1 00:00:13,919 --> 00:00:18,760 What is going on? Clippers fans? Welcome to season two, episode twelve 2 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,199 of Clips in Zip, part of the two and three hoops I Empire. 3 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,640 You can find us everywhere you find podcasts. Also find us on YouTube at 4 00:00:25,679 --> 00:00:30,519 YouTube dot com slash at Clippers podcast. I am joined today by the usual 5 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,640 trio host. You have Adam Oslin Will Uptike, who is not here last 6 00:00:33,679 --> 00:00:36,640 week. How are you fellas doing media days? In the books, We're 7 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:40,759 gonna talk all about that and pretty much nothing else. Adam, how are 8 00:00:40,759 --> 00:00:44,960 you, buddy? Just glad the Zodiac Killers likely dead at this point? 9 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:51,039 Sure? Sure? Are you on the same level as Adam? Yes, 10 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:54,600 Yes, I am glad. I am glad that we have some sort of 11 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,920 closure there, even if we don't have an identity. It's very important to 12 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:02,000 remember on this day, media Day, of all days, speaking of closure, 13 00:01:02,119 --> 00:01:04,239 maybe not having an identity. Let's talk to some of the Clippers media 14 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:10,159 day quotes. One of the things I want to bring up first that I 15 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:12,680 think Clipper's friends were mostly excited about We're gonna talk what we like, what 16 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:18,400 we didn't like, Tylu saying Robert Covington should have played more, and then 17 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,840 it was his fault that he didn't play as much. How do we feel 18 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,799 about that quote? Well, Adam, you were at media day. Were 19 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:27,599 you rubbing elbows with everybody? What happened? Yeah? I didn't ask that 20 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:32,840 date. Did they have homestate catering? Uh? They had I don't know 21 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:37,480 home state. They had Chick fil A. They had an assortment of all 22 00:01:37,519 --> 00:01:40,239 the Chick fil A sauce as you could ask for. You want a spicy 23 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,000 Chick fil A? Do you want the original Chick fil A? You want 24 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,719 a biscuit? They get spread there. Yeah, I like the Polynesian sauce. 25 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:53,480 I think is the one like my arteries always. But uh no, 26 00:01:53,599 --> 00:01:57,040 that was an interesting answer from coach Lou. But I don't think it's the 27 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:05,200 first time that he's at least alluded to doing a better job with rotations, 28 00:02:05,359 --> 00:02:07,000 just making sure. Yeah, this was the first time I think you said 29 00:02:07,039 --> 00:02:12,919 something specifically about Rocco. Yeah, but I think it's something that he's taken 30 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:17,240 ownership and accountability for multiple times in the past. But I know, I'm 31 00:02:17,280 --> 00:02:22,000 sure much of Clipper Nation this was red meat for them. They loved hearing 32 00:02:22,039 --> 00:02:25,360 that. Of course. I don't know. Do we think this was also 33 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:30,159 like next that will do you think this will translate to more playing time for 34 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:36,879 Does this actually mean anything? Yeah, I'm really unclear on that. I 35 00:02:37,879 --> 00:02:42,439 think my first initial reaction was kind of cynicism to that quote, like, 36 00:02:42,479 --> 00:02:46,199 so, what does that mean, like he'll at least be guaranteed non DMPs 37 00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:52,000 or like what, like what exactly does that look like? I don't know. 38 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:54,840 It's interesting because you're obviously you're not going to get your answer at media 39 00:02:54,919 --> 00:03:00,319 day, likely not even through reading the tea leaves at training camp. But 40 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:04,159 you know, as we've discussed on here, there's a major question mark at 41 00:03:04,199 --> 00:03:07,439 the four and who's going to be starting there and what the future of that 42 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:12,280 is going to look like. And I'm hoping that this is an indication from 43 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:16,919 from Tylu in terms of how he's looking at rotations, at addressing that whole 44 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,680 and addressing that problem. So I'm kind of split fifty fifty on it, 45 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,000 but I'm gonna go ahead and choose to be optimistic and say, you know, 46 00:03:24,039 --> 00:03:28,879 he does realize that there's an issue. I'm hoping that it's apparent at 47 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,759 this point that you know, what happened with Morris, and I don't have 48 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,479 any personal vandetta against the guy. Or anything, but what happened with Morris 49 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:39,879 and and sort of the defensive woes and the shooting inefficiencies might not have just 50 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,639 been a flash in the pan. I'm gonna go as far as to say 51 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,840 probably weren't just a flash in the pan. And I'm gonna take go ahead 52 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:53,400 and take this quote to mean that Tylu feels the same way, and perhaps 53 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:59,520 perhaps we are closer to getting to a more acceptable answer at that position, 54 00:04:00,159 --> 00:04:03,439 ring any sort of roster upgrades, which at this point is seeming more and 55 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:10,120 more unlikely. Well, Marcus Morris was there, but he didn't go up 56 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:14,759 to the podium, as did a handful of Clippers players. I kind of 57 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:21,160 tried to bones didn't as well, Kobe Brown, Jordan Miller. I tried 58 00:04:21,199 --> 00:04:28,000 to dig a little bit deeper on that question a little bit indirectly by asking 59 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,160 him about kJ Martin in well position he sees him playing. I talked about 60 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,439 the three or the four. He played the four more a couple of years 61 00:04:35,439 --> 00:04:40,720 ago, and coachlew immediately said, I asked him, what do you see 62 00:04:40,759 --> 00:04:43,120 him as? He says as team as a basketball player, But then he 63 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,639 elaborate and said he played some small ball five with the rockets. So if 64 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:53,399 he's open to him playing all these different positions, including the small ball five, 65 00:04:53,800 --> 00:05:00,639 then I think he could play the four. So for everyone wondering like, 66 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,000 is he really a four? Is he just a three? Is he 67 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,560 not big enough to play the four? If Coach lew is interested or at 68 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:11,800 least creative enough to maybe have him at the five at times, then the 69 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:15,360 four is definitely a possibility you mentioned. I just see a lot of that 70 00:05:15,399 --> 00:05:17,959 being limited by how often he's going to share the floor with Russell Westbrook to 71 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:21,879 be. To be perfectly honest, I think not two non shooters out there 72 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:26,160 guys collect to operate in the mid range. That just feels like a spacing 73 00:05:26,319 --> 00:05:31,079 nightmare to me. Speaking of Terrence and kJ who do kind of I like, 74 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:34,000 you know, Tyler said he's like the three, four and the five. 75 00:05:34,079 --> 00:05:38,199 That's how he talks about Terrence too, right. He called Terrence like 76 00:05:38,240 --> 00:05:42,399 the sixth last year or some weird thing. He kind of teased that Terrence 77 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,160 might start I think it was Joey Lynno asked him like, does it make 78 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,879 sense to have Terrence starting with Russ or something a little more not as blunt 79 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:56,439 as that until Joey, you're smart. She says, you're smart. Okay, 80 00:05:57,639 --> 00:06:00,000 Well, but I think he knew. Joey was picking up on something 81 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:03,000 that's kind of what he was getting at there, right, which I hope 82 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:09,720 happens because I think law Murray pointed it out. When you have Terrence kind 83 00:06:09,759 --> 00:06:13,519 of operating in space, if we're gonna post Zoo up more, which is 84 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,439 also something Tyler said, Terrence can just run around and do his chaos thing. 85 00:06:16,439 --> 00:06:19,279 He can cut, he can slash, he can do all this stuff. 86 00:06:19,319 --> 00:06:25,079 So I think the Terrence Man starting agenda that Adam you are very hyped 87 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:28,800 on since we still have Russ, that feels like it might happen. It 88 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,319 really feels like the four position is up for grabs right now in the starting 89 00:06:31,319 --> 00:06:36,800 line up. I mean, then we're talking about Kawai and Paul George moving 90 00:06:36,879 --> 00:06:41,519 up a position. Right If Terrence Man is in the starting backcourt, maybe 91 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,839 next to Russell Westbrook, maybe I don't know, this team might be weird 92 00:06:45,879 --> 00:06:50,079 and just run him at the four right like offensively, I could see it 93 00:06:50,160 --> 00:07:00,439 not switching running ye when I talked about terror the more on our lash at 94 00:07:00,439 --> 00:07:03,120 the four in our last shows, so that that can't be guys, how 95 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:05,199 could he play the four? I was, wait, did I mock you? 96 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:11,959 No, you weren't here. Will it mock me? From afar? 97 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,920 He heard that, Yeah, I probably mocked you for that. But now 98 00:07:15,959 --> 00:07:20,040 that, now that ty Lewis said it, I believe Tyler over you that. 99 00:07:21,959 --> 00:07:28,560 I also said that. I asked Nicholas Batum, because we've talked about 100 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,639 whether or not he's comfortable starting or wants to start. I asked him straight 101 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,000 up, do you feel better? Are you competing? I should say, 102 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,279 I asked him, are you competing for the starting four spot? Do you 103 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:44,879 feel more comfortable coming off the bench? And he didn't defer and say something 104 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,439 like, well, Marcus is our starting four. He said, you know 105 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,920 me, you know me. I'll do whatever they asked me to do. 106 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,160 If that start, then I'll do that. I just want to help this 107 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,120 team win. But it was a long, lengthy answer and it was as 108 00:08:00,439 --> 00:08:03,759 very thoughtful as you would expect from Nicholas Pato. That's a good call. 109 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:07,480 Will how do you feel about these starting? About the zoobots thing, because 110 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:11,759 I think a lot of people he talked about wanting to get Zoo the ball 111 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,480 more and then also maybe not doing drop coverage on picking rolls, which if 112 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,160 you hate zubots, you probably hate the drop coverage because you don't think it 113 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:28,000 works. I feel like it makes sense from an efficiency standpoint. You know, 114 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:33,200 I love Big Zoo. I've never been super vocal about actually that's a 115 00:08:33,240 --> 00:08:37,600 lie. I haven't time to vocal about getting when we can get the offense 116 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:41,000 going by feeding the big man a couple of times, keeping him engaged on 117 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:46,279 the other side. I think that that's great if it's open, you know. 118 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,399 I don't know that it necessarily needs to be a game plan like we 119 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,159 all remember the you know, the first bucket used to be for Marcus Morris 120 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,039 two seasons ago. I don't know if it needs to go that far with 121 00:08:58,039 --> 00:09:01,919 it where it feels like a part of the script. But six, I 122 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,120 think I think just keeping in people's heads that Zoo is as efficient, and 123 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:09,600 by people's heads I mean the team, the roster. Keeping in people's heads 124 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:13,600 at Zoo is efficient, that that is an option that you should feel comfortable 125 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:16,960 being able to go to him in some of those things. I think. 126 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:22,080 I think that's great. You know, I can't Handy Kapper put like a 127 00:09:22,159 --> 00:09:26,720 percentage of what I think his post up possessions would increase by But I also 128 00:09:26,879 --> 00:09:31,320 my thing with the drop is I know that he gets like I know that 129 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:37,000 he gets dragged about this, But so where do you want zoo when he's 130 00:09:37,039 --> 00:09:41,679 on an island against a guard right up in there? I want to right 131 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:46,879 right up in there. No, I don't know he was dropping against what 132 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:50,639 Now I was gonna say he wasn't dropping against Luca don chich in the playoffs. 133 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:52,240 He'd play up on him, play really well, put a hand in 134 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,320 his face, and it just wouldn't even matter. Yeah, you know, 135 00:09:56,440 --> 00:09:58,639 I think that's what we'll saying, Like, you know, that's that's his 136 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:03,200 job. He's doing his job correctly right there. I think I think the 137 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,879 people who are mad at Zoom about his defensor just always going to be mad 138 00:10:05,879 --> 00:10:09,639 about it. I think he could play hovering defense. Who do you like 139 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:13,320 in the Pacific Division? What center defensively do you like better than zoobots in 140 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:18,039 the Pacific Division? They should check out the Clippers defensive rating without him. 141 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,240 I'm trying to think, good, Uh, well, I'll tell you what. 142 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:26,120 He's better than Nerk. Yeah, Davis is the best. Yeah, 143 00:10:26,159 --> 00:10:30,600 like outside of Anthony Davis like, who in the Western Conference do you think 144 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,399 is better? And Anthony Davis barely counts because he doesn't play the five right, 145 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:41,960 I can't think. I mean, I guess a bonus. Defensively, 146 00:10:43,399 --> 00:10:48,279 I'm trying to think, are you insane? Cooked? On that hand, 147 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,919 often think better than zubots Defensively, I was throwing it out there for fuck 148 00:10:54,080 --> 00:11:00,480 sake, who do you think's better? Right? Like A d likes? 149 00:11:01,639 --> 00:11:07,399 I mean that's fair. Yeah, there's not a lot. I mean Steven 150 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:13,039 Adams kind of I don't know. I like, I wouldn't want Steven Adams 151 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:16,559 at his age, which he's actually never as old as you think he is. 152 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,440 He's just been in the league forever. I would not want him to 153 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:24,840 have to get into as many of the mobile positions as Zoo does. Defensively, 154 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:31,799 Yeah, he's much better than use. Yeah. Yeah, so we 155 00:11:31,919 --> 00:11:35,720 like Terence starting potentially. Russ said they're gonna run a lot, which if 156 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,399 if Terence isn't starting, I hope kJ is because who else is gonna run 157 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:45,559 with Russ? He kind of had like a rise smile on his face when 158 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:50,200 he said it, too. Oh, we're gonna run like I'm still fast. 159 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:52,360 I could still jump high. He said, he thinks he's still an 160 00:11:52,399 --> 00:11:58,320 elite player, and yeah, we're gonna run, so team's gonna have to 161 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,519 be a really good shape. But that also speaks to who's playing the four, 162 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:05,519 then who's running with him. I mean, it looked like if you 163 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,399 just go back to the Sacramento game where they scored one hundred and seventy five 164 00:12:07,440 --> 00:12:13,960 points or whatever it was, it wasn't difficult for Kauai and Paul George all 165 00:12:13,960 --> 00:12:16,240 of a sudden to keep up with someone like Russ when they brought him in 166 00:12:16,399 --> 00:12:22,039 Game one. Their offense was humming in that game obviously, and they were 167 00:12:22,039 --> 00:12:26,519 fine getting up and down the court. So has it ever has that ever 168 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,000 really been an issue? Though? Like I know, the Clippers tend to 169 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,559 play at a slower pace. Two seasons ago, you know, best half 170 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,240 court offense in the league. They were I guess that's three seasons ago. 171 00:12:35,279 --> 00:12:39,080 Now. They were really really good the last time Kawai and Paul George were 172 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:43,559 both healthy, I'll put it that way, really really good half court offense. 173 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,600 I don't think it's ever been like an issue where or at least from 174 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:50,759 my perspective, where they couldn't get up and down the floor. I just 175 00:12:50,799 --> 00:12:56,279 think it's the combination of both having to initiate and somehow being like, you 176 00:12:56,320 --> 00:13:00,480 know, a fast break like everything, Like yeah, like you having to 177 00:13:00,519 --> 00:13:03,200 personally instigate the fast break like as a ball handler, that to me, 178 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,799 I see as an issue. But like with a ball handler who's looking to 179 00:13:07,919 --> 00:13:11,919 push the pace like that, I mean they are both getting older injuries yeah 180 00:13:11,919 --> 00:13:15,240 blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. But I've never thought that that could 181 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,799 be a limiting factor. What about you guys, They're coming in one hundred 182 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:20,799 percent. And I think that point you made about like a point guard who's 183 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:24,960 actually gonna push the push the pace as opposed to like find the outlet pass. 184 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,279 We love it, But Russ will actually dribble. You know, Rondo 185 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,759 wasn't doing that and things like that. John, I'll tried. I guess 186 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:37,120 Russ is a one man fast break at times. And I think you're right. 187 00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:39,639 I think they can actually Peg doesn't have to be the one dribbling up 188 00:13:39,639 --> 00:13:43,480 on the fast break, which I don't think any of us really. I 189 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,120 want to see what this ball security. And I'm not saying they're gonna be 190 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,879 like the fastest like team in the league or like, I don't think we're 191 00:13:50,039 --> 00:13:52,879 they're gonna have that kind of a turn around. But I've never thought that, 192 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:58,399 like physically Kauai or Paul George are a limiting factor in the pace of 193 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:01,600 this team. I do think they're ha and issues and who's initiating the offense 194 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:05,519 not pointing fingers, but I mean, like, if they have to do 195 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:09,399 that, plus plus played, you know, on both ends of the ball, 196 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,480 I do understand why it makes sense that this is a slower team. 197 00:14:15,159 --> 00:14:18,120 Yeah, well, you got you gotta build in some rest at some point. 198 00:14:20,039 --> 00:14:24,200 They're also running to the wings. They're running to the three point line 199 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:28,720 and starting there typically, and this Clippers team, all the numbers would say 200 00:14:28,759 --> 00:14:31,120 that when they get a shot off in the first ten seconds of the shot 201 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:35,720 claw, their field goal percentage goes way up. But another way Big Zoo 202 00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:39,240 could get some of those posts touches because he could run and beat his man 203 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,559 down the floor is running a little bit with Russ and him finding him down 204 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:48,159 low for a quick easy two here and there. I want to see, 205 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,440 Yeah, there's gonna be some great bontages of Zoo putting his head down and 206 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:58,000 going into a dead sprint when rest start getting the Naruta run. Well, 207 00:14:58,039 --> 00:15:03,440 it's because Russ often wants to get the rebound and get out and run that 208 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:05,759 way to lead the break. So you're gonna be ahead of him knowing he's 209 00:15:05,799 --> 00:15:09,720 getting that rebound, you know, so he could push it up ahead and 210 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:13,320 have that outlet pass at times to Zoo who's just boxing out his man down 211 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,559 low. On the other side, there was some exciting stuff to take. 212 00:15:16,639 --> 00:15:20,240 I know, this was like kind of a boring media day, but that's 213 00:15:20,279 --> 00:15:22,840 kind of what you want if you're a fan of a team on media day. 214 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:26,200 But there's some exciting stuff lineup wise with what Ty was talking about. 215 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:30,360 I think there's a lot of good stuff like this Rust talk about being fast, 216 00:15:30,519 --> 00:15:35,320 Terrence seemingly feeling like he's gonna start or something like that. But I 217 00:15:35,399 --> 00:15:37,120 was more hyped than I thought I was going to be after seeing some of 218 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:43,519 these quotes. Kawai hates the new rules, which was sweet. All of 219 00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:46,600 those clips were amazing. If you missed it, Kauhi asked what the new 220 00:15:46,639 --> 00:15:50,759 rest rule is, and then rightfully so was like, if they're trying to 221 00:15:50,799 --> 00:15:52,919 do this for what I didn't try to I was hurt the whole time, 222 00:15:54,960 --> 00:16:02,039 like it's as fun. He had it, absolutely, and he played hurt 223 00:16:02,159 --> 00:16:06,679 throughout their playoff run. For anyone who ever questions whether or not Kawhi Leonard 224 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,720 loves the game or something, which I think is absurd, he was noticeably 225 00:16:10,759 --> 00:16:15,000 limping, especially in the Eastern Conference Finals against Jannis and the Bucks when he 226 00:16:15,039 --> 00:16:19,440 had that dunk on Yannis. But he was he was limping around and he 227 00:16:19,559 --> 00:16:23,919 just played through it because he could. And all the reports said he wanted 228 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:29,320 to play in Game three against Phoenix, it was the team not letting him 229 00:16:29,399 --> 00:16:34,200 rightfully, So you tera Miniscus in the same and by the way, were 230 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:37,679 gonna say, well, oh I'm sorry, sorry to inject, but like 231 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:41,159 and let's not forget, Like he toured the acl, stayed on the court, 232 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:47,200 got on the plane to fly to the next like Utah game, Like 233 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,399 what what do you want? Yeah, when the media asked him about it 234 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,720 after game four, he was like, it's fine, it's fine. He 235 00:16:52,759 --> 00:16:55,360 didn't even want to talk about it. He just wanted to say it's fine. 236 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,159 Yeah, And he flew with the team and played another possession after that. 237 00:16:57,519 --> 00:17:03,200 But one of the best most encouraging things I think coming out of today's 238 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:08,160 media day was regarding Kauai and the health coming off the meniscus tear. Tolmirazzarreli 239 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,519 asked him about the difference in rehab coming into this season as opposed to last 240 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:18,079 season off of the ACL, and Kauai first of all, someone asked him 241 00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:25,240 about playing in Paris for Team USA next years. Okay, it was every 242 00:17:25,279 --> 00:17:30,599 media day, not just Clippers, ye, but Kawai said, I wanted 243 00:17:30,680 --> 00:17:37,000 to play this year, but I had prior obligations. It sounds like Kauai 244 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:41,920 has been one hundred percent off the meniscus for maybe over two months now, 245 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:47,079 Like it was a really quick recovery for him, because when he described it 246 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:49,200 in the differences between that and the ACL, he was like, yeah, 247 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:55,440 basically, get the swelling out and then it's fine. It's I'm paraphrasing a 248 00:17:55,519 --> 00:18:00,000 little bit, but he made the point to say, at least I recovered 249 00:18:00,039 --> 00:18:04,000 quickly something to that effect from the meniscus is not always like this, but 250 00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:08,319 for me it was. So I think that's huge for this team. Like 251 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:12,119 Kawai is coming in not just a month out, It sounds like a good 252 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,680 two months out because if he was playing on playing for Team USA. That 253 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:19,880 team got together like what mid July, end of July, and the only 254 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,440 reason he didn't do it was because he would have had to leave midway through 255 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:27,240 the tournament. So if he was comfortable enough to do that, I think 256 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:32,240 that's a revelation. That's a big deal because not everybody responds great to the 257 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:36,880 meniscus injury. That's a good call and we got I mean, we talked 258 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:38,960 about it last episode. You know, there was that quote about I think 259 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:44,720 for Lawrence Frank about like Kawai wanting to control everything. He's in full control 260 00:18:44,759 --> 00:18:47,319 going him in this season and he's had, like you mentioned, maybe two 261 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:52,680 months of the famous and same Kawhi workouts that happened in San Diego and things 262 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:56,640 like that. He's been fully controlling those for months now. So like it, 263 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,880 You're right, it cannot be better heading into this training camp from the 264 00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:06,559 Kawhi perspective. I thought it was interesting Paul George said he was one hundred 265 00:19:06,559 --> 00:19:10,240 percent about two months after the season had ended. I asked him this, 266 00:19:11,799 --> 00:19:15,319 Adam asked him this. He said he wouldn't have been able to return to 267 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:19,640 the Clippers had they made the finals. Didn't feel like anything super big there. 268 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:23,200 I mean, I think it is not being able to return if they 269 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:27,519 made the finals. We were like, he could probably come back at least 270 00:19:27,519 --> 00:19:32,640 midway through a series against Denver with the workouts that we had seen on tape, 271 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:34,559 and he was like, no, it wasn't gonna happen. Even if 272 00:19:34,599 --> 00:19:37,359 they had made the finals, it wasn't gonna happen. So he takes the 273 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,480 sting out of last season a little bit, honestly, because even if Kawhi 274 00:19:41,640 --> 00:19:47,079 Leonard was healthy and they beat Phoenix, Paul George wasn't coming back against Denver. 275 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,640 Therefore, they would have had no chance against the Denver Nuggets, no 276 00:19:51,839 --> 00:19:56,440 chance the Clippers. It would have been tough with both of them. Without 277 00:19:56,519 --> 00:20:00,920 Paul George it would have been the Clippers postseason performance is not like why I 278 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,319 have a problem with last season. Yeah, that's actually a really good point 279 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:10,519 too, which Paul George talked about this. Are you talking like the seriousness 280 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:14,480 of the season all that stuff? Yeah? Lead us in what a transition 281 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:19,400 by will Paul George said, I don't like the question of us not taking 282 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:23,519 the season serious. But the approach is to take practice serious. But to 283 00:20:23,559 --> 00:20:27,480 say we didn't take the season serious, we put everything to it sends the 284 00:20:27,519 --> 00:20:30,440 Clippers need to practice more and have no regrets at the end of the season. 285 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:33,319 So he didn't have an issue with it, But then he put a 286 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,640 pretty solid reason why maybe that issue would be there in the first place. 287 00:20:37,119 --> 00:20:41,400 I hope they practice more too. This feels like a theme even when Doc 288 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:45,000 was coached, they never got to practice. I also, I don't even 289 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,480 know what this means. I'm sure they're going to practice, but we don't 290 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:49,599 what the practice are, you know what I'm saying. Like Partly what I 291 00:20:49,599 --> 00:20:55,920 think was missing from that quote was I think he's stressed that in games we 292 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,960 were going as hard as ever. We were playing as hard when we were 293 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,839 we're out there, and he wanted to make that distinction. That wasn't like 294 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:06,880 they were dogging it during games in the regular season when they were available. 295 00:21:07,359 --> 00:21:10,799 I think that's kind of where we were coming from. Yeah, that's fair. 296 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:14,519 I hope the practices are more intense. I don't know how do you 297 00:21:14,559 --> 00:21:18,039 make practice chill for NBA players. It seems like such a hard sport, 298 00:21:18,279 --> 00:21:22,079 so Westbrook makes them more intense. Apparently it's a very different thing with Russell 299 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:26,039 Westbrook at practice, they do an hour of zips apps off or whatever. 300 00:21:26,799 --> 00:21:32,119 Wait are you talking about the zipsapp roup? Yeah? No, the improv 301 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,200 game. Yeah, they're doing mine now some other thing. What did we 302 00:21:37,319 --> 00:21:40,000 not like? I guess before we go and do it? Was there anything 303 00:21:40,039 --> 00:21:42,640 we didn't like from this? Terrence hates NBA Twitter, which hey, I 304 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:48,240 agree with that. You know what's funny about that? Though he emphasized this 305 00:21:48,319 --> 00:21:52,440 multiple times and said it was shit shit, He's right, He's completely right. 306 00:21:52,759 --> 00:21:56,599 NBA culture on Twitter or NBA Twitter what the kids I think like to 307 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,160 call it. Depending on who you follow, you see a lot of nonsense. 308 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:08,200 However, if the irony is if there's one guy where he never gets 309 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:14,319 degraded on Twitter, it's probably terrorists man, Like it's always positive when it 310 00:22:14,319 --> 00:22:17,319 comes to Territs man and how much more he should be playing. That's all 311 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:19,400 you ever hear on Twitter. So it's kind of funny coming from it. 312 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:22,440 Obviously he's not on there to know that. I guess you're not on there 313 00:22:22,519 --> 00:22:29,599 much, but he has a name of social media platform that it's better on. 314 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,240 Yeah. True, it's just Marcus Morris putting heat out there. I 315 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:41,279 don't know the NBA Twitter though, is like the mecca of toxic NBA conversations, 316 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,599 and I think that's what is speaking to as well, right, Like 317 00:22:45,640 --> 00:22:48,880 he's not talking about like this is bad for me. He's not in the 318 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:53,279 same position as like somethime Morris. I'm just saying it's funny coming from the 319 00:22:53,279 --> 00:22:59,519 guy that actually doesn't get dinged ever on Twitter, like he is so beloved 320 00:22:59,599 --> 00:23:02,920 everybody. He wants more Terrence Man out there. Maybe we shouldn't trade Darrence 321 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,559 Man. Like it's just funny. But he was great. He and Zubots 322 00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:11,759 were up there at the same time and they had the great answer. Visa 323 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,559 Zubots. It reminded me of his tone when he said in the locker room 324 00:23:15,680 --> 00:23:18,759 during last season, I think in the first couple of months when Kawai was 325 00:23:18,799 --> 00:23:23,079 out and he said the Clippers just can't have nice things. He was talking 326 00:23:23,079 --> 00:23:29,119 about injuries. But Big Zoo came out. I forget what the question was, 327 00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:30,880 but it was, what do you want to say to Clipper Nation something 328 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,559 like that with the letdowns the last couple of years, and they both kind 329 00:23:34,599 --> 00:23:38,119 of paused, and Zoo took it and said, quote, we want to 330 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:44,640 apologize for getting their hopes up and falling short every year, we're going to 331 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,960 try again. I know it's been tough staying with us, and he kind 332 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:51,640 of it was almost I don't want to say it was tongue in cheek, 333 00:23:51,759 --> 00:23:56,079 but it was like he's in on it, like he knows it's been frustrating 334 00:23:56,160 --> 00:24:00,960 guys, but like they are trying. They're trying, Jennifer doing everything they 335 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:03,960 can that it's just been so unlucky with injuries. Yeah, I mean, 336 00:24:04,039 --> 00:24:07,119 it would have been funny if he was getting like kind of making a joke, 337 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:11,160 but I think he's totally sincere. These guys don't want to lose, 338 00:24:11,319 --> 00:24:12,200 right, It's like we talked about, like, these guys don't want to 339 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:18,720 lose like this every year. It's this is I think this is a positive 340 00:24:18,759 --> 00:24:25,799 thing though, coming from Zoo, because absolutely I do feel like Zoo, 341 00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:27,359 as much as I love him and as great as he was, I do 342 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:32,480 feel like there he was kind of one of the victims of circumstance, where 343 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:36,920 last year, at times there was a prevailing mood of like, oh shit, 344 00:24:37,079 --> 00:24:40,720 here we go again, and I think that people kind of checked out, 345 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:45,359 and so I think this coming from Zoo, I'm hoping is self prescriptive 346 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,599 as well as overall prescriptive. Once again, this isn't a knock on zoo. 347 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:57,680 I understand what happens when you ask your rotation core to continuously carry the 348 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:03,400 burden of yeah, of two superstars, like but the point blank you you 349 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:08,640 like, we have asked now for multiple seasons for the rotation cast to take 350 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:14,240 the burden of two superstars plus their job. And you know, I can 351 00:25:14,319 --> 00:25:17,359 understand how that manifests on the court. But I think that him saying this, 352 00:25:17,839 --> 00:25:22,079 I'm hoping it is there's a level of self awareness with that. You 353 00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:29,359 want self awares? Yeah, absolutely, long hair, head band, doing 354 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:36,759 yogi stuff like the Love Guru, but less problematic, less problematic. One 355 00:25:36,799 --> 00:25:41,160 thing, I guess norm talked about wanting to be an All Star again like 356 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,880 a year. All right, Adam, Adam, why don't you lead us 357 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:51,119 in what the man was a media day or Adam Osla day? Okay, 358 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:55,039 it was weird. I don't normally ask this many questions because I feel like 359 00:25:55,079 --> 00:25:57,799 I'm a team employee. Obviously I'm just gonna be lobbing softballs. Leave it 360 00:25:57,839 --> 00:26:02,559 to the real journalists and the media people there who might ask a tough question. 361 00:26:03,079 --> 00:26:06,119 But not that many questions were being asked, So I was like, 362 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:12,039 okay, uh yeah, it was probably in that range, but I don't 363 00:26:12,039 --> 00:26:15,839 know what it felt like only twenty five. Maybe we're sitting down, but 364 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,720 the usuals were there and they were asking questions, just didn't seem like as 365 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,839 many questions were being lobbed to guys. So Brian Seman and I were just 366 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:29,240 asking a lot of questions sitting next to each other, and I asked Norm 367 00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:32,920 because coming into last season he talked about wanting to be a starter and that 368 00:26:33,039 --> 00:26:36,480 being one of his goals and maybe being a six man. And I said, 369 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:37,960 well, you had a great season, still the forty two point game 370 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,680 against Phoenix. You have any individual goals coming into this year and he said, 371 00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:45,680 the one goal is still he thinks he can be an All Star. 372 00:26:45,759 --> 00:26:48,559 He can play at an all star level. That will always be a goal 373 00:26:48,599 --> 00:26:53,160 of Norman Palace, which which was cool. Here, I think he's become 374 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:56,839 a little bit underrated or a little bit overlooked when we talk about the Clippers 375 00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:00,160 off season and going into this season a lot. Maybe it's because he's always 376 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,759 in trade rumors, but we kind of discount Norman Powell and just how good 377 00:27:04,759 --> 00:27:08,839 and how efficient he was last season for the Clippers. He was pretty great. 378 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:14,359 It's just been it's just been availability. I think every time that Norm 379 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:18,599 has been available, he's he's never far from the conversation of what's going right 380 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,759 for the Clippers or you know, what he's able to do in his role. 381 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:27,480 But yeah, it's just his tenure here has kind of been a little 382 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:32,960 bit marred by availability. Is this guy here wins six Man? Is this 383 00:27:33,079 --> 00:27:34,440 the year? Because that's what I want. I say, forget about the 384 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:37,480 Oscar, that'd be great six Man of the Year. Bringing Hall of Dorm. 385 00:27:38,519 --> 00:27:41,720 He was up there next to Mason Plumley. You guys will like this 386 00:27:41,839 --> 00:27:45,799 because I felt like Mason was getting left out of some questions. So it 387 00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:49,079 came back around and I said, you know, Clipper Nation took a liking 388 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:53,279 to you pretty early on, and you got all these nicknames, plum Dog, 389 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:59,200 Millionaire, point Plum, big Plum. My personal favorite, are you 390 00:27:59,319 --> 00:28:03,240 do you Reckon? Is how much Clifford Nation appreciates you? And he kind 391 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,359 of smiled about that and took it all in and he does love Clifford Nation, 392 00:28:07,839 --> 00:28:10,720 and that, you know that could have played a role in him coming 393 00:28:10,759 --> 00:28:14,200 back too, Like, don't forget it's not just Russ who's on a very 394 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:19,640 team friendly deal, Mason plumbly coming back. Take what what's he making right 395 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:23,160 now? I thought he did. I don't know if it was a pay 396 00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:26,000 cut from last year, but I felt like the open market he could have 397 00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:30,359 gotten more. He was. He took a one year, five million dollars 398 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,880 deal. That's not a lot for arguably the best backup center and a guy 399 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,559 who was starting the first half a last season for Charlotte and playing some of 400 00:28:37,599 --> 00:28:41,319 his best basketball. Yeah, I mean, I get. I mean, 401 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:42,960 I don't know if he took a pay cut. I would be very surprised 402 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,640 if he took. I think you get more than one year five million. 403 00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:51,480 I think five mill is is pretty low, dude, that's what's the vet 404 00:28:51,559 --> 00:28:53,559 man right now? Like four point three, four point five. That's lower 405 00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:57,519 than the mid level exception five mil. Yeah, all right, If you 406 00:28:57,599 --> 00:29:03,279 had what would you pay Mason? I would have I would have thought he 407 00:29:03,319 --> 00:29:07,480 could have gotten here two years, twenty one million something like that from somebody. 408 00:29:07,799 --> 00:29:11,640 Is it Steve? Is it Steve Bomber's money or my money? It's 409 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:18,680 Will Afte's money? Oh yeah, Why not. How about this? How 410 00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:26,400 about this vetman with a little more PTO? Yeah, absolutely, unlimited PTO 411 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,240 in season, out of season? Who cares out of season? No PTO? 412 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:34,559 You gotta be well, I expect him to be at the facilities unless 413 00:29:34,559 --> 00:29:41,599 he's taking PTO which his birthday or is his birthday or something? I'm paying 414 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:45,400 you, aren't? I I want Will to own the team for two months? 415 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:48,480 All right? Coming up, we're gonna talking kind of vibes in the 416 00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:55,880 season. The Russell Westbrook Vegas dinner which sounded fun. And then Adam, 417 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:59,079 who I think was at Media Day, got to meet the new Clippers play 418 00:29:59,119 --> 00:30:02,359 by play guy. We got all that incoming. More coming up. We 419 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,200 got ads on they've been loud. That's the case. Freeg ahead and turn 420 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,559 it down. We got ads in three two one. Hey, we're back. 421 00:30:08,599 --> 00:30:14,200 We're talking Clippers media Day affairs. We talked a little bit about some 422 00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:19,279 comments from tylu Kawai, Terrence, all the regular players, and now we're 423 00:30:19,319 --> 00:30:22,400 talking a little bit about how we're feeling coming into the season. Chuck, 424 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:27,119 why don't you lead us in? I'm feeling I think maybe too optimistic is 425 00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:32,200 where I'm at. I feel like Media Day has that effect. It's all 426 00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,640 optimism, because I'll tell you what, if you're pessimistic after media Day, 427 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:38,680 things are going probably horribly wrong for your team. But the Clippers are in 428 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:44,839 a championship window. And I mean, we heard the Roko stuff, we 429 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,079 heard the Terrence stuff, we heard the Zoo stuff, like, I'm feeling 430 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:49,920 pretty good, Adam Scale on one to ten, where are you at? 431 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,200 I'm at a spinal tap eleven, I'm I'm up there right now. I 432 00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:00,079 feel good about it. But everybody host Springs Eternal a news season, and 433 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:04,359 everybody feels like this early on. But the Clippers legitimately are starting to be 434 00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:10,119 somewhat overlooked, and they know that there was a question about that too. 435 00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:15,319 They're flying completely. They're not even in the conversation. I think it's gonna 436 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:18,759 change though the first three weeks of the season because of their schedule, they're 437 00:31:18,759 --> 00:31:22,519 probably if they're the team we think they are, they should get off to 438 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:27,839 something like a nine and four ten and three start and immediately jump right back 439 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:33,000 into being talked about as one of the contenders. Clippers start ten and three. 440 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:37,559 Have you seen their schedules start the season. It's easily the softest start 441 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:42,839 part of their schedule. They better they better start at least nine and four 442 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,039 or else they're in trouble because it gets way worse and the Gauntlet happens by 443 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:55,599 midway through November. Yeah, March replaced two games, which is not ideal. 444 00:31:56,799 --> 00:31:59,880 One thing I did like is so there was a story read by Andrew 445 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:04,359 r about how Russ had a team training camp in Vegas, brought everyone there 446 00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:08,079 except four but Tube and Zoo were out of the country, so I think 447 00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:15,960 they get a sure pass. Marcus Morris also not there, which seems like 448 00:32:16,039 --> 00:32:19,599 I don't know what he was doing. I don't have information about that, 449 00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:23,680 so I can't speak to the decision making of that, but it sounds like 450 00:32:23,839 --> 00:32:29,319 something that would have been nice to be at, considering it was, you 451 00:32:29,359 --> 00:32:32,720 know, training. They got iPhones, which is cool, but it feels 452 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:37,559 like a dinner that I would have liked Marcus Morris to be at. Also 453 00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:39,640 shout out to Russia being a great teammate. Am I reading too much into 454 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:46,279 this? No? Yeah, I don't think so at all. I think 455 00:32:46,319 --> 00:32:50,799 it's I think it's telling. I don't know. Maybe there's a good explanation 456 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:54,400 for it, but it seems telling with the way it was worded two two 457 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:59,720 guys out of the country and Marcus Morris. It was just I don't know 458 00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:02,839 what else to make of it. It seems like an awkward situation right now, 459 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:08,359 considering he was traded. It was next and this is somebody who people 460 00:33:08,359 --> 00:33:13,640 are pointing out now unfollowed the Clippers on Instagram. If you read into stuff 461 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,240 like that, yeah, I mean, if it happened recently, I think 462 00:33:16,240 --> 00:33:21,240 it's worth reading into if like he was following them and then he didn't write 463 00:33:21,279 --> 00:33:24,759 after being traded. I mean I could understand it from his perspective, I 464 00:33:24,799 --> 00:33:30,559 guess, but we all know if there's a trade that happens, Marcus Morris 465 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:35,279 is the most likely guy to be involved, right, I mean yeah, 466 00:33:35,319 --> 00:33:38,559 he's literally like, yes, he's already wise. Yes. In terms of 467 00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:45,400 a team getting anything back, no, if the salaries work, you have 468 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:49,960 to do the trade per the rules. But that was a great article. 469 00:33:50,799 --> 00:33:52,759 Seems like Ross is doing a second to help the team coalesce, which we 470 00:33:52,839 --> 00:34:00,920 love. I think his leadership is important, like it can turn into a 471 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:06,160 talking point or something that almost seems meaningless for a team that hasn't been able 472 00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:10,840 to come through the last four years mostly because of injuries. But we've mentioned 473 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:16,159 it before. Patrick Beverly had some of that on court leadership and was a 474 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:21,079 vocal leader for this team, and they have missed that. And now Russ 475 00:34:21,079 --> 00:34:24,559 coming into when we look at being a full season with the Clippers, that 476 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:28,679 could do a lot for this team. I think having a team locked in 477 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:34,159 at practice because one guy's going really hard is meaningful. Like I don't think 478 00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:37,480 you could overstate stuff like that, because we talk about the seriousness of the 479 00:34:37,519 --> 00:34:43,519 regular season. If one guy is on the floor and Rico Hines runs on 480 00:34:43,599 --> 00:34:47,559 the hardwood diving for balls, what do you think he's doing at Clippers practices? 481 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:52,480 And that inspires guys. He's setting up people's eye laugh because he's too 482 00:34:52,519 --> 00:34:55,840 tired from the Rigel Hines friends. He's making sure they're getting their emails from 483 00:34:55,840 --> 00:35:00,159 their computer to their new phone. He's doing it all. No, we 484 00:35:00,199 --> 00:35:02,320 are happy that Russels on this team. You know who is not on the 485 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:07,719 team real quick. We know that Adam has a prior engagement. I think 486 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:12,480 another media day to get to the Clippers will not be getting Drew holiday. 487 00:35:12,519 --> 00:35:16,760 We can still maybe get brogged in and the guy who plays for the seventy 488 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:21,639 six Ers still wants to come to the Clippers, but there's a tea to 489 00:35:21,679 --> 00:35:25,000 show up for his team's media day though, right, which is like Chuff 490 00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:29,639 did predict that accurately. Let's move on from this man. We do not 491 00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,079 need this guy on the team. He's just it's like, I don't know. 492 00:35:32,159 --> 00:35:36,920 I've never seen anyone watch a child throw a tantrum three times in a 493 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,239 row and say I wish that was my kid. I've just I haven't seen 494 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:45,840 it happen. Let's move on from it. Woad said there were recent discussions, 495 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:51,920 but zero traction between the Clippers and Philadelphia seventy six ers that came out 496 00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:58,639 earlier today. Whatever that means, it is because Daryl Morey, I think, 497 00:35:58,679 --> 00:36:01,039 can be this stubborn because of their relationship, and he doesn't want to 498 00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:05,360 look like the guy that gave in to James Harden. Who knows how this 499 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,519 is gonna play out? Oh, MESSI is how it's gonna play out. 500 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:13,079 At one point, though a few months ago, it seemed to look a 501 00:36:13,079 --> 00:36:16,000 lot more inevitable. For one day, for about eight hours, it's sounded 502 00:36:16,079 --> 00:36:21,559 great. But yeah, and then the final thing, Adam, you met 503 00:36:21,559 --> 00:36:27,199 the new Clippers play by play guy Carlo Jimenez, great guy fresh out of 504 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:32,079 USC, brings a ton of energy. He actually got the first question at 505 00:36:32,079 --> 00:36:37,480 the presser before Jim Hill got it, which is crazy. I've never seen 506 00:36:37,519 --> 00:36:39,760 that happen before. Jim Hills always gets the first question. He said, 507 00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:46,000 is all the ship flay up for grabs? Carlo is gonna be great though. 508 00:36:46,079 --> 00:36:49,599 I'm excited to work with him. It was fun hanging out with I 509 00:36:49,679 --> 00:36:52,159 and Brian Steemen all day and media day. You guys were missed. Do 510 00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:57,480 we have any any inkling? Is what his catchphrases might be at all? 511 00:36:57,559 --> 00:37:00,000 Anything? No, but we should get the exclusive get him on Clips and 512 00:37:00,039 --> 00:37:04,000 Dip before anybody else does. I'm down. Let's do it. Carlo. 513 00:37:04,079 --> 00:37:07,000 If you're listening, which you might not be, which you know, No, 514 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,119 no, not gonna hold it against you. Uh no, he says 515 00:37:09,199 --> 00:37:13,559 he's been listening to Clips and Dip. He says he's a listener. Let's 516 00:37:13,559 --> 00:37:17,519 go now check. That's great, but we'll have it on probably next week 517 00:37:17,559 --> 00:37:22,280 because there's nothing happening anything else. You want to break down the clips play 518 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,519 a first preseason game versus the Jazz and like six days, which is fun. 519 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,920 Will anything you want to send these Clipper faithful out with nah, let's 520 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:36,199 get out of here, Adam your words of positivity. We'll be back next 521 00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,599 week at some point, maybe with Carlo, who knows pitched some some new 522 00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:43,840 uh some new play by play phrases by him. Adam, what's your one 523 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:47,039 uplifting thing to tell a Clippers fans other than that you asked some questions in 524 00:37:47,119 --> 00:37:52,360 media day. It's not about me, guys, okay, I'm just a 525 00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:58,519 humble reporter. It's the Kawai news that he may have been one hundred percent 526 00:37:58,639 --> 00:38:01,440 for over two months now, maybe longer. That's crazy to me that he 527 00:38:01,519 --> 00:38:06,159 thought about playing for Team USA. I would have thought, yeah, there's 528 00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:09,000 the likelihood that him coming off and injuried, he'd entertained the thought of playing 529 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:14,360 for Team USA. But apparently the cleanup was that quick and easy, so 530 00:38:14,559 --> 00:38:19,119 that's huge. He also looked noticeably leaner than he did last season at the 531 00:38:19,159 --> 00:38:22,639 podium with the Clippers. I took notice of that. I think Kauai is 532 00:38:22,639 --> 00:38:25,440 going to hit the ground running. I hope this Clippers team is. I 533 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:29,039 asked the Tomb about that too, because he was the one who said, 534 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:32,199 you know, it could take till December last season for us to really yell. 535 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:37,599 I brought that up with him today and he said, no, this 536 00:38:37,639 --> 00:38:40,360 team, he thinks because of the continuity and the carry over, this team 537 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:45,320 could really get off to a hot start. So well, there we go. 538 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:50,039 That's all we need to hear to this team getting off what wills that 539 00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,440 I guess we got? Yeah, Will man those two months and Will loves 540 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:57,199 the team are gonna be wild. Leave us a review over on iTunes. 541 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:00,119 Really appreciate it. Check us out on YouTube. Over at Clippers Podcasts on 542 00:39:00,159 --> 00:39:04,159 YouTube. We're at Clipper Spot on Twitter. We will be back next week 543 00:39:04,199 --> 00:39:07,239 and as always, let's go clips. Let's go