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Speaker 1: If you're not averaging twenty four points on sixty two

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty two Wiggins in terms of some of his

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Speaker 1: scoring pop off the bounce. He had two blocks, including

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Speaker 1: a big one on Clickapella and a help side defense

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Speaker 1: possession and a ball screen where he blocked the shot,

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Speaker 1: hit it so hard that it kind of like sprung

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Speaker 1: a transition possession, sprinted the floor and ended up getting

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Speaker 1: a bucket. Like just a really dominant athletic game for him.

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Speaker 1: It was his fourth twenty plus point game of the season.

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Speaker 1: He's averaging sixteen points per game on fifty eight percent

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Speaker 1: true shooting. Fifty eight percent true shooting is Wiggins's highest

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Speaker 1: true shooting percentage since he joined the Golden State Warriors.

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Speaker 1: He looks great, and that's the exciting part. Like I mean,

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Speaker 1: when we talk about trades and stuff with the Warriors,

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Speaker 1: I don't think you can give up Wiggins in a

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Speaker 1: deal unless you're getting back a player at his position

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Speaker 1: that is a substantial upgrade, because what he does is

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Speaker 1: so valuable for this team as their primary point of

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Speaker 1: attack defender, as their main athletics score at this point,

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Speaker 1: in the same way that like Jonathan Kmica kind kind

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Speaker 1: of was that for Steph last year. It's looked like

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Speaker 1: Wiggins this year is like the more reliable athletics score

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Speaker 1: at the forward position and a lot of that inverted

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Speaker 1: stuff that we talked about with him and Steph that

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Speaker 1: works so well. Shooting the three well again, Like remember

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Speaker 1: it was just that twenty twenty season. Twenty twenty two season,

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Speaker 1: he was like just under forty percent on pretty decent volume.

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Speaker 1: Pretty close to that again this year. And so Wiggins

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Speaker 1: is not quite at the level he was in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty two, but he's close, and he's been kind of

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Speaker 1: trending upwards in the last week or so. And so

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Speaker 1: with that being the case, I don't think you could

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Speaker 1: even consider trading Wiggins unless like if you're getting like

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Speaker 1: if it's like Miami and they're like, we'll give you

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, but we have to get Andrew Wiggins back,

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Speaker 1: and like you have an opportunity to turn him into

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler.

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Speaker 2: Like that's one thing.

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Speaker 1: But if it's like a mediocre kind of replacement level

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Speaker 1: star at a different position and you give up Wigans,

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Speaker 1: I think you're making a big mistake. He just brings

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Speaker 1: too much to the table in terms of functional athleticism

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Speaker 1: on the wing for this team. Another big one in

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Speaker 1: this game for me was Steph's kick ahead passing. A

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Speaker 1: lot of those transition dunks and transition runouts for guys

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Speaker 1: like Wigans and other guys with the Warriors started with

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Speaker 1: Steph just throwing great kick ahead passes. We talked about

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Speaker 1: this a little bit earlier with Tyres Halliburton, but again,

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Speaker 1: transition is a far more efficient brand of offense and

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Speaker 1: half court offense. That's why you have to hunt transition

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Speaker 1: opportunities whenever you can. On a real basic level. Just

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Speaker 1: imagine a roughly twenty percent ish increase in your average

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Speaker 1: efficiency when you run the floor versus when you play

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Speaker 1: in the half court. Okay, but in order to have

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Speaker 1: success in transition in terms of your actual efficiency, guy's

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Speaker 1: got to run their lanes, and then every time someone

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Speaker 1: botches something in transition defense, you got to throw those

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Speaker 1: kickhead passes. So just imagine defensive rebound, everyone's running, someone's

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Speaker 1: running the left wing, someone's running the right wing, someone's

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Speaker 1: running down the middle. There's two players trailing to play right.

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Speaker 1: In your transition defense, there's the two guards that are

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Speaker 1: up at the top of the key that are usually

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Speaker 1: getting back, usually one stopping the ball, one's going to

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Speaker 1: the rim until the other guys get back. But a

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Speaker 1: lot of times you'll see like three on twos where

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Speaker 1: someone's back at the rim and someone's back above the

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Speaker 1: brake but no one's or like someone's back about the break,

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Speaker 1: but there's only one guy there, and there's two guys

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Speaker 1: running lanes. And so if one guy's running down the

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Speaker 1: middle and the guy at the rims kind of waiting

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Speaker 1: for him, and then another guy's running up the left

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Speaker 1: wing and the second transition defender stops him, but there's

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Speaker 1: a person running up the right wing, you throw that

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Speaker 1: ball to him, and if it's Andrew Wiggins and he

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Speaker 1: catches with the head of steam, he's just gonna catch

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Speaker 1: and rack and go right to the rim, and he's

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Speaker 1: gonna have a pretty good chance of finishing in a

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Speaker 1: situation like that. And then in the situations where the

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Speaker 1: defense does their job, that's when the trailers get open.

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Speaker 1: Right throw that kick ahead pass that dude rips and

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Speaker 1: drives to the rim. The rim protector steps up, another

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Speaker 1: guy drops down to the rim to help the guy

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Speaker 1: that the rim protector helped off of swing swing. Now

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry is catching the ball at the top of

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Speaker 1: the key with an opportunity to attack a closeout right Like,

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Speaker 1: that's where you can get into your advantage basketball and

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Speaker 1: into your driving kick without having to run a set,

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Speaker 1: just by making those kickhead passes when they're there, when

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Speaker 1: they're available. Just that first half in particular, Steph had

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Speaker 1: like a half dozen awesome transition kickhead passes that ignited

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Speaker 1: things for the Warriors offense. Another big win for them,

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Speaker 1: another blowout win for them, continuing that trajectory that I

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Speaker 1: expected from the Warriors after I saw them in the

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Speaker 1: early part of the season, in the sense that their

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Speaker 1: defense into transition is such a reliably great night to

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Speaker 1: night thing that I think this team's going to win

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Speaker 1: a lot of regular season games, regardless of what their

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Speaker 1: playoff limitations might be or what the final form of

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Speaker 1: this roster would look like. D Anthony Melton we Hurd

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Speaker 1: is going to get an ACL repair, so he's out

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Speaker 1: for the rest of the year. So now your thirteen

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Speaker 1: man rotation kind of thirteen playable players kind of cuts

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Speaker 1: down to twelve. It's a little bit more precarious, but hey,

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Speaker 1: that's the value of having depth, right, and like Lindy

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Speaker 1: Waters again just as a guy that has been a

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Speaker 1: functional rotation piece for Golden.

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Speaker 2: State this year. Right.

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Speaker 1: But regardless of what the ultimate version of this team

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Speaker 1: can be, it is abundantly clear to me here through

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Speaker 1: the first, you know, fifth of the season or so,

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Speaker 1: that this team is going to win a lot of

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Speaker 1: regular season games on their base scheme, which is great defense,

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Speaker 1: running the floor in transition in all of the speed

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Speaker 1: that they have on the perimeter on the Atlanta Hawks front.

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Speaker 1: This lost drops in as a seven and nine. They're

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Speaker 1: now tied for the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference.

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Speaker 1: Trey Young isn't shooting the ball as well as you

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Speaker 1: would hope, but he's been the high level playmaker that

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Speaker 1: he's always been. He's averaging a career high twelve assist

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Speaker 1: per game. He's surrounded by athletes, which is a really

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Speaker 1: functional kind of like use of him in the sense

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Speaker 1: that he's got Dyson Daniel Zacharyrisaschet and Jalen Johnson. With Clincapelle,

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Speaker 1: he's got a clean ballscreen partner. He can also run

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Speaker 1: ball screens with Jalen Johnson, who's been good on the

555
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Speaker 1: roll again this year. But it's a lot of transition

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Speaker 1: passing because of all those athletes and then generating close

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Speaker 1: out opportunities for athletes and guys to kind of slash

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Speaker 1: into the lane in their driving kit game. So like

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Speaker 1: it's kind of similar to what we saw with the

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Speaker 1: Clippers in the sense that, like you just put a

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Speaker 1: bunch of athletes with a good shot creator and there's

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Speaker 1: a pretty high floor there, right, And like the Hawks

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Speaker 1: don't have the talent that the other teams in the

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Speaker 1: league have, but they're hovering around five hundred because of

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Speaker 1: that baseline scheme. We've got athletes, We've got Trey Young

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Speaker 1: that's going to give us a certain high floor.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: But I want to touch on all three of Dyson, Daniel,

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Speaker 1: Zachary Resache, and Jalen Johnson for a minute because they're

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Speaker 1: each fascinating players in their own right and they are

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Speaker 1: the guys that determine the future of the Atlanta Hawks

572
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Speaker 1: in the long run. Let's sart with Dyson Daniels. So

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Speaker 1: he comes over in the Dejonte Murray deal, right, and

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Speaker 1: he's having an insane defensive year. Fits the mold of

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Speaker 1: my favorite type of perimeter athlete, which is like that

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Speaker 1: instead of like the six eight six ' nine lanky

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Speaker 1: dude think like to McDaniels, I prefer the like six '

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Speaker 1: five to six seven, kind of like lower center of gravity, bulkier,

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Speaker 1: harder to dislodge. They tend to be a little quicker

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Speaker 1: laterally as well. Dyson Daniels fits right into that mold.

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Speaker 1: He's super active with his hands. He's very good at

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Speaker 1: attacking the pocket. This is a concept that I talk

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Speaker 1: about a lot on the show. Like really good shooters

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Speaker 1: they don't see your hand on a contest, like they're

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Speaker 1: just they've their entire lives, they've been making tough, contested

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Speaker 1: jump shots, right, But every jump shot starts the same way. Right,

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Speaker 1: if I'm going to shoot up here, at some point

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Speaker 1: in time, I'm going to have the ball down here.

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Speaker 1: And if I have the ball down here, I have

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Speaker 1: to expose it at some point. Even if I try

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Speaker 1: to gather out here, it's gonna mess up my rhythm,

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Speaker 1: or if I gather way out to the side, it

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Speaker 1: can mess up my rhythm. And yeah, the best shooters

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Speaker 1: in the world they have the ability to do that

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Speaker 1: sort of thing at a certain level. But those are

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Speaker 1: tougher shots for the most part in the ball is

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Speaker 1: going to be exposed at some point in time out

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Speaker 1: in front of the shooter. Dyson's really good at waiting

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Speaker 1: for that exposure and attacking the basketball. Deer and Fox

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Speaker 1: play they're down one with on that final transition push,

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Speaker 1: the Kings have an opportunity to win, and Dyson Daniel

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Speaker 1: steps over and help and and Dearn Fox, who's been

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Speaker 1: just lights out good as of late, exposes the ball

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Speaker 1: for just a fraction of a second as he rises

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Speaker 1: up for his left handed little pull up jumper on

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Speaker 1: the baseline, and Dyson reaches out and catches him right

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Speaker 1: when he has it in the gather zone, right in

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Speaker 1: front of him.

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Speaker 2: There.

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Speaker 1: It's in addition to just being really smart defense, because

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Speaker 1: it's just a better way to affect a pull up

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Speaker 1: shooter than going after the shot up top. It just

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Speaker 1: is like what something that Dyson's been riding. And it's

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Speaker 1: not just those types of deflections. He's active in ball

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Speaker 1: screens by getting high with his hands. He can pick

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Speaker 1: you clean when you're trying to dribble around him. He

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Speaker 1: can do all sorts of stuff with his hands. But

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Speaker 1: I think, I think that attacking the pocket is a

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Speaker 1: specific thing that a lot of really good defenders are

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Speaker 1: doing right now. He leads the NBA with three point

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Speaker 1: one steals per game. He had four games in a

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Speaker 1: row last week or so where he had at least

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Speaker 1: six steals, and again four games in a ruts and

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Speaker 1: saying he had a game in there he had seven steals.

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Speaker 1: He's the perfect type of athlete to have at the

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Speaker 1: two next to Trey Young. He's shown some playmaking chops too,

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Speaker 1: like simple driving kick reads. He's done well this year,

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Speaker 1: short role passing and some of the Trey Young, Dyson

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Speaker 1: Daniel's two man game where like in most cases they'll

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Speaker 1: just put two on Trey and Dison can kind of

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Speaker 1: slip into the open floor and make passes there.

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Speaker 2: All that kind of stuff. He's doing really well.

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Speaker 1: He's averaging three point one assists per game, which is

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Speaker 1: a career high for him. The issue is he's just

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Speaker 1: really struggling to shoot the ball. He's shooting twenty eight

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Speaker 1: percent on all jump shots, only twenty nine percent on

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Speaker 1: unguarded catch and shoot jump shots. He's also never in

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Speaker 1: his career hit more than sixty five percent of his

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Speaker 1: free throws. The release looks good, but I'm just a

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Speaker 1: little bit concerned with some of his touch stuff and

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Speaker 1: whether or not he'll be to be able to become

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Speaker 1: a good shooter in the long run. Moving on to

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Speaker 1: Jalen Johnson doing a ton of damage as an athlete

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Speaker 1: this year, a lot of stuff in transition, a lot

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Speaker 1: of stuff as a cutter and as a roller, doing

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Speaker 1: really well as a rebounder. Overall, he's averaging two point

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Speaker 1: six stocks per game, So like all the athleticism stuff

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Speaker 1: is poss just like you expect with Jalen Johnson. But

649
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Speaker 1: problem is he needs to be set up for basically

650
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Speaker 1: everything at this point. This is a crazy jump shooting

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Speaker 1: stat for Jalen Johnson. He's shooting eleven for twenty, so

652
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Speaker 1: over fifty percent on unguarded catch and shoot jump shots.

653
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Speaker 1: So when he's standing still and he has an opportunity

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Speaker 1: to load up into his shot, it's going in. But

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Speaker 1: he's shooting just twenty nine percent on all other types

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Speaker 1: of jump shots, so he's not hitting the shots that

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Speaker 1: are involved, like self creation or when he's contested and

658
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Speaker 1: someone can disrupt his rhythm. He's also well below a

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Speaker 1: point per possession on all self created sets. So like

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00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: ISO's pick and rolls and post ups. He clearly has

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Speaker 1: decent touch, as evident by how well he's shooting when

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00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: he's wide open. He's a pretty solid free throw shooter.

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Speaker 1: He just needs to add a bunch more offensive polish

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Speaker 1: if he's going to become a more reliable secondary option

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Speaker 1: for the Hawks, which we'll talk about in the big

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Speaker 1: picture here In a second Zacharysachet, he's also shooting the

667
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Speaker 1: ball very poorly, shooting just twenty six percent on all

668
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Speaker 1: jump shots in only thirty three percent when he's unguarded.

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Speaker 1: I do like his release. He looks compt when he's

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00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 1: shooting the ball. When he's in a tight close out situation,

671
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 1: he'll take a shorter dip or shorter gather and get

672
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,760
Speaker 1: rid of the ball quicker in a way that looks smooth.

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00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: He's just not making him yet. And last year overseas

674
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: he was one point one to two points per catch

675
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: and shoot jump shots, so I do think that that'll

676
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Speaker 1: prove in the long run. The exciting part is he's

677
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 1: showing some flashes as a high level closeout attacker. So

678
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 1: he's only getting zero point eight nine points per spot

679
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:23,800
Speaker 1: at possession so far to start this year, which is

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Speaker 1: actually kind of in line with where he was last

681
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Speaker 1: year overseas, but most of that has been his jump

682
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 1: shooting that has been an issue. He's shown some flashes

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Speaker 1: as a high level closeout attacker. He's got a lot

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00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:35,960
Speaker 1: of like pivot foot stuff, like the Jokic thing, where

685
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 1: like he'll drive and then spin but then immediately spin

686
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Speaker 1: back around and go back the same way he was

687
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Speaker 1: originally going. He's got a really nice left handed finish,

688
00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:47,240
Speaker 1: sometimes like floater, sometimes more like a hook, but he

689
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 1: can get to that left hand in the lane and

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00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: hit like tough shots in that mid range. If he

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Speaker 1: can add the jumper to the level that it needs

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Speaker 1: to get, I think he could become a really effective

693
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Speaker 1: off ball score because of some of his footwork and

694
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 1: finishing ability in the short to mid range. He's also

695
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: shown a lot of that good off ball defense that

696
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: made him an exciting prospect coming into the draft last year,

697
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 1: like playing passing lanes and helping at the Raymond stuff.

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00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 1: He's just under two stocks per game here in the

699
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Speaker 1: early going of the season. I have I think like

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Speaker 1: five or six clips of zacharysse Risache's close out attacking

701
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Speaker 1: in the film session. So hang out here for an

702
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Speaker 1: extra few minutes and you guys will get to see

703
00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 1: that interesting mold though. For Atlanta, right, Trey Jung and

704
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: a bunch of these long, athletic wings that can do

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00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:32,760
Speaker 1: some stuff on defense and that have some play finishing potential,

706
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: but it's a lot of potential at this point. None

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Speaker 1: of them are shooting the ball particularly well, and none

708
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,960
Speaker 1: of them look ready to be legit secondary shot creators yet,

709
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Speaker 1: And so the trajectory of this team in the long

710
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:44,800
Speaker 1: run is going to come down to will one of

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Speaker 1: those guys, Like I like that that two three four

712
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: is a grouping that makes a lot of sense in

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Speaker 1: the world of modern basketball as long as they develop.

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Speaker 1: But one of them has to develop into a guy

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Speaker 1: that can create offense out of a like a against

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Speaker 1: a set defense when Trey Young doesn't initiate things for them.

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Speaker 1: That's something that's going to have to develop in that group.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure who has the best chance. I mean,

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Speaker 1: am I like, I feel like Dyson has some playmaking chops,

720
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Speaker 1: but I don't think he has the touch. Dalen Johnson,

721
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 1: I think has the touch, but he's just not as

722
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 1: polished as he needs to be yet. Zachary Rosa Che

723
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,720
Speaker 1: kind of feels more of an off ball score for me,

724
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Speaker 1: which there's real value there, But like one of those

725
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 1: guys is gonna have to pop as a shot creator

726
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: for this whole situation to work because it can't be

727
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: tray in a center and then three guys that need

728
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:31,840
Speaker 1: everything spoon fed for them. That's gonna be something that

729
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Speaker 1: they're gonna have to pay attention to in the long run.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get into our film. If you're listening

731
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: on the podcast Fece and you're gonna want to head

732
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: over to YouTube to see that part to actually get

733
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Speaker 1: the visual representations of what we're talking about. So our

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Speaker 1: first clip here, this is that Golden State Warriors blender

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Speaker 1: possession I was talking about. So it starts with the

736
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Speaker 1: DHO out here on the right side of the floor

737
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 1: with Wiggins, but right after that it gets swung to

738
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Speaker 1: Gary Payton and then Steph Curry sets a backscreen for

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Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins on DeAndre Hunter.

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Speaker 2: This is all a fake.

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Speaker 1: It is faked to set up as though Draymond Green's

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Speaker 1: gonna throw a post entry to Andrew Wiggins. Watch Draymond

743
00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:28,160
Speaker 1: Green pass fake turn and pass fake two Wiggins. But

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00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,520
Speaker 1: it's all a decoy to occupy these defenders so that

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00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 1: they can run this off ball two man game with

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00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,880
Speaker 1: Gary Payton and Steph Curry. Gary Payton sets the screen,

747
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 1: Steph comes off. When Steph comes off, Dyson's chasing, but

748
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 1: Bogdanovich has to help. And remember, as I said, Atlanta

749
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:46,479
Speaker 1: was showing high on these ball screens all night long.

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00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,320
Speaker 1: That makes for an easy drop off read to Gary Payton,

751
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 1: and again, these guys are just DeAndre Hunter was watching

752
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Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins because of the fake post up.

753
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 2: Trey Young somewhat in position, but.

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Speaker 1: There's just no hope here because he's just not a

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00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,160
Speaker 1: very good athlete and he's in a low man situation

756
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,000
Speaker 1: helping on Gary Payton. Gary can just go right through him,

757
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: and again DeAndre Hunton's Hunter gets there, but he gets

758
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,120
Speaker 1: there late and not in a position to elevate, so

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00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: Gary Payton gets an easy finish. Watch this in full speed,

760
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 1: because that layup goes in with ten seconds on the

761
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Speaker 1: shot clock, as you can see right here, So this

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00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 1: whole sequence happens so fast. Watch the speed in the

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Speaker 1: pace that Golden State plays within the half court. Again,

764
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Speaker 1: watch this in full speed, hand off backscreen, fake pass,

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Speaker 1: weak side screen, slip layup. That's the blender that Golden

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Speaker 1: State puts you in, and it just takes one mistake

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Speaker 1: for you to give up something open. Here's some close

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00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: out attacks that Zachary Rissache has, just to demonstrate some

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00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,719
Speaker 1: of the footwork that he has. This is one of

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Speaker 1: those jokics like double spin moves. Watch like spin boom,

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00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 1: see that like step through. Beautiful work there, excellent footwork.

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00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: Here's another one. Look at his left hand. Beautiful high

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00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,359
Speaker 1: off the glass, super nice touch with left hand rip,

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Speaker 1: behind the back, move, pivot, pivot, left, he finish.

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00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,680
Speaker 2: That's a disgusting close out attack. Move right there.

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Speaker 1: That's really high level footwork and finishing with that offhand

777
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: lefty floater, high and soft easy. The left hand stuff

778
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 1: is super fast, fascinating. You don't see too many right

779
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,319
Speaker 1: handed players that have that soft to touch with their

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00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 1: left hand drifting it. That's more of like a hook.

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Speaker 1: So he's got like a hook and a floater with

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Speaker 1: that left hand. All right, let's move on to the

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Speaker 1: Lakers offense. So again this is from the second half

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Speaker 1: of the New Orleans Pelicans game, and again the main

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00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,480
Speaker 1: thing that I want you guys to focus on. Here

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00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 1: is the way that this team can generate easy shots. Like,

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Speaker 1: we know that there's a tough shot making piece. I

788
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:43,759
Speaker 1: know that Lebron James can hit pull up threes at

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Speaker 1: a high rate this year. I know that Anthony Davis

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00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,360
Speaker 1: can catch the ball in the block and go to

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00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: his left shoulder hook and make it a good percentage.

792
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:52,479
Speaker 1: I know that Austin Reeves can snake a ball screen

793
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 1: and get into the mid range and try to grift

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00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:56,279
Speaker 1: his way to the line or knock down a tough

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Speaker 1: contested mid range jump shot. I know they can get

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00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:00,360
Speaker 1: a matchup for ruey Hata Murray and can go to

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00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 1: work on the block and try to create something off

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00:37:02,040 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: the dribble. I know D'Angelo Russell can score in the

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00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: mid range in some of these situations. I know Dalton

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00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,359
Speaker 1: Connects can hit smothered catch and shoot shots as he's

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00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: flying off of an off ball action. That stuff to me, though,

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00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: as I've talked about so much on the show, those

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00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 1: are ceiling raising shots. Those are the shots you go

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00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,720
Speaker 1: to against great defense when they shut down the easy

805
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:24,719
Speaker 1: action that you run at the beginning of plays. But

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00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:27,840
Speaker 1: the better sharper action you run, and the higher Basketball

807
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: IQ aggregate in your lineups, the more easy shots you

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00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: will generate that make it so you don't have to

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00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: rely as much on those tougher shots going in and

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00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:39,600
Speaker 1: in this second half against the Pelicans, and again, every

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Speaker 1: single one of these clips is coming from one half

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Speaker 1: of basketball. Watch how many easy shots the Lakers generate

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Speaker 1: with their five out attack and just all of their

814
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,480
Speaker 1: aggregate offensive talent. A lot of specific things that I

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00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:57,840
Speaker 1: want you to keep an eye on off ball action,

816
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:00,040
Speaker 1: So like when they're running action, you're gonna see a

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00:38:00,080 --> 00:38:02,279
Speaker 1: lot of like exit screens on the week side where

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00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 1: it's like Austin Reeves coming off of Max Christi in

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00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 1: the corner. Dalton Connect's coming off of Austin Reeves in

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Speaker 1: the corner as they're running action to try to occupy

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Speaker 1: the help defenders, right, that's.

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Speaker 2: A big one.

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Speaker 1: It's also like a we see the Lakers actually do

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00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: use quite a few four out concepts too, where they

825
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,200
Speaker 1: occupy the dunker spot temporarily. You'll see some of that

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Speaker 1: in the here as well. A lot of early screens

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Speaker 1: for Anthony Davis, whether that's an off ball screen in

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Speaker 1: transition or a quick inverted ball screen when AD's dribbling

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00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 1: or just just something early in the possession with a

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Speaker 1: guarden AD to try to force a switch, and when

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Speaker 1: they force the switch, then Anthony Davis goes down to

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Speaker 1: the block and either scores and a quick post up

833
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: or in an offensive rebound situation. You'll see some stuff

834
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Speaker 1: like that, a lot of like a lot of like

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Speaker 1: quick slips in screens and connective playmaking from Austin Reeves

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Speaker 1: and D'Angelo Russell. So imagine Lebron James or Anthony Davis

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Speaker 1: drawing a second defender in a d lo or Austin

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00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:02,160
Speaker 1: catching the first pass and not being open to score,

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Speaker 1: but making the pass that beats the defense to the

840
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 1: like the hockey assist for Ad. Because of those guys'

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00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: ability to make quick reads when they catch the ball

842
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 1: and quickly process what's happening on the floor. A lot

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00:39:13,719 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: of really high level stuff here on the offensive end.

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Speaker 1: I want you guys to pay attention to. Let's start

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Speaker 1: with this screen with Lebron and Ad at ballscreen. So

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00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: what they're doing is Max is setting a quick screen

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Speaker 1: here on Green, which is going to get him into

848
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: a little bit more of trail position. That's going to

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Speaker 1: make it easier for Lebron as he comes off to

850
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,040
Speaker 1: get him caught on this screen. Then when he comes downhill,

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Speaker 1: Lebron's next job is to engage Eve's Missy in the

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Speaker 1: ball screen by getting downhill pressure. But watch here on

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00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:45,919
Speaker 1: the weak side on the week side, to occupy these

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00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:48,840
Speaker 1: two defenders, Austin Reeves is going to set an exit screen.

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00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 1: All it is is just a screen for Dalton connect

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00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:52,439
Speaker 1: to run out to the corner. So if you watch

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Speaker 1: here as Lebron's going downhill, he's engaging the screen defender.

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00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 1: Austin is setting that off ball action which is occupying

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00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:03,600
Speaker 1: these and as a result of that, Missy steps up.

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00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 1: There's just a little bit of loose help here and

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00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: Lebron's able to get the lobb to Anthony Davis. And

862
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 1: again you could see how this play develops because Lebron

863
00:40:12,560 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 1: gets so far downhill. If Brandon Ingram takes this lob away,

864
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 1: Lebron's throwing a kickout pass to a guy who's been

865
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 1: a forty percent catch and shoot shooter for most of

866
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,360
Speaker 1: his career in Max Christy all right, next one, this

867
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: was the connective pass from Austin Reeves here. So we

868
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 1: got an AD post up. Right on the AD post up,

869
00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna want to the Pelicans are gonna want to

870
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 1: throw a double. Austin is cutting through. As Austin cuts through,

871
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 1: he sees Brandon not paying attention, and so he slips

872
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 1: into this area right here, down by the baseline. Watch

873
00:40:42,280 --> 00:40:45,919
Speaker 1: right there, boom, So now he's behind brandon Ingram. Right,

874
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: so brandon Ingram is now in no man's land. This

875
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: forces Green to step over and tag Austin. Right, Ady

876
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 1: hits Austin. But now we have our week side two

877
00:40:56,280 --> 00:40:59,360
Speaker 1: on one. Right, Jeremiah Robinson Earl is responsible for Connect

878
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,480
Speaker 1: and Max Christy in this case, right, he's splitting the difference.

879
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:04,319
Speaker 1: He's pointing them both out. He knows what he's doing.

880
00:41:04,600 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 1: But watch how quickly Austin processes this. Austin knows I

881
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: just cut brandon Ingram is my man. Green is Dalton's man.

882
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: So Austin has already done the processing in his head.

883
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,720
Speaker 1: He knows I caught the ball here. I know Dalton's

884
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: wide open. Watch how quickly he just turns and fires

885
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,320
Speaker 1: boom bucket. So even though Jeremiah Robinson Earl's in the

886
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 1: right place and makes the right rotation. The speed of

887
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:33,359
Speaker 1: the processing from Austin, Reeves gets the open shot. Oh

888
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,719
Speaker 1: I'm behind Brandon. They had to tag me from the

889
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:39,200
Speaker 1: weak side. Dalton's going to be open. Boom, easy quick processing,

890
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: easy shot. Here's one of those early guard screens that

891
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:46,320
Speaker 1: got Anthony Davison switch. So watch his AD's running the floor.

892
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:48,560
Speaker 1: Watch the quick guard screen to force a switch.

893
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:49,680
Speaker 2: Boom.

894
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 1: Now we're switched right Now, AD's got Brandon Ingram on him.

895
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,720
Speaker 1: But in this case, Brandan Ingram is lingering to help.

896
00:41:57,960 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: But Eves Missy is thinking I got to get back

897
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:04,640
Speaker 1: to Ad right. So as Austin slips out, Brandon is

898
00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 1: helping on Ad because Eves got screened right. So now

899
00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,719
Speaker 1: when he runs back, boom. Now we have a three

900
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 1: on two on the weak side. Rotate, rotate right. How

901
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:17,319
Speaker 1: about a swing swing, rotate, rotate wide open three for

902
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 1: Dalton connect in the corner. So all of that happened

903
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 1: because of just a quick screen by Austin on Ad

904
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,280
Speaker 1: to bring essentially two defenders to Ad.

905
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 2: Off the ball.

906
00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: Eighties got two off the ball, swing swing, wide open three.

907
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: That's just read and react basketball. Hey, I have a

908
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: chance to screen this guy and just put the Pelicans

909
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:42,359
Speaker 1: defense into a shitty position before we even run an action.

910
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 1: One of the big things that stood out early in

911
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,480
Speaker 1: this half was when Dalton and again at this point,

912
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:50,000
Speaker 1: Dalton's already hit two threes, right, So they're starting to

913
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:53,160
Speaker 1: consider running more action for Dalton because now Dalton's on fire.

914
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:56,239
Speaker 1: So here's a baseline action, a baseline out of bounds play.

915
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,440
Speaker 1: This is something that JJ is drawing up to try

916
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 1: to get Dalton a wide open look, right. So it

917
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 1: starts with this screen, which is a switch right guard

918
00:43:02,520 --> 00:43:05,759
Speaker 1: guard screen. Jalen Noel switches, he grabs Dalton, he points over.

919
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,920
Speaker 1: Now Dalton's original defender switching out onto Austin.

920
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 2: Okay, But now at.

921
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: This point Dalton is gonna go set a backscreen for

922
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:20,280
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. So Dalton runs screens Eves Missy. This forces

923
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: Jalen Noel to throw a hedge. Watch Jalen Noel throw

924
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 1: the hedge boom. So now Jalen Noel's weight is off

925
00:43:27,680 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 1: of this foot as he's stepping out, and Dalton has

926
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 1: an opportunity to slip into the corner. Now he's open

927
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:37,439
Speaker 1: for the catch and shoot three. So couple things. First

928
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,320
Speaker 1: of all more guard AD screening, which is causing huge

929
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,839
Speaker 1: problems for Eves Missy right and then two Dalton's now

930
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 1: hit three threes in a row and the Pelicans are

931
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:49,719
Speaker 1: not switching Ad Dalton action yet. Keep that in mind

932
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:53,840
Speaker 1: for later on. Here's another early screen for Ad at

933
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 1: the beginning of a possession. This one is from d LO,

934
00:43:57,239 --> 00:43:59,279
Speaker 1: and this is just an inverted ball screen because Ad

935
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,400
Speaker 1: has the balls. Now Eves Missy's guarding AD and the

936
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 1: open floor. Dlo sets the screen and again, Eve's not

937
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: a lot of experience navigating screens. Jalen Noel doesn't really

938
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 1: know what to do here. As a result, now Ad

939
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:13,879
Speaker 1: is able to get ahead of Steam. So now by

940
00:44:13,880 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 1: the time Eves recovers, he's dead to rights. Here as eighties,

941
00:44:17,480 --> 00:44:20,960
Speaker 1: a bigger, stronger player with the angle, with more momentum,

942
00:44:21,040 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 1: and he just goes right through Eves and gets a layup.

943
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:26,239
Speaker 1: So more guard screens on AD early in possessions. Here's

944
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:31,000
Speaker 1: another one not switching the the Ad Dalton screens yet. Okay,

945
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 1: so AD sets the screen not switching, so he's chasing

946
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 1: now he's in this full chase position. And what ends

947
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:42,280
Speaker 1: up happening here Delo's man is running this way, Dalton's

948
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:44,880
Speaker 1: man is running this way, and all Dalton does is

949
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: throw a little fake dribble hand off, and on the

950
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: fake dribble handoff, Dalton's defender kind of hesitates for a second.

951
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 1: On d LO, Delo's defender hesitates for a second, and

952
00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:56,600
Speaker 1: Dalton's able to turn the corner. And again look at

953
00:44:56,600 --> 00:45:00,360
Speaker 1: the spacing here, Max good shooter, Austin Goods shoot in

954
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 1: the corners. Those guys don't want to help. Hard AD's

955
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 1: man ends up lingering back with him, and Dalton's able

956
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:10,680
Speaker 1: to get a dunk and he brings that. And we've

957
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 1: seen this a lot around the league this year. But

958
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,400
Speaker 1: like some of the more athletic players are starting to

959
00:45:14,480 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: lean on shooting more and there's just a lot of

960
00:45:16,440 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 1: downhill force that can come off of the weaponized fear

961
00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: of your shooting. Right now, this time we just talked

962
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 1: about it. We've seen multiple actions where the Lakers have

963
00:45:24,239 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 1: gotten buckets for Dalton connect because they have not been

964
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:31,439
Speaker 1: switching the Dalton ad ball screens. Right So how about

965
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:35,320
Speaker 1: we run another one ad screen for dl d LO

966
00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 1: screen for Dalton, and then Dalton is going to backscreen

967
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:42,080
Speaker 1: for ad watch Dalton. Okay, so this is the same

968
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: exact thing that they ran out of the baseline out

969
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,360
Speaker 1: of bounds. So in theory, if they can get brand

970
00:45:46,440 --> 00:45:50,760
Speaker 1: into Linger and for him to chase, then Dalton should

971
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 1: be able to flash high and get open. But Dalton's

972
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,120
Speaker 1: been killing them, so they don't want to switch it,

973
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:59,799
Speaker 1: are they? So excuse me? Dalton's been killing them, so

974
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: now they're going to decide to switch it. So now

975
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:05,359
Speaker 1: we have to switch right. All you gotta do pull

976
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 1: it out to create a passing angle. And this is

977
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 1: a beautiful post entry from Austin Reeves. Watch how perfectly

978
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 1: he threads this pass over the top. Brandon's fronting ad

979
00:46:14,760 --> 00:46:17,759
Speaker 1: is ceiling and creating the passing angle. Great pass over

980
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,799
Speaker 1: the top. Now we got ourselves an and one. So

981
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: again the Pells are dead to rights here because this

982
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:25,319
Speaker 1: is just the problem that the Lakers can present because

983
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:27,799
Speaker 1: the sheer amount of offensive talent that they have on

984
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: the floor. You don't switch Dalton's getting open. You do

985
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:34,840
Speaker 1: switch ads getting a favorable matchup. This next one is

986
00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:38,080
Speaker 1: something that I've been talking about for several years now,

987
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:41,600
Speaker 1: but the simple concept of eighty popping in ball screens,

988
00:46:42,239 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: which is always open. In a ball screen that involves

989
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:50,480
Speaker 1: a traditional drop coverage, the pick and pop is always open.

990
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,839
Speaker 1: It's a basic basketball rule of thumb that I wish

991
00:46:53,880 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: teams would lean on more. But some of these big

992
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:57,840
Speaker 1: guys just don't feel comfortable doing it.

993
00:46:57,920 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 2: Right.

994
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:00,759
Speaker 1: So here we go eighty ball screen with d LO.

995
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:04,920
Speaker 1: Why is it open because we're chasing. This guy's chasing.

996
00:47:05,680 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 1: This guy's dropping. So if he's chasing and dropping, our

997
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 1: bracket is situated around d Lo. If the bracket is

998
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:16,799
Speaker 1: situated around d Lo, in Ad rolls, he's rolling and

999
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:19,840
Speaker 1: this guy has an opportunity to potentially guard both of

1000
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:23,560
Speaker 1: them to some extent. Right, but if he pops, he's

1001
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,440
Speaker 1: wide open. Notice Dalton sees that AD's in that spot.

1002
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: So Dalton clears out to the right. Ad clears a

1003
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 1: little bit to the left, wide open, Three knocks it down.

1004
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:34,520
Speaker 1: That pick and pop has been a huge addition to

1005
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: eighties game this year. Here's another switch, this time on

1006
00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: a double drag. Watch how quickly d Loo identifies the

1007
00:47:42,719 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 1: switch right, So again Dalton sets the first boom boom

1008
00:47:47,160 --> 00:47:50,160
Speaker 1: switch switch. Okay, now AD's got a guard on him.

1009
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: Dlo is going to pass the ball over to Dalton

1010
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 1: and watch d Loo immediately point to Ad. Throw it,

1011
00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: throw it, throw it. Now Dalton doesn't throw it, which

1012
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 1: is the right call. Dalton's making the right decision here

1013
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:04,200
Speaker 1: because brandon Ingram is now basically bracketing and it's a

1014
00:48:04,239 --> 00:48:07,880
Speaker 1: complicated skip pass to get to Max. But all Dalton

1015
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,760
Speaker 1: has to do here is get something up on the rim,

1016
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 1: and Ad has a massive offensive rebounding advantage. None of

1017
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 1: these guys is getting the ball over a d This

1018
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 1: is the only guy on the floor who has a

1019
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 1: chance to hang with Ad under the rim. So all

1020
00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:22,799
Speaker 1: Dalton has to do is get something up on the rim.

1021
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:27,320
Speaker 1: Drives gets it up Ad over all of them offensive

1022
00:48:27,360 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 1: rebound put back. So the switch is causing just as

1023
00:48:30,080 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 1: many problems. This is an example of setting your man

1024
00:48:33,160 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 1: up for a screen and another one of those decoy actions.

1025
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: So again Dlo is setting his man up by working

1026
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,360
Speaker 1: him down with physicality to the elbow, and it looks

1027
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: like it's gonna be something with Austin and Dilo. But

1028
00:48:45,640 --> 00:48:47,720
Speaker 1: watch how quickly I'm gonna play this one from full speed.

1029
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:50,960
Speaker 1: Watch how quickly Dlo goes from his setup to his

1030
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:55,759
Speaker 1: cut into the handoff. Watch boom, now he's got all

1031
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:58,759
Speaker 1: this separation, and now it's so easy for him to

1032
00:48:58,800 --> 00:48:59,120
Speaker 1: catch this.

1033
00:48:59,200 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 2: And this is a legit two on one.

1034
00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: So as long as Kaloco gets a little hit on him,

1035
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:05,959
Speaker 1: which he does, Austin hits Delo's man, Coloco hits the screen,

1036
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: and now Delo has a wide open three. So this

1037
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: is the type. This is the type of pace in

1038
00:49:09,640 --> 00:49:11,040
Speaker 1: the half court that's open. And this is why I

1039
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 1: always tell like my high school kids, I'm like you guys,

1040
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,440
Speaker 1: gotta cut hard. You gotta screen and move hard. Everything

1041
00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:18,839
Speaker 1: you do has to be hard to generate separation. Watch

1042
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:22,439
Speaker 1: this hard cut from Delo. He gets himself open, all right,

1043
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 1: This is the the Delo slip on a post split cut. Okay,

1044
00:49:27,120 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 1: so a post split again it is a post entry

1045
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 1: and then usually some sort of two man game with

1046
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,719
Speaker 1: guards that are right off of the post up. Watch out,

1047
00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:36,880
Speaker 1: Dlo sets a screen. Now they're gonna switch, right, so

1048
00:49:36,960 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 1: Delo screens. This is gonna be a switch. Watch a

1049
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 1: Delo's man jump out on Austin and and now Austin's

1050
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:46,839
Speaker 1: man is on Delo. But what do we always talk

1051
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:51,279
Speaker 1: about for beating switching schemes? Screen the lower half and

1052
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:54,160
Speaker 1: get an inside seal. Watch Delo set the screen, get

1053
00:49:54,160 --> 00:49:58,160
Speaker 1: the inside seal and slip. Now as he's open, Christian

1054
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,560
Speaker 1: Kaloco's man, the big man has to step over on

1055
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,800
Speaker 1: d Lo. So that even though Delo misses this shot,

1056
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:07,279
Speaker 1: who's gonna get the rebound? Kloco's got inside position with

1057
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:09,800
Speaker 1: a small player on him, it's an easy offensive rebound

1058
00:50:09,840 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 1: put back for him. This is a just some two

1059
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:15,839
Speaker 1: man game between Dalton and a D. But Dalton's been

1060
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:18,440
Speaker 1: really good at making these. He's athletic enough to jump

1061
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,439
Speaker 1: and get the pass over the top relatively easily. Watch

1062
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:24,719
Speaker 1: this like just easy, simple little pitch back to AD.

1063
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:27,440
Speaker 1: So they're throwing it to Dalton. Here's the ball screen.

1064
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:30,799
Speaker 1: We watch his easy pass over the top, easy little

1065
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: short jump shot. Here's another one of those release valve

1066
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,320
Speaker 1: possessions with d Lo. So it starts with an offensive rebound.

1067
00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:39,440
Speaker 1: We're gonna go to a D on the left block, okay,

1068
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:41,359
Speaker 1: but on the on the post up.

1069
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:43,800
Speaker 2: On the post up we get a double team. Okay.

1070
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,040
Speaker 2: So here's our double team. Max cuts.

1071
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,200
Speaker 1: He gets covered by Jeremiah Robinson earl right, so it's

1072
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:52,719
Speaker 1: not open. This guy over here is splitting the difference

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00:50:52,880 --> 00:50:55,200
Speaker 1: on the two shooters on the weak side, which I

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00:50:55,400 --> 00:50:58,000
Speaker 1: believe is Lebron and Austin if I remember correctly, But

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00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 1: watch Dela or no, it's Dalton and Austin. So Dalton

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00:51:00,320 --> 00:51:02,319
Speaker 1: and Austin up here right, So here's our week side

1077
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:05,120
Speaker 1: two on one. But Ad is getting pressured so much

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00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:09,279
Speaker 1: he doesn't feel comfortable making that kickout pass. All DL

1079
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:12,840
Speaker 1: makes himself. All Delo does is make himself available for

1080
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:15,680
Speaker 1: a kickout even though he's guarded. But on the kickout, watch,

1081
00:51:15,960 --> 00:51:20,120
Speaker 1: so d Loo catches the ball from Ad. How does

1082
00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:23,240
Speaker 1: Dalton and Austin attack this two on one? Dalton cuts?

1083
00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:27,040
Speaker 1: This is only open because Dalton has already started his

1084
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,719
Speaker 1: cut and DLO doesn't have the ball left. And there's

1085
00:51:29,760 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 1: four point seven on the shot clock right, So if

1086
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:36,920
Speaker 1: Dlo doesn't make this read lightning fast, this likely turns

1087
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:39,799
Speaker 1: into a bad contested three at the end of the

1088
00:51:39,800 --> 00:51:42,000
Speaker 1: clock that has almost no chance of going in. Watch

1089
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:46,080
Speaker 1: how quickly Delo processes it.

1090
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:46,240
Speaker 2: One timer dunk.

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00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 1: That's the difference between a dunk and a bad three

1092
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,239
Speaker 1: at the end of the clock. Quick processing On that

1093
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:59,799
Speaker 1: secondary read we get our blitz post up double weeks

1094
00:51:59,840 --> 00:52:02,120
Speaker 1: out one, and once again even Dalton. Dalton didn't just

1095
00:52:02,160 --> 00:52:03,759
Speaker 1: stand at the three point line. He's a shooter, but

1096
00:52:03,760 --> 00:52:05,560
Speaker 1: he's not standing at the three point line. He's an athlete.

1097
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:07,879
Speaker 1: He's beating it with a cut. To watch that quick

1098
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:11,680
Speaker 1: processing from de Lo. Here's an example of it being defended,

1099
00:52:11,800 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: a stack pick and roll being defended extremely well, but

1100
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:17,399
Speaker 1: it just generating a little bit of a close out

1101
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:18,600
Speaker 1: that Delo is able to beat.

1102
00:52:18,680 --> 00:52:20,440
Speaker 2: Okay, So here's our stacked pick and roll.

1103
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:24,680
Speaker 1: Right, Austin ball screen with ad Dlo's backscreening the role

1104
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:29,040
Speaker 1: man right, They defend it really well. Jalen Noel lingers.

1105
00:52:29,080 --> 00:52:32,399
Speaker 1: He calls for a switch. They tag from the weak

1106
00:52:32,480 --> 00:52:34,719
Speaker 1: side with Jeremiah Robinson earl to take away the lob.

1107
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:38,120
Speaker 1: Austin doesn't feel comfortable throwing that pass. Good ball pressure

1108
00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:40,440
Speaker 1: makes it so that Austin doesn't feel comfortable throwing the

1109
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:42,279
Speaker 1: skip pass. I can't remember who's over here. I think

1110
00:52:42,280 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: it's uh. I think it might be Dalton. Somebody's wide

1111
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: open over here in the corner. Dalton, Okay, doesn't feel

1112
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:52,319
Speaker 1: comfortable throwing that pass because of the pressure. Okay, so

1113
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:57,640
Speaker 1: who's open Delo? Delo's catching not in a position to shoot,

1114
00:52:57,880 --> 00:53:01,560
Speaker 1: but Jalen Noel is sprinting at him, so Dlo is

1115
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:03,719
Speaker 1: able to beat that with just a quick rip to

1116
00:53:03,719 --> 00:53:05,839
Speaker 1: the left. Again, this is that baked in driving lane.

1117
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:09,120
Speaker 1: This is important for non athletes. The best athletes in

1118
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:10,960
Speaker 1: the world, they don't need baked in driving lanes. They

1119
00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:12,239
Speaker 1: can just do a hard rip through and they can

1120
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: get where they want to go.

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00:53:13,320 --> 00:53:13,520
Speaker 2: Right.

1122
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: That goes without saying. But when you have a defender

1123
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:19,680
Speaker 1: closing out at your right shoulder, if you rip to

1124
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:22,879
Speaker 1: the left, it's an automatic drive. There's just no way.

1125
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 1: Like if Delo rips left, he's gonna get over here.

1126
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:28,279
Speaker 1: There's no way Jalen Nowel can beat him there. Rip

1127
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:34,120
Speaker 1: left has inside position, hits the floater, and again Eves

1128
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:36,399
Speaker 1: Missis has to step up because if he does, Ad

1129
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:39,319
Speaker 1: is getting a lob dunk. So again, even when it's

1130
00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 1: defended as well as you possibly can defend it, it

1131
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:44,319
Speaker 1: still is just a high level offensive player with a

1132
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 1: guy chasing him off the line, he's going to be

1133
00:53:46,200 --> 00:53:48,759
Speaker 1: able to get a good shot. Here's another one of

1134
00:53:48,760 --> 00:53:51,560
Speaker 1: those exit screens week side, so it's a horn set.

1135
00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 1: We got Lebron ad two man game. AD back screens

1136
00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 1: for Austin, and then while Lebron and ad are running

1137
00:53:58,680 --> 00:54:02,279
Speaker 1: their ball screen, watch Max Christie's screen for Austin on

1138
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:06,040
Speaker 1: the weak side to occupy the help defenders. See they're

1139
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:08,600
Speaker 1: pointing their occupied It's just making this guy be a

1140
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: little hesitant to fully step in. And by the way,

1141
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:14,480
Speaker 1: if he does, if he fully steps in to stop Lebron,

1142
00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 1: Austin Reeves is wide open because Max Christy has this

1143
00:54:18,360 --> 00:54:22,480
Speaker 1: backscreen here. But he's hesitant and so he doesn't cut

1144
00:54:22,560 --> 00:54:24,600
Speaker 1: Lebron off, and so Lebron's able to get all the

1145
00:54:24,600 --> 00:54:27,160
Speaker 1: way to the rim in Layden. That's the value of

1146
00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:30,759
Speaker 1: weak side action. This is a huge play in the game,

1147
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:35,080
Speaker 1: Lakers down two. All it is is simple, easy advantage

1148
00:54:35,080 --> 00:54:37,479
Speaker 1: creation basketball. Lebron's dribbling at the top of the key,

1149
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:40,000
Speaker 1: but he sees Dalton connecting the corner who's made a

1150
00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,680
Speaker 1: bunch of threes in this half, and Jalen Nowel is

1151
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:45,960
Speaker 1: playing off of him closer to the lane. So Lebron

1152
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 1: throws a simple kickout pass. Look, he stepped, takes another

1153
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:52,120
Speaker 1: step higher and throws the pass. Now watch what did

1154
00:54:52,120 --> 00:54:54,960
Speaker 1: we just talk about with baked in driving lanes. He's

1155
00:54:54,960 --> 00:54:57,920
Speaker 1: closing out at Dalton's right shoulder if he just throws

1156
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:01,200
Speaker 1: a because of the threat of the shot, Jalen Noel

1157
00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: cannot afford to throw a passive close out that locks

1158
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,360
Speaker 1: the lane down. He has to chase him off the

1159
00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:11,040
Speaker 1: line because Dalton's shooting well, Dalton just racks left. Boom,

1160
00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:15,160
Speaker 1: there's that baked in driving lane brandon Ingram steps up,

1161
00:55:15,520 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 1: Austin reeves his man slides down for the corner pass,

1162
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:20,760
Speaker 1: and Dalton throws a really nice kickout pass to Austin

1163
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:22,760
Speaker 1: here at the top of the key, extra pass to Lebron.

1164
00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:24,799
Speaker 1: Now he gets a wide open three. So again no

1165
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:27,839
Speaker 1: need to run action. Just hey, this guy's sinking off

1166
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:30,240
Speaker 1: of Dalton. Connect a little bit. How about he drives

1167
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:32,520
Speaker 1: a close out. Now we get ourselves a wide open shot.

1168
00:55:34,000 --> 00:55:35,840
Speaker 1: And then this was the dagger for Lebron, just for

1169
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:38,680
Speaker 1: good measure. It's a ball screen with ad that forces

1170
00:55:38,719 --> 00:55:42,520
Speaker 1: the switch onto Eves, missy and out of the switch.

1171
00:55:42,600 --> 00:55:46,080
Speaker 1: Lebron watched the hard dribble at the basket before the

1172
00:55:46,080 --> 00:55:48,320
Speaker 1: pull up jump shot to keep Eves on his heels.

1173
00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:51,279
Speaker 1: Watch the hard move. That hard move just keeps him

1174
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:53,319
Speaker 1: on his heels. Big time shot.

1175
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:53,800
Speaker 2: For Lebron.

1176
00:55:54,120 --> 00:55:59,040
Speaker 1: So again, all of those plays, all of those plays

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00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,959
Speaker 1: came in one hand half of NBA basketball. Think about

1178
00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:04,919
Speaker 1: how many easy shots that was I had. Let's see,

1179
00:56:04,920 --> 00:56:14,960
Speaker 1: that's from I started at clip number seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen,

1180
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one. So twenty two easy shots in one half,

1181
00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:24,879
Speaker 1: twenty two like easy buckets in one half of basketball,

1182
00:56:25,400 --> 00:56:28,120
Speaker 1: just by running quality offense with a bunch of high

1183
00:56:28,160 --> 00:56:33,000
Speaker 1: IQ players that make quick decisions, processing the breakdown in

1184
00:56:33,040 --> 00:56:35,799
Speaker 1: the defense fast enough to make it a layup or

1185
00:56:35,840 --> 00:56:38,279
Speaker 1: a three that's wide open instead of a bad shot

1186
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:40,600
Speaker 1: at the end of the clock. It's just it's a

1187
00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 1: simple concept that's hard to deal with. You put a

1188
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:45,040
Speaker 1: bunch of really smart basketball players that compliment each other

1189
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:47,080
Speaker 1: really well on the court. At the same time, they're

1190
00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 1: going to be really difficult to guard. Add some organization

1191
00:56:49,680 --> 00:56:52,040
Speaker 1: to it, and the sky is the limit for this

1192
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:53,880
Speaker 1: Lakers offense. All right, guys, that is all I have

1193
00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 1: for today is always to sincerely appreciate you for supporting

1194
00:56:56,080 --> 00:56:58,279
Speaker 1: me and supporting the show. I am recording a mail

1195
00:56:58,280 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 1: bag later this afternoon that will air on on Friday,

1196
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,480
Speaker 1: and then we'll be back on Monday with our usual

1197
00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:04,280
Speaker 1: power rankings.

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Speaker 2: I'll 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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00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:15,360
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Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys

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