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Speaker 1: Hey, welcome in the All Ball Podcast. I'm Doug Gottlieb,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna do a little something special to that. Okay, Um, tonight,

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Speaker 1: I believe, yes, tonight, which is tomorrow, Japan time. The

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Speaker 1: quarterfinals begin in the Olympics. And who better and you

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Speaker 1: can't get this anywhere else, anywhere else? Who better to

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Speaker 1: break down what's going on, what we're gonna see, what

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Speaker 1: you should look for. Um, kind of the the interesting

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Speaker 1: stories about USA basketball and the matchup tonight with Spain.

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Speaker 1: Then a guy who's actually coached and beaten Spain. Okay,

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Speaker 1: And a guy who's coached in for a national team

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Speaker 1: and he's American, he's coached state side. He understands the

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Speaker 1: differences in the basketball. Mike Taylor's joined us before. He's

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Speaker 1: the head coach of the Polish national team. He joined

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Speaker 1: us before, and we've talked about his journey. But now

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Speaker 1: we're just gonna we're gonna cheat. Basically, we're gonna steal

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Speaker 1: his brain and help you get ready if you want

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Speaker 1: to go to bet rivers and throw some cash down,

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Speaker 1: or you're just really interested because uh, and Mike, thanks

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Speaker 1: for joining us. You know this pod is really exploded

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Speaker 1: and I gotta thank the folks at my heart UM

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Speaker 1: and Colin Cowherd and the senseless, needless promotion or whatever.

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Speaker 1: But it has been senseless and needless. We get over

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Speaker 1: three thousand, three thousand downloads per episode. I have so

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Speaker 1: many coaches who tell me, like, hey man, I'm on

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Speaker 1: the road recruiting or now guys are off that they

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Speaker 1: just listen and they love people's stories about their journey.

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Speaker 1: But I think this is an even better listen because um,

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Speaker 1: you have a brilliant basketball mind and you have, um,

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Speaker 1: you have a real grasp for these teams. Um. Okay,

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Speaker 1: so first, what uh what is your thoughts on the

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Speaker 1: makeup of the USA, of this actual roster. Well, first

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Speaker 1: of all, Doug, I'm really happy to be here. A

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Speaker 1: love all ball big fan, um, you know, and and

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Speaker 1: it's wonderful to talk about feeble basketball, something I love.

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Speaker 1: And I think that Team USA, obviously, the headline grabbing

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Speaker 1: win for France to start off the tournament set the

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Speaker 1: tone for everything. And I think what you have to

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Speaker 1: look at is I feel like Team USA is a

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Speaker 1: I think that people are looking at a lot of

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Speaker 1: different reasons, but for me, number one, I feel like

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Speaker 1: the team is missing a playmaking, distributing point guard, a

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Speaker 1: guy that's going to connect all the scores, move the ball.

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Speaker 1: And the second thing is I think that you know,

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Speaker 1: it's just a team that is You saw France played

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Speaker 1: I think it was forty six or something in the

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Speaker 1: first game where France one. You know, the international teams

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Speaker 1: are not just stretched force, you know, like they've got skilled,

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Speaker 1: physical players. And I feel like the team USA is

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Speaker 1: missing some of the blue collar guys, some of the

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Speaker 1: guys that are are bringing that physicality because we have that.

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Speaker 1: I just I like, honestly, like the power forward is

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Speaker 1: kind of position that nobody has anymore. It's like Lebron

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Speaker 1: right um, And so instead you have the Draymond Greens, who's,

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Speaker 1: is he is undersized and now he's and the other

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Speaker 1: part is, and I I have to go back and

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Speaker 1: look at this year. But I remember last year the

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Speaker 1: year before in the playoffs, none none, zero starting centers

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Speaker 1: I'm like, look, there's a little bit. Um Karl Anthony

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Speaker 1: to the differences of FEBA basketball and why you're able

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Speaker 1: Like Rudy Gobert was a liability in the NBA playoffs.

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Speaker 1: He's a strength in in the Olympics. But let's just

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Speaker 1: start with like, let's hypop the size. Actual why do

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Speaker 1: I think you've got a lot of rim runners, rim protectors.

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Speaker 1: for example, Mike Toby on the short roll all the time.

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Speaker 1: Why is it that again we have It's not like

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Speaker 1: They ran a simple you know, slot pick and roll.

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Speaker 1: You know, he hit Toby for a bucket, he finished

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Speaker 1: be World War three down there basically fist fighting down there.

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Speaker 1: And then when you get on the perimeter, the second

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Speaker 1: I think officiating, I think coaching, UM, I think all

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Speaker 1: no illegal defense, right, so Rudy Gobert doesn't have to

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Speaker 1: I think we end up doing our our best players

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Speaker 1: there's no three seconds. The third thing is what's called

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Speaker 1: actually do. In FIBA basketball, if you go up and

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Speaker 1: somebody swipes the ball from you, it's almost always a foul.

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Speaker 1: This is a hard question to answer. I have my

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00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:38,880
Speaker 1: own feelings about it. Um, do you think they respect

426
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Speaker 1: our style of basketball? Like? No, no, no, And it's

427
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Speaker 1: not just Spain, it's all throughout the world. I think,

428
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:49,879
Speaker 1: you know, it's it's easy for people to criticize the

429
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Speaker 1: NBA and say, oh, the NBA, they don't play any

430
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Speaker 1: defense or this that whatever, it's all one on one,

431
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Speaker 1: you know. I think if you do that, you're disrespecting

432
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Speaker 1: the athleticism and talent in the NBA, you know. But

433
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,280
Speaker 1: I think the FEEBA game is a different game. And again,

434
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:09,600
Speaker 1: what we appreciate about it is the team basketball, the teamwork, uh,

435
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:12,680
Speaker 1: playing both ends of the floor, giving up your body

436
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,480
Speaker 1: and being physical, the physicality of it, and these are

437
00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,200
Speaker 1: the things that you know, you should respect or people

438
00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,919
Speaker 1: should respect about it, whether USA or outside. But I

439
00:22:21,960 --> 00:22:25,040
Speaker 1: think there's there's a little bit of uh, let's say,

440
00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,160
Speaker 1: chip on the shoulder of teams like Spain trying to say, hey,

441
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Speaker 1: USA has been great for all these years. You know,

442
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Speaker 1: we're good too. We play our way. They play one

443
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Speaker 1: on one. And we saw Evan four years comment from

444
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Speaker 1: France after after they won, they're they're better than us individually,

445
00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 1: but they can be beaten, you know, by a team.

446
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Speaker 1: Uh So I think it's it's not easy to face,

447
00:22:46,040 --> 00:22:49,200
Speaker 1: but it's it's the reality that this is what people

448
00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 1: this is what people miss. Okay, So in the Olympic Games,

449
00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,920
Speaker 1: what we beat Spain, that was that was that four

450
00:22:56,000 --> 00:23:00,480
Speaker 1: years ago? Was it five years ago? I'm trying to think, um,

451
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: it was a close game, right, and and maybe there's

452
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Speaker 1: two thousand twelve right when like Kobe kind of bailed

453
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Speaker 1: the mountain. You got Kadi and Kobe and Lebron and

454
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Speaker 1: what they were eight with Mike Taschowski. I don't actually

455
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 1: think they ran as good a stuff offensively when coach

456
00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 1: k was there. I thought it was very, very rudimentary.

457
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:24,520
Speaker 1: But they were just so overwhelmingly athletic defensively that they

458
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,359
Speaker 1: could pressure, they could take chances that they can make

459
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,560
Speaker 1: up for mistakes, that they could kind of speed Spain up,

460
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,760
Speaker 1: and then they just had enough shot making to where

461
00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 1: you're like where I Spain was actually probably a better team,

462
00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,879
Speaker 1: but you know, you had just too much firepower. But

463
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Speaker 1: it was a four point game with the companies to go.

464
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Speaker 1: It's very very close game. Now you you take the

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Speaker 1: overall speed, athletics and talent factor down a notch, right,

466
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Speaker 1: and I think it's it's a really really hard game. Um,

467
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Speaker 1: if you were betting, if I sent you to bet rivers, Okay,

468
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Speaker 1: who do you think? When's the You know, I'm rooting

469
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Speaker 1: for USA, but my money's on Spain. And and the

470
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Speaker 1: reason I say that is because USA, as you say,

471
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,920
Speaker 1: just as relying on talent, they're just relying on hitting

472
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: shots and the difference. Okay, Iran, You know, certain people

473
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 1: are getting excited over beating Iran, but that is that's

474
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Speaker 1: like a scrimmage game for those guys. That's not the

475
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,320
Speaker 1: non competitive win. You know, Czech Republic, I was hoping

476
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:25,200
Speaker 1: that those guys would be a little bit more competitive.

477
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Speaker 1: The key in the second half was the great three

478
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Speaker 1: point shooting. Well, we saw that in the scrimmage game,

479
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,159
Speaker 1: the exhibition game in Las Vegas, and we saw in

480
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,960
Speaker 1: the first game against France. You know, if that three

481
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Speaker 1: point shooting is not there, what does team USA do?

482
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Speaker 1: And hopefully they can organize themselves so they have a

483
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Speaker 1: little bit more you know, together in this teamwork. But

484
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Speaker 1: if you're complaining because coach Popovich is saying, hey, make

485
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,800
Speaker 1: five passes before you shoot, that doesn't bolde well for

486
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Speaker 1: me in these these pressure games. I think that Spain

487
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Speaker 1: UM has played two gold medal games against USA, a

488
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Speaker 1: semifinal game. You know, they're coming off the twenty nineteen

489
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Speaker 1: World Cup ampionship. This is an outstanding team, an outstanding

490
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,399
Speaker 1: coach there, you know. I feel like they played a

491
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:07,080
Speaker 1: lot of zone in the second half in that Las

492
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Speaker 1: Vegas scrimmage with a purpose. Uh And I feel like

493
00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:14,600
Speaker 1: now after this this tough loss against Lavenia, they're not

494
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,639
Speaker 1: gonna blink when it comes to this pressure game. And

495
00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:18,600
Speaker 1: I think they're just a little bit more together, a

496
00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 1: little tougher unit um with more experience in these situations,

497
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,720
Speaker 1: it's team. You would say it's gonna be one on one.

498
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 1: If they hit their shots, it's gonna be great. But

499
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Speaker 1: I just feel like, you know, the response to be

500
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,399
Speaker 1: one on one is compared to five on five. I

501
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:36,160
Speaker 1: feel like Spain is gonna you know, surprise, well maybe

502
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 1: not surprise people, but you know, UM, give us a

503
00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,160
Speaker 1: rough tip. I picked the Assis to win this thing,

504
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:46,439
Speaker 1: but I watched Slavinia and remembering that they won the

505
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:54,000
Speaker 1: European Championship, right, and uh, they're awesome, right, I mean,

506
00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,479
Speaker 1: what what they're doing is like what Argentina did when

507
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 1: they won it. Right, it is mind blowing. The country

508
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: at that size, Um, with that lack of history is

509
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:12,600
Speaker 1: able to be this competitive and it's not just one guy,

510
00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,239
Speaker 1: but he's unbelievable. Right Like Spain they ran they ran

511
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,399
Speaker 1: a boxing one almost the entire game, right, and he's

512
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: all right, So I'll score twelve. It's fine. I don't

513
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,720
Speaker 1: need to score four your fifty. Just find people. Um,

514
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Speaker 1: in your mind is Slovenia, The favorite is Australia, the

515
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 1: favorite Spain, the favorite? Who do you think? Who do

516
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Speaker 1: you actually think is the best team for me? I

517
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,760
Speaker 1: think Australia has to be your favorite just because of

518
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:40,840
Speaker 1: their team makeup. Losing Aaron Bain's affects it. Number one.

519
00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: It's a weird story. Yes, yes, that so, that's strange

520
00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:47,960
Speaker 1: and difficult for them. Spain I have ahead of Slovenia

521
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: even though Slovenia won this game, just because of the

522
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Speaker 1: experienced factor. What Luca don Chech is doing with Slovenia

523
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:59,160
Speaker 1: is something special. You know, we played them in Countess,

524
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Speaker 1: we held him to eighteen and ten. We had we

525
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 1: worked on our game plan for a year. You know,

526
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Speaker 1: I'm in touch with some of my NBA friends all

527
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Speaker 1: year year. I'm telling you, Doug, okay, when you're preparing

528
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: for Luca right and Fiba you Luca is different, a

529
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: little bit differently than the Mavericks Luca, although there's a

530
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 1: lot of similarities there. What what what are you? What

531
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,880
Speaker 1: are your keys? Well? So, for for me, the key

532
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:29,959
Speaker 1: context for me Ja Laronega with the Celtics, Chris Fumbing

533
00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 1: with the Bulls, Mike Longobardi with the Wizards, and basically

534
00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 1: I would stay in touch with these guys and as

535
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: as the schedule would pop up and the maps would

536
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:39,600
Speaker 1: play one of these teams. I would reach out and say, hey,

537
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 1: what are you guys trying to do with Don tonight?

538
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: They would send me a couple of coaching points for

539
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:46,879
Speaker 1: the game plan and I would watch um and then

540
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,199
Speaker 1: basically we put together a six point game plan that

541
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:52,399
Speaker 1: you know, it wasn't like Jordan's rules, but we were

542
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: trying to get this done with Done. The point with

543
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,160
Speaker 1: Dontech is his left hand step back is so fantastic.

544
00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: It's make him him go right. Well. The point is

545
00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:05,040
Speaker 1: if you make him go right, he's such a much

546
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,840
Speaker 1: better pick and role player. In our game plan, we

547
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,000
Speaker 1: wanted to direct him to the left, and we wanted

548
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,880
Speaker 1: to live with the step back shots contested and challenged.

549
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 1: We wanted him to be more of a one on

550
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,000
Speaker 1: one player than a pick and role player, where he

551
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 1: can include everybody, involve everybody in the paint, so so on,

552
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 1: so so a ball screen coverage, what do you do? Well.

553
00:28:25,520 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 1: The thing about the thing that people don't realize about

554
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 1: Done is he is he's his i Q is so high.

555
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:34,359
Speaker 1: Once he figures out what you're trying to do to him,

556
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,160
Speaker 1: you know, he can do whatever he wants. He can

557
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 1: shoot from the perimeter, he can play pick and roll

558
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 1: and get his teammates involved. He can score in the post,

559
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,719
Speaker 1: he can score midrage finish. So what we saw against Spain,

560
00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 1: he's reading the game. They're doubling me, they're playing boxing one.

561
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: I need to get the ball to my teammates. I

562
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,840
Speaker 1: need to trust my teammates. And he this is making

563
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: your teammates better. It's it's beautiful. So he hits Mike

564
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 1: Toby a short roll. Toby's passing it out and the

565
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: rest of these guys prepleged blase, it's Dragge's They're playing

566
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 1: with so much confidence, you know. But again, it's all

567
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,160
Speaker 1: starts because people are so focused on Dutch. It's you're

568
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 1: so focused on him. He gives you, give him an

569
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: advantage and he's able to move the ball, get it

570
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 1: where it needs to go. You know. The other things

571
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 1: we tried to do with him, he's so good in

572
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,040
Speaker 1: the paint. We didn't want him to get in the

573
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,280
Speaker 1: paint and sit down, so we tried to stay between

574
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 1: him and the basket. You know, if he gets you

575
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 1: on his back, it's a two on one on the

576
00:29:32,040 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 1: big and it's over. The Other thing he does is

577
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 1: he sits down in the paint. He's so big and strong.

578
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: If you pull in he can make every pass. So

579
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 1: when he sits down in the paint, we stepped up

580
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,960
Speaker 1: to the three point line. You know, all of these

581
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 1: things that we did. We tried to attack him, you know,

582
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 1: we tried to get him in foul trouble. We tried

583
00:29:51,880 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 1: to pick him up and wear him down. Doug. It

584
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 1: didn't matter. It didn't matter, you know, like we gave

585
00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 1: a great effort. I respected players on our team. We

586
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: gave such great effort. We had a seven ft young

587
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: guy all like Boltzowski, blocked a shot one time, challenged him.

588
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,200
Speaker 1: We gave great effort. But at the end of the day,

589
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 1: his i Q and his his just complete skill set

590
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,960
Speaker 1: is something special. You can't speed him up. He's big

591
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: enough to be and strong enough to finish and make

592
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,920
Speaker 1: plays in the paint, pick and roll. He reads the

593
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:28,040
Speaker 1: game brilliantly. And again, this is a guy you play

594
00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:31,400
Speaker 1: through who makes his teammates better, who inspires him with confidence,

595
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 1: and I think we're seeing something special right now. I

596
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:37,320
Speaker 1: felt good when he put forty eight on Argentina because

597
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,200
Speaker 1: I'm like, Okay, he kicked their ass worse than he

598
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: kicked ours. So you know, um, how long he coll

599
00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 1: overseas So I've been coaching since two thousand and one, Um,

600
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:52,280
Speaker 1: twenty years, okay, twenty years. Best player You've not even

601
00:30:52,320 --> 00:30:59,440
Speaker 1: close because the skill set. Um. You know, we are

602
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: American player called Rondo. The night before we played him

603
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 1: and Rajon Rondo gave us some player tips against him.

604
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,400
Speaker 1: Didn't matter, It didn't matter. You know, we did our best.

605
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: But this guy is is a fantastic player and something special.

606
00:31:14,960 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 1: Arguably the best player in the world. You know, what

607
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:23,840
Speaker 1: are the feelings about him in Europe and in South America?

608
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:28,120
Speaker 1: Like is he revered or is he disliked? No? I

609
00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:30,920
Speaker 1: think people really root for him as a European player

610
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 1: playing in the USA. I think he's carrying that torch

611
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 1: of a Parker, of a Novitsky, of all the great

612
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 1: European players that have come through. Um. I think what

613
00:31:40,520 --> 00:31:44,160
Speaker 1: people like about him as his playing style not overly athletic,

614
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:48,080
Speaker 1: just intelligent and skilled. Um. You know, it's funny because

615
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: when he was winning the m v P with Real Madrid.

616
00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 1: You know, some of my mv or some of my

617
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 1: MBA friends were like, Mike, how good you think he is?

618
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 1: How good I'm like, this is high school kid winning

619
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: an m v P in the EuroLeague. He's gonna be

620
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,240
Speaker 1: really good. I don't know. I don't see it. I

621
00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,239
Speaker 1: just don't know if he can create separation. He's got

622
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 1: the f we no. I listen, I have I have uh,

623
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: several friends that were assistant coaches, and they're like Luca

624
00:32:10,160 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: when the first year, like Luca like bad body, like

625
00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 1: bad body, And I was like, Okay, he doesn't it

626
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. He uses that body, right, and Okay, So

627
00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: that brings me to this one. Um. Giddy was selected

628
00:32:22,880 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: a lot higher than people thought, and I had a uh.

629
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 1: I was on Andrew bogo Is on my podcast, but

630
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 1: we talked about Giddy, I think off air and via text,

631
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:33,440
Speaker 1: and he was like, I like him, but he's really young,

632
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 1: probably needs a year or two. But that's the same

633
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,480
Speaker 1: story with everybody. But I was trying trying to explain

634
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: to people in Oklahoma City is like, look, you're so

635
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,200
Speaker 1: caught up in like vertical leap and all this other

636
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: ship that doesn't actually matter. Whereas and I just again

637
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: I'm not saying Giddy is Luca, Please don't anybody, but

638
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: in the context of what actually works in basketball is

639
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,680
Speaker 1: We're still not there. The overall talent and speed and

640
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: athletici has been length of NBA players considering how the

641
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,360
Speaker 1: games officiated and played is still stews in the side

642
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: and guys can still just make plays because their athleticism.

643
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: But I like the pick more than other people do.

644
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 1: He's big, he's strong, he can read things, he can

645
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: shoot some like does he have to get better? Like sure,

646
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:22,239
Speaker 1: but he's a kid and he played very well in

647
00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,360
Speaker 1: the Australian League, which is not great, but it's much

648
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 1: better than it used to be. Am I crazy to

649
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: like the Giddy selection more so than many people who

650
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: do what I do or a lot of fans actually like.

651
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: I don't think so, you know you're talking about vertical leap.

652
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: I think what guys, what you have to look for

653
00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 1: is feeling for the game. As a player, have feeling

654
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 1: for the game, because you can't you can't can't feel

655
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,680
Speaker 1: for the game. And this is a separator. You know,

656
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: you can have a guy who is a super athlete,

657
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 1: but just you know, the the i Q or the

658
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,000
Speaker 1: field is not there. So if if people see Giddy

659
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:01,040
Speaker 1: playing well and wining the m v P of the

660
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:06,400
Speaker 1: under seventeen Asiana or Oceanica Tournament and and having all

661
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:10,120
Speaker 1: these accolades coming out. Obviously, I I think Sam Presty

662
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 1: and his staff do a fantastic job of identifying talent

663
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,839
Speaker 1: and finding players. You know. Look, they also have you know,

664
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,879
Speaker 1: the Lithuanian guy Yakobitas, so they're doing a great job

665
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 1: scouting internet like need like a seven foot point center.

666
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:28,560
Speaker 1: I mean, these guys, they do an outstanding job. And again,

667
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 1: I think what you look for with Giddy is the

668
00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 1: feeling for the game, and you're gonna take it. You're

669
00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: gonna take a chance on a young kid that has

670
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 1: to prove himself, you know. But again, these international kids

671
00:34:38,719 --> 00:34:43,399
Speaker 1: are playing against high level competition. They're showing flashes, they've

672
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: got potential, the i Q, the field, uh, and then

673
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,160
Speaker 1: you plug him in and you hope they can really

674
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: make those steps. I mean, Giddy to me, he's in

675
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,480
Speaker 1: a great situation. Look who he's around. Look at the

676
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: great players he's around. He's around Ingles, he's around Mills,

677
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,319
Speaker 1: he's around Tyble, He's around And I don't know if

678
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,000
Speaker 1: you feel this way, like I think Ben Simmons not

679
00:35:04,080 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 1: playing it's a major major mistake. It only it only

680
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 1: proves to me. It just proves like I would, I

681
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:12,400
Speaker 1: would stay a wet, I would stay a wet. And

682
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 1: here's here's here's my thinking. And and I understand that, Like, look, dude,

683
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,040
Speaker 1: the NBA season is really hard, arduous, and there's a

684
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 1: lot of pressure. He didn't play wealthy end a lot

685
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 1: of negativity and he's gonna go. They're gonna find him

686
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:29,600
Speaker 1: a new home. Okay, But the Australians and if you

687
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 1: have kids, you gonna listen to this previously cursed like listen,

688
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: they don't give a fuck. Okay, they're gonna tell Ben

689
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 1: Simmons in not so polite turning, like the way in

690
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,600
Speaker 1: which they handle each other and look at life. That

691
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,560
Speaker 1: just very matter of fact, right, And that's what he needs.

692
00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: He needs. He doesn't need sycophants around him. He doesn't

693
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 1: need his agent and his brother working him out. He

694
00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 1: needs guys are like, hey, shoot the ball, you know,

695
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 1: past the ball, move the bowl, you know you should

696
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 1: shoot right handed, like whatever. They they believe that's what

697
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: he should do. And it's it's tough love, right, They're

698
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 1: tough love guys and they're the best. And I'm I'm

699
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 1: guessing that Baines did what they all do, which is

700
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: like after the after the game, he went on and

701
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,200
Speaker 1: got some pisted and you know which is beer, right,

702
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,000
Speaker 1: get and sucking hit his head right like like an idiot.

703
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 1: But that's not it's he's honestly like that's who they

704
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:23,920
Speaker 1: are the best as long as you understand what you're

705
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:26,359
Speaker 1: walking into that they're just they don't give a ship.

706
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: If you're an NBA All Star, if you're dating starlets,

707
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:30,920
Speaker 1: if you have a hunter million, they don't care. They

708
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:34,160
Speaker 1: treat everybody the exact same, and they have no reference

709
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: towards anybody, and they just they like to play really

710
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: hard and really physical and it's awesome, and I agree

711
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,880
Speaker 1: with you, like like Ingles and Patty Meals and all

712
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,800
Speaker 1: those their banes like they're the best, right, the absolute best,

713
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: but they're gonna give you a tough love. And I

714
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 1: think he he his camp, whoever made that decision screwed up,

715
00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 1: because this could have been an incredible sum reporter. Think

716
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 1: about it right now, he was sitting in Japan, how

717
00:36:57,560 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 1: much just even you even didn't hardly play, how great

718
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 1: that would be for him to absorb it. And I

719
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: think he either got bad advice or he himself knew

720
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: that they were going to get that tough love and

721
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,839
Speaker 1: he didn't want to be around. First of all, your

722
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 1: Australian impression was fantastic. That was unbelievable right there. That

723
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:17,240
Speaker 1: was high level. But no, I agree. You know, Ben

724
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 1: Simmons is a super talent, but he's got to figure

725
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: some things out. You know, again, a superstar that doesn't

726
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: want to shoot the ball. Uh. You know, I love

727
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,880
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers. I'm a big Doc Rivers fan. I was

728
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,240
Speaker 1: hoping that things would end differently this season there. But again,

729
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,320
Speaker 1: if if you want to talk about the national teams,

730
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: the brotherhood being honest with each other, helping each other,

731
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 1: I think those are all really good points you make. Uh,

732
00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: And I mean the positivity of competing in the Olympics

733
00:37:46,200 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 1: and maybe getting a gold medal and having all this

734
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:51,120
Speaker 1: great experience. That would be a great way to get

735
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 1: over some of the negatives of the way this season

736
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,919
Speaker 1: ended for Simmons. It really would. I agree. Okay, so

737
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 1: here's we we have. We have you have two choices.

738
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: I'll give you the choice. Okay, we can wrap this

739
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: thing and then let's see what happens and break it

740
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 1: down and then talk about the next opponents, or we

741
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 1: can go through all the other teams. You make the call.

742
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,879
Speaker 1: I love to talk about all the teams. I'm gonna

743
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: got to hear. So. Okay, so we've we've hit we've

744
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:21,520
Speaker 1: hit Slovenia, we've hit Spain, we've hit Team USA, we've

745
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: hit the Asse's a little bit right, Um, Argentina just

746
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,400
Speaker 1: doesn't have a pop anymore? Right, I mean that just

747
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 1: it feels that way. You know, Doug, I love Argentina.

748
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:38,560
Speaker 1: I respect you know their team. You know, Skol is unbelievable,

749
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:42,120
Speaker 1: nineteen points a game at at forty two years, shooting

750
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 1: from three, playing great, the three guards, Composo, you know,

751
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,960
Speaker 1: La Previtola and and obviously now Vildoza. I really like

752
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: Gabrielle Deck the four man. But I'm disappointed in the

753
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: way they've played this summer. I can't figure it out.

754
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: I have higher x actations for this team. I don't

755
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,880
Speaker 1: know what the issue is, Uh from what way? In

756
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 1: what way are they not playing up to what you

757
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: thought or how you thought they would play. I just

758
00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: thought they would they would. I thought they would be

759
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 1: a lot more competitive. I thought they would be able

760
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: to get over the hump against some of these teams,

761
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,560
Speaker 1: you know, losing in preparation to USA, Okay, losing the Nigeria.

762
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,399
Speaker 1: You know, they lost the don chech in Slovania, they

763
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: lose to Spain. They're they're playing, but I just expected

764
00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 1: a little bit more out of these guys. This is

765
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 1: a team that finished second in the World Cup and

766
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,879
Speaker 1: played fantastic basketball in China. So I don't know if

767
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 1: it's the addition of Vildoza into the backcourt. I was

768
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,879
Speaker 1: hoping that would be a three guard lineup and and

769
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: really a strength for the team. I don't know if

770
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,359
Speaker 1: they're having trouble with their roles or what's going on.

771
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 1: But I'm just a little disappointed in the way Argentina's played.

772
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: But maybe it's my high expectations for the team too.

773
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 1: I don't know, um Italy got any shot. So the

774
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,359
Speaker 1: interesting thing about Italy is a young guys playing. They're

775
00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:05,600
Speaker 1: really playing well. Polinara, you know men and uh fund Czechio.

776
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think I'm mispronouncing his name. Shooting

777
00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: the ball really well, you know, Uh, those guys have

778
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:16,439
Speaker 1: really stole a spotlight. Melli has struggled. He's been inconsistent. Uh,

779
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,840
Speaker 1: you know, Gallinardi, we haven't seen too much production from him.

780
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,080
Speaker 1: So some of the traditional big names. It's it's kind

781
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:24,920
Speaker 1: of a changing of the guard with Italy. But again,

782
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 1: what we see five of these top eight teams you know,

783
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:31,759
Speaker 1: in the quarterfinals are from Europe. And all of these

784
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 1: European teams, when they get hot and they're they're they're

785
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 1: really playing well, they can make a run. I just

786
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,600
Speaker 1: don't see Italy getting past France. I think France is

787
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,920
Speaker 1: is really ready right now. I see them beating Italy. Uh,

788
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 1: and then that sets up a great you know semifinals

789
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: Slovania and France. Well help me out with France, because

790
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: it did you know, obviously now they've arrived, right and

791
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 1: maybe this form in fairness. In order to really arrive,

792
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:01,439
Speaker 1: you gotta get a medal and in the Olympics, which

793
00:41:01,480 --> 00:41:05,680
Speaker 1: I don't believe they've done previously. But I mean they

794
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:10,400
Speaker 1: had they had Tony Parker, they had or s DL,

795
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,880
Speaker 1: they had the Petrists and they didn't win ship well,

796
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:19,480
Speaker 1: they did win. They won EuroBasket I think in twenty

797
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 1: I believe I may be wrong they hosted it that

798
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: I think Spain won. I think they won with Tony Parker. Uh,

799
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 1: so that's the one like big victory, big win. Why

800
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,799
Speaker 1: why haven't they done better in the Olympics. You know

801
00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: there for a long time that there was lots of

802
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: questions about that. I think Vincent Kohle has done a

803
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 1: really good job with the national team for years. He's

804
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:46,480
Speaker 1: done an excellent job. The pieces now, I think are

805
00:41:46,520 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 1: in place. Obviously for me, when I look at France,

806
00:41:50,080 --> 00:41:54,840
Speaker 1: the guard play, Nando de Colo, outstanding point guard, Thomas Hortel,

807
00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:58,880
Speaker 1: also really high level point guard. You know, you got

808
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 1: Batum who does a lot lot of good things on

809
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: the wing, Fournier. When Fournier is playing the way he's

810
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 1: played in the tournament, you know, leading the team, scoring

811
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: hunting shots like he does, he's really good. But now

812
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 1: you look in the front court and I think this

813
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,560
Speaker 1: was the advantage Gobert Pourier together, uh and then Jabosil

814
00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: again he's kind of come into his own maybe filling

815
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,200
Speaker 1: the shoes of h in his big shoes to fill

816
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,239
Speaker 1: with Dil. But their front court, their backcourt, it's a

817
00:42:25,280 --> 00:42:28,799
Speaker 1: really balanced team. It's a really experienced team. Um And

818
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 1: I think that again to me, the guard play is

819
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 1: the key I think that's what separates them right now.

820
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 1: Uh de Colo Hortel. These guys maybe a little bit

821
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 1: underrated because people see how much you know Fournier scoring. Um,

822
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:46,239
Speaker 1: I think we hit him up. We didn't hit Germany. UM.

823
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:49,400
Speaker 1: I love Germany again. You know, if coach there for

824
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: ten years, Henrik Rode, a very good friend, very very

825
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 1: happy for him. I think there was not a lot

826
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,400
Speaker 1: of expectations on these guys coming in because the NBA stars,

827
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:01,360
Speaker 1: let's say, Dennis Schroder, uh, anual tyas Maxie Clayber not

828
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 1: with the team. Uh. And what Germany has done this

829
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 1: summer is a great testament to team basketball against the

830
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 1: next generation guys there. Moe Wagner has played well. Uh.

831
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,839
Speaker 1: You know, I think that Maodo Lowe, who's who's an

832
00:43:14,840 --> 00:43:18,800
Speaker 1: experienced overseas point guard, has done well. Andy Upst, a

833
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,799
Speaker 1: three point shooter from Rational Farm OLM, has has played well.

834
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: So but it's it's really a team effort. Uh. And again,

835
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:28,439
Speaker 1: I think if we see the way game plans from

836
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 1: different teams have been tried to put in place, they

837
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,560
Speaker 1: have a good blueprint with Don Chech, but it comes

838
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 1: down to personnel. And I just think that Slovenia is

839
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,840
Speaker 1: gonna be too much for them in this quarterfinal game. Okay,

840
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:44,800
Speaker 1: so you have you have again Slovenia, France, yea Spain,

841
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, and rooting for the US. I am. I

842
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:53,479
Speaker 1: want them to win, but I just think it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be if they win, it's because it's fantastic one on

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Speaker 1: one individual play. Do you just that that that is

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Speaker 1: the question. Do you just go like, hey, let's not

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Speaker 1: try and reinvent ourselves, let's just just go get buckets

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Speaker 1: fellas and defend us, because that's that feels like that's

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Speaker 1: what coach K did, Like I can't I can't make

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Speaker 1: them make the extra pass that they're supposed to make.

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Speaker 1: I can't make them make the extra movement that they're

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Speaker 1: supposed to have. So just go get buckets. I think

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Speaker 1: you said it earlier when when they were so athletic

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Speaker 1: and pressuring defensively and could get out in transition, but

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Speaker 1: they don't have that. But they don't have that was

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Speaker 1: just like like Damian Lillard is not that guy defensively, right,

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Speaker 1: So so if they're their best five, if if you

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Speaker 1: know you're gonna do what Lillard k D Draymond, who

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Speaker 1: you're other two you're doing, Um, I mean you're gonna

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Speaker 1: do Drew Holiday, Jayson Tatum. Okay, but like Jason, everybody

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Speaker 1: wants Jayson tatumy Kobe Bryant, Like, hey, there's a whole

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Speaker 1: other end of the floor that Kobe Rant was ten

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Speaker 1: times the player of Jason Tatum. Like, here's the problem

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Speaker 1: in order for them to play like the old U

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Speaker 1: SA teams played. You mean, Lebron was a great defensive player,

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Speaker 1: you know, and actually a really good European defense player

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Speaker 1: because he's so physical. He can be so pusy. Kobe

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Speaker 1: Bryant could be a great defensive player. Um Melo wasn't.

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Speaker 1: But if he's your fifth best defensive player, like you're okay,

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Speaker 1: and he can be you can be very very physical.

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Speaker 1: But you look at these guys and Lillard and Tatum

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Speaker 1: and they're not great defensively and that's not what they do,

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Speaker 1: that's not who they are. They can't all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden remake themselves in this short period of time. And

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Speaker 1: you know what's interesting is, Okay, when you watch Team USA,

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Speaker 1: they're trying to play a lot of same size lineups

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Speaker 1: where they do all kinds of switching switching. Yeah, these

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Speaker 1: European teams are so smart, they're gonna, okay, you want

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Speaker 1: to switch, We're gonna find the matchup we want. And

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Speaker 1: most of the time it's on the fact. But France

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Speaker 1: attacked in the post. France got the mismatch and and

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Speaker 1: you know again when they play big like that, and again,

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Speaker 1: Spain has the possibility to play big. Spain can play

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Speaker 1: big if they can't match up Man Samando play zone.

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Speaker 1: But tam Usa the issue for me again you point

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Speaker 1: to it pressure defense, get out and create offense from

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Speaker 1: your defense. You know, take the pressure off at a

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Speaker 1: half court. Oh, let the guys play a little bit.

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Speaker 1: If that's the U s A. You know, game plan.

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Speaker 1: Now you're saying switch, switch, switch, And look at the

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Speaker 1: end of the game against France, you're up seven and

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Speaker 1: you're switching, not only on the ball, but off the ball.

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Speaker 1: Those end line inbound plays and they switch and Fournier

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Speaker 1: ends up wide open in the corner. Again, you've got

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Speaker 1: to have the defensive discipline and toughness, especially in winning

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Speaker 1: time to guard without switching, keep your matchups as they are.

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Speaker 1: I think it's it's the easy way out. It's you know, okay,

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Speaker 1: We're used to switching in the n B A and

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Speaker 1: then whatever, but these are money possessions. You've got to

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Speaker 1: be able to defend with toughness and physicality, and to me,

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Speaker 1: that's an issue. If Team USA has that mentality, play

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Speaker 1: the same size lineups and switch everything, these teams are

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Speaker 1: gonna be ready and they're gonna make him pay. Awesome stuff.

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Speaker 1: All right, Um, you don't have to commit to it,

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Speaker 1: but if you'd like to join us after these games,

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Speaker 1: that would be awesome. Uh. In the meantime, you're the best.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate it. Your unbelievable wealth of knowledge, your

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Speaker 1: passion for it just come through. Thanks so much for

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Speaker 1: joining me. I appreciate it. Doug. Let's keep talking basketball man,

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Speaker 1: love it. How good was that? Right? Like, where else

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Speaker 1: can you get that? A national team coach, he's also

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Speaker 1: American coached against all these teams, giving you kind of

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Speaker 1: the real deal. Skins. You're welcome. You're welcome, right, you

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Speaker 1: are welcome. Reminder you can listen to the Doug Gotli

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Speaker 1: In the meantime, I'm Doug Gottlip. Thanks so much for listening.

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Speaker 1: We'll get another one of these after the quarterfinals has done.

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Speaker 1: This is Almo