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Today is Brooklyn 28 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: Nets Day. As I said last night, we're gonna start 29 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: now that we're in this point of the season where 30 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: we kind of know a lot more about the teams 31 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,360 Speaker 1: that we're covering, We're really gonna hone in on the 32 00:01:56,400 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: top ten fifteen or so teams in the league and 33 00:01:58,880 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: focus on the winners. Um. The Brooklyn Nets had been 34 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: winning a lot of games lately, but we're desperate for 35 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,480 Speaker 1: some signature wins, some wins that add legitimacy to their 36 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: dominance over the bottom of the league. And they got 37 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: two of them back to back, dominating the Milwaukee Bucks 38 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: at home and then last night going into Cleveland against 39 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: the Calves basically at full strength and man handling them 40 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: in their own building. So today we're just gonna be 41 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 1: diving into everything that has made the Brooklyn Nets successful 42 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 1: over the course of the last couple of months. You 43 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 1: guys know the Joe before we get started. Subscribe to 44 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: the Volumes YouTube channel so you don't miss any more 45 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 1: of our videos. Follow me on Twitter at underscore Jason Lts. 46 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,079 Speaker 1: You guys don't miss any show announcements, and the last 47 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: but not least, for whatever reason, you guys miss one 48 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 1: of these videos and you can't get back over to 49 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 1: YouTube to finish. Remember you can find them wherever you 50 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 1: get your podcasts. Under hoops tonight, So they beat the 51 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: Calves last night, seventeen wasn't even really that close. Um. 52 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:57,560 Speaker 1: Every time that Cleveland made a run to get it close, 53 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: the Nets would just smash them again to build a 54 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: lead back up. At one point they got it late 55 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: second quarter, they got it back to like forty six 56 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 1: to forty five, and then the Nets immediately went on 57 00:03:07,040 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: an eighteen o eighteen to two run, making it look 58 00:03:09,760 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: easy to kind of put the game away. At that point, 59 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 1: Katie and Kyrie again leading the way sixty four points 60 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 1: on thirty seven shots with tennisis Katie really has it 61 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: going from three now. He started the year thirty two 62 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: percent from three over his first twenty games, He's forty 63 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: five percent on five attempts per games in his last 64 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,560 Speaker 1: in his last thirteen games in fifty two percent in 65 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: his last six games. Kyrie is also shooting the laces 66 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: off scent from three on nine attempts in his last 67 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,040 Speaker 1: six games. But after last night, and really after this 68 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:40,160 Speaker 1: last couple of months of basketball, you can really see 69 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: an identity starting to round out for the Brooklyn Nets. 70 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,040 Speaker 1: I always talked about a basketball identity or basketball character 71 00:03:47,520 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: because to me, that's what you lean in lean on 72 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: in a night night and night out. Basis, there are 73 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,280 Speaker 1: a lot of teams out there that don't know who 74 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: they are, and they're kind of just throwing stuff at 75 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,040 Speaker 1: the wall to see what sticks, you know, especially especially 76 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: towards the bottom of the lead. They're trying small lineups, 77 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 1: so trying big lineups, so trying pairings that work, pairents 78 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 1: that don't. Sometimes they run, sometimes they don't, sometimes they defend, 79 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: sometimes they don't. There's an inconsistency in their basketball character 80 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: and that kind of fundamentally becomes who they are. They're 81 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 1: a team that doesn't know who they are, and the 82 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:16,360 Speaker 1: teams that do know who they are, they come out 83 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: and they play the same way every single night. They 84 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:21,600 Speaker 1: have a pretty consistent rotation and the results tend to follow. 85 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: And and it's because they've they've seen results that come 86 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,799 Speaker 1: from the way that they play, and so they're bodying 87 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: and they believe in what they're doing. Uh. The Nets 88 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 1: have now one thirteen out of fourteen games. And we're 89 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,279 Speaker 1: gonna do just like we did. Um, we're gonna do 90 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: just like we did with all the other teams that 91 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: we did these zoom in videos on. We're gonna focus 92 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: on the defensive end and then the offensive end on 93 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 1: the floor. Um, we're gonna start with defense with the 94 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:45,920 Speaker 1: Net cell. On the defensive end, they do a ton 95 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: of switching. Uh. They do occasionally run drop coverage with 96 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: guys like Nick Claxton, but even then Nick Nick does 97 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,440 Speaker 1: a lot of switching, and he's defended really well both 98 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: at the rim and rim protection situations and out on switches. 99 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:02,160 Speaker 1: Nick Clackston in general has been awesome all year. Um. Uh, 100 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: just finding ways to impact winning on both ends of 101 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: the form. We just talked about the defensive end, but 102 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: even on the offensive end, he's such a good vertical spacer. 103 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:11,359 Speaker 1: Um has good timing and when to cut along the 104 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 1: baseline for lab passes. And he's also one of the 105 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: better offensive rebound put back guys in the league. Gets 106 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: a lot of extra points just working getting garbage baskets 107 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: around the rim, and Um one of the best offensive rebounders. 108 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:26,479 Speaker 1: I think he's right around two and a half per 109 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 1: game in offensive rebounds. UH third in the league in 110 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: blocks as well. Just you know, one of the themes 111 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: that today's show is going to be about how great 112 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are, and we're gonna talk 113 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: a lot about Katie and Kyrie here in a little bit, 114 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: but it's also a supporting cast that has really rounded 115 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: out into one that is helping them in a very 116 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: complimentary way on both ends of the floor. The the UH, 117 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:51,680 Speaker 1: the nets and their aggressive switching kind of leads to 118 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,960 Speaker 1: a given a take because they tend to disrupt offensive 119 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 1: flow by switching a lot of actions that kind of 120 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: shuts off a lot of the actions that team teams 121 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,719 Speaker 1: run because they're getting ahead of it with switching. But 122 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: they're also aggressive at the basketball and during this four 123 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: teen game stretch, they've been forcing a lot of turnovers 124 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: and getting out in transition. As a result, they've been 125 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 1: top ten in turnovers forced during this span and second 126 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: in fast break points scored over this fourteen UM game stretch. 127 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: That is, obviously I always talked about with offensive ratings. 128 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 1: You know, you're always trying to find ways to supplement that. 129 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: So Nick Claxton getting garbage buckets in, putting them in, 130 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: that's supplementary. You know, getting out in transition, that's supplementary. Obviously, 131 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: the high level shot making to rescue possessions and in 132 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: late clock situations from Katie and Kyrie, that's all supplementary. 133 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: And during this Hunter Uh, during this fourteen game stretch, 134 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,640 Speaker 1: they have an offensive rating of one twenty, which has 135 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,000 Speaker 1: been best in the league. Obviously, UM, there's a given 136 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: a take to switching on defense, especially when you're as 137 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: thin as the nets are, they do give up a 138 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,000 Speaker 1: lot of points in the paint. They've been struggling to 139 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:56,840 Speaker 1: defend the paint during the streak. I think their twentie 140 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: and opponents points point opponent points in the ain't allowed 141 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: per one possessions, but they they've been making up for 142 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: it by defending the three point line really well. They're 143 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,799 Speaker 1: allowing fewer threes than most of the teams in the league, 144 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,680 Speaker 1: and then, like I said, forcing a lot of turnovers. 145 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: All of that's amounted to them being eleventh in defensive 146 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: rating over this thirteen and one stretch, which is fine. 147 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: Like again, when I, like I talked about with the 148 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:22,280 Speaker 1: Nuggets last night, when you're scoring as effectively as these 149 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: teams are, you don't necessarily need to be what Brookly 150 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,920 Speaker 1: what Milwaukee was defensively, or what um, you know what 151 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: the Lakers were defensively. You don't have to be that 152 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,679 Speaker 1: if you're this good on the offensive end of the floor. 153 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,320 Speaker 1: On the offensive end of the floor, it's a steady 154 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: diet of ISOs, pick and rolls and post ups for 155 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: Katie and Kyrie. Um. But the we're gonna talk about 156 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,680 Speaker 1: Katie and Kyrie a little bit because the two of 157 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,960 Speaker 1: them have been so unbelievably off the charts good with 158 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 1: their shot creation. But I want to start with the 159 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: role players for a second, because this is fundamentally what 160 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:57,520 Speaker 1: makes the Nets different than so many teams around the league. 161 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: They have a lot of good basketball all players that 162 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:06,280 Speaker 1: can capitalize on the attention that Katie and Kyrie dropped. Um. 163 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: You've heard me talk a lot about aggregate offensive skill. 164 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: I've talked about this a lot with the New York Nicks, 165 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 1: and I've talked about this a lot with the Toronto Raptors. 166 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: Some of these teams that struggle with scoring in the 167 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:21,560 Speaker 1: half court. And you know, sometimes we especially with the 168 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: analytics movement, we've become so focused on what does the 169 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: guy shoot on catching shoot threes and you know, canny defend. 170 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 1: We just you know, the three and D role player 171 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: that we always talk about. Um. But the problem is, 172 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,320 Speaker 1: as the league has gotten quicker and better defensively, Um, 173 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:39,640 Speaker 1: there there's a lot more improvisation and spotting up. You know, 174 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,560 Speaker 1: I've referred to this as close out attacking, but really 175 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 1: it's just that natural ability to turn a close out 176 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: or rotation into a better shot or into a finish 177 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,240 Speaker 1: for yourself. Um. And I want to use t J. 178 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 1: Warren as an example. So there was a play in 179 00:08:53,040 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 1: this game against the Calves where Katie uh calls for 180 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 1: a screen from t J. War and I believe Lamar 181 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:03,960 Speaker 1: Stevens was guarding the ball and Kevin Love was was 182 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,559 Speaker 1: the player guarding t J. Warren on this particular play, 183 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 1: and so the Calves did what is called a hedge 184 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: and recovery, which is typically you don't really see it 185 00:09:11,760 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: too much in the NBA now, the way you used 186 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: to ten years ago, you'd see hedge and recover all 187 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: the time. Now it's primarily only with weaker defensive players 188 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: that you want to not get switched onto a good score. 189 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 1: So what they do is when the screen comes, they 190 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: run out hard to hedge and stop the player from 191 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,680 Speaker 1: moving laterally across the screen. That forces them to take 192 00:09:30,720 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: retreat dribbles out towards half court. Okay, that then buys 193 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: you time to sprint back and recover to your man. 194 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 1: So on this play, t J. Warren sets the screen, 195 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:42,080 Speaker 1: Kevin Love hedges out, Kevin Durant has to take the 196 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:45,120 Speaker 1: retreat dribbles. T J. Warren slips to the elbow and 197 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 1: Katie hits him with the pass. On the slip, Donovan 198 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: Mitchell comes out of the corner off of Royce O'Neill 199 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: to help on t J. Warren. T J. Warren throws 200 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: a pass fake towards Royce O'Neill. Donovan Mitchell stunts back 201 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,240 Speaker 1: to the three point line, then t J Warren takes 202 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: a hard dribble down the middle of the floor, but 203 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: Kevin Love is screaming back into the play to get 204 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: in front of him. Kevin Love cuts him off going 205 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: to the right, and t J. Warren just as a 206 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,840 Speaker 1: really nifty and quick between the leg dribble to the 207 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: center of the floor, right at the semicircle, and rises 208 00:10:15,240 --> 00:10:17,400 Speaker 1: up and knocks down a ten foot jump shot. That 209 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 1: is an extremely high level basketball play. If you throw 210 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: that to Lamar Stevens, for instance, for the calves, that's 211 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 1: exact same sequence, a hedge out. Lamar Stevens slips. He's 212 00:10:29,440 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: a good player, an NBA player, but he's not that 213 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,200 Speaker 1: high level offensive talent that t J. Warren is. He's 214 00:10:36,200 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: not gonna see the floor and make that read quick 215 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: enough to make that pass fake to get Donovan Mitchell 216 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: to get off of him, and then the counter move 217 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 1: to beat Kevin Love coming back towards the middle. In 218 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: all likelihood, he ends up making some sort of mistake 219 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: or struggles to convert that into something that is worth points. 220 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,040 Speaker 1: That's the difference between a D and three or three 221 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: and D player in Lamar Stevens in a really well 222 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: rounded basketball player and t J. Warren and how that 223 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,960 Speaker 1: allows you to squeeze out offensive points from attention that 224 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: your stars gather. You know when when players struggle to 225 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: capitalize on that, that gives them the ability to hedge 226 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: and recover or hard trap without having to worry about 227 00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: giving up points on the back end. There's another play 228 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 1: later in that first half, t J. Warren just because 229 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:23,880 Speaker 1: of a transition cross match guys. In transition, you just 230 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: grab somebody. Defensive principles change in those situations. Darius Garland 231 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 1: ends up on t J. Warren, Katie and Kyrie are 232 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: out front. No reason to waste energy on a pick 233 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,520 Speaker 1: and roll, no reason to waste energy on an ice, 234 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: So to try to draw multiple defenders, t J. Warren 235 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:40,760 Speaker 1: just raises his hand. They dumped the ball into him. 236 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: On Darius Garland on the left block. He uh uses 237 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 1: a pound dribble to get a little closer, spins back 238 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:49,079 Speaker 1: towards the baseline pump fakes. Darius Garland leaves his feet 239 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: and t J. Warren, who's a gifted score, just elevates 240 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: into Darius Garland's body, draws the contact and hits a 241 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 1: little ten foot jump shot for the and one that 242 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: is an example of matchup attack from the forward position 243 00:12:01,200 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: that we talked about. That is another way to generate 244 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 1: offense without having to fatigue your stars. That's the difference 245 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 1: between a higher level offensive skilled player and their ability 246 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 1: to to play alongside stars versus just the traditional three 247 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: and D concept. And you know that scoring fluidity. We've 248 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: talked about this a lot on that show. It's kind 249 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: of just a natural feel. It's hard to explain. Like 250 00:12:25,559 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 1: we've all any of you guys who've played basketball a 251 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: great deal, whether it's in college or in high school, 252 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:32,720 Speaker 1: you've probably met guys that can shoot the ball well 253 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 1: and can do ball handling drills well, but for some reason, 254 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 1: they lack that like natural feel of when to dribble 255 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 1: and when to shoot for the purposes of scoring the basketball. 256 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: They're just a little too rigid, and when they get 257 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: out into the improvisation of scoring, they struggle. There's such 258 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: a natural instinct two good scores um that goes even 259 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: beyond their actual tangible skill set when it comes to 260 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 1: ball handling and shooting to create shots and t J. 261 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,560 Speaker 1: Warrent I think it's just a perfect encapsulation of that. 262 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,079 Speaker 1: That's why I wanted to spend some time there, but 263 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,319 Speaker 1: as we zoom out, the rest of the roster kind 264 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: of fits that same mold Seth Curry, t J. Warren Royce, 265 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 1: O'Neil ben Simmons. You don want to be All of 266 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: these guys amount to an enormous amount of ball handling, 267 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:15,760 Speaker 1: shooting and passing that are surrounding two of the best 268 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,319 Speaker 1: shot creators in the world. Looking to get more out 269 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,600 Speaker 1: of the NFL this season, well, now is the perfect 270 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,720 Speaker 1: time to download FanDuel America's number one sports book because 271 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: new customers can get a no sweat first bet up 272 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: to one thousand dollars. That's free bets back if your 273 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: first bet doesn't win. Just download the Fandel sports Book app. 274 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: It's safe, secure, and super easy to use. 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This year, the Nets are scoring a 291 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: hundred and five points per one hundred half court possessions. 292 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,240 Speaker 1: To give you some perspective, Dallas has the best half 293 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: court offense in the league. Get a hundred and four 294 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: offensive ready, that's how effectively Brooklyn scores with Katie and 295 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: Kyrie on the floor. Overall, regardless of line up, for 296 00:14:38,240 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: the whole season, the Nets are third in half court offense. 297 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: I wanted to quick touch on a couple of the guys, 298 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 1: Royce O'Neil. He caught a cost a first round pick. 299 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: With everything that was happening this summer, that was kind 300 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: of just a throw and move that a lot of 301 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: people were confused by. First round pick. Think about how 302 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 1: many times fan bases around the league had been like, 303 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: that guy's not worth the first, that guy is not 304 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: worth the first. These you guys are worth two first 305 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 1: or whatever it is. We've been dealing with that with 306 00:15:02,760 --> 00:15:06,160 Speaker 1: the Laker fans for a while, right. It's this is 307 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,880 Speaker 1: such a great example of how draft picks and the 308 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: value can't be looked at in the vacuum. Because Royce O'Neil, 309 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: especially coming off of what he did with the Jazz, 310 00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:16,080 Speaker 1: You're not sitting there thinking like, oh, he's worth a 311 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: first round pick. That seems steep, right, But what you're 312 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: seeing is in a small role with the Nets, alongside 313 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: two superstars, he has been monumentally valuable to everything that 314 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: Brooklyn does. First of all, he's an outstanding perimeter defender. 315 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: He's super physical on the ball. He did a number 316 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 1: on Donovan Mitchell last night from the start, made him 317 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: feel super uncomfortable, was cutting off the rim from him. 318 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: So Donovan Mitchell had to settle early in the game 319 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: for a lot of really high difficulty pull up jump 320 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: shots that he missed just about all of and it 321 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: kind of set the tone for the rest of his night. 322 00:15:49,160 --> 00:15:51,520 Speaker 1: He's also does little things, dirty work on the glass. 323 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: He's crashes the glass well, the averages five rebounds of game. 324 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: And then on the offensive end, he doesn't have that 325 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 1: scoring fluidity that t. J. Warren has, but he shooting 326 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: the damn laces off the basketball from three and he 327 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: makes good close out reads. So it's not him trying 328 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 1: to score when he's driving the ball to the basket, 329 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 1: but he always makes that right kickout past to the 330 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:12,960 Speaker 1: next shooter, or the drop off pass to the dunker 331 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: spot or things along those lines. It's been a very 332 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: important piece of connective tissue for the Nets on the 333 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: offensive end of the four cost the first round pick 334 00:16:20,640 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: and a vacuum. Sounds crazy, but you put a guy 335 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 1: that's got that particular skill set alongside Kevin freaking Durant 336 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:31,200 Speaker 1: and Kyrie Irving, he smashes that role out of the 337 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: park and suddenly he's deeply impactful with a limited skill set. 338 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: And that's why, like again, role players are so incredibly 339 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:42,640 Speaker 1: valuable in the modern NBA. With the way that defense 340 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 1: has worked to try to take the ball out of 341 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: your star's hands. You do want to be same type 342 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: of thing. Not a super fluid score, but he makes 343 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: good clothes out reads. He's a solid defender with tons 344 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: of length, and he shoots the ship out of the basketball. 345 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,120 Speaker 1: Is shooting from three um on at a rate of 346 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: six attempts per thirty six minutes. Uh Ben Simmons offensively, 347 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,400 Speaker 1: it's kind of a mixed bag, like he had a 348 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 1: bunch of ugly misses around the room against Cleveland. But 349 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:08,400 Speaker 1: he's still he's probably the best transition passer. He's really 350 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,800 Speaker 1: good at just getting downhill and applying rim pressure and 351 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,200 Speaker 1: finding shooters. He's also been doing this thing lately where 352 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 1: he throws these cross court bounced passes in transition that 353 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: are absurdly high difficulty. They're covering like forty to fifty 354 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: feet of court on the bounce while everyone is sprinting. 355 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 1: He had one against the Calves I think the Royce 356 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,240 Speaker 1: O'Neil for three, and then he had another one against 357 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: the Bucks the other night to Kyrie across the court. 358 00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:31,359 Speaker 1: Super impressive stuff there. And then he's still capable of 359 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,800 Speaker 1: doing so much damage on the defensive end of the floor. 360 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: Uh kind of dominated that game against the Calves, just 361 00:17:36,880 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 1: getting deflections and steals and triggering those transition opportunities. But 362 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,440 Speaker 1: I do want to spend a great deal of time 363 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 1: talking about Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, because at the 364 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,359 Speaker 1: end of the day, they are the two guys that 365 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: make this whole thing work. So obviously, Katie's averaging thirty 366 00:17:50,040 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 1: points per game, which is the third highest mark of 367 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: his career, and he's shooting a career high sent in 368 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:58,360 Speaker 1: true shooting percentage. A lot of this is driven by 369 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: his pull up shooting. He's shooting fifty five percent on 370 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 1: pull up jumpers. There are eighty three players that have 371 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,400 Speaker 1: attempted at least one d pull up jump shots this year. 372 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 1: Katie is in first place with no other player in 373 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:15,120 Speaker 1: the league is over and then Russell Westbrook is eighty 374 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: two out of eighty three percent. If you ever covered 375 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook, he would understand why I had to slip 376 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 1: that in there. Um, he's in a class by himself. 377 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: To give you an idea, some other little perspective, Jayson Tatum, 378 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,840 Speaker 1: who's been unbelievably good this year, is shooting twenty one 379 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: percent worse on pull up jumpers than Kevin Durant, shooting 380 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 1: just thirty percent. Lebron James two percent worse, shooting just 381 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: thirty three percent. So even again, like compared to what 382 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: other pull because a lot of the other pull up 383 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 1: shooters aroun the league that are good or guards, like 384 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:47,480 Speaker 1: little guards like Kevin Durant is outperforming all of them, 385 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 1: and then like vastly outperforming all of the small like 386 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 1: the small forward UH pull up shooters that we see 387 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:56,840 Speaker 1: in the league. He he's in a class by himself 388 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: as as a pull up shooter, and then he's been 389 00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:01,119 Speaker 1: out He's been outstanding defensively. Ever since the Nash firing. 390 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 1: I received a couple of UH people reaching out in 391 00:19:05,280 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: d M s and messages over the last couple of weeks, 392 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:11,920 Speaker 1: like talking shit about um uh me saying that the 393 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,080 Speaker 1: Nash firing was a scapegoat. And I think it's funny 394 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:18,400 Speaker 1: because like I never said that UH that Nash shouldn't 395 00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:21,040 Speaker 1: be fired. In fact, I recommended that the Nets fired Nash. 396 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: All I said was they're not playing hard for him, 397 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:28,640 Speaker 1: which is a fact that isn't an unassailable fact. They 398 00:19:28,720 --> 00:19:30,959 Speaker 1: were not playing hard for Steve Nash, and then they 399 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,400 Speaker 1: did play hard for Jacque Vaught. So like, is Jack 400 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:36,240 Speaker 1: von a better coach than Steve Nash? Maybe, But how 401 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 1: the hell would we know when one guy had a 402 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:41,880 Speaker 1: scheme that the team bought into and worked hard at 403 00:19:42,240 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 1: and the other one they mailed it in. Like I 404 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,800 Speaker 1: think they were dead last in defense and second to 405 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 1: last and rebounding uh for the first chunk of the 406 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,159 Speaker 1: season when Steve Nash was coached, like, that's just not trying. 407 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 1: Like I don't really know what else to tell you, 408 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,520 Speaker 1: and uh. But that said, I recommended firing Nash because 409 00:19:58,560 --> 00:20:01,200 Speaker 1: I thought it would reinvigorate the team under a new voice. 410 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: And it did. And since that uh uh coaching James, 411 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: they've been outstanding defensively and Kevin Durant's been one of 412 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: the best defensive players in the world, and I believe 413 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:11,800 Speaker 1: he'll make an All Defense team this year. But what 414 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: I want to focus on with Katie because we could 415 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 1: talk about Katie scoring. I've done videos on Katie scoring 416 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: in the past. It's a mix. It's pull up jump shooting, 417 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 1: it's um uh, improvisational shooting everywhere on the floor. It's 418 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 1: setting up his man for easy shots. He's really good 419 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: at working off the ball for easy catch and shoot opportunities. 420 00:20:29,119 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant, his efficiency is a is a product of 421 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,760 Speaker 1: tough shot making but also his ability to work hard 422 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:37,080 Speaker 1: for easy shots. And we could talk about that all 423 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:40,119 Speaker 1: day long. But what we haven't done enough lately, I 424 00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: think in general with the NBA media covering the league, uh, 425 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,159 Speaker 1: Kevin Durants passing has become his most underrated skill and 426 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: the reason why is because he had a tough series 427 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: against the Boston Celtics. Well, first of all, we never 428 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: really thought of Katie as much of a passer. He's 429 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,840 Speaker 1: had big passing moments. Um. I think he's always been 430 00:20:56,840 --> 00:20:59,119 Speaker 1: a little underrated in that area. But then after the 431 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 1: Boston series, you know, everyone just thought he was a 432 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 1: tunnel vision scorer that when a shot going is going in, 433 00:21:05,359 --> 00:21:08,320 Speaker 1: you know, he can't impact the game. And the truth 434 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 1: of the matter is is he actually Um, we have 435 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,960 Speaker 1: to look at the games to see what's happening because 436 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: as we look at the numbers, he's averaging five point 437 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 1: three assists per game, which is good, not great, right. 438 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: He's also giving you three and a half turnovers per games, 439 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: So when you look at assisted turnover ratio and total 440 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: assist points created, there's a lot of stuff there that 441 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,880 Speaker 1: doesn't look good. And again, in the Boston series, as 442 00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: I said, it was more his pull up jump shooting 443 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: that failed him. He was like a fifty percent pull 444 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: up jump shooter all season and then suddenly he shot 445 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: in the low thirties against the Celtics. That's just not 446 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:43,080 Speaker 1: good enough for in the mid thirties or something like that. 447 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: So too many turnovers and too many missed jump shots 448 00:21:47,119 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 1: or what killed Kevin Durant. But at the end of 449 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:54,240 Speaker 1: the day, like Kevin Durand's job when he's dictating double 450 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: teams are drawing double teams is just to make the 451 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 1: right read and more often than not, those lead to 452 00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: four on three situations, kind of similar to the Steph 453 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,880 Speaker 1: Curry thing um you know, back in like the two 454 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 1: thousand fifteen finals, where he's just getting blitzed on the 455 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:09,239 Speaker 1: pick and roll, hitting Draymond Green on the short roll. 456 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:12,520 Speaker 1: Draymond Green's making plays and so Draymond Green's racking up 457 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: assists and Andrea Gudala is racking up corner threes. But 458 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: the actual play itself was initiated by Steph's ability to 459 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: draw the double teams. So that's what I want to 460 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: focus on here for a minute, because Katie, again five 461 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 1: point three is this for game nothing to to really 462 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: get excited about. But when you watch what's happening on 463 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: the floor, there's a lot of high quality shots that 464 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 1: are being created. So when Katie has the ball and 465 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: passes out of pick and roll seven hundred forty five 466 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: times this year, hit the nets have scored a hundred 467 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: and sixty seven points. That's one point one five points 468 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,439 Speaker 1: per possession, which is in the nineties second percentile. What 469 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 1: that amounts to is he's been the very best pick 470 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:55,440 Speaker 1: and roll ball handler in the league. Overall. Kevin Durant 471 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: pick and rolls including shots and passes, have led to 472 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: one point to six points per pent, which is by 473 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:03,240 Speaker 1: far the best in the league for players who run 474 00:23:03,280 --> 00:23:05,160 Speaker 1: at least five a game. Steph is in second place 475 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,439 Speaker 1: at about one point two points per possession. You know, 476 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 1: and this is the latest in a long line of 477 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: examples of box scores not really being revealing about what's 478 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 1: happening on the court. But for the most part, Katie's 479 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,399 Speaker 1: getting doubled on picks. He's hitting the short roller, the 480 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,640 Speaker 1: short rollers making decisions, and its ending in shot attempts 481 00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 1: for other players. Katie is getting hockey ass is there. 482 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 1: One of the things that Brooklyn has been doing really well. 483 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,480 Speaker 1: Um is putting a good playmaker in that position. Like 484 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: lately it's been a lot of Kyrie Irving. Have Kyrie 485 00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: Irving set the screen. We saw this against the Raptors 486 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 1: and heavy doses in the fourth quarter the other night 487 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,920 Speaker 1: where it's like Kyrie sets the screen, catches the ball 488 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: in the short roll, gets downhill into the paint and 489 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,879 Speaker 1: makes a kickout past you to want not bey in 490 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 1: the corner for three. Like that kind of thing. We're 491 00:23:46,560 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: seeing a lot Um. But between Katie's playmaking, which has 492 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: been off the charts, his pick and roll, ball handling 493 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:56,719 Speaker 1: off the charts, is scoring off the charts, his defense amazing. Um, 494 00:23:56,760 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: this year's MVP race is absolutely stacked. Is obviously you've 495 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: got Jason Tatum, You've got Jannese and Yokich, all guys 496 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: that have great cases. But I think overall, when I 497 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 1: set aside everything and I just focus on who's playing 498 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 1: the best basketball in the league this year, with who's 499 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: been the best player in the best team, the Nets 500 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:16,399 Speaker 1: are only two games back of the best record in 501 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:20,879 Speaker 1: basketball and an overall value brought to the team. I 502 00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,159 Speaker 1: actually think if the season ended right now today that 503 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:28,400 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant would be my m v P pick. Moving 504 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,040 Speaker 1: on to Kyrie Irving, obviously, he's also scoring the ball 505 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: really well. It's twenty six points per game, fourth best 506 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 1: mark of his career. True shooting, third best mark of 507 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,719 Speaker 1: his career. He's always been very good in pick and roll, UM, 508 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:40,200 Speaker 1: and he's been very good in pick and roll again 509 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: this year, one point one two points per possession including passes, 510 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: which is in the eighty nine percentile, eleven in the 511 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: league among players who run at least five per games. 512 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 1: So they got two of the top eleven pick and 513 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,200 Speaker 1: roll players in the league, including the best. But he's 514 00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: been the very best ISO player in the league this year. 515 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: So when Kyrie Irving shoots out of isolation, one point 516 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: to six points perposes, which is just completely outrageous, best 517 00:25:02,320 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: in the league among players who attempt at least three 518 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,400 Speaker 1: ISOs per game to Marta Rosen is a close second. UM. 519 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: A big part of this is Kyrie Irving is shooting 520 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: at the rim. We've always thought about Kyrie is a 521 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: great rim finisher, UM, but as we look at it, 522 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 1: you know, most of the guards in the league are 523 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,680 Speaker 1: hovering in the mid fifties, right, and then bad room finishers, 524 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: guys like Russell Westbrook, they're hovering in the low fifties 525 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 1: and some of the better like good rim finishers for 526 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: guards around and Kyrie is just completely off the charts 527 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,560 Speaker 1: in the mid sixties at six percent. That you usually 528 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 1: don't see that unless you're dealing with big athletic wings. 529 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: So as we zoom out, the Nets have the very 530 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 1: best pick and roll ball handler in the league and 531 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: the very best isolation player in the league, and each 532 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: is great at the other. Kyrie is eleventh and pick 533 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 1: and roll ball handling at least five run per game. 534 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: Katie is ninth in ISOs points per possession to run 535 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: at least three a game. Um, so you've got to 536 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,480 Speaker 1: kind of round it out. You've got to the top 537 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:57,040 Speaker 1: ten shot creators when it comes to just creating shots 538 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: for teammates are for themselves. You've got two of the 539 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 1: ten best shot creators in the entire world, and you've 540 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,600 Speaker 1: got a ton of offensive skills surrounding them. Like we 541 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: talked about earlier with the likes of you to want 542 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 1: n B. T. J. Warren Royce O'Neil Seth Curry, you know, 543 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 1: we talked we talked about that earlier. All of that 544 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:15,040 Speaker 1: amounts to twenty offensive rating in this thirteen and one stretch, 545 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:17,359 Speaker 1: which is the very best in the league. UM. And 546 00:26:17,359 --> 00:26:19,360 Speaker 1: then they're committing enough on the defensive end to get 547 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: enough stops to be a damn good basketball team. UM. 548 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,560 Speaker 1: And you know how it goes with these win streaks. 549 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,240 Speaker 1: I always talking about inferior competition. You need that signature 550 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 1: win to legitimize it. And uh, you know, when they 551 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,959 Speaker 1: lost to Boston, which is their one loss during this 552 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 1: for fourteen game streak, you know, it can be discouraging 553 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: because that makes you feel like you're not quite to 554 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,719 Speaker 1: that level. But then these last two wins have been 555 00:26:37,720 --> 00:26:40,639 Speaker 1: really impressive. That's the dominant win over the Bucks and 556 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 1: a dominant win on the road over the Calves. My 557 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: only concern with this particular team right now is the 558 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 1: Boston matchup UM. Specifically Boston's ability to mix up coverages, 559 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 1: to switch and force Katie and Kyrie to ISO against 560 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,320 Speaker 1: much better defensive players or to trap and rotate out 561 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 1: of it. Which is the aggregate athleticism that they have 562 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: on the floor. They get really physical on the ball. 563 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,040 Speaker 1: Katie and Kyrie last year, as I mentioned earlier, really 564 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,920 Speaker 1: fell apart with their pull up shooting. Both of them 565 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: tanked and pull up and pull up shooting percentage, and 566 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,160 Speaker 1: then both of them turned the basketball over way too much. 567 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 1: So the reality is is Katie and Kyrie are just 568 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: going to have to play a lot better against Boston 569 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 1: this year than they did last year. They are better, 570 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: they have they have better role players around them this 571 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:28,760 Speaker 1: year than they did last year. But I think Boston 572 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,560 Speaker 1: is better than they were last year. With the Malcolm Brogden' acquisition, 573 00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,719 Speaker 1: with Jayson Tatum's improvements, with Jalen Brown's improvements, you know, 574 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 1: just in general that they are a deeper um, they 575 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,440 Speaker 1: have more continuity than they did last year, and they've 576 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,400 Speaker 1: learned some valuable lessons from their playoff failures. So that 577 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 1: Boston matchup is the one that freaks me out. But 578 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,600 Speaker 1: if they can somehow get through Boston, I'd like their 579 00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: I'd like their chances. I wouldn't pick them necessarily, but 580 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,000 Speaker 1: I'd like their chances against just about any other team 581 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: in the league. Um So what does that amount to. 582 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,360 Speaker 1: It means they have a real chance to an NBA 583 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: championship this year, which sounds crazy after everything that happened 584 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 1: to begin the season, but I had them sixth in 585 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:08,120 Speaker 1: my power rankings to start the year. In that uh, 586 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,440 Speaker 1: you know, if things go right, contender list, and things 587 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 1: didn't go right to start the season, but things are 588 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,439 Speaker 1: starting to go right now and you're seeing all of 589 00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: that talent on the roster start to materialize into a 590 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: damn good basketball team. Alright, guys, that is all I 591 00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: have for tonight. We will be back on Thursday, UM 592 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 1: covering the games from Wednesday night. As always, I appreciate 593 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,680 Speaker 1: your support and I'll see you guys. Then the volume