I

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01:22:13,479 --> 01:22:16,800
Speaker 1: decided reacent quotes here. Frank Vogli as Cruso has to

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01:22:16,840 --> 01:22:19,599
Speaker 1: be considered for an all defensive team. That's from red

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01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:22,680
Speaker 1: Rivas Christian Vas. I think we would agree right like

1755
01:22:22,760 --> 01:22:24,599
Speaker 1: he would if he got the minutes. I just don't

1756
01:22:24,600 --> 01:22:27,840
Speaker 1: think all defensive players come off the bench for the

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01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:30,479
Speaker 1: most part, But I think you would be considered if

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01:22:30,479 --> 01:22:33,080
Speaker 1: he were starting. Do you think do you think that? Yeah,

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01:22:33,080 --> 01:22:35,760
Speaker 1: I think it's impossible for him to get the award, unfortunately,

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01:22:35,880 --> 01:22:37,880
Speaker 1: just with the way that this whole process works. But

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Speaker 1: here's all I'll say about ox Cruso. He is one

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01:22:41,160 --> 01:22:43,040
Speaker 1: of the few guys in the league that I think

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01:22:43,120 --> 01:22:46,519
Speaker 1: fits the description of a defensive wrecking ball that dude

1764
01:22:46,560 --> 01:22:49,280
Speaker 1: just blows up plays all the time. He's one of

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01:22:49,360 --> 01:22:52,080
Speaker 1: my favorite players to root for, just because I've never

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01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:56,160
Speaker 1: really seen a guy, um, you know, at that type

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01:22:56,200 --> 01:23:00,160
Speaker 1: of position who he I guess I shouldn't say never

1768
01:23:00,200 --> 01:23:01,920
Speaker 1: see that guy, because there are several of them like

1769
01:23:02,000 --> 01:23:04,400
Speaker 1: that in the league, But for me personally and in

1770
01:23:04,439 --> 01:23:06,800
Speaker 1: the teams that I've rooted for since I've been an

1771
01:23:06,840 --> 01:23:09,479
Speaker 1: NBA fan, he's the first guy that I've had like

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01:23:09,680 --> 01:23:15,040
Speaker 1: that who's literally just a wrecking ball defensive that played

1773
01:23:15,040 --> 01:23:18,000
Speaker 1: today where he was kind of playing in between Chris

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01:23:18,080 --> 01:23:21,560
Speaker 1: Paul and DeAndre Ayton and then back pedaled and just

1775
01:23:21,840 --> 01:23:24,320
Speaker 1: jumped and broke up the lob to DeAndre A And

1776
01:23:24,439 --> 01:23:29,760
Speaker 1: that's just a ridiculous defensive play, Just a ridiculous defensive play. Yeah,

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01:23:29,800 --> 01:23:30,920
Speaker 1: he was really Let me see if I can get

1778
01:23:31,040 --> 01:23:43,040
Speaker 1: this last call around here, O case seven. I's you're

1779
01:23:43,040 --> 01:23:46,240
Speaker 1: just not connecting connecting anymore. But we can try. We

1780
01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:50,519
Speaker 1: can try again on Tuesday for the gentleman. Yeah, uh,

1781
01:23:50,760 --> 01:23:52,800
Speaker 1: well this was good. Um, this is a big win.

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01:23:54,080 --> 01:23:56,040
Speaker 1: And yeah, I feel like we got a D pet,

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01:23:56,120 --> 01:23:58,599
Speaker 1: we got a D playing like himself. Um, I think

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01:23:58,640 --> 01:24:02,080
Speaker 1: we got the Knicks Tuesday, who beat the Clippers tonight. Actually,

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01:24:02,600 --> 01:24:06,720
Speaker 1: um in l A. It's a big one for them. Yeah. Hey,

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01:24:06,840 --> 01:24:09,519
Speaker 1: thank you guys all so much for listening. Sincerely, we

1787
01:24:09,640 --> 01:24:14,800
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Um if you missed out on anything that

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01:24:14,920 --> 01:24:17,800
Speaker 1: you want to hear again. I have been fortunate to

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01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:20,320
Speaker 1: be able to figure out how to record these using

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01:24:20,560 --> 01:24:23,439
Speaker 1: just screen recording on an iPhone and I'll release it

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01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:25,840
Speaker 1: as a podcast here in a few minutes so you

1792
01:24:25,880 --> 01:24:28,320
Speaker 1: can check out the thing in its entirety. And to

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01:24:28,479 --> 01:24:30,840
Speaker 1: my knowledge, Roger and I plan on doing this again

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01:24:31,040 --> 01:24:33,280
Speaker 1: after the next game on Tuesday. And you know, we

1795
01:24:33,400 --> 01:24:35,479
Speaker 1: just really appreciate you guys. To support. This is a

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01:24:35,560 --> 01:24:37,680
Speaker 1: lot of fun and I'm glad we finally have some

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01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:40,760
Speaker 1: good news to talk about. Yep, and hopefully I'll find

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Speaker 1: my voice by man. I appreciate everyone who stayed in,

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01:24:45,320 --> 01:24:48,000
Speaker 1: came and requested everything to come up. These are really

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Speaker 1: cool and