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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Jason timp Podcast. Thank you guys so

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Speaker 1: much for taking time out of your day to come

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Speaker 1: out and talk some hoops with me and with Vene.

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Speaker 1: I brought Vine on. You guys know him from the

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Speaker 1: Laker Central podcast. He hosts that podcast with Alex holling Um.

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Speaker 1: I hopped on with him and Alex a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago. Those guys run a great show over there,

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Speaker 1: so make sure you hop over. I'm gonna before we

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Speaker 1: get out of here today, I'll have him. I'll ven

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Speaker 1: A plug all the necessary pages and links for that Vane.

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Speaker 1: How you doing, man? I am doing good. Excited the

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Speaker 1: NBA is back. Looks like we neither of us got

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Speaker 1: any time off, just like the players. But you know

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Speaker 1: a lot of cool things to learn from yesterday's games,

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Speaker 1: even though they're just on game sample sizes. But just

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Speaker 1: glad that the league is back. Yeah, me too, man.

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Speaker 1: And And like it's funny because I would imagine that

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Speaker 1: for most of the guys in the league they wanted

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Speaker 1: some more time off. But at the same time, like

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Speaker 1: when you love basketball the way that these guys do,

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Speaker 1: or the way that we the way that we do,

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Speaker 1: get back into it, you're kind of just like you

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Speaker 1: just get into the grind and you love it, Like

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Speaker 1: I thought. Lebron had an interesting comment after the game

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Speaker 1: last night. He said, I'm kind of glad this is

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Speaker 1: over now. It felt weird that we had a game. Yea,

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Speaker 1: now we can just kind of focus on our season. Um.

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Speaker 1: And it was really cool to see all of those

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Speaker 1: guys get their rings. I think it's one of the

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Speaker 1: coolest things in sports because you know, uh, only one

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Speaker 1: team gets to win, and it makes it that much

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Speaker 1: more special and and and it was really really cool

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Speaker 1: to see everybody, especially to see their families involved. I

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Speaker 1: thought the Lakers absolutely nailed it in a really weird environment. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say that, I thought the ring ceremony

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Speaker 1: was really great. Um. I would say that the family

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Speaker 1: could never you know, their family wasn't even there for

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Speaker 1: a majority of the time and stuff I got. I thought,

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Speaker 1: you know, there wasn't too many like very like expansive

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Speaker 1: speeches or you didn't get too emotional. It's just like

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Speaker 1: the right amount of ring ceremony, the right amount of

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Speaker 1: at least from a liquor fan perspective, the right amount

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Speaker 1: of like attribution to like um, Kobe and stuff like that.

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Speaker 1: So I thought that was really nice. Uh, it was

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Speaker 1: just a great presentation all the way through. That's what

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Speaker 1: you kind of expect from the Lakers, and you know

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Speaker 1: it hats off to Genie Buss and and the rest

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Speaker 1: of that, um, you know, the rest of that franchise

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Speaker 1: for doing it the way they did. I like that

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Speaker 1: they talked about the first responders and stuff I got too.

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Speaker 1: That was really nice because sometimes we forget, um that

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Speaker 1: there's an entire world outside of basketball that's still occurring

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Speaker 1: that we're part of. UM. So I think it's nice

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Speaker 1: that all that sort of stuff happened. Uh. And then

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Speaker 1: we got onto the game, which was very very different experience.

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Speaker 1: I thought the Lakers nailed it. And I mean, so

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Speaker 1: first of all, as many of us know, defending champions

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Speaker 1: It's just it's a lot of emotion. And then I'm

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Speaker 1: a huge believer in the uh, the motivational advantage in basketball,

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Speaker 1: the team that has more to play for, and I

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Speaker 1: think that it takes a lot of mental toughness to

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Speaker 1: overcome that that doesn't. It doesn't mean that it doesn't

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Speaker 1: happen from time to time. And obviously the Lakers will

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Speaker 1: be at a motivation disadvantage throughout the season, and I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they will overcome it. But opening nights a classic

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Speaker 1: example of that, because you're always playing a really good

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Speaker 1: somebody that everybody wants to watch you play against. That team,

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Speaker 1: in all likelihood had a disappointing playoff lost the previous year,

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Speaker 1: and all likelihood they just watched you get your rings,

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Speaker 1: and they're extremely frustrated, they're extremely motivated, they're chomping at

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Speaker 1: the bit, and what do you know, the game started,

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Speaker 1: and in the game kind of went as you would expect.

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Speaker 1: The Clippers jumped out to a big lead. The Lakers

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Speaker 1: But that said, I think that there was a lot

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Speaker 1: of really good basketball for us to have interesting, you know,

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Speaker 1: takeaways from and the format that you and I settled

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Speaker 1: on for this, which I think would be cool is

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Speaker 1: we're gonna give you the three things that we liked

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Speaker 1: three things that we didn't like, strictly speaking from the Lakers,

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Speaker 1: So the first thing that I liked, and you can

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Speaker 1: was a lot of pessimism surrounding Lebron physically last night,

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Speaker 1: which was surprising to me because I thought he looked

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Speaker 1: good physically. Yeah, there were several attacks to the basket

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Speaker 1: He missed a lot of shots at the rim, but

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Speaker 1: it wasn't so much that he wasn't up high enough

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Speaker 1: because he's more or less rusty. He came out and

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Speaker 1: be rusty. But I thought athletically he looked good, and

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Speaker 1: I didn't see anything to be too pessimistic about from

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Speaker 1: Lebron physically. What did you think? Yeah, I thought, um,

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Speaker 1: everything that Lebron was doing yesterday, I thought, athletically he

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Speaker 1: looked fine. It looked like he had a really nice

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Speaker 1: all that stuff was there. I mean, it actually just

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Speaker 1: when you see stuff like that, and you're more versed

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Speaker 1: it was very reminiscent of the first game they played

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Speaker 1: Their first shift in that game didn't look that great,

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Speaker 1: so I was just like, all right, they're not taking

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Speaker 1: more than it is the first game of the regular season. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you know, Lebron. I saw a stat over the

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Speaker 1: it was for sure last postseason and then maybe for

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Speaker 1: his entire career. Now Lebron had a higher fieldical percentage

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Speaker 1: sure it was in the last postseason, but it may

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Speaker 1: this point. But that is an absolutely upsearch stat. Lebron

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Speaker 1: That's that that that is one of his calling cards.

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Speaker 1: And last night he was just smoking layps right and left.

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Speaker 1: He was missing everything that that he had around the rim.

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Speaker 1: And it was never a factor of him shooting over

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Speaker 1: he was getting plenty of separation and he was getting

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Speaker 1: your rhythm back. And again, the the this isn't like

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Speaker 1: are we wondering whether or not Lebron can regain his

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Speaker 1: two thousand eighteen playoff form like we talked about last postseason.

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Speaker 1: We're saying, can he be the same guy he was

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Speaker 1: two months ago, which right exactly absolutely certainly can be.

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Speaker 1: So that if the reason why I put that down

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Speaker 1: I thought physically he looked great. That Duncan transition he

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Speaker 1: was like, well, I was not expecting that in Game one.

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Speaker 1: I would say that as it relates just to that

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Speaker 1: in a phone booth on on Zoo Bach Like that

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Speaker 1: he makes that spin move, But it looked good. So

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Speaker 1: like the fact that he was getting to the room

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Speaker 1: and then the finishing will correct itself as the season

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Speaker 1: separation he's getting. Okay, So what's the first what's the

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Speaker 1: And that is I would say awesome. The more that

433
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Speaker 1: they can do that, the more that like Anton Davis

434
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Speaker 1: being on the court, but just having to only play

435
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Speaker 1: defense is a boon for the Lakers. That's how Vogel

436
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Speaker 1: can and and it's a it's an advantage of Lakers

437
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Speaker 1: can utilize or exploit moving forward. Um if they can

438
00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,560
Speaker 1: keep that scoring clip up. Mhmm. Yeah, So I I

439
00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,240
Speaker 1: think I agree with you in the sense that the

440
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Speaker 1: bench is going to be something that can carry the

441
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Speaker 1: Lakers early in the year, as the lethargy from their

442
00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,800
Speaker 1: stars and their starters can get them in some holes

443
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Speaker 1: early in games, like we talked about earlier, just having

444
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Speaker 1: that influx of people who don't have any reason to

445
00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,760
Speaker 1: be lethargic and don't have any reason to be you know, complacent,

446
00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,560
Speaker 1: those are the guys that can fight back and get

447
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,280
Speaker 1: and get the Lakers back into these games. And then honestly,

448
00:20:56,359 --> 00:20:58,639
Speaker 1: just the competitive nature of Lebron and a D and

449
00:20:58,720 --> 00:21:01,000
Speaker 1: KCP and guys like these, their champions, They're not going

450
00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:04,080
Speaker 1: to sit there and let their bench carry them. Inevitably,

451
00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,440
Speaker 1: they will feed off of that and find and find

452
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Speaker 1: a way to try to match their intensity. Um. So

453
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Speaker 1: this is actually good because I actually put Schroeder down

454
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Speaker 1: as one of the things that I didn't like, Uh

455
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Speaker 1: not Schroeder himself, but I did think that he was

456
00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,200
Speaker 1: just a tad bit over aggressive to be clear, to

457
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Speaker 1: the good stuff I noticed with Schroder, instant chemistry with

458
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:28,720
Speaker 1: Montrez that that that that is that goes to show

459
00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:30,439
Speaker 1: you how gifted he is as a natural pick and

460
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:34,960
Speaker 1: roll playmaker. Um. And then he is absolutely I was

461
00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,040
Speaker 1: pleased with what he brings to the table. In the

462
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Speaker 1: sense that I do think there will be a scenario

463
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Speaker 1: where this works really really well for the Lakers, having

464
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Speaker 1: Schroeder shot out of a cannon and being very aggressive

465
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Speaker 1: from time to time. That that said, um, I did

466
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Speaker 1: think that there were some stretches, particularly in the third quarter.

467
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Speaker 1: He took some shots that were a little bit outside

468
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Speaker 1: of the flow of the offense that kept things outside

469
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Speaker 1: of of Lebron and Anthony Davis and what they can

470
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Speaker 1: bring to the table offensively. What I mean by that

471
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Speaker 1: is that something that I harped on a lot last year,

472
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Speaker 1: which is that I'm a big believer in continuing to

473
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Speaker 1: feed your top two players because it allows them to

474
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Speaker 1: gain a rhythm which will inevitably help you over the

475
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Speaker 1: course of the game. That doesn't mean Dennishrioter doesn't shoot.

476
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Speaker 1: Doesn't mean the Dennistriotor doesn't you know, uh, you know,

477
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Speaker 1: you don't want him playing inhibited. But this is where

478
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Speaker 1: it comes. This is where him being in the starting

479
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Speaker 1: lineup becomes a problem. Because I loved the way that

480
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Speaker 1: Brooklyn used Harris Lavert yesterday. I don't know if you

481
00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,680
Speaker 1: caught that game, but when Carris Lavert checked in to

482
00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:40,080
Speaker 1: start the second quarter, they just shot him out of

483
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Speaker 1: a cannon and he just started going to work and

484
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Speaker 1: he was generating all sorts of offense. He I think

485
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Speaker 1: he took seven shots in his first nine minutes and

486
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Speaker 1: made like four of them or five of them, and

487
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Speaker 1: he was he was all over the place, and it

488
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Speaker 1: was a huge net positive because early in the game

489
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Speaker 1: they just ran everything through Katie and Kyrie. And then

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Speaker 1: when you know, during a during the stretch of a game,

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Speaker 1: when I think that either both of them were out

492
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,199
Speaker 1: or or a Katie was on the floor but he

493
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Speaker 1: had been used a lot, and he was being a

494
00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,840
Speaker 1: little more passive, kind of resting in the flow of

495
00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:11,680
Speaker 1: the game, they just shot Karris LeVert out of a cannon.

496
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Speaker 1: He just was super aggressive and and that's what I

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Speaker 1: that's what I'd like to see, And this is what

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Speaker 1: I put down as one of the things that I

499
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Speaker 1: didn't like. I just would like to see the Lakers

500
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Speaker 1: focused Dennis Shutter's aggression through specific points in the game

501
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,160
Speaker 1: when it makes a little bit more sense. And part

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Speaker 1: of this is Anthony Davis's fault, because he was so

503
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Speaker 1: passive at times as a result of the double teams

504
00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,720
Speaker 1: that that it kind of forced someone else on the

505
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Speaker 1: floor to try to create something and and Shuter would

506
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Speaker 1: be more aggressive. But I think there's a sweet spot

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Speaker 1: because you know, he was I think he was five

508
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Speaker 1: of fifteen last night, and he was five or fifteen.

509
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Speaker 1: But he played well. I really do think he played well.

510
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,600
Speaker 1: He nearly had a triple double at eight assists, and

511
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: he's not notoriously a high assist guy. And one of

512
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Speaker 1: the reasons why is I thought he just had a

513
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Speaker 1: few bad shots in the game that if he takes

514
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Speaker 1: those out and and kind of plays like a little

515
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Speaker 1: bit more under control, it might impact this team a

516
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Speaker 1: little bit better. But I'm I'm really picking NTS here

517
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Speaker 1: because he was good last night. I don't want to

518
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,920
Speaker 1: overplay that but or underplay that. But I just yeah,

519
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,400
Speaker 1: like that, I I see, I really liked what I saw.

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Speaker 1: But I think they can focus his aggression in different

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Speaker 1: parts of the game a little better. Yeah. I think

522
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Speaker 1: that's a that's probably something that is going to happen

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Speaker 1: over the course of time. My entire logic, or at

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Speaker 1: least my my approach to what I think the first

525
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Speaker 1: ten games of this season are probably gonna be is

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Speaker 1: um Vocal just wants to get reps up with different lineups, um,

527
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Speaker 1: and get these guys a little bit used to it.

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Speaker 1: Like even if you're best friends with you know, like

529
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Speaker 1: if you go and play reck ball and you're unless

530
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Speaker 1: you're like absolutely best friends with the other four guys

531
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Speaker 1: that you've played with and you guys have played hundreds

532
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Speaker 1: and hundreds of games together, it's really hard. Even if

533
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,560
Speaker 1: you know the person and you've seen how they play,

534
00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:54,640
Speaker 1: it still takes a certain amount of reps to kind

535
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Speaker 1: of get real comfortable with how each other other plays.

536
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Speaker 1: I want to say that maybe his over aggression also

537
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Speaker 1: probably came and the fact that the Lakers were down,

538
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,040
Speaker 1: and so he was just trying to change the change

539
00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 1: his speed of the game and stuff I got. Um,

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Speaker 1: he did definitely get himself stuck in a few bad

541
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Speaker 1: spots like overdriving or getting a little bit too deep

542
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:13,440
Speaker 1: without having like a real good outlet pass and stuff

543
00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:15,920
Speaker 1: I got to his teammates. But I think that's something

544
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Speaker 1: that he'll learn that he doesn't have to rush stuff

545
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Speaker 1: and you can play within the field of the offense

546
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Speaker 1: and whatnot. Um, But I think your stuff is valid.

547
00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:24,199
Speaker 1: I think I saw that on the timeline as well.

548
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:27,240
Speaker 1: Most most Laker fence. We're pretty happy with what Shoreder

549
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 1: was doing. They were just a little concerned about his

550
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Speaker 1: you know, some of it was a shot selection and

551
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Speaker 1: some of it was just being a little over zealous

552
00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:37,880
Speaker 1: with sort of how his activity on on the ball

553
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Speaker 1: in the bottom line is is they're going to need

554
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Speaker 1: him to be super aggressive. It's just about figuring out when,

555
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,879
Speaker 1: and you make a great point, like it's just about

556
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Speaker 1: learning when, which you can't just you can't like scheme that.

557
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,120
Speaker 1: It's so like you can to the to with your

558
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,119
Speaker 1: lineups to a certain extent by just having him come

559
00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:55,800
Speaker 1: off the bench, which doesn't appear they're going to do.

560
00:25:55,840 --> 00:25:59,639
Speaker 1: But the bottom line is over time and through playing

561
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 1: experien arians, all of these guys will learn how to

562
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 1: play off of each other better. Um So, the third

563
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Speaker 1: thing that I liked was the defense in the second quarter.

564
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Speaker 1: So when the Lakers got slapped in the face to

565
00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 1: start the game, their competitive nature kicked in and they

566
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Speaker 1: did something that I think is a is a big

567
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Speaker 1: landmark for this team and has been throughout the throughout

568
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:25,359
Speaker 1: the Lebron and Ad experience. When they lock in defensively,

569
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,879
Speaker 1: teams just can't score. This was a Clipper offense that

570
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Speaker 1: was humming on all all cylinders yesterday, um uh. And

571
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Speaker 1: they held them to seventeen in the second quarter, much

572
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:38,440
Speaker 1: better ball pressure. They made Kauai feel uncomfortable. Kaui missed

573
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Speaker 1: a lot of shots in this stretch. They did a

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Speaker 1: good job of getting into his body so that when

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Speaker 1: he was shooting shots, he was always shooting off balance.

576
00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,679
Speaker 1: He was Kauai wasn't bumping people off. People were bumping

577
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Speaker 1: Kauai off. Marcusol had a good stretch during this time

578
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Speaker 1: where he was protecting the rim. Well this was before

579
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:56,399
Speaker 1: uh he played limited minutes because of foul trouble. But

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Speaker 1: I really really liked what I saw from the Lakers

581
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Speaker 1: defense and the second quarter. As bad as they were

582
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:04,680
Speaker 1: for the game, that was enough for me to see

583
00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: to feel optimistic that they can still hit that peak

584
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 1: when they need to to try to pull games out. Yeah,

585
00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 1: that was so that quarter overall. I'll just give you

586
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Speaker 1: some of the plus minus is a little tricky of

587
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,800
Speaker 1: of a data point to use, but it's okay if

588
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Speaker 1: you use it within the course of like a single

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00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,919
Speaker 1: run to understand the contributions. Right. So in that in

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Speaker 1: that um the minute distribution wise, if we look at

591
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Speaker 1: that second quarter, we got eight minutes of Cruzo who

592
00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:30,879
Speaker 1: went plus eight. We got eight minutes of Markith Morris

593
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 1: who went plus nine. Uh. Montraz seven minutes, almost eight minutes,

594
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,760
Speaker 1: he went plus ten. Schroeder played three minutes and went

595
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:40,640
Speaker 1: plus ten. Uh. Lebron and a d both went eight

596
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 1: minutes six minutes respectively plus twelve plus fourteen. Uh and

597
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 1: even uh everybody's favorite whipping boy, Kyle Kuzma went uh

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Speaker 1: six a little over six and a half minutes and

599
00:27:50,560 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 1: he went plus seven. So that's that's a testament of

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00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,919
Speaker 1: just that the entire energy shift, like you mentioned, of

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Speaker 1: that second that second shift, that line up in the

602
00:27:58,560 --> 00:28:01,320
Speaker 1: second quarter was completely friend It wasn't just one guy

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00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 1: or a specific lineup group. If everybody came and said,

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00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: all right, like f this, we're not going down by

605
00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: like twenty points and and just laying down uh and

606
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:14,119
Speaker 1: and defensive wise, you're absolutely right. The Clippers shot seven

607
00:28:14,119 --> 00:28:17,520
Speaker 1: of twenty five in that quarter. Kah I took seven shots,

608
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 1: went two of seven. The next best shooter was Paul

609
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: George at and he went to for five, and then

610
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,639
Speaker 1: Lou Williams, who went too for three. Everybody else pretty

611
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,120
Speaker 1: much missed every single shot attempt that they took. So

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00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 1: that's that's pretty good. Um, they didn't the big differences

613
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: Lakers Dan Foule. They only gave up two free throws

614
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:37,280
Speaker 1: in that quarter. And that's something that Frank Vogel mentioned

615
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Speaker 1: at the beginning. The Clippers are a team that is very,

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00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: very good at drawing fouls. Um, Kawhi Leonard and Paul

617
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:46,000
Speaker 1: George are probably the best at drawing fouls. They think

618
00:28:46,080 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: last year they were like in like the nineties something

619
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: percentile of drawing fouls. Yeah, in the league and stuff

620
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 1: like that. And um, obviously the way those calls that

621
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,640
Speaker 1: they get in the regular season they changed. Like I

622
00:28:57,840 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: saw a Laker fans saying, man, Paul Jordan gets all

623
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,840
Speaker 1: kinds of files, and then I think Kauai like he

624
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: yelled for an end one and the ref like gave

625
00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:07,680
Speaker 1: him a really late continuation on that. But like we

626
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: we've done this exercise before. They don't get those calls

627
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: in the playoffs. That's what kind of throws them out

628
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:14,840
Speaker 1: of rhythm and why why they have collapses. Well, not

629
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: definitely apologized, be not quite as much, but you're to

630
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 1: your original point. The Lakers offense came out really great.

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00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 1: They went ten of twenty two. They took nine threes um,

632
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: they only made three of them, but look at the

633
00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 1: free throw advantage. They have fourteen free throws in the

634
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:31,240
Speaker 1: second quarter. So when you see a huge free throw

635
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 1: advantage like that, the first thing you're thinking about is, well,

636
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: how how often were they going to the rim? And

637
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 1: that was really what the testament of the second quarter was. Um.

638
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: In the first quarter of the Lakers settled for a

639
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 1: lot of jump shots as the guys kind of we're

640
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 1: warming up their legs and warming getting a lather on.

641
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,000
Speaker 1: And in the second second quarter, the Lakers are like,

642
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: all right, let's lock in down defense and let's attack.

643
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,360
Speaker 1: Let's attack the room. And that's what they did, and

644
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 1: a lot of these shots came from attacking the rim. Um.

645
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 1: That's the Laker's identity. Their philosophy has always been put

646
00:29:57,560 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: pressure on the rim as much as possible, and that

647
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,280
Speaker 1: the winning formula. We saw that with even the heat.

648
00:30:03,520 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 1: The heat as much people talk about Tyler Harrow and

649
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 1: Duncan Robinson shooting threes, it's the fact that they can

650
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: get to the rim. Jimmy Butler, Batman to bio um

651
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 1: even done tragic because they're willing to attack the rim

652
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 1: repeatedly over and over again. It opens up the rest

653
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,080
Speaker 1: of your offense. Those are high percentage shots. So um,

654
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 1: I was really glad with what I saw on the energy.

655
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: It's it's I think somebody in your in the chat

656
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,560
Speaker 1: mentioned that it's very reminiscent of of the second quarter

657
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,360
Speaker 1: against the Suns, like that second shift once they're all

658
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 1: warmed up. Now, this is the Laker team that you've

659
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 1: got to be concerned about, and it's just you have

660
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:38,160
Speaker 1: to match the energy of the bench. It's like it's

661
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,920
Speaker 1: the main guys because the main run they they would

662
00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 1: think it was forty two thirty one, or it was

663
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: like fifty forty one, it was a ten point game

664
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: or something with just a couple minutes left in the

665
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,280
Speaker 1: first half, and they closed it to two with a

666
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Speaker 1: run with the starters. Because literally, you can't just sit

667
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,840
Speaker 1: there and watch the bench guys carry you and not

668
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: get a little annoyed that you're not a bigger part

669
00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,800
Speaker 1: of what's happening. And then how they fought back. Yeah,

670
00:30:59,800 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: and it's good that the team, the players on the team,

671
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,520
Speaker 1: even the stars on the team understand the accountability that

672
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:08,440
Speaker 1: comes with when your teammates are putting in. So it

673
00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:10,600
Speaker 1: was it was good to see. I mean, we only

674
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 1: really played one quarter of really quality defense. If we

675
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 1: had played two quarters or maybe even three quarters of events,

676
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 1: this could have been a blowout if they'd really quality defense. So, um,

677
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,960
Speaker 1: you know, uh, it was really really good to see.

678
00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,719
Speaker 1: So what was your third thing that you liked? Uh?

679
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 1: So the third thing that I like was just it's

680
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 1: actually not even think the Lakers really made it out

681
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 1: of the first game relatively unscathed. Then nobody had any

682
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 1: serious injuries. Like the thing I'm like always super worried

683
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:42,320
Speaker 1: about now, especially with like the Achilles hairs and all

684
00:31:42,320 --> 00:31:43,800
Speaker 1: these things that are happening. It is just like anyone

685
00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,959
Speaker 1: play can can end up hurting somebody. Um, So I'm

686
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: that's like the number one thing that's probably gonna be

687
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: a constant theme for me, like did we make it

688
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: out of this game unscathed? Um? Lebron tweaked his ankle

689
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: trying to help on zoo bach Uh, and he looked

690
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,920
Speaker 1: like he was okay. Case P looks like he had

691
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: a Charlie horse because he got screened by Zoom bach also. Um,

692
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: and he was fine also, So like every time I

693
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 1: see somebody go down, Auntie Davis hit the floor, I

694
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: want to say a couple of times. But now I'm

695
00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: almost positive that he's doing that on purpose because he

696
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: doesn't want to land on his feet and risk turning

697
00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: his ankle if there's somebody happens to be underneath, So

698
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:19,720
Speaker 1: he deliberately falls on the ground. So he walked away

699
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 1: relatively unscathed too. So, um, that was my third favorite

700
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 1: thing to see that even with all the little nix

701
00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 1: and bruises that they got during the course of the game,

702
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,120
Speaker 1: nothing was serious and um, you know they stayed healthy.

703
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: Um you know what was a chippy game at one

704
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 1: point I would say, yeah for sure. And and they

705
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: get too. They get two days off leading into the

706
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: next one. Um a Christmas there they at home. I'm

707
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 1: just double checking right now, I believe so yeah, I

708
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,360
Speaker 1: think it's a home for the Mavericks. So so they

709
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 1: they're they're no one has to travel. They get two

710
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: full days Lebron, plenty of time for him to get

711
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 1: his ankle right. It should be it should be perfect. Um. Okay,

712
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,239
Speaker 1: So the first thing that I didn't like other than

713
00:32:58,280 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 1: the one that I already mentioned, which was a short

714
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: or is over aggressive over aggressiveness, which we already decised. Um,

715
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: I really didn't like. And this is something that goes

716
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Speaker 1: beyond just last night. It goes into the preseason. I

717
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 1: really don't like the way they're using Marcusol while they're

718
00:33:10,520 --> 00:33:13,479
Speaker 1: isolating Anthony Davis, either in face up face ups are

719
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 1: post ups. If you look at my Twitter feed, I've

720
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: talked about this a couple of times over the last week. UM,

721
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: it just seems kind of so at least with with

722
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,160
Speaker 1: Dwight Howard and with and with JaVale McGee, when they

723
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: would sit in the dunker spot and help would come,

724
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: you could kind of float something up towards the rim

725
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: and they dunk it. Now, Anthony Davis isn't really a

726
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,800
Speaker 1: gifted enough pass or to take advantage of that. But

727
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: at least when Lebron was driving to the basket, that

728
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 1: was an option and and it made some sense for

729
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: them to be there. But with Marcus s Sol, he's

730
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: not an above the rim threat, and Anthony Davis isn't

731
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 1: isn't really that great as a wraparound pass or drop

732
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:51,960
Speaker 1: off passer around the rim. He makes simple passes, but

733
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 1: he struggles with some of the more complicated passes, and

734
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: so it doesn't make any sense to me to have

735
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: Marcosol run to the dunker spot every single time Anthony

736
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:01,480
Speaker 1: Davis ice relates. It just is putting him in a

737
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: position where he's going to have to fade away or

738
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 1: shoot some sort of jump shot that is over the

739
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: top of the defense rather than going through the defense.

740
00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,640
Speaker 1: And the best example of it is that Sergebaca one

741
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: that he where he dunked when he drewup past him

742
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 1: and dunked. Because that's that's why you want to clear

743
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,719
Speaker 1: the paint for Anthony Davis. You clear the paint for

744
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis. He's got such a physical advantage he's gonna

745
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: go around the guy most of the time. And if

746
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,839
Speaker 1: you have Marcosol at the top of the key, then

747
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,759
Speaker 1: the person who's gonna be helping, because it's not like

748
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,480
Speaker 1: they're not gonna help. There's still gonna be people in

749
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 1: the length. But then the person who's helping is probably

750
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:39,399
Speaker 1: gonna help from the short corner, in which case it's

751
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: probably going to be a guard, which means that person

752
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,080
Speaker 1: is not going to be able to contest Anthony Davis

753
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: at the rim, he's just gonna dunk on him and

754
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: by the time he gets over, it's It's one of

755
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 1: those things where it just seems strategically inept to have

756
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,560
Speaker 1: Marcosol wasted in the dunker spot rather than have him.

757
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:56,719
Speaker 1: And that doesn't mean he has to play at the

758
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,200
Speaker 1: three point line all the time. It just means that,

759
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 1: you know, when in those specific scenarios where you're trying

760
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,719
Speaker 1: to get Anthony Davis going in isolation, it makes more

761
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:06,600
Speaker 1: sense to have him out front. I like the idea

762
00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,360
Speaker 1: of using him as the post entry guy because Marcus

763
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: he has a really quick release and he's such a

764
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,320
Speaker 1: big target that if you have him one pass away

765
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: and you have him throw the entry past Anthony Davis,

766
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 1: if the double team comes right away, Marcusol can tee

767
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 1: up wide open threes, you know, with an easy like

768
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 1: and that's a read that Anthony Davis can make very

769
00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,120
Speaker 1: very easily. Uh. And plus the guy who's guarding Marcusol

770
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 1: probably isn't going to close out super fast. He's a

771
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: little slower body who's charging it Anthony Davis. It's just

772
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,279
Speaker 1: something that I'd like to see them figure out a

773
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:39,239
Speaker 1: way to better use marcosol during Anthony Davis's isolations and

774
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:42,319
Speaker 1: post ups. Yeah, so I thought the Mark being a

775
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: good passer and being a good post entry pastor. So

776
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: I I I agree with your sentiment. I don't think

777
00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 1: he should be standing in the dunker spot. I would

778
00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: have thought that maybe they would have put him in

779
00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 1: the corner on the opposite side at the very worst,

780
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 1: to at least have, you know, if they want to

781
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 1: swing the ball all the way back around to him. Um,

782
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: I would whom the only reason why that happened, It

783
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: wasn't by design. I think maybe Mark just thought that

784
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 1: he had a mismatch in terms of size because they

785
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,879
Speaker 1: put Ibaka was his defensive matchup. But I baca want

786
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,040
Speaker 1: to go guard Anthony Davis, which makes me think either

787
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,040
Speaker 1: batoum or Clai Leonard or something like that was on

788
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:14,759
Speaker 1: Marcus soul. So I think he just went there to

789
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 1: try and help, you know, possibly get an offensive rebound

790
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 1: or something like that. So I don't I don't know

791
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,000
Speaker 1: if it was by design, but ideally you don't want

792
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:22,799
Speaker 1: him in that spot because he did it a couple

793
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: of times against the Suns and the clip Okay, okay,

794
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 1: because the a d and Lebron didn't play, but there

795
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:29,360
Speaker 1: was a couple of plays against the cliff of the

796
00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:31,480
Speaker 1: Suns that I actually put on my Twitter feeds. Similar

797
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 1: thing where he just his first instinct when he's running

798
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 1: down the floor and they're doing quick isolations is to

799
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 1: run to the dunker spot. Yeah yeah, okay, okay, then

800
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,359
Speaker 1: that's fair. Um yeah, so if if he's if he's

801
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: doing that, then maybe on film they'll say, hey, don't

802
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,239
Speaker 1: run here and just run to the spot instead or

803
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: just stop right here. Um, So that that's definitely a

804
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: good thing. I agree with you. I would have thought

805
00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,160
Speaker 1: that they would use him as the post entry guy

806
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: because it actually puts the defensive guy in sort of

807
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,640
Speaker 1: a tough position to decide, not not whether he's going

808
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: to close out on Marcus sold, but like for a

809
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,840
Speaker 1: big man, a person who plays a power forward center position,

810
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 1: like to decide, do I go and help with the

811
00:37:06,719 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: rebound to secure the rebound in case this guy misses,

812
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: do I go to help double, Do I do this?

813
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: Do I do that? Or do I worry about this

814
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: guys shooting a three? Like those sort of things, and

815
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: Mark being such a high i Q guy, it seems

816
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,920
Speaker 1: like he would be a really good option to be

817
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: the post centry pastor for those isolations. Um, but we'll

818
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 1: we'll see, you know. And the thing is that if

819
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:27,080
Speaker 1: that double comes eight, he can send that back out.

820
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 1: And Mike is a super super i que guy. He

821
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 1: knows exactly which where the advantages on that pass if

822
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: Lakers set up a design backcut or something like that

823
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:36,359
Speaker 1: or whatever it may be. So forgot to take that

824
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 1: first pass out of this Yeah, exactly. And he's a

825
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,839
Speaker 1: quick pastor too, he doesn't waste time making that read. Um.

826
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 1: I think a while back I posted a video about

827
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 1: like how he actually starts looking in the direction of

828
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,280
Speaker 1: where the pass is going to go before he even

829
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 1: catches the ball in his head. Like it's pretty cool

830
00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 1: stuff that he does. Um, So they may start doing that.

831
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 1: They may try him out as a post centry passer

832
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 1: when it comes to that, But I think I think

833
00:37:57,239 --> 00:38:00,440
Speaker 1: that's fair. He's better utilized either in the corner of

834
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 1: those of those sets or at the top of the

835
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 1: key of those sets as opposed to in the dunker spot.

836
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 1: I agree. So it was the first thing that you

837
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,879
Speaker 1: didn't like, Okay, uh So for this one um our

838
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: fan favorite from last season. Alex Caruso, Uh, he had

839
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 1: short He had a good defensive game, but he had

840
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 1: what I want to say is a rough offensive game.

841
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: And that may also be because he had the hip injury.

842
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:25,200
Speaker 1: He didn't get as many reps and stuff like that.

843
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:29,480
Speaker 1: The Lakers deployed um Caruso and Taylor and Horton Horton

844
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: Tucker at the same time, which I was excited for

845
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 1: because I actually think those two guys can definitely play together.

846
00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 1: The only problem was I think their responsibilities were flipped.

847
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: I think they used Alex. I don't know if it

848
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 1: was by designer, if it's just what happened, and Taylor's

849
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: just being, you know, a good teammate and letting his

850
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 1: teammate like kind of run the show. Um. The pick

851
00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: and roll stuff has been uh. Crusoe's offense out of

852
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 1: the pick and roll stuff has always been a little

853
00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 1: shaky uh, and it hasn't been great. It's part of

854
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: the reason why he couldn't take minutes away from Rondo

855
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,399
Speaker 1: last season because he was having trouble with it. And

856
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: it's just one game, but he was having trouble with

857
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: it last night too as well. Um. Not mishandling the ball,

858
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 1: but you know, like just having struggling with the with

859
00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: the floater um, struggling with just kind of making reads

860
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,879
Speaker 1: good passes he had to and I want to say

861
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,919
Speaker 1: he had two passes that just pretty much went straight

862
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: out of bounds because of the way he threw the

863
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 1: past um that can be corrected with just some more

864
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:21,240
Speaker 1: reps um or it could just be something that requires

865
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: a little bit more attention. But um. The only thing

866
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,680
Speaker 1: I didn't like is I thought we saw a really

867
00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 1: really good action out of Taylor Horton Tucker during the

868
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,279
Speaker 1: preseason that I'm kind of surprised that he didn't get

869
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,840
Speaker 1: those reps. And I don't think it's as big of

870
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:36,280
Speaker 1: a deal right now because I think maybe what's happening

871
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 1: is Vogo wants to give Caruso the chance to for

872
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:42,280
Speaker 1: everybody on the team to openly see, hey, look, maybe

873
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: this is just not the best way to use him.

874
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,880
Speaker 1: And Voco seems like the kind of guy who doesn't

875
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: just do it without telling his players. He lets them

876
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,680
Speaker 1: try it out and when it doesn't work, then he'll

877
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: switch to responsibility. So I wouldn't be surprised if they

878
00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: run that tandem more and more if that's a if

879
00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: that's a thing that the Lakers try to do. Um,

880
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: that those responsibilities flip. And Caruso is still a fantastic defender.

881
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:07,400
Speaker 1: He has a really good fantastic defenses last defensive possessions

882
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 1: last night, and I think that's really the best way

883
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: to use him. He's he's much better in transition as

884
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,359
Speaker 1: an off the ball cutter, a guy who just kind

885
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,360
Speaker 1: of is like the wild card and just kind of

886
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 1: does stuff because of his natural prowess. And Taylor horn Tucker,

887
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: at least from what we've seen in the preseason game

888
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: so far, has a very very good nose for the

889
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:26,760
Speaker 1: rim uh and getting to the rim with a live dribble,

890
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 1: and UM, I'd like to see him get that opportunity

891
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: at some point and see how Alex functions off the

892
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:37,080
Speaker 1: ball with him um in that role. Yeah, agree with you.

893
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: If as long as as long as talent Hornon Tucker

894
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,920
Speaker 1: is even half the guy that he was in the preseason,

895
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,800
Speaker 1: and as long as Dennis Shrewder is on this roster,

896
00:40:45,200 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: there's no longer any reason for Alex Caruso will run

897
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 1: any of the offense, to be honest with you, and

898
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: and you know, Look, the reality is is Alex Crusoe

899
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: is a specialist. He was a specialist last year and

900
00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 1: and that's what he projects to be in the n

901
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 1: b A. He's he's so far from being a you know,

902
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 1: a competent, you know, NBA ball handler that if that

903
00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: comes at some point in his career, it's going to

904
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:11,000
Speaker 1: be at some point in the probably distant future. At

905
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 1: this point. But that said, I think he's an all

906
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 1: defense level defender, I'm not the most important thing is

907
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,360
Speaker 1: finding a way to get him less involved with the

908
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,440
Speaker 1: ball in his hands on offense, but keeping him in

909
00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:25,399
Speaker 1: the rotation and keeping him involved with this team night

910
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:26,960
Speaker 1: in the night out, because he is kind of, for

911
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 1: lack of a better term, he's kind of the heart

912
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 1: and soul he's there. He's the guy that that fires

913
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 1: everybody else up with his defensive sequences. He's like kind

914
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: of a barometer for that team, especially in the grind

915
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,360
Speaker 1: of the regular season. And so my hope is that

916
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:42,760
Speaker 1: they find a way to balance that so that Alex

917
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: Cruzo stays involved in the rotation while they kind of

918
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 1: take ball handling duties away from him. So, um, the

919
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: second thing that I didn't like or I should say

920
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,520
Speaker 1: the last thing that I didn't like, I don't. I

921
00:41:57,520 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 1: don't have any I don't have anything else that I

922
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:04,759
Speaker 1: didn't like, So this will be an optimist. So I

923
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 1: continue to be frustrated with the way that Anthony Davis

924
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 1: handles double teams, and I uh, I'm hoping over the

925
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:14,239
Speaker 1: course of the season that Lebron gives me some good

926
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:16,759
Speaker 1: counter examples. He hasn't had too many post touches so

927
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,919
Speaker 1: far in preseason or in the or last night. But

928
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: you know, I talk a lot about how the anytime

929
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: it's any time it defense double teams, they're they're putting

930
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,719
Speaker 1: themselves in a precarious position. They're they're putting themselves in

931
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:32,920
Speaker 1: a position where the other guys are playing three on four,

932
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:35,719
Speaker 1: and if the offensive players have any idea how to

933
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 1: adequately space themselves, there's really no way to guard NBA

934
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,360
Speaker 1: players like that. But for whatever reason, Anthony Davis is

935
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 1: so uncomfortable under that blitzing double team that his first

936
00:42:46,920 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 1: instinct is to find the nearest outlet guy, the nearest

937
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 1: guy who's gonna sprint somewhere towards where his face is

938
00:42:55,800 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 1: and and just throw a really simple pass just to

939
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 1: get get rid of the ball. And then and then

940
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 1: he'll just take himself out of the play at that

941
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: point because he's decided, Okay, I tried to post up,

942
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:05,839
Speaker 1: They're just gonna double team and let me get rid

943
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 1: of it. And and and there were a lot of

944
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: examples last night, and I put I put a couple

945
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 1: of them on my Twitter feed. But the of him

946
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:17,719
Speaker 1: panicking and missing a clear open read somewhere else on

947
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 1: the floor to eat, turn the ball over, or to

948
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,680
Speaker 1: throw it to somebody who was in a great option.

949
00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 1: There was one where Lebron actually got a dunk as

950
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 1: he kind of started cutting. But look, but Anthony Davis's

951
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,600
Speaker 1: read was to give the ball to a player thirty

952
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: feet from the basket rather than just kind of holding waiting.

953
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: And Lebron is so good at this. He he will

954
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,040
Speaker 1: hold the ball strong with two hands, and he'll turn

955
00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,319
Speaker 1: and pivot, you know, keep the defender on his back

956
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,959
Speaker 1: as best as he can, and he'll wait to see

957
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 1: what develops and then he'll make a read and it

958
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,200
Speaker 1: usually ends in either a wide open three or a dunk.

959
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,640
Speaker 1: And that's that's that thing with Anthony Davis. He's still

960
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 1: I still think he's the fourth, third or fourth best

961
00:43:55,080 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: player in the league. I still think he's unbelievably incredible.

962
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,879
Speaker 1: His his mid range progression is such a great sign

963
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,520
Speaker 1: for Laker fans. But that's something I'm gonna be harping

964
00:44:03,520 --> 00:44:05,399
Speaker 1: on a lot this year because I really think it's

965
00:44:05,440 --> 00:44:07,440
Speaker 1: the thing that separates him from being the guy who

966
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: can be the best player in the league. Yeah, I

967
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 1: think that a couple of times that we've had this conversation.

968
00:44:13,239 --> 00:44:16,240
Speaker 1: The biggest hole in probably Anthony Davis's game up until

969
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:20,560
Speaker 1: that midrange shooting kind of kicked in, UM was literally

970
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:26,200
Speaker 1: just his ability to read defenses. And that's something that's

971
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 1: something that I was hoping that Lebron and and the

972
00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:30,280
Speaker 1: coaching staff would help him figure out to some degree.

973
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 1: I think like Lionel Hollands and now with Gasola, Lionel Hollands,

974
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 1: like they'll probably help Anthony Davis with that sort of

975
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,400
Speaker 1: aspect because because Soul was a really good post passer,

976
00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:42,959
Speaker 1: high mid or low post whatever, maybe UM that's been

977
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:45,760
Speaker 1: like the difference between him being like a regularly triple

978
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 1: double kind of guy, Like he has all the tools

979
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,160
Speaker 1: to be like a guy who could average a triple

980
00:44:50,200 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 1: double all season off the strength of him scoring, drawing

981
00:44:53,520 --> 00:44:55,400
Speaker 1: a double team and then just setting up his teammates.

982
00:44:55,640 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 1: And I think that's the like last thing to making

983
00:44:58,280 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: him practically unguardable. Um. But so I agree with your

984
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:06,359
Speaker 1: with with why you didn't like that. I just think

985
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,840
Speaker 1: that when I think about like other elite tier players,

986
00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:10,359
Speaker 1: like when we think of Harden and stuff like that,

987
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:12,520
Speaker 1: like they kind of do the same thing, like when

988
00:45:12,520 --> 00:45:14,440
Speaker 1: they get blitz, they give it up and then they're like, Okay,

989
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:17,760
Speaker 1: well now now this, now this possession is not my

990
00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 1: my not my fault. If anything bad happens. I think

991
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:22,359
Speaker 1: it's a weird all thing that tends to happen with

992
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:26,239
Speaker 1: guys um and so Harden and the issue is more

993
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 1: pronounced because they run an offense specifically tailored to his strength,

994
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 1: and then he dips out of possessions after he gets

995
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 1: double team uh and doesn't participate. Um Anthy Davis is

996
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 1: a big guy. You can't do that. You have to

997
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,800
Speaker 1: always be participating if you're that big. But I hope

998
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:43,319
Speaker 1: as the season progresses, um and maybe if they make

999
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:45,279
Speaker 1: that adjustment with the post entry passes and they bring

1000
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 1: a soul over to his side, so now he has

1001
00:45:47,320 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 1: a wider field division and a wider angle behind him,

1002
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 1: he'll feel a little bit more comfortable making some of

1003
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 1: those passes. Yeah, So for the record, I'm holding him

1004
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:01,200
Speaker 1: to a very high standard in that. Like That's why

1005
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 1: I was trying to clarify that stuff there at the end.

1006
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,200
Speaker 1: I'm not trying to say that because I love watching

1007
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:07,520
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis play. I got into a discussion with somebody

1008
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:10,360
Speaker 1: last night about, you know, kind of the differences between

1009
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,279
Speaker 1: him and k D. And it's important to remember that

1010
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis just put on one of the most amazing

1011
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,759
Speaker 1: defensive playoff runs I've seen in my life watching basketball,

1012
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,640
Speaker 1: and and it kind of culminated in that Game six

1013
00:46:22,719 --> 00:46:25,800
Speaker 1: where he because he was able to play off of Bam,

1014
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 1: he just completely shut down the Miami offense to the

1015
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,120
Speaker 1: point where they looked like they had no idea what

1016
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 1: to do with themselves. And and so I'm not I'm

1017
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: holding him to a very high standard. It was just

1018
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:37,919
Speaker 1: something I noticed during the game last night. And it's

1019
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,560
Speaker 1: and it is a clear scheming thing. If you throw

1020
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:42,719
Speaker 1: hard doubles and Anthony Davis, he's going to get rid

1021
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:44,880
Speaker 1: of the ball, and chances are you can get him

1022
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: to kind of take a passive role in the game

1023
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:48,400
Speaker 1: if you get him to do that a few times.

1024
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 1: And so it's just something. It's just something to keep

1025
00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 1: an eye on. Um so real quickly because I know

1026
00:46:53,239 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: you only have about ten more minutes. Uh. A couple

1027
00:46:56,480 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 1: of really quick notes that I that I liked about

1028
00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,959
Speaker 1: the Clippers. Uh. There was a lot of talk about

1029
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:03,520
Speaker 1: how they implemented the triangle offense. I thought that was

1030
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:05,839
Speaker 1: really interesting because I thought it gave them some order

1031
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: that they didn't really have last year, kind of a

1032
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 1: purpose to everything that they were doing on the floor. Uh.

1033
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 1: And I really, I really do think that. And it's

1034
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:16,160
Speaker 1: it's so allegedly Kauai is the one who pushed for it,

1035
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:17,960
Speaker 1: and I really do think that that made a lot

1036
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,560
Speaker 1: of sense. Um. I will say, I will say I

1037
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,440
Speaker 1: didn't see them run any triangle offense. It seemed like

1038
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: a lot of their offense was just five out and

1039
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: they let uh. And and of course it's a long season,

1040
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:30,880
Speaker 1: they may institute it, you know, they it's it's a

1041
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:32,800
Speaker 1: learning triangle office is one of the most difficult office

1042
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: just learned from everything I read about it. Um, it

1043
00:47:35,680 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: seemed like last night was just five out and that's

1044
00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:41,399
Speaker 1: that's why they started ibaka and it was five out

1045
00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: basketball and like Paul George, Kauai and Lou Williams run

1046
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:47,920
Speaker 1: their isolations and seem very much off ball action for Canard.

1047
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: For Lukenard, I didn't see too much pick and roll

1048
00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: where they went to the dive guy outside of Lou

1049
00:47:52,880 --> 00:47:57,200
Speaker 1: Williams and Zoo Bok running it together. So I didn't

1050
00:47:57,200 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 1: see mut triangle offense. But you know, like, well it'll

1051
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,440
Speaker 1: it'll be, and mean it took in theory, it makes

1052
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: sense for them to try somethingture that. I actually liked

1053
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:08,759
Speaker 1: Kennard on the ball. I thought he was their best

1054
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,239
Speaker 1: after last night. That was the second thing I had

1055
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:13,800
Speaker 1: on my list there is uh. Maples was talking a

1056
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:15,440
Speaker 1: lot about him on the defensive end. There's a lot

1057
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:18,200
Speaker 1: of truth to that, but but I really really do

1058
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:21,279
Speaker 1: like uh he almost has a genobly esque I don't

1059
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 1: know it's as you say this about every lefty, but

1060
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 1: he he was throwing these swing passes across the court,

1061
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: getting into the lane and making simple reads to get

1062
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:30,400
Speaker 1: open shots for people. I actually thought Kennard made a

1063
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,480
Speaker 1: lot of sense in their offense. Um Paul George was unbelievable.

1064
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:36,919
Speaker 1: That's the player that you hope he's gonna be. That's

1065
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 1: something that, Uh, if he plays that well throughout this season,

1066
00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:43,960
Speaker 1: then the Clippers are a legitimate title threat. Um. And

1067
00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:47,879
Speaker 1: then I thought Zobach once again, he's he's the he's

1068
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,120
Speaker 1: the plus minus hero because every single game he's the

1069
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: guy who that the Clipper seemed to play better. And

1070
00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:55,320
Speaker 1: I think it's time to take a look at Montrez

1071
00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: last year and just say maybe it's not so much

1072
00:48:57,320 --> 00:48:59,960
Speaker 1: that he was bad or it was just that Zubach

1073
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,680
Speaker 1: so good. It's so good. Yeah, but he was a

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00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,440
Speaker 1: beast last night and he and he's he's he's legitimately

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00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: very big and difficult to keep off the offensive glass.

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00:49:08,520 --> 00:49:10,359
Speaker 1: When he catches the ball around the rim, and he's

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00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:12,480
Speaker 1: got any sort of momentum going towards the room, you

1078
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: basically have to wrap him up or hack him. I

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00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:17,879
Speaker 1: thought he brought a lot to the table of last

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00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:20,560
Speaker 1: night that that made the clips look pretty dangerous. Anything

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00:49:20,600 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 1: you any take as you had from the clips last night. Um,

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00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:26,640
Speaker 1: I just thought that their isolation play was they made

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00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:28,759
Speaker 1: a lot of people are like, well, Kus mccannic, guard

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00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 1: Paul George, Uh, and which is true because you know,

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00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:34,160
Speaker 1: Paul George is supposed to be a superstar tier player

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00:49:34,440 --> 00:49:36,640
Speaker 1: or star tier player. But I thought he did a

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00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:38,959
Speaker 1: good job trying to stay in front of Paul George. Um.

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00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,080
Speaker 1: You have to remember you're asking a six eight guy

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00:49:41,080 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 1: to run round to to withstand screens from Sergebaca and

1090
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,959
Speaker 1: withstand screens from zoo Bach and then still be able

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00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 1: to close out or recover in time on Paul George. Obviously,

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00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:53,879
Speaker 1: there's some plays in direct isolation where he got beat

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00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:56,759
Speaker 1: by Paul George. Um, but a lot of those shots

1094
00:49:56,800 --> 00:49:59,920
Speaker 1: are just really good contested makes, and if somebody make

1095
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,720
Speaker 1: sim you just you gotta tip your hat and just say, hey, congratulations.

1096
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:05,000
Speaker 1: But I'll take my chances and play the field. I

1097
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: don't think the night is going to be sustainable by

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00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:11,560
Speaker 1: any degree. Um. And outside of that third quarter stretch

1099
00:50:11,600 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: where he kind of ran off like eight to eleven

1100
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,040
Speaker 1: points or something like that, that was the difference between

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00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:18,640
Speaker 1: the Lakers probably maybe winning this game and then losing

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00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:20,480
Speaker 1: this game. So if you're going to rely on a

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00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:22,600
Speaker 1: stretch like that from Paul George on a nightly basis,

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00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:25,319
Speaker 1: I don't know if you get that every single night

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00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 1: and so um, that's really all I saw at their

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00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:31,600
Speaker 1: offense does look any different than what I saw last season? Um,

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00:50:31,640 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 1: I think the only difference is because they started abaka

1108
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: uh and the Baca went like five of seven like

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00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:38,680
Speaker 1: he'd like. He seemed like he couldn't miss anything from

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00:50:38,719 --> 00:50:41,120
Speaker 1: the perimeter. Um. So it was good because they enabled

1111
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:44,640
Speaker 1: their their superstar wings to have nobody sitting at the

1112
00:50:44,719 --> 00:50:47,759
Speaker 1: rim outside of whoever their primary defender was. So it's

1113
00:50:47,800 --> 00:50:50,520
Speaker 1: good in that sense. But I'm sure teams will slowly,

1114
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:51,920
Speaker 1: you know, as they watch more tape on them, we'll

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00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 1: figure out exactly what lou is trying to do. One

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00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 1: last note on the Lakers. UH, I was disappointed in

1117
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 1: Wesley Matthews on the defense about yeah, yeah, I said,

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00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:04,759
Speaker 1: I it's tough to judge. Defense is a five man

1119
00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 1: unit that moves in unison and UH and Wesley Matthews

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00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:10,360
Speaker 1: is a ball pressure guy, which means he has a

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00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: tendency to give up straight line drives, which is fine

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00:51:13,160 --> 00:51:16,440
Speaker 1: as long as the defense is is you know, cohesive,

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00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 1: and guys are ropating into the right spots. There's he

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00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,440
Speaker 1: had a lot of those isolations. Even with Kuzma, there

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00:51:21,480 --> 00:51:23,560
Speaker 1: was no backside help, so they like these guys knew

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00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:25,279
Speaker 1: that they got him on the hip they draw a

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00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:28,200
Speaker 1: foul or give a good shot exactly. And so, but

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Speaker 1: the one silver lining there is that, like Danny Green,

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00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:33,439
Speaker 1: didn't really bring much as an on ball defender last year.

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00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 1: So there's really nowhere to go but up in that

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00:51:35,600 --> 00:51:38,799
Speaker 1: regard really quickly before I get you out of here.

1132
00:51:39,360 --> 00:51:42,120
Speaker 1: So obviously I try I bring you on for your

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00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 1: Laker expertise. But we are basketball fans. We do watch

1134
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:46,919
Speaker 1: the other games. I don't really want to talk about

1135
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:48,759
Speaker 1: the Nets much because the truth of the matter is

1136
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:50,040
Speaker 1: is I want to see if they can defend. And

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00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:52,280
Speaker 1: they haven't really played a great offense yet. They played

1138
00:51:52,320 --> 00:51:55,080
Speaker 1: the Celtics without their two best playmakers last year in

1139
00:51:55,120 --> 00:51:57,839
Speaker 1: the preseason, and then they played that Warriors team, which

1140
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,799
Speaker 1: is an absolute mass right now. But I do find

1141
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 1: them intriguing with all the offensive talent they bring to

1142
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:04,840
Speaker 1: the table. But what I do think is interesting is

1143
00:52:04,880 --> 00:52:07,920
Speaker 1: this Warrior's team. So I I tweeted about this last night,

1144
00:52:07,920 --> 00:52:11,960
Speaker 1: and I think it's really really interesting, uh, because you know,

1145
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: we get so wrapped up in the barber shop talk

1146
00:52:14,239 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 1: surrounding basketball. We talk about you know, you know player

1147
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:18,960
Speaker 1: X is the best because he won a player wise

1148
00:52:19,040 --> 00:52:22,160
Speaker 1: the best because you know he's won that this many championships,

1149
00:52:22,239 --> 00:52:24,879
Speaker 1: or the player lost in the second rounds he must suck,

1150
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:26,600
Speaker 1: or whatever it is we get wrapped up in that

1151
00:52:26,600 --> 00:52:29,320
Speaker 1: that we forget that. You know, yes, basketball is the

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00:52:29,360 --> 00:52:32,480
Speaker 1: sport that individuals impact the most, but it's also a

1153
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:35,640
Speaker 1: team sport. And and there's there is a there's a

1154
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:37,960
Speaker 1: rhyme and reason to everything that the team does on

1155
00:52:38,040 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 1: its pathway to winning a game. And and Steph Curry,

1156
00:52:41,239 --> 00:52:44,440
Speaker 1: like Lebron, impacts the game beyond his scoring and the

1157
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 1: attention that he draws Steph with either off the ball

1158
00:52:47,880 --> 00:52:50,200
Speaker 1: or on the ball. And then Lebron as an on

1159
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:52,600
Speaker 1: the ball guy driving to the basket and kicking the shooters.

1160
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:55,640
Speaker 1: And I thought it was really interesting to see the

1161
00:52:55,719 --> 00:52:59,680
Speaker 1: Warriors consistently find themselves with guys either open or in

1162
00:52:59,760 --> 00:53:02,480
Speaker 1: full were on three situations or three on two situations

1163
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:07,080
Speaker 1: and just making stupid reads and making taking useless dribbles

1164
00:53:07,440 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: and taking bad shots and just looking like they had

1165
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:11,319
Speaker 1: no idea what to do. And I think it's a

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00:53:11,360 --> 00:53:14,680
Speaker 1: great example of how important it is to have high

1167
00:53:14,719 --> 00:53:17,560
Speaker 1: i Q players on your team, and understand that when

1168
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:20,200
Speaker 1: you have guys that attract lots of attention, you know

1169
00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:22,279
Speaker 1: that that those are the guys that actually are so

1170
00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:24,799
Speaker 1: like they're kind of just as important to everything else

1171
00:53:24,840 --> 00:53:27,360
Speaker 1: happening on the offense. And I think we've really overrated

1172
00:53:27,400 --> 00:53:32,080
Speaker 1: or underrated over the years, how important Andrea Guadala and

1173
00:53:32,120 --> 00:53:36,319
Speaker 1: Sean Livingston, and Andrew Barbosa, and Andrew bo Get and

1174
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:39,800
Speaker 1: even Draymond Green, who wasn't there last night, how important

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00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:43,200
Speaker 1: those guys were to what Steph Curry does because just

1176
00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:46,000
Speaker 1: like any other great offensive player, if you throw multiple

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00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:48,920
Speaker 1: bodies on them, somebody else has to do something and

1178
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:51,600
Speaker 1: more just they're putting you in a position to succeed.

1179
00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:53,880
Speaker 1: And and I did think it was really interesting to

1180
00:53:53,920 --> 00:53:57,200
Speaker 1: see how, you know, Steph's gravity, you know, it was

1181
00:53:57,800 --> 00:54:01,120
Speaker 1: markedly less effective last night, the result of the low

1182
00:54:01,160 --> 00:54:03,839
Speaker 1: i Q players around him. Yeah, so I would say,

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00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,200
Speaker 1: my my main takeaway, so I only watched the first

1184
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:08,920
Speaker 1: half of that game. Um, but my main takeaway from

1185
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:10,120
Speaker 1: that game so I didn't see any of like the

1186
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:12,080
Speaker 1: Wiseman stuff that happened in the second half. I saw

1187
00:54:12,120 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: it on my timeline minding a garbage time at the

1188
00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 1: very end. Okay, yeah, so what I saw this is

1189
00:54:17,640 --> 00:54:20,800
Speaker 1: my main takeaway, at least from the Warriors side of this,

1190
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,200
Speaker 1: is they're young guys specifically, or the new guys, not

1191
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:27,480
Speaker 1: young guys specifically. Wiggins and Neubre. I think they had

1192
00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:29,759
Speaker 1: just they had a case of the jitters or whatever

1193
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:31,480
Speaker 1: you want to call it. I think they went to

1194
00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:34,640
Speaker 1: Brooklyn and they realized who they were playing, and um,

1195
00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:36,880
Speaker 1: this may be the first time that those two guys

1196
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:39,400
Speaker 1: who are going to be important contributors to this team,

1197
00:54:39,760 --> 00:54:45,280
Speaker 1: UM are dealing with uh, not a high stakes reward situation,

1198
00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,440
Speaker 1: but they're in a high stakes environment because of who

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Speaker 1: they're playing next to. This is the same thing that

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00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:53,399
Speaker 1: happens with Lebron, same thing happens with Katie. All Right,

1201
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,560
Speaker 1: So there are there's a difference when you have the

1202
00:54:55,560 --> 00:54:58,880
Speaker 1: expectations of playing in Minnesota or Washington. Okay, see and

1203
00:54:58,920 --> 00:55:02,000
Speaker 1: now the expectations playing Golden State. UM. They have a

1204
00:55:02,080 --> 00:55:04,520
Speaker 1: very large fan base on Twitter. They're very active, They're

1205
00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:08,000
Speaker 1: posting highlights, low lights, everything. So I think that stuff

1206
00:55:08,080 --> 00:55:11,800
Speaker 1: hit him with a ton of bricks. Uh, Wiggins, he'd

1207
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:13,680
Speaker 1: brick two wide open threes at the beginning of the

1208
00:55:13,680 --> 00:55:15,319
Speaker 1: game and they missed like a point band play up

1209
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:17,759
Speaker 1: on a drive and I was just like, Okay, this guy,

1210
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:20,800
Speaker 1: this guy is not ready for this game today. Um.

1211
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:23,320
Speaker 1: But the one thing that I will take away from

1212
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:26,160
Speaker 1: I did take away from this is, um, when Steph

1213
00:55:26,280 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 1: was on the ball, there were times where he was

1214
00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:31,359
Speaker 1: definitely trying to help his teammates kind of get into

1215
00:55:31,360 --> 00:55:33,440
Speaker 1: a rhythm. And the way he was doing that was,

1216
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:35,759
Speaker 1: you know, attacking the rim, which is not something that

1217
00:55:35,800 --> 00:55:37,879
Speaker 1: you want a six two guy doing over and over

1218
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:40,200
Speaker 1: again against the treated players because that can lead to

1219
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:42,640
Speaker 1: injury and stuff like that. UM. And I'm sure Kurt

1220
00:55:42,680 --> 00:55:44,399
Speaker 1: doesn't want him doing that. I think he's openly said

1221
00:55:44,440 --> 00:55:46,719
Speaker 1: before he's not James Harden. He's got six six two

1222
00:55:47,080 --> 00:55:48,800
Speaker 1: pounds or whatever it is. We can't ask him to

1223
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,600
Speaker 1: keep doing that sort of stuff. But I thought the

1224
00:55:51,760 --> 00:55:54,719
Speaker 1: shot quality that he was getting for his teammates was

1225
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:59,080
Speaker 1: really good. But but the fact that they weren't making

1226
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:01,319
Speaker 1: any of those shots made it is what made it.

1227
00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:05,000
Speaker 1: You know, it compiled a really bad situation. So I

1228
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,839
Speaker 1: think that's a good sign for Warriors fans where that

1229
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:10,359
Speaker 1: whether he's used off the ball or whether he's used

1230
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:12,920
Speaker 1: on the ball, he can create very very good shots

1231
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:14,600
Speaker 1: for his teammates off the equity of just him being

1232
00:56:14,640 --> 00:56:17,320
Speaker 1: a superstar player and being a really smart guy. Um.

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00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:19,480
Speaker 1: As a fan, if I was a fan of Warriors fan,

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00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 1: I would like them not to have to have him

1235
00:56:21,680 --> 00:56:23,919
Speaker 1: go to the rim as much as he does, only

1236
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,279
Speaker 1: because I don't want to risk him getting hurt. And

1237
00:56:26,280 --> 00:56:28,320
Speaker 1: if he gets hurt, then your seasons. You know, it's

1238
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: a really tough situation to be in. I want to

1239
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:31,880
Speaker 1: try and get jam On back as soon as possible

1240
00:56:31,880 --> 00:56:33,960
Speaker 1: because he could play that point forward role and and

1241
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:35,879
Speaker 1: direct guys that the way they need to and set

1242
00:56:35,920 --> 00:56:38,719
Speaker 1: curry up off the ball. Um. The other side of

1243
00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 1: the thing takeaway I'll take from the Warriors this will

1244
00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:42,759
Speaker 1: be my last thing, is their defense needs a lot

1245
00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:44,920
Speaker 1: of work. Their guys need to get really, really in

1246
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:46,920
Speaker 1: tune with how these rotations and stuff we're gonna work.

1247
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,200
Speaker 1: When they were coming back in transition, I couldn't count

1248
00:56:50,200 --> 00:56:54,239
Speaker 1: how many times I saw ubre passing off an assignment

1249
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:56,560
Speaker 1: in transition because he didn't know where his guy was.

1250
00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:00,600
Speaker 1: And that's the problem, like guys wide open and trance visition, right,

1251
00:57:00,680 --> 00:57:02,640
Speaker 1: And then that's why you saw Joe Harris get you know,

1252
00:57:02,640 --> 00:57:04,920
Speaker 1: step into wide open threes. You saw Kyrie step into

1253
00:57:04,960 --> 00:57:08,000
Speaker 1: wide open threes. Um, maybe everybody's focused on the rent,

1254
00:57:08,040 --> 00:57:09,839
Speaker 1: but that was sort of the issue that I saw.

1255
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,439
Speaker 1: So that was my two takeaways. But it's just one game,

1256
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:14,600
Speaker 1: and I think over time, hopefully they'll they'll get that correctly.

1257
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 1: I think Jaymond will make a very very big difference

1258
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:20,640
Speaker 1: from a this is where you're supposed to be offensive geometry,

1259
00:57:20,680 --> 00:57:23,520
Speaker 1: all that sort of outstandpoint. Well, vin A, thank you

1260
00:57:23,560 --> 00:57:25,720
Speaker 1: so much for your time. Man, we're right at the

1261
00:57:26,120 --> 00:57:28,680
Speaker 1: limit here. Um. Like I said, I really appreciate you

1262
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:30,280
Speaker 1: coming on. You're awesome, You're great at what you do,

1263
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:33,640
Speaker 1: and hopefully you'll join me a few more times this season. Yeah. Absolutely,

1264
00:57:33,680 --> 00:57:36,680
Speaker 1: I enjoyed, Uh appreciate everybody taking time to listen to

1265
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:38,880
Speaker 1: your podcast and listen to me talk about the Lakers

1266
00:57:38,920 --> 00:57:41,360
Speaker 1: and a little bit about other basketball teams. Uh. And

1267
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:45,240
Speaker 1: I'm excited to be back whenever I do. Awesome man. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Lakers Central is the name of the podcast. Is that? Yeah?

1269
00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:51,120
Speaker 1: So I co host the Lakers Central podcast. I have

1270
00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,480
Speaker 1: a newsletter, you can find out my bio. I'm only

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00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:55,760
Speaker 1: on Twitter at V killum v K I l E

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00:57:55,960 --> 00:57:58,400
Speaker 1: m uh. The newsletter is a little more Laker centric,

1273
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:02,160
Speaker 1: but thanks to ESPN pushing Zach low to behind the paywall,

1274
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:04,200
Speaker 1: I'll probably start writing a little bit more about some

1275
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:06,000
Speaker 1: of the other teams I like watching. And I watched

1276
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,120
Speaker 1: way too much basketball for my health, so that's pretty

1277
00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:11,200
Speaker 1: much it. Alright, buddy, have a good rest of your

1278
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:12,600
Speaker 1: day and I'll talk to you later. All right, Thanks

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00:58:12,600 --> 00:58:14,480
Speaker 1: a lot, take it easy, Bye bye.