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Speaker 1: but like he shouldn't push the volume. He's taking six

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Speaker 1: of them a game this year. He shouldn't push his

435
00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,879
Speaker 1: volume up to that point until he's got it going.

436
00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 1: He's just doing the defensive favor in those particular situations

437
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:12,800
Speaker 1: that Tatum had some good stretches in this game. He

438
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Speaker 1: in the middle of the fourth quarter, I thought he

439
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,880
Speaker 1: did an excellent job of just putting relentless rim pressure

440
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,520
Speaker 1: as he generated quality shot after quality shot. I thought,

441
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Speaker 1: like that possession after Steph tied it at one eighteen

442
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,400
Speaker 1: when he methodically ran that two man game with Derek White,

443
00:22:28,440 --> 00:22:30,159
Speaker 1: drew the double team and hit Derek, Like that was

444
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Speaker 1: really high quality offense. But then it would be like

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00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,680
Speaker 1: there was a possession in ot where he hopped the

446
00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,639
Speaker 1: ball in the left wing with Steph on him, was

447
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,359
Speaker 1: seven on the shot clock, and he passed it away

448
00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,360
Speaker 1: immediately to Jalen Brown in the corner, who promptly drove

449
00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,000
Speaker 1: into traffic and missed a layup. And I will like,

450
00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:49,399
Speaker 1: that's the thing is like we talk about like heliocentrism

451
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:51,920
Speaker 1: and like how that can be monotonous over the when

452
00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,359
Speaker 1: you see guys like Luka Doncicch do it like seventy

453
00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:56,199
Speaker 1: five times in a game, or James Harden do it

454
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:58,320
Speaker 1: seventy five times in a game back in the old

455
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:02,360
Speaker 1: Rocket Stays. But spamming in action is actually a good

456
00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 1: thing in a small sample because it's just a simple

457
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,439
Speaker 1: matter of personnel. My guy's bigger and stronger than yours,

458
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 1: and we're gonna get a great shot just by attacking that.

459
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,720
Speaker 1: It's just that offensive process piece. It's like it just

460
00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:21,040
Speaker 1: consistently comes to the forefront with Boston, and it only

461
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Speaker 1: comes to the forefront in these big games. You know,

462
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Speaker 1: I had a Boston fan a tweet at me tonight.

463
00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,200
Speaker 1: He goes Jason Tatum has won four or five playoff

464
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Speaker 1: series with that pull up shot, and like, don't get

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Speaker 1: me wrong, I remember some of these shots. I remember

466
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Speaker 1: Jason Tatum hitting a huge right shoulder fade over the

467
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Speaker 1: Milwaukee Bucks in Game six, if I remember correctly, in Milwaukee.

468
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Speaker 1: I've seen Jason Tatum take and make big time shots.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that he shouldn't take them. I'm not

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Speaker 1: saying they shouldn't be part of his game, but there's

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Speaker 1: no question at this point that it's too big of

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Speaker 1: a part in this game. And again, that Milwaukee buck

473
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Speaker 1: shot I was talking about that was a range jump shot.

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Speaker 2: It was not a three.

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Speaker 1: It's a shot closer to the rim, which has a

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Speaker 1: lower shot value, but as a higher field goal percentage.

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Speaker 1: Understand the difference between those two concepts in a one

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Speaker 1: shot sample size. That's kind of the concept that I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about here. All right, Before we get out here tonight,

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about Jamrant for a little bit

481
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Speaker 1: and then we're gonna talk about Damian Lillard for a

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Speaker 1: few minutes. So as a basketball fan, it was incredibly

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Speaker 1: fun to get to watch John Morant play again tonight.

484
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Speaker 1: It's funny I got into the doghouse this summer because

485
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Speaker 1: I said we were doing player rankings, I think, and

486
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Speaker 1: I had Jalen Brunson over Ja Morant, and everyone hyper

487
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Speaker 1: focused on it as being some sort of negative jam

488
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Speaker 1: Morant take, which is not the case. It's just Jalen

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Speaker 1: Brunson is one of my favorite players in the league,

490
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Speaker 1: and he's awesome at basketball. Just had fifty the other night.

491
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Speaker 1: He's been averaging twenty eight for like a month. He's

492
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Speaker 1: been one of the most efficient scorers in the league

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Speaker 1: over that spand like, Jalen Brunston, you just kicked the

494
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Speaker 1: Lakers ass last night. Like Jalen Brunson is incredible, right,

495
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Speaker 1: Tyres Aliburton is incredible.

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Speaker 2: I saw that.

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Speaker 1: Quote from the press conference where the person in the

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Speaker 1: stands directly asked John Moran about these player comparisons, and like,

499
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Speaker 1: sometimes I just want to be like, Hey, Anthony Edwards awesome,

500
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Speaker 1: Tyres Aliburton awesome, John Morant awesome, Jalen Brunson awesome, all

501
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 1: of them are awesome, and like it's all just a

502
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Speaker 1: matter of personal preference, right, But I have zero ill

503
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Speaker 1: will towards John Ran. He's one of my favorite players

504
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Speaker 1: to watch in the league. And what you saw tonight

505
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,840
Speaker 1: was what happens when you have a guy with a

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Speaker 1: superpower and how that can make the game of basketball

507
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:41,639
Speaker 1: so much easier. John Morant's superpower is that he's so

508
00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:46,240
Speaker 1: damn fast. He makes the NBA's fast guys look not fast.

509
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Speaker 1: That's his superpower. And we're going to talk about his

510
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,639
Speaker 1: scoring in a minute, but it was his passing in

511
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,040
Speaker 1: particular that I thought demonstrated this concept so well tonight.

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Speaker 1: There was a pass that he had in the first half,

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Speaker 1: a transition push where he was working his way.

514
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,880
Speaker 2: Down the floor with a ton of pace.

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Speaker 1: Zire Williams just cuts out of the left side corner,

516
00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 1: kind of hangs out right underneath the rim, and Jow

517
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: hits him underneath the basket. If you watch that possession,

518
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Speaker 1: every single Pelican is mesmerized by John Moran as he's

519
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,920
Speaker 1: driving in transition, because that's what happens. You know how

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00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 1: we as basketball fans are watching Jah in transition, We're like,

521
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,640
Speaker 1: holy shit, he's moving. Dudes on the court are saying

522
00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 1: the same thing. There was a ball screen with it

523
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,879
Speaker 1: was a staggered pick and roll with Zaire set in

524
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Speaker 1: the first pick and then Jaron Jackson setting the second

525
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 1: picks on the right wing. Was in the first half,

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Speaker 1: and Trey Murphy ends up jumping the first ball screen

527
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Speaker 1: and hedging really hard on Jaw, and as a result

528
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 1: of that, Jaw had to split, and so he does.

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Speaker 1: When Jared Jackson recognizes that Jaw's not going to use

530
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Speaker 1: the second pick because he splits, he immediately slips to

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Speaker 1: the rim. But this whole thing happens so fast. Jaw

532
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: goes off the pick splits and then just funnels up

533
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: a left handed scoop lob to Jaron Jackson, who dunks

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00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 1: it at the basket. Yonas Valanciunas is in like kind

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Speaker 1: of a drop coverage in this situation. The whole thing

536
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:16,920
Speaker 1: happens so fast. Not only does Jonas Valacunas not get

537
00:27:17,320 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: not get a hand up, or not only does he

538
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,200
Speaker 1: not jump, he didn't even get a hand up. He's

539
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: stuck in the mud. He's like he just turns around

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00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: and suddenly Jaron Jackson's on the rim because of how quickly,

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Speaker 1: Like that's a read that we see a lot like, Oh,

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00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 1: it's a hedge. You split the head, you gotta engage

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00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:33,919
Speaker 1: the drop coverage defender. Then you throw that lob to

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00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 1: the vertical spacer. It's a play we see a lot

545
00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:39,960
Speaker 1: in the NBA, but it never looks like that because

546
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:42,960
Speaker 1: no one ever does it that fast. And again, like

547
00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,840
Speaker 1: we talk so much about all these different skill set things,

548
00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 1: but like that individual athletic superpower is one of the

549
00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,359
Speaker 1: most warping things that an individual player can do for

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00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:56,280
Speaker 1: a basketball team. And he's just he's always just been

551
00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,480
Speaker 1: a gifted passer in general. Now, the Pelicans are generally

552
00:27:59,520 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 1: a hard held team, but consistently John Moran tonight was

553
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 1: raaiding the lowman really well, hit multiple threes in the

554
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 1: weak side corner with skip passes. It's just he's he

555
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 1: is going to make offense so much easier for this

556
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:16,360
Speaker 1: Grizzly team. We're gonna talk a lot about but we're

557
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,840
Speaker 1: gonna talk a little late in this show about what

558
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: they have lying in front of them as as a challenge,

559
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: but there's no doubt that it's just gonna be a

560
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,120
Speaker 1: lot easier for this team with John Moran in the court.

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Speaker 1: Then down the stretch, John gets three straight buckets in

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Speaker 1: the final minute and a half. Starts with an ISO

563
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Speaker 1: of Herb Jones out of the right corner. Herb is

564
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 1: a kind of opened up a little bit and John

565
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,720
Speaker 1: just just drives right behind to the left and goes

566
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Speaker 1: to that little left hand to push out in the lane.

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Speaker 1: Then very next possession, Now this is something that we saw.

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Speaker 1: Do you guys remember the the spinning and one that

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Speaker 1: John Murran had in the third quarter. This is the

570
00:28:55,400 --> 00:29:00,760
Speaker 1: concept that that that is another thing that's really to speed.

571
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 1: Joh comes off the pick yonas is in a drop.

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Speaker 1: It's kind of like a high drop, right, Like the

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00:29:06,280 --> 00:29:08,720
Speaker 1: Pelicans usually bring Yonas as high as they can into

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Speaker 1: the ball screen and then they're a big backside help team.

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Speaker 1: That's just kind of the way that they kind of

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Speaker 1: deal with Yonas's limitations in pick and roll coverage.

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00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:15,719
Speaker 2: Right.

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00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 1: But once again, Joss so damn fast Yonis can't get

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Speaker 1: up to the level of the screen in time right

580
00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: for not even the level, but like he usually was

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Speaker 1: going up just just shy of the level, but instead

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00:29:26,120 --> 00:29:28,479
Speaker 1: he's too far back. Jaw has him on his heels,

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Speaker 1: hits him with a spin move and gets an and one.

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Speaker 2: Right.

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00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 1: This was in the third quarter, So one of the

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00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: things they did on this second to final possession is

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00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,400
Speaker 1: they just had Yonah's hard hedge on that right side

588
00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 1: to just try to stop him from using the screen entirely. Now,

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00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: one of the reasons that teams use hard hedges is

590
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,040
Speaker 1: because it flattens out a drive if you can get out,

591
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: if you can get out on top of the screen.

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00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,360
Speaker 1: And so instead of him getting downhill on the screen,

593
00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 1: he has to take a negative step to curl back

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00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: further away from the basket to evade the hedge. That

595
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,080
Speaker 1: gives him time to recover. You're on ball defender a

596
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: chance to get back to the ball. That's why teams

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00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:07,480
Speaker 1: do a hard hetch. Here's the problem. Jow's two dan

598
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 1: fast for herb Jones crossed over left to right instead,

599
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: So when Yonas was waiting for him on the right

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Speaker 1: side of the pick for the on the left side

601
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: of the pick for the hedge, Jaw's going right and

602
00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:20,560
Speaker 1: now there's no weak side help and Zion was late

603
00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:22,080
Speaker 1: coming out of the corner. He tried to block him

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00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,120
Speaker 1: and had no chance, and Joh lazed it and then

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00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: down the stretch the final possession the game winners a

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Speaker 1: one four low.

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00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,200
Speaker 2: Just clear it clear the entire.

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Speaker 1: Top of the floor for him, Just hit sirve Jodes

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00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,600
Speaker 1: with the hard dribble move and his spin. And then

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00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 1: that that like in between shot for Joh that he

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Speaker 1: that he has it kind of is his before the

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Speaker 1: rim shot. Is that little floater he hit a big

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Speaker 1: one on brandon Ingram late in the game as well.

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00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,160
Speaker 1: That floater is just really really difficult to guard because

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00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: you're trying to prep to meet him somewhere at the

616
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Speaker 1: rim and he just pops up off the floor, gets

617
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 1: great balance. He's going straight up and down and he

618
00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 1: makes that shot at a really high clip. It ends

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Speaker 1: up being the game winner. Now again, like we can

620
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Speaker 1: talk about the pelic and why the hell they just

621
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: kept letting Jago one on one. That's a story for

622
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 1: a different day. But like, just just from a sheer

623
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 1: standpoint of athletic gifts, think of it like this. Herb

624
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,400
Speaker 1: Jones is one of the best perimeter defenders in the game.

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00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 1: You know, have you ever heard, you guys, ever heard

626
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: of the concept like defending on your heels? You know,

627
00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:23,520
Speaker 1: one of the things that I noticed. And we're gonna

628
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 1: talk Lakers on probably Thursday, is my guess. But in

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Speaker 1: the next game last night were I if you guys

630
00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: who follow me on Twitter and saw the film thread

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00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 1: that I did this morning, I kind of broke down

632
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 1: the differences for Ruey Hachamura when he would try to

633
00:31:38,040 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 1: actually hold his ground and meet Julius Randall with force,

634
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 1: and how that forced Julius into tough fadeaways versus when

635
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 1: he opened.

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00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 2: Up and gave an angle and.

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00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 1: And Julius was getting easy floaters and shots close to

638
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 1: the rim, and the difference between those two types of

639
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:57,080
Speaker 1: defensive strategy or shouldn't say, strategy just in terms of execution, right, Well,

640
00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: that's the way perimeter defense works. The on ball guy

641
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: is trying to make a move towards me, I'm trying

642
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:03,960
Speaker 1: to beat him to a spot.

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00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 2: Right.

644
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,800
Speaker 1: If I beat him to a spot, I want to

645
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: hold my ground. And if I hold my ground, I'm

646
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:13,560
Speaker 1: going to take that contact in the chest and I'm

647
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: going to shut down that driving lane.

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00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: But what can happen is when you're out of position.

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Speaker 1: If you try to hold that ground and he kind

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Speaker 1: of clips the side of your shoulder instead of like

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Speaker 1: center it in your chest, Now it's a blocking foul.

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Speaker 1: Now he might get continuation and get all the way

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Speaker 1: to the rim. It's the simple concept of being in

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Speaker 1: defensive position versus being.

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Speaker 2: Out of position. Right.

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Speaker 1: But when you're on your heels, when a guy is

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Speaker 1: truly fast to the point where you don't even feel

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Speaker 1: like there's an opportunity to hold your ground, you're constantly

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Speaker 1: taking negative steps and opening your shoulder to try to

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Speaker 1: recover to a further back spot. Then you're never actually

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Speaker 1: causing the on ball player to stop his forward momentum.

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00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: Watch those Ja Morant drives on Herb Jones down the

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Speaker 1: stretch of the game. Herb is on his heels, he's backpedaling,

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Speaker 1: he's opening his shoulders. Never once did he actually try

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00:33:07,120 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: to cut John Moran off because he's out of position.

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00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 1: Because Jos's way too damn fast for him. And that's

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Speaker 1: the superpower. There are superpowers, and then there are superpowers

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Speaker 1: where even the dude on the other team that has

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Speaker 1: the same type of super power can't handle it. When

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00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:26,040
Speaker 1: your best perimeter defenders can't do anything with him like that,

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00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 1: it just puts your defense in a huge predicament. Now

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have to just double team him and pray

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Speaker 1: someone else misses a shot, right, which Pels didn't do,

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Speaker 1: and you know that's their prerogative. But honestly, just this

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00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 1: is all I'm gonna say about it. As a basketball fan,

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Speaker 1: I had so much fun watching John Moran tonight. I'm

678
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,480
Speaker 1: so glad he's back playing basketball. The Grizzlies are in

679
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: a tough spot. They're seven games out of the ten

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00:33:48,720 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: spot with fifty six games left, and they have a

681
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Speaker 1: lot of issues that extend beyond jaw. It's possible, but

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Speaker 1: it's going to be really, really tough. But what's great

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Speaker 1: about it is you've got one of those guys. Anthony Edwards,

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00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:08,360
Speaker 1: Tyree Saliburton, John Morant, Shake Gildess, Alexander all four of

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00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: these young guards are like Quo to FID, superstars in

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00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: my opinion, in the making, either there or in the making,

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Speaker 1: and like, you've got one of those guys. We talk

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Speaker 1: a lot about this on on this show. The idea

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00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 1: of like you got to have step one is get

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Speaker 1: the guy. Once you get the guy, you've categorize the

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Speaker 1: strengths and weaknesses and you build a roster around him.

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Speaker 2: If you don't have the guy, what are you doing? Right?

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Speaker 1: We've talked about this with a bunch of the other

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Speaker 1: teams around the league, talked about this with Chicago right,

695
00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:41,279
Speaker 1: like everything needs to be heared around getting the guy,

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00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,480
Speaker 1: and tonight was just another great reminder that Jaw is

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Speaker 1: the guy.

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Speaker 2: Now this season.

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Speaker 1: You like, when you get to the deadline, if you're

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Speaker 1: within striking distance to get to the play in great

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Speaker 1: But if you get to the deadline and you're not,

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Speaker 1: then this is where this is a great season for

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00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: you to do what you can do to shape things

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Speaker 1: the way they need to be shaped for you to

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Speaker 1: make a run next season. All Right, before we get

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Speaker 1: out of here, Damian Lillard at forty points tonight, he's

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00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 1: across twenty thousand career points. But most importantly because shout

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00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,319
Speaker 1: out to Dame for hitting twenty thousand points, but he's

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00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: averaging thirty seven per game in his last three. Those

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Speaker 1: of you guys Bucks fans, remember I did a deep

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Speaker 1: dive on Monday about their win over the Rockets and

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Speaker 1: all of the positive trends that came out of that, right,

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Speaker 1: and I didn't love that they just like I understand,

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Speaker 1: Andre Jackson's just not as good as Malik beasily you

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Speaker 1: have to go back to him in the starting lineup,

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Speaker 1: But I just wish we could see the Bucks with

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Speaker 1: that type of defender in that spot. That said, one

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Speaker 1: of the key elements of that whole spiel that I

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Speaker 1: gave that day was, Yes, it's about having a point

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Speaker 1: of attack defender next to Dame. Yes, it's about Chris

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Speaker 1: giving you eighteen to twenty a night just in scoring

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Speaker 1: on the margins. Yes, it's gianness being honest. Yes it's

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Speaker 1: broken a deep drop and out playing your other team

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Speaker 1: center and doing all the those things. But at the

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00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:06,560
Speaker 1: head of the snake, you need MVP level, top tier

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00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:10,000
Speaker 1: half court surgeon Damian Lillard, and he was not that

727
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,640
Speaker 1: for the first quarter of the season, and it's been

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00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 1: a hell of a journey him getting his legs underneath him.

729
00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:17,400
Speaker 1: But I think we're starting to see that and so

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Speaker 1: above and beyond any sort of recognition for Dame on

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00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 1: a great career accomplishment, that dude just seems ready to

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Speaker 1: take a run, and I think the Bucks are going

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Speaker 1: to follow. All Right, guys, that's all I have for tonight.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow with Samusfondii from Light Years, and

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Speaker 1: we'll have a couple of film sessions on Thursday Friday

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Speaker 1: before the weekend. As always, I appreciate you guys, and

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Speaker 1: I will see you tomorrow. The volume