WEBVTT - The Draymond Green Show - NBA Finals Preview 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:07.440 The volume. The Draymond Green Show is presented by a 0:00:07.480 --> 0:00:10.640 fan duel sports book. There's no better place to bet 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:15.320 the action than on FanDuel sports Book during the football season. 0:00:15.440 --> 0:00:19.160 It's easy to use, it's safe and secure. You get 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:22.239 payouts in as fast as two hours. There's so many 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.960 bet types. My favorite same game parlay bets. There's live betting, 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:32.000 player props, futures. If you're new, just download the FanDuel 0:00:32.040 --> 0:00:35.440 sports Book app to get started now sign up. Please 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:41.680 use the promode code Colum c O l I. An 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:51.639 fan duel sports book makes it easy. What's up, everybody, 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:54.600 Welcome back to The Draymond Green Show. This is a 0:00:54.920 --> 0:00:58.480 very very important episode, and I know why Jackson think 0:00:58.600 --> 0:01:01.080 this is a very important episode. What you have here 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:11.759 today is an obvious warrior fan slash player, and then 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:15.440 you have an angry Boston Celtics fan, not not angry 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:20.840 that's making this whole thing come together. Not angry, not angry, real, 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.240 a real happy boss and Celtics fan. Let me tell you, 0:01:23.480 --> 0:01:25.600 all you have to do is go back three weeks 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:29.600 and you can see a real angry Boston Celtics fan 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:34.720 that was calling his team out. He may have went 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:38.360 everything is stuff from saying Jayson Tatum sucks just about 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:42.040 three weeks ago. So what you have here today is 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:48.680 a Warriors player and a semi angry Boston Celtics fan, 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.680 and he's happy today because obviously they're in the finals 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.560 and it hasn't started. But all it takes is for 0:01:54.680 --> 0:01:56.560 us to go up one oh, and you have this 0:01:56.720 --> 0:02:01.000 angry Boston Celtics fan back, so we'll go semi agree today. 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:06.600 That is the landscape and the setup for today. However, 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.880 that's not why this is a very important podcast. This 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.000 is a very important podcast because this is the thirty 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:19.040 five episode, and as we know, the thirty five of 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:23.760 anything especial to me. Who's the thirty fifth pick? So 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.880 that's why this episode is important. It has absolutely nothing 0:02:26.880 --> 0:02:28.880 to do with to go to State Warriors, and it 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:32.440 definitely has absolutely nothing to do with the Boston Celtics, 0:02:32.600 --> 0:02:35.680 although I'm sure Jackson thought that's why this was important 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:37.320 and that's why I was leading out like that. No, 0:02:37.760 --> 0:02:41.040 this is simply the thirty five episode, but it does 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:45.880 happen to be our very first NBA finalst preview. So 0:02:48.639 --> 0:02:51.360 you decide which one is more important Number O thirty five. 0:02:51.800 --> 0:02:54.440 This thirty five is a very important number in this landscape. 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.239 Without the thirty five pick, we're not sitting here without 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.639 the thirty pick. You really don't give a damn who 0:02:59.680 --> 0:03:04.920 I so very important episode. Let's get into it. Starting off, 0:03:04.960 --> 0:03:09.799 the Celtics, like I said, beat the Heat took one 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:13.880 more games, and I thought, but the Celtics beat the 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.960 Heat in Game seven in Miami to take it on 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:20.440 the road. You know, we always called it the road show. 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:22.560 You're taking the show on the road and you're going 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.639 to get it done. I thought that was very impressive. 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:32.919 Now there's been this whole notion of that. I said 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:37.240 what I said to motivate the Miami Heat for a 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:40.480 Game seven, and I've seen it, you know. I actually 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:44.600 it just came across my phone again. UM, I understand 0:03:45.000 --> 0:03:50.480 your notion, and I'm not going to confirm or deny. 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.400 I'm not doing either. That's up to you and that's 0:03:53.440 --> 0:03:57.880 up to your imagination. However, I did think the Boston 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:01.440 Celtics were gonna win. I also thought the Boston Sex 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:03.880 was gonna win in six though, So I can't sit 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:05.960 here and act like, oh my god, I got it right, 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:11.000 like I thought they was done in six. Nonetheless, they 0:04:11.040 --> 0:04:18.640 did get it done. And actually we'll say that for later, 0:04:19.120 --> 0:04:24.840 but Jayson Tatum finished with ten and six Jimmy Butler 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:31.039 finished with thirty five and nine rebounds. So let's talk 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:35.520 about the Jimmy Butler shot that's been all over social 0:04:35.560 --> 0:04:40.039 media and mainstream media for the last couple of days 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.640 and Jimmy's response and saying I'll take that shot again 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:47.240 and blah blah blah song and so forth. When I 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:51.000 was sitting there watching that game, and and the people 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:53.800 that I was watching the game with, they said that 0:04:53.920 --> 0:04:59.240 that's a bad shot. I said, I personally think that 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:02.039 shot shouldn't have been taken. And the reason I thought 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:05.960 that it was a bad shot was because that shot 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:10.080 right there, like that was it. That was like the 0:05:10.200 --> 0:05:14.640 shot simply said we're either winning this or we're going home. 0:05:15.480 --> 0:05:18.520 And once the shot was missed, it just felt like 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.679 somebody took a little staple or or a little safety 0:05:21.720 --> 0:05:25.000 pin and just poked right at the balloon and the 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.040 air just left out of the building once that shot 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:31.920 was missed. As opposed to Jimmy Butler, who we know 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:35.880 is absolutely amazing at getting to the rim and even 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.520 even better at getting to the rim and getting filed. 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:45.599 And so you have a back backpedalting our Horford with 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:49.479 a ton of space, with your shooters running and filling in, 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:54.000 and you're sitting at thirty five points, you're at home, 0:05:56.640 --> 0:06:01.200 crowds into it. If Jimmy Butler drives that basketball and scores, 0:06:01.960 --> 0:06:06.480 or if Jimmy even drives, the likelihood of you getting 0:06:06.600 --> 0:06:10.400 a foul call and you're on your home court and 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:15.120 Jimmy's great at getting filed, it's significantly higher. And so 0:06:18.400 --> 0:06:21.719 if Jimmy drives that basketball and he scores or he 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:26.919 gets filed, and the game is tied, all of the 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:31.880 pressure then turns to the Boston Celtics, who then has 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:37.760 to either A get a bucket or B. They're going 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:40.640 in over will not be but if not, they're going 0:06:40.720 --> 0:06:44.200 into overtime. And if they're go into overtime and they're 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:46.760 on the road, all the pressures on on the Celtics. 0:06:46.760 --> 0:06:50.920 They had a big League you ride that momentum, All 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:54.200 thessure pressure is on the Celtics. Now, these are all 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.919 takes that you've probably heard. The one that I have 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.479 not heard is it was fourteen seconds left on the 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:05.839 shot clock. So even if you hit the three, you 0:07:05.920 --> 0:07:08.840 still gotta go down and get a stop or two. 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:14.040 So that's where I thought it was a bad shot. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:17.840 It's like it wasn't if if I hit this, we 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.600 walk off in this game, or if I miss it, 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:26.120 you know, um, we can still play the file game. 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:30.400 Because the momentum in and the morale and everything was 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.600 just gone at that point. That's why I didn't understand 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:36.120 the shot. Now Here is where you have to understand 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:40.760 personnel and the guys that you're dealing with. I I 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:44.360 knew there was zero percent chance Jimmy Butler was passing 0:07:44.400 --> 0:07:48.400 that ball. Now, this is even going a step further 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:52.080 than what shot he decided to take. I knew Jimmy 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.200 Butler wasn't passing that ball, because that's not what Jimmy 0:07:55.200 --> 0:08:00.360 Butler does. Whenever Jimmy Butler is in that situation, just 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:03.280 about every time I can remember, Jimmy Butler takes that shot, 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:09.200 good battering different. He's taking the shot, and I respect that, 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:12.240 and you gotta live with that, especially if you're the 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:18.480 Miami Heat. But I can just respect the fact that, 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:24.040 all right, that's a constant. That's not something that's changing, 0:08:24.520 --> 0:08:27.000 that's not something that you have to guess about. You 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:28.480 don't have to guess, you know, you can say, oh, 0:08:28.560 --> 0:08:32.200 Jimmy brother from the from the three point line, he 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:35.160 shouldn't take that shot. The shot he normally takes his 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:37.680 driving right with like the fade to lean to the 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:42.560 right three and just about every situation he's in like that, 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.240 he's getting to that right side of the floor. Now 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:47.600 you say, he's coming up already on the right side 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:50.120 of the floor, which is his comfort zone. And he 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:53.719 took the shot. And so even a bigger deal than 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:56.120 the shot selection, I think was the fact that there 0:08:56.120 --> 0:08:59.880 were fourteen seconds left and it just wasn't no gear 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.040 guarantee that you're you're walking off even if you do 0:09:03.160 --> 0:09:06.040 hit that shot. So that was more so the reason 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:09.920 I didn't understand the shot. Now and saying that Jimmy 0:09:09.920 --> 0:09:13.040 Butler had forty nine than Jimmy Butler had thirty five. 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.600 I don't care what anyone says. Jimmy Butler takes the shot. 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.680 You take the shot, We live with it. We either 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:23.320 go on or we go home. And that's just the 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:27.760 way it's gonna be. So respected. Jimmy leaving it all 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.280 out there on the floor got played all but two 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:34.520 minutes in the final two games, which was very lebron esque, 0:09:35.400 --> 0:09:39.600 very Lebron asked, I remember, going back what years it was. 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:45.240 It was the year that Kyrie, if I'm not mistaken, 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:48.080 it was the year that Kyrie was with Boston but 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:50.480 he was out and they played the Calves in the 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:54.520 Eastern Conference finals. And I think I've spoke about this 0:09:54.640 --> 0:09:58.400 before on here and my high school coach, coach Bruce Um. 0:09:58.480 --> 0:10:05.160 Coach Bruce, it was like Boston winning. I'm telling you day, 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:08.320 Boston winning, it's over for the for Lebron, da dada. 0:10:08.800 --> 0:10:10.720 And I said, coach Bruce, I'm just tell you now, 0:10:11.520 --> 0:10:14.480 Brian is not losing these two games. He would walk 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:17.640 the ball up the court every play unless he got 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.160 a transition opportunity where he knows they can get it. 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:22.400 For Shure bucket, He's gonna walk the ball up the 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.160 court every play. He's gonna play every minute of the game. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.599 He's gonna control the entire pace of the game. And 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:30.560 they're gonna win game six, and they're gonna win game seven. 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:36.320 And he called me at halftime a Game six, he said, 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.000 how did you know this? Like, well, I've only played 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:42.480 the guy four times in a row, I mean three 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:44.520 times in the row in the NBA Finals that that 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:49.160 ends up making four. But I understand what he does. 0:10:49.240 --> 0:10:53.000 I understand how he how he does it. Now, just 0:10:53.080 --> 0:10:55.280 in understanding how he does it don't mean you can 0:10:55.360 --> 0:11:00.560 go replicate it or duplicate It's still very, very, very 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:03.040 tough thing to do, and there's only a very select 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:07.520 few people who's even capable of doing it. But like 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:11.880 I told him, I knew that was gonna happen. Like 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.440 you look at Jimmy Butler and the type of guy 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:16.440 that he is and the type of competitor that he is, 0:11:16.640 --> 0:11:19.640 it's not shocking, especially with all the injuries. It's not 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:23.400 shocking that Jimmy Butler played forty six minutes and then 0:11:23.480 --> 0:11:26.080 forty eight minutes. It's not shocking at all. I think 0:11:26.200 --> 0:11:29.960 Lebron was actually along the literally maybe forty six or 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:32.199 forty four minutes in the Game six and forty eight 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:39.840 in Game seven. Um, that's impressive. That that's competing, leaving 0:11:39.880 --> 0:11:42.280 it all out there, no matter what, competing at the 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:46.040 absolute highest level for the absolute highest price that you 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:50.760 can gain, which is an NBA championship. Being one one 0:11:50.840 --> 0:11:54.040 series away from that, I get it one game aware, 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:57.400 I get it, and so kudos to Jimmy Butler. I 0:11:57.520 --> 0:11:59.720 take my hat off to Jimmy guy, who I have 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:02.880 a ton of respect for. A guy who's a late 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:07.240 first round pick, got it out the mud has grinded 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.959 to become the all I can relate to that, like 0:12:10.200 --> 0:12:13.160 grinded to become an All Star, is never supposed to 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.920 be the guy who he's become. I get it. So 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:17.600 I take my hat off to him in a way 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:21.880 carry his team, and I expect this isn't the last 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.560 we see of the Miami Heat. Bam, how to buy 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.240 you coming back? Uh, They're going to continue to get 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.320 healthy and obviously they have some things to address this offseason. 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:35.400 You have the Tyler Hero possible extension or not. P J. 0:12:35.520 --> 0:12:38.200 Tucker is a possible free agent. They got some things 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.800 to address, but nonetheless, the Miami he always does. They're 0:12:41.880 --> 0:12:46.320 never bad and so you just expect to see more 0:12:46.360 --> 0:12:50.920 of them. Jayson Tatum, when is his first Eastern Conference 0:12:51.240 --> 0:12:54.600 m v P the Larry Bird Trophy, which is very 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:59.480 fitting that small forward for the Boston Celtics, then takes 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:03.920 home the Larry Bird Trophy, the very first one inaugural 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:08.160 Larry Bird Trophy. Uh. J T has been incredible man. 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:11.880 And and to see him um go out and get 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:15.199 that trophy. He's absolutely amazing the way he's carried his 0:13:15.320 --> 0:13:19.000 guys um at the very young age of twenty three 0:13:19.080 --> 0:13:22.600 years old, if I'm not mistaken, just you know, just 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:25.680 to see Jason continue to grow and continue to take 0:13:25.720 --> 0:13:30.920 those NEPs next steps. We've all seen the tools um 0:13:30.960 --> 0:13:33.679 that he that he has in his bad and his 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.959 two kids since coming into this league. They've been playing 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:39.280 the Eastern Comference Finals since he stepped into the league. 0:13:39.720 --> 0:13:44.480 And to see him continue to take that next step, uh, 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:47.920 becoming a much better playmaker. He has six assists. I'm 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:51.040 pretty sure Irish five or six assists in that series. 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:57.480 Such a huge step, a very k D like step, 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:00.520 if you will. If you remember back to Kevin his 0:14:00.600 --> 0:14:03.400 first couple of years in the league, trying to pass 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.679 the ball, he was a disaster. Kevin himself will tell 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.640 you that and that he felt like and if you 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.880 watch that, the next step in his game was becoming 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:17.000 a better playmaker, which he absolutely did. You know Kevin 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:18.880 would now go out and get you a triple double 0:14:18.920 --> 0:14:21.920 on a given night, uh, due to his his playmaking 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:24.440 and he's always going to score the basketball. And we've 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:28.400 seen Jayson Tatum, especially through these playoffs, take steps like 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:32.640 that and and becoming a better playmaker. And so I 0:14:32.720 --> 0:14:35.920 gotta give credit to him. Miami threw double teams out 0:14:35.960 --> 0:14:38.960 of him, left and right. Uh, they threw, they threw hits, 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.840 they blitzed picking rolls, they trapped him as soon as 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.280 he crossed half court. They did everything. And for him 0:14:44.320 --> 0:14:47.800 to still come out and have the impact on the 0:14:47.840 --> 0:14:51.320 Boston Celtics one ninety six win over the Heat to 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.120 go to the NBA Finals, it really says a lot 0:14:54.160 --> 0:14:58.880 about him and his in his process and progression into 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:03.040 in his career and just really becoming that force that 0:15:03.120 --> 0:15:05.440 everyone has thought he could become. I mean even that 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:07.960 duke you kind of knew, like this dude, like he's 0:15:07.960 --> 0:15:11.120 special and and he's really growing into that. And you 0:15:11.120 --> 0:15:13.320 have to give him a lot of credit. God works 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.040 to tell all. You have to give a lot of 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:18.000 credit to Emay and the coaching staff for requiring something 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:22.520 different that wasn't necessarily required of him before. And that 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.800 is the mark of a great coach. So a lot 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:26.920 of a lot of credit to Emay A lot of 0:15:26.960 --> 0:15:29.760 credit to j T. But enough of that ship less 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:35.760 turn our focus two the n b A Finals with 0:15:36.280 --> 0:15:39.400 as you know, like I've said before, the Celtics and 0:15:39.440 --> 0:15:43.040 to go to State Warriors. I think for us personally, 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:46.520 I think this matchup could be good and it could 0:15:46.640 --> 0:15:48.920 be bad. The reason it could be good and it 0:15:48.960 --> 0:15:51.760 could be bad, I think it's solely based on us, 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:58.200 which is why I expected to be good. What I 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:04.480 mean by that, the Celtics have strengths, as every team does, 0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:12.320 as every great team does, they can hide their weaknesses 0:16:12.720 --> 0:16:17.200 with their strengths. A bad team and you can see 0:16:17.200 --> 0:16:20.800 plenty of them around this league, they can't hide their strengths, 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:25.400 their their weaknesses with their strengths. Great teams can. And 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:29.720 so for us, we have to be certain that, especially 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:34.240 on the offensive end, for us, that we're not just 0:16:34.360 --> 0:16:38.760 playing into the hands of the defense that and into 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:42.280 what Boston wants to get into, into what the shots 0:16:42.280 --> 0:16:44.600 that they may want you to settle for. We have 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.080 to make sure that we're getting the shots that we 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:50.880 want to get. Now, how does that happen there? It's 0:16:50.960 --> 0:16:54.000 it's no secret, like we're going to stick to who 0:16:54.000 --> 0:16:58.200 we are. We know and everyone knows the Warriors brand 0:16:58.240 --> 0:17:01.640 of basketball because you've seen it on display for years. 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.159 We know what that entails. You don't get to the 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:07.119 NBA Finals and just totally switch who you are. You 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.520 got to the NBA Finals because you stay true to 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.200 who you are. And so I think for us, it's 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:16.440 all about ball movement. It's all about getting into the paint, 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:19.720 trying to collapse the defense. Obviously, you have to shoot 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.320 the ball well, especially against a team like that that 0:17:22.400 --> 0:17:26.760 has so much length, shooting the ball was extremely important. 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:30.880 But the way you can control shooting the ball well 0:17:31.000 --> 0:17:33.600 is to be certain that you're getting good shots. Now, 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:36.320 that doesn't guarantee that you're going to shoot the ball well, 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.479 because ultimately you're making miss shots and sometimes they just 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:45.040 don't go in. But if you're getting great looks, that 0:17:45.160 --> 0:17:48.160 raises that percentage in the likelihood that those shots are 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.679 going to go in dramatically. And so I think for 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:53.760 us it's about it's about ball movement. It's about getting 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:57.280 into the paint, um attacking the defense. You know, uh, 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.800 you you you don't go away from force. You meet 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:04.000 for use with force. Boston Celtics defense is very much 0:18:04.040 --> 0:18:09.080 so a real force. They've shown that, especially over the 0:18:09.119 --> 0:18:11.480 second part of the year, So I think it's it's 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:15.199 very important for us to you know, obviously, when you 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.560 get to this point, we're gonna know them, They're gonna 0:18:17.600 --> 0:18:21.880 know us. You gotta get the fifty balls. That's important 0:18:21.920 --> 0:18:28.399 for us. But it's still important that you stay true 0:18:28.440 --> 0:18:30.840 to who you are. Now. Obviously in the game plan, 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:33.639 you make tweaks and you know you maybe not go 0:18:33.760 --> 0:18:36.760 to these sets, go to those sets. And I'll find 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:39.399 out more of that today as we're now starting to 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:42.480 prepare for the Boston Celtics. Yesterday it's kind of just 0:18:42.520 --> 0:18:44.520 all about us and getting back into a flow in 0:18:44.560 --> 0:18:46.879 the rhythm and getting moving, getting up and down the 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:50.520 court a little bit after, you know, after a couple 0:18:50.560 --> 0:18:52.960 of days off this weekend and then having some shooting 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:56.080 and stuff. So that was yesterday for us. Today will 0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:58.239 install the game plans, start to hand our away at 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:00.080 that have a ton of film to watch tonight on 0:19:00.119 --> 0:19:04.000 my own. Separately from what we'll do with the coaching staff, 0:19:04.040 --> 0:19:07.480 which I think is very important because they're making these 0:19:07.520 --> 0:19:10.480 game plans and one thing Coach Kurse stays true to 0:19:10.560 --> 0:19:12.800 its your You're we have to feel comfortable with the 0:19:12.800 --> 0:19:16.879 game plan. The coaching staff just feels comfortable. It's all 0:19:16.960 --> 0:19:19.160 for nothing because ultimately they don't go out there and playing. 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:21.240 So it's very important that we feel comfortable with the 0:19:21.240 --> 0:19:25.720 game plan, which is why I like to just watch 0:19:25.800 --> 0:19:28.359 some film myself kind of see what I what I 0:19:28.400 --> 0:19:31.520 can see that maybe differently what the coaching staff is 0:19:31.520 --> 0:19:36.000 thinking and have some input on that or or understand that. 0:19:36.040 --> 0:19:38.240 All right, I think we should do this a little 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:41.000 differently going into the game. Obviously we're going to start 0:19:41.040 --> 0:19:43.119 the way the coach staff want to start, but I 0:19:43.160 --> 0:19:45.760 think this can work, and if that's not working, I 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:48.639 can immediately go to them with an adjustment of what 0:19:48.760 --> 0:19:50.640 I think could help us as a team. And so 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:53.680 that's very important going into the series. So I'm looking 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:57.320 forward to really diving into further into the Boston Celtics 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.320 this evening and watching more a film after practice. But 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:04.080 we got to get the game plan and stalled first. 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:07.159 I'm looking forward to that and just really getting this 0:20:07.240 --> 0:20:09.600 thing kicking out. As you can see, I don't have 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:13.280 a haircut, which again it's something we always have to 0:20:13.320 --> 0:20:17.080 address in the NBA Finals. It's it's this is a 0:20:17.240 --> 0:20:22.760 very interesting thing because the Finals really becomes more than 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:26.760 just going out and play basketball. Practice for the NBA 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:29.720 Finals is different, and all of these things make a 0:20:29.760 --> 0:20:32.240 difference in your routine. Now for us, it will be 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:34.920 a little different this time, you know every other time. 0:20:34.960 --> 0:20:36.919 This is our first time being at the NBA in 0:20:36.960 --> 0:20:40.080 the NBA Finals at Chase Center. And what that means 0:20:40.119 --> 0:20:42.680 for us is when we were in Oakland at Oracle, 0:20:44.760 --> 0:20:51.320 our practice facility was downtown Oakland Oracle and the practice 0:20:51.359 --> 0:20:54.960 facility was not connected. During the NBA Finals, you have 0:20:55.080 --> 0:20:59.080 to practice at the arena. Why because it's an NBA 0:20:59.200 --> 0:21:05.080 mandate for media purposes that the home team practices first, 0:21:05.960 --> 0:21:08.159 and then the last thirty minutes of that practice, the 0:21:08.200 --> 0:21:12.800 media comes in. And it is a total ship show. 0:21:13.480 --> 0:21:18.800 Not that the media is like a ship show, but 0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:23.920 it's it's literally you're practicing, it's full of media members 0:21:23.960 --> 0:21:27.560 around the court. It's loud, it's pictures, it's all of 0:21:27.600 --> 0:21:30.880 these all of this stuff going on, and it's not 0:21:31.160 --> 0:21:36.119 totally like practice. It just becomes less X and oh 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:39.440 and just more getting moving in difference, and so it's 0:21:39.440 --> 0:21:42.080 a very weird thing. It totally takes you out of 0:21:42.080 --> 0:21:45.800 your routine. Then you finished practicing, you have to get 0:21:45.880 --> 0:21:51.320 right off the court, go into your media session, and 0:21:51.359 --> 0:21:55.000 then you do the media session you finished the the 0:21:55.400 --> 0:21:57.760 visiting team comes on the court and for the first 0:21:57.920 --> 0:22:03.320 thirty minutes of their for the first thirty minutes of 0:22:03.400 --> 0:22:06.800 their practice, the media is in there, and so you 0:22:06.880 --> 0:22:10.520 didn't deal with all of that obviously, hotels and tickets 0:22:10.560 --> 0:22:13.159 and blah blah blah. There're so many things that you 0:22:13.200 --> 0:22:15.720 have to deal with just leading up to the game, 0:22:15.960 --> 0:22:18.880 and as leaders, as guys who's been there before, those 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:23.480 are the things that you try to or not even 0:22:23.480 --> 0:22:26.520 necessarily remind because it's not reminded they don't know. But 0:22:26.600 --> 0:22:28.399 those are the things that you try to help the 0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:31.080 young guys understand, to help them get ahead of it, 0:22:31.119 --> 0:22:33.480 because it's a whirlwind. It's a ton of things going on. 0:22:34.600 --> 0:22:37.240 And then you realize when doing all those things, like 0:22:37.880 --> 0:22:40.240 they ain't now it's time for me to focus on basketball. 0:22:40.520 --> 0:22:42.439 And that's the feeling. You don't want. You want to 0:22:42.440 --> 0:22:44.320 get all of that stuff out the way right now, 0:22:44.680 --> 0:22:47.240 get locked in on the task at hand, and make 0:22:47.320 --> 0:22:50.240 everything just about basketball as fast as you can. So 0:22:50.400 --> 0:22:54.520 for us, that's kind of the space they're we're in now. 0:22:54.960 --> 0:22:57.439 And and just getting everything handled, locking in on the 0:22:57.440 --> 0:22:59.600 game plan. So I'm really looking forward to that. I'm 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:02.680 really looking forward to getting our coaching staff thoughts. One 0:23:02.720 --> 0:23:05.080 of the things that I enjoyed most about the playoffs 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:08.879 is the initial meeting and facing a team. And we 0:23:09.000 --> 0:23:11.440 had a small meeting yesterday and talked about a couple 0:23:11.440 --> 0:23:13.400 of things, but today will be a big meeting leading 0:23:13.480 --> 0:23:16.520 up to practice and really just like breaking a team down, 0:23:16.680 --> 0:23:22.800 like thoroughly breaking them down X like defensively, offensively, tendensee, 0:23:23.119 --> 0:23:25.840 thoroughly breaking it down. And so I really enjoyed that 0:23:25.920 --> 0:23:28.040 meeting because it's the X and THOST part of it, 0:23:28.080 --> 0:23:31.480 is the nerdy part of it, if you will. I 0:23:31.520 --> 0:23:34.280 know everybody don't really enjoy that side of things, but 0:23:34.320 --> 0:23:37.320 I absolutely love it. So I'm looking forward to this 0:23:37.440 --> 0:23:46.320 meeting today. Before we get out of here, I would 0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:51.879 be remiss if I didn't talk about my guy, the 0:23:51.960 --> 0:23:57.040 O G my un Darvin ham get in the Los 0:23:57.040 --> 0:24:02.320 Angeles Lakers job sag nasty stand up. That one right 0:24:02.359 --> 0:24:07.719 there made me so proud and happy. Ironically, Darvin was 0:24:08.480 --> 0:24:14.840 interviewed if I'm not mistaken for the Boston job last year. Obviously, 0:24:14.880 --> 0:24:20.359 didn't get it. But to see Darwin Ham, guy from Saginaw, 0:24:20.480 --> 0:24:25.359 Michigan went to Sagonhaw High School, the same place yours 0:24:25.359 --> 0:24:30.159 truly went after darv obviously, to see him as the 0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:33.640 head coach of the Lakers. Man, that's so much bigger 0:24:34.200 --> 0:24:39.880 than then it may seem to the average basketball fan. 0:24:39.960 --> 0:24:43.360 The average basketball fan wants to pick apart, Oh this 0:24:43.400 --> 0:24:45.840 guy wasn't a head coach, or he's tough and like 0:24:46.000 --> 0:24:48.720 he can he can stand up to Rust and Lebron 0:24:48.800 --> 0:24:52.360