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We're gonna break our Christmas Day reaction 34 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: into two parts because obviously a lot of family celebration yesterday, 35 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: and I didn't get to watch as much of the 36 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,280 Speaker 1: five games as I wanted to, so I wanted to 37 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 1: get I did watch Lakers Warriors, though, so I wanted 38 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: to get my initial thoughts on Lakers Warriors out in 39 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: this video. We're just gonna focus on that game. Then 40 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: today I'm gonna come back with another episode because I'm 41 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: gonna have to go take several hours to watch a 42 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 1: bunch of film. I'll come back later today with the 43 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: reaction to the other four Christmas Day games. So just 44 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: Lakers Warriors in this one the rest of Christmas Day 45 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: later today. You guys know the Joe before we get started. 46 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: Subscribe to the Hoops Tonight YouTube channel so you don't 47 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: miss any more of our videos. Follow me on Twitter 48 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: at underscore Jconltis. You guys, don't miss you announcementsn't forget 49 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: about a podcast feed wherever you get your podcast under 50 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 1: Hoops Tonight. Don't forget. It's also helpful if you leave 51 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: a rating and a review on that front. We also 52 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: have brand new social media feeds on Twitter, Instagram, and 53 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: Facebook for the Hoops Tonight channel where we're releasing content 54 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 1: throughout the year, so make sure you guys follow us there. 55 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: In the last not least, keep dropping mail bag questions 56 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 1: in the YouTube comments four hour Friday mail Bags. All right, 57 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: let's get into the Lakers Warriors. So it's interesting game. 58 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: The Lakers mostly controlled it, especially over the last two 59 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,359 Speaker 1: and a half quarters. The Golden State. Golden State had 60 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: their last lead with a little over ten minutes left 61 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: in the second quarter. So it was one of those 62 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: games where the Lakers kind of felt like they were 63 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,959 Speaker 1: in control, but I was terrified. Like even when the 64 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: Lakers were up by ten with three minutes and twenty 65 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: seven seconds left, I was literally watching the TV just like, 66 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: I know this is about to go off the rails 67 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:08,360 Speaker 1: any second. Then up by seven with less than a 68 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: minute left, I still don't feel comfortable. I've just seen 69 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 1: Steph come back from that sort of deficit with crazy 70 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: shot making so many times in my lifetime. It's always crazy. 71 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: I always think you learn the most about what a 72 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: player does well when you're rooting against him, and you 73 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: learn the most about what a player does poorly when 74 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,720 Speaker 1: you're rooting for him, Because when you're rooting for a 75 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:33,239 Speaker 1: player and you're constantly watching every single possession, you see 76 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: the mistakes that they make right, But when you're rooting 77 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: against a player, what they're great at always scares the 78 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: shit out of you. And Steph was scaring me. Next 79 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: thing you know, he hits a three off of a 80 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: tap out offensive rebound, hits a driving layup against Max Christie. 81 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: In transition, hits a smothered corner three over Lebron in 82 00:03:50,880 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: the right corner and then ties the game with a 83 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 1: thirty five foot running to his left one. In particular, 84 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: that annoyed me because Max Christie, who had a pretty 85 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 1: good game overall, had made a few mistakes on Steph 86 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 1: throughout the game where he was conceding a switch, and like, 87 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,520 Speaker 1: obviously when you're dealing with switching, and there are certain 88 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: things that you do for other players that you don't 89 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 1: do for Steph Curry, Like, for instance, he gave a 90 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: three to Steph on a play where he peel. He 91 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 1: did what's called a peel off switch, where like he 92 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: as he was going like he was going to chase 93 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: over the screen, but then at the last second decided 94 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:29,799 Speaker 1: to switch and went back and ducked underneath Tray Jackson 95 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 1: Davis and tried to box him out, which again is 96 00:04:32,080 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 1: what you're supposed to do with other players, Like, oh, 97 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,840 Speaker 1: this guy is going to be helping me on the 98 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 1: other end of the screen, my responsibility now shifts to 99 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 1: inside positions so that I can keep him off the 100 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: offensive glass or prepare for a post up to attack 101 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: the other end of the switch. Right, that's what you 102 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:52,559 Speaker 1: do against normal basketball players, not against Steph Curry. Against 103 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,280 Speaker 1: Steph Curry, you do not switch, ever, unless you are 104 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: a hundred percent sure that he's already accounted for on 105 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: the other side to the screen. Austin Reeves wasn't ready 106 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: for it. Max Christy just points and dies on the 107 00:05:05,720 --> 00:05:08,479 Speaker 1: pick and gets his inside position on the screener. Next 108 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: thing you know is Steph is wide open. And like, again, 109 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: those are little things. We're gonna talk about Max later. 110 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: There's a little things that he'll have to learn. Young 111 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 1: players make that kind of mistake every once in a while. 112 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,960 Speaker 1: You won't see veterans make that kind of mistake because 113 00:05:19,160 --> 00:05:22,040 Speaker 1: they've been burned by Steph Curry too many times over 114 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: the course of his career. But Steph is just ridiculous, man, Like, 115 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: you know how absurd it is that I'm sitting there 116 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: with a double digit lead as a fan with three 117 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: and a half minutes left, and I'm in my head 118 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: going like Steph's gonna find a way to make this 119 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 1: a game, and he makes it a game, Like it's 120 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: just it's just completely absurd, and like we were just 121 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 1: dealt such a treat last night. I thought Lebron was fantastic. 122 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about him later. Just wonderful job attacking 123 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: the Warriors out of the post, not just Andrew, not 124 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: just on mismatches, but also directly on Andrew Wiggins. We're 125 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:52,919 Speaker 1: gonna get more into it in a minute. But like 126 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: Lebron and Steph just put on an absolute show last night. 127 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: It's insane to me that December of twenty twenty four, 128 00:06:01,480 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: we are still getting incredible, high level basketball from both 129 00:06:05,640 --> 00:06:09,160 Speaker 1: of these guys. It's crazy to me that the passion 130 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: of the American basketball fan base is still linked to 131 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: these two because they are straight up out performing the 132 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,760 Speaker 1: majority of the young American talent. 133 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 2: In this league. 134 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,479 Speaker 1: It's a whole thing I don't even want to get into. 135 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: I just felt really lucky last night. As I'm sitting 136 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: down with an ice cold Pacifico watching the game, I'm 137 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 1: just like, man like, I cannot believe I'm getting another 138 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: just straight up show between Lebron James and Steph Curry 139 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: here in December of twenty twenty four. 140 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:37,160 Speaker 2: We're just extremely lucky. 141 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,160 Speaker 1: But Austin goes down to the other end of the 142 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: game after Steph shot, and he wins it with the 143 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: driving layup on Andrew Wiggins, and it was a very 144 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,559 Speaker 1: interesting sequence because the player was drawn up for Lebron. 145 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: James Austin was going to set a screen for Lebron 146 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: to come up. H. Draymond's trailing and he's doing a 147 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 1: good job denying, but also Steph Curry lunges over Steph 148 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: Scart guarding the inbounder. He lunges over to deny the 149 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 1: pass into Lebron on and so Austin catches with six 150 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: seconds left Andrew Wiggins on him, and he's looking back 151 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: towards half court and he sees Lebron effectively double teamed 152 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: forty feet from the basket, and he instantly makes a decision. 153 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: If I try to get it to Lebron here, it's 154 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 1: very high risk and there might not be enough time 155 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: for him to make a move once he gets it. 156 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:23,600 Speaker 1: I have to do something quickly, turns and faces Andrew 157 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 1: Wiggins hard jab step. Such a simple and effective move. Again, 158 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 1: like I've talked about this a lot in skill development 159 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: with my young players. I talk about it on the 160 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 1: show too. It's not about chaining together seventeen dribble combinations. 161 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:37,920 Speaker 1: There are guys who can do that extremely well. In 162 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: the league, but more often than not, if you make 163 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 1: a simple move like a jab step, a crossover in 164 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 1: in and out, an in and out dribble, or a 165 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: hard reverse pivot if you're in the post, like if 166 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: you sell the change in direction, so on the jab step, 167 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: if you sell the right handed drive, it will work. 168 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,320 Speaker 2: On the in and out, if. 169 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:58,840 Speaker 1: You sell the crossover, it will work. If you're on 170 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: the crossover in your eyes and your shoulders and your 171 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 1: hips are facing towards the right and you cross over, 172 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: it will work. But if you're facing the guy and 173 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: you're just moving the ball around and you're not selling 174 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: anything with your body, it's not going to work. And like, 175 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 1: same thing in the post, like Kevin Garnett. For years 176 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: it was just shoulder fakes. It's like, I'm gonna fake 177 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: with this shoulder or that shoulder, and you're gonna end 178 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 1: up biting on the wrong one and I'm gonna turn 179 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:24,360 Speaker 1: over the opposite one and I'm gonna get a shot 180 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: that I like. Simplicity works in basketball when you sell 181 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 1: the moves, and Austin just hard jab steps on Andrew 182 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:35,240 Speaker 1: Wiggins breaks Wiggins off with it and gets dribble penetration. Okay, 183 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: Wiggins is there, he's kind of like on his side, 184 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: he's a great athlete, he's recovering, but Austin's got dribble penetration. 185 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 2: Well. 186 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: Jonathan Kaminga is straight up face guarding Ruy Hatchamura along 187 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: the baseline, beneath the baseline, out of bounds, underneath the basket. 188 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,959 Speaker 1: And like again, like we're gonna talk about Kaminga a 189 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: lot in a little bit, but he's always been a 190 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: bad off ball defender. And again, like in those sorts 191 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: of situations, driell penetration is something you have to deal with. 192 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: If we talked about this in the Infny Simon's game 193 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: winner between the Blazers and the Nuggets, right, Like, yeah, 194 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook has to do a better job containing the ball. 195 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,600 Speaker 1: He did an even worse job than Andrew Wiggins did here. 196 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: But like when you get beat, there's a team defense 197 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: element that you have to be prepared for dribble penetration. 198 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: The Nuggets were loaded up on help on the wrong 199 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: side of that drive, and for the Warriors, Jonathan Kaminga again, 200 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:27,679 Speaker 1: Ruy cuts along the baseline. Dennis Schroeder is there as 201 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: the low man. He can step in if Ruy tries 202 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 1: to make himself available for a cut. If Kaminga steps 203 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:35,800 Speaker 1: over and helps, at the very least, you're gonna make 204 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 1: them make a jump shot. And if you give up 205 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: clean dribble penetration on a game winner type of situation, 206 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 1: there again, you don't want to give up a wide 207 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: open shot, but you'd rather give up a wide open 208 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,680 Speaker 1: shot than a wide open layup or a moderately contested 209 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: layup that a guy like Austin is gonna make more 210 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: often than not. It was just really really bad team defense. 211 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:54,320 Speaker 2: Again. 212 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: We talked about that in that Portland game. The on 213 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: ball guy's got to be better. But defense, at the 214 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: end of the day, is a five man Everything in 215 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:02,920 Speaker 1: basketball is a five man job. It's the stupidest thing 216 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: about the way we discussed the game. It's the stupidest 217 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: thing about the player narratives and the stand behavior and 218 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: how we talk about this guy and that guy and 219 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:12,319 Speaker 1: this guy and that guy, is we forget that basketball 220 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 1: is this infinitely complex combination of organisms that comes together 221 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 1: to make this like beautiful game that's very complicated and 222 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: it's not as simple as there's one guy here, one 223 00:10:22,559 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: guy there doing this or that. It's It's way, way, 224 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: way more complicated than that bad team defense from the Warriors. 225 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: They ended up having to throw up a full court 226 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,400 Speaker 1: heave at the buzzer that they miss and the Lakers 227 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: get a win. Just a huge play from Austin Reeves. 228 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I thought Austin was amazing all game. Twenty 229 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:41,480 Speaker 1: six points, ten rebounds in tennis sis a triple double, 230 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 1: led the bench units with a lot of Ruey like 231 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: two man game with Ruey where he's getting great looks there. 232 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: The Lakers were only minus two with Lebron off the floor. 233 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: Again in a game where Anthony this is a This 234 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: was a huge win for the Lakers because Anthony Davis 235 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: was basically out in Dangelo Russell, who was vitally important 236 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: for their offense in a lot of cases, was out, 237 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: and so it's kind of like a Lebron Austin Ruey show. 238 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,439 Speaker 1: And Austin just did a really nice job running those 239 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 1: Lebron off units with Ruey two man game. I thought 240 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: he defended Dennis Schroeder pretty well all game long. He 241 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: ran the clutch offense with Lebron and helped him get 242 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: I thought they got pretty good looks down the stretch, 243 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:20,719 Speaker 1: like they had some misses right, Like Austin had to 244 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 1: pull up three that he missed at the top of 245 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 1: the key. That was a pretty good look. Lebron had 246 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 1: a right shoulder fade over Steph Curry that was a 247 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:28,080 Speaker 1: pretty good look that missed. Like there were some good 248 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: looks that they missed it. Steph just made every damn 249 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: shot down the stretch, which is why I turned into 250 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: a game. But like I thought, he ran good clutch 251 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,520 Speaker 1: offense with Lebron. He had ten rebounds, which is a 252 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 1: huge deal in a scrappy athletic mismatch like that, Like 253 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: the Warriors are a more athletic team on the perimeter. 254 00:11:42,200 --> 00:11:43,839 Speaker 1: I said, I tweeted this last night, and it's just 255 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,480 Speaker 1: the truth. Like there's obviously a basketball way to describe 256 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves, and we're going to get into that in 257 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 1: just a second, but one of the basic ways that 258 00:11:51,640 --> 00:11:53,960 Speaker 1: I can describe him is that, like when you're in 259 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: a really big game, he's a guy that you love 260 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:58,360 Speaker 1: having on your team. I can't tell you how many 261 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 1: times over the last few years I've seen the Lakers 262 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 1: in a big game and I'm Austin's just not the guy. 263 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:04,680 Speaker 1: I'm worried about, you know how that is when you're 264 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: when you're when you're rooting for your team, Like, there 265 00:12:07,120 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: are guys when the Lakers are in a big game 266 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: that I'm worried about. I'm like, man like, is Anthony 267 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:15,839 Speaker 1: Davis gonna be as locked in as he's capable of being? 268 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: Like? 269 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 1: Is Rui Hachamura going to be like the good Rui 270 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:22,719 Speaker 1: or the bad Ruie on any given night? Right? Like 271 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: you think about those sorts of things, like is Max 272 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 1: Christi gonna be this or that? Like you have these 273 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 1: guys that you're concerned about, and then there are these 274 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 1: guys that you're just not worried about. And both Lebron 275 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: and Austin to me are guys that, like, if there's 276 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,280 Speaker 1: a big game, like a really important game, I feel 277 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,160 Speaker 1: pretty damn sure they're gonna be great. And Anthony Davis, 278 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 1: with his talent, is usually great, but his mental engagement 279 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,360 Speaker 1: in physical engagement can have a little bit of oscillation 280 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: even in big games. But like, Austin's just one of 281 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,680 Speaker 1: those guys that you want to have on your team 282 00:12:49,679 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: in a big moment. So let's try to break it 283 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:55,719 Speaker 1: down on a basketball level. He has a specific combination 284 00:12:55,840 --> 00:12:59,280 Speaker 1: of traits that makes him useful in big games. One, 285 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 1: he's pretty good at everything, so you can kind of 286 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: plug him into a variety of roles depending on what 287 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: the game calls for. So like, for instance, he's a 288 00:13:06,800 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: very good scorer both on ball and off the ball. 289 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:11,600 Speaker 1: He's a guy that you can run a bunch of 290 00:13:11,640 --> 00:13:14,400 Speaker 1: ball screens for and he can get a pretty decent 291 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:16,920 Speaker 1: shot every time down the floor. He can be an 292 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: off ball a scorer though, in the sense that he 293 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,120 Speaker 1: can set inverted ball screens for guys like Lebron and 294 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:23,920 Speaker 1: slip out of it and make a lot of good 295 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: plays out of it. And he's a very good connective 296 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:30,200 Speaker 1: spot up Guy's great at driving closeouts, hitting spot up threes, 297 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: scoring and closeout situations, and then playmaking in both situations 298 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: as well. If he's on ball play making a pick 299 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: and roll. He's gotten a lot better with that. Again 300 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: Tennis's game last night right in off ball play making 301 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 1: when he's slipping out of screens with Lebron and he 302 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: creates four on threes and he can play make out 303 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: of that. He's a great connective passer in spot up 304 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 1: situations when he's driving closeouts and making that next three. 305 00:13:51,880 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 1: So he can do so many different things well on 306 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 1: offense that regardless of what the game calls for, Austin 307 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,719 Speaker 1: can plug into that type of role. Right, he is 308 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: a solid defensive player. Again, we've talked about this with Austin. 309 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,959 Speaker 1: You don't want him guarding the other team's best player 310 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: all night. That's gonna go poorly for him. But guess 311 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: what with the way the Lakers have been playing lately, 312 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:13,360 Speaker 1: keeping Max Christy cam Reddish and Gabe Vincent on the 313 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: floor at all times. One of those three on the 314 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:18,320 Speaker 1: floor at all times, they're guarding Steph, So Austin gets 315 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: to guard Dennis, which is a much more achievable role 316 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,760 Speaker 1: for him, and he does a pretty good job. He's 317 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 1: a good defender, He's just not a professional defender. So 318 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,800 Speaker 1: like what that means is professional defenders are the guys 319 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: guarding the other team's best player every night. 320 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: If you put Austin in that role. 321 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:34,600 Speaker 1: He's not gonna look like he's capable of it, because 322 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,440 Speaker 1: that's not what his role is in the NBA. But 323 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 1: within the context of a team unit where he's guarding 324 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: the second best perimeter player and he's in help side situations, 325 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 1: he's an extremely useful defensive player. And then lastly, he's 326 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,080 Speaker 1: a good rebound. Even though he's not a great athlete, 327 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: he competes athletically. He competes to he plays bigger and 328 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: more athletic than he actually is. And so since he's great, 329 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: since he's good, I should say, at all of these things, 330 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: he can fill any type of r And he's just 331 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: so competitive. That's the big piece. He's freakishly competitive. You're 332 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: never watching a big game in wondering where Austin is 333 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,400 Speaker 1: on the floor. He's out there scrapping. And then lastly, 334 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 1: he's super smart in a big game. A lot of 335 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,400 Speaker 1: young players in particular, are prone to mistakes. I'm not 336 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: gonna sit here and pretend like Austin's perfect. He does 337 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: make mistakes. He had a big turnover with Dennis in 338 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:26,560 Speaker 1: the left corner down the stretch. But for the most part, 339 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: you're not worried about Austin making too many mistakes in 340 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,680 Speaker 1: a big game like that. And so that's why he 341 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: just is so reliable when the stakes go up, and 342 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: that's why he's been one of the That's why every 343 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,800 Speaker 1: Lakers fan that I talk to says Austin's clearly their 344 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:41,960 Speaker 1: third best player. There are these little pockets where it's like, oh, 345 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: actually it's Ruey or oh actually it's de Lo, and 346 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,640 Speaker 1: it's like but when you get into the big games, 347 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 1: Austin is so much more dependable than Ruey and Di Loo. 348 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: And that's why I think he's the third best player 349 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: on the team. And it comes down to a combination 350 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: of all those. 351 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 2: Factors we talked about. 352 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:16,400 Speaker 1: Lebron punishing mismatches in the post all night ran nine 353 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: post ups, generated eleven points out of them, including passes. 354 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: More than half of his points in this game were 355 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: in straight post ups and ISOs, which again is so 356 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: important when Anthony Davis is out and this team just 357 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: needs Lebron to generate offense against a very good defensive 358 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 1: team in Golden State and just to keep the game 359 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: close and give his team a chance to win it 360 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:42,160 Speaker 1: under unfavorable circumstances with Anthony Davis Indiangelo Russell out. He 361 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:44,360 Speaker 1: was also like, it wasn't just mismatches either. He did 362 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: a lot of work against mismatches against Dennis and Uh 363 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: Brandon Pajamskian just doing work in the post, but a 364 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 1: lot of it was directly to Wiggins, and that's an 365 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: important piece. Like a lot of times like the defense 366 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: is good and locked in and you don't get the 367 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: mismatch you want, and you don't get the advantage you want, 368 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: and you just got to go against the other team's 369 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: best perimeter defender and get a bucket. And Lebron did 370 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: that several times last night against Andrew Wiggins. He can also, 371 00:17:07,880 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: like we talked about with Austin, slot into different roles. 372 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 1: He did a bunch of work as an off ball 373 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: scorer in this game as a screener with Lebron that 374 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: picking pop three that he hit at the top of 375 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: the key late, which was huge. That's work as a screener. 376 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: Anthony Davis is out, so you're getting some Christian Colloco minutes, 377 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,480 Speaker 1: but it's a lot of small ball units that puts 378 00:17:26,520 --> 00:17:28,959 Speaker 1: a lot of physical pressure on Lebron to contend as 379 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 1: a big He did a great job at that all night. 380 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:33,399 Speaker 1: And then again, one of the biggest things about Lebron 381 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,280 Speaker 1: as of late has been his mental engagement in avoiding mistakes. 382 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: Only had one turnover last night. I thought he generated 383 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 1: a ton of advantage situations with his passing without making 384 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: the turnovers that compromise them in transition. Even when he 385 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: didn't get assists, he was getting the defense in rotation, 386 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,960 Speaker 1: like a skip pass to Gabe in transition that generates 387 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: a rotation situation where Austin Reeves gets a wide open 388 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: three or drawing two in the post and making the 389 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:02,679 Speaker 1: kickout pass and not getting the assist. But now the 390 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,400 Speaker 1: Warriors are in rotation and they get a bucket out 391 00:18:05,400 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: of it. Like I just thought, he had a really 392 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:11,160 Speaker 1: really good all around game, and since he came back, 393 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: he's been playing really damn well. I talked about this 394 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: the other day. He built his confidence in rhythm back 395 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,280 Speaker 1: just by playing hard, and so even though the box 396 00:18:19,280 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: score wasn't super impressive in the in the like the 397 00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: Memphis game, he still was just playing good basketball. And 398 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: then in the last three games, as a result of 399 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: him building that confidence, now he's starting to really produce 400 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:34,959 Speaker 1: his last three games thirty point seven rebounds, nine assists 401 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: on fifty seven percent from the field in only two 402 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,800 Speaker 1: point three turnovers per game. The focus is there, the 403 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 1: energy is there, and now he's in a rhythm and 404 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,000 Speaker 1: it's coming all together and he's back to playing at 405 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: the superstar level that the Lakers desperately need him to 406 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: be at Ruyacha Mura hit a bunch of huge threes 407 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: in this game. A lot of it was in like 408 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: kind of like situations with Austin where he's hitting picking 409 00:18:55,240 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: pops in the two man game, chaos situation, so like 410 00:18:59,520 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: offensive rebounds are in transition skip passes and pick and 411 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 1: roll where he's hitting threes. A lot of like quality 412 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:07,480 Speaker 1: spacing that he brought to the table. And then he 413 00:19:07,520 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: had a really big play late in the game and 414 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: one against Steph Curry on a duck in. And so 415 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 1: what a duck in is is like when you identify 416 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,760 Speaker 1: that you have a mismatch, it's just basically a quick 417 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: post up. 418 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 2: So like the. 419 00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: Everyone's matched up, Ruey's in the left corner. Ruey realizes 420 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,960 Speaker 1: Steph is on him. Lebron's ribbling at the top of 421 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: the key, and Ruey just goes like, I've got Steph 422 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: on me. So he just runs into Steph as hard 423 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:31,719 Speaker 1: as he can, gets that left shoulder and there clears 424 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: out calls for the basketball, turns over his right shoulder 425 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,680 Speaker 1: and gets an and one. That's a big time play 426 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 1: in a smart play taking advantage of a mismatch by 427 00:19:40,240 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: virtue of a transition cross match, meaning like you're running 428 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 1: up the floor in transition, everyone's grabbing the nearest guy. 429 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,640 Speaker 1: Now Steph suddenly on Ruey quick duck in he gets 430 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 1: a bucket. I thought that was huge. Max Christy really 431 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: solid game from him. He generated some key offense. He 432 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 1: had sixteen points, hit some big shots in the Lebron 433 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,560 Speaker 1: off units, a couple contested threes. He had this big 434 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: driving layup on Dennis where he just went at him 435 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 1: in a late clock situation, protected the ball, thought through 436 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,240 Speaker 1: him and made a little bank shot. He had a 437 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,639 Speaker 1: big clutch bucket out of a two man game with 438 00:20:08,760 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: Lebron where he slipped to the basket and turned and finished. 439 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: I think it was over drama. It's either Draymond or 440 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,719 Speaker 1: tray Jackson. Davis right at the rim, a nice floater 441 00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: off the glass, just made a few more defensive mistakes 442 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 1: than you'd like to see. And that again, that's young 443 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,679 Speaker 1: basketball player stuff, like you don't leave Steph Curry in 444 00:20:24,800 --> 00:20:28,440 Speaker 1: la game situation. You give anybody else an open shot 445 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,919 Speaker 1: before you give Steph Curry a shot. I think Buddy 446 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 1: Heil had like five points in that game. You don't 447 00:20:33,040 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: You're not You're focused on guarding Steph Curry and Steph 448 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: Curry only he's the only problem there pointing and saying 449 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: somebody else do it. That's not your job. Those are 450 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,920 Speaker 1: little mistakes that he'll have to learn and throughout the game. 451 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,520 Speaker 1: I thought the Lakers did a poor job with their switching. 452 00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: We'll talk about that in a minute. Don't connects a 453 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 1: lot of smothered scoring as well. I'd like this kind 454 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 1: of scoring, I think is super important because, like again 455 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 1: I talk about this, over the course of a game, 456 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,400 Speaker 1: you're gonna get a bunch of different types of shots. Right, 457 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,959 Speaker 1: You're gonna get a certain amount of like really easy 458 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:05,520 Speaker 1: buckets right at the rim, through like defensive breakdowns, transition 459 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:09,200 Speaker 1: pushes off of turnovers that's offensive rebound putbacks, meant a 460 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: certain amount of shots where it's like these are going 461 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: in every single time, no matter what. Then you're gonna 462 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: get like a certain amount of like open catch and 463 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 1: shoot threes, right like you're somewhere around you know, ten 464 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: to twenty depending on the game wide open catch and 465 00:21:21,359 --> 00:21:22,040 Speaker 1: shoot threes. 466 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 2: Are they gonna go in or are they not? Right? 467 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,840 Speaker 1: Then there's like the moderately contested catching shoot threes. Like 468 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: team plays good defense, we don't get a great look, 469 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,680 Speaker 1: but we get like a moderately contested catching shoot three, 470 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: or like a moderately contested floater and a ball screen, 471 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: or a moderately contested shot at the rim at a 472 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:40,560 Speaker 1: late clock situation. 473 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:40,920 Speaker 2: Right. 474 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 1: But then the fourth type is like rescue possessions. This 475 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: is like great defense. Nothing's open now, it's like someone's 476 00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 1: got to create a bucket out of nothing. Right, and 477 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: like Dalton like a smothered catch and shoot three in 478 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: the left corner in the first half, like a ridiculous turnaround, 479 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: left shoulder fade away over Draymond Green driving a close 480 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,959 Speaker 1: out in a late clock situation where it's like we're 481 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: gonna get zero points out of this possession unless Dalton 482 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 1: makes a tough shot, and he makes a tough shot. 483 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 1: He had another like smothered driving left handed finish over 484 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,199 Speaker 1: Trace Jackson Davis in the first half. Like when you 485 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,680 Speaker 1: look at offensive ratings and a lot of cases, they're 486 00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: all separate, Like all the teams are getting somewhere around 487 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,280 Speaker 1: one o eight to one twenty points per one hundred possessions. 488 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 1: That's really only a like a what a ten to 489 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,960 Speaker 1: fifteen percent gap right between the best and the worst, 490 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,880 Speaker 1: and a lot of times the differences are like, all 491 00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,840 Speaker 1: these teams are getting the easy layups on the defensive 492 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: breakdowns and steals and runouts and stuff, and all these 493 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:38,640 Speaker 1: teams are getting these wide up and catching shoot threes 494 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: that they're either making or missing. And obviously the good 495 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: teams generate more of those, But like a lot of times, 496 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: it's like the other parts, the tougher shot making that 497 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: elevate your offense to that elite level, and the Lakers 498 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 1: offense is at their best when they have their guys 499 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 1: making tough shots to kind of just squeeze extra points 500 00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:59,919 Speaker 1: out of additional possessions. Overall, thoughts on the Lakers rolle 501 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,560 Speaker 1: Lebron being disengaged and this good is the main difference 502 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: between the team now in the way the team looked 503 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 1: year three weeks ago. He has brought this incredible level 504 00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:15,359 Speaker 1: of both mental and physical engagement. It has trickled down. 505 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: Everyone is following suit. As a result, everyone's playing some 506 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: of their best basketball of the year, and it's coming 507 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: together in a more respectable basketball product. The defense, though 508 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: I talked about this after the defense looked really good 509 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: in that five game stretch. One of the things I 510 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: said is it's one thing to defend really well when 511 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,959 Speaker 1: you play five games in sixteen days or whatever it 512 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 1: was over the course of that end season tournament stretch, 513 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,479 Speaker 1: when you have eleven days off to rest your body, 514 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: that's great. But guess what, immediately now that they've started 515 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 1: playing every other night, the defense has slipped. They had 516 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: a one to nineteen defensive rating against the Pistons and 517 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 1: the loss in a one to nineteen defensive rating against 518 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,000 Speaker 1: the Warriors in a win. So the defense has already 519 00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: fallen way off since they started playing every other night again, 520 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,720 Speaker 1: and in both games, it's just that attention to detail. 521 00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 1: I thought the switching was really really bad against Golden State. 522 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: A lot of bots switches passive switches where guys are 523 00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,320 Speaker 1: getting open shots on interchanges, meaning like while the switching 524 00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 1: defenders pulling off or the main defenders pulling off and 525 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: the switching defenders getting there, there's like a gap and 526 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,960 Speaker 1: in that gap, guys are hitting shots or just not 527 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,720 Speaker 1: picking up and they're getting downhill again. You saw that 528 00:24:25,760 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: on the last possession where it's like Max is conceding 529 00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 1: a switch which he shouldn't be doing, and Austin's not 530 00:24:31,119 --> 00:24:33,119 Speaker 1: ready for the switch, which he should be doing. And 531 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:35,679 Speaker 1: it's like there's just a lot of mistakes in the 532 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,800 Speaker 1: details there. And again like they had good stretches of 533 00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,840 Speaker 1: defense in this game. I thought they were pretty good 534 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 1: defensively in the second and third quarter against the Warriors. 535 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: But again, this team isn't good enough to accomplish anything 536 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 1: in the big picture unless they have a consistent commitment 537 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 1: to the defensive end and building out those details. And 538 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 1: I won't take them seriously until they make that commitment. Yeah, 539 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 1: they're in a good seventeen and thirteen six seed in 540 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: the West. Good spot right now, eleventh best record in 541 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: the league. I've seen a lot more Lakers optimism after 542 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: the win last night. I don't disagree, But again, these 543 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 1: things can shift in a matter of weeks. In the 544 00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: Western Conference, you have two bad weeks, you could be 545 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 1: the eleven seed, you know. So like again, it's not 546 00:25:16,359 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: about what the ceilings are for these teams. It's about consistency. 547 00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: Who can consistently raise their floor to the point where 548 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: they're playing better basketball on both ends of the floor 549 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: so that they get to their ceiling more often and 550 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 1: they're not as punished as they are by their low end, 551 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 1: and so again I just want to keep an eye 552 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 1: on them in the big picture. Again, this was a 553 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: tough stretch of games, the two road games in Sacramento, 554 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: the home game for Detroit, and the road game at 555 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 1: Golden State. Ironically, I thought they'd lose the three road 556 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 1: games and beat Detroit. They lost to Detroit, won the 557 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,880 Speaker 1: three road games. So it's kind of a confusing team. 558 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:49,000 Speaker 1: But again, you're playing good ball, but it's about consistency 559 00:25:49,040 --> 00:25:52,120 Speaker 1: and I'm still skeptical on that front. On the Warriors front, 560 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: there's three main things I want to hit. Obviously, we 561 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: talked about step and the show that he put on 562 00:25:58,200 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 1: earlier in the show, but I want to talk about 563 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 1: Johnathan Kaminga because we had a little bit of a 564 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 1: story earlier in the week centering around Jonathan Kaminga in 565 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: his shot selection, a comment that Steve Kerr made in 566 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 1: a postgame presser, some confusion about who he was talking about, 567 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,320 Speaker 1: a bunch of different stuff like that, and the main 568 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,360 Speaker 1: idea was based around Steve Kerr basically pointing out like, hey, 569 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,400 Speaker 1: like when we're playing basketball, this like tough contested mid 570 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,880 Speaker 1: range jump shot with fifteen seconds on the shot clock 571 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,040 Speaker 1: while Steph Curry is on the. 572 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,280 Speaker 2: Floor is a bad shot. 573 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:30,160 Speaker 1: And guess what, Steve Curr's right, they are really bad 574 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: shots in this game. Jonathan Kaminga took with eighteen seconds 575 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: on the shot clock a smothered jump shot against Jonathan 576 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 1: Kaminga while the Lakers were on a seven to two run, 577 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: while Steph Curry was on the floor barely Gray's the 578 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:47,800 Speaker 1: right side of the rim. The Lakers got a transition 579 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: run out layup. Now it's a nine to two run. 580 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: That is a bad shot. There's this thing that happens 581 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,880 Speaker 1: with young basketball players where they think and I've been there, 582 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,359 Speaker 1: I've been there, I've been in this spot. I was 583 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: an All conference scorer in JUCO and then I went 584 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,800 Speaker 1: to Arizona Christian University and suddenly I was asked to 585 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 1: play a role and take better shots. And I was 586 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: the guy that was like, but, well, like, I should 587 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:08,120 Speaker 1: be able to take this shot. I should be able 588 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: to try to find my rhythm. And it's like, you 589 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: have to understand that the shots are going to come 590 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 1: to you naturally in the flow of the game, and 591 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:20,480 Speaker 1: by forcing the action, you disrupt rhythm for yourself and 592 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: for your team, and so like, for instance, eighteen seconds 593 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: on the shot clock the pull up jump shot. No 594 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:29,640 Speaker 1: one's telling you that you can't take a contested mid 595 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: range jump shot. All they're saying is you flow action 596 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:37,639 Speaker 1: side to side in the system. And if you catch 597 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: with six seconds on the shot clock and nothing has materialized, 598 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: by all means, drive on Dalton, connect and fade over. 599 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 2: Your right shoulder for a little twelve foot ter. 600 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: If that's the shot that you can get in that situation, 601 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 1: because we've tried everything else. But again, when you're listing 602 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: the types of shots in a basketball game, the worst 603 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:01,120 Speaker 1: shot you can take is a contested mid range pull 604 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,560 Speaker 1: up jump shot. It is literally the worst shot in 605 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 1: the game. So if you ever take it with more 606 00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 1: than ten seconds on the shot clock, you had better 607 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: be in a great rhythm. If you're Mikale Bridges like 608 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,119 Speaker 1: and you're in that rhythm that you were in against 609 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,480 Speaker 1: the Spurs yesterday, then by all means, you want to 610 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 1: trust that rhythm and flow. But when you're out of 611 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: rhythm and you're taking the worst shot in basketball, while 612 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,800 Speaker 1: one of the best offensive players in the league is 613 00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,880 Speaker 1: on the floor with you and there's that much time 614 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 1: left on the shot clock. You are hurting your team 615 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 1: and you're hurting yourself. And so like, I don't blame 616 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 1: Steve Kerf for speaking up. There's a big play in 617 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: the fourth corner six minutes left, Jonathan minga driving in transition. 618 00:28:45,280 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 1: There are three Lakers back. It's a one on three 619 00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 1: and he tries to shoot through all three of them 620 00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,600 Speaker 1: and misses, and Lakers get the ball. They're going back 621 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: the other way. It is a decision making problem, and 622 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 1: he's just not sharp enough elsewhere for it to be 623 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:01,600 Speaker 1: a positive impact. Like, his off ball defense has always 624 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:06,000 Speaker 1: been bad. I'm complaining about it, but it's always been bad. 625 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:08,960 Speaker 1: What happened on that last play is the kind of 626 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,040 Speaker 1: thing that Jonathan does a lot because he's a young 627 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 1: basketball player. He was minus seventeen last night. Think about 628 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: how close that game was. Jonathan Dimingo is minus seventeen. 629 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: So like, regardless of how you feel about him in 630 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: the big picture, he's not helping this team right now. 631 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: All year long, they've been substantially better with him off 632 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: the floor versus on. So it's in the best interest 633 00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 1: of all parties to move on. He's not helping the Warriors, 634 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: he's probably making them a bit worse. So it's not 635 00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:44,880 Speaker 1: helping Golden State in their organization. Two, He's not going 636 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 1: to be a superstar. He does not have that upside, 637 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: so like it's not in the best interest of the 638 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: Golden State organization in the long run. Okay, and for 639 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,720 Speaker 1: Jonathan Kaminga in his development. On his end, this is 640 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 1: not a good spot for him because he needs to 641 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 1: be able to go somewhere where he can make mistakes 642 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,640 Speaker 1: and not be under a ton of pressure. He needs 643 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:04,240 Speaker 1: to go somewhere where he can learn to not make 644 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 1: mistakes over a five year period with a lot less 645 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: stress and a lot less pressure. Like there are young 646 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 1: players who are ready right away to contribute to this 647 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: type of environment. Jonathan Kaminga is not one of them. 648 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 1: So it's in the best interest of both parties to 649 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: use Jonathan Kamena to bring in talent to help this 650 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: Warriors team while sending Jonathan Minga to a situation where 651 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:26,240 Speaker 1: he can learn how to play basketball at a slower less. 652 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:26,760 Speaker 2: Pressure to pace. 653 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:29,480 Speaker 1: Dennis Roeder I thought this was his best game since 654 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: coming over in the four games that he's played. He 655 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,000 Speaker 1: defended great all game, he held down the bench group. 656 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 1: They were I think minus one with Steph off the 657 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: floor in this game. That's really good. I thought he 658 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: made several huge plays late. He had a big steal 659 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: on Austin that led to a runout. He had a 660 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:44,760 Speaker 1: big three off of that Lebron James block in transition. 661 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 1: The big thing that stood out to me is, like 662 00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: you can start to see all the way his dribbil. 663 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 2: Penetration creates advantages for everyone. 664 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: There were a couple of players where Trace Jackson Davis 665 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,240 Speaker 1: kind of fumbled the pass away, but he's getting a 666 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,040 Speaker 1: lot of rim pressure that's generating opportunities for Trace, not 667 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 1: just on roles, but also on offensive rebound where like 668 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,920 Speaker 1: Dennis goes in and smokes a layup, but he's got 669 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 1: such a downhill pressure that he brings a bunch of 670 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: Lakers with him. In the void that fills in behind him, 671 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 1: there comes Trace Jackson Davis for a dunk. Again, Like 672 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 1: like I talked about, I like this Dennis move in 673 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,040 Speaker 1: the context of bringing in another type of player, right, 674 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: which brings me to the big one of the big 675 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 1: takeaways I had from this game. The Lakers played small 676 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: a lot, a lot of Lebron Ruey in the front court, 677 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,640 Speaker 1: a lot of like three guard lineups, a lot of 678 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: small Lakers on the floor. This is where if you 679 00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 1: have a big forward that can create shots, someone like 680 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: a brandon Ingram, someone like a Jimmy Butler. That's the 681 00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: kind of guy that would torture a small ball Lakers group, 682 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: picking on their smaller guards and getting to his spots 683 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,440 Speaker 1: and creating great offense. That's something that this Warriors roster 684 00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: right now cannot do. And so as a result, the 685 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 1: Lakers were able to get away with those small ball 686 00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:55,960 Speaker 1: groups and actually play really well for those stretches. That's 687 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 1: the reason why I keep talking about that type of player. 688 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: It's about the versatility of attack different types of games, 689 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,240 Speaker 1: different parts of the games, different types of matchups, depending 690 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: on what the circumstances call for. I get it that 691 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: it's discouraging for Warriors fans right now. Here's what I 692 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,080 Speaker 1: would say, There's still a lot of good role players 693 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,600 Speaker 1: on this team. You need the star power to craft 694 00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: smaller roles so that guys can start exceeding expectations in 695 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,920 Speaker 1: those roles. As long as you have one star and 696 00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:26,440 Speaker 1: he's not feeling as many of those responsibilities as some 697 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:28,920 Speaker 1: of the other teams with more firepower are all of 698 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:30,920 Speaker 1: a sudden, those roles are a little bigger for your 699 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: role players, and they will start to underwhelm in those situations. 700 00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: That's why I don't like again. That's what your optimism 701 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: has to center around bringing in additional talent. It's just 702 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:42,840 Speaker 1: on the front office to make that happen. Now, all right, guys, 703 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: it's all I have for show number one. I'll see 704 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: you guys a few hours later today for a breakdown 705 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:47,840 Speaker 1: to the rest of the games. 706 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:48,440 Speaker 2: I'll see you guys. 707 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:51,880 Speaker 1: Then the volume