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Speaker 2: having a great week. Got a jam pack show for you.

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Speaker 2: Today we saw the best basketball player in the world

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Speaker 2: Nicola Jokic and Serbia faced off with Team USA. We're

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Speaker 2: gonna break that game down from a bunch of different angles.

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Speaker 2: After that In the last couple of days, the Milwaukee

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Speaker 2: three really interesting free agent signings between Gary Trent, Torrian Prince,

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Speaker 2: all right, let's talk some basketball. So the showdown between

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Speaker 2: Jokic and Serbia and Team USA kind of went. You

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Speaker 2: saw the best of both worlds, right. It was tied

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Speaker 2: because guess what, Nicole Jokicic still most likely the best

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Speaker 2: works because Jokic always keeps the ball moving from side

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Speaker 2: Once you start ducking underpicks, it completely changes the dynamic

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Speaker 3: He just couldn't get it going. And so as.

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Speaker 2: That was probably the best they've looked in these what

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Speaker 2: that forty two eleven run. Both units, again Kurr has

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Speaker 2: Really impressive stretch for Team USA. I have five notes

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Speaker 2: They went back to Anthony Edwards off the bench, and

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Speaker 2: again I talked about this after last game, Like Ant

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Speaker 2: still wasn't moving really well side to side, and I

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Speaker 2: Let's put him with the bench group and tell him

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Speaker 2: And another thing that Drew Holiday does really well that

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Speaker 2: Five out spacing does not necessarily mean you're always on

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Speaker 2: You're rolling into the paint, you're cutting into the paint,

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Speaker 2: especially in that first half. He had eighteen points. A

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Speaker 2: That's where you have Steph set a cross screen for

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Speaker 2: Hit a three out of that flex set. It was

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Speaker 2: just kind of a classic Steph heater there in that

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Speaker 2: Embid for a second because I did think Embiid was

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Speaker 2: still had some sloppy turnovers, but he did start to

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Speaker 2: it was Steph Curry breaking open along the left wing.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's move on to Milwakeebucks. So let's start

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Speaker 2: So I had been talking about Gary Trent Junior trying

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Speaker 2: For as good as Malik Beasley was as a catch

435
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,480
Speaker 2: and shoot guy last year, and he was amazing. He

436
00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:21,879
Speaker 2: was one point twenty nine points per catch and shoe jumper,

437
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,320
Speaker 2: Gary Trent was right there. He's at one point twenty seven.

438
00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,919
Speaker 2: So he's as good a catch and shoot guy as

439
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,040
Speaker 2: Malik was, at least within the context of last year

440
00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:31,639
Speaker 2: last year. But Gary Trent is about an inch taller

441
00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,880
Speaker 2: with shoes on, He's a much better ball handler, can

442
00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,280
Speaker 2: actually run some action in a way that Malik can

443
00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:39,600
Speaker 2: struggle with, and he's a better point of attack defender,

444
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,520
Speaker 2: still leaves a lot to be desired. He was not

445
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,440
Speaker 2: a good point of attack defender last year, but he

446
00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,639
Speaker 2: has Malik Beasley's bad at it too, And Malik Beasley

447
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,840
Speaker 2: over the course of the year put in the work,

448
00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:57,000
Speaker 2: tried to get better at least became like respectable in

449
00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,600
Speaker 2: some sense towards the tail end of the year, but

450
00:20:58,640 --> 00:21:01,960
Speaker 2: he still really struggled Garry Trent a little bit.

451
00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:02,800
Speaker 3: Specifically.

452
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Speaker 2: One of the things that Gary Trent's better with is

453
00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,760
Speaker 2: he's just more active with his hands. To give you

454
00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,480
Speaker 2: an idea, Malik Beasley has never had a single season

455
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:14,080
Speaker 2: where he averaged over a steal per game. Gary Trent

456
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 2: Junior has done it five times, and I want to

457
00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:17,520
Speaker 2: say he's done it like four times in a row.

458
00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,080
Speaker 2: So like Gary Trent, it's been always been one of

459
00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:22,480
Speaker 2: the guys that's like getting those steals at the point

460
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:25,919
Speaker 2: of attack, just attacking the basketball, applying that back pressure

461
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,600
Speaker 2: and reaching in from behind to try to disrupt that basketball.

462
00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,639
Speaker 2: He's really good at attacking the pocket and that's a

463
00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:34,000
Speaker 2: valuable skill at the point of attack. Now again, he's

464
00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:36,720
Speaker 2: going to have to be better than he was in Toronto.

465
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 2: But this is the important theme that we're talking about here.

466
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:43,680
Speaker 2: All three of these guys are veteran minimum contracts. What

467
00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,199
Speaker 2: that means is, I haven't actually seen the report on

468
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,000
Speaker 2: Gary Tren. He might have ended up taking the taxpayer,

469
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:50,399
Speaker 2: but I think he was on a vet minimum. But

470
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,639
Speaker 2: the point is is, like, if you are going to

471
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Speaker 2: take a like, if you're going to be like in

472
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Speaker 2: the payroll predicament that the bucks are in, you don't

473
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,719
Speaker 2: get to go sign fifteen million dollar guy. And if

474
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Speaker 2: you don't get to go sign the fifteen million dollar guy,

475
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,639
Speaker 2: then you can't think about it within the context of

476
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Speaker 2: a fifteen million dollar player. If Gary Trent Junior was

477
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Speaker 2: an elite point of attack defender, he would have signed

478
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,080
Speaker 2: a far more lucrative deal this summer. So you have

479
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:17,719
Speaker 2: to embrace the fact that when you're shopping in this

480
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,119
Speaker 2: particular price range, you're gonna get flawed.

481
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:20,600
Speaker 3: Players.

482
00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:23,119
Speaker 2: Think Gary Trent's flaw at this point in time is

483
00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,439
Speaker 2: he's a decent on the ball guy, but he's not

484
00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 2: a good on the ball guy. He's still primarily a

485
00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:30,640
Speaker 2: spot up guy. And then on the defensive end, while

486
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:33,680
Speaker 2: he's active with his hands. He's not an elite athlete,

487
00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:36,280
Speaker 2: and he's not an elite chase guys over the top

488
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,160
Speaker 2: of screens and disrupt the point of attack guy. That's

489
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:42,280
Speaker 2: the kind of concession that you're making getting him at

490
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,280
Speaker 2: that type of discount. That said, I do think he's

491
00:22:45,320 --> 00:22:47,760
Speaker 2: a much better player than Elie Beasley, and when you

492
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:50,880
Speaker 2: strictly look at the deal through that context, you upgraded

493
00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,800
Speaker 2: a starting spot with a vet minimum contract or something.

494
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 2: I haven't again we talked about earlier. I'm not sure

495
00:22:56,880 --> 00:22:59,520
Speaker 2: exactly what it was, but that's a massive win for

496
00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,439
Speaker 2: the Bucks under any circumstances.

497
00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:03,879
Speaker 3: Torrian Prince Tory Prince.

498
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 2: Was a guy that I was very critical of last year,

499
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 2: but it had nothing to do with Torrian Prince had

500
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,200
Speaker 2: everything to do with Darvin Ham. Darvin Ham, despite having

501
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,000
Speaker 2: better forwards on the roster, was utilizing Torrian Prince as

502
00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:18,080
Speaker 2: the starting three, which ended up being a huge issue.

503
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,760
Speaker 2: Whenever he ran with the bench groups, he did really,

504
00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:25,000
Speaker 2: really well. I like Torrian Prince as a bench wing,

505
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,919
Speaker 2: which as long as Milwaukee uses him that way, it

506
00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,879
Speaker 2: will be fine. Now I anticipate over the course of

507
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,399
Speaker 2: next season that he will start some games at the

508
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:36,600
Speaker 2: three because of Chris Middleton's health. Right as we saw,

509
00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:41,680
Speaker 2: Chris Middleton ended up having double ankle surgery today or recently,

510
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,199
Speaker 2: so like he could end up missing some time, although

511
00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 2: at this point he's expected to be ready for the

512
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 2: start of the season. But like, if Chris Middleton misses time,

513
00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:53,640
Speaker 2: you're just slotting Torrian Prince into that spot. But as

514
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:57,720
Speaker 2: we know, the idealized version of the Bucks next season

515
00:23:57,800 --> 00:24:01,199
Speaker 2: involves Chris Middleton at the three concerns you have with

516
00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 2: Torrian Prince as a starting caliber forward don't really matter

517
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:06,679
Speaker 2: because if he's starting for you in the playoffs, that

518
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 2: means Chris Middleton's hurt. And if Chris Middleton's hurt, you

519
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 2: probably don't have a championship ceiling anyway. And so within

520
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:15,080
Speaker 2: the context of what you're hoping for this year, which

521
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,520
Speaker 2: is a healthy season for your stars, I like him

522
00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:19,480
Speaker 2: as a backup forward, really good catch and shoot guy.

523
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,880
Speaker 2: Last year he is at one point two points per

524
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,399
Speaker 2: catch and shoot jumper. He lee like he's one of

525
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 2: those guys that will always follow the game plan on defense,

526
00:24:28,680 --> 00:24:31,439
Speaker 2: but just doesn't have quite the physical tools to be

527
00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:35,520
Speaker 2: like profoundly impactful. So if his job is to chase

528
00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:38,480
Speaker 2: over the top of screens or ice side balls screens,

529
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:40,040
Speaker 2: meaning like don't let him use the screen and final

530
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:43,160
Speaker 2: one back towards the baseline if he has specific responsibilities

531
00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:45,359
Speaker 2: off the ball, where it's like he's not supposed to

532
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 2: dig down off this guy, or he's supposed to dig

533
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,320
Speaker 2: down off that guy, Like you can count on Torreon

534
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,359
Speaker 2: to do his job, but like, if you watch him

535
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,760
Speaker 2: chase Jamal Murray around screens.

536
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:56,360
Speaker 3: He looks hopeless.

537
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,320
Speaker 2: And there were regular season games that the Lakers loss

538
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:01,800
Speaker 2: last year because Torrian Prince was on Jamal Murray and

539
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:05,160
Speaker 2: he's just not capable of making him even feel remotely uncomfortable.

540
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 2: And so like preferably he's a bench guy who's taking

541
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,000
Speaker 2: a bench point of attack role guarding one of the

542
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,640
Speaker 2: lesser ball handlers for the other team and primarily operating

543
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 2: and catch and shoot situations. Has some five out chops,

544
00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:20,879
Speaker 2: like he can drive closeouts pretty well, he can run

545
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 2: dribble handoffs pretty well. Torrian Prince is a good basketball player.

546
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:27,400
Speaker 2: He just needs to be like your seventh or eighth

547
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,560
Speaker 2: best player, which is what he's gonna be with Milwaukee.

548
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:34,160
Speaker 2: So I really like the fit, especially at that price point.

549
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,600
Speaker 2: Really really nice move for Milwaukee. His weaknesses he's not

550
00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:41,720
Speaker 2: a good rebounder, and then as a three, he's thin,

551
00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,399
Speaker 2: he's over, he's not a great athlete, and he's not

552
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,159
Speaker 2: particularly big or strong, and so like that physical area

553
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,840
Speaker 2: of the game is where he can be a problem.

554
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,640
Speaker 2: One thing I'll say about Torrian Prince though, as bad

555
00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,840
Speaker 2: as he was rebounding during the regular season, as inconsistent

556
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 2: as he could be at times, he ironically after all

557
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,680
Speaker 2: of that drama, Lash ended up being the lakers most

558
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:03,959
Speaker 2: dependable forward in that Nuggets series.

559
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 3: Is that Now?

560
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 2: That ended up being more depressing because it had most

561
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 2: mostly had to do with the fact that Ruyhatchamura just

562
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,919
Speaker 2: had a completely nightmare series. But Toutorian Prince's credit, he

563
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,639
Speaker 2: elevated his game in that series, and I thought that

564
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,880
Speaker 2: was a good indicator of his confidence and his ability

565
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 2: to play a bench role in a playoff rotation. Delon

566
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,160
Speaker 2: Wright basically a professional point of attack defender. He's got

567
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,439
Speaker 2: good length. Actually ran into him in Vegas and we

568
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 2: stood right next to each other, and he's taller than

569
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,320
Speaker 2: you would think, pretty thin, but he's got good length

570
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,360
Speaker 2: at that guard at that guard position, shot the ball.

571
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:38,920
Speaker 3: Really well last year.

572
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,399
Speaker 2: The whole question with Delon Wright is can he still

573
00:26:42,440 --> 00:26:45,040
Speaker 2: move the way he used to. He's thirty two years

574
00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 2: old now, But once again, this is the reality of

575
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,800
Speaker 2: Milwaukee's predicament. You're gonna have to shop and guys that

576
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,840
Speaker 2: have big question marks by virtue of where you're at

577
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,479
Speaker 2: with your payroll. I thought Delon Wright was a smart

578
00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,920
Speaker 2: move in that direction to try to bring in base

579
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 2: a more of a point of attack, defense focused two

580
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 2: guard option to have next to Damian Lillard. And just

581
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:09,879
Speaker 2: like last year when you had Patrick Beverley and Malik

582
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 2: Beasley as your two options, now you have Delon Right

583
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 2: and Gary Trent Junior, two kind of similar archetypes, but

584
00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:18,840
Speaker 2: two much better players. In my opinion, I just think

585
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 2: those are better basketball players. Like Patrick Beverley's not even

586
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:24,600
Speaker 2: NBA player anymore. And Malik Beasley, again, as we talked

587
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:29,800
Speaker 2: about earlier, is a very very streaky jump shooter, can

588
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,880
Speaker 2: go very cold, as some of you Bucks fans saw

589
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,439
Speaker 2: for stretches, and he shot really well last year, but

590
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 2: that's not how he shot every other year of his career.

591
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,159
Speaker 2: So like to me, I just think Gary Trents are

592
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:42,359
Speaker 2: more dependable and a better basketball player overall. So, to

593
00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,160
Speaker 2: put it simply, you turned Malik Beasley and Patrick Beverly

594
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 2: into Gary Trent and delonn Wright, and you bolstered at

595
00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:53,160
Speaker 2: the forward position by giving yourself a legitimate backup forward

596
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 2: to play behind Chris Middleton, which is something that you

597
00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 2: didn't have last year. So I think that given them,

598
00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:02,159
Speaker 2: they're grading on a curve right, and the curve for

599
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 2: the Bucks is their payroll situation. Grading on a curve.

600
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,480
Speaker 2: I thought the Bucks had an amazing offseason that that's

601
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,240
Speaker 2: going to be an interesting team to watch next year,

602
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:19,880
Speaker 2: especially if they can stay healthy. So all right, before

603
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 2: we get out here, let's get to our mail bag.

604
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,720
Speaker 2: First question from a Warriors fan. The way I viewed

605
00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,159
Speaker 2: small ball lineups has always been that it's an attempt

606
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,199
Speaker 2: to force as much shooting, spacing, passing, and quickness on

607
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,840
Speaker 2: the offensive end, mainly to target opponents slower biggs. But

608
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 2: the only reasons these lineups end up small is due

609
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 2: to these being guard skills. If you could have those

610
00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,600
Speaker 2: same three attributes in five wing players on your team,

611
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 2: you would rather run that as a small ball lineup

612
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 2: than have small guards that could be exploited on the

613
00:28:48,080 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 2: defensive end. The reason small ball lineups do become small

614
00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 2: is because those skills are much more easily found in

615
00:28:53,320 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 2: smaller guards, and most, if not all NBA teams simply

616
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 2: don't have five wings that are the five most skilled

617
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 2: on their team. All that is to say, why the

618
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 2: hell is Kerr running these four guard lineups when he

619
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 2: could just as easily, due to the abundance of wing

620
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:08,200
Speaker 2: players with guard skills, get all the benefits of small

621
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 2: ball lineups with only one guard out there, or even zero,

622
00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 2: and not be as vulnerable to counters that heavy guard

623
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 2: lineups would face.

624
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 3: Here's the thing.

625
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 2: Guard skills a goat deeper than can you shoot? Can

626
00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 2: you dribble?

627
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 3: Right?

628
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,640
Speaker 2: A big part of guard skills, particularly within in the

629
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,239
Speaker 2: context of Golden State's offense, is read and react. What

630
00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:32,320
Speaker 2: that means is it's like decision making when to cut,

631
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 2: when to shoot, when to make that pass when a

632
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 2: driving opportunity is available. Like decision making is key in

633
00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 2: the five out offense, especially alongside Steph Curry right, Like

634
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 2: and like there was a play in the uh there

635
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 2: was a play in the Tosa game today where Jason

636
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 2: Tatum caught the ball in the in like the right

637
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,760
Speaker 2: corner area, and he caught and like stopped for a

638
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 2: second and Steph cut right to the wing next to

639
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:02,080
Speaker 2: him and was wide open. But Tatum just like isn't

640
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 2: used to playing with Steph and so he didn't make

641
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 2: that quick decision and he missed the opportunity. And as

642
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,720
Speaker 2: much as embiid at a better game today with tim Usa,

643
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,440
Speaker 2: I thought Tatum had like his worst game with Timusa.

644
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 2: His decision making was a super sloppy. He missed Lebron

645
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,040
Speaker 2: on the lob in transition, he missed Steph on that cut.

646
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 2: He had some passes that he fumbled around the basket.

647
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 2: It was just kind of a still struggling to shoot.

648
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:25,760
Speaker 2: So Tatum had a little bit of a rough night.

649
00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 2: But again the point is is like within Golden State's offense,

650
00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 2: you need guys that continue to funnel the action in

651
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 2: the direction of Steph because that's your primary offensive engine.

652
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 2: He's one of the best players in the world right

653
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 2: And we have Steve Kerr on the record, by the

654
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,600
Speaker 2: way that he doesn't think Kamina and Wiggins can play together. Now,

655
00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 2: the data ended up being okay with them because they

656
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 2: were athletic enough and in the regular season context, especially

657
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,440
Speaker 2: in the urgency of their playoff seating situation.

658
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 3: They put up some good numbers, but I.

659
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:55,200
Speaker 2: Think the main concern for him there is even though Moody, Wiggins,

660
00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 2: and Kamina are all wings, and even though all three

661
00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:01,960
Speaker 2: of them in theory have guard skills, I think he

662
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 2: viewsed them as a group that you could never play

663
00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 2: together simply because the ball would stick. Andrew Wiggins has

664
00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,240
Speaker 2: a tendency to randomly hijack possessions and take contested twenty footers.

665
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 2: Jonathan Kaminga is obviously still a young player that thinks

666
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 2: more offense should be run through him, and Moses Moody

667
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,280
Speaker 2: I think is probably the easiest of those three to

668
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 2: just kind of like plug into the system, even he

669
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 2: has a tendency to kind of like stick sometimes and

670
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 2: force up some threes. Right, So, like those three guys,

671
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 2: even though they're wings, they are not the types of

672
00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 2: guard skills that Steve Kerr is looking for within their

673
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 2: five out offense in terms of quick ball in player movement,

674
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 2: and so that's really the main kind of crux of it.

675
00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,360
Speaker 2: Is like Steve Kerr would play a lot of lineups

676
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 2: with like Steph Curry and Brandon Pizemski on the floor

677
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,680
Speaker 2: at the same time with like even sometimes with like

678
00:31:54,720 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 2: Gary Payton or even like with Klay Thompson on the

679
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 2: floor as well. He would do some of that because

680
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 2: he trusted those guys to keep the ball moving around.

681
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,440
Speaker 2: That's the main reason for it. But like I believe

682
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 2: if Steve curR actually thought Moody, Kaminga, and Wiggins can

683
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 2: all do that, then he would lean into them and

684
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 2: then you'd see this lanky athletic lineup out there. But

685
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,440
Speaker 2: I just think the offense would be really clunky without

686
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: the real ball movement piece of it. How does one

687
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 2: get into coaching without any college experience playing as an athlete.

688
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 2: Coaching is a really it's it's very clicky, and it's

689
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,640
Speaker 2: it's very much like it's kind of like an old

690
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 2: boys club in some ways in the sense that, like,

691
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 2: especially at the college level, the dudes that have been

692
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 2: doing it forever, they reward lower level coaches primarily based

693
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 2: on like them grinding underneath them for a long time

694
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 2: and like paying their dues.

695
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:46,600
Speaker 3: So to speak.

696
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 2: There are college programs out there that reward young talent.

697
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:52,200
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna pretend like that doesn't take place, but

698
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:58,240
Speaker 2: it is difficult and so like, because the coaching environment

699
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,640
Speaker 2: is so clicky, you really have have to come in

700
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:03,040
Speaker 2: from the ground up. And so in the college level,

701
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,680
Speaker 2: that means try to get a job as like a

702
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,080
Speaker 2: graduate assistant somewhere, or maybe if you can look at

703
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 2: the lower levels, at like the JUCO or an AI levels,

704
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 2: you might be able to find something where you're a

705
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,600
Speaker 2: volunteer assistant or you're doing all the work but not

706
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 2: making any or very little money. Right, But even within

707
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,920
Speaker 2: that context, like for years, you're gonna be doing stuff

708
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,040
Speaker 2: that sucks. You're gonna be making sure guys are attending class,

709
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 2: going to recruiting trips in you know, Vegas to watch

710
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 2: you know, twenty five high school basketball games in two days.

711
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,479
Speaker 2: You're gonna you're gonna be constantly dealing with drama behind

712
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,480
Speaker 2: the scenes as players are dealing with stuff because you're

713
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 2: dealing with kids. Right at the NBA level, if you

714
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 2: want to get your foot in the door and you

715
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 2: don't have playing experience, you're gonna have to start in

716
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 2: the film room. And it's like gar ready to just

717
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 2: cut a bunch of film forever, right, or like maybe

718
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 2: maybe you can parlay that into a job as a scout,

719
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 2: which you can parlay into a lower level and assistant.

720
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 2: But like, no matter what, the coaching sphere is never

721
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,760
Speaker 2: gonna reward talent early. You're going to have to grind

722
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 2: and then maybe, just maybe you'll get an opportunity down

723
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,919
Speaker 2: the line. It's a very very difficult field to crack into.

724
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 2: And I have friends that are that are doing it,

725
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:16,080
Speaker 2: that have had success. And like, I have a friend

726
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:19,120
Speaker 2: that I played played within college who's now coaching for

727
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,319
Speaker 2: the Phoenix Suns. That's awesome, Like he parlayed it into

728
00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:22,959
Speaker 2: something big.

729
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 3: Right.

730
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,360
Speaker 2: I have a buddy of mine that I used to

731
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 2: work out with in the summers who's now a video

732
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 2: coordinator with the Phoenix Suns. Like he's at the lower level,

733
00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 2: but he's trying to grind his way up, right, Like,

734
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 2: I've got several buddies that have been coaching at lower

735
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 2: level college programs, right, And there are some of them

736
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 2: that are still bouncing around lower level colleges, and then

737
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 2: there are some of them that are rising up. There's

738
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,879
Speaker 2: a buddy of mine who's consistently taken leaps and now

739
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,319
Speaker 2: he's in the Pac twelve and he's doing really really well, right,

740
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,319
Speaker 2: so like, it's just tough. It's just tough.

741
00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 3: It's a grind.

742
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 2: You have to be willing to kind of like quote

743
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:55,760
Speaker 2: unquote shovel shit for a little while to get into

744
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 2: an opportunity to really be involved as a coach. But like,

745
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,200
Speaker 2: if you've got the cap ability, like if you're single

746
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 2: and you and you can afford to go live in

747
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:05,360
Speaker 2: the middle of nowhere for a few years as you

748
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 2: grind under somebody like, then you can do that.

749
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 3: But it is a very very difficult field to crack into.

750
00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 2: How many live NBA games have you been to over

751
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 2: the last few years and which NBA player is on

752
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 2: your bucket list to see live? So I've been to

753
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 2: three actual NBA games. I saw Anthony Davis years ago

754
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:28,080
Speaker 2: back when I was working at Verizon. They had like

755
00:35:28,080 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 2: a thing where they all of Verizon like took a

756
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 2: bunch of managers to a game, and it was like

757
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:40,360
Speaker 2: when Anthony Davis was on the Pelicans, and then I

758
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 2: want to say, it was like Eric Gordon was on

759
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:45,680
Speaker 2: the I think Eric Gordon was the best player on

760
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 2: that Suns team, if I remember correctly, But Ad ended

761
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,319
Speaker 2: up hitting a game winner in that game, So that

762
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,359
Speaker 2: was kind of cool. The second game that I went

763
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:57,200
Speaker 2: to was Lebron and the Cavs in twenty sixteen. It

764
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:00,000
Speaker 2: was in Phoenix as well, and this was the game

765
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,440
Speaker 2: more Kyrie Irving hit the huge dagger. This was, like

766
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,960
Speaker 2: I want to say, shortly after Christmas if I remember

767
00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 2: correctly that particular year, which that was cool because they

768
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:08,759
Speaker 2: ended up going on to win the title that year.

769
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 2: And then I saw the twenty seventeen Calves when I

770
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 2: lived in Charlotte. I saw the Hornets versus the Caves,

771
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 2: and that was the best game I saw Lebron play.

772
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,239
Speaker 2: He had like thirty seven or something like that in

773
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:20,359
Speaker 2: that game. He hit a bunch of threes. But those

774
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,319
Speaker 2: are the only three actual NBA games I've been to.

775
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 2: I live in Tucson, so like it's I have to

776
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,040
Speaker 2: like actually go somewhere to see a game. But I've

777
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 2: been to like a bunch of really cool basketball events,

778
00:36:29,400 --> 00:36:32,479
Speaker 2: Like I went to the TMUSA game on Wednesday last

779
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 2: week against Canada.

780
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 3: I've been to two. I went to.

781
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 2: One Elite eight game out in Los Angeles at the

782
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 2: at the then Staples Center. I saw Wisconsin versus Arizona.

783
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 2: That was the game that Sam Decker hit like the

784
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:48,960
Speaker 2: rainbow of Ronde Hollis Jefferson.

785
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:50,000
Speaker 3: That kind of ice the game.

786
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 2: So I've been to a bunch of basketball events, but

787
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,840
Speaker 2: not a ton of NBA games. Been to like twenty

788
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 2: or thirty games at McHale Center to watch the University

789
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,600
Speaker 2: of Arizona play, obviously in Tucson. That's like the main

790
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 2: basket caketball event that you go to. Which player is

791
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,840
Speaker 2: on your bucket list to see live? That's a good question.

792
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,360
Speaker 2: Seeing Steph with Team USA made me really want to

793
00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 2: go see him play with the Warriors, So I might

794
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 2: try to get out and see him before he retires.

795
00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 2: Maybe next time he comes to Phoenix or something like that.

796
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 2: Victor Webinyama, I feel like, is a mussy guy, love

797
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 2: to see him in person.

798
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 3: There's a bunch though.

799
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards is quickly becoming my favorite player, so that'd

800
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 2: be a guy I'd love to see all time. Starting five,

801
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,439
Speaker 2: using specific years of players such as twenty eighteen Lebron

802
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 2: or twenty seventeen Kd, et cetera, I put twenty twenty

803
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:38,040
Speaker 2: two Steph at the point, I put nineteen ninety three

804
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 2: Michael Jordan at the two I put nineteen eighty five,

805
00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 2: Larry Bird at the three, twenty eighteen, Lebron at the four,

806
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 2: in two thousand and one, Shack at the five. I

807
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 2: think those are like nineteen ninety three, MJ is the

808
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 2: most dominant two guard that ever played, twenty eighteen, Lebron

809
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,560
Speaker 2: is the most dominant forward that ever played. Two thousand

810
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,200
Speaker 2: and one Show is probably the most dominant center that

811
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 2: ever played. Larry Bird in nineteen eighty five was just

812
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,920
Speaker 2: at an insane efficiency level. I think that'd be a

813
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,879
Speaker 2: really interesting fit alongside all those guys. And I am

814
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 2: of the opinion that twenty twenty two Steph, even though

815
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:16,240
Speaker 2: he had a little slump during the regular season between

816
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 2: like how well he played in the regular season in

817
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:19,600
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one and how well he played in the

818
00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:22,280
Speaker 2: postseason in twenty twenty two, I still think that version

819
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 2: of Steph was the best. Big part of it, too,

820
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,560
Speaker 2: is just the coverages he was facing. Like I'm sorry,

821
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,440
Speaker 2: I'm just more impressed by Steph dealing with blitzes and

822
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 2: top locking and all this crazy shit that he sees

823
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,040
Speaker 2: now than fifteen in twenty sixteen, when he was still

824
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 2: seeing a lot of drop coverage in barbecuing guys and so, like,

825
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 2: I do think Steph was at his best when he

826
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 2: hoisted the trophy in twenty twenty two. Do you think

827
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 2: the Bucks is currently constructed have any chance of winning

828
00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:49,319
Speaker 2: the title next year? Their biggest move this offseason was

829
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:51,839
Speaker 2: losing Malik Beasley. Also, Dame Brooke and Middleton aren't getting

830
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 2: any younger. This mail back question might have come in.

831
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 2: It might have come in before the Gary Trent signing.

832
00:38:56,440 --> 00:38:58,959
Speaker 2: I actually think they upgraded a couple of their lower

833
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,279
Speaker 2: level players. Like, as long as everyone's healthy and the

834
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 2: continuity is there, you get a full camp with Doc Rivers.

835
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:06,919
Speaker 2: I haven't ranked my teams out West or out East yet.

836
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 2: I still think they're below Boston. But like as we saw,

837
00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:15,320
Speaker 2: if you get an upset, right like Denver got knocked

838
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 2: off by Minnesota, what if Boston gets knocked off by

839
00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:20,239
Speaker 2: New York next year, and then what if New York

840
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 2: ends up being a tough matchup for Milwaukee and Milwaukee

841
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,080
Speaker 2: ends up beating New York, they could get in right, So, like,

842
00:39:25,200 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 2: I still think anything could happen.

843
00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 3: I absolutely I will probably end up.

844
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 2: Splitting the tiers up very similarly to last year, where

845
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 2: it's like the actual bona fide top tier contenders, and

846
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:36,600
Speaker 2: then it's like the Puncher's Chance contenders, And like, my

847
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 2: guess is Milwaukee's gonna be near the top of that

848
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 2: particular list with those punchers Chance guys, which means they

849
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,040
Speaker 2: absolutely can win the title, right Like Dallas. Say what

850
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:46,440
Speaker 2: you want about Dallas, they were there, right, they made it,

851
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 2: so I think it'd be silly to say they couldn't win. Obviously,

852
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 2: I think they're further away than people think, but I

853
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,479
Speaker 2: do think the Bucks are at a similar level there.

854
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,040
Speaker 2: With the lack of a true bulky power forward, I

855
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 2: think Philly will use a double big lineup with two

856
00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 2: centers and play a zone defense or something like that

857
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:05,919
Speaker 2: at times. Or do you think they have to go

858
00:40:06,360 --> 00:40:09,800
Speaker 2: get a power forward in the trade market. I think

859
00:40:09,840 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 2: they Obviously they're poised to potentially make a trade that

860
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 2: they need to. They have some draft compensation, But I

861
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:18,880
Speaker 2: own a double. A second part of this mailback question

862
00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: is the questioners said that he thinks Embiid has the

863
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 2: skill to play the four on offense. The main piece

864
00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:25,880
Speaker 2: there is foot speed. I think if you put a

865
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 2: center next to Eimbiid, I think the overall foot speed

866
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,399
Speaker 2: of your lineup would be bad, and I think you'd

867
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:32,120
Speaker 2: really struggle in transition. I do not view Embiid as

868
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 2: a four. I think he has to play the five.

869
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 2: The second piece of it is like the reality of

870
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:38,799
Speaker 2: their predicament in the sense that, like, it doesn't make

871
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 2: sense to just put a big power forward next to

872
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,799
Speaker 2: him unless it's a good player. And more often than not,

873
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,279
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna end up just going down with

874
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,520
Speaker 2: Paul George, Kelly Ubray and Joel Embiid at the three

875
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,800
Speaker 2: four five is what I anticipate they will do. And again,

876
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 2: like Paul George and and Kelly u Bray are two

877
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 2: pretty good athletes, so I think they can make I

878
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 2: think they can make up for the lack of that

879
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 2: like truly imposing power forward and innb just by him

880
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,000
Speaker 2: elf brings a certain imposition on that front line. Thoughts

881
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 2: on Jaden Springer's potential to crack the Celtics rotation, Ah,

882
00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 2: you know, it's hard to say because the rotation, like

883
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 2: especially with Sam Houser and Peyton Pritchard and their development

884
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 2: is pretty iron tight. I do think he'll still play

885
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,960
Speaker 2: quite a bit in the regular season to crack the

886
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 2: regular rotation, he'd have to be a better decision maker.

887
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 2: Like within the Celtics driving kick offense, you need guys

888
00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,680
Speaker 2: that can dribble, shoot and pass and like and make decisions,

889
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 2: and those are specific weaknesses of Jaden Springer's. He's one

890
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 2: of the most exciting, like young point of attack athletes

891
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:37,080
Speaker 2: to watch, Like when you watch him hound a ball handler,

892
00:41:37,120 --> 00:41:38,799
Speaker 2: full court chase over the top of the screens, he

893
00:41:38,800 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 2: could be downright disruptive. He's a super exciting athlete. But

894
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 2: like within the Celtic's decision making and their five oh

895
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 2: how deliberate they are with their spacing all that kind

896
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:49,120
Speaker 2: of stuff, It's hard for me to imagine him cracking

897
00:41:49,120 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 2: the rotation. But he'll have his moments in the regular season,

898
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:53,879
Speaker 2: just by virtue of trying to get through those eighty

899
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:57,600
Speaker 2: two games, which two guys from this year's team USA

900
00:41:57,719 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 2: not counting Celtics so the most likely are most likely

901
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,800
Speaker 2: to say that they enjoy playing with each other and

902
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,040
Speaker 2: team up within the next two seasons. I'm not gonna

903
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 2: treat this as most likely. I'm gonna treat this as

904
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 2: what I want as a fan, because I don't really

905
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 2: get into the reporting side and I'm not really sure

906
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,400
Speaker 2: who's closest to being ready to leave versus who's not,

907
00:42:13,640 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 2: so on and so forth. As a fan, though, I

908
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 2: would love to see Bam and AD play together. Every

909
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 2: time those two are on the floor, it's just fun

910
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 2: to watch how frightening they are defensively on the front line.

911
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,720
Speaker 2: They're both flashing a lot of higher level offensive stuff

912
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:29,320
Speaker 2: with Team USA as well. Those two guys are easily

913
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 2: the ones i'd want to see. Can you make a

914
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 2: video about basketball?

915
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 3: Terms?

916
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 2: For casual beginner basketball fans, sometimes you say basketball plays

917
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 2: which I just can't visualize and understand. So it's hard

918
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:42,600
Speaker 2: to say that we'd make a video on it just

919
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:45,319
Speaker 2: simply because there's not a whole lot to market with

920
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 2: that in terms of like actually trying to turn it

921
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 2: into like a real.

922
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:50,320
Speaker 3: Show, so to speak.

923
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 2: But I have heard feedback from multiple levels, not just

924
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,920
Speaker 2: you guys, but also from my higher ups that like

925
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,480
Speaker 2: they want me to like continue to break the down

926
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,680
Speaker 2: really in the minutia, even when I've already done so

927
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 2: in the past. And so one of my goals for

928
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 2: next season is to continue to kind of really break

929
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 2: down simple actions, like just to try to help the

930
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,480
Speaker 2: casual viewers that come into our show a little bit

931
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:17,399
Speaker 2: more infrequently. One of the other things we're doing now

932
00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 2: is we're using more video. We're using more like actual

933
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,399
Speaker 2: footage of NBA games, and we're also using our little

934
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,319
Speaker 2: play clipboard that we use now where I can use

935
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 2: some x's and o's to demonstrate some concepts to you guys.

936
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,839
Speaker 2: We're going to continue to incorporate that over the course

937
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 2: of the next few years, and it is my goal

938
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:34,879
Speaker 2: for that to be better, that to be a better

939
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 2: experience for you casual NBA fans. So I do appreciate

940
00:43:37,600 --> 00:43:39,160
Speaker 2: the comment, and it is something we're working on.

941
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:40,960
Speaker 3: Two more.

942
00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 2: Or one more than one announcement. Since you've been watching

943
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,960
Speaker 2: the NBA, what has been your favorite slash most memorable

944
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 2: season twenty sixteen? By far, you had STEP's unanimous MVP campaign,

945
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,359
Speaker 2: which was full of all these crazy moments, peaking with

946
00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:55,480
Speaker 2: that game winner against Okay see when he just dribbled

947
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,399
Speaker 2: into a forty footer. You had Kobe's sixty point game

948
00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 2: in his final game of the regular season. You had

949
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:02,760
Speaker 2: the Warriors get to seventy three wins on the final

950
00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: game of the season, and then we had that epic

951
00:44:05,600 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 2: Calves Warriors. Well, first of all, we had the Warriors

952
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 2: Thunder series in the conference finals that was insane, and

953
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 2: then we had the epic Calves Warriors NBA Finals which

954
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:17,680
Speaker 2: went seven games and ended on a Lebron James block

955
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 2: and a Kyrie Irving step back three. So it's hard

956
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:24,000
Speaker 2: to beat that because that was just an incredible NBA

957
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 2: season For me personally, that will always be the most memorable,

958
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 2: at least until we see something better, right, And last,

959
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 2: before we get out of here, last night was the

960
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:35,960
Speaker 2: finale of The Acolyte and super super interesting on a

961
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 2: bunch of different levels. We had a concrete drop of

962
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,919
Speaker 2: Darth Plagas, who is my favorite Star Wars character ever

963
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:46,719
Speaker 2: and the main character of my favorite Star Wars book ever,

964
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:50,319
Speaker 2: which is the book called Plagas or Darth Plugas. And

965
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,880
Speaker 2: I did an episode of Two Suns podcast with my

966
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:54,439
Speaker 2: buddy Luke.

967
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 3: That's this one over here.

968
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:57,960
Speaker 2: You guys can find that on YouTube or wherever you

969
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 2: get your podcasts, and we broke down for like forty

970
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,840
Speaker 2: five minutes all the different elements from the Acolyte finale.

971
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:07,680
Speaker 2: I'm also later today going to release a breakdown of

972
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 2: episode five of House of the Dragon, so make sure

973
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 2: for your Star Wars fans and Game of Thrones fans

974
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 2: hop over to my other pod and check those out.

975
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,160
Speaker 2: As always, I sincerely appreciate you, guys. That's all we

976
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 2: have for today. Tomorrow, I believe you're releasing the Heimihawks interview,

977
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 2: so keep an eye on the feeds for that. We're

978
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,240
Speaker 2: gonna be running breakouts of the mail bag and stuff

979
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 2: throughout the rest of this weekend, and we'll be back

980
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:33,279
Speaker 2: producing new content next week on Monday. And I think

981
00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 2: we're gonna be starting our player rankings then, and that's

982
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 2: gonna get kind of confusing because.

983
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,000
Speaker 3: I want to do two lists.

984
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,800
Speaker 2: I want to do a because there's so many people

985
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 2: that get pissed off at me for where I rank

986
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 2: guys because they don't realize how I rank guys. I

987
00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,560
Speaker 2: want to do two lists. I want to do Actually,

988
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 2: let's pitch this to you guys, and I want to

989
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,759
Speaker 2: see if you guys can give me some ideas. I

990
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:59,000
Speaker 2: want to do two lists permanently in the future. I

991
00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:01,320
Speaker 2: want to do an in the in a vacuum list,

992
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 2: which is like if we had a full on NBA

993
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 2: draft of all four hundred and fifty NBA players, who

994
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,399
Speaker 2: would go number one, who would go number two, who

995
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 2: would go number three if you were starting a franchise

996
00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,600
Speaker 2: from scratch for that season, right, for full eighty two

997
00:46:13,640 --> 00:46:17,520
Speaker 2: games and a playoff rount Right, that's my in avacuum list.

998
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:20,479
Speaker 2: And then I want like a bragging rights list, which

999
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:24,799
Speaker 2: is like who had the best season overall in terms

1000
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,120
Speaker 2: of how dominant they were, how far they went into postseason,

1001
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 2: Like who's the guy that gets to point at all

1002
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:31,399
Speaker 2: the other players and was like I was the best

1003
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 2: guy last year? Like who wins wins the bragging rights?

1004
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,640
Speaker 2: Those are the two types of lists I want to make,

1005
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 2: and we don't have any real marketing strategy for how

1006
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:40,719
Speaker 2: to do that. So if any of you guys have

1007
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:43,600
Speaker 2: any ideas for what we could call those two lists,

1008
00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 2: drop them in the comments because we're probably gonna get

1009
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 2: started with that next week.

1010
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:49,400
Speaker 3: All right, guys, That is all I have for today.

1011
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:51,720
Speaker 2: Is always like I said, I sincerely appreciate you guys

1012
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:52,680
Speaker 2: for rocking with me.

1013
00:46:53,120 --> 00:46:55,320
Speaker 3: We will see you tomorrow for the Heimhakz Interview.

1014
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:19,720
Speaker 2: The volume