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Speaker 1: hope all you guys have had a great week so far.

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Speaker 1: Got a jampack show for you today. We're gonna hit

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Speaker 1: every single time they ran action with him, it looked bad.

431
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Speaker 1: So there's this delicate balance, right, It's like, we need

432
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Speaker 1: to give Max reps to see what he can do

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Speaker 1: on the ball. But also this team has some real

434
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Speaker 1: urgency around this season to try to make something happen,

435
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Speaker 1: and they already have better ball handlers, So I'm kind

436
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Speaker 1: of the opinion that like the time will come for

437
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Speaker 1: Max to work out on ball reps. Like let's say,

438
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Speaker 1: for instance, Lebron James retires after this season, or he

439
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Speaker 1: has some sort of injuries, some sort of serious injury

440
00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,440
Speaker 1: that makes it so that this era is over right,

441
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Speaker 1: Like when Lebron is done, this team's any chance this

442
00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,960
Speaker 1: team has to make playoff noises over right. So when

443
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Speaker 1: that happens, whether it's retirement or an injury or something

444
00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,600
Speaker 1: like that happens, Max is going to have years with

445
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,680
Speaker 1: a rebuilding Lakers team to dribble to basketball and see

446
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Speaker 1: what he can do. And so within this specific context,

447
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,919
Speaker 1: he actually has the ability to be a highly paid,

448
00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:15,320
Speaker 1: long career role player in this league by just guarding

449
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Speaker 1: the ball and doing role player stuff on offense. And

450
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,400
Speaker 1: so again, I just want to see I just want

451
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Speaker 1: to see like a little bit less of Max on

452
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Speaker 1: the ball when he is on the ball, like quicker

453
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Speaker 1: decisions to get rid of the ball, more like making

454
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Speaker 1: like connective reads rather than trying to actually break down

455
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Speaker 1: the defense. I think that's the sort of thing that'll

456
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Speaker 1: get more out of him. The Lakers showed in the

457
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Speaker 1: last two games actually, but we saw it quite a

458
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Speaker 1: bit last night. This like three to two zone. Look

459
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Speaker 1: where they put Anthony Davis at the top of the key.

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Speaker 1: It's a kind of interesting look because you have Lebron

461
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Speaker 1: and they did it with once with Lebron and Jackson

462
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Speaker 1: Hayes on the bottom side. They did it with Lebron

463
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Speaker 1: and Ruey on the bottom side. So you've got these

464
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Speaker 1: two big forwards or backup center that are on the

465
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Speaker 1: baseline kind of running back and forth, right, But then

466
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Speaker 1: you've got your guards up on the wings and you

467
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Speaker 1: have Anthony Davis at the top of the key. It

468
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Speaker 1: kind of gives them the unique ability to cover the

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Speaker 1: three point line. Anthony Davis making swing passes very difficult.

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Speaker 1: That's why you put ad at the top of the

471
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Speaker 1: key because now all of a sudden, you want to

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Speaker 1: reverse the ball to get to the other side of

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Speaker 1: the zone to force the zone to shift. But Anthony

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Speaker 1: Davis has his long assed arms out there like this,

475
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Speaker 1: making that sort of pass difficult. Right. So like looked

476
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Speaker 1: pretty good. They've run. They ran it ten possessions last

477
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Speaker 1: night and gave up just seven points. That's er point

478
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Speaker 1: seven points per possession. So far in preseason, they've ran

479
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Speaker 1: that three to two zone look for eighteen possessions and

480
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,680
Speaker 1: given up just twelve points, which is a sixty seven

481
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Speaker 1: defensive ratings. So a nice little look there. And obviously

482
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Speaker 1: this is not something that I think will be super

483
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Speaker 1: relevant for the Lakers this year, just simply because their

484
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:42,399
Speaker 1: roster is so packed and I don't think that Quincy

485
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Speaker 1: Olivari is going to be able to necessarily retain a

486
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Speaker 1: spot on the full time roster. But really cool moment

487
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Speaker 1: at the end of the game, Quincy just picking up

488
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Speaker 1: full court changing the tone and tempo of the game.

489
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Speaker 1: JJ Reddick had a really interesting postgame press or comment

490
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Speaker 1: where he talked about how it just kind of invigorated everybody,

491
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Speaker 1: and it's something that I've always believed very strongly, and

492
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Speaker 1: it's kind of the idea of leading by example, Right.

493
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Speaker 1: We always talk about verbal leadership or like like behind

494
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Speaker 1: the scenes leadership, like in the locker room, navigating personalities

495
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. Leading by example is one of

496
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Speaker 1: the best ways that you can invigorate your basketball team. Like,

497
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Speaker 1: it's really hard to be lazy when your teammate is

498
00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:20,800
Speaker 1: busting his ass, right when your teammates picking up full

499
00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:24,440
Speaker 1: court pressure in the ball, yelling screaming, getting up the

500
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Speaker 1: floor and transition sprinting off of off ball actions, you

501
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,520
Speaker 1: look like an idiot being lazy. And so it's kind

502
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Speaker 1: of like the rising tide that floats all boats, like

503
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Speaker 1: it can be very infectious to have an energetic player

504
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Speaker 1: on the court and like him just bringing that energy.

505
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Speaker 1: All of a sudden, the Lakers go on this crazy

506
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Speaker 1: run and they end up getting a win with their

507
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Speaker 1: bench group at the tail end of the game. Big

508
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Speaker 1: moment for Quincy, And it's one of those things where like,

509
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Speaker 1: even if it doesn't necessarily manifest in a roster spot

510
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Speaker 1: for him on the Lakers, am I very well manifesting

511
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Speaker 1: a roster spot for him somewhere else? All right, let's

512
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Speaker 1: move on to the Thunder and the Rockets, and then

513
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Speaker 1: we got some film at the tail end of the show. Thunder.

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Speaker 1: First off, first look at their kind of like starting

515
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Speaker 1: lineup configuration with the smaller group. Right, so we basically

516
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Speaker 1: have starters from last year with Alex Crusoe in for

517
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Speaker 1: Josh Kitty, so a little smaller, but a little bit

518
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Speaker 1: more athletic, a lot better defensively, different type of offensive

519
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Speaker 1: player in Alex Crusoe, and we're gonna talk about Alex

520
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Speaker 1: and his fit on offense here in a minute. But

521
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Speaker 1: first thing that stood out to me is a lot

522
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Speaker 1: less heliocentric and a lot more equal opportunity in their

523
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Speaker 1: approach to offense. They were just it wasn't like Shaye

524
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Speaker 1: determining every single possession dribble in the air out of

525
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Speaker 1: the basketball's side to side, quick decisions, guys, everybody, everybody

526
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Speaker 1: getting a chance to do something with the basketball in

527
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Speaker 1: their hands. The easiest way to kind of statistically represent

528
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Speaker 1: this Shay so far, his usage rate is that twenty

529
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Speaker 1: four point four percent in preseason right last year in

530
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Speaker 1: the regular season, it was thirty two percent. Now, do

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Speaker 1: I expect Shay's usage rate to drop twenty four No,

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Speaker 1: I would imagine it'll be somewhere around like twenty nine

533
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Speaker 1: or thirty. But if you cut it from thirty two

534
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Speaker 1: down to twenty nine or thirty, that will help Shay

535
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Speaker 1: be more efficient. It will help him pick a spots more,

536
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Speaker 1: which will help with fatigue over the course of the season,

537
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Speaker 1: and it makes their offense harder to guard because it's

538
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 1: more impredictable, not to unpredictable. Not to mention the younger players, guys,

539
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Speaker 1: like chet guys like Jalen, they get more on ball reps,

540
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Speaker 1: which helps them get better in the long run as

541
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Speaker 1: they learn from their mistakes. They're still missing some kickout reads.

542
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Speaker 1: Remember that was the thing in Dallas. There's a simple

543
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Speaker 1: example like Jalen Williams driving into the paint trying this

544
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Speaker 1: like crazy up and under through three bodies when Aaron

545
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Speaker 1: Wagins is like wide open in the right corner, and

546
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Speaker 1: so like there's again, I think the idealized version of

547
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Speaker 1: this team is like the Boston Celtics. We talked about

548
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Speaker 1: it earlier, the shot value thing, and I kind of

549
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Speaker 1: put rim attempts as like all one thing. But there's

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Speaker 1: two different kinds of rim attempts too, right, Like there's

551
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Speaker 1: high quality rim attempts and there's bad rim attempts. Right,

552
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Speaker 1: Ideally we want high quality room attempts, high quality threes,

553
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 1: then low quality rim attempts, right, So like we want

554
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 1: to hunt a wide open catch and shoot three is

555
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 1: going to be a higher quality shot than trying a

556
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Speaker 1: shot around four bodies in the paint, right, So like

557
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Speaker 1: there's a little bit of stuff like that they have

558
00:26:15,640 --> 00:26:19,399
Speaker 1: to work out again, what made Boston come together wasn't

559
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Speaker 1: just jacking up a bunch of threes. It was putting

560
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Speaker 1: up good threes and good shots at the rim. That's

561
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Speaker 1: the key for Oklahoma City to reach their ceiling. It's

562
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Speaker 1: just kind of tapping a little bit more into that

563
00:26:29,040 --> 00:26:31,520
Speaker 1: driving kick stuff. But they're getting the ball side to side,

564
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Speaker 1: everyone's touching. It looks pretty on offense right now. On defense,

565
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Speaker 1: a lot of really smart switching and positioning. Again, like

566
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Speaker 1: with Jalen Williams and Lou Dort and Alice Cruso out there,

567
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Speaker 1: you could switch just about everything Shay can switch to.

568
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Speaker 1: You had a really nice defensive possession. I think on

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Speaker 1: Jabari Smith on an island where he tried to post

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Speaker 1: him up and he ended up just meeting him at

571
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Speaker 1: the summit and blocking and clean. Shehadkin Garden switches too.

572
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Speaker 1: So there's a lot of different stuff that can do there,

573
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Speaker 1: but a lot of like really smart positioning stuff right.

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Speaker 1: So like for instance, especially when Hartenstein was on the four,

575
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Speaker 1: they have Chet in lowmanhelp, which is where you want him, right.

576
00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:07,880
Speaker 1: He's your best vertical athlete and probably your best player

577
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,639
Speaker 1: at like covering ground with his overall length, right, And

578
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 1: so he's a guy that can be in two places

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Speaker 1: at once. He can help at the rim but also

580
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: take a shooter away in the corner. But one of

581
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Speaker 1: the little things you'll see is like as the ball

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Speaker 1: and player movement's happening for Houston, they do a really

583
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Speaker 1: good job of like switching off ball to make sure

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Speaker 1: Chet is in that lowman spot. I have a very

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Speaker 1: specific example of this that I'll show you guys when

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Speaker 1: we get into our film session. But these are just

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Speaker 1: little details. And Alex Cruso is just such a smart

588
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,800
Speaker 1: defensive player and he's so keyed in on the game plan.

589
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Speaker 1: It's just it's fun watching him where it's like, okay,

590
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 1: he realizes that he's in the lowman position and chets

591
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Speaker 1: up on the wing. He's the one that grabs Chet,

592
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,840
Speaker 1: pushes him back down and gets that defense set on

593
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Speaker 1: the weak side. Or there was a play where he

594
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Speaker 1: ended up getting switched onto Alprin Shangoun. Alprin Shangun is

595
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: not really much of a jump shooting threat. As soon

596
00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 1: as he switches on to Shangun, he just SAgs all

597
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Speaker 1: the way off because Shangoon went to the left wing,

598
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: and he just sits there and helps on the ball

599
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,400
Speaker 1: and just makes that player give up the basketball. He's

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00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: so keyed in on the game plan. He's so keyed

601
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,959
Speaker 1: in all the time on what he's supposed to do

602
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:12,000
Speaker 1: on the offensive end of the floor. Again, he missed

603
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,919
Speaker 1: a couple threes in the first half, but it's like

604
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: he does so much more off the ball that makes

605
00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,840
Speaker 1: him a connective piece and a plus offensive player in

606
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Speaker 1: a way that Josh Giddy isn't quite as good at that.

607
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 1: Cruso can maintain himself as a threat offensively tons of

608
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Speaker 1: screening off the ball. If you watch, Alex is always

609
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,679
Speaker 1: setting off ball screens to try to free up his

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00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,720
Speaker 1: teammates and then cutting. If this was something I noticed

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Speaker 1: with the Lakers, is such a natural fit with Lebron

612
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Speaker 1: James because of his feel for cutting, and it kind

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00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 1: of reminds me of the Celtics in the way that

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00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: he can kind of slip into that area in the

615
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:44,680
Speaker 1: dunker spot there, kind of like Derek White and Drew

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00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,640
Speaker 1: Holliday do and creates space as a guard that can

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00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 1: quickly finish in traffic underneath the rim. Because he's got

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Speaker 1: good size for the position. He's just such a natural

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Speaker 1: and easy fit. He's gonna make them so damn good,

620
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Speaker 1: Shaye was hunting more pull up threes. Last year's Shaye

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Speaker 1: he shot forty seven percent on pull up jump shots,

622
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Speaker 1: which is an extremely high percentage, but he got only

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Speaker 1: one point zero three points per shot, which is good

624
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Speaker 1: but not amazing because so many of them were long two's,

625
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,200
Speaker 1: and so supplementing that with just a few more threes

626
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: will help you get two easy pull up threes. In

627
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Speaker 1: the first half that looked smooth and easy for him.

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Speaker 1: You could tell he's been working on it all summer.

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Speaker 1: We talked about Hartenstein and how he puts Chet in

630
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Speaker 1: lowman position. Again. What that means is if Chet is

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Speaker 1: at center, he's defending ball screens most likely right. But

632
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Speaker 1: if you put Hartenstein at center, he's defending ball screens.

633
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Speaker 1: Now Chet is the guy that can operate as the

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Speaker 1: lowman off the ball. They ran some two man game

635
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:38,280
Speaker 1: for Isaiah Hartenstein and Chet, where like they'd have the

636
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,800
Speaker 1: ball up at the top of the key and Hartenstein

637
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 1: would just pin down for Chet and Chet would like

638
00:29:41,560 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 1: come over and like quickly look for a quick catch

639
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: right in front of the rim. They drew in a

640
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 1: third defender doing that, which got lou dort An easy

641
00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 1: close out opportunity. Hartenstein was operating as that five out

642
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,400
Speaker 1: passing fulkrim at the top of the key that I

643
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 1: talked about. He hit a guy for a backcut for

644
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: a layup. He was flowing action from side to side.

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Speaker 1: He had a catch into short row where he hit

646
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 1: a lefty floater in the lane. He just is once again,

647
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,600
Speaker 1: both Caruso and harden segn are just natural shoeing fits

648
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 1: on this team that are just going to make them

649
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: so much better. Not to mention hart and sign is

650
00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 1: just a legit backup center, which is something that they

651
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,400
Speaker 1: didn't have in years. Pass. I like jay Lynn Williams,

652
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,920
Speaker 1: but Hardenstein's a better player, is the reason why he

653
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Speaker 1: makes almost thirty million a year. Only concern for the

654
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: Thunder there's still as a team giving up an offensive

655
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: rebound on over thirty percent of their opponent's misses. Right now,

656
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 1: it is just preseason, but something to keep an eye

657
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: on because that was their biggest weakness last year and

658
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 1: something that we knew they needed to address coming into

659
00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: this offseason. A couple notes on the Rockets. Their defense

660
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 1: looks great. They're really athletic on the perimeter. They did

661
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 1: a great job contesting shots. They match up pretty well

662
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,080
Speaker 1: with some of these perimeter teams just because how many athletes.

663
00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 1: They have a lot of swarming and rotating. They were

664
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Speaker 1: digging down on lobs, digging down on pocket passes, and

665
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,320
Speaker 1: just kind of making those catches and finishes really difficult

666
00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,160
Speaker 1: around the basket. They held Oklahoma City's half court offense

667
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 1: to a one h two offensive rating in the first half,

668
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,600
Speaker 1: which is really good against a team like Oka See

669
00:30:56,600 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 1: that has so much offensive talent. But Houston's offense was

670
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 1: really really ugly. I want to credit okay See. They're

671
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:04,720
Speaker 1: going to be one of the best defensive teams in

672
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: the league this year. But there's a specific problem that's

673
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 1: rising to the surface, which is the Rockets can't shoot.

674
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,360
Speaker 1: They were a bottom ten jump shooting team last year.

675
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 1: They just have a lot of mediocre shooters who are

676
00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 1: struggling to hit shots. The stat from the stat of

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Speaker 1: the night, basically from last night. In the first half

678
00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 1: when the starters were still playing, the Thunders scored six

679
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 1: more points on jump shots than Houston despite taking six

680
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,240
Speaker 1: fewer attempts. Houston got just zero point seven to eight

681
00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 1: points per jump shot in the first half. Guys like

682
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: Jabari Smith Junior and Jalen Green just haven't developed into

683
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 1: reliable shooters yet. Dylan Brooks is a guy that teams

684
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: are comfortable helping off and rotating. I talked about Shangun

685
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: and the Cruso possession. It's clearly in the game plan.

686
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: If you have Shangun on the perimeter, don't worry about

687
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:49,240
Speaker 1: him shooting. You can help into the lane. Amen Thompson

688
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: is the guy teams are going to completely ignore. Jalen

689
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:55,080
Speaker 1: Green in particular, the thunder were running a very deep

690
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,200
Speaker 1: drop coverage against him, so he was able to come

691
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,720
Speaker 1: off of those ball screens free and clear to take

692
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 1: pull threes, but they're just not concerned about him making them.

693
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,959
Speaker 1: He made one of them in the first half, but like,

694
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Speaker 1: it's just it's not an issue that teams are gonna

695
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Speaker 1: be worried about over the course of the large sample

696
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:12,920
Speaker 1: right now. Hopefully Read Shepherd will help with that issue,

697
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 1: but it's something to keep an eye on. This team

698
00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 1: can't shoot and a lot of teams are gonna pack

699
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,440
Speaker 1: the pain against them and it's gonna make life harder

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00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 1: for them on the offensive end of the floor. Last

701
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 1: note on the on the rockets read Shepperd looked good again.

702
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: I only watched the first half, but he had a

703
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 1: couple of nice pull up twos out of action, like

704
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 1: little mid range shots around the elbow. Had this beautiful

705
00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: skip pass to Jeff Green where he ran a ball screen,

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00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:35,800
Speaker 1: dumped it back to Shangun, came off of the screen again,

707
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 1: and then while backpedaling into like a one leg kind

708
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: of fade, he rifled a two hand over the top

709
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 1: pass that beat the low man help and hit Jeff

710
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: Green wide open in the right corner. He ended up

711
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,400
Speaker 1: missing the shop, but it's just a really high level read.

712
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 1: On defense, you could tell he struggles a little bit

713
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 1: with size. There was a play where Jalen Williams just

714
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: went like right through him to the basket with like

715
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: almost no resistance. He ended up getting and one. But

716
00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: you can tell he's gonna be a good option against guards.

717
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:01,240
Speaker 1: He can press the ball, he's good at attacking the

718
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 1: dribble pocket. But most importantly, reach effort brings shooting and

719
00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: that's something that this team desperately needs. And again, like

720
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Speaker 1: just putting him on the floor compared to some of

721
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Speaker 1: the other shooters that they have in the lineup just

722
00:33:12,440 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: dramatically changes they're facing. All right, let's get into timp's tape.

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Speaker 1: So our first clip, we have an example of weak

724
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Speaker 1: side screening with Max Christie. So we have our a

725
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:42,120
Speaker 1: little kind of like off ball screening action to get

726
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 1: Ruey a catch, but he flows through because it's not open.

727
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: So now we're flowing to the opposite side. Right, we

728
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: have Max Christy and Rui. Here, Jannis is running through,

729
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: but as Lebron and Ad run their two man game,

730
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: Yannis ends up taking the lowman help position right, So

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00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 1: this puts Dame in a two on one on this

732
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:02,280
Speaker 1: side the floor. Max is going to set a really

733
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 1: good screen on Dame, and by the way, I am

734
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 1: fully aware the screen is illegal. We'll get to that

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00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: in a minute. Max Christie sets an illegal screen on Dame,

736
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 1: basically throws a block, generates this wide open catch for Ruie.

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00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,080
Speaker 1: Once again, really nice off ball screen for Max. Dame

738
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,000
Speaker 1: then rotates and it ends up getting a wide open

739
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 1: shot for Max on the right wing. So like good

740
00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,640
Speaker 1: action that drags. One of the things that I notice

741
00:34:26,640 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 1: here too, it's like, as Ruy is cutting through, he

742
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 1: goes through, but Yannis ends up lingering in help. So

743
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 1: that cut through ends up creating space on this weak side. Now,

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00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: as far as the illegal screen goes, this is something

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00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,839
Speaker 1: that I feel very strongly about. Everyone acts as though

746
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,800
Speaker 1: the rules are very cut and dry, and they're not.

747
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 1: The rules are the rules, but they are officiated in

748
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 1: a way that is imperfect. Right hand checking, for instance,

749
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: technically illegal. Watch any NBA basketball game. I don't care

750
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 1: if it's preseason, the regular season, the summer league, or

751
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,879
Speaker 1: the playoffs. There will be guys that are hand checking

752
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: all the time. It just goes on called, right, And

753
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: one of the things like I'm a big believer, like

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00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 1: I'd rather pick up two or three or four or

755
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,879
Speaker 1: five even hand check fouls over the course of the game,

756
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 1: but be really physical at the point of attack and

757
00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: do a really good job defensively. Then to never pick

758
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,600
Speaker 1: up a hand checking penalty and give up straight line

759
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 1: drives all damn game loan, Right, same thing goes for

760
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,879
Speaker 1: my screening, Right, I would rather get called for two, three,

761
00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:26,759
Speaker 1: four illegal screens a game, but I get a bunch

762
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,439
Speaker 1: of open shots because guys are playing super physical off

763
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,279
Speaker 1: the ball to get dudes open. Then to never get

764
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 1: called for an illegal screen, but nobody gets open. And

765
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,919
Speaker 1: that's the thing. This is right in front of the ref.

766
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 1: Look at fifty four. He's got ringside seats to the

767
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 1: left guard pulling on a on a run play here

768
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 1: and it doesn't get called. That's right in front of

769
00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:53,440
Speaker 1: the ref. So like again it's gamesmanshit understand that like

770
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:56,280
Speaker 1: these are little like I want to be a physical,

771
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: ass kicking basketball team that gets some fouls called, but

772
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: that I'm better on both ends of the floor as

773
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 1: a result. Again, it's a fine line. You want to

774
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 1: foul shooters, you want you want to get in them

775
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 1: penalty too fast. There's a lot of like, there's a

776
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 1: fine line. But I'm a big believer in operate a

777
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 1: little bit in that gray area and you'll be better

778
00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: off as a basketball team. Really good possession of ball

779
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:19,280
Speaker 1: pressure from Gary Trent Junior on D'Angelo Russell. Again, Remember,

780
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 1: as I talked about, GTJ is not necessarily a very

781
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,880
Speaker 1: good defensive player in terms of his reputation over the

782
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:26,799
Speaker 1: last few years, but what he is is a good

783
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:30,719
Speaker 1: ball pressure guard. Watch how he just gets his left arm,

784
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,160
Speaker 1: stays attached to d Lo through the whole drive, gets

785
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 1: over the top of the screen. Good navigation. Notice that

786
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 1: left hand staying attached, staying attached, and he ends up

787
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: actually forcing a turnover on de Lo because he's got

788
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: that arm in that shooting pocket and reaches in and

789
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:46,040
Speaker 1: takes it out again. If you'll get Gary Trent will

790
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: get called for some on ball fouls this year, but

791
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 1: I'd rather haven't get called for some on ball fouls.

792
00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: But their on ball pressure is better throughout the game

793
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: because that don't read benefits in the In the large sample,

794
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: here's an example of Max Christy kind of making a

795
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: decision and a ball situation, so again they run a little.

796
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,960
Speaker 1: This is again it's a wedge screen into a pick

797
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,959
Speaker 1: and roll. This is really common action you'll see around

798
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 1: the NBA. Basically, Gabe is setting this wedge screen for Ad.

799
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 1: Ad is going to flow into the ball screen. The

800
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: general ideas you get separation between Ad and Brooke. Then

801
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:21,319
Speaker 1: when he sets this screen, it'll be easier for Max

802
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 1: to get downhill. That's the general idea. But Brooke gets

803
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 1: through it kind of easy. Now we're head to get

804
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,360
Speaker 1: to this ball screen. Right, it's cleared side. We have

805
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: Gabe spacing, we have Dalton spacing. Watch Jackson. Jackson in

806
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 1: the dunker spot is going to set a backpick on

807
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 1: Pat Conatton gets into position. There's our backscreen. Max is

808
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: going into basically five bodies in the paint. Dalton connect

809
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 1: is one of the best shooters on the team, is

810
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: wide open, and Max is going to once again that's three,

811
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: that's the ree, but he's going to force a floater

812
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 1: over all these bodies and miss. These are those like

813
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 1: kind of decisions that it's like Max needs reps to

814
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 1: kind of figure out how to do this better. But

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00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: I'm not sure that this season and is the best

816
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: opportunity for him to get those reps. Really good defensive

817
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: possession with Max on Dame. Just watch the screen navigation.

818
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 1: They're far enough away from the basket, like this is

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00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: a decision. Typically you want to chase Dame, right, but

820
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: now we're like a legit thirty thirty two feet away

821
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:17,320
Speaker 1: from the basket. So Max goes under the first pick,

822
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 1: meets him on the other side, absorbs the contact, gets

823
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: a great contest, forces a miss on Dame. Really really,

824
00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: it's crazy to even just watch a good point of

825
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,400
Speaker 1: attack defender playing for the Lakers, because it just was

826
00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,080
Speaker 1: not in the rotation at the tail end of the year.

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00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:35,280
Speaker 1: Last year. One more example a really good defense from Max.

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Speaker 1: Here's an example of him getting caught into a switch

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00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,000
Speaker 1: because of a good screen right. So two man game,

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00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:42,799
Speaker 1: you can see it setting up a lot of as

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Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier, a lot more dribble handoff stuff with

832
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:50,000
Speaker 1: the bucks. In this game, dribble handoff runs into the screen.

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00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: Now we got a switch, right, So Ruy does a

834
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 1: good job cutting off that initial drive and forces Dame

835
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 1: to pull the ball out. So now the natural next

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00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: kind of read is Giannis is being guarded by Max. Christie,

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Speaker 1: we want to go attack this in the post, right,

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00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 1: So Dame dribbles it out. Giannis tries to post, but

839
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: he's got that leg in front. Now watch Max battle

840
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,799
Speaker 1: to get back in front of Giannis. Watched his left

841
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,839
Speaker 1: leg swoops around, gets that left foot in front. Now

842
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 1: he's got that front position and as a result, Ad

843
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,719
Speaker 1: can now split the difference between Brooke and Giannis and

844
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,919
Speaker 1: make it so that the only passing read for Dame

845
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 1: is to throw this over the top. And if he

846
00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 1: throws it over the top, Ad is gonna get it.

847
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 1: But if he throws a skip pass, AD's also in

848
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 1: position to close out. So Max doing a good job

849
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: fronting the post, shuts down the counter to this switch.

850
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: Really nice defense for Max. You can see like he

851
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: wants to throw it, but he just can't. It's just

852
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,360
Speaker 1: not open with ad bracketing on that week side. I

853
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 1: don't even remember what happens at the end of this possession.

854
00:39:50,239 --> 00:39:53,759
Speaker 1: Looks like a little contested midi from Gary Trent. So

855
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 1: good defense from Max in this game. All right, let's

856
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,439
Speaker 1: talk about that Milwaukee Bucks action that I was talking

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Speaker 1: about in the beginning of today's show. So this is

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Speaker 1: the action they were spanning at the beginning of the game.

859
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Speaker 1: That kind of naturally sets up some cleared side action

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Speaker 1: for Giannis. Right, So all we're doing is it's a

861
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Speaker 1: dribble hand off with Dame Tatorium Prince out of the

862
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Speaker 1: right corner that's going to flow into a swing pass

863
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: to Brook Lopez. From there, Giannis is going to backscreen

864
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Speaker 1: for Taurian Prince. As you can see in this situation,

865
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Speaker 1: Rui has to kind of offer a little bit of help.

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Speaker 1: If Ruey doesn't and he stays glued up, Torrian's gonna

867
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Speaker 1: cut through and end up getting a layup, or Dlo

868
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Speaker 1: will have to help and Gary Trent will be open, right,

869
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Speaker 1: But this gives Yannis the ability to catch, and Rui's

870
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: not up on him yet, so Jannis can immediately look

871
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Speaker 1: to attack on the catch, gets downhill, gets in a lane,

872
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,319
Speaker 1: he just smokes the shot. And again, as we talked

873
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Speaker 1: about in the show, I think Giannis was one for

874
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Speaker 1: six and a half court just kind of struggled to

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Speaker 1: finish around the rim in this game. But that's not

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Speaker 1: something I expect to happen in the large sample. But

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Speaker 1: so that's like the kind of initial look, right, The

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Speaker 1: initial look is yanis looking to attack. There. Here's the

879
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:58,680
Speaker 1: exact same thing, exact same setup. Dame brings the ball

880
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 1: off the floor, dribble hand of a Torreum Prince swing

881
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Speaker 1: past the Lopez. Here's the screen. This time Torrian doesn't

882
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Speaker 1: cut quite as hard, so Jannis doesn't get as good

883
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Speaker 1: of a look. Ruy's right on him, right, But that's okay.

884
00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 1: Now we're flowing into the cleared side ball screen. See

885
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,279
Speaker 1: how that's kind of naturally set up as the read.

886
00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:20,839
Speaker 1: If it's not there for Giannis to attack, they can

887
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Speaker 1: flow into this cleared side action. Dame comes off the

888
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:27,080
Speaker 1: dho watch Ruy Ruey has to show boom two on

889
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 1: the ball. Now we have Yannis going downhill and he's

890
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 1: got a really easy read available. He makes the wrong

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00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,439
Speaker 1: read here. He should have just thrown the skip past

892
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:36,879
Speaker 1: the trum Prince. It's a wide open three every single time.

893
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 1: Instead he tries to force it to Brook Lopez and

894
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:41,279
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis gets a piece of it, knocks it out

895
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Speaker 1: of bounds. But again, look at how easy that is though.

896
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Speaker 1: Run the action Giannis catches. We flow into the dhow

897
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Speaker 1: with Dame. One of the beautiful things about dribble handoffs

898
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Speaker 1: instead of on ball screens too, is he doesn't have

899
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,680
Speaker 1: to mess around with ball pressure. He just sprints to

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00:41:56,719 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 1: the basketball. It's a great counter for ball pressure. All right,

901
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Speaker 1: let's move on to the Oklahoma City Thunder example of

902
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 1: Caruso's activity off the ball. Okay, so we have Jalen

903
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 1: Williams running a two man game with chat Holmgren comes

904
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:13,200
Speaker 1: off the ball screen. Watch Alex Crusoe. Instead of just standing,

905
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 1: he's going to be like, I need to do something

906
00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:16,319
Speaker 1: to be active off the ball. He's gonna set a screen.

907
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 1: Look at him screening to try to create an opening

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Speaker 1: for lou Dort. But then also he's going to slip

909
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,240
Speaker 1: into the dunker spot here. Watch just kind of creates

910
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,319
Speaker 1: an availability for himself, seals Jalen Green to make sure

911
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 1: Jalen Green can't get in there. And he's big and

912
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: strong enough to finish in traffic around bigger players around

913
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Speaker 1: the rim. Again, that's a lot of the of the

914
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Speaker 1: stuff that you see Boston do with their guards. Alex Crusoe.

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00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,919
Speaker 1: It doesn't have the reputation as like a knockdown three

916
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Speaker 1: point shooter, but he is a successful off ball offensive

917
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Speaker 1: player because because of his activity. Here's some good side

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Speaker 1: to side action for the Thunder. We get like a

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00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 1: little brush screen with Crusoe. We're flowing into Chet. Chet's

920
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,600
Speaker 1: flowing into this action with Shay Shays coming off the ball,

921
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Speaker 1: We're back to Chet. Now we're coming back to Jalen Williams.

922
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Speaker 1: Jalen william gets a wide open catch and shoot three.

923
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,000
Speaker 1: So really good action. But let's watch a couple of

924
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:09,880
Speaker 1: specific things. Watch as Jalen Williams cuts through, Dylan Brooks

925
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:12,560
Speaker 1: follows him at first, but then Dylan Brooks gets sucked

926
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Speaker 1: into help in this three man action. Right, watch Crusoe too.

927
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Speaker 1: Watch Crusoe as this is taking place. Crusoe is going

928
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:23,239
Speaker 1: to set a screen here on Jalen Green, just making

929
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 1: making sure he's got a little bit of contact, and

930
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: that gets this separation for Jalen Williams coming off. So

931
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 1: again off ball activity from Cruso. The side to side

932
00:43:33,239 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 1: action pulls Dylan Brooks into help. It's just really hard

933
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,400
Speaker 1: to track man and ball when everyone's moving around. As

934
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: a result, Jalen Williams gets wide open. Here's an example

935
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Speaker 1: of those defensive principles I was talking about. So the

936
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Speaker 1: first thing we're gonna see here, as we set up

937
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 1: into our ball screen, clear out all right, seven on

938
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:53,920
Speaker 1: the shot clock. Watch how this develops. So first of all,

939
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 1: as we see when Hartensteign is on the floor, Chet

940
00:43:57,719 --> 00:44:00,280
Speaker 1: doesn't have to guard ball screens because hard and signs

941
00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 1: guarding the ball screen. This allows Chet to be in help.

942
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Speaker 1: These are the kinds of smart things that the thunderdo. Though.

943
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: Watch Caruso. He sees this play developing. We have a

944
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:13,680
Speaker 1: two man game. We have two guys spacing here read

945
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:16,279
Speaker 1: Shepard is spacing above the break. So you can't bring

946
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,319
Speaker 1: low man help from the left side. The low man

947
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:22,880
Speaker 1: help has to come from Cruso right, So Caruso is

948
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Speaker 1: going to be like, I shouldn't be the low man.

949
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 1: Chet should be. Look at him. Point He points at

950
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,920
Speaker 1: Chet and he switches spots with him, pushes him down.

951
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:31,760
Speaker 1: Get down, get down. I need you to be the lowman.

952
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:36,319
Speaker 1: Now Hartenstein can come up to the level not have

953
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:40,359
Speaker 1: to worry about Jack Landale getting behind him again. Most

954
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,120
Speaker 1: pick and roll coverages that want to guard two on

955
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,880
Speaker 1: two don't want to let the roller get behind. But

956
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,040
Speaker 1: when you have an athlete like Chet, look at how

957
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 1: Chet can be in two places at once. Throw it

958
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 1: to Landale, I dare you, Chet's right there. Skip it

959
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:58,560
Speaker 1: to Cam Whitmore, Chet's gonna close out. He is probably

960
00:44:58,600 --> 00:45:00,720
Speaker 1: the best player on the team in term of overall

961
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: ground coverage, combination of mobility and length right. So if

962
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 1: you put him in a position where you need him

963
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 1: to be in two places at once, it allows Hartenstein

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00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,680
Speaker 1: to do a simple job. Attack the basketball right. As

965
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:15,600
Speaker 1: soon as the guard doesn't turn the corner, then he

966
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 1: can drive. But that will stop guards from turning the

967
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 1: corner on this team, and the passing reads that are available,

968
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:24,040
Speaker 1: Chet can cover both of them. Now hard Siege ends

969
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: up committing a foul on this play on a little

970
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 1: driving move from Jalen Green, but he appears to think

971
00:45:29,880 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: that he got all ball to which I didn't see replay.

972
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:34,440
Speaker 1: But the point is more focusing on those principles, the

973
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:36,919
Speaker 1: pre switch from Crusoe off the ball to keep Chet

974
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,400
Speaker 1: and low Man help, and just how devastating Check can

975
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: be in low man position. We have four more. This

976
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:47,000
Speaker 1: is that off ball action with Hartenstein and Chat. So

977
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,319
Speaker 1: you can't see it because of the way that the

978
00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: screen is setting up, but Chet's kind of down in

979
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: the dunker spot. Hartenstein's around the free throw line. He's

980
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:54,919
Speaker 1: gonna pin down for Chet. You can see it now,

981
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 1: So he goes to pin down for Chet. Cam Whitmore

982
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,040
Speaker 1: is trying to chase Chet over the top of this action. Okay,

983
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:05,080
Speaker 1: as he chases Chet over the action that forces jack

984
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,239
Speaker 1: Landale to show As jack Landale shows that forces I

985
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,960
Speaker 1: believe that's Jalen Green. I can't tell in this exact situation. Yeah,

986
00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:15,960
Speaker 1: that forces Jalen Green to step over and tag Hartenstein.

987
00:46:16,080 --> 00:46:18,080
Speaker 1: Right If he doesn't do that, Chet's just throwing a

988
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,480
Speaker 1: little floating past and Hartenstein's getting a finish. This generates

989
00:46:21,480 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 1: a close out opportunity for Lou Dord on the weak side.

990
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,160
Speaker 1: Here's our closeout just looks at the rim and that

991
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,360
Speaker 1: gives him the ability to beat Jalen Green off. The

992
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 1: dribble gets downhill known as to Hartenstein's. I was talking

993
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:36,799
Speaker 1: about this in the other game, the one where check

994
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:40,720
Speaker 1: out the dunk when the guards didn't play but Chet

995
00:46:40,719 --> 00:46:43,239
Speaker 1: and Isaiah did. Isaiah's just really good at these like

996
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:45,000
Speaker 1: seals in the lane to keep big guys away from

997
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:48,160
Speaker 1: the rim. That puts Cam Whitmore as the helper. Lou's

998
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:51,439
Speaker 1: able to pretty easily finish around him with a little

999
00:46:51,480 --> 00:46:54,359
Speaker 1: up and undermove. Here's that beautiful skip pass from Reed

1000
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,360
Speaker 1: Shepherd to Jeff Green. So he's gonna start with the

1001
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,799
Speaker 1: ball scream and again this is the beauty of like rescreening, right.

1002
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 1: So the first screen, Keason Walls guards it really well,

1003
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,400
Speaker 1: but then he throws the pass back and gets the

1004
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,200
Speaker 1: dribble handoff. This time he gets a little bit more

1005
00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 1: separation that pulls Hartenstein up. Because Hartenstein comes up, that

1006
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 1: pulls Jalen Williams over and help. Look at this beautiful

1007
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:20,360
Speaker 1: one legged fade away two handed skip pass that's on

1008
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: a rope that hits Jeff Green right in the shooting

1009
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,919
Speaker 1: pocket ready to shoot, gets a really good look, really

1010
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 1: nice passing read from Reed Shepherd by two more quick ones,

1011
00:47:30,680 --> 00:47:32,240
Speaker 1: then we'll be out of here. I talked about Isaiah

1012
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: Hartenstein is kind of like a five out fulcrum. Here's

1013
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:38,440
Speaker 1: a great example Isaiah's going. These are the kinds of

1014
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:41,520
Speaker 1: decisions you're making as a passing fulcrum. Everyone's cutting and

1015
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 1: screening around him. He's got to find the openings. Oh,

1016
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 1: slip the screen there it is, boom, easy layoup. Hardenstein's

1017
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: really good at making those reads. And then if you

1018
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:55,000
Speaker 1: leave him open on the roll, flows to the side,

1019
00:47:55,080 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 1: hand off to Crusoe, ball screen, flowing back shay two

1020
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:03,680
Speaker 1: man game, pocket pass, patented lefty floater that he's gonna

1021
00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,359
Speaker 1: make a great percentage of the time. Such a nice

1022
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:08,440
Speaker 1: pickup for the Thunder. He's gonna make them so much better.

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00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:12,000
Speaker 1: All right, guess that's all I have for today. As always,

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00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,920
Speaker 1: I sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me and for

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Speaker 1: supporting the show. I hope you guys have a great weekend.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back on Monday with more preseason reaction. I

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Speaker 1: will see you guys. Then the volume what's up guys.

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Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting

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Speaker 1: OOPS tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us

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Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a

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Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys

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Speaker 1: supporting us, but if you could take a minute to

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Speaker 1: do that, I'd really appreciate it.