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Speaker 1: Happy Friday, everybody, congrats on making it to the weekend.

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Speaker 1: An incredible night of basketball, and we are almost done

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Speaker 1: with the second round of what has been an incredible

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Speaker 1: playoff field so far as we expected with all of

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Speaker 1: the incredible talent and all the great teams involved. What

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Speaker 1: an interesting game. That was a lot of self sabotage

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Speaker 1: it mattered. At the end of the game, we're going

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Speaker 1: to talk about everything from this game Game six Clay.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about Steph Curry. We're gonna talk about

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Speaker 1: what it looks like for Golden State in the next round,

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Speaker 1: deep dive into everything from that incredible Buck Celtics game,

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Speaker 1: would rather see the MAVs, even though Luca alone has

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00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,840
Speaker 1: them so scared, not just because of the Sun's simply

432
00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,920
Speaker 1: have more I believe, really good, truly impactful basketball players.

433
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 1: I think they're still uh solid amount better defensively, and

434
00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,760
Speaker 1: I just kind of trust the replicability of what they're

435
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,879
Speaker 1: doing a little bit more because outside of Luca, it

436
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:31,840
Speaker 1: just feels like night tonight with the MAVs. You don't

437
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:36,119
Speaker 1: really know. I think, unquestionably Golden State would have an

438
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:41,159
Speaker 1: easier time scoring against Dallas. I think that goes without saying, um,

439
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:44,080
Speaker 1: it's just it's just like I think of I think

440
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 1: that they're they're gonna put both teams in predicaments, though

441
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. So I don't know, I

442
00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,720
Speaker 1: don't I I don't think it's something I'm particularly passionate about.

443
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 1: I'm just saying if I was a Golden State fan,

444
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:56,760
Speaker 1: that's where I would lab. But that's a really really

445
00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,160
Speaker 1: interesting perspective. Carson, and I think you I think you've

446
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 1: broke it down really well. Yeah. I think another interesting

447
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: factor is, like, you know what level CP gets to,

448
00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,199
Speaker 1: and we'll see obviously what happens with all that. All right,

449
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: So let's talk about Steph for a second here, because

450
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,639
Speaker 1: he had an interesting game tonight. He really struggled to

451
00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,520
Speaker 1: be efficient for a while, did end up making some

452
00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:18,840
Speaker 1: big shots down the stretch. But you've talked a lot

453
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:21,440
Speaker 1: throughout this year about some of the regression that we've

454
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Speaker 1: seen from him in terms of shotmaking, in terms of

455
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 1: his production and efficiency this year, and we've seen some

456
00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: moments of that in the playoffs too. So, Jason, do

457
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,600
Speaker 1: you believe, as the Warriors now work their way into

458
00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: the last four teams here, can Steph match the firepower

459
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 1: of the other top major stars out there. That's tough.

460
00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:49,040
Speaker 1: I I don't think so. But I don't think he

461
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:53,399
Speaker 1: needs to necessarily be honest, I don't think he necessarily

462
00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 1: needs to be what Jayson Tatum was Tony. I don't

463
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,560
Speaker 1: think he needs to be like that world beat or

464
00:24:58,600 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 1: offensive player. Because his team has a ton of skill

465
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,400
Speaker 1: and talent, it's more important for him to weaponize that

466
00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:06,679
Speaker 1: and create shots for other people. But he will need

467
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 1: to be better than he has been. So Steph was

468
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:11,639
Speaker 1: amazing in the first round he had a fifty forty

469
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:16,040
Speaker 1: round from the field over from three. But in this series,

470
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 1: coming into tonight, which he did not shoot well tonight

471
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,679
Speaker 1: overall he was forty two percent from the field and

472
00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:25,760
Speaker 1: from three average about twenty five points. So the reality

473
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:30,920
Speaker 1: is is there are specifically Dallas in Boston or Miami

474
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 1: would put step in a position where he would have

475
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,520
Speaker 1: to create shots for himself off the dribble a little

476
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,920
Speaker 1: bit more because of their switching attack that is designed

477
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,359
Speaker 1: to bait you into isolation possessions. Right. You know what

478
00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 1: will be really interesting is I think if they played Phoenix,

479
00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 1: they'd end up putting Michael Bridges on him because Michaale

480
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,920
Speaker 1: has had some success against him, completely shut him down

481
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,800
Speaker 1: in one game this regular season. But and then I

482
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,520
Speaker 1: think if they put Michael on him, they could put

483
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:59,240
Speaker 1: him in situations where, uh, where they can run drop

484
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Speaker 1: coverage with eight and the trick is is what I

485
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 1: would worry about if I was Phoenix at that case

486
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:06,879
Speaker 1: is if I'm Steph, I'm just running off of a

487
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,520
Speaker 1: million screens if Michael Bridges is on me. Because Michael

488
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 1: is a big body, and he's more likely to get

489
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,560
Speaker 1: caught on screens, although he does a really good job

490
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 1: compared to most bigger players. But the reality is is there.

491
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,160
Speaker 1: This is a really deep field and there are really

492
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Speaker 1: good teams ahead. You know, Dallas is one of the

493
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 1: weaker ones, but Phoenix is really good, Boston is really good,

494
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:28,200
Speaker 1: Miami is really good, Milwaukee is really good. And step

495
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 1: is probably going to be asked to create offense in

496
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:33,720
Speaker 1: a way that he didn't have to in these first

497
00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 1: two rounds because this Memphis team is not as nearly

498
00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 1: as skilled as Golden State. That Pelicans team was not

499
00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:43,520
Speaker 1: nearly as skilled as Golden State. When they move into

500
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 1: these later rounds, there are going to be teams to

501
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 1: have good offensive firepower that are going to require this

502
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 1: Warriors offense to produce more. And I do think Steph

503
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,760
Speaker 1: needs to be better. But it's all about matchups, you know.

504
00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:59,360
Speaker 1: Like and in that first round series against Denver, Yokich

505
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,280
Speaker 1: sat in a up all night long and then when

506
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: he would switch the Steph would dust him. So he

507
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,920
Speaker 1: was getting better looks against Denver. He got worse looks

508
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,119
Speaker 1: in this series. The one thing I'll say to this

509
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: is not a conversation about steps long term, you know,

510
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: uh prospects, Like the dude literally played zero regular season

511
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 1: games coming into this playoff run because he had a

512
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,880
Speaker 1: sprained foot. His first bit of basketball action was first

513
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,320
Speaker 1: round of the NBA Playoffs coming off the bench. So

514
00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 1: I'm not criticizing step in the sense that like, oh,

515
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,680
Speaker 1: he's washed. I'm just saying, regardless of the circumstance with

516
00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:34,400
Speaker 1: his foot injury, he's going to have to be better

517
00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,040
Speaker 1: than he has been in order to beat the top

518
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 1: teams in the league. Do you think he is in

519
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: that top five players on the Planet group right now? Oh,

520
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 1: that's a good question. So I would go, I think

521
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 1: you have to put be honest there. Yeah, I'm way

522
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,919
Speaker 1: down on embiid. I'm lower on your kids than you,

523
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 1: but I do think he probably is on that list.

524
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,919
Speaker 1: I up, Katie there, I still put Lebron there. This

525
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: is interesting, So I really want to do a deep

526
00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:09,760
Speaker 1: dive into this after the season. But the reality is

527
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:13,159
Speaker 1: is Steph has I think he scored over thirty points

528
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,280
Speaker 1: in most of his playoff games this year, so that

529
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 1: I would say is is pretty classic stuff. He's done

530
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: a great job on the defensive end of the floor,

531
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 1: he's been closing games. He's dependable in a playoff environment.

532
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:29,080
Speaker 1: He's a fantastic leader who doesn't get rattled. I would

533
00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 1: say that he probably is in that four or five slot,

534
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:33,480
Speaker 1: but I don't want to be held to that until

535
00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 1: I can take some more time after the season to

536
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: dive into it. And it does feel like that list

537
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: is kind of ever changing, just because there's so many

538
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,240
Speaker 1: dynamics stretches that we see from guys. Yeah, I mean

539
00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:46,960
Speaker 1: Luca Tatum. Those guys are out of sorts for half

540
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 1: a year and then second half of the year playoffs

541
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: have been like top five players on the planet in

542
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: that period. I do think it's interesting just the shot

543
00:28:55,560 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 1: making dip compared to what we normally see from stuff,

544
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:01,960
Speaker 1: though because the regular their season efficiency we are aware of,

545
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 1: and in the playoffs he's been from the field thirty

546
00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:09,040
Speaker 1: six percent from three. It's just it's established and he's

547
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 1: still obviously is incredibly dynamic. He was among the most

548
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 1: efficient pick and roll on isolation scorers this year. He's

549
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: still a really efficient score overall because of just the

550
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 1: value of the three at the volume he shoots it

551
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 1: and the efficiency shoots it and you know, he has

552
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: moments to night where he's just dusting guys off the

553
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: dribble when he wants to, but it just has not

554
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 1: been the same consistent, dominant steph. And so I think

555
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,360
Speaker 1: it's a very legitimate question at this point in terms

556
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:35,320
Speaker 1: of does he get to that level of the top

557
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 1: tier guys. He's not even taking the types of shots

558
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: he took from two thousand fifteen to two thousand eighteen,

559
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,840
Speaker 1: Like he's just not even attempting them anymore, which is

560
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 1: a weird thing in and of itself. What he kind

561
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,760
Speaker 1: of looks like now, and again we have to remember

562
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 1: the foot injury is a huge part of this, but

563
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 1: what he kind of looks like now is that old

564
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: guy at the gym that is playing with the younger guys.

565
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,320
Speaker 1: This kind of just floating through the games because he

566
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:04,239
Speaker 1: doesn't have the energy to But then at the end

567
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 1: of every game, you know, he can just tap into

568
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: that you know, extra level that the other guys can't

569
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: tap into. And so the question for him moving forward becomes,

570
00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 1: you know, is this a physical decline or is it

571
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 1: just his foot? And the only real way we're gonna

572
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,959
Speaker 1: find out is if he gets stronger over this playoff

573
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:22,960
Speaker 1: run or if he comes into next year and training

574
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 1: camp and just looks amazing. But the reality is is, like,

575
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,080
Speaker 1: you know, these playoff games, especially for these talented teams

576
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: that have lots of guys like Golden State, it's not Milwaukee.

577
00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: They're not in a situation where they require Janice to

578
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: create every single basket for them, or Yannice or Drew

579
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 1: or Bust, you know what I mean. Like, they have

580
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 1: guys that can kind of spread that load around. So

581
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,040
Speaker 1: it's kind of a luxury for step in the sense

582
00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:47,360
Speaker 1: that like he doesn't need to be a hundred percent

583
00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:50,960
Speaker 1: right now, they just need him to close games. But again,

584
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 1: it's the margin for error gets tighter and tighter as

585
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: you get further along in this run. So I do

586
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 1: think they'll that he'll have to tap into something. The

587
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,000
Speaker 1: old guy in the gym analogy is remarkable just because

588
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,480
Speaker 1: not that I think it's untrue, but it's just crazy

589
00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:08,040
Speaker 1: because last year he averaged thirty two a game on

590
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 1: like almost sixty true shooting. I think it was we

591
00:31:12,120 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 1: were talking about, is this peak, Steff? Is this the

592
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 1: best he's ever been? And I thought he was the

593
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 1: best we've ever been. Yeah, I think that's very fair.

594
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: And it was also even a different level of volume

595
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,440
Speaker 1: of pick and roll stuff because they didn't have the

596
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: secondary ball handlers and decision makers that they did in

597
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 1: you know, peak Warriors dynasty. Besides Draymond, it was him

598
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: having to get more for himself than ever before, on

599
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:38,720
Speaker 1: higher volume, on as good efficiency as ever. Just crazy.

600
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: It's really a pretty remarkable contrast between last year and

601
00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: this one. So obviously we talked about Steff here and

602
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: he is and forever will be the face of this

603
00:31:48,360 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 1: Warrior's team. Who do you think is the second most

604
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: important Warrior Jason? So I think this is Jordan's Pool

605
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: hands down. So we just talked a minute ago about

606
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 1: Stef not taking the crazy types of shots off the

607
00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 1: dribble that he used to when he was younger. Right, Well,

608
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: to me, that's kind of that kind of amounts to

609
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:11,719
Speaker 1: the offensive creation element. Right And Jordan Pool, We've did

610
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: a whole thing on this show of like about a

611
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: week ago about this after Game three, I believe, But

612
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:21,680
Speaker 1: Jordan Pool's ability to to apply dribble penetration it becomes

613
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,360
Speaker 1: so much more valuable as they move deeper into the playoffs,

614
00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: and they faced teams that do more switching. We talked

615
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: about this concept a lot in the show. We're gonna

616
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 1: talk about it more later tonight, but the gist of

617
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: it is is against switching defenses, they're designed to bait

618
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 1: you into pull up jump shooting. But the best way

619
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: to be the switching defenses with dribble penetration to force

620
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:40,680
Speaker 1: help so that you can swing the ball around and

621
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: start attacking close outs and get better looks out of

622
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 1: it like that. And so Jordan Pool, Clay Thompson is

623
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: Clay Thompson, and you know, he's not the same two

624
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 1: way player that he was before the injuries. He's still

625
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 1: incredibly important to this team. We talked about that earlier,

626
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,160
Speaker 1: his audacity and in the way that his lack of

627
00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,480
Speaker 1: fear is such a weapon. But I you think that

628
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 1: in half court situations, as they get further into this

629
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 1: playoff run, having a guy like Jordan Poole that can

630
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 1: beat dudes off the dribble is going to become absolutely

631
00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 1: imperative to them beating some of these better teams. Who

632
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: do you think makes the next best argument? Oh man, Um,

633
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:27,240
Speaker 1: I would say I would say Draymond h the reason why.

634
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: And I'm gonna refer to him on offense because he

635
00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:35,440
Speaker 1: is every bit as great as you could expect Raymond

636
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 1: to be on the defensive end of the floor, but

637
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: especially you know, in specific matchups, like if they play

638
00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: Phoenix and they end up having to play Luney a

639
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: lot more. Whatever it is, spacing starts to become a

640
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 1: little bit of a concern and and Draymond looking to score,

641
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,719
Speaker 1: particularly in short role situations like I'm I'm not as

642
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 1: concerned about him in spot up situations. People freak out

643
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,440
Speaker 1: about that, but to me, it's like if Raymon's wide

644
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,280
Speaker 1: open up top the key and no one's guarding him

645
00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 1: because you know, Stephen Atoms or whatever is under the basket, okay,

646
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: and you kick out to Draymond if he doesn't shoot,

647
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: but he just runs over to Clay, does a dribble

648
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 1: handoff and like body checks Clay's man and Clay gets

649
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,439
Speaker 1: wide open three. That it effectively accomplishes the same thing

650
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,319
Speaker 1: as him being open, arguably better because it's for a

651
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: better shooter. To me, it's more short roll situations him

652
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 1: when he's barreling to the basket unguarded him looking to

653
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: score with those floaters and layups, at the rim. That

654
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,040
Speaker 1: to me is what allows the defense to collapse around

655
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: him so that he can kick too shooters outside. Whereas

656
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: when he starts kick when the debt giveaway with Draymond

657
00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 1: is when he starts kicking even when no one's contesting

658
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,439
Speaker 1: him at the rim, or kicking like at the semicircle,

659
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 1: semi circle before he's even gotten to the rim, Like

660
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: those are those are the possessions where it's like, Okay, Draymond,

661
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 1: you gotta look to score because even if you miss,

662
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: like even if in short roll situation Draymond's Draymond goes

663
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 1: two for six on floaters and layups. All it takes

664
00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: is convincing the defense to collapse on him, because then

665
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: that's what opens up his playmaking opportunities. So you say

666
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: Pool is their second most important player, Is he just

667
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: outright their second best player? You think not necessarily, he's

668
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 1: too inconsistent. I would say Draymond's easily their second best player. Jordan's.

669
00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:23,919
Speaker 1: It's maybe like the question was most important, and that's

670
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: kind of what I'm hitting at here, is like I

671
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:29,400
Speaker 1: don't think the Warriors are the best team remaining. I

672
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:33,720
Speaker 1: think Boston is better than them. I think Milwaukee maybe

673
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:37,680
Speaker 1: kind of similar level Phoenix and is is in terms

674
00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 1: of talent. I like, Golden State is a match up there,

675
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,719
Speaker 1: but Phoenix is a more talented team in terms of

676
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,839
Speaker 1: two way size and athleticism and skill. It's like it's

677
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 1: to me, it's more about matchups moving forward. I think

678
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: in order to raise Golden States ceiling to the point

679
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:56,440
Speaker 1: where they are the ones holding the trophy, the most

680
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: important swing factor there is Jordan's pool and his ability

681
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 1: need to be great offensively, particularly beating people off the dribble.

682
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 1: I agree with you in terms of swing factor because

683
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,840
Speaker 1: there is uh I think with Draymond such a dependability

684
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,600
Speaker 1: in terms of the defense and the playmaking and yeah,

685
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:16,399
Speaker 1: you don't know what kind of finishing you're gonna get,

686
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 1: but I think if you were to take away Draymond,

687
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 1: it's interesting because we saw this regular season, obviously, as

688
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:27,520
Speaker 1: we do every year, his value where I think they

689
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,720
Speaker 1: were eight and seven when he and Steph played together

690
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 1: or twenty something something around there during the regular season,

691
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 1: and their defense fell off from best in the league

692
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:37,920
Speaker 1: to suddenly they were playing at the level of like

693
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: the twenties something best defense in the league without him,

694
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 1: But I also totally agree with you and that the

695
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,719
Speaker 1: Warriors have never had a secondary shot maker, a secondary

696
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 1: bucket getter like Jordan Pool. Pete Clay Thompson couldn't come

697
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: close to replicating the value getting downhill, facilitating, you know,

698
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,080
Speaker 1: shot making off the dribble. Clay. We see it tonight.

699
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: He calls for a screen and he's just curling around

700
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:00,759
Speaker 1: it and pulling a three and the eyes handed his face,

701
00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 1: but it just doesn't matter because he's Clay. But he's

702
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:05,840
Speaker 1: completely added a new dimension, as you've touched on before.

703
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean it's up to him to play

704
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 1: at true star level because first half of the year

705
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: Jordan Pool was like a solid sixteen a game guy

706
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,919
Speaker 1: on pretty solid efficiency. Second half of the year Jordan

707
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 1: Pool playoff. Jordan Pool has been a twenty three a

708
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 1: game guy on great efficiency, and that's I think what

709
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: they need if they're gonna win the title. Yeah, in

710
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 1: credit to Memphis, like you got, Memphis did a really

711
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: really good job after Jaw went down of defending and

712
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,719
Speaker 1: pretty much everybody on the Warriors struggled during these last

713
00:37:35,719 --> 00:37:38,080
Speaker 1: few games. So credit credit to Memphis. But yeah, I

714
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,759
Speaker 1: agree with you. I think I think Jordan Pool is

715
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: the most important for for just raising that offensive ceiling

716
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: to where they need to be in order to get

717
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: the Lario b All right, let's let's talk about Memphis here.

718
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:55,360
Speaker 1: How do they approve? How do they improve ahead of

719
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,920
Speaker 1: next season now that this year is over with them?

720
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:02,799
Speaker 1: Jason and specifically, what does jaw do to improve? Well,

721
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: the Jaw thing is easy. It's defense. I think he

722
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: needs to put on a little bit of muscle and

723
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 1: and become better at holding his own at the point

724
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 1: of attack. Defensively, that was him giving up general penetration

725
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:15,919
Speaker 1: was one of the biggest things that undercut his own

726
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:18,960
Speaker 1: success in this playoff run. As far as like how

727
00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:23,120
Speaker 1: to improve the roster or whatever, like their their roster

728
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: is incredible, They're gonna be great. I love the way

729
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,760
Speaker 1: it's put together. This team is every bit the type

730
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 1: of young team, like looking forward that Golden State was

731
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,719
Speaker 1: in two thousand, two thousand fourteen, that Oklahoma City was

732
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: in two thousand, ten, thousand eleven. They have all of

733
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,320
Speaker 1: that at their disposal. In talent, the guy that I

734
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: think is the huge swing factor for this team is

735
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:54,200
Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson Jr. He was an absolute monster after Jah

736
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: went down. I take that back. He was a monster

737
00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:59,160
Speaker 1: in the entire series. But one of the big reasons

738
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: why this series were mained close after John went down

739
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:05,800
Speaker 1: was how dominant Jaren Jackson Jr. Was. He's got Anthony

740
00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: Davis type of upside underneath the basket as a rim protector.

741
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 1: He's showing these flashes of perimeter shooting that are are,

742
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,800
Speaker 1: you know, super encouraging, and then he unlocked like a

743
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: little bit of a bullyball thing in this playoff runt.

744
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: He's always had the bulleyball thing, but he's always been

745
00:39:24,760 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: reckless with it and kind of tunnel vision, not great

746
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 1: at seeing what's happening around him on the floor. That like,

747
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,640
Speaker 1: there were possessions in the last few games where he

748
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: was just taking it to Draymond, like and there's nothing

749
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: Draymond could do. He's got a really, really good left

750
00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:46,320
Speaker 1: handed hook in the lane, which is super important for

751
00:39:46,320 --> 00:39:48,480
Speaker 1: for any player to be able to score in bullyball

752
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 1: situations because if you can only go one direction, it

753
00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,240
Speaker 1: just makes the physical task for the defenders so much easier.

754
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,000
Speaker 1: But like, this team is gonna be terrifyingly good. Desmond

755
00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 1: Band kind of is what he is. I don't see

756
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 1: him getting significantly better or at anything. He shot over

757
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:03,880
Speaker 1: fifty from three this year or whatever. It was, So

758
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,319
Speaker 1: like Desmond Bayane is Desmond bay Like he's He's He's

759
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:09,239
Speaker 1: going to be the Clay Thompson of this team. He's

760
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,359
Speaker 1: gonna take big perimeter defensive assignments. He's gonna attack close

761
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 1: out and knockdown three's like crazy. You know, John Moran

762
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 1: offensively more or less is what he is. But he'll

763
00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,879
Speaker 1: become more dependable as a three point shooter. But like

764
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 1: as John Morand elevates and takes that next step into

765
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:27,560
Speaker 1: becoming that dependable two way superstar, and as Jaren Jackson Jr.

766
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,440
Speaker 1: Does the same, this team was already the two seed.

767
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 1: They already had the talent to push Golden State to

768
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 1: the point where without their best player in a Game six,

769
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: they had a fourth quarter lead on the road and

770
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 1: had an opportunity to send this thing home. Like Memphis

771
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:46,359
Speaker 1: is like I don't need to see a single free

772
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: agent signing or a single trade to know that they

773
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: are a bona fide contender next year. Like that, I'm

774
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:55,120
Speaker 1: a huge believer. And then looking forward, I think Triple

775
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:58,399
Speaker 1: J is fascinating The defense is all world. I think

776
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 1: that's undeniable. He came so far are there this year,

777
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,320
Speaker 1: and that was always the expectation is I think that

778
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 1: would be his greatest asset. And you see the moments

779
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 1: offensively of the ball handling at his size, the relative quickness,

780
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,720
Speaker 1: the shooting, and you know, some of the bullyball stuff

781
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: that you talk about. At the same time, there is

782
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 1: just an inconsistency and a lack of control and decision making.

783
00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: You know, he settles for the floaters a lot, and

784
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 1: it's like he's okay at them, but he's got thirty

785
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 1: eight percent from the field in these playoffs. His shot

786
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:34,279
Speaker 1: really has been shockingly inconsistent since his second year, where

787
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 1: you know, he was sub thirty two from three this year.

788
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 1: So I always have mixed feelings about him offensively, because

789
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,719
Speaker 1: when it's going, it's great, But there's a lot of

790
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 1: nights where I just feel like he's not playing up

791
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,840
Speaker 1: to his talent level and what he should theoretically be

792
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,640
Speaker 1: just is not what he looks like night tonight. So

793
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,560
Speaker 1: he's four years into his career. It's sort of an

794
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 1: interesting point where he's not fully developed, but he's obviously

795
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 1: deep in his developments, Like what is your actual expectation

796
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 1: do you think he can become a true star level guy?

797
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:05,680
Speaker 1: Do you think he will reach that level or just

798
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: where do you come down on? You know what you

799
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 1: think he'll be. I absolutely think he'll be a sorry

800
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:13,640
Speaker 1: First of all, Carson, you're so good at this kind

801
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 1: of stuff. I think this is one of your best abilities.

802
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:19,120
Speaker 1: Is this like player development scouting type of thing. This

803
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: is this is why everyone needs a follow Carson on TikTok.

804
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 1: But the thing with the thing with Jaren Jackson Jr.

805
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 1: Is like, to me, the efficiency stuff And I didn't

806
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 1: realize it was that bad. But the thing with the

807
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: efficiency stuff is like to me, shot selection. Efficiency stuff

808
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:35,919
Speaker 1: will come in time, especially for a guy like Jaren

809
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:41,279
Speaker 1: Jackson Jr. Two who like he's he's going through offensive

810
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,239
Speaker 1: development phases that guards go through when they're twelve years old,

811
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:48,200
Speaker 1: you know, like he's he's learning on the fly how

812
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: to be an offensive player in very very difficult environments

813
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,160
Speaker 1: against two teams by the way, in Minnesota and Golden State,

814
00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:59,360
Speaker 1: who are excellent that containing guys who are scores, you know,

815
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 1: specific the guys that put the ball on the floor

816
00:43:01,239 --> 00:43:03,240
Speaker 1: and try to go to the basket. They're too excellent

817
00:43:03,320 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: dribble contained teams. So like the way I look at it,

818
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:10,480
Speaker 1: it's like when you when you buy yourself. It's like

819
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:13,400
Speaker 1: Dylon Brooks. Like we've all roasted Dylan Brooks for his

820
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,120
Speaker 1: shot selection in this series, and obviously he was great tonight.

821
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: But you know what Dylan Brooks does. He guards like

822
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 1: an mfer and no and he's a huge pain in

823
00:43:22,640 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 1: the ass. And so like when you're a coach, you

824
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: just kind of live with the bad because you're getting

825
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 1: so much good on the defensive end of the floor.

826
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:31,279
Speaker 1: And that's kind of the way I see the Jaren

827
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:34,560
Speaker 1: Jackson Jr. Thing, Like right now, he's a huge positive

828
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,040
Speaker 1: because of what he brings defensively in his offensive game

829
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 1: is so unpolished, but there's all this potential there, so

830
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,480
Speaker 1: like there's no reason in the world why he shouldn't

831
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:45,920
Speaker 1: be able to polish some of that stuff up. One

832
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 1: of the big things that I like with him and

833
00:43:47,680 --> 00:43:50,520
Speaker 1: that I that I prefer compared to other bigs, Like

834
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,319
Speaker 1: I would compare this to bamat of Bio, Like both

835
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:57,239
Speaker 1: Jaren Jackson and Bamata Bio have this capability a lot

836
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 1: of the bigger upright bigs, guys like Anthony Davis guy's

837
00:44:02,239 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 1: like I mean, I would even say Joel Embiide is

838
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,959
Speaker 1: in this camp as well. They don't have super quick

839
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:11,760
Speaker 1: first steps, so like they can destroy slow footed bigs,

840
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: and they can if they get into low post situations,

841
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 1: they can beat smaller defenders by shooting over the top.

842
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,319
Speaker 1: What they aren't doing is slashing, and so what you'll

843
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: see all the time is like Anthony Davis types, they'll

844
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 1: just put a stout, low center of gravity wing on

845
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: him and try to push him further away from the basket,

846
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But Jared Jackson and he

847
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,239
Speaker 1: did this. He was a monster with this stuff in

848
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,719
Speaker 1: game four in particular in this series, the one that

849
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 1: um Golden State pulled out late and at home. Like

850
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:44,240
Speaker 1: he has a great first step and can beat quick

851
00:44:44,320 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 1: players to the spot and get to the rim, which

852
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: with his side his size is Baymon Bio has this too,

853
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,799
Speaker 1: and I think it's like to me, that's the real

854
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: next evolution of the center position is is a guy

855
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,399
Speaker 1: that has the rim protecting cape of abilities of an

856
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis type of player, but has the slashing capabilities

857
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,160
Speaker 1: of a big wing and to me, that's bamed. To me,

858
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 1: that's Jaron Jackson. Obviously, Jared has a long way to go,

859
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:14,399
Speaker 1: but that's kind of the way I look at it. Yeah,

860
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 1: I think that the traits are undeniable. I think it's

861
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,879
Speaker 1: a matter of consistency and decision making and mentality at

862
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 1: times with him offensively. But I think you're right. I mean,

863
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,360
Speaker 1: if he shoots thirty seven percent from three, which it

864
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:31,320
Speaker 1: seems like he's totally capable of, and takes better shots offensively,

865
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:33,840
Speaker 1: he doesn't have to be an offensive star to be

866
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 1: a star basketball player because he's already such a game

867
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: changer defensively. YEA, let's step away from Warriors Grizzlies for

868
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 1: our last question here, and let's talk about the masterpiece

869
00:45:48,200 --> 00:45:52,680
Speaker 1: that was Jason Tatum's forty six point performance tonight. Jason,

870
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,160
Speaker 1: do you think that was the best individual performance of

871
00:45:56,200 --> 00:46:03,239
Speaker 1: the playoffs so far? Oh? That's off question. Um, I can't.

872
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: I can't put it over the Janice stuff because the

873
00:46:06,080 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: degree of difficulty is so much higher. Like Janice is

874
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 1: just facing so much more defensive attention and his team

875
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:15,600
Speaker 1: doesn't have anywhere near as much creation around him. So

876
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 1: like Tatum's had some bad games in this series where

877
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:21,399
Speaker 1: his team is won. So like that, to me, it's

878
00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 1: a it's a different type of ask. But that said,

879
00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:28,520
Speaker 1: like Janice is on a fast track to enter some

880
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 1: pretty intense long term basketball conversation, so that's a totally

881
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,359
Speaker 1: different standard. Like Tatum. Tatum is is just now kind

882
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:39,400
Speaker 1: of entering into his phase of superstartument What this was,

883
00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 1: what tonight was and I will go too far into

884
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 1: the weeds because we're about to do a full breakdown

885
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,040
Speaker 1: of Buck Celtics, but like, what this was to me

886
00:46:46,239 --> 00:46:51,719
Speaker 1: was the first signature moment, the first signature game of

887
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:55,080
Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum's career, in the same way that with Lebron

888
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,359
Speaker 1: fans you look back to that two thousand seven Game

889
00:46:57,400 --> 00:46:59,480
Speaker 1: five against the Pistons as kind of like his coming

890
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 1: out part. To me, that's what Tatum. This is what

891
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,719
Speaker 1: it was for tonight. Everyone knew Tatum was good, but

892
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: this was like the oh, he can be that good,

893
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:10,520
Speaker 1: and you know in terms of degree of difficulty, and

894
00:47:10,560 --> 00:47:14,799
Speaker 1: it's not like Joannest but what it was was and

895
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:16,279
Speaker 1: I don't know if you felt this, Carson when you

896
00:47:16,280 --> 00:47:20,040
Speaker 1: were watching the game, but there was and we're gonna

897
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:21,800
Speaker 1: talk more about this when we get into the breakdown.

898
00:47:21,840 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: But Milwaukee figured some stuff out, specifically with how switching

899
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:30,839
Speaker 1: causes Boston's offensive issues, Like we've talked a lot about

900
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:33,879
Speaker 1: Boston's offensive issues in their shot selection, kind of determining

901
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:36,319
Speaker 1: the direction that these games going when they when they

902
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:38,960
Speaker 1: play smart offense, they just immediately going to run, and

903
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:41,600
Speaker 1: when they start messing around, they immediately start giving up

904
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:45,239
Speaker 1: points and transition and stuff like that. Well, Milwaukee has

905
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 1: figured out that if they do switching primarily and to

906
00:47:48,640 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: keep brook Lopez off the floor, it kind of leads

907
00:47:51,680 --> 00:47:55,880
Speaker 1: Boston into that type of play, And a lot of

908
00:47:55,880 --> 00:47:58,960
Speaker 1: stuff was going Milwaukee's way in that fourth quarter, and

909
00:47:59,080 --> 00:48:02,799
Speaker 1: that shot making from Jayson Tatum literally staved off what

910
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 1: I thought was going to be a Milwaukee comeback, you know,

911
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,880
Speaker 1: like I it kind of felt like all of the

912
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 1: Avalanche was moving in that direction. And and so you guys,

913
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: you guys hear me talk about this all the time,

914
00:48:13,560 --> 00:48:18,000
Speaker 1: Like Tatum at some awesome games against Brooklyn, but he's

915
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 1: the front runner hit a better team. I predicted Boston

916
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 1: would win the series after Game two. I thought they

917
00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:26,520
Speaker 1: I thought they'd sweep them after Game two because I'm

918
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:28,719
Speaker 1: like they're just so much better, you know what I mean?

919
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:32,560
Speaker 1: And I always talked about how like what always is caused,

920
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:36,279
Speaker 1: what's always resonated with me personally evaluating basketball players is

921
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 1: like what do you do when things aren't going your way?

922
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,280
Speaker 1: What do you do when when the tables are turned

923
00:48:42,320 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 1: on you? And again, Boston had a lead. So I

924
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:47,920
Speaker 1: don't I don't want to act like it's as wild

925
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:50,560
Speaker 1: as some of the comebacks that we've seen, but if

926
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,440
Speaker 1: you were watching that game, you could feel it. You

927
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,799
Speaker 1: could feel Boston's offense falling to pieces. You could feel

928
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,000
Speaker 1: the lack of drible penetration, you could feel the lack

929
00:48:59,040 --> 00:49:03,759
Speaker 1: of co here rent shot selection, and Jayson Tatum you

930
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 1: could also feel it going the other way. The honest

931
00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: made another massive fourth quarter three point shot, and you're

932
00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,719
Speaker 1: Pat Connaton hit a shot in the corner and you're like,

933
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:16,360
Speaker 1: it's coming, this is it, It's happening again, and Jayson

934
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:19,439
Speaker 1: Tatum staved that off. So first signature moment of his career.

935
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 1: Salute to Jayson Tatum. I've been wildly impressed by him

936
00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:26,399
Speaker 1: in this playoff run. You know that this is this

937
00:49:26,480 --> 00:49:30,160
Speaker 1: is this looks like a guy growing into into into

938
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:31,719
Speaker 1: an all time great right in front of our eyes,

939
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:35,319
Speaker 1: and it's it's been cool to watch. Yeah, and I

940
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 1: think you hit on it. I mean, what has always

941
00:49:37,200 --> 00:49:40,840
Speaker 1: been so transcendent with him is that bailout shot making.

942
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 1: I mean he's a guy who can make a shot

943
00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 1: for you at any time at his side, with his handle,

944
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 1: with his pure shooting ability, with his footwork and balance,

945
00:49:49,239 --> 00:49:53,680
Speaker 1: and that will always be immensely valuable to any offense

946
00:49:53,719 --> 00:49:56,560
Speaker 1: at any time. I think there's some good contenders here.

947
00:49:56,600 --> 00:50:00,719
Speaker 1: I mean Jaws Game two was a masterpiece against the Warriors.

948
00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:02,960
Speaker 1: There's been a couple of Luca games. I agree with you.

949
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:07,560
Speaker 1: I think nice Game three where he had forty two

950
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:09,760
Speaker 1: obviously tonight, I mean he had forty four and twenty

951
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 1: as well. I just think that in the two way impact,

952
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,279
Speaker 1: the playmaking, the attention that he's attracting, I don't think

953
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:18,560
Speaker 1: anything can top that. But do you think Tatum is

954
00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,880
Speaker 1: a case for having been the second best guy in

955
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:25,920
Speaker 1: these playoffs so far? Oh? Now that is a spicy

956
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:31,319
Speaker 1: take their carson Um. Yeah, Yeah, I mean why not.

957
00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:35,480
Speaker 1: I don't think he's been better than Luca, Like Luca

958
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:37,960
Speaker 1: has been a much better offensive player, but Tatum when

959
00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,920
Speaker 1: he's bringing on the defensive end has been great, Like

960
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of conversation about like guys guarding

961
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:44,520
Speaker 1: your honest, like who's he comfortable against and who's he

962
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:48,160
Speaker 1: not comfortable against, Like not comfortable as he's he's starting

963
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:50,279
Speaker 1: to break through Horford and Grant Williams a little bit,

964
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:55,240
Speaker 1: definitely eating alive guys like uh like uh Jalen Brown,

965
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,799
Speaker 1: but Tatum's held hissult. What Tatum's done on post ups

966
00:50:57,840 --> 00:50:59,600
Speaker 1: with Your Honest, which has been really impressive, is he's

967
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:02,840
Speaker 1: just ambling on the post entry or if not on

968
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:05,280
Speaker 1: the post entry, but then on his first triple, Tatum's

969
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,319
Speaker 1: got these obnoxiously long arms and he's like, I'm not

970
00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 1: gonna just like stay in front of you, honest, He's

971
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:12,360
Speaker 1: gonna run me over. So he's just tested his handle,

972
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:14,200
Speaker 1: which is something he did a lot to Kevin Durant

973
00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,480
Speaker 1: in the first round and was really successful with it.

974
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:18,439
Speaker 1: He's just he's like, I'm just gonna reach for the ball,

975
00:51:18,600 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 1: you know, and and see what I can do. And

976
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,359
Speaker 1: he's knocked the ball away from a bunch of times there. Yeah,

977
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:24,120
Speaker 1: I think you're right, Carson. I think Jayson Tatum has

978
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:27,839
Speaker 1: been the second best player in this playoff run. Yeah,

979
00:51:27,840 --> 00:51:30,319
Speaker 1: it's an interesting one because you know there's been some

980
00:51:30,560 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 1: nights in the Buck series where his offensive production wasn't there.

981
00:51:33,239 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: The playmaking has been great though, the defense has been great,

982
00:51:36,320 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 1: and there's been some incredible scoring nights. Obviously, I think

983
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 1: Luca makes a really strong case because even despite the

984
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 1: defensive gap, offensively, I mean just as an overall engine,

985
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:51,000
Speaker 1: other worldly and pure score. And you know, maybe some

986
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,239
Speaker 1: people would argue that Jimmy's knocking on the door. I

987
00:51:53,239 --> 00:51:54,880
Speaker 1: don't think I could have him there. But like the

988
00:51:54,920 --> 00:51:57,720
Speaker 1: scoring production, the playmaking, the efficiency, the two way stuff,

989
00:51:57,719 --> 00:51:59,359
Speaker 1: it has been pretty great from him. But I think

990
00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:02,080
Speaker 1: have got to be the top four guys in these

991
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 1: playoffs so far, which is fascinating. Obviously, no Katies, no Lebrons,

992
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,480
Speaker 1: no Onbids, no k Is. Like it's a it's a

993
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:13,480
Speaker 1: really interesting postseason that we have here. It's a new era,

994
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:16,279
Speaker 1: man um. Can I tell you who I thought was

995
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:21,920
Speaker 1: the best performance of this playoff front? Yes? Please? I

996
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 1: I think Janice in Game five in Boston was and

997
00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: again County stats weren't as good. I think he only

998
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:31,080
Speaker 1: had forty I think and eleven. But when you factor

999
00:52:31,120 --> 00:52:34,760
Speaker 1: in what was happening in that game, when you only

1000
00:52:34,840 --> 00:52:38,359
Speaker 1: only forty and eleven, when you when you when you

1001
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:41,960
Speaker 1: factor in the types of shots he was hitting at

1002
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 1: various points in the game. What he did in that

1003
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 1: second quarter to stave off the first Boston run going

1004
00:52:47,640 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 1: into halftime. What he did early fourth quarter knocking down

1005
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 1: that massive three after Jalen Brown hit the step back.

1006
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:58,319
Speaker 1: What the three that he hit to break it down

1007
00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:02,120
Speaker 1: to three when they were up six late, the relentless

1008
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,719
Speaker 1: attacking in the basket, the offensive rebound put back, Like

1009
00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,919
Speaker 1: he stole that basketball game. Now, other guys made plays,

1010
00:53:08,120 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 1: Holiday made plays, Bobby Portis made plays, but I thought

1011
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:14,240
Speaker 1: Janice stole that basketball game with it just with nothing

1012
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:16,680
Speaker 1: but sheer force of will, And so I had to

1013
00:53:16,719 --> 00:53:19,160
Speaker 1: go with that one. What do you think? I think

1014
00:53:19,160 --> 00:53:22,240
Speaker 1: you're absolutely right. Actually, I throughout Game three first, it's crazy,

1015
00:53:22,280 --> 00:53:26,520
Speaker 1: like he has several masterpieces within this series, like genuine

1016
00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:30,560
Speaker 1: just could be legacy games kind of stuff. But I

1017
00:53:30,600 --> 00:53:33,879
Speaker 1: think that that in terms of necessity, in terms of timeliness,

1018
00:53:34,320 --> 00:53:36,279
Speaker 1: I don't know that anything has topped that. So I

1019
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:41,479
Speaker 1: think that's a great choice. Alright, Guys, before we toss

1020
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:44,000
Speaker 1: to our next breakdown, a couple of things quick for

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Speaker 1: You know, throughout NBA history, there's been some pretty consistent

1045
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:08,280
Speaker 1: phenomenon set phenomena that happened in these types of situations

1046
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:13,080
Speaker 1: in big time NBA playoff games when the physicality goes

1047
00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:16,320
Speaker 1: up another level. Not that there wasn't physicality throughout this series,

1048
00:55:16,360 --> 00:55:18,440
Speaker 1: because obviously there was, but when it goes to an

1049
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 1: additional level when the refs don't want to you let

1050
00:55:23,120 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 1: their whistle be a factor in the outcome of the game.

1051
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:31,480
Speaker 1: Every even really good offensive players begin to struggle, and

1052
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:35,640
Speaker 1: you'll see guys like Drew holiday In, Jalen Brown, and

1053
00:55:35,680 --> 00:55:38,000
Speaker 1: guys like Derek Like Derek White was really good offensive

1054
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,680
Speaker 1: player when he was in San Antonio, made some big

1055
00:55:39,680 --> 00:55:42,600
Speaker 1: plays today, but you'll see, you know, guys like Grayson Allen,

1056
00:55:42,800 --> 00:55:47,200
Speaker 1: star offensive player back in college. You'll see great basketball

1057
00:55:47,239 --> 00:55:52,040
Speaker 1: players of of any ilk struggle in that environment because

1058
00:55:52,040 --> 00:55:55,520
Speaker 1: it's just extremely difficult to score the basketball in those settings.

1059
00:55:55,960 --> 00:56:00,160
Speaker 1: But there are two specific types of basketball players that

1060
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:04,840
Speaker 1: have successfully been able to score in these environments. People

1061
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:08,560
Speaker 1: that can go through you and people that can shoot

1062
00:56:08,600 --> 00:56:13,000
Speaker 1: over the top of you. And the two most recent

1063
00:56:13,120 --> 00:56:15,400
Speaker 1: examples that we've seen in NBA history is like a

1064
00:56:15,480 --> 00:56:19,239
Speaker 1: Lebron versus like a k D. Right now, Lebron can

1065
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:22,040
Speaker 1: do both, and that's why he's in the goat conversation.

1066
00:56:22,400 --> 00:56:24,719
Speaker 1: There's just not that many guys in NBA history that

1067
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:29,239
Speaker 1: can have the physically imposing effect that Lebron has but

1068
00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:32,319
Speaker 1: also can just shoot over the top of you at

1069
00:56:32,360 --> 00:56:34,960
Speaker 1: any time that he needs to, which obviously has been

1070
00:56:34,960 --> 00:56:37,040
Speaker 1: a latter half of his career thing. And if you

1071
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:39,000
Speaker 1: honest figures that out, we might as well all just

1072
00:56:39,080 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 1: pack it in at some point. And he's made a

1073
00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 1: lot of really big jump shots in this series. But

1074
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:48,839
Speaker 1: those two specific archetypes went head to head tonight and

1075
00:56:48,920 --> 00:56:51,440
Speaker 1: had an epic duel, and those are the kinds of

1076
00:56:51,480 --> 00:56:55,480
Speaker 1: things that lead to legendary types of NBA playoff games

1077
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:58,279
Speaker 1: that we watch on ESPN Classic and NBA TV down

1078
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:00,520
Speaker 1: the line, And those are the kinds of nights that

1079
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 1: make me feel thankful that I get to do this

1080
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,959
Speaker 1: for a living because it's just it's just incredible theater,

1081
00:57:06,080 --> 00:57:09,239
Speaker 1: it's incredible basketball, and it's so so, so much fun

1082
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:12,560
Speaker 1: to watch. But down the stretch of that game, you

1083
00:57:12,600 --> 00:57:18,160
Speaker 1: saw both teams executing their defensive game plan perfectly. And

1084
00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:20,560
Speaker 1: we're gonna talk a little bit, We're gonna get deeper

1085
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:22,960
Speaker 1: into this concept later in the show, because I do

1086
00:57:23,040 --> 00:57:28,560
Speaker 1: think Milwaukee figured out some specific things that should make

1087
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 1: you feel if you're a Bucks fan more optimistic about

1088
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,760
Speaker 1: Game seven, then you should be after losing a Game

1089
00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:37,840
Speaker 1: six at home like this, when Boston pretty much controlled

1090
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:42,440
Speaker 1: you throughout the game. But you know, Jayson Tatum on

1091
00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:45,840
Speaker 1: on defense or excuse me, on offense, is consistently being

1092
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:48,320
Speaker 1: guarded by the likes of a Wesley Matthews or the

1093
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:51,440
Speaker 1: likes of a Drew Holiday. Got some George hill On switches,

1094
00:57:51,480 --> 00:57:55,320
Speaker 1: But he's consistently being guarded by shorter defensive players, right,

1095
00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 1: And he has this advantage that nobody on Milwaukee, at

1096
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:01,640
Speaker 1: least when gets into those matchups, can do anything about.

1097
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:05,040
Speaker 1: And it's like he can shoot over the top anytime

1098
00:58:05,080 --> 00:58:09,160
Speaker 1: he wants, and it's what allows him to have the

1099
00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:11,520
Speaker 1: the the ability to get that kind of shot volume off.

1100
00:58:11,560 --> 00:58:13,400
Speaker 1: I think he took like fifteen threes tonight. I can't

1101
00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:14,560
Speaker 1: remember off the top of my head, but he took

1102
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:17,439
Speaker 1: a million three tonight. And it's because when push came

1103
00:58:17,480 --> 00:58:20,280
Speaker 1: to shove, when the ship hit the fan, that's a

1104
00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:23,280
Speaker 1: release valve for Jayson Tatum. He knows that if I

1105
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:25,240
Speaker 1: can't get around you, if I can't go through you,

1106
00:58:25,360 --> 00:58:27,760
Speaker 1: I can just pull up over the top and I

1107
00:58:27,800 --> 00:58:31,160
Speaker 1: trust my skill to knock a certain number of these down.

1108
00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:34,880
Speaker 1: And with Joannice it's the exact opposite. He's being guarded

1109
00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:38,520
Speaker 1: pretty consistently by bigger defenders, guys like Grant Williams, guys

1110
00:58:38,520 --> 00:58:41,280
Speaker 1: like Al Horford, guys that have size and strength, but

1111
00:58:41,440 --> 00:58:44,320
Speaker 1: he just knows that, like if I continually try to

1112
00:58:44,360 --> 00:58:47,400
Speaker 1: work my way through and around them, there's nothing that

1113
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:51,320
Speaker 1: they can do with me. Janice has this really nifty

1114
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:55,040
Speaker 1: trick that he does that Honestly, I don't know how

1115
00:58:55,040 --> 00:58:56,920
Speaker 1: the hell you officiated. I don't know how the hell

1116
00:58:56,960 --> 00:58:59,439
Speaker 1: you do anything with it. It's definitely been coached into

1117
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:02,560
Speaker 1: him and it's absolutely genius. But it's kind of like

1118
00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:06,600
Speaker 1: a chicken wing swim move where when he sees you

1119
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,880
Speaker 1: standing directly in front of him. All he's trying to

1120
00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,800
Speaker 1: do is take that aggressive step to your shoulder, and

1121
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:15,400
Speaker 1: when he drops his shoulder, he wants to raise that

1122
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,320
Speaker 1: left elbow and hook it around your shoulder and pull

1123
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:20,480
Speaker 1: himself around. If you guys watch him, he does that

1124
00:59:20,480 --> 00:59:23,120
Speaker 1: on almost every single play. And once he gets that

1125
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:26,440
Speaker 1: elbow around you, you've lost your leverage, your leverage, and

1126
00:59:26,520 --> 00:59:28,920
Speaker 1: it's game over for you. And you saw him do

1127
00:59:29,000 --> 00:59:32,320
Speaker 1: that time and time and time again. Tonight. Both players

1128
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:37,880
Speaker 1: came out absolutely aware of the steaks. Both players attacked

1129
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,960
Speaker 1: the first quarter in their own way. Janice played one

1130
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:44,280
Speaker 1: of the best quarters of basketball I have ever seen

1131
00:59:45,120 --> 00:59:47,880
Speaker 1: an NBA player play in that first quarter, and the

1132
00:59:47,880 --> 00:59:51,480
Speaker 1: Bucks were down by two because Jayson Tatum came out

1133
00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:55,040
Speaker 1: and immediately started reigning threes. He hasn't shot the ball

1134
00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:58,880
Speaker 1: particularly well in this series, um, but he's been getting

1135
00:59:58,880 --> 01:00:01,040
Speaker 1: pretty decent looks. A lot of that has to do

1136
01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:04,280
Speaker 1: with the drop coverage that Milwaukee likes to run, and

1137
01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:06,960
Speaker 1: they do it with Janice too, And like there's a

1138
01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:09,560
Speaker 1: way in a drop coverage to make it harder on

1139
01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:12,440
Speaker 1: pull up jump shooters by the big being what they

1140
01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 1: call at the level of the screen. You'll hear color

1141
01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:17,800
Speaker 1: commentators talk about that. Sometimes you hear NBA analysts or

1142
01:00:17,840 --> 01:00:20,840
Speaker 1: writers talk about it. Basically, what it means is if

1143
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:23,480
Speaker 1: the guard is coming off of the screen as a shooter,

1144
01:00:24,200 --> 01:00:26,720
Speaker 1: if the big man is not at the level of

1145
01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:29,240
Speaker 1: the screen, the guard has an opportunity to pull up

1146
01:00:29,240 --> 01:00:32,520
Speaker 1: and shoot. And one of the big concessions that the

1147
01:00:32,560 --> 01:00:34,920
Speaker 1: Bucks have had to make in this series during the

1148
01:00:34,960 --> 01:00:37,480
Speaker 1: Lion's share of the game, the vast majority of the

1149
01:00:37,520 --> 01:00:40,840
Speaker 1: game is when Janice is is in these coverages. They

1150
01:00:40,880 --> 01:00:42,919
Speaker 1: want him to drop and they want him to stay

1151
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:45,240
Speaker 1: back at the basket, want to protect the paint, but

1152
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:48,400
Speaker 1: too it's because of fatigue. Think about how much more

1153
01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 1: ground you have to cover as a big man if

1154
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:53,320
Speaker 1: you have to be up at the screen for the shooter,

1155
01:00:53,640 --> 01:00:55,760
Speaker 1: but then as soon as you dissuade the shot, you

1156
01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:59,480
Speaker 1: have to recover back to a roleman and hope that

1157
01:00:59,520 --> 01:01:01,560
Speaker 1: your guard can get back into the play. It just

1158
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:04,919
Speaker 1: makes you cover like twice as much ground in every

1159
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:07,200
Speaker 1: pick and roll. So you could tell that Milwaukee was

1160
01:01:07,280 --> 01:01:10,080
Speaker 1: like when mill when Brooks out there were dropping and

1161
01:01:10,120 --> 01:01:12,880
Speaker 1: with Janice, we're gonna have him dropped too, because we

1162
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:15,720
Speaker 1: just need to save his legs. Look at that Milwaukee

1163
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:21,400
Speaker 1: offense tonight. Just about every single possession that wasn't initiated

1164
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:24,520
Speaker 1: by Janice went very poorly. We're gonna talk a little

1165
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:26,720
Speaker 1: bit about Drew Holiday in a few minutes and why

1166
01:01:26,760 --> 01:01:28,480
Speaker 1: he one of the reasons why I think he's been

1167
01:01:28,520 --> 01:01:32,880
Speaker 1: struggling so much. But they needed Janice to create absolutely

1168
01:01:32,920 --> 01:01:35,840
Speaker 1: everything for them offensively, so they had to sit him

1169
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:39,200
Speaker 1: and drop as an energy saver. And here's the thing,

1170
01:01:39,560 --> 01:01:42,440
Speaker 1: Jayson Tatum, this is it's all. Everything has a cause

1171
01:01:42,440 --> 01:01:46,840
Speaker 1: and effect. Every strategy decision you make has a downfall.

1172
01:01:47,400 --> 01:01:49,400
Speaker 1: The Bucks shutting off the paint the way did the

1173
01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:51,240
Speaker 1: way they did all season led to them giving up

1174
01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:53,400
Speaker 1: more wide open threes than any team in the NBA.

1175
01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:57,280
Speaker 1: Anytime you make a strategic decision, you run the risk

1176
01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:59,600
Speaker 1: of it burning you in another area on the floor.

1177
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:01,800
Speaker 1: And one of the interesting things that I thought happened

1178
01:02:01,800 --> 01:02:05,640
Speaker 1: in this game was Jayson Tatum got a lot of

1179
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:09,160
Speaker 1: really good looks off the dribble, three point shots and

1180
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:13,320
Speaker 1: pull up two's because of Janice and Brooks staying super

1181
01:02:13,400 --> 01:02:16,600
Speaker 1: low in their drop. Now, what inevitably ends up happening

1182
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:19,520
Speaker 1: is they go what they started this in Game five

1183
01:02:20,160 --> 01:02:22,160
Speaker 1: is in the fourth quarter, they ditched Brooke, they go

1184
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:24,440
Speaker 1: your honest at the five, they do a bunch more switching,

1185
01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:27,880
Speaker 1: and now those drop opportunities aren't there anymore. And they

1186
01:02:27,920 --> 01:02:30,160
Speaker 1: did that again tonight at the end of the game.

1187
01:02:30,160 --> 01:02:33,000
Speaker 1: But here's the problem. At that point, Jayson Tatum had

1188
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:36,840
Speaker 1: already made like five threes, and like these things with

1189
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:39,480
Speaker 1: jump shooting, especially when you're a tall guy like I'm

1190
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:41,480
Speaker 1: I'm six six and pretty tall. When I get my

1191
01:02:41,560 --> 01:02:46,000
Speaker 1: jump shot going, especially against local competition and like men's

1192
01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:48,840
Speaker 1: leagues and stuff, they can't, like they're just too small.

1193
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: If I get to my release, it's over. It's all.

1194
01:02:51,240 --> 01:02:53,439
Speaker 1: It's it's the result is in my hands. I'm either

1195
01:02:53,480 --> 01:02:55,480
Speaker 1: going to make it or I'm going to miss it.

1196
01:02:55,520 --> 01:02:58,240
Speaker 1: You're not going to dissuade me in any way. And

1197
01:02:58,280 --> 01:03:00,160
Speaker 1: that's kind of the predicament that you run in too,

1198
01:03:00,200 --> 01:03:02,840
Speaker 1: when you let Jayson Tatum get going. Is there at

1199
01:03:02,840 --> 01:03:05,840
Speaker 1: the end of the game, Wesley Matthews and Grace and

1200
01:03:05,920 --> 01:03:08,760
Speaker 1: Allen and Drew Holiday and George Hill and all of them,

1201
01:03:08,760 --> 01:03:13,720
Speaker 1: they're they're contesting the shots. They're not open. It just

1202
01:03:13,760 --> 01:03:18,080
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. It doesn't matter when you've got your rhythm,

1203
01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:21,240
Speaker 1: It's just not a very reliable thing. Pull up jump

1204
01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:23,760
Speaker 1: shooting is one of the least reliable things in the

1205
01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:26,240
Speaker 1: game of basketball, and that's why you know, Jayson Tatum

1206
01:03:26,280 --> 01:03:29,440
Speaker 1: hasn't shot the ball particularly well through five games, and

1207
01:03:29,480 --> 01:03:31,600
Speaker 1: then tonight he finally kind of broke through. But I

1208
01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:34,800
Speaker 1: thought that was an interesting strategy, and it's gonna be

1209
01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:36,880
Speaker 1: really interesting to see as we move forward into Game

1210
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:42,480
Speaker 1: seven whether or not Milwaukee goes to that earlier, because

1211
01:03:43,320 --> 01:03:46,240
Speaker 1: once again they nearly came back and won this game

1212
01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:50,600
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. If by by making that simple adjustment,

1213
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:55,000
Speaker 1: Let's put Jana set center, let's switch everything and take

1214
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:58,160
Speaker 1: away those drop coverage opportunities. I talked to you guys

1215
01:03:58,200 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 1: a lot after last game about why Boston fell apart

1216
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:05,960
Speaker 1: in that fourth quarter. When you go into a switching defense,

1217
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:10,400
Speaker 1: those break free opportunities aren't there anymore. You coming off

1218
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:13,480
Speaker 1: of a ball screen and having tons of area around

1219
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:15,600
Speaker 1: you to get into a pull up jump shot, those

1220
01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:19,240
Speaker 1: aren't air there the transition, those opportunities aren't there. You're

1221
01:04:19,280 --> 01:04:23,240
Speaker 1: constantly A good switching defense is constantly connected to you,

1222
01:04:24,120 --> 01:04:26,800
Speaker 1: So as a result of that, there's no action you

1223
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:28,800
Speaker 1: can run or no thing you can do to just

1224
01:04:28,840 --> 01:04:32,360
Speaker 1: get an easy, wide open shot. So as a result,

1225
01:04:32,400 --> 01:04:35,880
Speaker 1: there's only one way that you can attack a switching defense,

1226
01:04:35,920 --> 01:04:39,160
Speaker 1: and it's to apply rim pressure to beat people off

1227
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:43,240
Speaker 1: the dribble you the the switching defense is designed to

1228
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:46,400
Speaker 1: stagnate you and get you to settle for pull up

1229
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:48,800
Speaker 1: jump shots. And one of the stats that I threw

1230
01:04:48,840 --> 01:04:51,800
Speaker 1: out in our last show, the telling stat of that

1231
01:04:51,840 --> 01:04:56,800
Speaker 1: fourth quarter in Game five, Boston attempted zero three point shots.

1232
01:04:57,200 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 1: They consistently went into like a little high post ups

1233
01:05:00,760 --> 01:05:04,920
Speaker 1: with Jalen Brown and Jayson Tatum like from the basket,

1234
01:05:05,480 --> 01:05:10,200
Speaker 1: and Wesley Matthews and Drew Holiday consistently made them settle

1235
01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:15,120
Speaker 1: for jump shots. And tonight they got some rim pressure

1236
01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:17,280
Speaker 1: against the switching but not a lot. It was a

1237
01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:20,800
Speaker 1: lot of just Jayson Tatum making shots over the top

1238
01:05:20,920 --> 01:05:23,720
Speaker 1: and Jalen Brown making shots over the top. And so

1239
01:05:23,840 --> 01:05:27,880
Speaker 1: that's the interesting dynamic about Milwaukee's switching defense is when

1240
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:31,080
Speaker 1: they've gone to it in this series, Boston hasn't been

1241
01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:34,600
Speaker 1: able to drive by them enough, and as a result

1242
01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:38,760
Speaker 1: of that, Milwaukee's gotten Boston to settle, and in Game

1243
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:41,520
Speaker 1: five they missed them, and they lost, and in game

1244
01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:44,800
Speaker 1: six they made them and they won. And the very

1245
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:47,880
Speaker 1: unique reason why this works is the types of defensive

1246
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:50,880
Speaker 1: players that Milwaukee has on the floor. You know, when

1247
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:53,480
Speaker 1: you're guarding a bigger wing that can shoot over the top,

1248
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:55,520
Speaker 1: there's two options that you can go to to try

1249
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:58,640
Speaker 1: to guard them. You can put a very big player

1250
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:02,040
Speaker 1: on them that can give space and be a positional defender.

1251
01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:05,320
Speaker 1: Think like what Boris Boris d ou did to Lebron

1252
01:06:05,400 --> 01:06:08,160
Speaker 1: in the two thousand thirteen finals, like playing off of him,

1253
01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:09,920
Speaker 1: try to bat him into jump shots and if he

1254
01:06:10,000 --> 01:06:12,600
Speaker 1: drives into you, you have size to hold your ground right.

1255
01:06:12,880 --> 01:06:15,919
Speaker 1: But the second option there is to put a low

1256
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:22,040
Speaker 1: center of gravity, shorter player who's very laterally quick, because

1257
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:25,840
Speaker 1: you do not have a foot speed advantage against them.

1258
01:06:25,880 --> 01:06:30,360
Speaker 1: So specifically in this switching defense, it's devastating because if

1259
01:06:30,360 --> 01:06:34,040
Speaker 1: Wesley Matthews is guarding up on Jason Tatum on the perimeter,

1260
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:39,360
Speaker 1: Tatum is not getting around him really not easily. And

1261
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:41,360
Speaker 1: if he is, he's doing it through size. He's like

1262
01:06:41,400 --> 01:06:43,520
Speaker 1: getting into his body and like spinning off of him

1263
01:06:43,560 --> 01:06:46,360
Speaker 1: and having to use physical leverage to get around. It's

1264
01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:48,560
Speaker 1: not like he can just rip through and get by

1265
01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:51,560
Speaker 1: Wesley Matthews. Wesley Matthews is gonna slide and take that

1266
01:06:51,640 --> 01:06:55,320
Speaker 1: in his chest, you know, or a crossover. Wesley Matthews

1267
01:06:55,360 --> 01:06:56,840
Speaker 1: is such a gifted defender, he's not gonna do that.

1268
01:06:56,920 --> 01:06:59,840
Speaker 1: Drew Holiday is the exact same thing. So the weird

1269
01:07:00,480 --> 01:07:03,640
Speaker 1: quality of this Milwaukee defenses they have all these shorter

1270
01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:09,040
Speaker 1: guards that are very quick and super strong, so it's

1271
01:07:09,200 --> 01:07:12,080
Speaker 1: very difficult to get around them, and that's how they

1272
01:07:12,200 --> 01:07:15,000
Speaker 1: bait Boston into all of these pull up jump shots.

1273
01:07:16,040 --> 01:07:19,320
Speaker 1: Now the way you're supposed to counter that as a

1274
01:07:19,320 --> 01:07:22,520
Speaker 1: as an offensive player, when you were bigger wing and

1275
01:07:22,560 --> 01:07:25,320
Speaker 1: you've got a small guard on you that's much quicker

1276
01:07:25,400 --> 01:07:27,600
Speaker 1: than you and you can't get around them. You have

1277
01:07:27,760 --> 01:07:31,600
Speaker 1: to fight for position closer to the basket, and that's

1278
01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:35,240
Speaker 1: just hard to do. It's hard to displace Wesley Matthews

1279
01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:38,440
Speaker 1: from post position. It's hard to displace Through Holiday from

1280
01:07:38,440 --> 01:07:40,960
Speaker 1: post position because they're so strong. And so that's kind

1281
01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:44,840
Speaker 1: of the genius of this Milwaukee defense and the strategy

1282
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:48,040
Speaker 1: that they've kind of uncovered at certain stretches of this series,

1283
01:07:48,080 --> 01:07:49,800
Speaker 1: and that that to me, is going to be the

1284
01:07:49,800 --> 01:07:53,920
Speaker 1: biggest indicator of Milwaukee's chances in Game seven. I'm really

1285
01:07:53,960 --> 01:07:59,080
Speaker 1: curious to see if Mike Budenholzer is willing to drop

1286
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:03,440
Speaker 1: brook Lopez and entirely or use him sparingly and do

1287
01:08:03,520 --> 01:08:07,960
Speaker 1: more switching, because Boston's offense consistently in the series has

1288
01:08:07,960 --> 01:08:12,200
Speaker 1: fallen apart when they switch. Boston is the better team.

1289
01:08:12,480 --> 01:08:14,919
Speaker 1: We've talked about this a lot. That's why I picked them,

1290
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,800
Speaker 1: That's why they were minus two hundred favorite coming into

1291
01:08:17,800 --> 01:08:19,559
Speaker 1: the series. That's why they were remind us one nine

1292
01:08:19,720 --> 01:08:21,880
Speaker 1: favorite when it was too too And my guess is

1293
01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:24,320
Speaker 1: their favorite now even though I haven't seen the numbers yet.

1294
01:08:24,680 --> 01:08:26,960
Speaker 1: But the reason why their favorite is they're more talented,

1295
01:08:27,000 --> 01:08:30,719
Speaker 1: they have more uh, they have more multifaceted offensive players,

1296
01:08:31,160 --> 01:08:33,880
Speaker 1: and they have the best defense in all of basketball.

1297
01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:38,880
Speaker 1: But they have a glaring weakness, and that glaring weaknesses

1298
01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:43,400
Speaker 1: they do not have an offensive half court surgeon. They

1299
01:08:43,439 --> 01:08:46,840
Speaker 1: do not have a player that understands, you know, the

1300
01:08:47,200 --> 01:08:50,760
Speaker 1: flow of a basketball game, that understands the importance of

1301
01:08:50,760 --> 01:08:53,680
Speaker 1: shot selection, that understands the importance of keeping all of

1302
01:08:53,680 --> 01:08:57,160
Speaker 1: the other players in rhythm, and so in these switching

1303
01:08:57,160 --> 01:09:01,800
Speaker 1: defense situations, it turns into a shot making contest into

1304
01:09:01,880 --> 01:09:04,880
Speaker 1: Boston's credit. They went in there tonight and they won

1305
01:09:04,960 --> 01:09:07,680
Speaker 1: with their shot making. The thing that concerns me for

1306
01:09:07,760 --> 01:09:11,920
Speaker 1: Boston moving forward is the shot selection wasn't great. If

1307
01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:14,800
Speaker 1: you guys, remember if you those those of you had

1308
01:09:14,840 --> 01:09:16,720
Speaker 1: been following me on Twitter, and again follow me on

1309
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:18,720
Speaker 1: Twitter if you want to see video breakdowns of this

1310
01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:22,519
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. I tweeted out every offensive possession from

1311
01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:25,920
Speaker 1: Game four, the game Boston won in Milwaukee. I tweeted

1312
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:28,320
Speaker 1: out every offensive possession from what it was eight to

1313
01:09:28,439 --> 01:09:33,040
Speaker 1: seventy Milwaukee up to uh Boston taking the ten point lead.

1314
01:09:33,040 --> 01:09:34,920
Speaker 1: I think it was ninety six to eighties six or

1315
01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:37,720
Speaker 1: something like that. It was a thirty six un or

1316
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:39,760
Speaker 1: thirty six to sixteen run, I think is what it was.

1317
01:09:40,880 --> 01:09:45,000
Speaker 1: And in that run, they got absolutely wide open looks

1318
01:09:45,479 --> 01:09:49,479
Speaker 1: every time down the floor, just complete wide open looks

1319
01:09:50,360 --> 01:09:53,320
Speaker 1: because of the fact that they Boston of Milwaukee was

1320
01:09:53,360 --> 01:09:56,880
Speaker 1: not in their switching defense because they were playing brook Lopez,

1321
01:09:57,120 --> 01:09:59,920
Speaker 1: and it was just Jayson Tatum coming off the ball screen,

1322
01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:02,200
Speaker 1: working his way into the lane and making kickouts to

1323
01:10:02,280 --> 01:10:06,160
Speaker 1: wide open shooters every single time down the floor when

1324
01:10:06,200 --> 01:10:08,840
Speaker 1: Brook Lopez wasn't in drop or he was in the

1325
01:10:08,920 --> 01:10:11,040
Speaker 1: back line help, they tuck Al Horford in the corner

1326
01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,720
Speaker 1: and they'd work their way into the lane, and here

1327
01:10:12,760 --> 01:10:15,360
Speaker 1: would be Al Horford in the corner wide open. When

1328
01:10:15,360 --> 01:10:18,280
Speaker 1: I pulled Boston's offensive possessions from the end of this game,

1329
01:10:19,400 --> 01:10:21,240
Speaker 1: they're not gonna have a lot of wide open shots

1330
01:10:21,240 --> 01:10:24,680
Speaker 1: in there. And that's the that's the trick there, you

1331
01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:28,519
Speaker 1: know there, this is the advantage of having a guy

1332
01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:32,519
Speaker 1: who's just a relentless rim attacker. So think someone like

1333
01:10:32,680 --> 01:10:37,240
Speaker 1: Joannice or someone like Lebron. Switching defenses do not work

1334
01:10:38,120 --> 01:10:41,400
Speaker 1: typically in terms of the structure the way they're supposed

1335
01:10:41,400 --> 01:10:46,760
Speaker 1: to work against those dynamic rim pressuring guys, because with

1336
01:10:46,920 --> 01:10:50,120
Speaker 1: the switch, as soon as you command help, you're in

1337
01:10:50,160 --> 01:10:52,559
Speaker 1: the same predicament. As soon as you have to send

1338
01:10:52,560 --> 01:10:55,800
Speaker 1: guys to help from the perimeter, shooters are open. Now

1339
01:10:55,800 --> 01:10:58,040
Speaker 1: we're in that rotation game. I always talked about that

1340
01:10:58,120 --> 01:11:00,160
Speaker 1: attack the clothes out, attack the clothes out of act

1341
01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:02,559
Speaker 1: the close out until you get a wide open shot.

1342
01:11:02,960 --> 01:11:05,280
Speaker 1: But if you take pull up jump shots, you never

1343
01:11:05,360 --> 01:11:08,639
Speaker 1: force a help rotation. If you never force to help rotation,

1344
01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:11,799
Speaker 1: you can't get wide open looks. And so the dynamic

1345
01:11:11,840 --> 01:11:14,160
Speaker 1: in the chess match of Game seven is going to

1346
01:11:14,200 --> 01:11:20,080
Speaker 1: be how often can Milwaukee get to their switching lineups?

1347
01:11:20,600 --> 01:11:23,600
Speaker 1: Or more more importantly, how willing as coach Budenholzer to

1348
01:11:23,760 --> 01:11:27,400
Speaker 1: go that route? How like is he willing to bench Brook?

1349
01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:32,040
Speaker 1: Is he willing to ask Janice like, hey, man, I

1350
01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:35,120
Speaker 1: need you to guard up in a switch defense this

1351
01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:37,760
Speaker 1: entire game as opposed to sitting and drop around the

1352
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:40,439
Speaker 1: basket so that he can save his legs those that

1353
01:11:40,439 --> 01:11:43,800
Speaker 1: that How how often Milwaukee is willing to do that

1354
01:11:44,640 --> 01:11:49,479
Speaker 1: versus Boston when they get to that situation. How willing

1355
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:55,200
Speaker 1: is Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown and Marcus Smart to

1356
01:11:55,320 --> 01:11:58,560
Speaker 1: attack the basket and to beat that matchup off the

1357
01:11:58,640 --> 01:12:02,360
Speaker 1: dribble to force help so that they can get into

1358
01:12:02,360 --> 01:12:05,559
Speaker 1: their dribble drive stuff. A couple of interesting wrinkles that

1359
01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:10,040
Speaker 1: I thought were possible, uh kind of cures for this.

1360
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:12,879
Speaker 1: Derek White was awesome tonight. And one of the specific

1361
01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:15,640
Speaker 1: things that Derek White did was he got dribble penetration

1362
01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:19,120
Speaker 1: and he was a good cutter. So when Jayson Tatum

1363
01:12:19,120 --> 01:12:22,320
Speaker 1: would be posting up and help would come from one side,

1364
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:26,200
Speaker 1: uh that Derek White cut on the back door. That's

1365
01:12:26,240 --> 01:12:30,160
Speaker 1: another way to basically replicate dribble penetration, because if Derek

1366
01:12:30,200 --> 01:12:32,639
Speaker 1: White catches it on the cut, somebody has to come

1367
01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:36,320
Speaker 1: into help. Now, it's that same quality of kickout, attack

1368
01:12:36,360 --> 01:12:38,160
Speaker 1: the clothes out, attack the clothes out that you get

1369
01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:40,880
Speaker 1: from a dribble drive guy. Right, So I think it

1370
01:12:40,960 --> 01:12:44,720
Speaker 1: might be interesting to look towards a little less of

1371
01:12:44,800 --> 01:12:48,759
Speaker 1: a Grant Williams, a little bit more of a Derrick White,

1372
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:51,320
Speaker 1: a little bit less of a Daniel Tys. Maybe you

1373
01:12:51,360 --> 01:12:52,880
Speaker 1: have to keep Grant Williams out there, so you go

1374
01:12:52,880 --> 01:12:57,040
Speaker 1: away from Daniel Tye entirely, essentially going smaller and understand

1375
01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:58,880
Speaker 1: that it's gonna hurt you on the glass a little bit,

1376
01:12:59,080 --> 01:13:01,880
Speaker 1: but you might get more double penetration because again, the

1377
01:13:01,960 --> 01:13:04,640
Speaker 1: story of this series, guys like I picked Boston in

1378
01:13:04,720 --> 01:13:07,400
Speaker 1: five because they're the better basketball team, and I've laid

1379
01:13:07,439 --> 01:13:11,080
Speaker 1: that out and Janice has proved me wrong in a

1380
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:13,559
Speaker 1: lot of different ways. And we're gonna talk a little

1381
01:13:13,560 --> 01:13:14,960
Speaker 1: bit more about your honest here in just a minute.

1382
01:13:16,000 --> 01:13:20,000
Speaker 1: But the flip side, in addition to the honest thing,

1383
01:13:20,040 --> 01:13:24,559
Speaker 1: has been Boston's offensive process at various points in this series.

1384
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:26,320
Speaker 1: And I went on a big rant about this in

1385
01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:31,120
Speaker 1: Game five. Boston's inability to stay on the right track

1386
01:13:31,240 --> 01:13:35,800
Speaker 1: offensively has led to their long scoring droughts that allow

1387
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:38,160
Speaker 1: Milwaukee to get back into the game. That's been their

1388
01:13:38,160 --> 01:13:41,439
Speaker 1: biggest predicament, and so one of the things that they're

1389
01:13:41,479 --> 01:13:43,360
Speaker 1: that they're probably going to have to do to counter

1390
01:13:43,479 --> 01:13:46,800
Speaker 1: that is use smaller lineups so that they have more

1391
01:13:46,840 --> 01:13:48,400
Speaker 1: guys that can put the ball on the floor and

1392
01:13:48,439 --> 01:13:51,640
Speaker 1: get to the basket. And it's just that's again, I

1393
01:13:51,680 --> 01:13:54,200
Speaker 1: talk all the time about the predicament that great teams

1394
01:13:54,240 --> 01:13:56,439
Speaker 1: put you in. This is the predicament that a great

1395
01:13:56,479 --> 01:13:58,880
Speaker 1: team like Boston or that a great team that Milwaukee

1396
01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:01,080
Speaker 1: puts you in. They put you in the predicament where

1397
01:14:02,000 --> 01:14:04,320
Speaker 1: you have to make a concession, and in this case,

1398
01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:06,200
Speaker 1: it's the offensive glass that gave up a bunch of

1399
01:14:06,160 --> 01:14:09,400
Speaker 1: offensive rebounds again tonight. That's going to contin continually be

1400
01:14:09,439 --> 01:14:11,960
Speaker 1: a problem in this series because of how big Milwaukee is.

1401
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:14,519
Speaker 1: And you know, again, as far as Game seven goes,

1402
01:14:14,560 --> 01:14:17,599
Speaker 1: it's going to come down too. It's going to come

1403
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:21,439
Speaker 1: down to, uh, which team brings their best punch. I've

1404
01:14:21,439 --> 01:14:24,720
Speaker 1: talked a lot about how Boston has Boston is the

1405
01:14:24,840 --> 01:14:27,599
Speaker 1: Jekyl and High team of this playoff run. When they

1406
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:31,000
Speaker 1: are on that right track offensively, they're very difficult to beat.

1407
01:14:31,400 --> 01:14:34,880
Speaker 1: They went into Milwaukee tonight and almost We're up twenty

1408
01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:37,120
Speaker 1: in the second half. Like that's that's how good this

1409
01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:39,920
Speaker 1: Boston team is down three two in a series close

1410
01:14:39,960 --> 01:14:42,719
Speaker 1: out opportunity for Milwaukee. They went in there and pretty

1411
01:14:42,760 --> 01:14:45,800
Speaker 1: much kicked their butt all game long. So like, that's

1412
01:14:45,800 --> 01:14:49,040
Speaker 1: how good Boston is when they're at their best. But

1413
01:14:49,120 --> 01:14:52,759
Speaker 1: I've also seen them blow a ton of double digit

1414
01:14:52,800 --> 01:14:56,439
Speaker 1: leads in this series. They've blown two games blowing double

1415
01:14:56,439 --> 01:14:59,000
Speaker 1: digit leads, and they damn near did it again tonight.

1416
01:14:59,760 --> 01:15:03,760
Speaker 1: And so Boston, Boston has this ugly side, and so

1417
01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:07,280
Speaker 1: so much of Game seven comes down to which side

1418
01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:08,920
Speaker 1: of Boston shows up. I wanted to hit it a

1419
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:10,559
Speaker 1: couple of quick notes before I give you guys my

1420
01:15:10,600 --> 01:15:15,200
Speaker 1: prediction for Game seven. Ya hones, Did anybody think he

1421
01:15:15,240 --> 01:15:19,240
Speaker 1: wasn't gonna put up forty four tonight? There was this

1422
01:15:19,320 --> 01:15:22,479
Speaker 1: thing that happened with Lebron in the two thousand eighteen

1423
01:15:22,479 --> 01:15:28,599
Speaker 1: postseason where the idea of him getting forty two, twelve

1424
01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:32,040
Speaker 1: and nine was like the safest bet in sports I

1425
01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:34,679
Speaker 1: think he had I remember correctly, like eight forty point

1426
01:15:34,720 --> 01:15:37,360
Speaker 1: games in that playoff run. He and he was going

1427
01:15:37,400 --> 01:15:40,280
Speaker 1: against great defense. Is that Raptor defense was incredible, That

1428
01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:43,960
Speaker 1: Boston Celtics defense was incredible, That Indiana Pacers defense was incredible,

1429
01:15:44,520 --> 01:15:48,840
Speaker 1: all like just against really good defensive teams consistently in

1430
01:15:48,840 --> 01:15:51,920
Speaker 1: that playoff run, none of them could do anything with Lebron.

1431
01:15:53,040 --> 01:15:55,880
Speaker 1: And it again, like if you were I'm a Lebron

1432
01:15:55,960 --> 01:15:59,760
Speaker 1: fan obviously, and like if I'd be getting ready to

1433
01:15:59,760 --> 01:16:02,960
Speaker 1: watch a game to be four o'clock here in Tucson,

1434
01:16:03,360 --> 01:16:05,519
Speaker 1: and I'd sit down in front of the TV, and

1435
01:16:05,520 --> 01:16:08,040
Speaker 1: I would have concerns about what would happen in the game.

1436
01:16:08,160 --> 01:16:10,639
Speaker 1: But there's one thing I had absolutely no concern about,

1437
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:13,040
Speaker 1: and it was is Lebron gonna be great tonight? Yeah,

1438
01:16:13,080 --> 01:16:15,519
Speaker 1: he's gonna be He's gonna be incredible. It was the

1439
01:16:15,600 --> 01:16:17,840
Speaker 1: safest bet. And that's one of the biggest things that

1440
01:16:17,840 --> 01:16:21,200
Speaker 1: I think is underrated when we're ranking players all time

1441
01:16:21,640 --> 01:16:25,200
Speaker 1: is the consistency. There are lots of guys that have

1442
01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:29,559
Speaker 1: huge playoff moments, like a game here or a game

1443
01:16:29,640 --> 01:16:32,799
Speaker 1: there where they play great Kawhi Leonard in two thousand

1444
01:16:32,840 --> 01:16:35,120
Speaker 1: nineteen looked like he might have been the best player

1445
01:16:35,120 --> 01:16:37,519
Speaker 1: in the world, and then the next year in the bubble,

1446
01:16:38,040 --> 01:16:40,240
Speaker 1: his jump shot stopped falling, and all of a sudden,

1447
01:16:40,280 --> 01:16:42,280
Speaker 1: he wasn't impacting the game in a bunch of other ways,

1448
01:16:42,360 --> 01:16:44,280
Speaker 1: And you're like, oh, is this guy even a top

1449
01:16:44,320 --> 01:16:46,760
Speaker 1: five player? You know what I mean? Like they're the

1450
01:16:46,880 --> 01:16:50,120
Speaker 1: consistency wasn't there with Kauai. You know, I've seen c

1451
01:16:50,320 --> 01:16:55,160
Speaker 1: J McCollum in a Game seven execute the Denver Nuggets

1452
01:16:55,200 --> 01:16:57,320
Speaker 1: on their own floor and look like one of the

1453
01:16:57,320 --> 01:16:59,920
Speaker 1: better three level scorers in the league, and then needs

1454
01:17:00,040 --> 01:17:01,759
Speaker 1: us the next night. He won't be making a shot,

1455
01:17:02,000 --> 01:17:04,240
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like that's the that's the

1456
01:17:04,240 --> 01:17:07,680
Speaker 1: the inconsistency that plagues the vast majority of players in

1457
01:17:07,680 --> 01:17:11,200
Speaker 1: the NBA. And what was so awesome about Lebron was

1458
01:17:11,280 --> 01:17:13,360
Speaker 1: like it was the safest bet in sports that he

1459
01:17:13,439 --> 01:17:16,719
Speaker 1: was going to be great every single playoff game, and

1460
01:17:16,720 --> 01:17:22,800
Speaker 1: and Janice is doing that right before our eyes. It's like, you,

1461
01:17:23,080 --> 01:17:25,679
Speaker 1: I don't we don't know for sure what's gonna happen

1462
01:17:25,720 --> 01:17:27,400
Speaker 1: in Game seven. I'll give my prediction here in a

1463
01:17:27,400 --> 01:17:30,040
Speaker 1: few minutes. But there's one thing I know for damn sure.

1464
01:17:30,439 --> 01:17:31,840
Speaker 1: Be honest, is gonna be the best player on the

1465
01:17:31,840 --> 01:17:35,240
Speaker 1: floor by a mile, and Boston's gonna have absolutely nothing

1466
01:17:35,280 --> 01:17:37,599
Speaker 1: they can do with him. I can guarantee he's gonna

1467
01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:40,360
Speaker 1: bring a percent effort. I can guarantee he's gonna be

1468
01:17:40,400 --> 01:17:43,439
Speaker 1: a wrecking ball inside on both ends. That's it's this.

1469
01:17:43,640 --> 01:17:47,120
Speaker 1: It's a safe bet. If you're a Milwaukee fan, you

1470
01:17:47,160 --> 01:17:49,120
Speaker 1: don't have to sit on your couch and wonder about

1471
01:17:49,120 --> 01:17:51,439
Speaker 1: whether or not Janice is gonna bring it in Game seven.

1472
01:17:52,400 --> 01:17:54,760
Speaker 1: Sixers fans had no idea what they were gonna get

1473
01:17:54,880 --> 01:17:58,320
Speaker 1: from Joel Embiad and James Harden the other night. You know,

1474
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:02,400
Speaker 1: like that, like even even with Steph Curry. You know,

1475
01:18:02,600 --> 01:18:04,719
Speaker 1: I love Steph Curry is one of my favorite players.

1476
01:18:04,840 --> 01:18:06,639
Speaker 1: I don't know what I'm gonna get from him tonight.

1477
01:18:07,400 --> 01:18:09,960
Speaker 1: If he shoot, he might shoot really well, he might

1478
01:18:09,960 --> 01:18:12,960
Speaker 1: shoot poorly. He might be sloppy with the basketball and

1479
01:18:13,000 --> 01:18:15,599
Speaker 1: have a bunch of turnovers. And I can I can

1480
01:18:15,840 --> 01:18:17,519
Speaker 1: depend on him to play hard, and I know he's

1481
01:18:17,520 --> 01:18:19,640
Speaker 1: gonna defend and and I know that he's going to

1482
01:18:19,680 --> 01:18:21,519
Speaker 1: have his impact that he has in the form of

1483
01:18:21,560 --> 01:18:23,920
Speaker 1: gravity and the way he can warp a defense, but

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01:18:24,320 --> 01:18:27,760
Speaker 1: there are just very few guys in the league one,

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Speaker 1: arguably because of Lebron's age, that I can just guarantee

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Speaker 1: he is going to dominate this next playoff game the

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Speaker 1: safest betting sports. Last note before I give you guys

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Speaker 1: my prediction. Drew Holiday. This guy is the bane of

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Speaker 1: Bucks fans existence in the sense that he's very inconsistent offensively. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: monster defensive player who's made a ton of huge, pivotal

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Speaker 1: defensive plays for this Bucks team in the last two

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Speaker 1: playoff runs, and his value I think is undeniable and unassailable.

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01:19:00,360 --> 01:19:03,200
Speaker 1: But I think there's a very unique reason why he's

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Speaker 1: so inconsistent offensively, and it has to do with a

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01:19:07,520 --> 01:19:10,120
Speaker 1: thing Lakers fans who are listening, that have been listening

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01:19:10,160 --> 01:19:12,080
Speaker 1: to me over the last couple of years, you'll recognize

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01:19:12,120 --> 01:19:15,720
Speaker 1: this specific thought process. But there are two different kinds

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Speaker 1: of offensive players out there. They are offensive players that

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Speaker 1: generate a lot of easy shots and then also can

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01:19:21,920 --> 01:19:24,920
Speaker 1: make tough shots. And then there are offensive players that

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01:19:25,439 --> 01:19:30,840
Speaker 1: only can and attempt difficult shots like Drew Holiday. If

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01:19:30,840 --> 01:19:33,479
Speaker 1: you look at his shot selection and it's not his fault.

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01:19:33,520 --> 01:19:38,400
Speaker 1: He's a six three guard who doesn't have amazing vertical lift.

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01:19:38,479 --> 01:19:41,839
Speaker 1: He's not the quickest guy in the world. He's he's

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01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:44,040
Speaker 1: he's a very good athlete, but it's more like a

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01:19:44,200 --> 01:19:47,800
Speaker 1: strength and coordination and savvy and hand like he's very

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01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:50,760
Speaker 1: good with his hands on defense and obviously very very

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01:19:50,760 --> 01:19:53,320
Speaker 1: good athlete. But he's not the guy. He's not Jayson Tatum.

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01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:55,840
Speaker 1: He can't just levitate over the top. He's not a

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Speaker 1: guy that consistently generates easy shots for himself to supplement

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Speaker 1: his offense. And so if he's gonna take twenty to

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01:20:04,040 --> 01:20:06,720
Speaker 1: twenty five shots a night for this Bucks team, and

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Speaker 1: the vast majority of them are going to be very difficult,

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01:20:09,920 --> 01:20:12,360
Speaker 1: then what does that mean. That means there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: nights where they go in and knights where they don't.

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Speaker 1: That's why he goes ten for twenty one night and

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01:20:16,680 --> 01:20:19,840
Speaker 1: five for twenty the next. He doesn't get easy shots

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01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:23,559
Speaker 1: in his offense. The guys that consistently have fiegal percentages

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01:20:23,600 --> 01:20:28,760
Speaker 1: over and consistently it's like twelve eleven for twenty it's

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01:20:28,800 --> 01:20:31,599
Speaker 1: because they went seven for seven on their easy shots

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01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:34,360
Speaker 1: or seven for nine on the easy shots that they

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01:20:34,400 --> 01:20:36,840
Speaker 1: generate over the course of the game. And then they

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01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:40,439
Speaker 1: go or less on their tough shots that they take.

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01:20:40,880 --> 01:20:42,280
Speaker 1: And so that that's the thing, and this is the

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01:20:42,320 --> 01:20:46,160
Speaker 1: predicament of not having Chris Middleton is the Bucks need

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Speaker 1: Drew Holiday to take a lot of shots. They need

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01:20:48,280 --> 01:20:52,719
Speaker 1: him to take shots every single night. And Chris Middleton

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01:20:53,160 --> 01:20:57,519
Speaker 1: is at his size, he can get easy shots in

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01:20:57,560 --> 01:20:59,479
Speaker 1: the flow of his offense, Like if he gets a

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01:20:59,520 --> 01:21:01,880
Speaker 1: small guy on a switch, it's like he's going to

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01:21:02,040 --> 01:21:04,600
Speaker 1: a fade away. But a six eight guy shooting a

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01:21:04,640 --> 01:21:08,400
Speaker 1: fade away over a smaller defender is a high percentage shot,

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01:21:09,000 --> 01:21:11,760
Speaker 1: you know, like like there that that's a matchup thing,

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01:21:11,840 --> 01:21:14,120
Speaker 1: is all that is. Drew Holiday doesn't have the luxury

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Speaker 1: of those types of shots. And so because Chris Middleton

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01:21:16,840 --> 01:21:20,640
Speaker 1: isn't there as a release valve, because of that, it

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01:21:20,720 --> 01:21:23,200
Speaker 1: puts you in a position where Drew Holiday has has

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Speaker 1: to take extremely difficult shots all night long, and it's

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01:21:25,439 --> 01:21:27,800
Speaker 1: going to be inconsistent. And that's a swing factor for

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Speaker 1: Game seven. Will Drew make those shots? Are will he not?

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01:21:30,479 --> 01:21:32,080
Speaker 1: And And we'll see, all right, guys, So I have

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01:21:32,120 --> 01:21:36,400
Speaker 1: to give you a prediction for Game seven, and everything

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01:21:36,439 --> 01:21:40,960
Speaker 1: about what I know about these two teams screams at

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01:21:40,960 --> 01:21:43,720
Speaker 1: me that I should pick Boston. Boston has been the

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01:21:43,720 --> 01:21:46,840
Speaker 1: best team in the league since January. They've been the

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01:21:46,880 --> 01:21:49,040
Speaker 1: best defense in the league all season, best defense in

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01:21:49,040 --> 01:21:53,680
Speaker 1: the league by country miles. Since January. They have demonstrated

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01:21:53,680 --> 01:21:56,960
Speaker 1: in this playoff run why they're punch. Their best punch

1549
01:21:57,040 --> 01:21:59,880
Speaker 1: is the best punch in all of in all of

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01:21:59,880 --> 01:22:02,720
Speaker 1: the NBA right now. But I'm picking the Bucks in

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01:22:02,760 --> 01:22:08,240
Speaker 1: Game seven, and there's two reasons why I trust the

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01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:12,479
Speaker 1: honest to go in there and impact winning on a

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01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:18,800
Speaker 1: level that is just about guaranteed. I think Mike Budenholzer

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01:22:18,920 --> 01:22:22,559
Speaker 1: will go to switching. I think he will. He will

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01:22:23,120 --> 01:22:26,040
Speaker 1: ditch Brooke or use him very sparingly and do a

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01:22:26,080 --> 01:22:28,439
Speaker 1: ton of switching. I think they have enough data on

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01:22:28,439 --> 01:22:31,519
Speaker 1: that now and enough film to demonstrate that that's their

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01:22:31,560 --> 01:22:37,799
Speaker 1: best option. I don't trust Boston guys. If Boston plays

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01:22:37,840 --> 01:22:41,040
Speaker 1: smart offense, not just against the drop but against the

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01:22:41,080 --> 01:22:43,400
Speaker 1: switch and applies rim pressure and attempts to drive to

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01:22:43,439 --> 01:22:46,120
Speaker 1: the basket, Boston will win. Okay, So for all the

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01:22:46,200 --> 01:22:49,519
Speaker 1: Celtics fans listening, Boston will win if they play smart.

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01:22:50,600 --> 01:22:54,599
Speaker 1: I'm saying that I trust Joannice more than I trust

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01:22:54,640 --> 01:22:58,960
Speaker 1: Boston to play smart. It's that simple. I just I

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01:22:59,120 --> 01:23:02,200
Speaker 1: they have despite all the evidence in the world of

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01:23:02,280 --> 01:23:05,360
Speaker 1: the way that Boston needs to play, they have consistently,

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01:23:05,400 --> 01:23:08,080
Speaker 1: in almost every game of the series gone through extended

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01:23:08,160 --> 01:23:12,360
Speaker 1: stretches where they forget that they've gone through extended stretches

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01:23:12,360 --> 01:23:15,000
Speaker 1: where they play the wrong way. And so when it

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01:23:15,000 --> 01:23:18,160
Speaker 1: comes to betting or making a prediction, I have to

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01:23:18,200 --> 01:23:20,800
Speaker 1: go with the guy that I can count on to

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01:23:20,960 --> 01:23:23,679
Speaker 1: play exactly the way he needs to to win the game.

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01:23:23,720 --> 01:23:27,719
Speaker 1: And that's the honest. But yes, Boston fans, if Boston

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01:23:27,800 --> 01:23:31,040
Speaker 1: plays smart and plays the right way on offense and

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01:23:31,080 --> 01:23:33,840
Speaker 1: attacks their switching defense by putting pressure on the rim,

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01:23:34,240 --> 01:23:36,920
Speaker 1: Boston will win and then we'll have an epic seven

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Speaker 1: game series between Boston and Miami. But my prediction right now,

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01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:44,760
Speaker 1: my my not very inspiring prediction, is that Milwaukee will

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Speaker 1: win in Game seven. Hi, it's Colin Coward. I started

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Speaker 1: the volume to bring you some of the most apathetic

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Speaker 1: voices in sports. While you're here, make sure you hit subscribe.

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Speaker 1: Thanks alright, guys, that is all I have for tonight.

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Speaker 1: As always, I sincerely appreciate your support. All of you

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01:24:07,400 --> 01:24:09,320
Speaker 1: guys who came to watch the video today. If you

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01:24:09,320 --> 01:24:11,280
Speaker 1: could do me a favor and like this video, I

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01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:14,479
Speaker 1: would really appreciate that. We have two We are off tomorrow,

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01:24:14,560 --> 01:24:18,679
Speaker 1: no games, but we have two Massive Game sevens on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: We will be going live after both of them, and

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Speaker 1: I hope to see all of you guys there. The

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