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Speaker 1: in West Virginia. All right, Welcome to Hoops Tonight, presented

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Speaker 1: by Fandel here at the volume Happy Friday, everybody. I

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Speaker 1: am incredibly frustrated with the Boston Celtics tonight. I have

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Speaker 1: not actively rooted for a team at all in this

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Speaker 1: playoff run. Obviously, They've had teams that I've had predictions

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Speaker 1: about and teams that I've hoped would win for the

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Speaker 1: sake of my predictions. But tonight was the first time

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Speaker 1: I was actually rooting for a team to win. I

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Speaker 1: was rooting for Boston to win because if they won,

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Speaker 1: I would have gotten Saturday and Sunday off this weekend,

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Speaker 1: which would have been my first weekend off and over

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Speaker 1: a month, and I was very much looking forward to

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Speaker 1: that they had enough talent to do so it didn't

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Speaker 1: go that way. I can't sit up here though, and

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Speaker 1: just and say, oh, Boston didn't play hard, or you

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Speaker 1: know that they let Miami get lucky. No, no no, no,

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Speaker 1: Miami came in here tonight and played an incredible basketball

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Speaker 1: game on both ends of the floor. Every single one

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Speaker 1: of their players showed up in some capacity except for

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Speaker 1: maybe bam At a bio on the offensive end the floor,

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Speaker 1: which is a whole other story. And they came in

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Speaker 1: here and they beat a team that has more talent

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Speaker 1: have to give them a resounding round of applause for that.

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Speaker 1: I always talk about how there's a range of outcomes

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Speaker 1: with a basketball team. It's the same thing for players

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Speaker 1: to like, you're it's kind of like the floor ceiling conversation, right,

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Speaker 1: like your your best punch versus your worst punch, And

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Speaker 1: you know, Boston's best punch is not as good as

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Speaker 1: excuse me, Miami's best punch is not as good as

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Speaker 1: Boston's best punch, and Boston's worst punch might be better

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Speaker 1: than Miami's worst punch, depending on who you ask. I

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Speaker 1: tend to think that Boston's floor is pretty low. But

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Speaker 1: if you catch them on the right night, and Miami

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Speaker 1: they can win a huge road game in Boston to

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Speaker 1: extend this series to seven. We're gonna break this game

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Speaker 1: down in its entirety. We're gonna talk to Jimmy Butler.

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Speaker 1: I want to talk about the rest of the Miami

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Speaker 1: gonna talk to some Jayson Tatum because I thought he

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Speaker 1: was outplayed by Jimmy Butler and three of the six

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler, this is that type of performance. Forty seven points,

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Speaker 1: freaking believable on defense. I'm gonna spend some time talking

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Speaker 1: stuff involved, Yes, but that same knee stuff applied today,

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Butler said himself after the game. My knees banged up.

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Speaker 1: that lingers for a while, everyone's banged up. But for

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Speaker 1: they've had earlier in this playoff run. They've lost games

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Speaker 1: to your decision makers, that's not something that you know,

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Speaker 1: But Jimmy Butler, you know it's not. It's an outlier

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Speaker 1: Like Jimmy Butler's typically about a twenty point per game

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Speaker 1: That's one that constantly gets overlooked. Your your focus on

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Speaker 1: the game plan, your ability to execute that. And Jimmy Butler,

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Speaker 1: his instincts, his ability to focus, his ability to do

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Speaker 1: missed it, both Jayson Tatum and Derek White and Marcus

432
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Speaker 1: Smart I'll just started hacking like crazy at p J.

433
00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:48,800
Speaker 1: Tucker may or may not have gotten all ball. I

434
00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:50,399
Speaker 1: think on the one that they called the foul was

435
00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 1: all ball, but the one before that was a foul.

436
00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,360
Speaker 1: And typically when ref sea guys just hacking like crazy

437
00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:57,440
Speaker 1: on a rebound like that, they're gonna call a foul.

438
00:22:57,840 --> 00:22:59,920
Speaker 1: And guess what happened. They called a foul and peach

439
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:01,480
Speaker 1: At Tucker got to go down to shoot two free

440
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:08,760
Speaker 1: throws and then the game's over. That games right there

441
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:12,440
Speaker 1: for the taking, and methodically down the stretch. You made

442
00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: mistakes while the other team executed. That is the biggest

443
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:21,680
Speaker 1: weakness of this Boston team. They are a bad execution team. Now,

444
00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:24,960
Speaker 1: I've had people say, you know, Jason, if if Boston

445
00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 1: is the most talented team on both ends, if they

446
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,239
Speaker 1: can't execute, doesn't that mean they're a bad team. If

447
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,640
Speaker 1: they're unfocused, doesn't I mean they're a bad team. If

448
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,120
Speaker 1: they're too volatile and they're spread between their good side

449
00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:39,840
Speaker 1: and their bad side, doesn't mean that means they're a

450
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,600
Speaker 1: bad team. Well, I think bad's not the right word,

451
00:23:42,600 --> 00:23:47,239
Speaker 1: but you're that's that's a very fair point. If a

452
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:52,320
Speaker 1: team is persistently showing you they are inconsistent, then you

453
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:54,960
Speaker 1: can't evaluate them by their upside. You have to evaluate

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00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,520
Speaker 1: them by kind of the average between the two. And

455
00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:00,640
Speaker 1: so here's the thing. If Miami goes home in Game

456
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:06,600
Speaker 1: seven and wins, Miami is the better team, not in talent,

457
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: but they're the better basketball team. Because the best basketball

458
00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 1: teams in the world do execute on both ends of

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Speaker 1: the floor. The best basketball teams in the world, do

460
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 1: try hard every single night. The best basketball teams in

461
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,960
Speaker 1: the world are sharp. In Boston is not. That's why,

462
00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,320
Speaker 1: even though I said Boston is the most talented team

463
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Speaker 1: in the league when the series was tied, it to

464
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Speaker 1: what did I tell you, guys that are not out

465
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:35,119
Speaker 1: of the woods yet, Because they're just as likely to

466
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Speaker 1: blow this as they are to win it. When I

467
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Speaker 1: was making my prediction about the Golden State Boston Finals, potentially,

468
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 1: when I was breaking that down last night, what did

469
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,760
Speaker 1: I say. I'm siding with Golden State because I trust

470
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,119
Speaker 1: them more to execute their game plan and to reach

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Speaker 1: their individual ceilings and their team ceiling that Boston has tried. Look,

472
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,360
Speaker 1: it's a it's an old, you know, little life philosophy.

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00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:01,679
Speaker 1: When someone tries again and again to show you who

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00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:06,520
Speaker 1: they are, believe them. Boston has shown us their untrustworthy,

475
00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,680
Speaker 1: so it doesn't make sense to trust them. I mean,

476
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:16,400
Speaker 1: looking forward to Game seven, Boston should win. Right, They're

477
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:18,840
Speaker 1: more talented on both ends of the floor. That's what

478
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 1: happened in Milwaukee, Right. They toasted off Game five at home,

479
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,959
Speaker 1: and then they went into Milwaukee, and even when they

480
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:27,560
Speaker 1: were trailing a little bit late, they just put it

481
00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:30,199
Speaker 1: all together finally and hit their ceiling and beat that

482
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Speaker 1: Milwaukee team. That's very possible in Game seven. My thing is, like,

483
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Speaker 1: I'm a big believer in the basketball gods. I'm a

484
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Speaker 1: big believer in basketball karma. I don't know what you

485
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 1: want to call it, but like, this has to burn

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Speaker 1: them eventually. This volatility has to eventually burn this team,

487
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Speaker 1: and I it might be in Game seven against Miami,

488
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,640
Speaker 1: or it might be against Golden State in the finals.

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00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,919
Speaker 1: We'll see, But I just I can't imagine a team

490
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Speaker 1: that is this volatile hole and that executes this poorly

491
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Speaker 1: hoisting up the Larry O'Brien Trophy. I would be shocked.

492
00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:08,760
Speaker 1: At this point. Obviously, it's still a possibility, and my

493
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:11,640
Speaker 1: predictions have been all over the place in this playoff run,

494
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 1: as as as many incensed Warriors fans have been uh

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00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,359
Speaker 1: kind enough to let me know. But I mean, I

496
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 1: don't know what to expect from this Boston team. Predicting

497
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,679
Speaker 1: with them feels like a fool's Errand the last thing

498
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Speaker 1: I want to talk about tonight was Jayson Tatum. Again.

499
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,679
Speaker 1: He had thirty. He was efficient, I thought, I think

500
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:31,680
Speaker 1: he only took like twelve shots did a really nice

501
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,880
Speaker 1: job kind of navigating as a decoy throughout the night,

502
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:39,119
Speaker 1: but too many mistakes. Seven turnovers, and when Miami scores

503
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,639
Speaker 1: twenty two points off of turnovers in the game, again,

504
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:44,960
Speaker 1: your feed your spoon, feeding them offense when they're a

505
00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,359
Speaker 1: team that struggles to score in the half court, I

506
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,960
Speaker 1: can't happen. Now. Jayson Tatum is a player that I

507
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Speaker 1: look at, as you know, in that tier of superstars. Right.

508
00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:57,159
Speaker 1: We've talked about that a lot in this playoff run.

509
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Speaker 1: But here's the thing. Jimmy Butler's not guy. And he's

510
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 1: outplayed you three times in this series, and all three

511
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:09,199
Speaker 1: times it led to a win. So at a certain point, like,

512
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,480
Speaker 1: if you're Jason Tatum and you are that superstar, you

513
00:27:11,520 --> 00:27:15,640
Speaker 1: have to come through. I I I wish I could

514
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Speaker 1: say that I feel confident that he's gonna go into

515
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 1: Miami and Game seven and close the deal. But I

516
00:27:19,560 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 1: just don't know. He should have closed the deal tonight.

517
00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:27,160
Speaker 1: I mean, he's he's seen the traps often in this series.

518
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,720
Speaker 1: He's seen Tatum playing passing lanes NonStop in this series.

519
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,240
Speaker 1: Excuse me, Jimmy Butler playing passing lanes non stopping this

520
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:38,160
Speaker 1: series he knew tonight and still turn the ball over

521
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: seven times. It was a bizarre performance. So lots on

522
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: steak at steak for him to going into Game seven

523
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 1: to close this deal. That's the nature of the expectations

524
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: that come with being a superstar. Gun to my head,

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00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:52,960
Speaker 1: if I had to pick a team in Game seven,

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Speaker 1: I'd pick Boston, but I damn sure don't feel good

527
00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:58,119
Speaker 1: about it, And if anything, I'll be rooting for Miami

528
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: because because us, that took away my weekend. Alright, So

529
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:04,560
Speaker 1: the Lakers have a new head coach. I wanted to

530
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 1: take a couple of minutes tonight to break down why

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Speaker 1: I think Darvin Ham is such a good hire. Talk

532
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 1: a little bit about the Lakers front office and what's

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00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,320
Speaker 1: next for them, as well as just what I expect

534
00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,119
Speaker 1: moving forward as they're rounding out the rest of the

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00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:21,359
Speaker 1: coaching staff. So, um, you know, they narrowed it down

536
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 1: to Terry Stott's and Kenny Atkinson and Darvin Ham. There

537
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 1: were some rumors out there about dr revers. We'll get

538
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 1: to those in just a few minutes. The Kenny Atkinson

539
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 1: and Terry Stott's examples, I didn't think they were bad

540
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,359
Speaker 1: options necessarily, I think both of them have a little

541
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:40,040
Speaker 1: bit more experience in terms of offensive organization as head coaches,

542
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 1: and they've demonstrated in their personal experience better offensive organization.

543
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 1: And I do think offensive organization is vitally important to

544
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: this Lakers team to a certain extent, But I think

545
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 1: there's something far more important to this Lakers team, and

546
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:57,920
Speaker 1: that's restoring their identity that they built in the season,

547
00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 1: which was as a defensive team. And as you're seeing

548
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: routinely in this playoff run, it is the teams that

549
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,959
Speaker 1: hang their hat on the defensive end that end up

550
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,800
Speaker 1: having the most success, especially as you get later into

551
00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,520
Speaker 1: the postseason. So, first of all, schematically, I think it's

552
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,040
Speaker 1: a seamless transition for Darvin Hamd with what he brings

553
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: over from Milwaukee to the Lakers. The Bucks ran a

554
00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,200
Speaker 1: twin rim protector system. They used Janice and Brook Lopez

555
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: at the same time, typically Janice navigating the screen and

556
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: roll coverage because he's more mobile, and brook Lopez on

557
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 1: the back line as a rim protector. But there was

558
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,480
Speaker 1: some interchangeability there, although Brooke wasn't as good in his

559
00:29:33,560 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: drop coverage as Janice was. As you can see, Janice

560
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 1: is capable of some things and drop coverage that are

561
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: you know, no other NBA player can do, like his

562
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:43,560
Speaker 1: block that he had on DeAndre and in the NBA

563
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 1: Finals last year. But what I like about that coverage

564
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 1: is I think it's a good example of a coverage

565
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: that can help the Lakers eat innings in the regular season.

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00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,680
Speaker 1: I prefer switching defenses. I've laid this out in detail

567
00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: on the show. I think it bates teams into isolation basketball.

568
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:02,280
Speaker 1: I think gets easier on teams physically because they don't

569
00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 1: have to fight through screens as often. It takes the

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00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 1: strain of defense off of the physical the physical elements,

571
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 1: and puts it on your brain. As long as you're

572
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,080
Speaker 1: focused and paying attention and you're communicating with your teammates,

573
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Speaker 1: you can run a successful switching scheme without having to

574
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Speaker 1: battle through a ton of physicality. Right. But a couple

575
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 1: of things. First of all, teams don't like to switch

576
00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,959
Speaker 1: too much in the regular season because those physical mismatches

577
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,360
Speaker 1: lead to wear and tear. Also, it requires a certain

578
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Speaker 1: type of personnel. You can't run a successful switching scheme

579
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:35,760
Speaker 1: unless you have at least three or four really solid

580
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: perimeter defenders on the team. You can do what you've

581
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: seen Miami and Golden State do, where you have your

582
00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,840
Speaker 1: weaker defenders do hedges and like basically do a hedge

583
00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 1: and recover to avoid a switch. But you can't do

584
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 1: that when everyone on the floor is a defensive liability.

585
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,080
Speaker 1: You need a certain amount of overall defensive talent on

586
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 1: the roster in order to make that work. A lot

587
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,280
Speaker 1: is up in the air in that department for the Lakers.

588
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,520
Speaker 1: We don't know what they're going to be able to

589
00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,959
Speaker 1: accomplish this offseason. They don't have a ton of options,

590
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: so much comes down to what they can get back

591
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 1: for us. So much comes down to what they can

592
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 1: find in the veteran minimum market, changing their priorities from

593
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: the types of players that they targeted last offseason, which

594
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,960
Speaker 1: obviously did not pan out. If I hope that they

595
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: can target enough bigger, stronger perimeter players that defend well

596
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 1: that they can do more switching, but chances are that

597
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 1: they won't be able to do that as much, and

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00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: they'll have to be a team like Milwaukee that relies

599
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:33,959
Speaker 1: heavily on drop coverage as they go into the postseason.

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00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:37,040
Speaker 1: So because of that, I like the idea of taking

601
00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: Darvin Ham's twin rim protector scheme that he helped run

602
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 1: with Milwaukee and bringing that into Lebron James and Anthony

603
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 1: Davis plus Lebron James Anthony Davis for all of their

604
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 1: issues with being engaged and carrying on the defensive end

605
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 1: when they care, they're actually a better defensive duo than

606
00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,479
Speaker 1: Brook Lopezigiana. So you could see a version of that

607
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,920
Speaker 1: working extremely well. So I love the the schematic train

608
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,560
Speaker 1: transition coming from Milwaukee to l A for Darvin. But

609
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 1: that buying that, that trying on defense part that I

610
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,080
Speaker 1: just hinted at is the second and is the second

611
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: big element here and arguably the most important, you know,

612
00:32:13,120 --> 00:32:14,960
Speaker 1: for everything that we can talk about with the Lakers.

613
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,040
Speaker 1: Over the course of the last two seasons, there were

614
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: two consistent issues. One, Lebron James and Anthony Davis weren't

615
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,080
Speaker 1: on the floor together enough. Over the course the last

616
00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 1: two seasons. It just was an incessant line of injury

617
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,160
Speaker 1: to one guy or the other. It was incredibly discouraging

618
00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: and it never seemed like they could get a consistent

619
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,440
Speaker 1: stretch of games where the two guys were playing. But

620
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:40,200
Speaker 1: then last season, Anthony Davis had a bad defensive season

621
00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 1: by his standards in terms of his overall engagement. And

622
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: then this last season, Lebron James and Anthony Davis had

623
00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: bad defensive seasons by their personal standards, And I think

624
00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: a lot of that has to do with just their

625
00:32:52,040 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 1: egos and them having a hard time buying into these established,

626
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: kind of uh traditional types of coaches, These guys that

627
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,440
Speaker 1: have been around the league for the long time, the

628
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: guys that aren't former players, that don't really resonate with

629
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 1: them when they're trying to look at them in the

630
00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 1: face and be like, hey man, I need you to

631
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:12,200
Speaker 1: play some defense. I saw Lebron James tune out Frank Vogel.

632
00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,480
Speaker 1: I saw Anthony Davis tune out Frank Vogel. I saw

633
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: Lebron James tune out David Blatt back in two thousand sixteen.

634
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,160
Speaker 1: It's been a pretty consistent theme for those guys. But

635
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 1: I don't think it's a coincidence that you're seeing a

636
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:27,400
Speaker 1: lot of former players, guys like Jason Kidd, guys like Tylu,

637
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: guys like you Udoka, Guys that were not just former

638
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 1: NBA players but former remedia players that played relatively recently

639
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: in the league in a way that they can, you know,

640
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: have some common ground with these players, and also players

641
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: that had a persona that was tough players that they're

642
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 1: they're The impact that they had on the locker room

643
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:52,680
Speaker 1: as players was infectious toughness. I think that specific archetype

644
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 1: archetype of coach is having a lot of success these days,

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Speaker 1: resonating with some of the egotistical players around the league.

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Speaker 1: Like I said before, you guys have seen Boston under

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Speaker 1: in this playoff run. Right. You've seen Tyler and all

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Speaker 1: the success he's had with the Clippers. He saw Jason

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Speaker 1: a better season on that end than he's had in

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Speaker 1: years past. That's the example of a a tough former

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Speaker 1: I believe he will resonate with Lebron James and Anthony Davis,

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Speaker 1: getting them not just on the floor, which is out

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Speaker 1: they are on the floor, which is arguably the most

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Speaker 1: important detail and the last, but not least tonight. You know,

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Speaker 1: I've been incredibly critical of the Lakers front office in

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Speaker 1: ownership group over the course of the last couple of years,

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Speaker 1: and for good reason. I don't need to get into

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Speaker 1: the details again, but they have burnt so many bridges

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Speaker 1: for me as a as as someone who covered the

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Speaker 1: I don't trust them at all, and all that criticism

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Speaker 1: that I levity on them, I believe was fair and

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Speaker 1: criticism is an important part of this job. But I

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Speaker 1: also believe fairness is an important part of this job.

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Speaker 1: If I'm gonna be critical of you, it's it's incomming

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Speaker 1: on me to also call out your successes. You know,

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Speaker 1: I don't agree with everything they did during this coaching search.

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Speaker 1: I didn't believe it was necessary to continue to consult with,

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Speaker 1: you know, play coaches and personalities that aren't involved in

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Speaker 1: the NBA anymore, guys like Magic Johnson, guys like Phil Jackson.

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Speaker 1: I disagreed with that approach personally, but in terms of

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Speaker 1: guy that I liked the most, the guy that I

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Speaker 1: thought was best equipped for this job. So, you know,

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Speaker 1: gotta tip the cap to him. This time they did.

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Speaker 1: They did what I believe was a very a very procedural, smart,

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Speaker 1: patient and you know, properly motivated coaching search. So hats

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Speaker 1: off to them, you know, but this is the thing,

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Speaker 1: as is always the case, you know, the best indicator

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Speaker 1: of future performances past performance, and I'm worried about the

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Speaker 1: future steps after this point. Now we have to round

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Speaker 1: out the coaching staff with qualified candidates that compliment Darvin

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Speaker 1: Hamm's uh persona, Right, it'd be great to have a

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Speaker 1: guy who's specialist, who's a specialist in offensive organization, spacing concepts,

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Speaker 1: things that I believe are vitally important in the playoff run.

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Speaker 1: And then they have to round out the roster. You've

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Speaker 1: got to give Darvin Ham the tools necessary to succeed.

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Speaker 1: One of the things that I'm personally worried about for

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Speaker 1: that he's gonna end up being the next scapegoat for

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Speaker 1: issues that are brought on by Rob Polinka and Jeanie Buss.

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Speaker 1: I sincerely hope that's not the case. This is the

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Speaker 1: first step in the right direction. They've got a lot

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Speaker 1: more to do, but I'm very excited for Darvin Ham.

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Speaker 1: This was the this is the first step in restoring

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Speaker 1: the Lakers to where they were in But anyway, that's

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Speaker 1: all I have for tonight, guys. I sincerely appreciate your support.

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Speaker 1: As always, Again, if you guys could take the time

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Speaker 1: to like this video, I would sincerely appreciate that it

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Speaker 1: Volumes YouTube channel, follow me on Twitter at Underscore Jason Lts,

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Speaker 1: you guys can see my video content and then subscribe

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Speaker 1: to our podcast feeds that are under Lakers. Tonight, we

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Speaker 1: will be going live. I actually I don't think we're

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Speaker 1: going live because I believe my producer is still out

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Speaker 1: of town. So we're gonna be doing a video reaction

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Speaker 1: just like this after Game seven on Sunday night, and

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Speaker 1: I'll see you guys then