Speaker 1: The volume. Hi, everybody, instant reaction. I decided to do
Speaker 1: this instant reaction. And the Celtics heat game, there's still
Speaker 1: a couple of minutes remaining. There were warning signs now,
Speaker 1: I you know, I just thought there was such a
Speaker 1: talent disparity with Boston and Miami. But remember during the
Speaker 1: Atlanta series with the Celtics, and remember Quinn Snyder got
Speaker 1: hired by Atlanta by the Hawks in late February. All Right,
Speaker 1: so he's implementing a system in season. That's not easy.
Speaker 1: Quinn Snyder's an excellent coach, right, we know that he
Speaker 1: got worn out of Utah. They didn't get tired of him.
Speaker 1: He got tired of them. He didn't think he could
Speaker 1: compete at the highest levels. So he had Donovan Mitchell
Speaker 1: and Rudy Gobairt didn't get along. There was infighting, and
Speaker 1: he just said I'm done. But if you go back
Speaker 1: to Game three of that series, Atlanta scored one hundred
Speaker 1: and thirty points on these Celtics. Game four, Atlanta scored
Speaker 1: one hundred twenty one. Game five they scored one hundred
Speaker 1: and nineteen. Game six, one hundred and twenty. Remember during
Speaker 1: that series, we kept saying boy, Atlanta's getting a lot
Speaker 1: of good looks. Quinn Snyder in that series got buried
Speaker 1: in game one, started making adjustments as an excellent coach.
Speaker 1: That was a very competitive six game series, and Game
Speaker 1: six the Celtics won that one twenty eight one twenty.
Speaker 1: Remember that game though, it was in doubt with about
Speaker 1: three and a half minutes to go, and then you
Speaker 1: look at Philadelphia. Good God, the Sixers have to be humiliated.
Speaker 1: I mean, the Celtics disposed of them in Game six
Speaker 1: and seven, but now you look at it and think, boy, Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: they got real issues. Mike Budenholzer won one game against Miami.
Speaker 1: So first of all, my takeaway is before we bury
Speaker 1: the Celtics, I've had six or seven doctors in my life.
Speaker 1: I had a bad doctor, and think of what you
Speaker 1: have to go through to get licensed to be a doctor.
Speaker 1: We've had bad pilots, bad doctors, bad lawyers. I've had
Speaker 1: a bad lawyer years ago. Think what you have to
Speaker 1: go through to be a lawyer. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: average coaches in the NBA, and we've seen Eric Spolstra
Speaker 1: expose them right. Coaches like Doc Rivers who are more
Speaker 1: culture based, not really adjustment Maven's and I think Joe
Speaker 1: Missoula for the Celtics is completely over his head. You know,
Speaker 1: a good coach will find your weaknesses. You know, they'll
Speaker 1: attack your weakest defender. They'll find mismatches throughout the course
Speaker 1: of a series or a game and attack. Attack forced
Speaker 1: you to make a chess move. Joe Mizzoula doesn't. I
Speaker 1: feel like Joe Mizzoula is playing defense against Eric Spolstra.
Speaker 1: I think the Heat were aggressive, They're attacking, They're creating
Speaker 1: mismatched situations. It feels like I really felt about eight
Speaker 1: minutes into this game. I think the Boston players don't
Speaker 1: buy into Joe Miszula. So it's easy today, Let's trade everybody.
Speaker 1: It happens. You got to get rid of the coach.
Speaker 1: You can't go from last year's Celtics team defensively to
Speaker 1: this mess. Atlanta scored one hundred and twenty plus, they
Speaker 1: got rid of their coach. Of Philadelphia an uneven team
Speaker 1: with you know, Harden. Every other game is awful. Maxi
Speaker 1: is ascending, but he's not there as a two. Tobias
Speaker 1: Harris is an overpaid three, probably a four, and Embiid
Speaker 1: was banged up. They took the Celtics seven. So listen, man,
Speaker 1: there is a gap between Eric Spolstra and the rest
Speaker 1: of the Eastern coaches, and you are seeing it, and
Speaker 1: so I think you just have to move on. Remember
Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinal Steve Wilkes one year boom Cleveland Browns
Speaker 1: Freddie Kitchens didn't give him very long. You got into
Speaker 1: that situation you had to hire a new coach because
Speaker 1: the previous coach, who you really liked, a defensive specialist,
Speaker 1: a stickler for details, got you to the finals where
Speaker 1: you really outplayed the Warriors in the finals two to
Speaker 1: three games. Jason Tatum was banged up and kind of
Speaker 1: fell apart. That was a well coached series. You just
Speaker 1: ran out of gas against the Warriors last year. This
Speaker 1: team's poorly coached defense is a mess with the same
Speaker 1: dudes mostly from last year. So do I think the Celtics,
Speaker 1: because they underachieved, have to tweak beyond that? I think
Speaker 1: the Tatum Brown thing is never going to be ideal.
Speaker 1: Should be noted d Wade and Lebron were not a
Speaker 1: perfect fit. There's been all sorts of great fits stocked
Speaker 1: in them alone without titles and weird fits d Wade
Speaker 1: and Lebron kind of the same player, neither a great
Speaker 1: limit player, both can drive and score, both physical, both defend,
Speaker 1: both really strong for their size. That wasn't perfect. They
Speaker 1: made it work, so you don't have to be ideal.
Speaker 1: Not everybody's going to be Jokich and Jamal Murray this
Speaker 1: year where the big, the perimeter player, both of the
Speaker 1: chip on their shoulder, both in their athletic prime. You know,
Speaker 1: I feel like you know Jalen Brown and Tatum you
Speaker 1: get your wings. Marcus Smart's not your classic point guard.
Speaker 1: He's a defensive guard. I think they have to not reboot,
Speaker 1: but slightly reconstruct this team. I feel too often it
Speaker 1: takes them a while to get into a play. Too
Speaker 1: much dribbling takes them a while to get into a play.
Speaker 1: I wish they had somebody that could just a confident
Speaker 1: floor leader that could hit threes. Jordan Poole won't happen,
Speaker 1: but throw it out there. They need somebody with confidence
Speaker 1: that can shoot the big three. You could have somebody
Speaker 1: that doesn't have to be a great defender. Because Robert
Speaker 1: Williams is Tatum, is Brown, is Marcus Smart is Al
Speaker 1: Horford's not but you don't need a great defender. Give
Speaker 1: me somebody who's confident, who can hit a three. I
Speaker 1: don't care if they make mistakes. That's why I've mentioned
Speaker 1: Jordan Poole. This team needs somebody to get the Celtics
Speaker 1: into the play. I don't trust them in tight games.
Speaker 1: I don't trust them sometimes. I feel like they're just
Speaker 1: missing their quarterback. They've got multiple wide receivers, they don't
Speaker 1: have a quarterback, and I don't like Tatum in that role,
Speaker 1: and I mostly don't love Jalen Brown in that role.
Speaker 1: I don't think you have to make sweeping changes, but
Speaker 1: I'd rework the point guard space for them. You know,
Speaker 1: as far as the Miami Heat go, I have no
Speaker 1: problem with the Miami Heat Denver Nuggets final. It will
Speaker 1: not rate from a TV perspective. You know Denver and Miami.
Speaker 1: Miami's got a great brand, Denver doesn't. I think it'll
Speaker 1: be a fascinating series. I think the size, length and
Speaker 1: offensive excellence of Denver is going to and I think
Speaker 1: they're well coached. It could be a lot for Miami
Speaker 1: to handle. Miami's doing a lot of this on coaching
Speaker 1: and self belief. They're not this good But when you
Speaker 1: have massive coaching mismatches, this is what a series looks like.
Speaker 1: I mean, Eric Spolstra against Mike Budenholzer, it's a mismatch.
Speaker 1: Eric Spolstra against Joe Missoula, it's a mismatch. I remember
Speaker 1: when Nick Saban got to the SEC. You know, Nick Smart.
Speaker 1: Nick Saban in recent years didn't get dumb. He's just
Speaker 1: facing better coaches. Lane Kiffin's now in there, Kirby Smart's
Speaker 1: now in there. Some of the bigger programs have really
Speaker 1: bright young coaches. It's not like Nick Saban can't coach.
Speaker 1: He got dumber. He's got worse players. He just had
Speaker 1: Bryce Young. He's got great quarterback play, star receiver, stars everywhere.
Speaker 1: But when he walked into that conference, I mean there
Speaker 1: was a bunch of C and D level coaches and
Speaker 1: Nick Saban walked all over them. And I think, I
Speaker 1: think Eric Spolstra and his staff look around and it's
Speaker 1: really jv. I mean, Tibbs is all about defense and effort. Budenholzer,
Speaker 1: you know, couldn't figure out some basic late game situational coaching.
Speaker 1: Missoula is completely over his skis. So this is a
Speaker 1: lot of coaching and self belief. I don't think you
Speaker 1: blow the Celtics up. I think you fire the coach,
Speaker 1: get a new guy, and figure out the defense with
Speaker 1: the better coach will be fine. It's got good length.
Speaker 1: You have a lot of guys in their prime. I
Speaker 1: mean your stars, Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, all
Speaker 1: good defenders, all plus defenders. That's not the issue. Got
Speaker 1: to get a real coach, give me a floor. General
Speaker 1: just it just seems too hard too often for them. Offensively.
Speaker 1: Miami's going to go on an underdog to Denver. They
Speaker 1: should put a great story. There's a reason they call
Speaker 1: it heat culture. We see this all the time in
Speaker 1: sports and it all so can I throw this out there.
Speaker 1: It validates Lebron James going to Miami. It does make
Speaker 1: me question why he ever left. I think Lebron didn't
Speaker 1: like to be the NBA's villain, so he went back
Speaker 1: to Cleveland. But I absolutely believe if he stays, he
Speaker 1: wins titles. Probably not. The following year Dwayne Wade was aging.
Speaker 1: They had to make some moves. Chris Bosh not long
Speaker 1: after that had a health issue, a medical issue. But
Speaker 1: it really does make you look at Lebron going to
Speaker 1: Miami and Lebron's made really good business decisions in his career.
Speaker 1: You choose Spolstra, you choose d Wade, you choose pat Riley.
Speaker 1: Look at what they're doing. I mean this is I
Speaker 1: don't remember ever seeing a favorite Boston go into a
Speaker 1: series and get humiliated. I couldn't take the last time
Speaker 1: a favorite open a series at home and lost both games.
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's happened recently, I don't remember it. Quick
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Speaker 1: All right, So the Lakers may salvage a game against
Speaker 1: the Nuggets, but the Nuggets are longer, they're more dynamic,
Speaker 1: they have more good shot makers. Just think about it
Speaker 1: this way, generally speaking, generally, if you have a competent coach,
Speaker 1: the Celtics don't. Darvin Ham's a competent coach. If you
Speaker 1: have a competent coach, whatever teams stars or in their
Speaker 1: prime is a big advantage. Jamal Murray's in his prime,
Speaker 1: Jokic in his prime, Michael Porter in his prime, Lebron's
Speaker 1: four years pasted it, and ad in my opinion, has
Speaker 1: several good years left. But I think because of his
Speaker 1: early injuries, he's you're either pre prime, prime or post prime.
Speaker 1: He's post prime, he just entered post. Austin Reeves is
Speaker 1: limited athletically. D'Angelo Russell is a bounce around the league guy. Talented,
Speaker 1: but you saw in this series he's a bounce around
Speaker 1: the league guy. There's a reason the Warriors gave up
Speaker 1: on him, the Lakers did, the t Wolves did, and
Speaker 1: the Lakers will again. He's a bounce around the league guy. Immature,
Speaker 1: not consistent. I don't think he's a terribly smart basketball
Speaker 1: player on the floor. He doesn't play smart basketball. Lebron
Speaker 1: demands that, so but it is interesting. I mean, Denver's
Speaker 1: a better team with more shot makers. Let's just right there.
Speaker 1: You can blame it on Lebron, but if you look
Speaker 1: at Lebron's points, rebounds, and assists per game in this series,
Speaker 1: it's on Larry Bird's career average in the postseason. It's
Speaker 1: not Lebron. Yes, he's shooting way too many threes late
Speaker 1: in the game. That's to conserve energy. But he you know,
Speaker 1: he's giving you about twenty three points, you know, tenn assists,
Speaker 1: nine rebounds. That's not the issue. The issue is the
Speaker 1: further you go in the postseason in the NBA, often
Speaker 1: your your role players shrink. And that's why I bring
Speaker 1: this up. Are you going to run it back? Lebron's
Speaker 1: going to be older, AD's off his best year. You're
Speaker 1: going to pay Austin Reeves all that money he was
Speaker 1: sort of exposed. You're getting rid of D'Angelo Russell obviously,
Speaker 1: Malik Beasley. I mean, you know you're moving off certain guys,
Speaker 1: but you know, when I suggest that, I'm not sure
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what you do with Lebron and a D.
Speaker 1: I mean this, they overachieved. If the Celtics are underachieving,
Speaker 1: the Lakers are overachieving. I mean, this really is when
Speaker 1: I know it, Laker fans want to point fingers at
Speaker 1: Darvin Hamm or Lebron James. Your best player shows up
Speaker 1: every other game offensively ad Lebron's thirty eight years old
Speaker 1: can be brilliant in spurts, but disappears. Austin Reeves is undrafted.
Speaker 1: He is what he is, athletically good three point shooter
Speaker 1: in the series, but he is what he is. And
Speaker 1: DiAngelo Russell's a flake. That's the team. I mean. Ruey
Speaker 1: Hachama is not going to take and carry and be
Speaker 1: essential to win a championship. Keep him fine. It's like
Speaker 1: KCP KCP never afraid to take a big shot. I
Speaker 1: love him. You can win with him, you can win
Speaker 1: without him. I feel the same way with Ruey. Win
Speaker 1: with him when without him he's not essential. They'll probably
Speaker 1: keep him good. Lank can hit a three. This team
Speaker 1: doesn't have a lot of guys they hit the three.
Speaker 1: Reeves Ruey can hit threes. Lebron certainly can't. But you know,
Speaker 1: I said this all year, I didn't see this as
Speaker 1: a championship team and getting probably swept or a gentleman's sweep.
Speaker 1: They're not a championship team. They're not close to Denver.
Speaker 1: I don't think they're close to Miami. They probably could
Speaker 1: beat Boston right now because of their coaching inn amptitude.
Speaker 1: But remember, the Lakers did get a little break because
Speaker 1: both of the Memphis Grizzlies bigs, Brendan Clark and Steven Adams,
Speaker 1: were hurt. They faced a very immature team that had
Speaker 1: had Jah Morant turmoil and chaos, and it was missing
Speaker 1: their two bigs. It was a small, immature Grizzlies team.
Speaker 1: Then they face the Warriors, a very small, steph reliant
Speaker 1: Warriors team that Steve Kerr noted they weren't a championship
Speaker 1: team this year. They had one of the league's worst
Speaker 1: road records, and then all of a sudden, they faced
Speaker 1: a big, athletic, long Nuggets team. And they're not getting
Speaker 1: any of those free, cheap gimmes they got against the
Speaker 1: Grizzlies and the Warriors when they'd score eight to ten
Speaker 1: points per game just on size and length and tipping
Speaker 1: it around, volleyballing it around. They're not getting that against Denver.
Speaker 1: They have to earn their points, and it's a low
Speaker 1: ceiling offense. On the nights that Anthony Davis is engaged,
Speaker 1: it can be really strong. He's that's every other night.
Speaker 1: So I don't know when I suggest you know this
Speaker 1: is the moment to move off AD. He stayed healthy,
Speaker 1: He's relevant. He was against Memphis and Golden State absolutely
Speaker 1: utterly dominant. He's got value. Going to cross your fingers
Speaker 1: and bring it back to me. Rob pulling the jam
Speaker 1: deserves a ton of credit, and I'd said this throughout
Speaker 1: the season. He made the Lakers better. He made the
Speaker 1: Lakers good, he didn't make them great. There's only so
Speaker 1: much you can do. With the trade deadline. He got
Speaker 1: rid of toxicity with Westbrook that immediately became a better
Speaker 1: defensive team. And the guys that should have been taking
Speaker 1: the shots, Lebron, Anthony Davis, Ruey, Austin Reeves were taking
Speaker 1: the shots. He used length, Ruy and Vanderbilt Jared Vanderbilt
Speaker 1: to his advantage. I thought he was a good adjuster
Speaker 1: game to game. Not maybe as good in game, but
Speaker 1: game to game he made nice adjustments. They're fine with
Speaker 1: Darvin Ham, but you know you bring it back. You
Speaker 1: know the Warriors are going to make a big move.
Speaker 1: Denver's not going anywhere. There's a lot of talk now
Speaker 1: about the Dallas Mavericks getting DeAndre Ayton. Phoenix is going
Speaker 1: to make moves Memphis. You'll get a better version of
Speaker 1: Memphis next year. Whatever Memphis is, I'll probably have Steven
Speaker 1: Adams back. So I think these are legitimate questions, Whereas
Speaker 1: with the Celtics, I think it's a new coach issue.
Speaker 1: I'd like to see another point guard. With the Lakers,
Speaker 1: there's a real argument this team overachieved. The West was
Speaker 1: weird and wonky. They may want to they might want
Speaker 1: they may want to take a big, big swing here.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's crazy. You're gonna run it back.
Speaker 1: Lebron's not getting younger Anthony Davis. This is what he
Speaker 1: is now, great every other game. Austin Reeves is not
Speaker 1: getting more athletic and more dynamic shoots, good threes, creates contact.
Speaker 1: Nice players should be the fifth best starter, maybe fourth,
Speaker 1: on a championship level team. I'd take a big swing
Speaker 1: if I was the Lakers, big brand, big swing, all right,
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