1 00:00:06,679 --> 00:00:10,919 Is going on. Clippers fans, Welcome to Clips in Dip, your favorite 2 00:00:10,919 --> 00:00:16,480 Clippers podcast. I am Chuck Buckler, joined by Adam Austin and Will Updyke. 3 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,640 For the new listeners, Hey, welcome to Clippers season. For the 4 00:00:19,679 --> 00:00:23,239 old listeners, we are back. We're bringing you Clippers news at least three 5 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,519 days a week on the pod. We got you covered on a five to 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,440 seventy post game with Adam Osland. Of course, he allows Will and I 7 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:33,039 to go on there and spew our rhetoric about the Clippers, which is always 8 00:00:33,079 --> 00:00:36,920 fun. We call that the double dip. Today is a very fun day. 9 00:00:37,039 --> 00:00:41,799 We get to preview actual, meaningful Clippers basketball. The regular season is 10 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,719 back. The Clippers are taking on the Trailblazers. We're gonna talk about Terrence 11 00:00:45,759 --> 00:00:49,399 Mann is the starter. We haven't talked about that as a group. We're 12 00:00:49,399 --> 00:00:52,560 gonna talk what could go right, what could go wrong? Some bench discussion. 13 00:00:53,079 --> 00:00:56,079 But first, Adam, Will, how the hell are you fellas? 14 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:00,600 I feel rejuvenated now that Clippers basketballs is actually back for the regular season. 15 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:06,920 Yeah, I'm doing well. I'm excited. Adam apparently has another engagement that's 16 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,840 that's more important than this he's watching the Chop Chop guys. Second Angs about 17 00:01:10,879 --> 00:01:15,120 to get it away this guy, Adam, Are you excited or not? 18 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,439 Yeah, it's Astros Rangers. Game seven, Game seven, best two words 19 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:23,840 in sports. That's what they always say. Game one, That's what we're 20 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,599 focused on. I'm very excited for the Clippers. I've been doing copious amounts 21 00:01:27,599 --> 00:01:32,920 of research already, and yeah, we've talked about it. I like their 22 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:36,079 early season schedule. They have to take advantage of it. But it starts 23 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:40,040 against Portland on Wednesday. It absolutely does. Let's get right into it. 24 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,799 Injury wise, we got to assume no Brandon Boston Junior for the Clippers. 25 00:01:44,359 --> 00:01:46,599 I think that's going to be a bit of an extended thing, which is 26 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:51,200 a shame. Bones Hyland tweaked his ankle in that final preseason game. He 27 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:57,480 did practice on Monday and Ty said he will be back soon, so there's 28 00:01:57,519 --> 00:02:00,840 a chance he's ready for Wednesday night. I feel like I would love it 29 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,760 if Bones was able to go on this one. I love it if they 30 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:07,759 don't need them. But is the backup point guard? Right? But no 31 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:14,319 Bones Hyland, Bones Hyland. Everyone keeps asking who the X factor is going 32 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,759 into this Clippers season. I've heard a lot of chatter about that, and 33 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,960 the easy answer and the most obvious one, I think is Terrence Man. 34 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:23,439 We'll get into more on him being in the starting lineup in a minute, 35 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:30,759 but bones Highland to me is somebody with so much untapped potential because Terrence is 36 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:32,879 twenty seven, which seems to be the cool thing to say, even if 37 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:37,199 you're not a Clippers fan anymore. I saw Dan Wokie of the La Times 38 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:39,120 point out, like, you guys know he's twenty seven, right, and 39 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:44,240 it's like, yeah, we've he's been making this joke for a long time 40 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:49,800 that he's older than perceived. But bones Hiland's twenty three, only twenty three, 41 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:54,280 And the way he played at times in the preseason where all of a 42 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:59,840 sudden his weakness has turned into strengths. Him not being able to get to 43 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:02,879 the basket and finish at the basket last season that wasn't a problem at all. 44 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:07,280 In the preseason, he was turning the corner on each and every defender 45 00:03:07,319 --> 00:03:10,680 that tried to slow him down. And his speed, athleticism and youth, 46 00:03:10,919 --> 00:03:15,560 and also being in a premier position at the point guard where the Clippers have 47 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,960 needed some help. I don't know. I think that could be one of 48 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:23,560 those season changers that we didn't talk about enough coming into this this year in 49 00:03:23,599 --> 00:03:27,919 this offseason. That's interesting. Yeah, No, I really like that. 50 00:03:28,159 --> 00:03:30,199 I think that he has changed some aspects of his game. I'd like to 51 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:34,919 see a little bit more like body control and efficiency on some of those finishes 52 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,319 around the rim. But yeah, a completely different look at the backup point 53 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:43,599 guard is something that I hadn't really even thought about being an option for this 54 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:46,599 team or something kind of changing things up. So I guess I would have 55 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:50,639 thought of Norm sort of as the X factor just because he's he's gonna put 56 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:53,800 up numbers, be sort of a regular seasons inning eater, has his own 57 00:03:53,840 --> 00:03:59,240 liabilities defensively hopefully stays away from injury stuff. But bones is interesting because it 58 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:04,560 does really change basically how this entire second unit can play. Yes, we're 59 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:09,319 gonna talk more about the second unit because there still seems to be something to 60 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:14,080 figure out there with some people not sure about. The injuries for the Blazers 61 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:18,399 doesn't look like anything too crazy per the you know, kind of Jankey ESPN 62 00:04:18,439 --> 00:04:25,360 injury report. We have Terrence Man as the starting power forward I'm putting that 63 00:04:25,399 --> 00:04:29,279 in quotes because who really knows what that's all gonna look like. We as 64 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:32,519 a group haven't been really talked about this yet, but I'm really excited to 65 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,720 see this against a Blazers team that we have to assume is going to run 66 00:04:36,759 --> 00:04:40,839 around a whole bunch and there's gonna have to be a bunch of communication on 67 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:46,439 defense for the Slippers starting five of Russ Pg, Kawhi, Terrence, and 68 00:04:46,519 --> 00:04:48,920 Zoo. That seemed to be one of the reasons coach Lou wanted to up 69 00:04:48,959 --> 00:04:54,160 the conditioning and the physicality in the preseason to get ready for some of these 70 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:58,759 young teams. Yeah, to get off to a quicker start and have those 71 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:02,839 well conditioned leggs that are in game shape already and can play at a high 72 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,560 tempo and a high pace of play, which has been one of their buggaboos 73 00:05:06,639 --> 00:05:11,000 going back the last couple of seasons. They finished bottom three in pace. 74 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,600 If that changes. Along with what I talked about with Bones, there are 75 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:19,319 different dynamics of this Clippers team that I don't think a lot of us saw 76 00:05:19,439 --> 00:05:27,399 coming them, just stressing defense, creating turnovers and getting out and running. 77 00:05:27,439 --> 00:05:30,040 Where I think they ended up averaging something like twenty one fast break points per 78 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:35,399 game in the preseason, which is stellar and at odds with how they have 79 00:05:35,519 --> 00:05:40,360 looked over the past couple of seasons. So even though yes, the two 80 00:05:40,399 --> 00:05:43,319 to three connection is a year older, some of their vets are a little 81 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,199 bit older, there are young guys on this Clippers team now that can get 82 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:53,120 up and down the court, and you're bridging that gap between older vets and 83 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:59,680 young youthful exuberance and speed. I'm very interested to see, as you mentioned, 84 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,240 how the face off against a team like the Portland Trailblazers, who we 85 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:05,519 expect to play fast as well with Scoot Henderson. Yeah, they got Scoot, 86 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:09,879 they got Simon's, they got sharp. Like this is a team Jery 87 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,800 Grant, Like, this is a team that is built to run, Like 88 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,560 the wins that the Trailblazers get this year are gonna be a lot of them 89 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:20,240 from running teams out of the building completely. Will what are we looking for 90 00:06:20,399 --> 00:06:25,680 kind of tone wise from the Clippers. This is game one of a season 91 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:29,079 where a lot of people are saying maybe championship, maybe last chance? Who 92 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,000 knows, like would love people say that. I haven't heard a lot of 93 00:06:32,079 --> 00:06:34,720 like a lot of talk about the Clippers being an actual contender, but that's 94 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:42,079 entirely that's an entire who different conversation for an entirely different time. But like 95 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,040 I'm ready to see, like like when it comes down to brass hacks, 96 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:49,759 Like we've been hearing the same phrasing all throughout training camp, all throughout, 97 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,879 you know, all throughout the preseason, and it's you know, this team 98 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,879 is taking a completely revamped approach. This team is gonna run, this team 99 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:01,759 is gonna X y Z, Like okay, like that's all great to say, 100 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:08,120 I have a you have a chance here against an opponent that should I 101 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:13,600 mean theoretically uh being easy out. And we'll see if that's like if that's 102 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:15,199 really truly the case, or if it's more of the same, if we 103 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:18,959 see another lethargic start, if we see the same thing, and that's done 104 00:07:18,959 --> 00:07:21,959 an indictment on the entire season. It is the first game of the season, 105 00:07:23,079 --> 00:07:26,639 but you know it's if we're going to be seen more of the same, 106 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,360 that's not gonna be a good indication to me early that you would definitely 107 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:35,480 want to see the Clippers start fast, which was something that they have struggled 108 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:42,199 with going back years, partly because of old legs, old vets, But 109 00:07:42,279 --> 00:07:46,720 now with Russell Westbrook starting a season off with them, that alone kind of 110 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,319 gets guys geared up and in line, because you know, playing next to 111 00:07:49,399 --> 00:07:53,399 Russell Westbrook, there's going to be a different pace right off the bat, 112 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,480 and we saw it with him the last third of the season, or even 113 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,639 less than that, I think it was by the time he was in and 114 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:05,519 implemented. But this is somebody who I think can be I don't want to 115 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,879 say the engine of the offense or anything like that, but I do think 116 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,480 guys take notice when they're on the court next to us, knowing the way 117 00:08:13,560 --> 00:08:18,000 he plays, knowing how he can get you easier shots if you get up 118 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:20,680 the court quickly. And we saw a little bit of that in the preseason 119 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,439 where he was looking for a Viatza Zubats who was just stealing off his man. 120 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:30,000 Zubots and Mason Plumbley can both beat their defender, beat their man down 121 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,720 the court. Both those guys are pretty athletic centers. And I'm interested to 122 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,120 see the matchup between Zoo and DeAndre eight and after I thought he got the 123 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,679 best of zubots in that first round series, whereas Zubots I thought got the 124 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:43,559 best of him in the Western Conference Finals a couple of seasons ago. So 125 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:50,000 DeAndre eight now the Portland Trailblazers obviously gonna be very different, and I'm excited 126 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,639 to watch it. I actually the Portland Trailblazers, like when you look at 127 00:08:52,639 --> 00:08:58,879 the West going into this season, the three teams last year that we thought 128 00:08:58,919 --> 00:09:01,960 were, you know, the worst three teams in the West going in, 129 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:05,600 it was more obvious than Portland, San Antonio, the Houston Rockets. They've 130 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,360 all become much more interesting this off season, some more than others. But 131 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:16,679 yes, and Portland has talent. They have some veteran leadership there with Malcolm 132 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:20,720 Brogden now with Jeremy Grant getting older, that's not a young team. And 133 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,480 there's guys there who are gonna be hungry. Robert Williams is a problem. 134 00:09:24,519 --> 00:09:28,159 Seeing him and DeAndre eight on the same squad, that to me is intriguing. 135 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:33,000 We're gonna definitely I want to talk about the weirdly the bench defense for 136 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:37,360 the Blazers is something that I'm really interested to talk about after the second after 137 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:41,600 we get through the starters. But you mentioned eight and eight and averages seventeen 138 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:46,120 and ten in games against the Beats Zubos. That was when I don't know 139 00:09:46,159 --> 00:09:48,440 what you take. I don't take a bunch of stock in those numbers. 140 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,440 I think he'll probably get fed a little bit more on the Blazers versus what 141 00:09:52,480 --> 00:09:56,440 was happening maybe with the sun. So he's gonna actually go out the rim 142 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,559 though, or is he gonna give it away, go for some long like 143 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:03,559 some Hey, you go at them like Valley oop. You mean like that? 144 00:10:05,639 --> 00:10:09,360 Yeah, so Zuber Sayan's gonna be huge, and then PG and Kawhi 145 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,960 who is guarding them? Who on the Trailblazers is going to a tap like 146 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:22,039 Jeremy Grant, Jeremy Grant match like that's one guy? Yeah, I mean 147 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,919 Jeremy Grant though, has matched up pretty well against Kawhi defensively. Sure, 148 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,039 you know things are different now it's been a few years. He's also playing 149 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:33,639 on a completely different team with a completely different look. Who knows what the 150 00:10:33,639 --> 00:10:37,720 commitment to like to defense is going to look like on a Trailblazers. Of 151 00:10:37,759 --> 00:10:39,679 course, as I say this, you know, feel free to make me 152 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:43,639 eat my hat or whatever. When you get blown out by the Trailblazers. 153 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,279 WHOA, that's not gonna happen. It's not gonna happen. But I'm saying 154 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,200 if it does. But PG and Kawhi are gonna be I love this for 155 00:10:50,279 --> 00:10:54,000 a season and home debut for them. This is a nice chance for them 156 00:10:54,039 --> 00:10:56,759 to be like, oh, you want to use our picture for all these 157 00:10:56,840 --> 00:11:01,759 rest rule articles like this? What happens when we play? So deal with 158 00:11:01,799 --> 00:11:05,720 it. We're back. We're here to make an actual statement. I guess 159 00:11:05,759 --> 00:11:09,639 on the two guys with the best opportunity to try to slow them down our 160 00:11:09,759 --> 00:11:13,600 Jeremy Grant. As you mentioned, Will and thible Right, those are the 161 00:11:13,639 --> 00:11:18,879 two best wing type of defenders that they start. That's what ESPN has in 162 00:11:18,919 --> 00:11:26,440 there, like they probably should against the Clippers. But to your point, 163 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,039 Chuck, this is a team that the Clippers have traditionally dominated in the two 164 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,720 one three era. I know the configured out Dame's no longer there, no 165 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,879 CJ. McCollum, no use of Nurkic. But I feel like just seeing 166 00:11:39,879 --> 00:11:43,840 an opponent that you have a lot of confidence against, just seeing those colors, 167 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,720 seeing that jersey out there, that's not a bad way to start off 168 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:52,600 the year opening night for the Clippers. That's a team that they should feel 169 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,679 very comfortable going up against, right, which is what I meant. Kind 170 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,600 about the tone setting too, like let just right off the bat, like, 171 00:11:58,879 --> 00:12:01,360 let's let's make this first quarter one that people maybe want to turn off. 172 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:07,759 No. I should, though, say, you know, fear of 173 00:12:07,799 --> 00:12:09,799 the unknown a little bit. You don't know what Scoot Henderson's going to look 174 00:12:09,919 --> 00:12:13,240 like, you don't know how DeAndre is gonna play it, how many touches 175 00:12:13,279 --> 00:12:16,360 to your point he's going to get now, because that was part of the 176 00:12:16,399 --> 00:12:20,679 reason he wanted to be featured more. That was never gonna happen in Phoenix. 177 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,720 That is definitely going to be happening in Portland. And I expect him 178 00:12:24,759 --> 00:12:28,639 to be a much more aggressive player to what will was talking about earlier. 179 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,840 I think there was an attitude issue. I think there was a moodiness to 180 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:37,039 him because he wasn't appreciated because he and Bonnie Williams didn't get along. And 181 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:41,840 I think a change of scenery could do wonders for DeAndre eight and I expect 182 00:12:41,919 --> 00:12:45,879 him to have a really big season. We haven't touched enough on Scoot Henderson 183 00:12:45,919 --> 00:12:50,000 either who I feel like in his NBA debut, can you imagine like how 184 00:12:50,039 --> 00:12:52,639 hard he wants to go at this team? And I feel like, you 185 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:56,759 know, you know, just with his athleticism, you know, he has 186 00:12:56,799 --> 00:12:58,519 a chip on his shoulder over not being taken one he thought, you know, 187 00:12:58,639 --> 00:13:01,159 he thought going in in the draft he was good enough to be to 188 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,840 be up there. So I think that that's something that's really interesting, is 189 00:13:05,879 --> 00:13:11,440 like, does the Clippers new mentality and there what could potentially be their last 190 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:16,279 the last year of the championship window. Does that does that overpower sort of 191 00:13:16,519 --> 00:13:20,519 youth and their need to like prove themselves in carve out of place in the 192 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:26,200 league. It is cool how thematically it's like thematically dramaturgically it makes sense. 193 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:31,240 Sure, dramaturgically, this is a wonderful matchup for those who love through lines. 194 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:35,120 Right, you have the new age of the Blazers coming in against this, 195 00:13:35,639 --> 00:13:39,480 you know, version of what the two and three Clippers are, you 196 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,639 know, because the way time is so weird in professional sports now. I 197 00:13:41,639 --> 00:13:46,720 think this is a perfect opponent for the Clippers. Game one, it's theirs 198 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:48,919 for the taking, right, I have very I have confidence in Tyler, 199 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,240 who got manned starting already. So I think Clippers fans have already got some 200 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,720 emotional, you know, stuff banked up by tyleru by that good decision. 201 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:01,120 We have no idea what's gonna happen with Marcus. We're gonna talk about the 202 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,960 bench in a bit, but I'm really excited for this game. It's such 203 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,919 a wonderful chance for the Clippers to show that this year is different, like 204 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,480 we was talking about, like we're gonna take this regular season shit seriously or 205 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:18,039 more seriously, however you want to think about it. And as much as 206 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,799 there were so many positives we've talked about in the preseason, the one warning 207 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:26,879 sign to me was Game three at home against a Denver team that was depleted 208 00:14:26,919 --> 00:14:31,000 and not playing their starters. The Clippers played down to their opponent that first 209 00:14:31,039 --> 00:14:37,200 stint. They did not play well. Reggie Jackson was taking Kawhi and Paul 210 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:41,759 George off the dribble and going around screens and looking for a shot. And 211 00:14:41,879 --> 00:14:46,559 if you listen to the podcast p a little bit earlier, it was after 212 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:52,240 a play with Reggie Jackson, I know he didn't chuck calling out of eats 213 00:14:52,240 --> 00:14:56,120 a zoobots for being in drop and saying you're too far down, and then 214 00:14:56,159 --> 00:15:00,000 he knocked down a three pointer. Right after that is when Paul George said 215 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:03,240 said, Okay, we're hooping now, and that's when he went off and 216 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:05,879 dropped twenty three points. And I think about the span of ten minutes because 217 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:09,320 he didn't score in the first six minutes of the ball game. So they 218 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,759 have to stop these notoriously bad starts that they've been having, and that will 219 00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:18,799 be the first sign I think that something has changed with this team, because 220 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:22,720 we saw it against Utah the first two games in Seattle in Hawaii, where 221 00:15:22,759 --> 00:15:26,159 they put the clamps on them. If you don't come out with that defensive 222 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,840 mindset, that defensive intensity, everything that coach who has been preaching for some 223 00:15:31,039 --> 00:15:35,600 time now but has been trying to really instill in them during this training camp. 224 00:15:35,039 --> 00:15:39,080 Anthony Simons gets going early, it's gonna be hard to turn them off. 225 00:15:39,159 --> 00:15:43,039 If Scoot Henderson gets going early and gets comfortable, it's hard to turn 226 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,639 these guys off. Even though we haven't seen Scoot yet, but you assume 227 00:15:46,639 --> 00:15:48,480 because of the talent, he gets going, he gets confident, he gets 228 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:52,519 hot, It's it's gonna be tough for the Clippers. But you can't wait 229 00:15:52,799 --> 00:15:56,960 to set your defense because if you do and guys are already in rhythm, 230 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:00,360 sometimes it doesn't even matter if you have a hand up. I mean, 231 00:16:00,399 --> 00:16:04,679 and anybody can get hot. Look at Jonnis Valachutas or any number of players 232 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,120 who have killed the Clippers, Like I mean, it can be anybody. 233 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:14,399 So yeah, definitely is definitely that defensive intensity is something to watchboard for sure. 234 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,879 There's some reason I'll go ahead, when you brought up Scoot Henderson and 235 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,480 what he could look like. I had this terrible feeling of Cam Thomas with 236 00:16:23,519 --> 00:16:30,519 the Brooklyn Nets after they lost Kevin Durant and they played the Clippers and he 237 00:16:30,639 --> 00:16:34,039 dropped fifty or something like that and was just hitting everything on them and just 238 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:42,600 looked insane. Yeah, a row or something like that. And maybe you 239 00:16:42,639 --> 00:16:45,960 know when you have Terrence Man starting and we I don't know if we've talked 240 00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:51,320 enough about this yet, but that is one more guy that, while he'll 241 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,399 be at the four times whatever, he can be a great point of attack 242 00:16:55,679 --> 00:17:00,679 defender and one more guy you can sick on to one or one of these 243 00:17:00,759 --> 00:17:04,759 quick guards out there, like Cam Thomas or like Scut Henderson. So yeah, 244 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,519 I'm interested in that, Adam, because we haven't super talked about Terrence 245 00:17:08,559 --> 00:17:11,920 Man getting this starting role here, we haven't really dealt into it on the 246 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:15,799 podcast. I'm curious both of your guys's thoughts. How do you think Terrence 247 00:17:15,839 --> 00:17:19,759 Man meaningfully changes what this team looks like on both ends of the floor. 248 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:26,599 Offensively, I think it helps the Clippers kind of three level scoring as a 249 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:30,039 team. Right, you have Zoo down low, you have Russ who's gonna 250 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:33,559 be left open, you know, around the premier, but is gonna do 251 00:17:33,599 --> 00:17:36,960 most of his damage driving the ball. Terrence. Now we've talked about this 252 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:41,960 kind of step back or whatever, you know, kind of new shot he's 253 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,599 added to his arsenal to help them in the mid range. So Terrence kind 254 00:17:44,599 --> 00:17:48,839 of helps bridge a bit like Offensively, I think the at the rim of 255 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,680 the mid range to help with you know, PG who's gonna help stretch out 256 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:56,920 from three and things like that. His activity. I want good chaos Terrence. 257 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:02,759 I want mosquito Terrence. I want him buzzing around helping Russ grab boards 258 00:18:02,799 --> 00:18:06,319 crash like guys, if his man isn't on him, crash the boards, 259 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,920 things like that. On offense, make the open shots that are there too. 260 00:18:10,079 --> 00:18:12,839 That's what he's gonna be judged on from tylu who has his confidence seemingly 261 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:18,599 so far. And defensively, it's switchability, like he can you know, 262 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:22,880 any and whoever was gonna play the four except for Marcus Morris, was gonna 263 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,400 have switchability between at least two positions, Terry. Nobody has the lateral movement. 264 00:18:27,559 --> 00:18:32,000 No, no, what we have at the four has the lateral movement. 265 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:37,200 Then he can go one through four. He can adequately not leak you 266 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,640 defense one through four. He's obviously better at some of than the others, 267 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:45,200 but like he's not gonna be a nightmare guarding anyone one through four. So 268 00:18:45,599 --> 00:18:48,960 that's actually how I think he keeps his spot. I would hope he can 269 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:53,119 be a part of setting that defensive intensity. If he can be a part 270 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,920 on that end of the floor, I think that is like what keeps him 271 00:18:57,039 --> 00:19:00,480 nailed into that starting position. I don't even think, like, I don't 272 00:19:00,519 --> 00:19:03,559 even think that his you know, efficiency or anything as a score is gonna 273 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:07,160 matter as much. Obviously it can't be as bad as Marcus Morris has got 274 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:11,200 for that long stint there. But like I think defensively is like that that 275 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,440 is what is going to keep Terrence in this spot. That is what is 276 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,799 gonna make this spot his. And he's gonna be running around after I'm assuming 277 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:22,759 Simons like because they're not gonna want to If he's running around trying to find 278 00:19:22,799 --> 00:19:29,119 screens, it's night one. Maybe we don't put quieme PG on for the 279 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:30,799 majority of the time. I could just see Terrence doing it like he's gonna 280 00:19:30,799 --> 00:19:33,720 get a lot of the go run around and stay on this guy's hip work. 281 00:19:33,799 --> 00:19:37,200 So that, I mean, I don't know, that's That was a 282 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:41,839 very long winded way to say I'm very excited for Terrence. Adam your thoughts. 283 00:19:41,440 --> 00:19:45,599 No, I think you guys nailed it. It's that defensive versatility. 284 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,000 When I was thinking about this, when I first heard, I was like 285 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:49,599 a half hour late. I was at the gym. I wasn't paying attention. 286 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,039 And then I was like, oh wait, they might announce it today. 287 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:56,839 I checked Lob Murray's Twitter account and it says terrace Man is the fifth 288 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,880 starter. The first thing that came to mind is, okay, if you 289 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:06,000 start Roco over man, Yeah, there's gonna be some matchups where I think 290 00:20:06,079 --> 00:20:11,480 Robert Covington shrinks the floor, but he's more specific to guarding a certain position. 291 00:20:11,599 --> 00:20:17,680 While versatile still, Terrence Man just offers you far more options on the 292 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:22,400 defensive end point of attack defense and really just taking the toughest assignment and not 293 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:27,480 having to put it on the lap of Kawhi or Paul George to wear them 294 00:20:27,519 --> 00:20:32,799 out on the defensive end if Terrence is willing to do that, and they 295 00:20:32,880 --> 00:20:37,519 still stay connected defensively, and you know he can be an inspiring player out 296 00:20:37,519 --> 00:20:41,720 there. It's not just Russell Westbrook. When Terrence call, he motivates. 297 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:47,319 How many times have we seen him come in midway through the third quarter and 298 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:52,720 jump start a comeback. It's often been Terrence Man and his play getting downhill 299 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:56,039 getting some easy ones. Now it seems like that mid range is locked in 300 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:02,160 right now and he offers more versatility offensively than Roco would on that end. 301 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,920 Terrence Man is a thirty eight percent three point shooter. That's what he's been 302 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:10,279 throughout his first four years of his career. So it's funny to me the 303 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,359 national narrative about him when you just look at the numbers on their face and 304 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:18,000 people are saying they won't trade this guy for James Harden. I saw some 305 00:21:18,079 --> 00:21:21,799 dumbass I think it was Nick Wright saying this. You know he scores eight 306 00:21:21,839 --> 00:21:25,559 points per game. Why would you not give up Terrence Man for someone like 307 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:27,880 James Harden. You want to talk going beyond the numbers. And I think 308 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:33,200 we said this before, but what Doc Rivers said about Avery Bradley being unstatable, 309 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:41,839 Terrence Man, Terrence Man is most definitely unstatable and less plus minus. 310 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:45,880 You look at the plus minus. He's always a net positive out there. 311 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,559 He starts runs for this team, and I do think defensively, with the 312 00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:56,720 way and just the activity level that he expends on that end, it gets 313 00:21:56,799 --> 00:22:00,279 everybody else thinking, oh, I got to go just as hard as this 314 00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:04,440 guy is tonight. That's what Patrick Beverley often brought to this team. Hey, 315 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,319 Rust did a lot of that in that playoff series. I'll say when 316 00:22:07,319 --> 00:22:11,880 he started games off with a block on Kevin Durant, he was very good. 317 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:15,759 But tomb does too right. It's that infectious defensive spark that everyone wants 318 00:22:15,799 --> 00:22:19,480 to jump on top of. Yeah, and he can just put out fires. 319 00:22:19,559 --> 00:22:22,559 Oh, this guy is starting to get hot. It's basically the opposite 320 00:22:22,559 --> 00:22:26,920 of what I saw last season when Marcus Morris was really struggling that game against 321 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,160 the New Orleans Pelicans. I think it was the last start that he had. 322 00:22:30,759 --> 00:22:34,960 Uh, they were hunting him with multiple guys. That was a nightmare. 323 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,079 And it was just like, Oh, he's a he's an act, 324 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:45,599 he's a complete turnstyle, he's a sieve. Like it was just it was 325 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:52,960 almost like everyone on New Orleans was just point like double hand pointing. It 326 00:22:52,079 --> 00:22:57,079 started with Brandon Ingram on him, then they put Kawhi on brandon Ingram, 327 00:22:57,759 --> 00:23:03,119 and then it was I think Jones who was knocking down threes in Marcus Morris's 328 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:07,519 face, like there was no way to hide him, there was no way 329 00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:11,880 to disguise him. With Terrence Man, it's actually the opposite. It's like, 330 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,200 how do we get away from this guy? How do we get this 331 00:23:14,279 --> 00:23:17,359 guy off of us? Get him off you? And then you got to 332 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:22,200 deal with Kawhi or Paul George, Like Russell Westbrook may be the weakest defender 333 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:26,200 there if he's not locked in. If he is and he's playing the way 334 00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:30,359 in that level of intensity defensively that we saw in the playoffs and at times 335 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:33,359 during the regular season with the Clippers. They can be a top five defense. 336 00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:38,000 They should be a top five defense. Hell yeah, they absolutely should 337 00:23:38,039 --> 00:23:41,680 be the top I just I'm in, I'm on board with this campaign. 338 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,000 I think that's their way like to me, you know that they have to 339 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:49,359 be like they just don't have the firepower that other Western Conference opponents are going 340 00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,519 to have. It's they don't have the three point shooting. That's not disrespectful, 341 00:23:52,519 --> 00:23:56,160 but it's not like this Clippers teems going to put up absurd three point 342 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,480 volume. The thing is that there's still like you know, to make a 343 00:23:59,519 --> 00:24:02,119 deep run or anything, I know where it's game one where you getting I 344 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:03,960 don't want to get too carried away. But like pre they're still going to 345 00:24:04,039 --> 00:24:07,160 have to execute offensively. But like I think, yeah, top five defense, 346 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,640 that's their way into having, you know, not a nightmare seating matchup, 347 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,680 to avoiding the play in to like yeah, and just the more I 348 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:22,240 thought about why not Covington, Well, how many teams go that big anymore? 349 00:24:22,839 --> 00:24:26,440 Like Robert Covington I think is better situationally against teams that play a more 350 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:33,160 traditional positions. But Terrence Man in today's league I think is the better option 351 00:24:33,319 --> 00:24:38,319 on most nights than Robert Covington would be. Plus he's better offensively than Roco. 352 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:42,480 Roco maybe a better set and shoot guy, attack close out guy. 353 00:24:42,599 --> 00:24:48,440 Probably Actually Terrence Man's probably better at that too. But it's one box out 354 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:52,680 of the fifteen that Terrence Man is better than him at offensively, including playmaking 355 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:56,880 bringing the ball up the floor. So obviously that's gonna be a lot of 356 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:02,000 Russ. But still you have an option there and kawhiet PG are just more 357 00:25:02,039 --> 00:25:06,359 comfortable with Terrence. You've you've heard how Paul George kind of talked about Terrence 358 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,960 taking everything that's come his way, being a professional and getting the starting role, 359 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:12,039 like not to diminish ro Co, but like there is a comfortability thing 360 00:25:12,039 --> 00:25:17,160 there which is very good for this starting five. Yeah, there were some 361 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:21,319 numbers out there, Paul George Terrence being one of the top seven or top 362 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:25,480 eight players in his career that he's spent the most time yeah on the court 363 00:25:25,519 --> 00:25:27,200 with, which is pretty crazy. And the other one's probably Russ. Right, 364 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,480 So it's good stuff from the Clippers starters. After this break, we're 365 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:38,480 gonna talk the bench because things get not bad, but a little interesting when 366 00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:44,400 you're looking at how this Clippers bench matches up with this kind of weirdly potentially 367 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:48,200 defensive minded Blazers bench. We got ads coming up. We do have to 368 00:25:48,279 --> 00:25:49,640 keep the lights on. If they've been too loud for you, go ahead 369 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,720 and turn it down. We got ads coming up, and then depth talk 370 00:25:52,839 --> 00:25:57,559 in three two one. All right, welcome back into clips and did we're 371 00:25:57,599 --> 00:26:02,799 doing your season opener game one preview? We talked a little bit about the 372 00:26:02,799 --> 00:26:07,680 starter, is now it's time to talk about the bench where things are a 373 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:11,200 little murky, right? Is that fair to say? I feel like things 374 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:15,440 are a little unclear how that's all gonna work. We still have a logjam 375 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,640 at four. You know, depending on Bones's health, who knows what the 376 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,839 guard is going to look like? Where? Where? Where are you guys 377 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:27,960 at on this? Do we want to start with who we definitely believe is 378 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:33,599 going to play on opening night on the bench. So it's like Bones, 379 00:26:33,599 --> 00:26:37,519 if he's healthy, is one hundred percent the backup point card? Uh, 380 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:47,720 Norm Plumbly Plumbly Roco. Then you got Roco, Batum, kJ and Morris. 381 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,440 Those four. I'm like, I'll tell you what, I wouldn't be 382 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:56,799 surprised if Morris gets a d NP. I think maybe kJ gets some time. 383 00:26:56,839 --> 00:27:00,720 But like that, that last four is a little who's it gonna be? 384 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,400 I wonder right' not bad, but I don't know if they're gonna play 385 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:11,799 Roco and batoomb I wouldn't be shot if Nicholas Batum got the DNP. I 386 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:14,720 know we talked about it a little bit last time. But if there's one 387 00:27:14,759 --> 00:27:18,160 guy that you're sure about that you could hide on the bench for a little 388 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:22,960 bit, bring him out in case of emergency and he's going to perform, 389 00:27:22,319 --> 00:27:26,480 it's Nicholas Batum. I'm just not worried about him, you know, rocking 390 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:33,000 the boat, being upset, temperamental anything. He's the ultimate team guy and 391 00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:37,680 he's steady and consistent and when he gets his opportunity, he'll be great. 392 00:27:37,759 --> 00:27:41,359 I don't think he needs to be that much in rhythm or having played so 393 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,119 many games to get up to speed. It's Nicholas Batum. We know who 394 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:49,880 he is. Will We're so you so adam you think maybe Roco over Nico. 395 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,160 I'm gonna guess that. Who knows that? Once again? Like, 396 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,160 are are we keeping true to the rhetoric that we've been like that we've been 397 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:02,720 hearing all preseason and they're staggering to think about as well. We didn't see 398 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:07,319 any staggering in the preseason of Kawhi and PG, but Tyleru did say in 399 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,799 oppresso recently that he's going to do that more, which isn't a surprise, 400 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:14,079 but that plays a bit of a factor too. Well. Look, I 401 00:28:14,079 --> 00:28:17,279 think if the Clippers take care of business the way that they should, I 402 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:19,599 don't know why you wouldn't get to see run from all of these guys, 403 00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:22,839 like especially Oh yeah, there should be right, there should be room. 404 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:26,880 There should be room. I mean, like, you know, but toom, 405 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,839 hell, give him five minutes, you know, just just the guys 406 00:28:30,519 --> 00:28:33,880 play a game speed for a little bit, you know, like this should 407 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:37,559 be if if they're doing what they've been talking about doing, like this should 408 00:28:37,599 --> 00:28:42,400 be an opportunity for everybody in the rotation to get it soak up a couple 409 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:47,599 of minutes. This needs to be a year where they are the ones flexing 410 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,839 on teams instead of the opposite happening where they are a team that's down twenty 411 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:55,960 and trying to come back. If you want to be a championship contender, 412 00:28:56,319 --> 00:28:59,000 if you want to be talked about as being one of the elite teams in 413 00:28:59,039 --> 00:29:00,960 the West, and I agree with Will. From what we've heard from most 414 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:06,519 pundits, it's they're a second tier team in the West currently. We'll believe 415 00:29:06,519 --> 00:29:10,319 it when we see it. With the Clippers, will they get James Harden, 416 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,039 that's still up in the air. So nobody kind of has a beat 417 00:29:12,079 --> 00:29:15,000 on them, or nobody's willing to stick their neck out and say they're still 418 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:21,279 a championship contender because they've been burned before. Prove it early on this season. 419 00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:26,880 Destroy some teams, dismantle them this week. Destroy this Blazers team, 420 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,599 please. Paul George earlier on his podcast today, I pulled the quote put 421 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,880 it at follow out of May on X, but he talked about the mindset 422 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:37,319 being different this season, being more locked in and focused, and one of 423 00:29:37,359 --> 00:29:40,880 the things he pointed out was, you know, we got a back to 424 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:44,720 back that first game. We need to blow that team out. We need 425 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,759 to knock them out and have the starters out of that game by the fourth 426 00:29:47,839 --> 00:29:49,920 quarter. And I know this isn't a back to back upcoming, but to 427 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:55,559 what Will say as well, if you are a team that's contending for a 428 00:29:55,640 --> 00:30:00,119 championship, then you should knock the blazers off by ten or fifteen points and 429 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,920 other guys should get run and that's how you keep You know that that is 430 00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:08,480 kind of an underrated way to keep guys in rhythm and something you see with 431 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:12,839 championship teams. They blow teams out a ton. We saw it with Denver 432 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,480 early on last season. We've seen it with Phoenix. I don't want it 433 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:25,759 with fork PG. I want to clutch scenarios for handle your business with your 434 00:30:25,839 --> 00:30:30,119 starters and get your backups, run and get guys and keep them in the 435 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:33,799 flow of the game so when they are called upon for a bigger role, 436 00:30:34,519 --> 00:30:37,119 they aren't going to be as rusty because you got him in on a night 437 00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:41,119 where they were blowing a team out with the starters. And a guy like 438 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:45,839 that is kJ. Martin Tyler talked about him today. Kj's the odd man 439 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,279 out in this Clippers rotation. I don't mean that in a weird way. 440 00:30:48,319 --> 00:30:52,079 He's just the one guy and just where does this piece? Where does he 441 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,480 fit? And right now he's basically his Tyler said, trying to learn two 442 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:59,759 positions. He's playing the four and the five, which we talked about his 443 00:30:59,839 --> 00:31:02,279 year in Houston. One year he played the three, bunch one year he 444 00:31:02,319 --> 00:31:07,000 played the four bunch, So that I mean it, It not really sure 445 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,359 is minutes are gonna look like to open the season. Hope he gets some 446 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,000 run in this one. This feels like a team where if we need legs 447 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,680 that when we're looking to the bench, kJ Martin's a guy that might be 448 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,519 a run higher than a couple other guys if things aren't going the Clippers way. 449 00:31:21,599 --> 00:31:27,079 Like for this season to go right, the team almost has to play 450 00:31:27,119 --> 00:31:37,880 to their capabilities against lesser teams because you as single seen that for a full 451 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,079 year. Yeah, but that goes back to a different mentality with the regular 452 00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:45,359 season and taking it more seriously that night. It's not just about that team 453 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:51,000 that night. It's about getting guys rest for that next upcoming game, keeping 454 00:31:51,079 --> 00:31:56,759 things on schedule so you don't get bobbed down by this treacherous schedule that they 455 00:31:56,799 --> 00:31:59,920 have with twenty five, three and four nights. The only way to him 456 00:32:00,279 --> 00:32:05,400 that is to take care of business against lesser competition. That's how you keep 457 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:10,559 that smooth and steady pace throughout a regular season where guys are in rhythm but 458 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:19,680 not overtaxed, yep, ready but not tired. Basically, there's two guys 459 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:24,720 on the Blazers bench that could make things more difficult for the Clippers. This 460 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:27,920 is again, we don't really know what their rotation is going to look like. 461 00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,319 But if Tybole and Robert Williams, the third are both on the bench, 462 00:32:32,359 --> 00:32:37,680 that's not the worst two guys to be playing defense. Malcolm Brogden that 463 00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:43,079 knows the game, not exactly a stalwart on defense, but he can do 464 00:32:43,160 --> 00:32:45,920 his thing out there. Like, I'm not saying that the bench is gonna 465 00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:50,559 get shut down or anything like that, but these are two guys, Tybole 466 00:32:50,759 --> 00:32:53,559 and Williams specifically, who like it might be hard to get buckets early if 467 00:32:53,559 --> 00:32:58,680 these guys are playing motivated or if they come in with heaven forbid, some 468 00:32:58,799 --> 00:33:01,279 kind of lead when we get a bench out there, like this is a 469 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:06,519 bench that has guys who root themselves in being defensive minded guys, and we 470 00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:09,160 kind of have the opposite other than Roco and Batoomb. For the most part, 471 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:14,640 I really hope Bones can go because I think he disrupts this potential defensive 472 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:17,359 pairing, But just I don't I'm saying, maybe, don't be surprised if 473 00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:23,920 Norman Bones are a little off. If things aren't is smooth here? I 474 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:29,799 would love that too, But they're solid. They're not slouches defensively, Oh 475 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:35,880 no, no, because they have theirs very much. So yes, because 476 00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,039 our yeah, our yeah. Their defense makes up for their offense, and 477 00:33:39,119 --> 00:33:43,559 our bench's offense makes up for the defense. Is what it feels like with 478 00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:46,599 no reference right now when they have it going to the other we haven't really 479 00:33:46,599 --> 00:33:51,960 seen Bones have it going. He was good to close the preseason, and 480 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,039 after the shaky start in Game three, was solid. Norm Is who I'm 481 00:33:54,160 --> 00:34:00,240 the most worried about. Yeah, solid, twenty five points. It was 482 00:34:00,359 --> 00:34:09,239 solid. They just can't let and there's this big unknown, as I mentioned 483 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:13,920 earlier, who is Scoot gonna be If he turns into this guy that's just 484 00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,559 breaking down the defense and making the game easier for all their players around him, 485 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,239 then all of a sudden, you're in a dogfight with a team that 486 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,840 has confidence. It's opening night, everybody feels like they can make the playoffs. 487 00:34:23,119 --> 00:34:28,239 You have to shut the water off before it starts flowing, Like, 488 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:32,440 just get your plumber wrench out and take care of it. Because you let 489 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:37,119 any young team get going and get confident, they are sneaky talented. They 490 00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:42,920 really are this Portland team. I'm not just saying that. Well, a 491 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:49,119 lot of people say, well, they're in experience experience, but that stuff 492 00:34:49,159 --> 00:34:52,320 matters more in a series. It matters more throughout eighty two games. We're 493 00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:58,360 talking about one game opening night, they're gonna be hyped two. You can't 494 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:00,679 let them get confident and get going. What did La Murray say. We 495 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:04,679 had him on last year and he talked about in the Clippers schedule where he 496 00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,400 was like, when you play these teams that are quote unquote bad or whatever 497 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,559 you want to use early in the season, that does not matter because it's 498 00:35:13,599 --> 00:35:16,400 early in the season. So this team is still hungry, it's still wanting 499 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,559 to prove that they're good. They might be bad, but they're not gonna 500 00:35:20,599 --> 00:35:22,559 know that for fifteen to twenty five games. You know, like in the 501 00:35:22,599 --> 00:35:27,960 grand scheme of the NBA schedule, we're getting the best punch from a team 502 00:35:28,039 --> 00:35:31,199 that was you know, we were maybe gonna trade for the scoot or all 503 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,599 this stuff, Like, we're gonna get the best punch from a team that 504 00:35:35,599 --> 00:35:42,400 feels disrespected also, that feels disrespected by their former franchise player who's now like 505 00:35:42,559 --> 00:35:45,599 mad that he got traded to the team with the best championshipods or whatever like 506 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:49,519 this, this Blazer team is gonna want to come out and give the double 507 00:35:49,559 --> 00:35:52,880 bird to everybody. So like we're getting there, We're getting maybe the best 508 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:58,280 shot the Blazers are gonna give any team all year to open the season. 509 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,760 Well, they're not in rhythm yet, so I don't know if that but 510 00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:04,440 but you know what I'm saying, like energy wise, like they're pissed off, 511 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,880 like a couple of shots go early. They can be in rhythm, 512 00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:12,159 Like you have to create an environment that makes them uncomfortable. Yes, one 513 00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,480 hundred percent. You know what, I'd love to see a big Zoo block 514 00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:19,360 on Scoot Henderson in the first quarter. That would be That would be a 515 00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:24,199 nice thing to see to set that tone right there before we get into predictions. 516 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:28,599 What else are we looking for in this game? What else is popping 517 00:36:28,639 --> 00:36:30,119 into your mind? We got a couple of days before the game. There's 518 00:36:30,159 --> 00:36:34,719 still some question marks. That's what the Clippers offense kind of looks like. 519 00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,880 Is PG gonna take most of the threes with the starting unit? We assume, 520 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,480 so it's Kawhi get He took ten that one game, in the preseason. 521 00:36:43,079 --> 00:36:45,840 There's a lot of unknowns for the Clippers offense, but I would say 522 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:51,519 they are funnns. You know, it's a fun thing to learn about what 523 00:36:51,559 --> 00:36:54,400 we're gonna learn about from the Clippers offense. We know the their known quantities 524 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:59,679 for the most part. The one thing I'm looking at, and law Murray 525 00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:01,960 brought this up earlier on the Law of the Jam the Pod on the two 526 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:07,599 and three Empire, is there is a price to pay for playing so much 527 00:37:07,639 --> 00:37:12,519 better on the defensive end. Yes, you create turnovers and get some easy 528 00:37:12,519 --> 00:37:16,559 buckets that way, But could there be a connection between the Clippers poor shooting 529 00:37:16,559 --> 00:37:22,159 in the preseason and then playing that hard defensively. So I'm wondering how much 530 00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:25,840 that takes out of their legs and their jump shooting. Because the three pointers 531 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,360 were way way down. They were miserable from the outside. I've heard the 532 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:35,159 conditioning is insane. It needs to be and that's the reason why. But 533 00:37:36,079 --> 00:37:39,760 I hope that doesn't translate from the preseason. I'd love to see the Clippers 534 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:44,360 come out and knock down five to three pointers in the first quarter. Yes, 535 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,280 that that would be nice. Well, what are you looking for? 536 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,559 What's a major trend at half that maybe you're going that you're gonna keep an 537 00:37:51,599 --> 00:37:58,840 eye out for because I'm looking at possession. I'm looking at possessions because that's 538 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:01,440 been a big thing the past couple of seasons for the Clippers. Yet on 539 00:38:01,519 --> 00:38:06,079 this podcast we've talked about it. You look at the amount of just field 540 00:38:06,079 --> 00:38:13,719 goal attempts, and the Clippers were continually continuously losing that category by at least 541 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,400 ten most You know what I mean, There'd be games we're giving a team 542 00:38:16,840 --> 00:38:21,719 almost a full quarter of extra attempts. That's what I'm going to be looking 543 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,440 for at halftime, is what the attempts are looking like, what this glass 544 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:28,519 situation is like. Because we got to win the possession battle. It's what 545 00:38:28,559 --> 00:38:31,079 we talked about with them acting like they were a flip the switch team that 546 00:38:31,159 --> 00:38:36,119 had all these championships banked, but they haven't earned any of that yet. 547 00:38:36,159 --> 00:38:37,159 Go why is the one guy? Yeah? Who, I'm like, sure, 548 00:38:37,159 --> 00:38:39,599 flip the switch. I believe you can do it. Go for it? 549 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:49,320 Why I drink? Coach Lou Though, did stress this in the preseason, 550 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:52,800 saying, look, we were twelve and three when we won the possession 551 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:57,400 battle. Win Kawhi and Paul George played last season. They know it has 552 00:38:57,440 --> 00:38:59,559 to be a point of emphasis. That's why they want to take care, 553 00:38:59,639 --> 00:39:05,079 better care of the basketball, create more turnovers, clean the glass, all 554 00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:07,760 things they are capable of. By the way, this isn't something like they 555 00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,559 don't have the personnel, they don't have the roster to do it. No, 556 00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:14,920 That's why it was so baffling last season that they were so sloppy all 557 00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:21,000 the time. They just they were careless and those unforced turnovers came back to 558 00:39:21,039 --> 00:39:27,239 haunt them off in late in games. This is a young team. No, 559 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:31,639 I'm I'm agreeing with you. And this is again, this is how 560 00:39:31,639 --> 00:39:37,119 do young teams win games, capitalizing on turnovers. That's how the Blazers are 561 00:39:37,119 --> 00:39:40,480 going to win this game if they beat the Clippers as if we are sloppy 562 00:39:40,519 --> 00:39:45,480 as hell. And I really hope that was the magic number last year? 563 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,159 Was twelve? Was it fourteen? For what we had a magic number going 564 00:39:50,199 --> 00:39:52,440 that we were looking for for the Clippers turnovers? Oh, I have to 565 00:39:52,519 --> 00:39:55,559 go back to I think it was. I think it was around four. 566 00:39:55,599 --> 00:40:00,679 I think they've averaged around thirteen to fourteen and sort of the two to one 567 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,519 three era. I believe it's right around there. So anytime you're in that, 568 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,519 in you know, in wegion. Yeah, like anytime you're in that, 569 00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:10,480 let's give them the benefit of the doubt. Let's say like twelve to 570 00:40:10,519 --> 00:40:14,840 fifteen, I feel like you're probably fine. Anytime you're dripping out of that, 571 00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:19,599 it's probably getting pretty sloppy. And I would guess there's a there's a 572 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:23,199 coefficient of you know, shots not going in and things not being taken that 573 00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:28,199 seriously on the defensive end because you're losing by a bunch. So it is 574 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:32,679 one of those things that this is through design, a bit of a high 575 00:40:32,679 --> 00:40:36,239 turnover like not high, I mean, I guess with the modern NBA, 576 00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,880 but a higher turnover team by having forwards kind of do that do that sort 577 00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:45,199 of thing more, but something to look at for sure. They were right. 578 00:40:45,519 --> 00:40:49,639 Will said they were thirteen and a half turnovers per game last season, 579 00:40:49,639 --> 00:40:52,960 which put them right in the middle of the pack. Basically the best team 580 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:57,119 in the NBA taking care of the basketball was Toronto. Granted, their offense 581 00:40:57,199 --> 00:41:00,079 wasn't very good, and I'm guessing maybe they also played at a slower pace 582 00:41:00,119 --> 00:41:02,960 and that had some effect, But they were about just over a tick over 583 00:41:04,039 --> 00:41:07,679 eleven turnovers per game. So within that range, anytime you're getting around only 584 00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:13,119 twelve turnovers per game, that's a really good number. That's a good call. 585 00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:16,400 All right, coming up, we're gonna be giving our predictions. You 586 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:20,360 know what Adam's gonna say, which we need, We need that positivity. 587 00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,880 But are you gonna say, Chuck, I'm gonna no, I'm going positivity. 588 00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:30,159 I'm just worried what Will's gonna say. Uh, he's getting doing predictions. 589 00:41:30,199 --> 00:41:31,320 We're gonna be talking about how all of us are going to be at 590 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:37,000 the game one capacity or another. For those of who nicknames tonight, wait, 591 00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:40,519 who gets a nickname? Does? All our screen names are still the 592 00:41:40,559 --> 00:41:45,559 same and we're so I was just talking about that. We've been so entrenched 593 00:41:45,599 --> 00:41:50,480 in this clip. Serious business, serious ship, serious business. Clippers Basketball's 594 00:41:50,519 --> 00:41:53,599 back. There's no nicknames, Adam is referencing. We have a very fun 595 00:41:53,639 --> 00:41:57,280 time on this podcast. Those as you know who've listened to us, If 596 00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,840 you are new, we have a lot of new listeners with Clippers basketball starting. 597 00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:05,119 You can watch our podcast over on YouTube dot com slash at Clippers Podcast 598 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,719 and we give each other fun names. It's a very fun time. Right 599 00:42:07,719 --> 00:42:12,360 now, they're all normal. Last episode, Adam was the five second man. 600 00:42:12,679 --> 00:42:15,000 What was that about? Who knows you? Gotta could have been two 601 00:42:15,079 --> 00:42:21,159 seconds? Okay, could have been his words. Someone else replied that was 602 00:42:21,199 --> 00:42:23,920 great defense by Kawhi Leonard. They saw what I saw that all right? 603 00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:30,039 The five the five second family is inexplicably growing. It's a twenty four second 604 00:42:30,039 --> 00:42:35,079 shock clock. Five seconds is meaningful. Hey hey, however, however the 605 00:42:35,119 --> 00:42:40,159 math works for you, big dog coming up the ocean for predictions and good 606 00:42:40,519 --> 00:42:45,039 other good times. The ads have been loud for some people. If you're 607 00:42:45,079 --> 00:42:49,679 new to listening, that's been a real thing. I'm just continuing this bit. 608 00:42:50,079 --> 00:42:52,239 Some people people DM me and tell me to stop doing this. I 609 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,599 will never stop doing this because of those people. If the ads have been 610 00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:58,920 too loud for you, go ahead and turn it down. We got our 611 00:42:59,079 --> 00:43:07,039 closing sec coming up three like a fucking flight attendant three two what welcome back 612 00:43:07,079 --> 00:43:09,239 in clips and dip. I'm Adam Allison. We got Will Updyke and Chef 613 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:14,280 Mockler and those are still our name tags on the YouTube feed. We'll see 614 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,880 if one of them gets changed before the end of this show. Last time, 615 00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:21,639 I think I edited as lord Z, we're talking about Power Rangers. 616 00:43:21,639 --> 00:43:23,239 Some said it was the best ending to a show. People loved it. 617 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:29,079 Now the people loved it. You know what, I'm not going to say 618 00:43:29,079 --> 00:43:31,920 what others said that basically just what I was thinking of my head. There 619 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:36,239 was a discussion. There was a discussion afterwards. There was a discussion. 620 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:42,320 Okay, so a little bit uh more of a game preview here or are 621 00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,079 we just gonna go with predictions and that kind of same thing? Adam, 622 00:43:45,079 --> 00:43:55,719 what's your prediction? Clippers won ten Portland ninety two? D Is that hardy 623 00:43:55,800 --> 00:44:00,320 vigna a hardy victory? See that way, I don't have to actually look 624 00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:07,079 at the spread or make any ill advised comments about gambling, because I'm not 625 00:44:07,559 --> 00:44:12,400 funny story. I don't even Oh the spread is up. The Clippers are 626 00:44:12,519 --> 00:44:15,800 nine and a half point favorite. The Clippers are nine and a half point 627 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:20,360 favorite. So, Adam, you believe in the clips? You think so? 628 00:44:20,559 --> 00:44:23,840 You think it's gonna be defense because ninety scoring below ninety five and in 629 00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:28,519 twenty twenty three twenty four season in the NBA is the new eighty. I 630 00:44:28,559 --> 00:44:31,960 would argue, Yeah, I think the Clippers are gonna put clamp City back 631 00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:36,440 on the map, wingstop, whatever you want to call it, and the 632 00:44:36,519 --> 00:44:40,480 pointy trail Blazers are gonna have a tough time. Just ask my bookie. 633 00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:45,039 Yes, so you think, okay, you think it's the defense will Where 634 00:44:45,039 --> 00:44:51,559 are you at, Clips, dumb? Clips dumb? You were a little 635 00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:54,440 you were a little not as optimistic in that previous What do you think is 636 00:44:54,440 --> 00:45:00,239 gonna pa what's power the Clippers over this plucky Trailblazers team. I think they 637 00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:04,719 said a statement. I think they said a statement. I'm ready for them 638 00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,039 to be taking it seriously. I'm thinking a double digit win. I'm hoping, 639 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:10,159 like I said earlier, like I'm hoping that this is the kind of 640 00:45:10,159 --> 00:45:14,199 game where everybody from the bench can get a little bit of run. Maybe 641 00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,039 even Marcus won't get a d MP because it's like, yeah, yeah, 642 00:45:16,119 --> 00:45:20,679 big dog head on out there, go go take your mid range jumper, 643 00:45:20,719 --> 00:45:29,280 buddy. I'm gonna go Clippers win, but I think they lose. They 644 00:45:30,159 --> 00:45:32,360 lose morally, they lose. No, I think the Clips are gonna win. 645 00:45:32,639 --> 00:45:37,800 I think it's less than double digits. I don't think that's through fault 646 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:43,400 of preparation and being ready for this game. I think scoots a kind of 647 00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:45,800 an unknown commodity. I think maybe there's been of an early barrage there. 648 00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:50,360 I think Kawhi still has to work out a little bit of rust. Again, 649 00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:53,559 this isn't knocks Like We're still gonna it's gonna be a comfort man like 650 00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:57,400 eight point win, like a thing where it's like, oh it's eight points, 651 00:45:57,400 --> 00:45:59,960 but it won really eight points, you know what I'm talking about. 652 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,440 Like maybe the shootings a little cold, but the defenses there like we like 653 00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:10,760 the Clippers win like one, one, ten to like it's called it's called 654 00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:15,880 a hundred, like one of those games. Okay, just not the most 655 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:19,079 efficient shooting night because the Clippers are an older team. And I feel like 656 00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:24,679 there's no logic to this. To me, exactly what his name tag is 657 00:46:24,719 --> 00:46:29,039 and there's no logic to this. Yes, I would love that that maybe 658 00:46:29,039 --> 00:46:31,559 people would stop saying that I look like Logic, which I thought they said 659 00:46:31,559 --> 00:46:36,920 that about Will. No, that's about why would that be about Will? 660 00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,719 I know I thought someone said that, I don't know, did Logic dye 661 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:46,679 his hair? Oh? Logic? The new eminem horrible songs. We're also 662 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:52,840 all gonna be at the game on Wednesday. It's true, Adam, you'll 663 00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:58,480 be there working professionally. Some say, hey, we would say you're more 664 00:46:58,519 --> 00:47:02,440 professionally. Will and I will be. They're celebrating a Clippers podcast, great 665 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:06,960 bachelor party. There's gonna be a fun time. And what of you guys 666 00:47:07,079 --> 00:47:09,840 is coming on with me postgame on Clippers Talk. Hell, it's your usual 667 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:15,079 postgame show and we'll take calls and I may get into it with some after 668 00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:17,440 game one. Please do? I love Adam. Look, if you're calling 669 00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:22,440 in the am five seventy, be prepared. Don't come with Adam with week 670 00:47:22,519 --> 00:47:28,599 ship. Don't come with the week shit. Be prepared. Be logical. 671 00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:30,800 That might be asking too much. I'm not asking you to be logical. 672 00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:36,039 I'm just saying be prepared. The fact you got one guy emailing me. 673 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:42,000 I think it's Sean and Inglewood, who somehow got my email all off season, 674 00:47:42,119 --> 00:47:47,519 saying how much he doesn't want Harden. Oh do they I say, 675 00:47:47,519 --> 00:47:52,400 any Clippers hot takes send him here? You know, then it's your blot. 676 00:47:52,840 --> 00:47:57,320 Yeah, yeah, that's pretty bad. All right, So we're feeling, 677 00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:00,119 we're feeling good. This episode's coming out Monday night. Not gonna be 678 00:48:00,119 --> 00:48:05,440 worried about thing on Tuesdays. No injury report yet. I'm feeling incredibly excited 679 00:48:05,519 --> 00:48:08,840 and good about the Clipper season. I am too. I mean, they're 680 00:48:08,840 --> 00:48:13,599 saying all the right things. They're trying to right the wrongs of last season. 681 00:48:13,639 --> 00:48:16,960 It feels like in pretty much every single way, every complaint, everything's 682 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:22,519 been rectified that Clipper Nation has wanted to at least here verbally, Yeah, 683 00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:27,639 we'll see on the court. Yeah, that's true. But if you're still 684 00:48:27,679 --> 00:48:30,320 in on Harden, that was kind of a given that Mores isn't going to 685 00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:36,079 be used in the trade yet. Do we should we ask for someone hard 686 00:48:36,119 --> 00:48:38,480 pivot? By the way, Adam, great point. Should we ask for 687 00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:45,679 someone if you have a big ass jar out there? We're doing a thing 688 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:54,280 where every quarter the Clippers win or lose a quarter. Which was it though? 689 00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:59,360 Was it? I mean we said we're putting a quarter into the jar 690 00:48:59,639 --> 00:49:04,360 every time the Clippers win a quarter, but it could be almost punishment if 691 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,280 they lose the quarter. I can see where you're going, because we're giving 692 00:49:07,360 --> 00:49:10,199 the quarter, but then by the end of it, we buy ourselves something. 693 00:49:10,199 --> 00:49:14,280 Where did these quarters come from? By the way, who is supplying 694 00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:16,440 the quarters? Somebody's aunt of money. Look, I buy papers. They 695 00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:19,679 take cash. That's where I get my quarters from. What do you mean 696 00:49:20,119 --> 00:49:24,639 buy papers? Yeah? So I think we should give the quarter when we 697 00:49:24,679 --> 00:49:28,599 lose, because we're giving the quarter. I think so because like a swear 698 00:49:28,679 --> 00:49:31,159 jar, it's like a punishment. Sure, wren use the money for something 699 00:49:31,199 --> 00:49:39,199 fun, well, or we donate it? Uh what sim gym Okay? 700 00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:45,000 So if anyone listening, this is a plea maybe to nobody has a big 701 00:49:45,039 --> 00:49:47,960 ass jar. Doesn't need to be too big. How about just of oz 702 00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,480 of oz? What mean? Just a oz of oz could work too. 703 00:49:54,360 --> 00:49:59,639 I know it's a vase. The pronunciation that threw me, see not, 704 00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:08,559 I'll just make it if anyone that got me. If anyone has a receptacle 705 00:50:09,119 --> 00:50:14,360 that you would like to donate to a Bulger's can a folder empty? Folder's 706 00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:19,039 care? What Donnie's ashes are? We would love to put a quarter in 707 00:50:19,119 --> 00:50:22,960 it. So let us know. If not, we'll figure something out. 708 00:50:22,199 --> 00:50:25,800 But we do have to, Like we actually have a receptacles, let us 709 00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:30,199 fill them with quarters. We actually, let's ask for someone to bring it 710 00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:37,199 to the game. Bring us security. Yeah, you got it. You 711 00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:42,199 can't bring a guy walking into Staples. No, I got an empty coffee 712 00:50:42,199 --> 00:50:45,800 can. It's for Adam Oslin. They're like, they're it's for a mere 713 00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,920 coffee. It's a prop. It's my sign. That's all it is. 714 00:50:51,199 --> 00:50:53,880 Put some paper around it, say go a mirror, all right, copies 715 00:50:53,920 --> 00:51:00,320 for closers, folder's soldier. Man, Oh, I see what everyone's back, 716 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,519 Carlow. It's his first year. The Clippers are back. This is 717 00:51:04,519 --> 00:51:07,519 gonna be great. I'm excited now, I'm excited. Honestly, it's gonna 718 00:51:07,559 --> 00:51:10,000 be a fun time. Yeah, this will be better than Game seven, 719 00:51:10,039 --> 00:51:15,360 guys. Yeah, then the baseball game. Seventhing's happening. No, it 720 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:19,480 was Dodgers. We wouldn't even doing this right now. We would. I 721 00:51:19,519 --> 00:51:22,559 would be going, I would look like this, the whole pot. See 722 00:51:22,639 --> 00:51:27,119 I'm not looking at the camp. I'm just going. That would be me, 723 00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:31,800 the whole pot. No, say a swear word. All right, 724 00:51:32,599 --> 00:51:36,440 we're gonna be They would be losing. Yes, it would be a nightmare. 725 00:51:36,679 --> 00:51:39,639 We're gonna be back Wednesday night, Adam and maybe Will or I, 726 00:51:39,760 --> 00:51:43,199 we don't know. On the radio. It's gonna be a fun time. 727 00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:45,840 You can get all those episodes also on our Spotify if you miss us on 728 00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:50,360 the radio. If you're not in LA, they could listen to Adam be 729 00:51:50,519 --> 00:51:52,760 on the radio and will be on the radio and me sometimes, which is 730 00:51:52,880 --> 00:51:57,320 very fun. On Spotify on iTunes. You can find us on YouTube, 731 00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:01,559 YouTube dot com slash at Clippers Podcast. Subscribe, like and subscribe I Am 732 00:52:01,559 --> 00:52:07,480 not Logic. We will be back on Wednesday to recap a hopeful Clippers victory, 733 00:52:07,800 --> 00:52:08,880 and then the whole crew is going to be back on Thursday to talk 734 00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:14,440 about the weekend. Basketball is back. Our lives are forever changed. Adam, 735 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:15,480 you have anything positive if you want to say to people, or should 736 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:20,119 we just send them out. I'm just trying to read what my name says 737 00:52:20,199 --> 00:52:23,519 show notes. I can't. I can't say it. I don't get it. 738 00:52:23,679 --> 00:52:27,159 He doesn't get it, folks, he doesn't think it wasn't in the 739 00:52:27,159 --> 00:52:30,400 show notes. You wouldn't have even seen it. Thank you everyone for listening. 740 00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:32,800 Thank you to all the new listeners as well. This is a very 741 00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:37,079 fun time. Uh yeah, and as always, see you next week and 742 00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:38,639 let's go clips