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We 36 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: got a big piece of NBA news last night as 37 00:01:52,080 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 1: the Mark Williams trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and 38 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: the Charlotte Hornets fell through, and we also got a 39 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 1: couple of interesting games last week night, as Jimmy Butler 40 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 1: made his debut for the Warriors as they had some 41 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,240 Speaker 1: wild second half comeback where they're getting completely blown off 42 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: the floor and the next thing you know, they're blowing 43 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: the bulls off the court. So we're going to break 44 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 1: that game down. 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All right, let's talk some basketball. 63 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: So the Mark Williams trade, as Ben rescinded, the reporting 64 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: is just that they found too much in the scans 65 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: and the physical two justified believing him as a foundational 66 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: center for the Lakers over the course of this next era. 67 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 1: When this news came down last night, I had a 68 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: lot of mixed feelings about it. I had kind of 69 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 1: sort of been worried about this because it's highly unusual 70 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:20,040 Speaker 1: for a trade like that to not be finalized in 71 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: the timeline that it had been finalized, and I'd been 72 00:03:22,200 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 1: texting with some people behind the scenes and being like, 73 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: this is weird, right, And then next thing you know, 74 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: the Mark Williams trade ends up getting rescinded. And on 75 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: one hand, Mark Williams is a very flawed NBA player, 76 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 1: and the playoffs have a remarkable ability to expose flaws. 77 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: That's why I talked a lot after the trade about 78 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: how this team is probably going to go down with 79 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: small ball lineups. Anyway, when the time comes even after 80 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: the Mark Williams trade, but I kept landing back on 81 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: the same simple logical progression that bummed me out, which 82 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: is that Dalton Connects wasn't going to be in the 83 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: playoff rotation for this team, and neither was Cam Reddish. 84 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: And even with Mark Williams's flaws, he still brings a 85 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,720 Speaker 1: ton of positives to the team as a screen and 86 00:04:06,840 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 1: roll threat and as a rebounder, And even with his flaws, 87 00:04:10,440 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: he almost certainly would have played at least fifteen minutes 88 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: ish a game in the playoffs. So like, even if 89 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:19,560 Speaker 1: you try to find the silver linings, like you get 90 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: your assets back, you have some more flexibility this summer, 91 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 1: which we'll talk about in a little bit. There's a simple, 92 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:29,479 Speaker 1: harsh reality here, which is this trade falling through is 93 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: a loss of talent for this year's Los Angeles Lakers team. 94 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,920 Speaker 1: So the first question is where do they go from here? 95 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: The good news is is that the Lakers are obviously 96 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,119 Speaker 1: the top destination for the best available center from now 97 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,200 Speaker 1: to the end of the season. They have a starting 98 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: spot you can walk right into and you'll just get 99 00:04:47,880 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: spoon fed dunks and layups by the Laker offense every 100 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: single game. That's the good news. The bad news is 101 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: that the options aren't great. I want to read to 102 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 1: you guys what I deemed to be all the potential options. 103 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,680 Speaker 1: So first of all, here buyout candidates. This is every 104 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: tending unrestricted free agent, meaning they're about to be a 105 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: free agent this summer who makes less than twelve point 106 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,599 Speaker 1: eight million dollars. So these are guys that could work 107 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: out buyouts with their team and could sign with the 108 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 1: Lakers as a first Apron team because they made less 109 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: than twelve point eight million on their last contract. Steven 110 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 1: Adams probably not getting bought out by the Rockets, Al 111 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: Horford definitely not. Kevon Looney definitely not. DeAndre Jordan probably 112 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: not available and not a good option. Tristan Thompson not available, 113 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 1: Todge Gibson not a good option, Mason plumbly not going 114 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: to be available, Alex Land already agreed to join a 115 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,839 Speaker 1: different team, Christian Wood already a Laker and I'm not 116 00:05:35,839 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: even sure if he plays basketball anymore, and Luke Cornette 117 00:05:38,640 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: not available, Thomas Bryant not available, Jackson Hayes already is 118 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: your starting center, Charles Bass even you know there's Mamou 119 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 1: out of San Antonio. They're not getting rid of him. 120 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: Jericho Sims already with the Bucks. Paul Reid maybe right 121 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 1: like those are the buyout candidates's that's not that's not 122 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,559 Speaker 1: anything that's going to be a substantial playoff rotation piece 123 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: for the Lakers. Right There are some okay options in 124 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: the currently available centers groups. So these are guys who 125 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: are currently free agents that can absolutely sign with the 126 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: Lakers right now, and I do think this is the 127 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: direction the Lakers will choose to go. There's a guy 128 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,760 Speaker 1: like Daniel Tice, whose name has been bounced around. He's 129 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: a bigger body, which is I guess an advantage for 130 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: absorbing blows from Jokis, but he's not a vertical spacer. 131 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: He's technically a stretch big, but he doesn't really make 132 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: three point shots, so I'm not super high on that 133 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 1: as an option. Mobamba is an interesting option. He's probably 134 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: my favorite option at this point. He's got good length, 135 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 1: He's a good above the break three point shooter, which 136 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: makes him a pick and pop threat. He's very thin, 137 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: but at least he can block some shots, but he 138 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 1: really isn't a great defender. I think He's probably my 139 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: favorite option right now because he's like a thirteen and 140 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: thirteen with three blocks per thirty six minutes kind of 141 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: guy that's pretty decent production. So I think that's probably 142 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 1: the best option. Damian Jones used to be a Laker, 143 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:55,480 Speaker 1: not a very good rebounder, which is my main concern, 144 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 1: but he is a little bit bigger and stronger than Mobama, 145 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: which could be advantageous for a Jokis matchup. Then there's 146 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: some other guys at Colin Castleton, jaliel Okuefer. I don't 147 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 1: think those are real options. So again, I think Mo 148 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: Bamba is probably your best bet, and that is probably 149 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:12,600 Speaker 1: gonna be the kind of guy that they end up getting. Again, 150 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: I think it'll be either Bomba, Tye or Damian Jones, 151 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: but I think it'll probably end up being Bomba. So 152 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 1: let's just assume that the Lakers sign a guy like Bomba. 153 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: But as I'm moving forward and I'm talking through this, 154 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: when you hear the name Bomba, it doesn't really matter 155 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,600 Speaker 1: whether it's Bomba or Tys or Damian Jones. It's still 156 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: the same kind of issue that it presents. Where does 157 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:36,560 Speaker 1: that leave the Lakers for this season? They still have 158 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: a remarkably good small ball group. In the last five 159 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,400 Speaker 1: games that the Lakers have played without Anthony Davis, they're 160 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: five and zero. They beat the Nixon Madison Square Garden, 161 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:48,560 Speaker 1: they beat the Clippers in Inglewood, they beat the Warriors 162 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: and the Pacers at home, including beating the Pacers without Lebron, 163 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:55,880 Speaker 1: So they've looked good in that span. They're second in 164 00:07:55,920 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: offense and fourth in defense. They've been guarding with that group. 165 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: It's a big thing I've been trying to hit on 166 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: this show, Like, the Lakers have been a really good 167 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:06,200 Speaker 1: defense since Jared Vanderbilt got healthy and since Doryan Finney 168 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,440 Speaker 1: Smith joined the team. They are also twelve in rebounding 169 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 1: percentage in that five game span, which, like for a 170 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: small ball group, is actually really solid. I think the 171 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: approach for the rest of this season needs to be 172 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: lean as much as possible into perfecting small ball. Originally, 173 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: I talked a lot about how Mark Williams would present 174 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: just a different look for the Lakers. They could have 175 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: these lineups out there where it's Luca and Mark Williams 176 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: and you know, any combination of three of their core 177 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:35,559 Speaker 1: seven players that are the core seven rotation players. 178 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 2: That are still there, and. 179 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: That group should be able to score the shit out 180 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 1: of the ball. So like, at least for twenty minutes 181 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: a night, you could have a unit with like a 182 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 1: one to twenty two to one to twenty three offensive 183 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: rating and a one to twenty defensive rating that stays positive, 184 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: that eats up innings in the regular season. You probably 185 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: don't lean on it much in the postseason, but that's there. 186 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: That's not there anymore. 187 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 1: That that group is not going to be as effective 188 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,439 Speaker 1: offensively because you're not going to have the screen in 189 00:08:59,559 --> 00:09:02,720 Speaker 1: role threat, right So, like now, I think you almost 190 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,840 Speaker 1: have to lean into as much small ball as possible 191 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 1: and just perfect that. Here's why I feel that way, 192 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,680 Speaker 1: because even if you do get a guy like Mobamba, 193 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: it was probably the best of all the guys that 194 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 1: we listed, he's just not one of your best players 195 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:19,719 Speaker 1: for the Lakers after that deal. You always want to 196 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 1: have your best players on the court together as much 197 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 1: as possible to try to win basketball games. I know 198 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: it's a really, you know, a brave thing to say, 199 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 1: but who are the Lakers' best players right now? It's Luca, 200 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: it's Lebron, it's Austin Ruey, Dorian Finney, Smith, Jared Vanderbilt, 201 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: gave Vincent. That's that's your core seven. There's a huge 202 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,600 Speaker 1: dropoff in reliability to the next group of players. Shake 203 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: Milton Jackson, Hayes, Mobamba in this case, or whoever it 204 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,080 Speaker 1: is that the get as a center, even Dalton within 205 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,360 Speaker 1: the playoff context, I view as a huge drop off 206 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: from those top seven guys. You don't want to play 207 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: Mobamba twenty plus minutes a game. Maybe in the regular 208 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: season eat innings, but definitely not in the postseason, not 209 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: at the of those top seven guys in their minutes, 210 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: not unless you absolutely have to, even within the context 211 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: of a Denver matchup, and by the way, they're gonna 212 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,960 Speaker 1: play Denver here in less than two weeks. I'd lean 213 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: into finding ways to beat them with small ball. Those 214 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: are your best basketball players. You don't want to put 215 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: a center out there just for the sake of having 216 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: a center out there. If that center is not very good, 217 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 1: Bomba or whoever you get, he'll be there in case 218 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,560 Speaker 1: you need him. And you definitely want to try some 219 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,720 Speaker 1: of those looks on Jokic in the regular season and 220 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,920 Speaker 1: just see how it looks. But I now look at 221 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: this team as completely committed to small ball rather than 222 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: as a group that will have multiple elite looks. Another 223 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,560 Speaker 1: thing to keep an eye on is Maxic Kliba's recovery 224 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: from this foot injury. If he could somehow come back 225 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:43,640 Speaker 1: and be healthy in time for the playoffs, he then 226 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: becomes super valuable. But foot injuries are sketchy, and the 227 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,679 Speaker 1: eight week timeline stretches basically to the first couple of 228 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,839 Speaker 1: weeks before the playoffs, so like, I don't necessarily think 229 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: you can depend on Maxi being available. So the big 230 00:10:56,280 --> 00:11:00,760 Speaker 1: question is can the Lakers win the title out a 231 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 1: legit starting center, And the answer is, of course they can, 232 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: But the reality is that it's never been done before. 233 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:10,920 Speaker 1: Let's just go back to recent NBA history. These are 234 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: the starting centers in the last like roughly fifteen to 235 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: twenty NBA champions Chris Hops Porzingis and Al Horford, Nicole Jokic, 236 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: Draymond Green, Brook Lopez, Anthony Davis, Mark Gasol, Draymond Green, 237 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,640 Speaker 1: Draymond Green, Kevin Love, and Tristan Thompson. With the Cavs, 238 00:11:26,679 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 1: those are two starting quality centers. Draymond Green, Tim Duncan, 239 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:34,200 Speaker 1: Chris Bosh, Chris Bosh Tyson Chandler. That's probably the weakest 240 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: guy in that list, and he was awesome as a 241 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: rim protector and lob threat with that team. Pow Gasol 242 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:44,000 Speaker 1: Po Gasol again, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan. You can go 243 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: on and on and on, and it's Shaquille O'Neal in 244 00:11:47,679 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 1: two thousand and six, Ben Wallace, like it just it 245 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: just continues. 246 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 2: They're all good. 247 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: So like this will certainly be the greatest small ball 248 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,880 Speaker 1: group that's ever been assembled. And so if there was 249 00:12:00,920 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: a group that would do it, it would be a 250 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,920 Speaker 1: group that's got Luca and Lebron and a bunch of 251 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: rangey forwards. It would be a group like this. But 252 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: I'm skeptical for a variety of reasons. Big ones yoks 253 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: having to beat Jokich in a series when you literally 254 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: don't have a player that can come remotely close to 255 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 1: hanging with them physically is hard for me to envision, 256 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: even for a guy like Lebron. Like Lebron, I've seen 257 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 1: Lebron do it in the he did an amazing job 258 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: on Jokich in the fourth quarter of a gold medal game. 259 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 1: It's one thing to do it for a five to 260 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:33,240 Speaker 1: ten minute spurt. It's an entirely different thing to have 261 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,440 Speaker 1: Lebron guard Jokic for two straight weeks, especially when what 262 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 1: he does on offense would be a vital part of 263 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 1: you actually winning that series if you were to manage it. 264 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:43,439 Speaker 1: But let's take that out of the equation. Let's just 265 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: say somehow the Nuggets get upset by someone else. So 266 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: let's say the Lakers fight up and they pass the 267 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: Nuggets in the standings, and they get to the three 268 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: seed and they end up in the two to three 269 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: matchup in the semi finals, but the Nuggets end up 270 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: getting Okac, and it's a one to four matchup between 271 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: Oklahoma's city in Denver and Chet and Isaiah Hardenstein and 272 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:05,280 Speaker 1: all those guys. They just do a number on the 273 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: Nuggets and they somehow eliminate them, and so suddenly you 274 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: don't have the Jokic problem. Even within that context. Small 275 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 1: ball is hard on the body. It requires so much 276 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: flying around, so much fighting for contested rebounds. Lebron is 277 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: forty Daurrian Finney Smith is in his thirties. Luca has 278 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: been banged up all year and is not the most 279 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: mobile dud dude in the world like, it is a 280 00:13:28,679 --> 00:13:32,079 Speaker 1: lot to ask for those guys to hold up from 281 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: now February ninth, all the way through a late May 282 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: potential conference finals series or a June final series against 283 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: the Boston Celtics or Cleveland, whoever comes out of the East. 284 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:49,960 Speaker 1: My injury concerns for this group skyrocket now because of 285 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,959 Speaker 1: just how much you'll have to lean on small ball 286 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 1: and how hard small ball is on the body. Mark 287 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: Williams would have given them a much better chance to 288 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,000 Speaker 1: eat up innings with conventional look, not just in the 289 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: regular season, but even for fifteen to twenty minutes a 290 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: night in the postseason. And that's just not an option anymore, 291 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: not a viable option. So in short, like this isn't 292 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: a death sentence for the Lakers, but it puts them 293 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: on a path that has actually never been accomplished before, 294 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: and that makes it entirely theoretical. Right, we don't have 295 00:14:20,880 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 1: anything to point to there. I had something to point 296 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,000 Speaker 1: to before this fell through, in terms of what the 297 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three nuggets were, which is like, what if 298 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: we just get good enough on defense because we have 299 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: good defenders mixed in with our limited defenders. The limited 300 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 1: defenders buy in and do their job. We get enough 301 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: stops and then we have this utterly unguardable offense which 302 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,720 Speaker 1: Denver had that was the pathway, and now it just 303 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,920 Speaker 1: feels that much thinner they can do it. But it's 304 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: a lot to ask. It's important context to go over 305 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,560 Speaker 1: the silver lining of the future for the Lakers after this. 306 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: Rob was put in a tough spot at the deadline 307 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: after the Luka Doncic deal went through. He had less 308 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: than a week to solve the center problem at that point. 309 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 1: Now we don't know the story with the hornets. One 310 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: of two things happened. Either Rob didn't properly vet this 311 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:14,160 Speaker 1: beforehand with the research and just digging around, or he 312 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: did and everything looked fine, but then something completely new 313 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,920 Speaker 1: that just happened recently showed up on a scan and 314 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,800 Speaker 1: that this is just bad luck. If Rob didn't vet 315 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: this properly, he deserves a ton of criticism for batching this. 316 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: But we just don't know what happened yet, so I 317 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: don't want to go down that road yet. We'll approach 318 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: that when we have more information. I would imagine within 319 00:15:36,320 --> 00:15:39,600 Speaker 1: the next couple of days we will The silver lining 320 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: here is Mark Williams was expensive. The Lakers got a 321 00:15:43,640 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 1: bunch of assets back here. They now have a first 322 00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: round pick this summer to trade when they did it. 323 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: They now have Dalton Connect this summer to trade when 324 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 1: they didn't. Dalton Connect is worth more than a first 325 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: round pick. It's probably or about the same as a 326 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: first round pick in terms of it as a trade asset. 327 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 1: They now have access to two second round picks this 328 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: summer and act to four pick swaps this summer, and 329 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: they'll have a bunch of expiring salary trade. So to 330 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,440 Speaker 1: put it simply, if the Mark Williams deal goes through, 331 00:16:08,480 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: you're basically locked in for the future. Now you have 332 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: a good amount of flexibility this summer, and you won't 333 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: be put into like a less than a week we 334 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,840 Speaker 1: got to figure this out right now kind of thing. 335 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: You'll have more options. That bodes well. There's a lot 336 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: of upside this summer. But I keep coming back to 337 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: the same thing. Lebron is forty and for the last 338 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 1: couple of weeks has been playing like one of the 339 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:32,080 Speaker 1: top tier superstars in this league. It is really hard 340 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: for me to imagine him doing this again next year. 341 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: Maybe he will, but this could end up being your 342 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: last great chance to win with Lebron and Luca both 343 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,359 Speaker 1: at a top five level. 344 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 2: And you just took a huge punch to the gut 345 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 2: on that front. 346 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: It's not over, but your chance has just got a 347 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:51,920 Speaker 1: lot more slim I was definitely bummed out to see 348 00:16:51,920 --> 00:17:08,439 Speaker 1: that news last night. All Right, let's talk about some 349 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: games that actually took place yesterday, starting with the Celtics 350 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: and the Knicks. Once again a clear demonstration that the 351 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:18,719 Speaker 1: Celtics are just an awful matchup for the Knicks because 352 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 1: of their ability to attack Jalen Brunson and Karl Anthony Towns. 353 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,760 Speaker 2: And it was all night long. 354 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: With that second possession of the game, Jason Tatum ball 355 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:33,000 Speaker 1: screen versus Karl Anthony Towns and just hits him with 356 00:17:33,040 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: a nasty in. 357 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:34,679 Speaker 2: And out dribble. 358 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: Cat buckles off to his right side and Tatum just 359 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 1: goes in and absolutely mashes a slam over precious Achua 360 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: and it's like they're just getting easy stuff whenever they want. 361 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: Tatum hits who pull up threes early against Carl Anthony 362 00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: Towns and drop Jalen Brown, posting Jalen Brunson a lot, 363 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:55,080 Speaker 1: drawing multiple defenders and kicking out for threes from guys 364 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: like Al Horford. They built an early lead. Even in 365 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: the start of the second quarter, they were just consistently 366 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: doing the or started the third quarter, excuse me, they 367 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 1: were just doing the exact same thing every single time. 368 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:09,080 Speaker 1: Down the floor. Get a screen to get Brunson onto Tatum, 369 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 1: then attack Karl Anthony Town so that you're attacking Brunson 370 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 1: and Kat in the same action. And they were just 371 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 1: getting dunk and layup and dunk and wide open three. 372 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: Even when the Knicks cut the lead down to three 373 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: with their little run that they had in the third quarter, 374 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 1: they got going to transition, they made some shots, they 375 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: cut it down to three. Tatum just promptly started spamming 376 00:18:30,200 --> 00:18:32,600 Speaker 1: this action where they would have instead of the getting 377 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 1: Brunson onto him first, they just started setting ram screens 378 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: so that Cat would have to close out to the level. 379 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: A ram screen is just a basic pick and roll concept. 380 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,120 Speaker 1: Just imagine ball handler at the top of the key 381 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: screeners down here, but you have a third player run 382 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: down and scream Cat so that he is trailing as 383 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: the screener goes up right, Kat's man is running up 384 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,560 Speaker 1: into a ball screen as he runs up into the ball. 385 00:18:58,640 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 2: Screen. 386 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: Kat needs to be there with him so he can 387 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,119 Speaker 1: meet Tatum at the level and contain the ball. But 388 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: if you set a screen on Kat, all of a sudden, 389 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: there's a delay and a gap that forms between the 390 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: screener and where Cat is. So now when Tatum comes off, 391 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: he's coming off with Cat sprinting at him at the 392 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: same time, instead of him coming off. 393 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 2: With Kat already there right. 394 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 1: And so because of that gap and because Kat is 395 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,160 Speaker 1: closing out, Tatum started just coming off the screen hard 396 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: and then snatching a crossover back to the left and 397 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: just beating Kat off the dribble there and relentlessly getting 398 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: downhill for dunks, drop off for Derek White in the 399 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,440 Speaker 1: dunker spot, kick out pass, kickout pass, there's Derek White 400 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,919 Speaker 1: White open three on the right wing. And then at 401 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: that point Tatum gets in this crazy hot rhythm. Now 402 00:19:45,840 --> 00:19:48,959 Speaker 1: he's hitting sidestep threes over McHale bridges. He just had 403 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 1: every part of his game going at that point. It 404 00:19:51,119 --> 00:19:55,800 Speaker 1: was just a really nice example of methodical shot creation 405 00:19:55,960 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 1: from Jason Tatum to get great shots instead of settling. 406 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: And like I've talked about this all season a long 407 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:07,400 Speaker 1: with the Celtics, it really comes down to how deliberate 408 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:10,600 Speaker 1: they are on offense. When they are deliberate on offense, 409 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:13,640 Speaker 1: to when they take the time to set the screen 410 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: that gets the primary defender that you then want to 411 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,479 Speaker 1: bring into the ball screen with the weakest defender, so 412 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:21,159 Speaker 1: that you're not just getting an okay shot, but instead 413 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 1: you're constantly getting Tatum screaming downhill or we're gonna Kat 414 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:27,720 Speaker 1: already sucks at guarding Tatum in space, Let's make it 415 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:30,320 Speaker 1: even harder for him by making him navigate a screen 416 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: before he comes up to the level to try to 417 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: contain Jason Tatum. That sort of deliberate approach to advantage 418 00:20:37,080 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: creation is what greases the wheels for the Celtics offense. Again, 419 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: Tatum is an excellent fadeaway jump shot maker, or Tatum 420 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 1: is a great you know, step back, pull up three 421 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 1: point shot maker. Jalen Brown is a great post up, 422 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 1: fade away jump shot maker. Like those guys can do that, 423 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,719 Speaker 1: and in the postseason there will be times when they 424 00:20:56,760 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 1: have to lean on that shot making and it will 425 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: carry them through a signi stretches of games. But it 426 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:05,679 Speaker 1: is the deliberate shot creation that is the nuts and bolts, 427 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: the meat and potatoes of what makes this Celtics offense 428 00:21:08,400 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 1: so good, and especially against teams like the Knicks, when 429 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 1: they have these clearly defined entry points, they can just 430 00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 1: spam that stuff and continue to get fantastic shots. And 431 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:21,199 Speaker 1: I thought Tatum was absolutely brilliant in this game. He 432 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: had forty the scoring, the advantage creation. He was just 433 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 1: very clearly the best player on the floor by a 434 00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,439 Speaker 1: wide margin. Last night. I thought Luke Cornett had a 435 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: great game too, just his rim protection, that you're setting 436 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,479 Speaker 1: great screens for Tatum in these ball screens and like 437 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: getting separation, rolling into space and clearing out of help 438 00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,000 Speaker 1: and rim protection like he's Martin Gortat, like he just 439 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,679 Speaker 1: Marcine Gortat. I should say he was just he was 440 00:21:48,720 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 1: just excellent in this game. Luke Cornett was really really 441 00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 1: impressive win for the Celtics to continue to kind of 442 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:57,439 Speaker 1: oscillate back and forth between embarrassing performances and here we 443 00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: are where the Champs performances in this phase of the season. 444 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 1: On the Knicks front. I've been saying this all season, 445 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 1: but I want to harp on this because there was 446 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: a sequence there in that third quarter where They had 447 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,119 Speaker 1: run that ram screen to get Cat in space a 448 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 1: bunch of times in a row, and I'm like the 449 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,679 Speaker 1: fourth or fifth time in a row they got to stop. 450 00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:22,320 Speaker 1: And the way they got to stop was Kat saw 451 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: the ram screen coming and fought through it with physicality 452 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: and stayed attached to the screener so that when he 453 00:22:30,880 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: came up to the level, Tatum couldn't turn the corner 454 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: fast with speed. Instead, Tatum came off a little passive 455 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: and Mikhale Bridges was able to fight over the top 456 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: of the screen. Then they Tatum had to pull the 457 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 1: ball out and they had to run offense again from there, 458 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:47,119 Speaker 1: and I think if I remember correctly settled for a 459 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,439 Speaker 1: pull jump shot missed it. Point being like, yeah, like, 460 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,879 Speaker 1: there are going to be times Cat where you do 461 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: get screened good and you get beat. There are going 462 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,760 Speaker 1: to be times, Jalen Brunson where you're guarding Derek White 463 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,480 Speaker 1: and you die on a screen a little bit and 464 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 1: Derek White hits a pull up three on the left wing. 465 00:23:03,240 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 1: That's going to happen from time to time. But those 466 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: aren't battles that take place during a game when you're 467 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: getting hunted dozens of times over the course of a game. 468 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: You can't lose that battle eighty eighty five percent of 469 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:19,280 Speaker 1: the time. It's got to be closer to like fifty 470 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: percent of the time. It's got to turn into a 471 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: situation where we're attacking Brunson and Cat because that's our 472 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:29,919 Speaker 1: best chance. But we're not just cutting them up. The 473 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:33,800 Speaker 1: Celtics were cutting them up. That's a problem. There is 474 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: a certain amount of fight and like, again, they can 475 00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:40,879 Speaker 1: do it. They are capable of doing better. I have 476 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 1: seen Kat navigate screens and contain the ball at the level. 477 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: I've also seen Kat be a step slow, get hit 478 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: by the screen, be slow up to the level, and 479 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:52,160 Speaker 1: then get crossed over in. 480 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 2: Space and get dunked on. 481 00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: So like it's a simple matter of Like a lot 482 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:57,960 Speaker 1: of times when we're talking about this stuff, it's not 483 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,520 Speaker 1: about big picture roster weaknesses. Frankly, you're married to this 484 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,480 Speaker 1: Brunton Cat pairing. Now, this is the future of the Knicks. 485 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 1: So you've got to find a way to win with 486 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: this group. And to win with this group, you got 487 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: to get through Boston. And if you're gonna get through Boston, 488 00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 1: Brunson and Cat are gonna have to find a way 489 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 1: to offer at least a little bit more resistance at 490 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: the point of attack at the in those ball screens, 491 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: at the level, there has to be more resistance there. Now, Again, 492 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: there's there's context here, right, Like Drew Holliday was out, 493 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 1: but so is so is og and Andobi oj And 494 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 1: Andobiy is more important to the Knicks than Drew Holliday 495 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: is to the Celtics. There were kickout passes where the 496 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: ball ends up Imprecious to chew his hands and he's 497 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:43,680 Speaker 1: just claying in threes off the side of the rim. 498 00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: Like I there's obviously a personnel limitation there when ogn 499 00:24:48,200 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 1: Andobi is out on the line out of the lineup, 500 00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,879 Speaker 1: but that that might give you a little bit of 501 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: an offensive boost, but it doesn't change the fact that 502 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:58,240 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to do a better job because yeah, 503 00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: you're right, like they were hiding Luke Cornett on Precious 504 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 1: to Chua, But like Luke Cornett's probably not gonna play 505 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:07,119 Speaker 1: in that series. If you play them in the in 506 00:25:07,200 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: the Eastern Conference, Semis, it's gonna be Horford, it's gonna 507 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: be Porzingis. So like the way I look at it, 508 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,200 Speaker 1: I thought it was a pretty discouraging performance from the Knicks, 509 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: just simply in terms of the fact that you were 510 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:22,160 Speaker 1: going against lower level Celtics players. 511 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 2: Celtics looks that. 512 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:27,880 Speaker 1: Are should be easier for them to attack, and they 513 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,719 Speaker 1: were just still having the same problems that they had 514 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: in their previous season opening matchup against the Celtics. 515 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 2: Pretty discouraging on that front. All right, Let's move on 516 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:36,240 Speaker 2: to the Warriors. 517 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 1: Bulls looked like it was gonna be an ugly start 518 00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: for the Jimmy Butler era era. 519 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 2: The Bulls were red hot in this game. 520 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: They were up by twenty four in about like a 521 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,879 Speaker 1: few minutes into the third quarter. But Steph Curry has 522 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: the first heater that he has of the season, his 523 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 1: first twenty point quarter of the season. He has twenty 524 00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:58,159 Speaker 1: four points by himself in the third quarter as the 525 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,399 Speaker 1: Warriors going a crazy around the Bulls, I think twenty 526 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 1: five by themselves, So he almost single handedly outscored the Bulls. 527 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:04,760 Speaker 1: By the way, before I even get into this, like 528 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: I talked a lot about belief and like the invigoration 529 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: I've seen in Lebron James as of late, I don't 530 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 1: think it's a coincidence that Steph Curry had his first 531 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 1: twenty plus point game in the first game that Jimmy. 532 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 2: Butler played in. 533 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 1: That will light a fire under a star player one 534 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:23,520 Speaker 1: he sees an opportunity. I do think that those things 535 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: are connected. He was torching one on ones. You'd got 536 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,360 Speaker 1: vooch on a switch hit a three in his face. 537 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,320 Speaker 1: Ye had a really nice driving lay up against Patrick Williams. 538 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:32,159 Speaker 1: One of the most athletic, one of the most athletic 539 00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,720 Speaker 1: plays that I saw Steph make all season was that 540 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 1: driving lay up there towards the end of the third 541 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: quarter run against Patrick Williams. He was hitting shots flying 542 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 1: off of screens like on the move for an He 543 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,880 Speaker 1: had a four point play coming off of a movement 544 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 1: screen on the left side of the floor. He was 545 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: hitting shots in the mid range and ball screens. He 546 00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 1: was sitting shots off of the chaos of offensive rebounds. 547 00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 1: By the way, shout out to Gi Santos and Kevon 548 00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:55,000 Speaker 1: Looney who both just absolutely dominated the offensive glass in 549 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 1: that in that third quarter stretch. 550 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:58,160 Speaker 2: But here's the thing. 551 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,000 Speaker 1: They go on this run and Steph checks out of 552 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,400 Speaker 1: the game right to start the fourth quarter, and they 553 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: had come back. They had erase the twenty four point deficit. 554 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 1: They'd actually taken a three point lead. But now it's 555 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 1: a close game and Steph Curry is off the floor. 556 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: But instead of a unit led by Pat Spencer and 557 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: Brandon Pajemski like it was against the Lakers, the Warriors 558 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,080 Speaker 1: were able to put out a unit led by Jimmy Butler. 559 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: I also thought Steve Kerr made a really smart adjustment 560 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 1: with that group to start the fourth quarter by leaving 561 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 1: Draymond Green. It a lot of times Kerr will like 562 00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: pair Draymond and Steph together because of their fit, but 563 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:33,879 Speaker 1: he put Draymond in, and Draymond's just a really good 564 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: post entry passer and just in general, like a passer 565 00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: above the key, and a lot of the best work 566 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:40,840 Speaker 1: that Jimmy Butler was doing in this game started off 567 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: the ball. It wasn't like Jimmy was running a ton 568 00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: of spread ball screens. He was operating a ton in 569 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,879 Speaker 1: this game as a screener, which is something that we 570 00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:50,199 Speaker 1: knew would be the case coming into this partnership. But 571 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,359 Speaker 1: one of the things that stood out to me immediately 572 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,760 Speaker 1: is just how amazing Jimmy Butler is at ceiling and 573 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,679 Speaker 1: creating a passing and then high pointing the basketball in 574 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 1: traffic and then once he gets it, going back up 575 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,199 Speaker 1: quickly for buckets and for free throws. I talk a 576 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 1: lot about this concept of inside ceiling as a method 577 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,119 Speaker 1: with which to beat switching defenses. A lot of times 578 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:20,360 Speaker 1: teams will switch screens with Steph Curry with the intention 579 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: of making sure that when he comes off the screen 580 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: there's someone there waiting for him. Now, a lot of 581 00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 1: times teams will chase in those cases as well, but 582 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 1: that usually involves with the center, because you don't want 583 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,639 Speaker 1: to switch your center onto Steph, because Steph is going 584 00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:34,239 Speaker 1: to do what he did to Vusovich and just hit 585 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,399 Speaker 1: a jumper in his face, right. But a lot of times, 586 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: like off ball screens that don't involve or any sort 587 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 1: of screening action that doesn't involve the center with Steph, 588 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,960 Speaker 1: like a lot of teams are going to switch those actions. 589 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,920 Speaker 1: So as you can imagine, if Jimmy Butler walks up 590 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,000 Speaker 1: to Steph's man and he sets a screen, that guy 591 00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,479 Speaker 1: is now going to Jimmy's defender is now going to 592 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 1: go out onto Steph. So Jimmy, the guy he he's screening, 593 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 1: is now suddenly the guy that's going to be guarding Jimmy. Well, 594 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: Jimmy's fantastic at and this is what's going to be 595 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:10,080 Speaker 1: so effective in the Warriors two man game. He'll screen 596 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: the backside of that player, put his forearm into his back, 597 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: and just create this passing angle over the top. Now, 598 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: what ends up happening there is there's traffic on the backside, 599 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,480 Speaker 1: the helpers coming from behind. 600 00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:23,720 Speaker 2: Right. 601 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,640 Speaker 1: This is that bracket that we always talked about in 602 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: fronting the post. When you have a guy effectively posting up, 603 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 1: which is what Jimmy's doing. When he's inside ceiling on 604 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: a switch, there's usually a help on the backside, so 605 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 1: you have to high point the basketball. There's a small 606 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: window there that you're throwing the ball into, and Jimmy's 607 00:29:39,440 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: just skying in and grabbing the ball. And then he's 608 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: such a good second leaper, even at this phase in 609 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: his career, that he just comes down with it and 610 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:48,040 Speaker 1: goes right back up and he can finish. But then 611 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,720 Speaker 1: at the same time, it's like you're throwing the ball 612 00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,560 Speaker 1: on the block when STEP's out of the game on 613 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 1: the left side and it's a clear side, he just 614 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,600 Speaker 1: beats his man off the dribble to the baseline throws 615 00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,600 Speaker 1: a beautiful kickout pass to the corner for a wide 616 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 1: open three. He can create shots without having the without 617 00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,040 Speaker 1: needing the support of Steph Curry, and that is the 618 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: key addition that changes the dynamic of this team. I 619 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: thought I had written the numbers in my notes, but 620 00:30:14,520 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: I accidentally forget to put him in there. But I 621 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,720 Speaker 1: believe he ran thirteen pick and rolls, ISOs and post 622 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: ups last night, and I think he generated sixteen points. 623 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,800 Speaker 1: It's like close to what one point two points per possession. 624 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:30,479 Speaker 1: That's incredible shot creation. Again, small sample, but like especially 625 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,719 Speaker 1: in ISOs and post ups, he was just absolutely killing. 626 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,880 Speaker 1: Was just I think he had eleven points on five 627 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: ISOs and post ups last night, including passes like that. 628 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:47,360 Speaker 1: That's over two points per possession. That there's the playmaking piece, 629 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: the ability to get to the foul line. Look at 630 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,840 Speaker 1: how often last night Jimmy Butler was able to slow 631 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 1: the game down get to the foul line. I talked 632 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:58,920 Speaker 1: about the playmaking piece. Jimmy Butler had more seven assist 633 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 1: games year for the Miami Heat than Andrew Wiggins has 634 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 1: had in his entire career. An entirely different level of 635 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 1: playmaker and again, like I keep coming back to this 636 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: idea of I keep coming back to this idea of belief. 637 00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: Steph has the craziest hot streak that he's had. You 638 00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: end up having this massive comeback on the road where 639 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,400 Speaker 1: the team just looks completely reinvigorated. This Warriors defense put 640 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: up an eighty four defensive rating in the second half. 641 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:28,920 Speaker 1: That came on really strong in the second half, same 642 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,720 Speaker 1: way they did in that Lakers game. Just a ton 643 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:35,200 Speaker 1: of ball pressure, a ton of physicality, starting to force misses. 644 00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: If you let guys get good looks, you're hoping they miss. 645 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 1: If you make guys uncomfortable, they will miss. That's how 646 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: you can regain a control of the game defensively. And 647 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,760 Speaker 1: that's why I was such a big believer in this movie. Look, 648 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: I'm not trying to sit here and take a victory lap. 649 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: I don't think the Warriors are suddenly a top tier contender. 650 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,719 Speaker 1: I don't think the Warriors are suddenly gonna crawl all 651 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:54,800 Speaker 1: the way up to the fourth or fifth seed and 652 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: just have this magical season. I mean, I'm not gonna 653 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:59,960 Speaker 1: say it's not a potential outcome. But we haven't seen 654 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,640 Speaker 1: enough from last night to just say, Okay, the Warriors 655 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:06,160 Speaker 1: are here now, but there is somewhat of a proof 656 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,880 Speaker 1: of concept in the sense that, like, you were able 657 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:13,120 Speaker 1: to massively continue a run without Steph Curry because you 658 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: had a star play, a bona fide star player on 659 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: the floor, a guy that can score twenty five points, 660 00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: a guy that can make plays for his teammates, a 661 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: guy that can rebound in traffic, a guy that can 662 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:29,000 Speaker 1: make big defensive plays. That makes life easier for Steph, 663 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 1: makes Steph believe in what this team can do more. 664 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,959 Speaker 1: That allows you to score the basketball more effectively. When 665 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: you score the ball more effectively, your defense is set 666 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,720 Speaker 1: more often you have a top ten defense. If you 667 00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:43,960 Speaker 1: want to weaponize that top ten defense, you've got to 668 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,840 Speaker 1: be able to consistently pay it off on the other 669 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,840 Speaker 1: end of the floor to start that momentum. You want 670 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 1: to know why basketball games have momentum, because every part 671 00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 1: of the game is attached. You start going on a 672 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,440 Speaker 1: run by hitting a couple of shots, You start setting 673 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 1: your defense. You start getting more stops and forcing more turnovers. 674 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 1: You start getting out in transition more. That makes offense 675 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:06,720 Speaker 1: even easier. When your offense is even easier, you score 676 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:08,720 Speaker 1: even more, which makes it even easier for you to 677 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: set your defense. It's like a momentous snowball effect, and 678 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,880 Speaker 1: it can reverse. You have a couple like it literally 679 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 1: could have turned negatively in the fourth quarter, right, it 680 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:22,760 Speaker 1: could have been a Pods led group. You don't score 681 00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: the basketball, Chicago ends up turning a three point deficit 682 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: into a five or six point lead. You check back 683 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: into the game. Now the Bulls are fired up. Now 684 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: they're defending in the half court. Now you're climbing uphill 685 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: as you're trying to regain control of things. Like it 686 00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:42,560 Speaker 1: is a snowball effect. And like Jimmy Butler wasn't just 687 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 1: a super talented piece, He's a super talented piece that 688 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 1: fits a very specific. 689 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 2: Need on this roster. 690 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 1: And like again in just one example here, and we 691 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 1: need to see a lot more before we can determine 692 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 1: what this team is truly capable of. We saw an 693 00:33:57,720 --> 00:34:01,680 Speaker 1: example of what that return looks like. I'm excited I 694 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,280 Speaker 1: was when I saw Jimmy get that dunk. I think 695 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: it was in transition, might have been offensive rebound, but 696 00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 1: he got that like dunk, and he hung on the 697 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 1: rim and was yelling and the group was. 698 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 2: All just stoked. 699 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 1: I was like, it looks like they're just invigorated again, 700 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 1: and I'm excited to watch some Warriors basketball over the 701 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:18,160 Speaker 1: course of the rest of the season. All right, guys, 702 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:19,840 Speaker 1: it's all I have for today. Is always, as sincerely, 703 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 1: appreciate you guys for supporting me and for supporting the show. 704 00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:25,319 Speaker 2: The super Bowl is tonight. I'm not sure if we're 705 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 2: gonna go tomorrow. 706 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,400 Speaker 1: We might do power rankings tomorrow, we might wait for 707 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:30,879 Speaker 1: the evening and just cover the Luca's debut. We might 708 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 1: just wait till Tuesday. I'm not one hundred percent sure yet. 709 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: I got to clear that with my staff, But keep 710 00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 1: an eye on my Twitter feed at Underscore, Jason LT 711 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:39,240 Speaker 1: and I will tweet out an announcement in the morning 712 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: once we make up our mind. But again, I appreciate 713 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,120 Speaker 1: you guys enjoying the game tonight and we'll see you 714 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:48,359 Speaker 1: either tomorrow or Tuesday the volume. What's up? 715 00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 2: Guys. 716 00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 1: As always, I appreciate you for listening to and supporting 717 00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: OOPS tonight. It would actually be really helpful for us 718 00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,880 Speaker 1: if you guys would take a second and leave a 719 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,560 Speaker 1: rating and a review. As always, I appreciate you guys. 720 00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:00,200 Speaker 2: Supporting us. But if you could take a minute to 721 00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 2: do that, I'd really appreciate it.