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A lot of key 40 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: players missing, but a lot of stuff that's going to 41 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 1: be the case if these two teams were to face 42 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 1: and face each other in a post season run, so 43 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: I thought it was very revealing. We got some bad 44 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: news about a Lebron James injury that we'll discuss a 45 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,400 Speaker 1: little bit further on, and then I want to talk 46 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: a little bit about some realities about both the Celtics 47 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: and the Lakers in the playoff context. After that, at 48 00:02:13,919 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 1: the tail end of the show, I just have a 49 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: quick rant about the Jokic Shay Gilgas Alexander MVP race, 50 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:21,639 Speaker 1: which is heating up. I just want to talk a 51 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 1: little bit about where I stand in that debate. You 52 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:26,320 Speaker 1: guys know the Joe before we get started. Subscribe to 53 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:27,920 Speaker 1: Oops and my YouTube channels. You don't miss any more 54 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: of our videos. Follow me on Twitter at underscore JSNLTS. 55 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: You guys, don't miss show announcements. 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The Lakers actually, for large portions of this 65 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:01,120 Speaker 1: game played well, but there was the stretch from the 66 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 1: end of the second quarter to the end of the 67 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: third quarter where the Celtics literally strangled the life out 68 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: of the Laker offense. Now, the Laker offense has been 69 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,399 Speaker 1: a work in progress since the Luka doncicch trade. They've 70 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: had phases where it's looked really good and a lot 71 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 1: of phases where it's looked really bad as Lucas struggled 72 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: to get his legs underneath him. As a team, they're 73 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 1: playing so hard on defense that they're not making shots. 74 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 1: On the other end, they've been shooting really poorly in 75 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: spot up situations over the course of the last month. 76 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: It's been a work in progress, but there have been 77 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 1: phases where they've looked downright unguardable, and Boston was the 78 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: first team that I saw straight up strangle the life 79 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: out of them to where it looked like they couldn't 80 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: even get good shots for a stretch there from the 81 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: late second to the late third. So I want to 82 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: talk about three different concepts that Boston was deploying in 83 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,240 Speaker 1: this game that had such a profound effect on Luka 84 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: Doncic and that Lakers offense. I was joking with our 85 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: producer Jackson before the before the show started. It's crazy 86 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: because Luca finished like eleven for twenty two from the 87 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: field and five to ten from three with thirty four points, 88 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:11,880 Speaker 1: and you'd think that was awesome, but he was legitimately 89 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: terrible for the majority of the game, and specifically he 90 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: was bad on both ends, but he was especially bad 91 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: on offense during the majority of the game until Boston 92 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 1: ended up going up by twenty and a big part 93 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: of that was Jaylen Brown and the ball pressure that 94 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: he applied to Luca all game long. I talked about 95 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:33,200 Speaker 1: this concept after the knixt game on Thursday, the idea 96 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: that there are these types of defenders in the NBA 97 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: that Luca has his that he just has his way 98 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:44,279 Speaker 1: with right the skinnier, rangier athletes like Jaden McDaniels is 99 00:04:44,520 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: consistently touted as one of the best, one of the 100 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: best perimeter defenders in the league, and he just is 101 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: hopeless against Luka Doncic. Herb Jones hopeless against Luka Doncics. 102 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 1: Guy like Dyson Daniels, hopeless against Luka Doncic, any of 103 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,679 Speaker 1: these guys where he's given up, They're giving up forty 104 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,960 Speaker 1: to fifty pounds in the matchup. Like Luca just has 105 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,719 Speaker 1: his way with those guys. But there are these like bigger, 106 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: stronger types of perimeter defenders that can give Lucas some issues. 107 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: And Ognobi gave him some issues. We talked about guys 108 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: like Lou Dort in the past. I thought Jalen Brown 109 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: did an absolutely amazing job on Luca Dantchen this game, 110 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: bringing a This game was very physical on both ends. 111 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: There were a lot of uncalled fouls, which is something 112 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: that's going to benefit a good strong perimeter defensive corps 113 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 1: like the Boston Celtics, and Brown just brought this insane 114 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: physical ball pressure on Luca every single time he was 115 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: swiping at the basketball, every time Luca put the ball 116 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: on the floor. There was this consistent theme of Jalen 117 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: winning the early battle. When Lucas started getting the ball 118 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: dribbling around a lot, he was able to get into 119 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,440 Speaker 1: some of his combinations of moves and footwork to where 120 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 1: he can get closer to the rim, and you saw 121 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: him get a couple of easier layout against Jalen in 122 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: the second half, but for the majority of the game, 123 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 1: either while Luca was fighting to get the ball at 124 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: a spot, he'd beat him to the basketball and knock 125 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: it away, or right when Luca would get it, he 126 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 1: would turn and face and like a triple threat, and 127 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: he'd put the ball on the floor and Jalen would 128 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: just immediately lunge in and swipe out at the basketball. 129 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: He had a bunch of tip aways. He was obviously 130 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: frustrating Luka Doncin. So that's always the hard part when 131 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:29,120 Speaker 1: I'm watching Luca, when he's like kind of favoring some 132 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: sort of injury. Is Over the years, I've noticed like 133 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: when he's playing poorly, he tends to heavily favor the injury, 134 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: and then when he's playing well, he has a habit of, 135 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: you know, suddenly moving around like he's fine and like 136 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: I thought, you know, obviously there was some real stuff 137 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 1: with Luca. He was wearing a heat pad before the game. 138 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,560 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to insinuate that he's faking it. I'm 139 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 1: just saying, like Jalen frustrated him so much that Luca 140 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 1: is doing a lot of complaining, a lot of a 141 00:06:52,279 --> 00:06:56,040 Speaker 1: lot of favoring that injury and just playing it up, 142 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:57,559 Speaker 1: And I just thought it was a credit to Jalen 143 00:06:57,560 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: who just did an amazing job on him all game. 144 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: Second piece of it was the defensive scheme that the 145 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,360 Speaker 1: Celtics deployed. Now, this was something that the Celtics did 146 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,000 Speaker 1: early in the NBA Finals last year too, and it's 147 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: something that you're gonna see a lot of teams do 148 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:13,400 Speaker 1: against the Lakers. But the Celtics have been doing a 149 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 1: lot with Horford at the five, and that's switching ball screens, 150 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: right Like, that's the book if you've done any sort 151 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: of research on the Lakers. The two big weaknesses for 152 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 1: their offense right now is pressure the hell out of 153 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: the basketball all game long and try to wear them down. 154 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: And Lebron and Luca can both be a little sloppy 155 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 1: and they're passing out of those sorts of situations, you 156 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: can get turnovers, you can get out in transition and 157 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: then switch if you run drop coverage, like JJ Redick said, 158 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,200 Speaker 1: against Luka Doncic, it's death because his ability to kind 159 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: of take advantage of the baked dribble penetration that comes 160 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: from those ball screens. But if you switch, you gotta 161 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: have guys that can hold up. And the Lakers made 162 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: a decision tonight to attack Al Horford. We're gonna talk 163 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:55,520 Speaker 1: about that in a minute, because I think the Lakers 164 00:07:55,560 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: probably should have taken a different strategy in terms of who. 165 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 2: They were attacking. 166 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: That said, they decided to go at Horford, and Horford 167 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: played really well against those guys. Horford has this combination 168 00:08:09,880 --> 00:08:13,239 Speaker 1: of he's reasonably quick enough to be able to stay 169 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,520 Speaker 1: in front of people, but he's also very big and 170 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: strong and good at absorbing contact. If you look at 171 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: Lebron and Luca, they are guys that like, yeah, if 172 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:24,239 Speaker 1: they get deer in space, like these big, tall, lanky 173 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: centers that can't change direction, Yeah, they can hit series 174 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: of moves and generate drib penetration or get to a 175 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: good look at a pullback three right, something like that. 176 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:36,960 Speaker 1: But if they go against bigger, stronger players they like 177 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: especially as Lebron's gotten older and Luca in general, like 178 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:42,480 Speaker 1: we've talked about earlier, they can actually struggle to get 179 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 1: to their spots and to get separation right, And so 180 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: Horford It's just such a valuable weapon in this matchup. 181 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: If you look at a potential Lakers Celtics playoff series 182 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 1: or an NBA Finals series, it would involve matchup attacking 183 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: no matter what. Because these are teams, the Lakers that 184 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: switch one through and the Celtics that switch one through 185 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: five with everybody but Porzingis and Cornette who won't play 186 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:09,720 Speaker 1: in a playoff series, and Porzingis generally has been asked 187 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: to switch at times as well. These are teams that 188 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: do a ton of switching. So if they're gonna do 189 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: a ton of switching, it's gonna turn into who can 190 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: you attack? 191 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 2: Right? 192 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: For the Lakers, they're looking at Horford and Derek White 193 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: in terms of the starting lineup, the core lineup of 194 00:09:24,280 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: the team. 195 00:09:24,679 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 2: Right. 196 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: For the Celtics, they were looking at Austin Reeves and 197 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: Luka Doncic. And sometimes it's just a simple equation of 198 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,600 Speaker 1: like who's more comfortable Tatum and Brown versus Luca and Austin, 199 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:40,640 Speaker 1: or Lebron and Luca versus Horford and White. And especially 200 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 1: through the first two and a half quarters of this game, 201 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 1: the Lakers were almost exclusively attacking Horford, and Horford looked 202 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: fine in that matchup, while on the other end of 203 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: the floor, Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown were ripping through 204 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: Austin and Luca like they were tissue paper. That really 205 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: is the story of the game. In a switching scheme, 206 00:09:59,559 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: It's gonna come down to attacking matchups in the Celtics 207 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: in this one game. And it's just one game, guys. 208 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,119 Speaker 1: I want to be clear. The Lakers played the Celtics 209 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: a little over a month ago and Lebron and Ad 210 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:12,680 Speaker 1: badly outplayed Jalen and Jason and they got a big win. 211 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:17,319 Speaker 1: This is all the regular season. However, there are certain realities. 212 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: If you ask me who's gonna be more comfortable attacking 213 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 1: matchups Lebron and Luca versus Horford, and we'll see you. 214 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:26,599 Speaker 1: They got to have some success against Derek White in 215 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: the second half, but or Tatum and Brown going against 216 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: Austin and Luca. Those are matchups that favor Boston. I 217 00:10:34,440 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: think in a large sample that would bear out in 218 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:43,720 Speaker 1: Boston getting better shots. And that's a reality that you 219 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: have to acknowledge after watching tonight, Like the Lakers don't 220 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: have an answer for how are they gonna guard with 221 00:10:50,480 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: Austin and Luca in space other than sending an extra defender, 222 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 1: which is a suicide mission against Boston, who's actually at 223 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: their best when they're going at catch and shoot stuff right. 224 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: And so that was kind of the dynamic at play 225 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 1: in this game. But Horford was just doing an amazing 226 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: job defending in switches. 227 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 2: And then I thought. 228 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: There was a lot of really smart help. This is 229 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: the third piece for Boston and their defense. I thought 230 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:15,000 Speaker 1: there was a lot of really smart help from guys 231 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: like Jason Tatum and the guards as well. How many 232 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: times tonight did you see Jason Tatum like peel off 233 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: of a defender late shot clock right when Luca or 234 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: Lebron started to get really aggressive downhill towards the rim. Again, 235 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 1: if you offer really easy help to read, So for instance, 236 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: if I'm posting and you help from one pass away 237 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: and I'm staring right at the guy, it's really easy 238 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 1: for me to throw the ball back out and there's 239 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 1: a wide open three right. But like, let's say I'm 240 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: driving to my right and I spin into my left, 241 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,840 Speaker 1: or let's say I get under the basket and I'm 242 00:11:49,880 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: pump baking and I'm worrying about this guy, there's an 243 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: opportunity for someone to peel off and help and offer 244 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,800 Speaker 1: a late contest off of a shooter without really running 245 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: the risk of getting burned for it, especially in late 246 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 1: shot clock situations. There were a lot of those sequences 247 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:09,160 Speaker 1: tonight where Boston just was smarter with their help right 248 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: And meanwhile on the other end, the Lakers, they've been 249 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 1: a team that's been offering a ton of help in 250 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,960 Speaker 1: the past couple of weeks as their defense has been 251 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 1: really successful, but not against Boston. Against Boston, you can't 252 00:12:21,520 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: get away with that. If you gap into the driving lane, 253 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,480 Speaker 1: it's a simple swing pass. We'd saw one of those 254 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: in the first half. Luka Doncic helping off of Al 255 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: Horford in the left corner. He's gapped right in the 256 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,599 Speaker 1: driving lane for the ball handler. If he's going to 257 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 1: go to his left, simple swing pass to Al Horford 258 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: in the corner. He knocks down to three. That's not 259 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: a strategy that works against Boston. If you guys, remember 260 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: when I was talking after I think it was the 261 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: Pelicans game, I talked about how like Luca can guard. 262 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 1: He's I think he's a better defender than he gets 263 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,520 Speaker 1: credit for in terms of like his off ball defense, 264 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: his basketball IQ, his ability to read and react to play. 265 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 1: He's defensively, but what did I talk about? I said, 266 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 1: Boston is an entirely different challenge. Luca was good in 267 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 1: the playoffs last year defensively until he got to Boston 268 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: and he completely fell apart. Because Boston presents this unique problem, 269 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: which is if you guard one on one, if you 270 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,079 Speaker 1: offer help in those one on one situations, They've got 271 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: all these catch and shoot threats around, and they're really 272 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,120 Speaker 1: good at setting up their spacing and picking you apart. 273 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: It's a very different setup than Luca's on the ball. 274 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:36,719 Speaker 1: And there's a dude three feet to his right, and 275 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: there's a dude three feet to his left, and if 276 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: he somehow gets through all three of those, there's another 277 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: guy helping, because the Lakers have two or three guys 278 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 1: that they feel comfortable giving catch and. 279 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:46,280 Speaker 2: Shoot shots too. 280 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: That's really the like as we start to get real 281 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: about who Boston is as a championship contender. Yeah, their 282 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: record hasn't been as good as Cleveland or Oklahoma City 283 00:13:57,280 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: this year, Who cares, They don't have the same life 284 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: level of urgency. Cleveland is having the best season in 285 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:05,840 Speaker 1: franchise not in franchise history, but in a very long 286 00:14:05,880 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: time in terms of the regular season, and I think 287 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: the last team to win at this rate was what 288 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: the two thousand and nine Calves, if I remember correctly. 289 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: But like, this team is playing really well. They're stoked. 290 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:20,280 Speaker 1: Every game is another opportunity for them to continue to 291 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:25,280 Speaker 1: build this cool new thing Oklahoma City. This is their 292 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: first year where they're like, we actually can win the title. 293 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,080 Speaker 1: We're a dead serious team. Let's go get this thing 294 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: every night. And all their players are like twenty six 295 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: and younger. Boston's older Jason Tatum is the only guy 296 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: in their core eight who's twenty six and younger. They 297 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: have won the championship before, they've been in all these 298 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: deep playoff runs. They are not under the same level 299 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: of day to day give a shit that the other 300 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 1: teams are in the league. And the reality is when 301 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 1: the shit hits the fan and they need to turn 302 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 1: it up, they can put together multiple five man groupings 303 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:05,800 Speaker 1: where none of them are a real weak point on 304 00:15:05,840 --> 00:15:08,040 Speaker 1: the defensive end of the floor and all of them 305 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 1: can dribble, shoot and pass really well. So like you're 306 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 1: in this situation where it's like, oh shit, we either 307 00:15:16,320 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 1: have to leave our worst defender on Tatum and Brown 308 00:15:19,880 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: one on one and just pray that they take stupid 309 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 1: shots and miss, or we're gonna have to send a 310 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,880 Speaker 1: second defender and allow them to get these catch and 311 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,120 Speaker 1: shoot looks that they burn everybody with. And what you 312 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:33,760 Speaker 1: just saw tonight was a team with Lebron James, Luka, Doncic, 313 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: and Austin Reeves unable to create a decent look for 314 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 1: like a fifteen minute stretch of game time. That is 315 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: the scalability that they have on defense, That is the 316 00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: scalability that they have on offense. And that's why no 317 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 1: matter what I've seen this year, whether it's Oklahoma City 318 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: going on a run, or it's Cleveland, or it's Houston 319 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: beating every good team in the league for like three weeks, 320 00:15:55,880 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: or it's this recent Lebron James led Lukadancic led Laker run, 321 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: I don't think any of these teams can reach the 322 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: level on both ends of the floor that the Boston 323 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: Celtics can reach. And that's why to me, they're just 324 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 1: clearly the favorite. Does that mean they can lose or 325 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: that they can't lose, of course not. They're beatable. Cleveland 326 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: could beat them, Milwaukee could beat them. I still think 327 00:16:18,040 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: that the Lakers could play a lot better than they 328 00:16:20,160 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: play tonight. If the Lakers and Celtics met in the 329 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 1: series in the finals, of course I think the Lakers 330 00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: could win. But we would all be foolish to not 331 00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 1: pick Boston to win these matchups because when push comes 332 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: to shove, they got five dudes that are all big 333 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:37,840 Speaker 1: and strong, that can guard a bunch of different positions, 334 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 1: and they've got a million ways to create great shots. 335 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: There's a whole portion there where they're like, hey, why 336 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: don't we just throw the ball in the post to 337 00:16:45,160 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 1: Al Horford against Austin Reeves and they got a bunch 338 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: of good stuff out of it. Porzingis is a whole 339 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: other option that they can go to on that front. 340 00:16:54,120 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: There's just so many different ways they can win, so 341 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: many different shapes they can take. I believe that's the 342 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 1: best team in the NBA right now. I want to 343 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,880 Speaker 1: shout out Jason Tatum. He was doing an amazing job 344 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 1: picking up Luka Doncica, Jon Austin Reeves in this game. 345 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: Forty points, twelve rebounds, and eight assists. I thought he 346 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,440 Speaker 1: was fantastic. This is a concept that I've been talking 347 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,639 Speaker 1: about for a little while. There's a reputation around the 348 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: league that Jason Tatum has, And for the record, I 349 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:34,440 Speaker 1: felt this way last year, so I'm not trying to 350 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,480 Speaker 1: like call anybody out, but there's this opinion out there 351 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,480 Speaker 1: that is somewhat pervasive in the NBA Twitter world where 352 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: Tatum's like a second tier guy, and I think there 353 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 1: was a combination of a bunch of factors that led 354 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 1: to that reputation. 355 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:50,920 Speaker 2: He was such a good jump. 356 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:52,640 Speaker 1: Shooter early in his career, and then he really fell 357 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:54,800 Speaker 1: off and struggled to shoot the jump shot over the 358 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: course of the previous few years. In terms of like 359 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: like being reliably great as a jump shooter, he added 360 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 1: a bunch of strength and a bunch of playmaking talent 361 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,119 Speaker 1: over that time, and so it was like there was 362 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 1: this early version of Tatum that wasn't as big as 363 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,119 Speaker 1: and strong and not as good at reading the floor. 364 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 2: We could shoot the shit out of the ball. 365 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:13,679 Speaker 1: And then there was this other version of Tatum that 366 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,320 Speaker 1: was like big and strong and super versatile defensively and 367 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:18,359 Speaker 1: like a much better playmaker than most of his peers 368 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:21,520 Speaker 1: at his position. But he just wasn't as good as 369 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: a jump shooter as he needed to be. Tatum has 370 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: added those two pieces of his game into one now, 371 00:18:27,160 --> 00:18:30,640 Speaker 1: and he's become this like really dynamic shot maker from 372 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:32,879 Speaker 1: all these different spots on the floor, one of the 373 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: best three point shooters, like high volume, create his own 374 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 1: shot type of three point shooters that we have in 375 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: the league. And he's this big, strong, superversaal defensive player, 376 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 1: and he's one of the best playmakers in the NBA 377 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:44,480 Speaker 1: right now. 378 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 2: He's put it all together. 379 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 1: And like, look, does that mean he's gonna go out 380 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: play the top guys over and over again. No, We've 381 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,479 Speaker 1: talked about that earlier. Like I've seen Tatum get out 382 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:56,040 Speaker 1: played by some of the top guys too, But I've 383 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: also seen Tatum on the same floor with the top 384 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,439 Speaker 1: guys multiple times. Here, look like he's better he was 385 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: on the same floor Luka doncicin Lebron James, both of 386 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: whom who have like Lebron's been playing at like a 387 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 1: top five level for a month and a half and 388 00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,560 Speaker 1: Luca is, Luka Doncic and Jason Tatum just looked like 389 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,439 Speaker 1: he was better than them tonight. And that is a 390 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,639 Speaker 1: level he can get to forty twelve and eight guys 391 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: like he is absolutely one of the top tier guys 392 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: in this league and deserves to be respected as one. 393 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: I just think that needs to be acknowledged. It's undeniable 394 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: at this point. Moving on to the Lakers, a couple things. 395 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 1: We'll talk about the Lebron news in a minute, because 396 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,480 Speaker 1: it's kind of like separate from the basketball team. I 397 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 1: disagreed with their approach of attacking Horford. They really really 398 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 1: focused on attacking Al Horford for the majority of the game, 399 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: for like two and a half quarters, And I think 400 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 1: it was one of those things where Lebron and Luca 401 00:19:48,680 --> 00:19:51,440 Speaker 1: liked it as a as an alternative to facing pressure. 402 00:19:52,040 --> 00:19:55,040 Speaker 1: So smaller players they're going to react to mismatches by 403 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: applying ball pressure, right, and so you like, yeah, if 404 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,879 Speaker 1: you attack Derek White or Drew Holliday, Peyton Pritchard or 405 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,520 Speaker 1: same Houser, you're gonna have to deal with them up 406 00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: in your business, swiping at the basketball, being super physically aggressive, 407 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff. So I think there was 408 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,280 Speaker 1: more of just like it's easy because Horford's like giving 409 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:11,880 Speaker 1: us space and letting us mess around with our dribble 410 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: a little bit be a little bit more comfortable. But 411 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: that played directly into Boston's hands because al Horford was 412 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: either conceding tough pull up threes that Lebron and Luca 413 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: weren't making enough of, or holding up really well in 414 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 1: the two point range, like holding up really well there. 415 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:29,239 Speaker 1: I understand that it's harder on the body, but the 416 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:33,080 Speaker 1: advantage there is like the advantage there in particular for 417 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:36,840 Speaker 1: Lebron and Luca is to attack the smaller players. And 418 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:38,639 Speaker 1: by the way, there was a lot of success. Lucas 419 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: started attacking Derek White, like in that second half run, 420 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: and he gets an easy step through for a left 421 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,200 Speaker 1: handed layup, gets plenty of separation for a step back three, 422 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 1: They got open shots in rotation out of that. Lebron 423 00:20:50,080 --> 00:20:54,080 Speaker 1: had some success attacking Pritchard, like going at the smalls. 424 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: I think is the way to go for Lebron and Luca. 425 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: Austin reeves his game is shifty and quick and good 426 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: at getting defenders at a position. That's the kind of 427 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 1: guy that you want attacking Al Horford because that's a 428 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: matchup where he feels more comfortable. So I thought, I 429 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 1: thought the Lakers just weren't as smart as Boston tonight. 430 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: In just the way they went about matchup attacking throughout 431 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: the game. I thought that was an area for improvement. 432 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,000 Speaker 1: Luca just has to be better, Like, yeah, dude, if 433 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,639 Speaker 1: you're gonna let Jaylen Brown like take your lunch money 434 00:21:24,640 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 1: for two and a half quarters, the Lakers aren't winning 435 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 1: an NBA Finals series against Boston. 436 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 2: They have no chance. 437 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,720 Speaker 1: Like Eve, when I talk about the chance that the 438 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: Lakers have in a potential final series with Boston if 439 00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:37,959 Speaker 1: they were to get to that point, it's Luca's incredible 440 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:41,720 Speaker 1: and Jaylen Brown played him into what I thought was 441 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: a really, really rough game. I didn't talk about it 442 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 1: too much, but like the defensive end was really bad 443 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: for Luca as well. He was offering a lot of 444 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: unnecessary help, leaving shooters open. There's a play where he 445 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: straight up like hacked Jason Tatum on a pull up 446 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: three because he was frustrated. 447 00:21:55,040 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 2: That was really bad. 448 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,480 Speaker 1: Luca just had a nightmare game, I thought, which is 449 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: hilarious because he had thirty four or on you know, 450 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:03,120 Speaker 1: fifty percent from the field and fifty percent from three. 451 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: But that's that's all world talents for you. That's what 452 00:22:05,440 --> 00:22:07,800 Speaker 1: it looks like, but Luca just has to be better 453 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:12,399 Speaker 1: if if Luca is going to every superstar in NBA 454 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 1: history has run into their weakness, right Lebron, it was 455 00:22:15,840 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 1: teams conceding the three point shot. Even with Jokich, we've 456 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: seen it's can't he figure out a way to be 457 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: useful on defense? Steph Curry in his career had to 458 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:29,760 Speaker 1: figure that specific part out, right, Like, there's all these 459 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: different challenges that superstars face in their career. For Luka Doncic, 460 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:40,400 Speaker 1: it's specifically guarding in space. It's there are a lot 461 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: of defenders in the league that if you offer them 462 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 1: lots of help and you set up a game plan 463 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: to where their job is easy, they can thrive. But 464 00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:50,399 Speaker 1: at the highest levels, as you get further along in 465 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: the playoffs, you run into better teams that are better 466 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 1: at exploiting your weaknesses. For Luka Doncic, he's gonna have 467 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,200 Speaker 1: to find a way to at least heast make isoing 468 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: him not the easiest pathway for another team to continually 469 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: generate awesome shots. He's got to find a way to 470 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: win more of those battles, to keep the defense out 471 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: of rotation, to contain the ball a little bit better. 472 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: There were some good possessions in there where he forced 473 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: him into tough step back jump shots. I thought he 474 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,120 Speaker 1: had a couple of good ones late against Jalen Brown 475 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,160 Speaker 1: where he slid his feet well and kind of flattened 476 00:23:24,160 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: out some drives, but overall in the large sample, he 477 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:29,520 Speaker 1: was too easy of an opening there. Same thing for 478 00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 1: Austin Reeves. Austin won some battles late in the game, 479 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,920 Speaker 1: but he was getting picked apart in the middle portion 480 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 1: of the game. Those guys have to hold up better 481 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: on the defensive end. I thought the Lakers made too 482 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: many mistakes in this game, Like they were within four 483 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: with like what four or five minutes left, and Jared 484 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: Vanderbilt like just gifts the Celtics three free throws on 485 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:49,480 Speaker 1: a possession because he won't take his hand off Derek 486 00:23:49,480 --> 00:23:52,360 Speaker 1: White while he's shooting a jump shot. That weird sequence 487 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,600 Speaker 1: from Jordan Goodwin to end the third quarter where he 488 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: like stole a wide open three from Austin and threw 489 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: the ball away and then had a wide open layup 490 00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: in transition and trick the layup off. There was just 491 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: way too much sloppiness, way too many mistakes for this 492 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 1: caliber of NBA team to beat the way that the 493 00:24:08,960 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: Boston Celtics can reach on both ends of the floor. 494 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: I thought it was another game that was pretty revealing 495 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: in terms of Jared vanderbuilt in the dunker spot. We've 496 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,880 Speaker 1: been talking about this a lot over the course. 497 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 2: Of the season. 498 00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: It seems consistent to me that teams that really have 499 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: like overwhelming size in athleticism that can really grind things 500 00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:30,400 Speaker 1: to a haul around the paint, that Jared Vanderbilt cannot 501 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 1: catch and finish anything underneath the basket. 502 00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,639 Speaker 2: That is a problem. That is a reality. 503 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 1: Like again, when you're looking at these games, you want 504 00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,440 Speaker 1: to pick the things out that you can separate, right 505 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: Like Jackson Hayes is out, Ruey Hachimura is out, Luca 506 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: plays terrible. These are things that you can view as 507 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: like things that will probably go in your favor in 508 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: the long run, But in the that doesn't mean you 509 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 1: take absolutely nothing from a game where you struggle. There 510 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: are things that are there are real things that you 511 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: can take away from those situations against the the teams 512 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: on the defensive end of the floor, Jared Vanderbilt is 513 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: gonna be a problem on offense. That's just a reality. 514 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: That is part of the construct of this Laker team. 515 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: On the Lebron front, it looked like it was a 516 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 1: classic case. So I don't know if you guys have 517 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: ever played and done one of those crazy spin moves, 518 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: but when you start really pivoting back and forth, it 519 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 1: puts an enormous amount of strain on your groin. It's 520 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: just centripetal force as you're spinning your body around in 521 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 1: one of your legs that weighs forty to fifty pounds 522 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,440 Speaker 1: is getting slung out away from you, and you're trying 523 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 1: to keep that thing under control. Looks like you heard, 524 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: is growing. There's six weeks until the playoffs, so I 525 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: don't think there's any reason to like get super freaked 526 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 1: out about it. We don't even know the degree of 527 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,359 Speaker 1: the injury. If it's a apparently, if it's pretty mild, 528 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:42,679 Speaker 1: he might be back in a couple of weeks. If 529 00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,400 Speaker 1: it's a little more serious, he might be out four 530 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: to six weeks. 531 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 2: Whatever. 532 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 1: Like, if anything, Lebron ramping up for a playoff run 533 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,400 Speaker 1: is probably not the worst thing in the world as 534 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: far as like making sure he's fresh for that sort 535 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 1: of thing. However, these are the realities that I pointed 536 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 1: out right after the Luca trade, you traded two starters 537 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,200 Speaker 1: for one, and this was a team that already was 538 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 1: somewhat thin on high level players. I viewed like eight 539 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: guys as high level right like Lebron, Luca, Austin Jackson, 540 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 1: and Rui and then Dorian Finney, Smith, Jared Vanderbilt, Gabe 541 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:18,639 Speaker 1: Vincent and Jackson Hayes. Is maybe if you're considering a 542 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: ninth Jackson Hayes, Jackson's down now, Ruey hot Tamura is 543 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 1: down now, Lebron James is down now, Austin Reeves missed 544 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 1: some time recently. Guys are dropping because this is a hard, 545 00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: competing defensive team that doesn't have a very deep rotation. 546 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 1: And so these are like when I talk about the Lakers, 547 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:43,120 Speaker 1: by far, the biggest weakness that I've seen is they 548 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,440 Speaker 1: just have a lot of different areas where if they 549 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:51,040 Speaker 1: get a key injury, things fall apart, Like Lebron and 550 00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:54,320 Speaker 1: Ruey both out. You basically don't have a power forward 551 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: on the roster. That's a concern moving forward. So like 552 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,199 Speaker 1: there are some frustrations that there are some realities that 553 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,719 Speaker 1: the Lakers have to deal with in terms of their 554 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: lack of depth that are starting to come to the surface. Now, 555 00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:09,159 Speaker 1: all right, guys, before we get out of here for 556 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,600 Speaker 1: the night, I wanted to talk a little bit about 557 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: the Nicola Jokis shake kills Alexander MVP debate. So this 558 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: ends up being a constant debate over the course of 559 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,880 Speaker 1: the years because there is a lack of consistent criteria 560 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:27,600 Speaker 1: in my time following the NBA, everything shifts back and forth. 561 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:31,960 Speaker 1: Different voters value different things. There are huge portions of 562 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:36,439 Speaker 1: the voting base for MVP that like dramatically consider, like 563 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 1: seriously consider catch all metrics, which I vehemently disagree with. 564 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 1: I think it's a bad way to try to make 565 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:49,320 Speaker 1: a decision of this caliber that involves such NBA history. 566 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,160 Speaker 1: There are a lot of different things about the MVP 567 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: that I don't like, and that's why I don't spend 568 00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: too much time talking about it. That said, I think 569 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,840 Speaker 1: there's a specific issue arising here that is probably not 570 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,000 Speaker 1: that should not be an issue involving whether or not 571 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: Yokich has a real case. 572 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,200 Speaker 2: Is Yokich the best player in the NBA? Yes? Why? 573 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 1: Because that sort of thing is determined in the playoffs. 574 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:13,800 Speaker 1: When we get to the playoffs. Over the course of 575 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 1: the last few years, jo Kich is the indomitable force 576 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 1: that I've seen. He is the one guy that reaches 577 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,640 Speaker 1: a level that no team can reach. And even back 578 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: in that twenty twenty three season, he had a very 579 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: very good defensive season, and he was very good defensively 580 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: on the way to the title that year. Jokic is 581 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:33,000 Speaker 1: the best player in the league. There's nothing that Shaye 582 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,480 Speaker 1: could do in the regular season context to take that away. 583 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,120 Speaker 1: In my opinion, that's it. There is this idea that 584 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: Oklahoma City is overwhelmingly talented and that's why they're winning. 585 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,800 Speaker 1: And as a result, a lot of people are writing 586 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: off Shay and it's like, Shay's the guy that's on 587 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: the overwhelmingly talented team. Jokich is the guy that's carrying 588 00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: a bunch of bums. He's the guy that deserves to 589 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,800 Speaker 1: win the MVP. Chet Holmgren's been out most of the season. 590 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: His secondary shot creator, Jalen Williams, is very young by 591 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 1: NBA standards. I saw a lot of people saying, like, 592 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: Shay is surrounded by all this all world defensive talent. 593 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: You're right, Shay is surrounded by a very good defensive team. 594 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: There's no offensive player playing off of Shay that's as 595 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:20,320 Speaker 1: good as Jamal Murray is. There's no shooter that plays 596 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 1: for the Thunder who's as good as Michael Porter Junior is. 597 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: They the Denver's construct is built more around offensive talent. 598 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: Ogoma City's construct is built more around defensive talent. What 599 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 1: Shay's job this year has been has been to create 600 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:39,640 Speaker 1: every single shot for his team throughout this entire season. 601 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: With Jalen Williams off the floor, just playing with a 602 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:48,080 Speaker 1: bunch of defensive minded young athletes, He's been able to 603 00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:51,240 Speaker 1: consistently put the ball in the basket and keep his 604 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 1: team afloat on the offensive end. And when you really 605 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: get down to it, they are eleven games better, eleven 606 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: games b better in the standings than Denver. Do you 607 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: have any idea how much better Jokich would have to 608 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:11,040 Speaker 1: be than Shay in the regular season context for eleven 609 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: games to be overcome. At the end of the day, 610 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,520 Speaker 1: to me, MVP should come down to three factors. It 611 00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:21,320 Speaker 1: should come down to who's been the best player on 612 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:26,520 Speaker 1: the best team in the league, So team success, value 613 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:29,720 Speaker 1: to your team, how your team performs with or without you, 614 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: And then Lastly, I personally think it should factor in 615 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: somewhat what your big picture reputation is in the league. 616 00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,360 Speaker 1: Like if you're a player that we know can't play 617 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:44,400 Speaker 1: in the playoffs and is a merchant of regular season basketball, 618 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 1: I think that should factor in. If there's another player 619 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 1: that's pretty close, but that's a proven we know this 620 00:30:51,640 --> 00:30:53,560 Speaker 1: is one of the dudes in the NBA when we 621 00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:57,680 Speaker 1: get to the playoffs, I do believe that should factor in. 622 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:00,680 Speaker 1: I do think Jokic has an advantage in that case. 623 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:05,080 Speaker 1: I'd even argue Jokic is more valuable to the Nuggets 624 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: than Shae is to the Thunder, although I think Shay 625 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,200 Speaker 1: is a lot more valuable to the Thunder than people 626 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:13,600 Speaker 1: give him credit for. They're a good team without Shay, 627 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 1: they're a fucking awesome team with Shae. He lifts them 628 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 1: to that level. I saw people say like, oh, if 629 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: you take Jokic off the Nuggets, what does that team win? 630 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,040 Speaker 1: Take Shae off the Thunder? How many get they're in 631 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,520 Speaker 1: the play it? So it really comes down to that 632 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:33,800 Speaker 1: last piece, which is who's been the best team, And 633 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: there's just such a massive advantage there. The Nuggets have 634 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,440 Speaker 1: very like the Nuggets have had substantial issues on defense. 635 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 1: They've consistently struggled against good teams in the league. They 636 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: have not been nearly as good as a basketball team 637 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: as the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the gap in value 638 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:54,360 Speaker 1: and reputation between the two is too small in my 639 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: opinion to make up that gap, And it gets a 640 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:58,880 Speaker 1: little bit deeper when you start to factor in the 641 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: reasons why Denver is struggled. Denver has been a bad 642 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: defense this year, and it's not all Jokich's fault. I 643 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,200 Speaker 1: don't want to sit there and make it seem like 644 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 1: that's the case. There are a lot of guys that 645 00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,320 Speaker 1: are struggling defensively on this team. Jamal can be a 646 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 1: problem at times, Michael Porter Junior can be a problem 647 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,880 Speaker 1: at times. Aaron Gordon's been banged up all year and 648 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,720 Speaker 1: hasn't been as good defensively. The young guys, guys like 649 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: Julian Strather's been a disaster on defense at times this year. 650 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: There are other guys at fault, but there is a 651 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:32,320 Speaker 1: simple concept, a simple reality about Denver's construct that limits 652 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: them on the defensive end of the floor. Jokich cannot 653 00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 1: defend and drop coverage, and he cannot switch if he 654 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,720 Speaker 1: defends and drop coverage. He's nowhere near good enough at 655 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: protecting the rim. A guy like that on his heels, 656 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: guys go right around into the basket, and if you 657 00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: put him in space to switch, can't slide his feet 658 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: well enough. He'll just give up dribble penetration. So there's 659 00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 1: like two coverages that the Nuggets can legitimately deploy, and 660 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: both of them involved putting two on the ball. They 661 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:02,880 Speaker 1: can bring Yokic up to the level, and they can 662 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 1: blitz with him. Those are really the only two things 663 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:11,480 Speaker 1: they can do, and so they exist in rotation. They 664 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:15,520 Speaker 1: exist in these four on threes off the ball, and 665 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: they're just not very good on the backside rotating out 666 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 1: of it. That is a reality of why Denver struggles 667 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,200 Speaker 1: on the defensive end of the floor. Jokic is a 668 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:29,479 Speaker 1: big part of it. That's why Phoenix continues to have 669 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: success against this team scoring the basketball, even though obviously 670 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: they've lost their last few against them. But Phoenix can score. 671 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: When the Lakers went in there and won, it was 672 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,880 Speaker 1: just two on the ball, four on threes, easy, wide 673 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,760 Speaker 1: open threes every single time down the floor. Their defense 674 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:50,480 Speaker 1: struggles because their base concept demands excellent rotations on the 675 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: backside due to Yokic, and they haven't been very good 676 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,440 Speaker 1: on the backside. I think that that is just too 677 00:33:57,520 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: big of a factor in a gas that is eleven 678 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 1: games wide in the standings for me to just be like, well, 679 00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:06,840 Speaker 1: Jokicic is the best player in the world, so therefore 680 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:10,239 Speaker 1: he deserves MVP. It's never been that way. The best 681 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,799 Speaker 1: player in the world deserve MVP. Lebron would have ten 682 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,840 Speaker 1: of them, mj would have ten of them. It'd be 683 00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 1: a completely different story. Kobe'd have five or six of them. 684 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:20,839 Speaker 1: That's just not how it works. It's never been how 685 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 1: it works. Shay's having a nearly as good season as 686 00:34:26,080 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: Jokic for a much better team, and he may not 687 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 1: be as valuable to them as Jokic is, but he's 688 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,800 Speaker 1: valuable enough that I think he deserves to be the 689 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 1: favorite to win MVP. At this point, there's what twenty 690 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: something games left. Maybe Shae falls apart and Jokic is 691 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:45,080 Speaker 1: amazing and Yokic snatches it, But if the season ends today, 692 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,160 Speaker 1: I think Shaye deserves it, and I hope that he. 693 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: I hope that if the circumstances stay the same that 694 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:53,200 Speaker 1: he ends up getting it, because that's the way we've 695 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:57,319 Speaker 1: done it throughout throughout NBA history. All right, guys, that 696 00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 1: is all I have for tonight. As always a sincerely 697 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:03,200 Speaker 1: appreciate you for support me and supporting the show. Tomorrow, 698 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,520 Speaker 1: I'm going with Colin in the evening, so keep an 699 00:35:05,520 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 1: eye on his feed for that, and then we'll be 700 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,600 Speaker 1: back to it finally back to our normal routine on Monday, 701 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: where we can start bouncing around the rest of the league. 702 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: There's always a sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting me 703 00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,800 Speaker 1: and supporting the show, and I will see you tomorrow 704 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 1: the volume What's up guys? As always, I appreciate you 705 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,360 Speaker 1: for listening to and supporting OOPS tonight. It would actually 706 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,319 Speaker 1: be really helpful for us if you guys would take 707 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,480 Speaker 1: a second and leave a rating and a review. 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