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Got a Jampak show for you today. 34 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 1: We are leading off with a matchup between the two 35 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: previous NBA champions as the Denver Nuggets went into Boston. 36 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: I thought it was a very inch interesting game that 37 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: explores the floor of both of these teams and some 38 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,680 Speaker 1: realistic issues that Denver might potentially have to deal with 39 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: in a postseason series against some of the best teams 40 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 1: in the league. After that, we're going to talk briefly 41 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:14,959 Speaker 1: on Lakers Clippers, as the Lakers have jumped all the 42 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: way up to the two seed in the Western Conference 43 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: without two starters, putting together an impressive win against the Clippers, 44 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:23,639 Speaker 1: and then it's the tail end of the show. I 45 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: want to talk a little bit about the Phoenix Suns 46 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 1: and after another embarrassing collapse against the Minnesota Timberwolves last night, 47 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: some quotes from Kevin Durant about the frustrations going on 48 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: inside the locker room, I want to at least just 49 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:39,640 Speaker 1: pitch an idea of maybe trying again with a version 50 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: of this team. Then I don't think will happen, because 51 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: I think the Suns will end up blowing it up 52 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: the summer, but I want to talk about it because 53 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: even just within the concept of basketball culture around the league, 54 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: as we talked about other teams, I think it's a 55 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: valuable kind of example that we can take a look 56 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:54,560 Speaker 1: at as we look at other teams. You guys did 57 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 1: the Joe before you started. Subscribe to the Hoops Tonight 58 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 1: YouTube channel so you don't miss any more of our videos. 59 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: Follow me on Twitter at underscore JSNLTCU. You guys don't 60 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: miss show announcementstn't forget about a podcast feed wherever you 61 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: get your podcast on our hoops tonight, it's also super 62 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:06,880 Speaker 1: helpful if we leave a rating and a review on 63 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: that front. Don't forget about our new social media feeds 64 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. We're releasing content throughout the 65 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: year the last not at least keep dropping mail bag 66 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: questions in the YouTube comments. We can get to them 67 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: in our mail bags throughout the week. We usually go Fridays. 68 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 1: We're going to be recording a mail bag later today. 69 00:03:20,320 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: That'll come out on Tuesday. Because I'm headed to Breckinridge 70 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: to do some skiing with my wife this week. We'll 71 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: still have some content. I plan on doing a show 72 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 1: on Wednesday and on Thursday, but defer the travel and 73 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: for tomorrow, we're gonna have a mail bag coming out. 74 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: All right, let's talk some basketball, So, you know, with 75 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: this Nugget Celtics game, I thought it was an interesting 76 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: example of what it's like surviving in the regular season 77 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: when you've got guys out of the lineup, especially for 78 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: these serious teams. Right you're trying to navigate the process 79 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: of getting to mid April with your roster intact so 80 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 1: that you have your best chance to be the best 81 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:55,440 Speaker 1: version of yourself when all the chips are down right 82 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: and in those situations when you're down key players. To me, 83 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: it's all about your foundation on both ends of the floor. 84 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 1: On defense, you need to be able to come up 85 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: with a capable defensive game plan for the personnel you 86 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,200 Speaker 1: have available. In my opinion, game planning is such an 87 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: important part of regular season basketball. In the playoffs, it's 88 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 1: mostly about adjustments and like really really intricately digging down 89 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: to the strengths and weaknesses of both rosters. But when 90 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,800 Speaker 1: you see a team in like a onesie twosie kind 91 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,039 Speaker 1: of thing where it's like, oh, we might play him once, 92 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: we might play them twice in three days, but like 93 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 1: then we're all moving on with our schedules and like 94 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: guys are gonna be in and out of lineups and 95 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:33,560 Speaker 1: everything is going to be just about winning that particular game. 96 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: Throwing out a good game plan can help you steal 97 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: a game, which is very important in the eighty two 98 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: game concept. And then on offense, you have to have 99 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 1: two things. You gotta have shot creation and you have 100 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 1: to have play finishing. If you have those things, then 101 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,600 Speaker 1: you have a strong foundation on the offensive end of 102 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: the floor. I thought the gap between Denver and Boston 103 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:55,159 Speaker 1: in that regard was stark. Yesterday, Denver was missing Aaron Gordon, 104 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: but Boston was missing two starters, Drew Holliday and Chris 105 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,040 Speaker 1: ops Porzingis, And I thought bos And just completely controlled 106 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 1: that game from start to finish. Yeah, there were times 107 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: where they go on a run, Jamal Murray hit a 108 00:05:07,680 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: couple shots, he'd get a couple stops, and they keep 109 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: the game relatively close, like they even cut it to 110 00:05:12,080 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 1: three points late in the game. But every time they 111 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: made that type of run, Denver couldn't get a stop, 112 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:20,839 Speaker 1: And then on the other end of the floor, Boston 113 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: could play Denver's offense either into some sort of tough 114 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: bit of shot making from Jamal Murray or kickout passes 115 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,640 Speaker 1: to Christian Brown and Russell Westbrook who were struggling to 116 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,240 Speaker 1: make shots. Last night, there were four for sixteen on 117 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: three point shots right, and Jamal Murray made a lot 118 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 1: of tough shots. He's on a tear right now for 119 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: over a month. He's been like twenty six points a 120 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 1: game on well over fifty percent from the field and 121 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: well over forty percent from three. But at the end 122 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: of the day, in those late game situations, anytime Boston 123 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 1: really wanted to tighten the screws on both ends of 124 00:05:49,400 --> 00:05:52,680 Speaker 1: the floor, Denver's offense had more variants because they were 125 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: playing in Denver into tough shots for Jamal Murray and 126 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 1: shots that they could live with with these inferior role players, 127 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:02,400 Speaker 1: whereas Boston it kind of felt like they could either, 128 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:05,200 Speaker 1: let's get into it, so like when Boston had the 129 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,040 Speaker 1: ball they had a surefire way to get a good 130 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 1: shot every single time. They could either attack Jamal Murray 131 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 1: in space on switches with Jalen Brown, or they could 132 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: get into the Yokic at the level stuff that we've 133 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:21,040 Speaker 1: been talking about, where you bring whoever Yokic is guarding 134 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:23,040 Speaker 1: up into the ball screen and Yokic is going to 135 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 1: have to come up and attack the basketball that puts 136 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,159 Speaker 1: two on the ball. Now we have four on threes 137 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: at on the backside of that action. Right And by 138 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:35,800 Speaker 1: the way, Denver got some stops. Jalen had some bad 139 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: ISOs against Jamal Murray where he settled for some unnecessary 140 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,280 Speaker 1: tough shots. He also missed some pretty easy shots. He 141 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: talked about that after the game and his postgame presser. 142 00:06:44,720 --> 00:06:48,120 Speaker 1: But generally speaking though, it was a quality entry point 143 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: for Boston. They could go to Jalen Brown against Jamal 144 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: Murray and get a high quality shot. Right then when 145 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: they attacked Yo kitchen ball screens. They got great stuff 146 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: every single time down down the stretch of that game 147 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:01,159 Speaker 1: when they were on offense, like if Yokich one up 148 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:02,880 Speaker 1: to the level, they just moved the ball around. There's 149 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 1: a big one late where they brought Yolkic up to 150 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:07,560 Speaker 1: the level on the left wing, they dropped it off 151 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: to Cornett. It was a two on one where al 152 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:12,520 Speaker 1: Horford was wide open in the right corner and Michael 153 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: Porter Junior was the tagger, and he just did a 154 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 1: poor job and Cornette ended up just taking it right 155 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: at him and drawing a foul. But like even if 156 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,600 Speaker 1: MPJ had done a better job, that passes just getting 157 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: swung to the right corner and al Horford's getting a 158 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: wide open three. Allurford was fantastic yesterday, by the way, 159 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:30,360 Speaker 1: But like when they brought Yokich up to the level, 160 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:32,600 Speaker 1: they could get great looks. So then Mike malonees go goes, 161 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: we can't do that, so we gotta try switching, so 162 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: then he starts switching with Yokic onto the ball, specifically 163 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: onto Derek White, and Derek White just quickly gives two 164 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: buckets to the Nuggets attacking Nikola jokicch beats him off 165 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: the dribble to the right, forces Jamal Murray up and 166 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: help easy little lob pass to Looke Cornett right underneath 167 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,320 Speaker 1: the rim. The other end of the floor, he dribbles 168 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: Yokic out of a switch onto the left wing and 169 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: just hits a pull up three in his face. Because 170 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 1: Jokicic really can only do one of two things in 171 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 1: switches against good perimeter players. He can either take away 172 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: the shot or he can take away the drive, and 173 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: either way, like again, there's a certain like bend, but 174 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: don't break quality with those things that'll work against lesser 175 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: teams like Jamal Murray can get enough stops against lesser players, 176 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:20,960 Speaker 1: Nikolijokic can pressure the ball well enough at the level, 177 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: and they can rotate well enough against lesser teams. But 178 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: they're now six and thirteen this year against teams in 179 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: the top ten in point differential, and it's been this 180 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:34,040 Speaker 1: consistent theme. Teams are able to get their defense into rotation, 181 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: and the Nuggets are not a very good defense in rotation. 182 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: When Denver had the ball in this game, Boston was 183 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: able to just completely ignore Russell Westbrook and help heavily 184 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,079 Speaker 1: off of Christian Brown. This basically nullified Jokic post ups 185 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: down the stretch. They basically could not go to that 186 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: as an option, so it forced the Nuggets to play 187 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: a lot of two man game when Nikol Jokich and 188 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: Jamal Murray while keeping an extra defender in the paint 189 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: defending it three on two. Now, what that does is 190 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,800 Speaker 1: it forces them entirely into over the top shot making, 191 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,320 Speaker 1: and by the way, Jamal made a lot of shots 192 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:11,079 Speaker 1: we talked about it. Even got a layup on this 193 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 1: really cool sequence where Jamal pulled out Horford out and 194 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: then beat him off the dribble, and then Jokic basically 195 00:09:17,200 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: just set a screen in the lane on Jamal Murray's 196 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: original defender and it just gave him a little easy layup. 197 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,599 Speaker 1: But that was pretty much the only easy one. The 198 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: rest of it was tough contestant. He made a one 199 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 1: legged runner along the left lane line that were turned 200 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: around fadeaways like he was hitting a lot of really 201 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:35,559 Speaker 1: tough shots in that stretch. But it's just difficult to 202 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:40,199 Speaker 1: keep up with Boston under that dynamic. Not to mention 203 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: it wasn't just Jamal Murray shot making. A lot of 204 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: times they were able to stay close to Jamal and 205 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 1: who are the release valves, kickout passes to Russell Westbrook, 206 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: kickout passes to Christian Brown. Jokic had a turnover where 207 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: Brown and Westbrook both cut to the basket at the 208 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,559 Speaker 1: same time in the same spot and made themselves easy 209 00:09:57,600 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 1: to guard. It's a tough dynamic to manage when you 210 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: have the defense specifically tilting towards shots that people are 211 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: comfortable with them taking. I want to I want to 212 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: shout out Boston first, and then I want to get 213 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: back to Denver to talk about some of these realities 214 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: and what they mean for the postseason. I don't think 215 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 1: Boston played particularly well. They only generated twenty two catch 216 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:22,319 Speaker 1: and shoot jump shots. Again, that's been an issue for 217 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:24,040 Speaker 1: them as they've struggled to kind of get into their 218 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: driving kick as of late. Jason Tatum and Jalen Brown 219 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,960 Speaker 1: both struggled to knock down their pull up jump shots 220 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:30,679 Speaker 1: in this game. They took thirteen of them and only 221 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,160 Speaker 1: made three in this game. But they have such a 222 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 1: high floor on both ends of the court. For all 223 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: the stuff we talked about, the strong defensive game planning, 224 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: the commitment to detailed basketball culture, We're gonna be talking 225 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 1: about a lot of that when we get to the 226 00:10:41,840 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: Suns in the later part of the show. But they 227 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: had a strong game plan, and they had a high 228 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:47,680 Speaker 1: four and both ends of the four, and they were 229 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,160 Speaker 1: able to get a win despite being down bodies, despite 230 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: not playing particularly well. That is that strong foundation on 231 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: both ends of the four. Boston's offense is sputtering a 232 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,360 Speaker 1: little bit. In their last eight games. They only have 233 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: a one to seventeen offensive rating, which is not bad. 234 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: It's still top ten. It was like eight or ninth 235 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: in that span, but again, it's not as good as 236 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,440 Speaker 1: we know. Boston is capable of being where they want 237 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: to be. They aren't generating as many quality threes as 238 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: they usually do, but they're down two starters and they're 239 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: just getting through the games in March and they're six 240 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,800 Speaker 1: and two in that eight game stretch, which is perfectly fine. 241 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 1: I'm not worried about Boston. And by the way, we 242 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:22,960 Speaker 1: have some male bad questions that we're gonna be talking 243 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: about tomorrow about big picture Boston stuff, where we'll get 244 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 1: into some more of those details surrounding how I feel 245 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 1: about Boston in the big picture. But there are some 246 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: realities in play for Denver that will make things tough 247 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: for them in the postseason. On defense, they don't really 248 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,320 Speaker 1: have a way to stay out of rotation, and they've 249 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: been a poor rotation team all year. They bring Jokic 250 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: to the level, it's four on threes on the back end, 251 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: and they haven't defended those well. And if they switch, 252 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,920 Speaker 1: Jokic can't really take more than just one thing away, 253 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: either the driver or the pull up jump shot, so 254 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 1: they end up in issues there. And Jamal can again 255 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,319 Speaker 1: hold up reasonably well and some matchups, but not against 256 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: the top teams that go at him with superstar talent. 257 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: This is where the loss of KCP has been an issue. 258 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,280 Speaker 1: Because of the loss of KCP, teams about a way 259 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 1: of defending the two man game three on two, and 260 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:19,880 Speaker 1: Jamal ISOs and Jokic post ups two on one in 261 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: a way that they didn't have in the past. Christian 262 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 1: Brown is a serviceable shooter. He hits forty two percent 263 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 1: of his wide open catch and shoot threes, but he's 264 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: only thirty one percent when he's guarded. So he's well 265 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: over a point per possession when he's wide open. But 266 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,079 Speaker 1: if you run him off the line, or if you 267 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:44,000 Speaker 1: offer a contest, he dips down below a point per possession. 268 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:46,880 Speaker 1: Even worse, he doesn't really take them when he's guarded. 269 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,439 Speaker 1: He's only taken forty nine catch and shoot threes all 270 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: season on film. One of the biggest things I noticed 271 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,680 Speaker 1: is like he's got a hesitant trigger. You can close 272 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: out short at him and he probably won't shoot it. 273 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: There were a lot of sequences like that last night. 274 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: If you guys heard yesterday that you guys might remember 275 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: where it was like kick out to Brown short close out, pump, 276 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: fake drive to the left, kick out to Russell Westbrook 277 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:16,440 Speaker 1: wide open. He doesn't want to take it. He still 278 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 1: took a bunch yesterday, but he didn't want to take it. 279 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:21,320 Speaker 1: There are sequences where it was like Brown pump, fake drive, 280 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: kick Russell Westbrook, pump, fake drive. Oh, now the advantage 281 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,040 Speaker 1: is gone. We're kicking it out. There's four seconds on 282 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: the shot clock. Someone's got to jack up a shot 283 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:31,559 Speaker 1: and again, like Russ's shot, the ball better this year. 284 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: But what you're seeing is what the game plan will be, 285 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 1: which is dare him to shoot type of shots, and 286 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: he's gonna have to hit those at a high rate, because, again, 287 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: when you're talking about shooting percentages, it's not in a vacuum. 288 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 1: It's relative to the surrounding circumstances. A thirty seven percent 289 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,080 Speaker 1: three point shooter that takes seven or eight of them 290 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 1: a game and is consistently guarded out at the three 291 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,920 Speaker 1: point line has a value, an offensive utility that extends 292 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: far beyond their shot making, and it manifests in an 293 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,679 Speaker 1: influx of offensive spacing and just offense, it'll manifest in 294 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: their offensive rating. Right, don't if you shoot thirty seven 295 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,839 Speaker 1: thirty eight percent on two attempts per game, that's where 296 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: it becomes tricky because you're barely getting over a point 297 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: per possession, but you're not being guarded, and outside of 298 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: the two attempts that you take, there's a there's a 299 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: negative offensive utility in terms of the way you affect spacing. 300 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 1: In order for Russell Westbrook to do the amount of 301 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 1: damage he needs to do shooting the ball in the postseason, 302 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 1: he's gonna have to hit close to forty percent of 303 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,520 Speaker 1: those threes for teams to actually be like, we got 304 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: to close out to Russ where you can get that 305 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:46,280 Speaker 1: offensive utility. Casep's not having the best season in the 306 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: world in Orlando, and it was he was going to 307 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,440 Speaker 1: be expensive. And I understand the realities surrounding that situation. 308 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: I do, but there was a formula for the Nuggets 309 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: that worked in twenty twenty three, and it was three 310 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 1: and Jamal Contavious and Michael that you could not leave open, 311 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: and a vertical spacer along the baseline and Aaron Gordon. 312 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: It was a delicate balance. You take one of those 313 00:15:12,080 --> 00:15:14,360 Speaker 1: guys out and swap him out with an iffy shooter 314 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: like Russell Westbrook or a guy that's got a hesitant 315 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: trigger like Christian Brown, the dynamic starts to fall apart. 316 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: And again it was exacerbated yesterday Aaron Gordon's hurt. So 317 00:15:26,040 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: you got both Russ and Christian Brown in there for 318 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,320 Speaker 1: parts of the of crunch time. I understand that there 319 00:15:32,360 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: are some realities there, but like against the elite teams 320 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 1: in a seven game context, one of those two guys 321 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:40,000 Speaker 1: is gonna be on the floor. It's gonna be Russ 322 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: or it's gonna be Christian and teams will, from a 323 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 1: game plan standpoint, offer help off of him. That is 324 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: a different dynamic than what the Nuggets had when they 325 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,400 Speaker 1: won the title. And I just think it's important to 326 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: acknowledge that. What does that mean. It means that Denver's 327 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,800 Speaker 1: margin for air is much smaller than it used to be. 328 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: It means all the variables need to swing in their 329 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 1: favor if they're gonna win the title. They need Jamal 330 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: Murray to stay this hot all the way through to 331 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 1: the end. He's been at again twenty six points per 332 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: game for over a month, at over fifty percent from 333 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 1: the field, over forty percent from three. He's playing great. 334 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: They're gonna need that all the way through. If he 335 00:16:17,280 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 1: dips below that, it's gonna be an issue. They need 336 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: Jokich to shoot forty five percent on threes. They'll need 337 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 1: all those spotty spot up shooters, the guys like Gordon 338 00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: Brown Westbrook. They're gonna need those guys to shoot in 339 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,920 Speaker 1: the high thirties from three all postseason. They're gonna need 340 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: to massively sharpen up their defensive rotations. They'll need opponents 341 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:38,600 Speaker 1: to shoot poorly. If one or two of those things 342 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: swings in the opposite direction. This team is gonna lose 343 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,920 Speaker 1: in the second round. Their margin for air is much 344 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 1: smaller than it used to be, and I think that 345 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: that's been screaming off the screen in the high leverage 346 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 1: matchups for Denver so far this season. Who's scoring big 347 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:57,920 Speaker 1: in the NBA this season? 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All right, let's 378 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,720 Speaker 1: talk a little bit of Lakers Clippers, same sort of 379 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: concept in terms of what we were talking about earlier 380 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:38,920 Speaker 1: about keeping a high floor in both ends like You're 381 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:43,359 Speaker 1: down two starters in Ruey Hatchamura and Austin Reeves, and 382 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 1: they made up for it with their bench through a 383 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: strong defensive effort. You filled in for those two starters 384 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: with these bench guys that all do their jobs and 385 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: play super hard on defense. Gabe Vincent, Jared vander Bild, 386 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 1: Dorian Finney, Smith Jamison. They had a great jj REDI 387 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: a game plan, same game plan that they had from 388 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 1: the last game, except for a little tweak with Zubatch. 389 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:08,520 Speaker 1: They were strong side zoning Kawhi similar to what they 390 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:12,000 Speaker 1: similar to what they were doing to Anthony Edwards, like 391 00:19:12,040 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: funneling him towards the sideline, bringing over an extra defender 392 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: on the other side of the paint. They were playing 393 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: Harden's left shoulder so that he when he would shoot 394 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: that step back, they wouldn't step up underneath his feet, 395 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: and they'd force a right handed drive, which is going 396 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:24,920 Speaker 1: to lead to him taking a floater instead of a 397 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: driving left handed layup, which is obviously a smart game plan. 398 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,520 Speaker 1: They shrunk from the weak side onto Zubach's roll, so 399 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 1: that was the major adjustment I knew noticed. They just 400 00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 1: they were a little bit more willing to concede some 401 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 1: of those spray out threes to the weak side and 402 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,480 Speaker 1: just shrinking the floor. They didn't shoot. Clippers didn't shoot 403 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: as well. Chris Dunn, after hitting all those threes in 404 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 1: the first game, didn't hit him in this game. It worked. 405 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,159 Speaker 1: They were able to maintain their high defensive floor. They 406 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 1: held the Clippers two hundred and two points. It's actually 407 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,160 Speaker 1: the seventh consecutive opponent that the Lakers have held two 408 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: hundred and two points or fewer. As the Lakers continue 409 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 1: their like half season long stretch of defensive and it's 410 00:20:00,280 --> 00:20:03,400 Speaker 1: by the way, I just continue to be particularly impressed 411 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: by their rotations. Every single player on this roster is 412 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 1: so committed to the game plan and the details. They're 413 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: holding up really well. On the glass, They're chasing teams 414 00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:14,320 Speaker 1: off the line their top ten and contested shots since 415 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,879 Speaker 1: January fifteen. They just look like a team that desperately 416 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,760 Speaker 1: wants to be great and they're committed to the work. 417 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: And then on offense, two of your best players are out, 418 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: but you still have your two stud shot creators right, 419 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: And the Clippers swarmed them and they forced a lot 420 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: of turnovers, but they were still able to generate some 421 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:39,359 Speaker 1: huge advantages be able to generate some makeable shots for 422 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 1: their role players, and they scored enough points despite the 423 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: fact that Lebron had a really rough game. By the way, 424 00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 1: I want to shout out Lebron. I've been hammering this 425 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: concept a bunch over the course of the last few weeks. 426 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,560 Speaker 1: But like, bad games are part of being a basketball player, 427 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 1: especially when you have an offensive workload where so much 428 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,480 Speaker 1: of your decision making and shot making is like on 429 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 1: display every single night. And Lebron had a rough game. 430 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:09,800 Speaker 1: Jumper wasn't falling turning the ball over too much. Like 431 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: they had that weird sequence down the stretch where like 432 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,480 Speaker 1: they were trying to get Lebron to fifty thousand career 433 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 1: regular season playoff points and going away from Luca who 434 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: had been cooking all night, and I think they just 435 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 1: got a little lackadaisical because they thought the game was over. 436 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: It was crazy. It was like eleven point lead standing 437 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: ovation from the Lakers fans, and I'm like, man, when's 438 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:29,560 Speaker 1: the last time the Lakers got a standing ovation with 439 00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 1: this much time on the clock, And as it was happening, 440 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: it just like completely crumbled from there and they almost 441 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: choked the game away, which was was kind of funny. 442 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,639 Speaker 1: Dorian Andfinney Smith missed a wide open layup. There were 443 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: some bad offensive possessions but like it got a little ugly, 444 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:47,240 Speaker 1: but Lebron made one play that helped save the game. 445 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 1: Down five, Chris Dunn's got a breakaway layup off of 446 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 1: a turnover and he pins that shit on the glass. 447 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: Got a little favorite from the official because it got 448 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,960 Speaker 1: called to goaltend when it wasn't. I thought on replay, 449 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: I thought it was pretty clear Lebron's thumb hit the 450 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:04,320 Speaker 1: ball before it hit the backboard, but like it was 451 00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:06,080 Speaker 1: a goaltend or it was a block, but it got 452 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: called a goaltend, which stopped Kawhi Leonard from getting an 453 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,399 Speaker 1: offensive rebound put back, So a little favor from the 454 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 1: referees there, but he made a play. He made one 455 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:17,280 Speaker 1: play that closed the deal. The big thing there was 456 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 1: it allowed the Lakers to set their defense instead of 457 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:23,760 Speaker 1: giving Kawuhi an easy offensive rebound put back, and they 458 00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 1: were able to get another stop and prevent anything from 459 00:22:27,040 --> 00:22:30,560 Speaker 1: really really becoming dangerous there down the stretch again, one play, 460 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: if you get a win, we'll be a Pallette cleanser 461 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:35,719 Speaker 1: in a lot of ways, and Luca did a lot 462 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,840 Speaker 1: of work. We'ren talking about him in a second. He 463 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: needed his teammate Lebron to make one play to help him, 464 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 1: and he made one play. At the tail end of 465 00:22:42,320 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: the game. Luca and his shot making got back on track. Yesterday, 466 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:50,400 Speaker 1: Lebron had a rough offensive game for the first time 467 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,760 Speaker 1: in a while. They were minus thirteen in his units 468 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: when Luca was off the floor, but the Lakers straight 469 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 1: up dominated that game. When Luka Dancic was on the floor. 470 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:04,119 Speaker 1: They were plus nineteen in his minutes. Why because Luca 471 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,800 Speaker 1: was at his typical level of offensive dominance. An efficient 472 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: twenty nine points nine ausis nothing incredible, nothing like we 473 00:23:11,560 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 1: know Luca can go for forty two and fifteen, but 474 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: he goes for twenty nine to nine, just like a 475 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: pre standard career average type of game for Luka Doncic. 476 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: And they ran the Clippers off the floor when Luca 477 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,560 Speaker 1: was out there, and that got me excited for the 478 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,359 Speaker 1: big picture potential of this team. Luca is such a 479 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: world lifting offensive player. If you can anchor him with 480 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: elite defense, you're gonna be really hard to beat. And 481 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,800 Speaker 1: I just thought it was really interesting as I was 482 00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: watching that, It's like their defense is just forcing the 483 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: Clippers into these tough shots, and Luca just keeps getting 484 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 1: downhill and getting and ones, making tough shots. Got some 485 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 1: of his miter rrange shot, making that little bank shot 486 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,159 Speaker 1: he hit on Chris Dunn down the stretch off the 487 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,760 Speaker 1: window that was such a ridiculous shot. The step back 488 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,480 Speaker 1: three was going. He just was able to squeeze out 489 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: offense with limited groups around him, and they literally dominated 490 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,200 Speaker 1: the Clippers when he was out there. And that's what 491 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: gets scary for this team. In the big picture, there's 492 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,159 Speaker 1: a version of this where Lebron's out there, Austin's out there, 493 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 1: Luca's out there. They're a really good offensive groove, and 494 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:18,680 Speaker 1: they're one of the very best offenses in the league 495 00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 1: while being this team that literally for forty two games 496 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,200 Speaker 1: now has been a top five defense in the league, 497 00:24:26,280 --> 00:24:29,479 Speaker 1: so more than half the season, and for twenty two 498 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,879 Speaker 1: games now has been the very best defense in the NBA. 499 00:24:33,160 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: That's what you're anchoring that With a couple other quick shoutouts, 500 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:41,159 Speaker 1: Dalton connect He's the guy that I've been critical of 501 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: Dalton specifically because all young players do THNK have these issues, 502 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:47,520 Speaker 1: but I've been hesitant to view him as a reliable 503 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: rotation player, and I still don't view him as a 504 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,879 Speaker 1: reliable rotation player. But when guys are injured, you got 505 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: to step up. JJ talked about this after the first 506 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:57,199 Speaker 1: Clippers game, like, you know, we didn't think you were 507 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:58,600 Speaker 1: going to play it in that but we ended up 508 00:24:58,640 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: needing you and you hit a couple of big shots. 509 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: He is a very streaky offensive player, but he is 510 00:25:04,760 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 1: hitting an extremely timely hot streak right now and the 511 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,640 Speaker 1: team really needed it. They don't win that game last 512 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: night without Dalton connect. I thought he was really good 513 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,160 Speaker 1: on the defensive glass too, got a couple of key 514 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: contested defensive rebounds. Shout out to Dalton because he's red 515 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: hot in a phase where the Lakers desperately needed him to. 516 00:25:25,560 --> 00:25:28,440 Speaker 1: Last note, we talked a little bit about Jared Vanderbilt 517 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 1: in Pod one of the pods from last week, and 518 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 1: I talked about like kind of a difference between using 519 00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:36,440 Speaker 1: him out of the corner versus using him as a cutter, 520 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: and how I talked about how in the early returns 521 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 1: he had been knocking down some threes but missing on 522 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:42,600 Speaker 1: his cuts, and I just wanted to keep an eye 523 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: on that well since we had that conversation. In the 524 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,480 Speaker 1: two or three games since then, he's missing his corner 525 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 1: threes and he's starting to get some openings on cuts 526 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: with Luca. He had two dunks last night, a lob 527 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: and then a cut along the baseline where he caught 528 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,280 Speaker 1: a drop off pass and a dunk. Luca is just 529 00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 1: able to so surgically create these times of openings for 530 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 1: him that I do think it's manifesting better for him 531 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,080 Speaker 1: to be operating out of the dunker spot more. I 532 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 1: just again, I was just really curious to see how 533 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,240 Speaker 1: that would develop over a larger sample, and after seeing more, 534 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,480 Speaker 1: I think I'm leaning more towards keeping him in the 535 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,040 Speaker 1: dunker spot. All right, let's talk some Phoenix Suns before 536 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: we're done for today. They had another collapse last night 537 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:23,760 Speaker 1: against the Minnesota Timberwolves. In the second half, they just 538 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,159 Speaker 1: completely fell apart. KD had some interesting quotes in the 539 00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: postgame press conference. It's tough, man, that's a shitty game. 540 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 1: We didn't play up to our standards at all. We 541 00:26:34,400 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: embarrassed the fans, we embarrassed ourselves with the way we played, 542 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 1: and I want us to be better. He went on 543 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 1: to say, we ain't playing well. Steaks are compounding themselves 544 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: and it just looks bad. When adversity hit, we just 545 00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: start floating a little bit as a team. That's tough 546 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 1: to deal with. So it's frustrating for sure losing a 547 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 1: game that way. This falls align with what I've been 548 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,920 Speaker 1: talking about with the Suns over the last couple of weeks. 549 00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: If you guys remember what I've been talking about, I've 550 00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: given a bunch of lists of these idea is of 551 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 1: like when I watch the Sun's play. I don't think 552 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:09,240 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, Devin Booker are the problem. They're doing their job. 553 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: Their job as stars in this context, are or is 554 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:19,200 Speaker 1: I should say, on defense, do your job compete. Devin 555 00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: Booker is not the greatest point of attack defender in 556 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: the world, but he does his job. I thought he 557 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 1: was really good at team he say this summer, he's 558 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: shown that he can. He's shown that he can do 559 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,800 Speaker 1: that job. He is doing that job as well as 560 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: you could expect an athlete of his caliber to do. 561 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:33,520 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, I think has been excellent on defense at 562 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,960 Speaker 1: phases this year. They're doing their jobs and on offense 563 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: what's the job of the stars score the basketball consistently 564 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: generate advantages. They're doing that. I don't look at KDE 565 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,080 Speaker 1: and Devin Booker as the problem there. The issue is 566 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 1: they are surrounded by a very undisciplined basketball players and 567 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,959 Speaker 1: the team appears to have a very undisciplined basketball culture. 568 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 1: The attention to detail is not there. Guys are constantly 569 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:06,160 Speaker 1: getting back cut. Guys are constantly giving up offensive rebounds 570 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: by not watching corner crashers. Guys are not picking up 571 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,199 Speaker 1: the ball in transition. Guys are generally not matched up 572 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:16,400 Speaker 1: in transition. Their health defense is bad. Everyone's just failing 573 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 1: to do their job as the satellite players around Kevin 574 00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,960 Speaker 1: Durant Devin Booker. There are two things that I think 575 00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:27,920 Speaker 1: are missing from getting higher level contributions around Kevin Durant 576 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 1: Devin Booker. One is basketball culture. You need an obsessive 577 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: culture from the top down that demands a certain standard 578 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 1: from players on both ends of the floor. JJ Reddick, 579 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: I think has done an amazing job of this with 580 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 1: the Lakers this year. Complete reversal from the Darvin ham experience, 581 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,240 Speaker 1: something I begged for those of you guys who watch 582 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:55,240 Speaker 1: the show. I begged for this after last season. Attention 583 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,239 Speaker 1: to detail. Be a serious basketball team from day one 584 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:02,080 Speaker 1: of training camp. Layout, here's what is expected of you 585 00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: if you're going to play on the floor and then 586 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:08,000 Speaker 1: hold players accountable to that. JJ Reddick sat down with 587 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: Lebron James the day after that rough night in Miami, 588 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: the one where I had my freak out, if you 589 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 1: guys remember, and sat down with him and it was like, 590 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 1: I need more out of you. And it worked. And 591 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,680 Speaker 1: Lebron's been setting that example. Everyone's doing their job and 592 00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:29,760 Speaker 1: they are now maximizing their talent. There is a lack 593 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 1: of that culture and accountability in Phoenix. The second piece 594 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: of it is when you're in the market for discounted players, 595 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 1: and guess what you're going to be in the market 596 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 1: for discounted players with your current build. I mean, you 597 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: might be able to reverse that trend a little bit 598 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,040 Speaker 1: with Bradley Beal this summer if you can find a deal. 599 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 1: We'll talk about the summer in a minute. But like 600 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: when you're looking for the types of players to anchor 601 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:55,080 Speaker 1: your stars with target players who fit into that culture 602 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: of excellence on a daily basis, Attention to detail, effort 603 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,680 Speaker 1: and execution. I actually think Kevin Durant Devin Booker is 604 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:07,680 Speaker 1: a strong foundation. They give you a high floor on 605 00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: the offensive end of the floor in terms of shot quality. 606 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 1: It won't be easy to pivot this summer. Bradley Beal 607 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,920 Speaker 1: is a different difficult contract to move, but I think 608 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: they need to flip over a good chunk of that 609 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:25,160 Speaker 1: role player corps stop going after You know. Bull Bowl 610 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:29,800 Speaker 1: is a tantalizing talent, but he is very inconsistent in 611 00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,840 Speaker 1: his possession to possession execution. I've watched him grab crazy 612 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,160 Speaker 1: contest rebounds that only he can get, and I've watched 613 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,280 Speaker 1: him float around and not do his job, not pick 614 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,800 Speaker 1: up his man in transition, not track a shooter off 615 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 1: the ball. They don't need talent, Devin Booker and KD 616 00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:51,920 Speaker 1: is the talent. They need dependability in the details. They 617 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: need scrappers. They need fighters, guys who can muck things 618 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: up and allow Kevin Durant and Devin Booker's gifts to 619 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: lift them over the top. Not to bring it back 620 00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,400 Speaker 1: to the Lakers, but that's literally how they won a 621 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:06,640 Speaker 1: game last night. It was like a bunch of two 622 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 1: way guys and bench role players alongside Lebron and Luca. 623 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,200 Speaker 1: But those dudes are all ass kickers who play defense 624 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 1: and pay attention to the details, and they have a 625 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: culture from the top down from their head coach, so 626 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: they look like a damn good basketball team. And they 627 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 1: just pretty much manhandled a very good Clippers team down 628 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:29,240 Speaker 1: two starters and most of their offensive talent. Do you 629 00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 1: think Trey Jemison is an incredibly talented basketball player compared 630 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: to some of these Suns role players. Do you think 631 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:39,840 Speaker 1: Shake Milton is or Dalton connect is or Jared Vanderbilt is. 632 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 1: These are very flawed players, but they're ass kickers, They're fighters, 633 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 1: They're scrappers that are in a culture that demands that 634 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:52,960 Speaker 1: from the top down. If I was running the Suns 635 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: this summer, I would do everything I could to trade 636 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:02,800 Speaker 1: Bradley Beal, and I would target every discounted, mean, ass 637 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,600 Speaker 1: kicking role player that I can find, even if they 638 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:09,000 Speaker 1: have offensive limitations. All minimum players have limitations on one 639 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: end of the floor, sometimes both. But from day one 640 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 1: of training camp, I do everything in my power to 641 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,920 Speaker 1: establish a strong basketball culture or effort and execution is 642 00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 1: mandatory to see the floor, find players that fit into 643 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: that culture and see what you can do with Devin 644 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:28,040 Speaker 1: Booker and Kevin Durant. I don't think this is gonna happen. 645 00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: I think it's more likely that they trade KD and 646 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 1: instead try to rebuild around Devin Booker. But I think 647 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: that's a mistake, not unless you plan on trading Devin 648 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: Booker too, because I don't think Devin Booker is good 649 00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 1: enough to be the best player on your team in 650 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 1: the Western Conference with Luca, with Shay, with Jokic, with 651 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,600 Speaker 1: Wemby on the way, with a team that's led by 652 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: Steph Curry and Jimmy Butler, I don't think you're going 653 00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 1: to do well in that conference with him as your 654 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:02,240 Speaker 1: best player. Kevin Durant and Devin Hooker is enough to 655 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 1: hang in the West. You just need to do a 656 00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 1: better job of surrounding them with guys that accentuate their 657 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:14,560 Speaker 1: strengths instead of demand more out of them as defenders 658 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 1: and rebounders and detail guys. Get them ass kickers, get 659 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: them dudes that'll go out there every night and just 660 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 1: fight alongside them and do their jobs. I think that 661 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,600 Speaker 1: would go a long way towards giving them a better 662 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: chance to compete with that group, And I don't think 663 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: it's gonna happen. I think they're gonna end up hunting. 664 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:38,240 Speaker 1: But look, it's already bad. You're already in a precarious situation. 665 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: There is no pivot even with a KD trade that's 666 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: gonna bring you to relevance. KD has been one of 667 00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: those strong and dependable players on both ends of the 668 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: floor for you this year at a superstar level. There's 669 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,760 Speaker 1: nothing you could get back in a deal that would 670 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,080 Speaker 1: actually allow you to be successful next season, except for 671 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,080 Speaker 1: maybe draft compensation that can help you reset. And if 672 00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: that's the case, you might as well trade Devin Booker two. 673 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:03,960 Speaker 1: But I would at least try to trade Bradley Beal 674 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 1: and see if you can't try to pivot around those guys. 675 00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: All right, guys, that's all I have for today is 676 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 1: always to sincerely appreciate you for supporting me and supporting 677 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 1: the show. We'll be back tomorrow with the mail bag 678 00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 1: that I'm about to record. I will see you guys 679 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:20,160 Speaker 1: then the volume. What's up guys. As always, I appreciate 680 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,000 Speaker 1: you for listening to and supporting Hoops tonight. It would 681 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 1: actually be really helpful for us if you guys would 682 00:34:25,120 --> 00:34:27,919 Speaker 1: take a second and leave a rating and a review. 683 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you guys supporting us, but if 684 00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 1: you could take a minute to do that, I'd really 685 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:32,480 Speaker 1: appreciate it.