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Today, 35 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: we're just gonna be breaking down that extremely interesting basketball 36 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: game last night between the Clippers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, 37 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: which did not go the way that I expected. Will 38 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: get into why here just a minute, and then we're 39 00:01:58,000 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: gonna break down what I think is going to be 40 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: a very interesting first round playoff series between the Timberwolves 41 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: and the Memphis Grizzlies a to seven matchup, But I 42 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 1: think the teams are a little bit closer than they 43 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: appear on the surface. We will get into that, but 44 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 1: let's start with last night. So I picked the Clippers, 45 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: and the main reason why is because, as you guys know, 46 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: if you've listened to the show for a while, I'm 47 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,959 Speaker 1: a huge believer in the Clippers system. I think they're 48 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: extremely well coached. Tyler, even after last night, is fast 49 00:02:26,120 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: becoming one of my favorite coaches in all of basketball. 50 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: His understanding of the way the game is changing and 51 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,160 Speaker 1: his willingness to adapt with the game rather than than 52 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: being caught behind is why I'm drawn to him so much. 53 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,000 Speaker 1: And then I knew it would be relatively close with 54 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: it being a road matchup in Minnesota and the way 55 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: that they would play in front of their home crowd 56 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: in terms of their energy, and so what it came 57 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: down to for me was when the game was close. 58 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: Basketball games always come down to decision making. It's not 59 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 1: neces necessarily even about a skill set. It's about decision 60 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: making because even very skilled players can make poor decisions, 61 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: especially when they're young. Even in that Brooklyn Nets Cavaliers 62 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: game that we talked about last night. You know, Darius 63 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 1: Garland is a very skilled player, but he's young, and 64 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 1: I thought his approach to attacking the Nets defense wasn't 65 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: the smartest approach. It's something that five ten years from now, 66 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: he's gonna be so savvy with his you know, ability 67 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: to dissect NBA defenses that he'll be able to handle that. 68 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,960 Speaker 1: But right now he's not capable of that. So what 69 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 1: I was thinking was, you got Reggie Jackson, who's not 70 00:03:37,720 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: an amazing basketball player compared to his peers in the NBA, 71 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: but he's an average NBA point guard. But he's a 72 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,480 Speaker 1: veteran player at this point with a lot of playoff reps. 73 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: And then you've got Paul George, who we can make 74 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: fun of his playoff past, but he completely shed that 75 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: last year. This is a guy that is as reliable 76 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: as you can have in those situations, and he was 77 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: excellent last night. So I was sitting there thinking, like, 78 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: I've got a really young guard and Anthony Edwards and 79 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 1: another kind of young guard in D'Angelo Russell who doesn't 80 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,839 Speaker 1: have a ton of playoff experience versus two guys who 81 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: played really well in the playoffs last year, Paul George, 82 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:12,960 Speaker 1: with a ton of playoff experience and probably just better 83 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: basketball players, and those guys are gonna be the ones 84 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 1: determining shot quality down the stretch of the game. And 85 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: so I was under the impression that that would tilt 86 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: towards the Clippers, and I was very wrong. And there 87 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 1: are a couple of different reasons for that. First of all, 88 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: when Karl Anthony Towns went out, and you know, we 89 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,960 Speaker 1: can have a separate conversation about Karl Anthony Towns here 90 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: in a second, but he kind of checked out of 91 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 1: that game mentally in a lot of different ways, and 92 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 1: we'll get into that. But when he went down, you 93 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,480 Speaker 1: saw a different concoction of players that Minnesota went with. 94 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 1: There was a lot of nos Reid, there's a lot 95 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: of going with you know, more at length and athleticism 96 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,440 Speaker 1: and made it so that they could switch more easily. 97 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: And the Minnesota Timberwolves are really good dribble contained team. 98 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 1: And we'll talk about this a little bit more when 99 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 1: we get into previewing their first round series. But they 100 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 1: give up the sixth fewest drives according to the NBA 101 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: NBA's tracking database, they get up the sixth fewest drives 102 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: in UH in all of basketball this year. So their 103 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: perimeter players do a good job of containing ball handlers. 104 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,039 Speaker 1: So when you got rid of Karl Anthony Towns and 105 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 1: you went more athletic, those five guys did a lot 106 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: more switching, and they're so good at dribble contain that 107 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: it put a lot on Paul George and Reggie Jackson. 108 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: And what you saw was Paul George was able to 109 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: get to his pull up jump shot, but the few 110 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: times that he tried to drive to the basket, I 111 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 1: thought Jared Vanderbilt did an Excuse me, Jade McDaniels did 112 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:38,720 Speaker 1: a really nice job of funneling him behind the backboard 113 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,039 Speaker 1: to where he couldn't really do anything. So he turned 114 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 1: Paul George into a pull up jump shooter, which, because 115 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,400 Speaker 1: Paul George is one of the best players in the 116 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: n b A, he still made a bunch of those shots. 117 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,479 Speaker 1: And you know, special shout out to Paul George. I 118 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,800 Speaker 1: am so utterly blown away by how polished he is 119 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: at this point in his career. If you look at 120 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: the way he what he looked like coming out of college, 121 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: kind of was similar to Quiet a lot of ways 122 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,720 Speaker 1: where he was more of just like a NBA teams 123 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: didn't really know what he was gonna be. Just a 124 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 1: big athletic forward, could do some stuff with the basketball, 125 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 1: but you didn't know what he was gonna be. The 126 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: amount of work that he had to put in over 127 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,040 Speaker 1: the course of this last decade to polish his handle 128 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: in his jump shot to the point where he can 129 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: get to any dribble combination, in any jump shot, in 130 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,680 Speaker 1: any spot on the floor. Just a huge shout out 131 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: to Paul George. I was blown away yet again by 132 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: him last night. He's one of my favorite players in 133 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: the league, and I think he's so incredibly fun and 134 00:06:34,040 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 1: appealing to watch. But Jared Jared Vanderbilt, excuse, excuse me, 135 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: Jaden McDaniels, I keep getting these athletic forwards confused. Jaden 136 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:46,400 Speaker 1: McDaniels did an amazing job of forcing Paul George into 137 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:50,640 Speaker 1: becoming a jump shooter. And then overall, Patrick Beverley did 138 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:54,040 Speaker 1: an amazing job on Reggie Jackson making everything difficult for him. 139 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: I thought his ball pressure wore Reggie Jackson down to 140 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 1: the point where he was struggling to finish at the rim. 141 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: There was that actually a key possession late where he 142 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: got a step and got all the weight to the 143 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,960 Speaker 1: rim and missed the layup, which is a textbook case 144 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: of you losing your legs as the game goes along. Meanwhile, 145 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: on the other end, the two guys that I thought 146 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 1: would be not up to this challenge played extremely well, 147 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: and that's Anthony Edwards and D'Angelo Russell. We're gonna mainly 148 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 1: focus on Anthony Edwards. So D'Angelo Russell made two huge 149 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 1: shots at the end of that game. There's that pull 150 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: up transition three that he made that gave the Wolves 151 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: the lead and kind of changed the complexion of the game. 152 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: And then there was that pull up jumper hit going 153 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,200 Speaker 1: to the right towards the end. I kind of iced 154 00:07:36,280 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: the game, but Anthony Edwards. The game turned when Anthony 155 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:45,640 Speaker 1: Edwards understood finally that nobody on that entire Clippers roster 156 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: could prevent him from getting to the rim. And it's 157 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,880 Speaker 1: the combination of his size and strength with his speed. 158 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: He's got an incredibly quick first step, as well as 159 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,120 Speaker 1: his ability to handle the basketball and his threat as 160 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: a jump shooter that opens all of this up. This 161 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:04,560 Speaker 1: is something that I talk about all the time, especially 162 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: with James Harden. There's a dynamic that takes place in 163 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: individual defense. There's like a pendulum that swings one way 164 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: or the other. When a defender feels confident in his 165 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: ability to keep a player in front, he can press 166 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: up more, which disrupts the jump shot, takes away the 167 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:26,040 Speaker 1: ability to comfortably dribble the basketball, and it'll it gives 168 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,760 Speaker 1: the defensive player of the advantage. One of the issues 169 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: with James Harden. He can't beat people off the dribble anymore, 170 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 1: so defenders are crowding him more, which is making it 171 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: a lot harder for him to make his step back 172 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 1: jump shot, and it's taking away a lot of his 173 00:08:36,120 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 1: ability to play make for his teammates well. Anthony Edwards 174 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: is the idea of the opposite end of that pendulum. 175 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: When the defensive player knows that they can't keep a 176 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: player in front, they have to give more space, a 177 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: lot more space. Think about think of it like football 178 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: a tackle. Usually a tackle has a massive size advantage 179 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: over a defensive end, but a defensive end is usually 180 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: way quicker, and so a lot of times you'll see 181 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: tackles kind of get as far off the line of 182 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: scrimmage while the rest will allow them to still be 183 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: considered on the line of scrimmage, to try to buy 184 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 1: just a little bit of extra space because they know 185 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: that first step that they take back is not going 186 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: to be as quick as the first step that the 187 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: defensive end takes. They're trying to compensate for their lack 188 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:24,439 Speaker 1: of speed with more space. It's very similar concept in 189 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: individual defense. If I don't think I'm nearly as quick 190 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:30,720 Speaker 1: as you, I need to give ground so that if 191 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:32,439 Speaker 1: you try to take an angle to beat me to 192 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: the basket, I have a shorter distance to cover to 193 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 1: get there, so that I can make up for it 194 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: with my lack of speed. And so what you're seeing 195 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 1: with guys like Anthony Edwards is defenders are constantly on 196 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: their heels, which not only opens up his pull up 197 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 1: jump shot. He had a huge step back three at 198 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:49,640 Speaker 1: the end of that game that he was wide open 199 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: on and had tons of space because the defender was 200 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: on his heels. And then what you're noticing is Anthony 201 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,120 Speaker 1: Edwards when he hits that whole even though the defenders 202 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: giving ground, even though the defenders trying to beat him 203 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: to the spot. He's so strong that he can just 204 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: go right through people, and so it can puts you 205 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: in an awful conundrum. It's very similar to the Lebron 206 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:12,719 Speaker 1: James type of dynamic. He's not Lebron James, obviously, he's 207 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: a lot smaller, but it's a similar dynamic. At the 208 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: guard position, he's big and strong and he's so fast 209 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,120 Speaker 1: that you have to give ground. But when you give ground, 210 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:22,599 Speaker 1: he comes at you with the head of steam. And 211 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:23,959 Speaker 1: when he comes at you with a head of steam, 212 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: he can go through you. And that's what makes him 213 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:29,599 Speaker 1: such a dynamic player. Obviously, he's going to have to 214 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:33,000 Speaker 1: improve as a jump shooter as time goes on in 215 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: order to reach his overall ceiling. But he hit a 216 00:10:37,320 --> 00:10:39,400 Speaker 1: ceiling that I didn't think he was capable of at 217 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,280 Speaker 1: this point in his career. He was able to outplay 218 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:45,880 Speaker 1: Paul George and Reggie Jackson in a pivotal playoff game, 219 00:10:46,280 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: which turned the outcome of that game. I was predicting 220 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: the Clippers because I believed in their perimeter decision makers, 221 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: and I was wrong. Anthony Edwards arguably was the best 222 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: player at the end of that game. That was my bad. 223 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:01,880 Speaker 1: I was off on that that's why Minnesota was able 224 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: to get a win. One last note on that game 225 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: before we move on to breaking down the Wolves in 226 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:10,719 Speaker 1: the Grizzly series. Karl Anthony Towns. Do I think the 227 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: Timberwolves are better without Karl Anthon Town's. No, do I 228 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: think that Karl Anthony Towns is as bad as he 229 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:20,480 Speaker 1: showed last night. No, everyone who's I've I had like 230 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:22,320 Speaker 1: two or three games when I was in college when 231 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:25,319 Speaker 1: I got in foul trouble. Foul trouble is a complete 232 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,880 Speaker 1: It completely screws up your head because all you can 233 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:30,839 Speaker 1: think about when you're on the floor is your foul count. 234 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: It disrupts everything that you're trying to do on the floor, 235 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 1: All those long breaks you have to take while you're 236 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: coaching staff is trying to figure out when to play 237 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 1: you massively disrupts your rhythm. You don't feel comfortable when 238 00:11:40,360 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: you have the ball in your hands because you haven't 239 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 1: been on the floor very much. And yes, once again, 240 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: you're thinking about your foul trouble the whole time. You're 241 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 1: paranoid that if you drive to the basket, make an 242 00:11:49,480 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: aggressive move, the dude will flop and you'll pick up 243 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 1: an offensive foul. It can be it can be disastrous 244 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: to your confidence on the court. So I want to 245 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:01,360 Speaker 1: cut Cat some slack. But there's a reason why the 246 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:04,240 Speaker 1: Timberwolves played better without him, and it's something that he's 247 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: gonna have to understand as he develops further into his career. 248 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: You have to have something that you can rely on 249 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: when your offensive game isn't working, and that has to 250 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: become the defensive end of the floor for him. He's 251 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,000 Speaker 1: become a better defensive player. He's played better defense this 252 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: year than he has in years passed, but he's got 253 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: to get to the point where when his shots not falling, 254 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: when his offensive rhythm is off, he has to find 255 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 1: a way to impact the game more than he has been, 256 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:36,520 Speaker 1: and a big part of that is going to be 257 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:38,719 Speaker 1: working on his foot speed and being able to keep 258 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:41,040 Speaker 1: people in front on the perimeter, because Minnesota is a 259 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: very good perimeter defense team, and if he could move 260 00:12:43,960 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 1: his feet like that, they could do more switching, which 261 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: would get rid of some of his limitations as a 262 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: pick and roll defender. When he plays traditional pick and 263 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: roll coverages. He's just not quite athletic enough, especially from 264 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 1: a standing vert, to be able to disrupt plays around 265 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 1: the rim. So it would be easier if you could 266 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: do more switching, especially with all of the dribble contained 267 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 1: guys they have on the roster, if Cat could switch 268 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 1: as well. So that's the thing he's gonna have to 269 00:13:05,520 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: work on, is he gets better, because when he does that, 270 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: he'll be able to derive confidence from the way he's 271 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:14,320 Speaker 1: playing on defense, which will help him avoid games like 272 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: he had last night. But let's move on to what 273 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,240 Speaker 1: I think is gonna be a very interesting first round 274 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: series between the Wolves and the Grizzlies. So I think 275 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 1: this is gonna be a super interesting series, especially as 276 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 1: a two seven matchup goes. If you look at it 277 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 1: on the surface, you think way better basketball team Grizzlies 278 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: are gonna run away with it. I think it's gonna 279 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: be closer than people think. First of all, I'm picking 280 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,440 Speaker 1: the Grizzlies think they'll win in five or six games. 281 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:37,599 Speaker 1: But I think the games are all gonna be very competitive, 282 00:13:37,760 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 1: and I do think it's gonna be a much more 283 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 1: entertaining series than the outcome would would imply. First of all, 284 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 1: home team won all four games this year. They split 285 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,600 Speaker 1: the season series to two. That's not entirely uncommon for 286 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 1: a young team that's athletic. Both of these teams are 287 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: young and athletic for them to feed on the home 288 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:56,199 Speaker 1: crowd and to play well when they're at home, This 289 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,679 Speaker 1: series is going to be crazy up and down. These 290 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: are two of the fastest pace teams that we have 291 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 1: in the league. The Timberwolves are actually the fastest pace 292 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: and the Grizzlies are the fourth fastest pace. So expected 293 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: to be up and down, super athletic, high flying, very entertaining. 294 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 1: It'll be a fun series to watch. Like I did 295 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: with the other series, what I'd like to do is 296 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 1: split this into two sections. So we'll look at it 297 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: with the Timberwolves on defense, and then we'll look at 298 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: it with the Grizzlies on defense. So let's start with 299 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: the Timberwolves on defense. So they were and defensive rating 300 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 1: this year, which is okay when you dive into the numbers. 301 00:14:27,040 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: They were okay in paint points allowed, they were eleventh 302 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,000 Speaker 1: in the league, especially when you factor in Karl Anthony 303 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 1: Towns as your back line defender there, who's been better 304 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,160 Speaker 1: this year than he was in years past, but still 305 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: not an elite rim protector by any stretch of the imagination. 306 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: So the credit for that goes to the perimeter players. 307 00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: As I mentioned earlier when we were talking about the 308 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: Clippers game, the Timberwolves were sixth and drives allowed per 309 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: game per the NBA dot COM's tracking data. That data 310 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: cannot be filtered for pace either with the way that 311 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: the website is set up. So when you factor in 312 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,080 Speaker 1: that the Timberwolves played the fastest pace in the NBA, 313 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,160 Speaker 1: they're probably a top two or three team in the 314 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: league waited for pace in containing ball handlers on the perimeter, 315 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: in limiting dribble drives. You saw that in that Clippers 316 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: game tonight, making things very very difficult on Reggie Jackson 317 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: and turning Paul George into a jump shooter, which is 318 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: a huge part of why they were able to come 319 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,200 Speaker 1: back and win that game. That's gonna be an interesting, 320 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: interesting dynamic against the Grizzlies, who rely on John Morant 321 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 1: as a dribble penetrator. You know, Desmond Baine is not 322 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 1: a great, you know, dribble penetrator in terms of isolation possessions. 323 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 1: He's more of a slasher kind of attacking closeouts and 324 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: things like that. Jaren Jackson Jr. Is more of like 325 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: a mismatch attacker, trying to put his head down and 326 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: go to the rim. So I think it's gonna put 327 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: a strain on the Grizzlies defense and their ability to 328 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: generate rim pressure. This is where it's going to be 329 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:46,760 Speaker 1: the test on John Moran. I've said many times that 330 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,120 Speaker 1: John Morant is the kind of guy that nobody can 331 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 1: keep in front, and we're gonna put that to the 332 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: test in this series against a very very good dribble 333 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: contain team. I would imagine you'll see a mix of 334 00:15:58,240 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 1: guys like Patrick Beverley on him and then more long 335 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 1: athletes as well to try to change things up. They 336 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:06,320 Speaker 1: did a really nice job of turning John Morand into 337 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: a jump shooter in their matchups this year. In matchups 338 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: specifically with the Timberwolves John Ran, it was three for 339 00:16:12,280 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: twenty from three. Like I said, I expect John Morand 340 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 1: to eventually be a very good three point shooter, but 341 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: he's in that inconsistent phase of shooting development. Young players 342 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 1: always struggle with replicating their success. They tinker with their 343 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 1: form too much. It's a big part of why they 344 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,960 Speaker 1: get inconsistent. John rand is kind of in that phase. 345 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: So huge part of this series is gonna be is 346 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: John Morand shooting well at this point in time or 347 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 1: is he shooting poorly? Because I would imagine part of 348 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: the game plan to try to help contain John Morand 349 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: is gonna be going underneath screens and forcing him to 350 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: be a jump shooter. The biggest weakness of the Timberwolves 351 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 1: defense happens to be a thing that the Grizzlies aren't 352 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: great at. It's kind of a similar dynamic that I 353 00:16:50,440 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: was looking at in the Chicago Bulls in the Milwaukee 354 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 1: Bucks series, like you can't beat your honest because he's 355 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: way better than you, but maybe your team has a 356 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 1: weakness or their team as a weakness that your team 357 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: has a strength and can compensate for some of that 358 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,360 Speaker 1: talent difference. The Milwaukee Bucks give up the most wide 359 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 1: open threes and all of basketball, like I've said so 360 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:08,880 Speaker 1: many times this year, and the Chicago Bulls are dead 361 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: last and three pointers attempted per games, So the Chicago 362 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,720 Speaker 1: Bulls aren't going to generate enough threes to capitalize on 363 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 1: Milwaukee Milwaukee's greatest weakness. Similar kind of dynamic here. The 364 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:20,800 Speaker 1: Timberwolves are not a great three point defense. They give 365 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: up the fourth most wide open threes in basketball, and 366 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: they give them up to the wrong people. Their sixth 367 00:17:26,359 --> 00:17:29,160 Speaker 1: and three point percentage allowed on those wide open three 368 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: so they're not leaving the right guys open, if that 369 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 1: makes sense. But the problem is Memphis is twenty three 370 00:17:35,040 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 1: and three pointers attempted per games, so their team doesn't 371 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: generate a ton of three point shots again waited for 372 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,520 Speaker 1: pace that could be even worse. So on the defensive 373 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,239 Speaker 1: end of the floor for the Timberwolves, I actually think 374 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:46,879 Speaker 1: they're gonna hold their own. This is gonna be a 375 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:50,000 Speaker 1: really really interesting dynamic there. It's the other end of 376 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 1: the floor where the Grizzlies are on defense where I 377 00:17:51,720 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: think they have their biggest advantage. So when you look 378 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:57,440 Speaker 1: at the Grizzlies defense, it's interesting because they're sixth and 379 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: defensive rating, But when you kind of dive into it, 380 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: there's a lot of things that they're pretty average at. 381 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:06,440 Speaker 1: Their average paint defense, their average allowing dribble drives, their 382 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 1: average defensive rebounding team, which is an important part of 383 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: finishing defensive possessions. The key to the Grizzlies defense and 384 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: the reason why they are so good is they defend 385 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: the three point line well, and they get out in 386 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: transition their second and turnovers forced, and they don't give 387 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: up a ton of wide open threes. It's a huge 388 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 1: part of why their defense has held together despite being 389 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: average in a bunch of other places on the floor. 390 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: I think a huge part of this defense is gonna 391 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: be how the types of threes that they give up. 392 00:18:34,320 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: So Minnesota leads the league this year and three pointers 393 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:41,480 Speaker 1: attempted and three pointers made, so Minnesota generates a ton 394 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: of three point shots more than anybody else in the 395 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:49,560 Speaker 1: entire league. But Anthony Edwards and D'angela Russell are bad 396 00:18:49,880 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 1: pull up jump shooters. So there are sixty players this 397 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 1: year in the entire NBA that have attempted at least 398 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 1: five pull up jump shots per game. D'angela Russell's only 399 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 1: shooting thirty on those pull up jump shots, which is 400 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: forty five out of those sixty qualifying players. Anthony Edwards 401 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 1: dead last thirty two point five percent. So even though 402 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: they're a great three point shooting team in their driving 403 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: kick game, they are not a good pull up shooting team. 404 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: With their two primary ball handlers, that kind of puts 405 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: them in a predicament that I think Memphis is gonna 406 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:21,920 Speaker 1: be able to figure out how to shut them down. 407 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: First of all, we talked about this earlier with Karl 408 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: Anthony Towns. We won't get too much into it further, 409 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: but curly, Karl Anthony Towns is at his best when 410 00:19:29,040 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: he's operating on the low block, when you crowd him. 411 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:33,840 Speaker 1: He's not a great passer and he struggles with all 412 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:35,919 Speaker 1: that length and athleticism. You saw the Clippers do that 413 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: to him last night. I think Memphis will do that 414 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 1: to him as well in this game, in this particular matchup. 415 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: So a lot is going to be put on Anthony 416 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,640 Speaker 1: Edwards in D'Angelo Russell. Again, in last night, they made 417 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,960 Speaker 1: enough shots. D'Angel Russell and Anthony Edwards made big, pivotal 418 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: pull up shots, but for the most part this season 419 00:19:52,280 --> 00:19:56,720 Speaker 1: they haven't. And in this particular matchup this season against 420 00:19:56,760 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies, part of the reason why they went 421 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: to and two is D'Angel Russell and Anthony Edwards were 422 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:05,280 Speaker 1: making jump shots in those games in particular. But that's 423 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: four games out of eight. Two You're gonna play him 424 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: seven times in a row. Now, it'll be interesting. To 425 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: see if they can knock down shots. The key to 426 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: Minnesota having any chance of winning this series, it's Anthony 427 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:21,040 Speaker 1: Edwards and D'angela Russell making jump shots as Memphis packs 428 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 1: the paint and goes under screening rolls and does all 429 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,119 Speaker 1: those things to try to take away the easy stuff 430 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:28,639 Speaker 1: that they can generate, especially with Anthony Edwards in the 431 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 1: threat that he is putting his head down and driving 432 00:20:31,119 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: to the rim. Like I talked about in the Clippers game, 433 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: the game turned when Anthony Edward started putting his head 434 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 1: down and going to the rim. But he has a 435 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:41,800 Speaker 1: tendency to settle a lot. It's been one of his 436 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: issues in his young development. Not a criticism, it's typical 437 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 1: for young players. It's part of that decision making thing 438 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: we were talking about earlier. So a huge part of 439 00:20:51,119 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: this series for Minnesota to have any chance will be 440 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: Anthony Edwards continuing to apply rim pressure. If he does that, 441 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:00,680 Speaker 1: it will help them to develop the generate those wide 442 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 1: open threes. Also, it makes it so that Anthony Edwards 443 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: gets high quality um pull up jump shots, so kind 444 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,240 Speaker 1: of like that James Harden dynamic that I was talking 445 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:12,439 Speaker 1: about earlier. That's gonna be the interesting dynamic in this series. 446 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: One of the better three point defense teams in the 447 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: league in Memphis, going against the team that generates the 448 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,919 Speaker 1: most three point shots and three point makes in the league. 449 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:22,919 Speaker 1: This is this side of the floor is where I 450 00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,840 Speaker 1: think Memphis is gonna take control of the series and 451 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: end up winning. I see this series going five or 452 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 1: six games. I do think Memphis ends up winning it, 453 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,840 Speaker 1: but I think all the games individually will be competitive 454 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: and highly entertaining. Up and down basketball athletic above the 455 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: rim should be a really really interesting series. Alright, guys, 456 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 1: that is all I have for today. I appreciate your 457 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: guys support as always, and I'll see you tomorrow.