1 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:19,000 Welcome in to Clips and Dips Season two, episode forty five. I'm a 2 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,199 Mouslin. We got Chuck Macklin. We'll update with us here and a very 3 00:00:23,199 --> 00:00:27,800 good show for you guys coming up later on. We got some bold hot 4 00:00:27,879 --> 00:00:33,880 take steal lead pipe predictions for second half action with this Clippers team as we 5 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,880 are in the second half of the season. Now we'll talk about that. 6 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:40,719 We got an update on the Give No Quarter stats too, thanks to one 7 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:46,479 of our listeners. We'll also take questions as we submitted some or asked for 8 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,439 some earlier at Clippers Pod on Twitter. We'll get to those, But guys, 9 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:55,280 let's start with this. Chuck, how are we doing. I'm doing 10 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:59,159 pretty good. Clippers headed into the road trip off on a good foot. 11 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:03,840 Was sunny today in La, which I feel like we haven't had so Yeah, 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:08,319 I'm feeling pretty good. Big Will doing well. Yeah Yeah, Ready 13 00:01:08,359 --> 00:01:12,840 for I don't know, ready for the Clippers to continue to be underlooked, 14 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:18,719 no all star selections, road trip write where we want to be. Well, 15 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:19,959 I'm gonna see if I can bring both of you guys down with this 16 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:27,120 news. Kawhi Leonard not a Western Conference All Star starter. Yeah, that 17 00:01:27,239 --> 00:01:33,680 just came out about forty five minutes ago before we recorded this. A little 18 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:38,000 bit disappointing, Chuck, kind of it's predictable, it's not shocking, it's 19 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,599 not surprising, but it still is disappointing and I'm a little bit vexed and 20 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:46,599 irked by it, as you can tell. Yeah, I was getting an 21 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,280 irked vibe from you if you can. If you can see this over on 22 00:01:49,319 --> 00:01:53,079 YouTube dot com Slash at Clippers podcast, Adam has a bit of an irk 23 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:57,560 vibe, which is fair. It's fair to be irked by this. Kawhi 24 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,200 has been playing on a whole nother planet on both sides of the ball. 25 00:02:00,239 --> 00:02:04,280 It's the thing we talk about. Guys who play well on both sides of 26 00:02:04,319 --> 00:02:07,879 the ball are held up to an incredibly higher standard than guys who are and 27 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:14,319 I don't mean quote unquote just offensively elite. But no, it sucks. 28 00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,560 I wish Kauwhi was a starter. But also take the rest man, maybe 29 00:02:16,599 --> 00:02:20,039 pull a Jimmy Butler, just don't even play, just hang out, take 30 00:02:20,039 --> 00:02:23,039 the time. Well, how are you feeling about it? I know this 31 00:02:23,159 --> 00:02:30,479 news just dropped on you. Shocked, man. I I'm really disappointed, 32 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:35,960 and I know, like Kawhi is probably the last guy in the league to 33 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:43,199 really care about this. You know, he might even be grateful to to 34 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:46,800 not have to to, you know, go through the whole pomp and circumstance 35 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:52,319 for the All Star Game as a starter. But it just does beg the 36 00:02:52,439 --> 00:02:55,520 question. I mean, it's gotta be more than just raw numbers, right, 37 00:02:55,639 --> 00:03:00,000 I Like, I just don't get what we're doing here. I understand 38 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,599 that will probably never have an All Star Game without Lebron except for that one 39 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,039 year where he I think where he had the ankle and he kind of barely 40 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:10,360 played. I just don't get what we're doing here. Man. We're talking 41 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,719 about the fourth We're talking about the fourth best team in the Western Conference, 42 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:20,719 one of the hottest teams over the last what thirty games? Twenty five games? 43 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,039 Uh oh, half the season. Yeah. Yeah, it's I just 44 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,759 I under and I understand like the like these other guys are putting up, 45 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:34,159 putting up bigger numbers. I understand and command Kevin Durant for like committing to 46 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:38,680 defense more. But some of this, some of this has to be impact. 47 00:03:38,719 --> 00:03:40,680 And I mean that's the thing, right. I feel like, if 48 00:03:40,719 --> 00:03:45,840 you're gonna say someone with snub. You got to talk about who shouldn't be 49 00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:52,240 in there, and I mean, yeah, I guess I'm leaning Lebron. 50 00:03:52,639 --> 00:03:57,400 I mean the Suns are you know, they've turned things around seemingly, But 51 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:00,800 yeah, I don't get it. I don't get it. I think the 52 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:05,319 reason I'm so irritated is there's three guys in the starting lineup that Kawhi could 53 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:12,879 easily be starting over, Lebron, kd and Luka Doncic, going off numbers, 54 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:17,120 going off record, going off a defensive impact, which people seem to 55 00:04:17,199 --> 00:04:23,160 discount completely. Kawhi Leonard is the top seventy five player ever, having his 56 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,720 best regular season to this point, and he's playing and he's not going to 57 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:32,680 be an All Star Games starter. Where on the year he's shooting forty four 58 00:04:32,720 --> 00:04:38,000 percent from three, fifty two percent from the field, getting twenty four points 59 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,560 per game. But then last twenty two games, where the Clippers are the 60 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:44,920 hottest team in the league, they've only lost three of those. When Kawhi 61 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,639 has been out there. In the last twenty two games he has played, 62 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:53,759 they've lost three times. He is shooting fifty fing seven percent from the field 63 00:04:54,959 --> 00:04:59,240 and fifty one percent from three, and oh by the way, since November 64 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:03,360 seventeenth, I believe with the new starting lineup they are nine points per one 65 00:05:03,439 --> 00:05:10,040 hundred possessions better defensively with Kawhi Leonard on the court, they go from being 66 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,480 a top three level defense to being a bottom five level defense without him. 67 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,639 So if that's not enough of an impact. And I understand there's three different 68 00:05:19,639 --> 00:05:24,639 phases of the voting, you have half of it being fan voting. I 69 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:30,199 believe a quarter media a quarter player, but I just don't understand how a 70 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:34,600 guy on a team with a record that is fourth in the West and just 71 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:40,120 a game and a half back of being first, and you don't get him 72 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:45,079 in over Lebron James, over Luca over KD. I guess it is just 73 00:05:45,079 --> 00:05:47,160 a popularity contest and nothing more. But I do want to point this out. 74 00:05:47,399 --> 00:05:49,800 That's fine, they want to do it like this, but when it 75 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:54,639 comes down to Hall of Fame resume at the end of all this stuff. 76 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:57,720 And we know Kawhi Leonard's a first ballot Hall of Famer, But when you 77 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:02,560 are comparing players and ACOL do not put much stock in All Star voting. 78 00:06:02,839 --> 00:06:05,480 Never do it. You want to know what the best moment ever in an 79 00:06:05,519 --> 00:06:11,079 All Star Game was Magic Johnson, who was out of the league in ninety 80 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:16,160 two, getting to play and having a ridiculous performance. The All Star Game 81 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:20,759 has become more and more of a joke, and it's one of the few 82 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:26,000 things that I agree with when it comes to old timers and old man yelling 83 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,160 at clouds about the All Star Game and how there's no defense played and how 84 00:06:29,199 --> 00:06:31,759 nobody cares. I actually agree with that. We've gotten a couple of good 85 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:38,319 ones the last decade and a half total. One of them was in twenty 86 00:06:38,439 --> 00:06:43,720 twenty when Kawhi was the first to win the Kobe Bryant All Star Game MVP 87 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:47,160 award when he went off and they changed the rules and it actually worked that 88 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,600 game, and it was competitive down the stretch, and it was the elam 89 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:56,319 rules I think they called it, with scoring totals per quarter and then you 90 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,160 add them all up and you gotta win by twenty four or whatever it was. 91 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:04,800 It's just it's become such a gimmick. It's really hard to take seriously. 92 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:09,560 And I know they're going back to East versus West, and that's cool, 93 00:07:09,879 --> 00:07:15,439 and they're not having the school yard playground type of pick your own squad 94 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:20,079 situation like we've had the last three years, but this is it's tough to 95 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,360 stomach if you're a Clipper fan and seeing just how good Kawhi Leonard has been 96 00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:29,240 this season again top seventy five player ever, having his best regular season ever, 97 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,560 and he can't make or can't be a starter, I feel like you're 98 00:07:32,759 --> 00:07:36,439 I feel like you really worked yourself up from not really worried about it. 99 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:44,120 The more I thought about it, Chuck completely disgusted. What does Cassantra say? 100 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:46,439 It's like an onion, the more you appeel it, the more it 101 00:07:46,519 --> 00:07:49,519 stinks. I mean, it's it sucks for Kawhi, But again I like 102 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:55,319 Will's point, like it he doesn't care. It kind of proves Kawhi's point 103 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,959 two of like even if I play all these games, you guys still don't 104 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,480 care, right, Like, even if I do everything you guys asked me 105 00:08:01,519 --> 00:08:03,399 to do, which is play every game and play at a high level, 106 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:09,759 which is what he's done all year, no one cares. So I mean, 107 00:08:09,879 --> 00:08:13,920 it sucks, but I just want to know, like who's actually voting 108 00:08:15,199 --> 00:08:18,879 in this, Like if the fan vote is half the vote, it's the 109 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:24,480 dogs from the Dogs playing poker picture. That's what they do after they pick. 110 00:08:24,959 --> 00:08:31,199 Is it just I just don't get what their criteria is? Well, 111 00:08:31,199 --> 00:08:37,320 it's the fan voting definitely exkews things because then you get situations where what Zaza 112 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,840 Pecciulia was voted in one year or Andrew Wiggins was it last year the year 113 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:46,039 before where people felt like he shouldn't have been an All Star and didn't he 114 00:08:46,039 --> 00:08:48,519 get voted in as a starter. Yeah, but if you get a vote, 115 00:08:50,120 --> 00:08:54,159 uh, and you got a big enough fan base, it can warp 116 00:08:54,240 --> 00:09:03,519 things. But Robbery did not make Steph Curry is not an All Star game 117 00:09:03,559 --> 00:09:07,440 starter. So my point is, as much as we say it's a popularity 118 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:11,840 contest, SGA got in rightfully, So over Steph Curry, he's having the 119 00:09:11,919 --> 00:09:16,399 much better season. Why couldn't Kawhi get in over Lebron he's having a much 120 00:09:16,399 --> 00:09:22,440 better season, or over kd where record wise and if you look at defensive 121 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:28,000 impact, they're like one point per one possessions better Phoenix with Kevin Durant on 122 00:09:28,039 --> 00:09:31,360 the floor compared to Kawhi being nine points better. He is holding it down 123 00:09:31,399 --> 00:09:35,720 defensively for that. Luka Doncic, you know where he's at Defensively, he's 124 00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:41,360 amazing, and offense does outweigh defense, of course, and I think you 125 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:43,679 can have a bigger impact on the game. But when things are that close, 126 00:09:45,519 --> 00:09:46,960 it's gotta be Kawhi over all. Three of those guys. To me, 127 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,679 he needs to post more snappy Instagram captions and he would probably get more 128 00:09:50,759 --> 00:09:56,080 votes, but not Kawi style. The good news is maybe by the time 129 00:09:56,120 --> 00:10:00,279 he finds out, it's right before tip off in Boston on Saturday, and 130 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,080 that gets it worked out. He's not gonna know. He's not gonna know 131 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:07,919 for seventy two hours. Let's speaking of Boston and the upcoming trip. Uh. 132 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:13,639 The injury report was released for Clippers Verus Raptors on Tomorrow, Friday. 133 00:10:13,919 --> 00:10:18,320 No, Paul George all the injury report. Surprised, not surprised. How 134 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:24,240 we feel, Will you look a little concerned. I'm very surprised. Okay, 135 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:30,759 I'm very surprised. I guess, I mean, I guess three days 136 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:35,639 rest is a decent amount of rest, but just the way that they had 137 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:39,600 to make they had to actively manage his minutes in game because the groin injury 138 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:43,960 was that big of an issue. That's yeah, that's a little worrisome to 139 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,960 me, not to be like too much of a of a doom and gloomer 140 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,840 about it, but that's quite the turnaround from something that was like clearly significant 141 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:58,440 enough that Paul George, you know, was coming to the training staff saying, 142 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:03,120 hey, this is bothering me so much, and it necessitated a management 143 00:11:03,159 --> 00:11:07,879 of his minutes in what was a tight game for the most part. I 144 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,840 don't know, I really like, you know, again, I'm not a 145 00:11:09,879 --> 00:11:13,519 doctor. I don't know what to make of this, but it does seem 146 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:18,200 kind of quick. I don't know where are you at, Adam Well, 147 00:11:18,519 --> 00:11:22,919 we're either he or Kawhi on the last two injury reports, Paul George against 148 00:11:22,919 --> 00:11:28,799 the Lakers or Kawhi against Brooklyn when he had the flu. So that I'm 149 00:11:28,799 --> 00:11:35,919 not that surprised by it. I am concerned because the injury, the type 150 00:11:35,919 --> 00:11:41,279 of injury, a growing injury. He reaggravated it against Brooklyn and it's one 151 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:45,960 of those things that can linger. It's tough to manage, uh, And 152 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,720 I don't want him to play through it if he's just trying to tough it 153 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:54,600 out to prove a point that hey, this year is different, we're taining 154 00:11:54,639 --> 00:11:58,279 the we're taking the regular season more seriously. That's great, but you still 155 00:11:58,279 --> 00:12:01,879 have to strike that balance of knowing when you're pushing something over the edge and 156 00:12:01,919 --> 00:12:11,559 pass a threshold where you could seriously exacerbate an injury and therefore it's affecting your 157 00:12:11,639 --> 00:12:16,759 ceiling for this season and where this team can go. Yeah, that's that's 158 00:12:16,759 --> 00:12:20,360 a good point. I didn't think about that, just the pro the prove 159 00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:22,799 a point injury right where it's like, you know who did a lot of 160 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:28,559 those was Landry Shamont. Landry Shammon would have exchanges sometimes with people where he 161 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,639 was like, I hurt, Like like I know if you had a wrap 162 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,080 on your resture okay, He'd like, risk is fine, Like does is 163 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,000 it bothering you? And youn just go no, it's fine. It's like, 164 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:39,200 you don't have to prove anything to us, man, It's it's okay. 165 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,559 If you're hurt, you know, to sit down or something. The 166 00:12:43,639 --> 00:12:48,360 schedule is kind of rough for this road trip as well. The Clippers have 167 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:56,159 a back to back screen share a screen or it didn't happen. It's not 168 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,799 gonna happen. No free screen shares, all right, Yeah, let me 169 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:03,519 get this going. Look, you gotta save players from themselves, only Paul 170 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:07,080 George and the medical staff. Really it comes down to Paul George telling them 171 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:13,639 exactly how he's feeling and being as truthful as possible and not just trying to 172 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,519 be a hero or tough it out to a point where it actually worse. 173 00:13:16,519 --> 00:13:22,840 Since then he's out for weeks. They're already without a visa Zubas. But 174 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,039 my point would be, if you got to rest Paul George for a week 175 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:31,559 so he doesn't end up missing a month, you you do it. Now. 176 00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:33,759 It's a difficult thing to manage though, like I said, and to 177 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:37,559 know exactly how far you can push things. So we'll see. Yeah, 178 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:43,559 so we got Clippers Raptors or sorry Rafters Celtics back to back, not kind 179 00:13:43,600 --> 00:13:46,240 of. That's probably the toughest part of the schedule, which'reing to talk about, 180 00:13:46,799 --> 00:13:52,200 Uh, Calves Wizards. You know the Wizards Pistons love those two games 181 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,960 being in the middle of this road trip. If I'm being totally honest, 182 00:13:54,960 --> 00:14:00,399 that's a nice no disrespect, I guess to those franchises, But that's the 183 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:05,120 nice that's a nice two middle two to have. Then you this gets rough 184 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,799 Heat Hawks back to back, uh, which is part of a three in 185 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:16,360 four to end the trip. So your Pistons heat Hawks three and four to 186 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:22,320 end the trip, and you start the trip with three and five. So 187 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:28,759 it's bookended by kind of some rough scheduling for the Clippers. But do you 188 00:14:28,799 --> 00:14:31,840 guys agree that the hardest part is these first two games? Maybe opponent wise, 189 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,440 Ye, the hardest. The hardest game to win is the Boston game, 190 00:14:37,519 --> 00:14:41,039 not just because it's Boston, but because you're in Boston and second night 191 00:14:41,159 --> 00:14:46,120 of a back to back. The Raptors are just annoying to play. Yeah. 192 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,960 I don't think that's gonna be an easy game either, because the Calves. 193 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:54,440 The Calves are serious too, Like it's it's a bit of a gauntlet. 194 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:56,840 I mean, they're eight and two in their last ten. They're they 195 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:01,200 are in the same position in the East as the as the Clippers are in 196 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,720 the West. Like, hmm, that's a good call. I think the 197 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:09,039 Calves have won something like thirteen or fifteen overall, Jesus, even without Evan 198 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:15,840 Mobley, even without Darius Garland. They have turned a corner this season when 199 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,080 it was a little bit sketchy early on. Yeah, that's a good call. 200 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,039 What are we looking for in this Raptors game. We won by six 201 00:15:24,399 --> 00:15:30,159 after like the fastest paced game of the year. Emmanuel quickly is out for 202 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:33,360 this one with a thigh confusion, which is big for the Raptors. He 203 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:37,440 kind of killed the Clippers last time, especially at the rim. Will what 204 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,039 are you looking for in this Raptors game? What do we want to see 205 00:15:41,039 --> 00:15:48,759 from the Clippers? Say Zoo. I mean I'd like to see I'd like 206 00:15:48,799 --> 00:15:50,759 to see things look a lot more buttoned up than what we saw in that 207 00:15:50,919 --> 00:15:54,639 Lakers game, especially on the road. I think the composure needs to be 208 00:15:54,679 --> 00:16:00,440 a lot tighter overall. You know, it's it's hard to it's hard to 209 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:04,360 ascertain whether Clippers at or Lakers at Clippers as a home game or an away 210 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:07,840 game. But you don't win that game, I don't think on the road, 211 00:16:08,799 --> 00:16:12,000 if that makes sense, Like I think there was just two there was 212 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:15,879 there was just there was too many inconsistencies and they did turn it on and 213 00:16:15,919 --> 00:16:18,679 clamp things down there at the end. But I don't I don't think that's 214 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:22,519 a game that you win in an away stadium. So the execution needs to 215 00:16:22,519 --> 00:16:27,120 be a lot better. It's another reason why I'm kind of like concerned about 216 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:32,759 the Paul George thing because while he had his moments, overall was not great 217 00:16:33,039 --> 00:16:36,039 in that game. And I don't know if some of that was due to 218 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:37,919 the growing thing, if there was some, if he was a little tentative 219 00:16:37,960 --> 00:16:41,559 there, But like, the execution needs to be a lot better. And 220 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:45,159 I think that this is going to be a great test for this team because 221 00:16:45,240 --> 00:16:48,480 while they have been like stacking up wins and stuff, I feel like as 222 00:16:48,519 --> 00:16:55,399 though the last three games have been a little sloppier. Yeah, I agree 223 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:59,320 with Will. That was a mixed bag against the Lakers. You look at 224 00:16:59,639 --> 00:17:03,600 on one one hand, the Clippers shot sixty percent from the field. They 225 00:17:03,639 --> 00:17:07,279 were hot again from the outside last eleven games. Guys, they're shooting forty 226 00:17:07,319 --> 00:17:12,200 seven percent from three. It's unbelievable kanity, but offensively slipping though. Yes, 227 00:17:12,559 --> 00:17:18,119 last fifteen games, they're twenty third on defense. That's getting to be 228 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,680 a much bigger sample size now, kissing the bottom five right there. I 229 00:17:22,720 --> 00:17:27,519 think most of it is just human nature because their offense, they've had the 230 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:30,720 best offense since they've gone on this run with the new starting lineup, where 231 00:17:30,759 --> 00:17:34,720 they're twenty five and seven their last thirty two games, and therefore you have 232 00:17:36,039 --> 00:17:38,599 a letdown on the other end because you know you can score whenever you want. 233 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,519 Because obviously they've had moments where they locked down that twenty two to zero 234 00:17:42,559 --> 00:17:45,640 run. They don't give up a point in five and a half minutes against 235 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:52,279 Brooklyn, for example, and last time out against Toronto that was a two 236 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,640 point game with ten minutes left at home. Yeah, and it was a 237 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:59,720 Vitza Zobots who was playing down the stretch of that one and helping them out, 238 00:18:00,039 --> 00:18:03,720 and eventually they would pull away and win one twenty six to one twenty 239 00:18:03,759 --> 00:18:08,759 but by no stretch of the imagination, wasn't an easy victory. And Toronto 240 00:18:08,799 --> 00:18:11,319 was on the second night of a back to back after getting screwed with the 241 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:18,799 twenty three to three or twenty two to three years. Hell yeah, so 242 00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:23,000 it's it's gonna be a tough team to play. Emanuel Quickly being out obviously, 243 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:26,880 that should make things a little bit easier, at least when it comes 244 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,079 to slowing down this Toronto team that was playing at a really fast pace, 245 00:18:30,319 --> 00:18:34,000 especially in the half court against the Clippers. They were just really decisive with 246 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,559 all their passes. They were crisp, they were on point. Guys were 247 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:41,240 playing with a lot of purpose out there. Uh So, yeah, the 248 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:45,559 Clippers do need to tighten things up to Will's point, they haven't looked like 249 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:52,599 a dominant team consistently defensively, like I think they're gonna have to be on 250 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:56,839 this road trip. At some point, the defense has to get much better. 251 00:18:56,119 --> 00:19:02,680 And if they're playing like a team that's bottom ten defensively, I don't 252 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:04,839 know that's gonna be good enough regardless of what their offense does, because I 253 00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:11,519 don't expect them to continue to be this this hot like we've seen recently, 254 00:19:11,599 --> 00:19:15,000 especially from the outside. Yeah, this efficiency is crazy. It feels like 255 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,319 this is a pattern, not a pattern. I shouldn't say that, but 256 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:19,920 we've seen the Clippers shoot absurdly efficient in the two and three era, right 257 00:19:21,039 --> 00:19:23,200 Like we talked about it a couple episodes ago, and we had how many 258 00:19:23,279 --> 00:19:29,160 guys shooting forty percent that one year from three? Even the Dock years they 259 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:33,000 were always like that. That last year they were crazy efficient from three. 260 00:19:33,079 --> 00:19:36,599 So that's a good point, and the defense is gonna have to get devents 261 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,440 the rafters. And then we roll right into a game against the Celtics where 262 00:19:41,119 --> 00:19:44,559 I mistakenly looked up the stats from the last time we played them, which 263 00:19:44,599 --> 00:19:47,880 was a nightmare. There was no Kawhi. We got smoked one hundred and 264 00:19:47,880 --> 00:19:52,519 forty five to one hundred and eight. Felt like I blacked out during that 265 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:56,559 period of time. What less, what can they even take from that last 266 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:03,519 matchup heading into this one without Zoo on the night where I assume everyone's gonna 267 00:20:03,559 --> 00:20:07,880 play because no one's on the injury report for the first game, so that 268 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:12,079 would imply that everyone's playing the second, right, I don't know, we'll 269 00:20:12,079 --> 00:20:18,839 see I think this game, I think the odds are obviously very stacked against 270 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,720 you in this one. I think that makes the Raptors game a must win. 271 00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:29,240 But I mean, yeah, you know, you're you're on no rest 272 00:20:29,559 --> 00:20:32,799 playing a team that's lost one time at home. I mean it's kind of 273 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:36,359 the same as the Raptors. Yeah, the execution just needs to be on 274 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,759 another level. And without aviatsa Zoo Bots, like, the margin for error 275 00:20:38,799 --> 00:20:44,240 is really really slim, and we need to see I mean, if they 276 00:20:44,279 --> 00:20:47,000 have any chance of winning this game, we need to see a completely different 277 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,319 defensive team than we've seen in the last In the last five games, like 278 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:52,640 I just don't see any other way through the Celtics, and quite frankly, 279 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:56,400 like if we're looking ahead to the postseason whatever, I don't see any way 280 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,119 through the Nuggets. Like there's a lot of teams that if this isn't a 281 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,839 lot better from where it is right now, Like it doesn't matter how good 282 00:21:02,839 --> 00:21:06,200 the season has been, it doesn't matter how good offensively our Big three has 283 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:11,400 been. There's one thing that this team can do to sort of overpower a 284 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:15,720 lot of the other teams that frankly have more star power and more continuity, 285 00:21:15,839 --> 00:21:18,400 and it's it's really on the defensive end. And you know, if Paul 286 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:22,400 George isn't at one hundred percent, I don't know who's picking up the slack. 287 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:23,920 To be perfectly honest with you, Terrence Man can only do so much, 288 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:27,559 Kawhi Leonard can can can do so much. Mason Plumbley, I mean, 289 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:32,799 God, bless him, he's trying. I love the guy. Hopefully. 290 00:21:32,880 --> 00:21:34,920 Daniel Tice, you know he's got the inside script on the Celtics, 291 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:40,680 so you know, maybe he can have a good outing, but it's gonna 292 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,839 be tough. Man. This is uh, Like I said, I think 293 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:47,400 that this this game, I don't want to call it a scheduled loss, 294 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:51,920 but like it makes that Raptors game a must win in my opinion, Yeah, 295 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:56,839 I think Boston is easily at this point the best team in the East, 296 00:21:57,359 --> 00:22:02,400 maybe the best team in the league, not just because of their home 297 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,119 court advantage and the record there and only losing ones to Denver recently, but 298 00:22:07,799 --> 00:22:12,079 they consistently bring it on both ends. And the Clippers got completely outworked in 299 00:22:12,079 --> 00:22:17,440 that game against Boston. It wasn't some fluky thing where Boston just you shot 300 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:19,480 a high percentage, which they did. They hit twenty five to three pointers, 301 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:25,599 but they were quicker to lose balls. They had fifteen offensive rebounds on 302 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:30,440 the Clippers in a game where Big Zoo had five offensive rebounds by himself, 303 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,440 he had sixteen to ten. They're not gonna have him, and they can 304 00:22:33,519 --> 00:22:38,079 go five out because they start five out and they're starting five now. So 305 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,359 if you aren't sound on rotations, that's how you get a team that lights 306 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,359 you up with twenty five to three pointers as they did, and they're gonna 307 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,680 get stops because last fifteen games, Boston doesn't have that slippage like the Clippers 308 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:53,799 have. They're third defensively last fifteen games overall, so they're not having that 309 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,880 issue, and I guess the Clippers now are twentieth an update their defensively last 310 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:02,599 fifteen games. But as good as the Clippers are offensively, they're going to 311 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:07,200 have to get stops because Boston is doing it on both ends at an extremely 312 00:23:07,279 --> 00:23:11,279 high level right now. And we might need Kawhi to have double digit rebounds 313 00:23:11,279 --> 00:23:18,440 again. Tyson Plumbley had four combined rebounds. I mean, we know who 314 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,960 they're going against, obviously in that Lakers, who's down low. It's a 315 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:23,839 big team, but they we need the complete opposite from those two guys. 316 00:23:25,079 --> 00:23:26,680 It's obviously not all on them, you know, as Will point it out. 317 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:32,599 We need great execution from the top three guys, and then we need 318 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:33,880 everyone to have a good game. We need a mirror to keep playing good 319 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:37,400 defense. We need Russ to be the good Russ experience, you know, 320 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,240 keep making good decisions with the ball in his hand. Bring the energy up 321 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:45,519 if it's down, because they're gonna be tired after that Rappers game. Who 322 00:23:45,599 --> 00:23:51,079 is our players of the game for both of these We're gonna do one player 323 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,960 for both games. Who's going to have a good two game stretch to get 324 00:23:55,000 --> 00:24:00,720 the Clippers off on the right foot on the the Grammy trip. All right, 325 00:24:00,759 --> 00:24:04,359 I'll go first. I'll go with team Man, who was shooting over 326 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:11,160 fifty percent from three in twenty twenty four. It was funny on Podcast Pete 327 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,240 they were talking about the slump he was in and this was right after the 328 00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:18,960 calendar turned over and Terrence Man was showing signs of life. And I guess 329 00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:23,200 Paul George told him in twenty twenty four, we're shooting the shit out of 330 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:27,519 the ball and like just to try to get his confidence up. And it's 331 00:24:27,559 --> 00:24:32,839 happened. Forty seven percent from three for the team the last eleven games, 332 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,680 and Terrence Man has been really good and gotten off to a couple of quick 333 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:41,480 starts when the Clippers have started slow. He's been that spark with the starting 334 00:24:41,519 --> 00:24:45,200 lineup, especially against Brooklyn down sixteen to nothing. But he also I think 335 00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:49,160 had seven points on the first quarter against the Lakers. He's been good. 336 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,640 The confidence just it looks like he's completely back, and he almost had the 337 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:57,119 dagger that just rimmed out against the Lakers from three also in that ballgame of 338 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:03,799 the fourth Well player of of games. I'm gonna go Norman Powell, and 339 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:10,200 I know that I just about how important the defense is gonna be for the 340 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:15,079 Clippers. I think if Norm Powell can really keep things going, and I 341 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:21,119 mean he has to bare minimum help that second unit tread water against these the 342 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,920 second units for the Raptors and the Celtics, but if they can gain a 343 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,759 little bit of momentum and ground there, I think that could go a long 344 00:25:26,799 --> 00:25:30,960 way. So I kind of tend to light guys who come off the bench 345 00:25:30,079 --> 00:25:33,160 and light it up on road trips. I feel like that's the kind of 346 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:37,640 guy who can get things going. So I'm gonna go with Norman Powell. 347 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:47,200 I'm gonna go that's a good preak, great pick. This is a lazy 348 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:49,880 pick, but I'm good. I'm going with Kawhi Leonard. Kawhi Leonard is 349 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:56,319 gonna do. He's gonna have a two game stretch to hopefully show people why 350 00:25:56,319 --> 00:25:57,920 he should have been a starter. He doesn't talk about it, really, 351 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:03,119 He's gonna let He's gonna have two elite games. We're gonna see the crazy 352 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,960 percentages. We're going to see them guard Jason Tatum. Some are saying Kawhi 353 00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:11,880 is good, So I'm going Kawhi Leonard for over these two games. I 354 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:14,920 really hope you win that Raptors game. You're totally right Will about that being 355 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,160 a must win. But here we are, and here's still the rest of 356 00:26:18,160 --> 00:26:22,680 the trip going well. I don't know what what's your guys predictions for record 357 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:29,119 on this trip? In the seven game road trip? Because coach Lou told 358 00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,240 Carlo Jimenez pre game that they put a number on it and the goal is 359 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:37,079 to go six and one. I was gonna think five and at worst. 360 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,960 He said the goal is to go six and one. I go five and 361 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:42,480 two. That's what I was going to think, because I was like, 362 00:26:42,519 --> 00:26:45,200 you got and I understand how it was going to sound. You got two 363 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:51,519 wins in Detroit and the Wizards. There's two. I think you can scrape 364 00:26:51,559 --> 00:26:55,359 around three other ones. I think they can figure those out. I'm glad 365 00:26:56,160 --> 00:27:02,680 that they are setting a higher standard and it's six and one type goal for 366 00:27:02,759 --> 00:27:06,960 them. But I hope I'm wrong. I'm gonna go four and three. 367 00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:15,640 I'm still not bad Will. I don't know, like looking at the rest 368 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:26,200 makes this makes this really difficult for me. I guess I'm gonna be optimistic 369 00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:32,039 and I'll go five and two. Hell yeah, five and two Live and 370 00:27:32,079 --> 00:27:33,799 two club. All right, let's hope they can do it. Let's hope 371 00:27:33,799 --> 00:27:37,319 the Clippers get it right. Let's hope all three of us are wrong. 372 00:27:37,279 --> 00:27:41,759 I couldn't get into the five and two you were yay, you had a 373 00:27:41,839 --> 00:27:47,160 chance. Coming up, we're gonna answer the best questions we got over on 374 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:52,400 Twitter from Clippers fans. That's at clippers Pod if you would like to tweet 375 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:53,480 it us. Also, if you want to watch us, you can find 376 00:27:53,519 --> 00:27:57,799 us at YouTube dot com slash at Clippers Podcast. That's been fun. There's 377 00:27:57,839 --> 00:28:00,119 been an ad break. If your list ads have been loud, go ahead 378 00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:03,039 and turn it down. We got ads coming up and then Clippers questions in 379 00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:10,880 three two one. Welcome back in the Clips and Dip your favorite Clippers podcast. 380 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,680 Just want to shout out everyone watching this on YouTube, Thank you so 381 00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:17,160 much. You can find us over on YouTube at Clippers podcast, which if 382 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,200 you're watching this you already know this is more for the audio listeners. Anyways, 383 00:28:21,599 --> 00:28:25,480 looking ahead, we're gonna talk about some questions we ask for those over 384 00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:29,599 on Twitter. That's at clippers Pod. Chuck, what do we got? 385 00:28:30,319 --> 00:28:34,240 We got some great ones today Daniel Perez as a question here. This kind 386 00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:37,559 of goes off of what we were just talking about. Aside from injury, 387 00:28:38,079 --> 00:28:41,920 Daniel asked any concerns as we get closer to the playoffs and winning our first 388 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:48,440 championship, or as PG says, are we in the driver's seat. If 389 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,720 you're a real Clippers fan, that quote, now, it doesn't make you 390 00:28:51,759 --> 00:28:55,920 feel good, but I think it's kind of why what we just talked about, 391 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,720 right, it's the defensive side of the ball. The defensive side of 392 00:28:57,759 --> 00:29:03,079 the ball is kind of the big thing they need to get figured out offensively. 393 00:29:03,759 --> 00:29:07,519 I don't really have a lot of complaints, and we're gonna talk about 394 00:29:07,519 --> 00:29:11,880 some personnel stuff, but Adam, what do you think? Yeah, I 395 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,880 agree with that this defense. You know, they had fifteen turnovers against the 396 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,200 Lakers and seven in the fourth quarter where it looked like they lost focused. 397 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:23,200 I think you mentioned it earlier, but coach Lou brought up how you know, 398 00:29:23,279 --> 00:29:26,799 without Lebron James out there, he felt like there was a little bit 399 00:29:26,799 --> 00:29:30,079 of a letdown. I thought so too, And that's part of the mixed 400 00:29:30,119 --> 00:29:36,400 bag in that game. There were some positives and I think the intent from 401 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:41,599 PG and Kawhi to go at Anthony Davis was low key special. They both 402 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:47,400 had moves on him in the post and went at him for dunks and layups. 403 00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:49,640 Even with that groin, Paul George got by him for a dunk, 404 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:53,799 Kawhi Leonard had a crazy layup in the lane on him, and then that 405 00:29:53,799 --> 00:29:57,519 little pirouette in the fourth quarter for his only field goal on Ad where he 406 00:29:57,599 --> 00:30:03,839 lost him in pretty much all the La Bakers, but that's needed against the 407 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:06,079 Lakers. You know, they had sixty eight points on the paint. That 408 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,559 was a season high for the Clippers, so that's, you know, very 409 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,319 much encouraging. But if they do end up locking up in the first round, 410 00:30:14,119 --> 00:30:17,240 you can't settle for just for mid range shots, even as good as 411 00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:19,839 they are in that area, because the Lakers have better personnel to guard those 412 00:30:19,839 --> 00:30:22,880 two guys, and I'm sure they're still getting ready to make a move. 413 00:30:23,559 --> 00:30:30,839 But overall, turnovers, defense and just a little bit more consistency, and 414 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,960 some of that is natural. It comes with more reps out there with this 415 00:30:34,039 --> 00:30:37,759 new squad, so I'm not gonna be overly critical, but yeah, there's 416 00:30:37,799 --> 00:30:41,240 things to work on. And with the road trip too, I think that 417 00:30:41,319 --> 00:30:44,359 kind of that makes like the consistency part hard, right, Like we've heard 418 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,079 Paul George talk about how like you know you're together and you're really in the 419 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,960 trenches together. But it's also the scheduling for this road trip is rough. 420 00:30:51,839 --> 00:30:55,480 Will Do you have anything to add to the concerns? No, No, 421 00:30:55,519 --> 00:31:00,680 I think that makes sense. I I I guess I do you still worry 422 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,759 about some of the size matchups, But I think we have to wait. 423 00:31:03,119 --> 00:31:06,880 I have to wait for my final ruling on that until we see if he's 424 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,880 a zoobots back and if this team ends up trying to pick up another wing 425 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:15,039 at at the deadline. But the way that they have been flummixed by some 426 00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:19,000 bigger teams, I do think that's a concern. But yeah, it's still 427 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,920 a wait and see For me. It's not like it's not a the sky 428 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:30,880 isn't falling yet. I'm not as worried to say Joseph ryan Ward about Yeah, 429 00:31:30,039 --> 00:31:33,559 he's worried they're going to win too many games. In his fourteen and 430 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:37,039 six prediction over a twenty game stretch, is it gonna come true? It 431 00:31:37,079 --> 00:31:40,400 didn't. He already got it wrong. They were fifteen and fifteen and three 432 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:45,720 of that thing got cook Joseph, he wasn't optimistic enough. Optimist Prime rib 433 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:51,039 asks. I love that name, great, so good. How big of 434 00:31:51,079 --> 00:31:53,480 a deal is it for the team's title chances if they are not a top 435 00:31:53,519 --> 00:31:56,839 three seed. Let's say they stay at four, it doesn't mean they aren't 436 00:31:56,839 --> 00:32:00,559 as good as the teams above them, since they got a late aren't because 437 00:32:00,559 --> 00:32:05,039 of the hard an adjustment period and losing streak. Adam, you're a seeding 438 00:32:05,079 --> 00:32:07,359 is a very big deal, guy, which makes sense. Where are you 439 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:08,599 at? How big of a deal is it for them to not be a 440 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:14,519 top three seed not top four? I think four and three is a completely 441 00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:15,920 different ballpark. Sorry, Adam, Well, which is why I like that 442 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:21,279 they separate it. Yeah. Well, I think historically there have been two 443 00:32:21,359 --> 00:32:28,119 teams in the last fifty or sixty years outside of the top three to win 444 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:35,359 the championship, so there's precedent. It does matter. I will say this 445 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:42,599 though, because schedules or excuse me, records are so injury influenced in today's 446 00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:45,119 modern NBA, and I mean over the last couple of years, where there's 447 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:51,599 so many guys out consistently, they may not be as representative of how good 448 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:57,039 that team is, and I wouldn't be shocked if for the first time in 449 00:32:57,079 --> 00:33:00,079 a long time you do see a team that's below a top three seed win 450 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:04,079 it all. For example, the Clippers were the four seed in twenty twenty 451 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,160 one, and I think they were on their way to win at all. 452 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:12,319 So it may not be as imperative as it used to be with mean to 453 00:33:12,319 --> 00:33:15,000 get that top three seed, but ask me again, when we know the 454 00:33:15,039 --> 00:33:19,440 matchups, So if they ever a better matchup in the four or five and 455 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,880 then you know their brackets better, it could be beneficial. That's fair. 456 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:31,119 Will Are you super worried about the top three seed? I mean it just 457 00:33:31,119 --> 00:33:35,200 depends. Like I think what Adam brought up a really great point that if 458 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:40,319 I just think it depends I guess on what the final seeding ends up being, 459 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:45,440 because I would say generally there's a world of difference between the three seed 460 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:50,119 and the four seed. You know, you obviously are signed up for a 461 00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:53,759 more difficult first round matchup, and then in the second round, I mean, 462 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:59,240 you got to go through the best team. So I think that you 463 00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:01,200 know a lot of years that that would be a huge thing, like last 464 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:07,000 year where Denver held down the one spot. I mean, that's I think 465 00:34:07,039 --> 00:34:08,760 your chances of getting out of the second round are pretty bad if that's the 466 00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:15,239 matchup. If it stays the Thunder or maybe even the Timberwolves, you know, 467 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,400 I feel like that becomes less that that becomes less of a big deal. 468 00:34:17,519 --> 00:34:21,480 Not not a knock on on either one of those teams. They just 469 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:25,320 don't quite have the playoff acumen kind of which isn't to say that that which 470 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:29,400 isn't to say that they couldn't beat the Clippers. But I you know, 471 00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:34,079 it's not the matchup on the worried about I would a door ditch, you 472 00:34:34,119 --> 00:34:37,440 know, ditch. Yeah, But like I mean, it's kind of pick 473 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:42,039 your poison right now. For the Clippers, it's with the standings as they 474 00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:44,719 are today on January twenty fifth, I mean, would you rather play the 475 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,880 Suns or would you rather play the Pelicans? And I honestly might say the 476 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:51,320 Suns. Yeah, I think that's a good call. Yeah, I think 477 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,360 I think it is really important. But Adam, I really like what you 478 00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:58,880 pointed out with the rest and things like that, where that has changed so 479 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:01,400 much that I think, as you're right, as it gets as low as 480 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:05,199 four for me to really believe that, like, if the Clippers fell a 481 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,679 five, something is gone. I don't know, horribly wrong, but pretty 482 00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:13,400 wrong. If the Clippers fall down to five, I mean we have we 483 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,800 have a three game lead, I mean, yeah, something would have feel 484 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:20,599 horribly wrong. So they didn't go five and two on the road trip. 485 00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:29,079 We don't even talk about in a couple of months, a seventeen games on 486 00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:32,119 the road in March. By the way, they're all roadies. But now 487 00:35:32,199 --> 00:35:35,719 this is a good question, definitely something to keep an eye on. And 488 00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:39,000 then Snow had one addition, do you think we'd be the top seed if 489 00:35:39,039 --> 00:35:44,079 we would have made the hardened trade in the offseason instead of four games in? 490 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:46,480 I don't know. For the top seed, I think things go so 491 00:35:46,639 --> 00:35:51,440 differently. You don't just copy and paste the schedule. You don't just copy 492 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,760 and paste like the results like four games. Look, this thing felt so 493 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:59,599 inevitable that I think, I mean, obviously it would have been great to 494 00:35:59,599 --> 00:36:04,440 get a training camp with James. Maybe he comes into the season a little 495 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,880 bit more game ready. But the thing is is like they were always gonna 496 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,400 have to be tested at a game level, you know, they they weren't 497 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:15,800 you know, the the amount of games that they would that they would gain 498 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:19,000 is a little bit negligible to me. And maybe you still have the same 499 00:36:19,039 --> 00:36:21,679 losing streak, but it starts at the beginning of the season. That kind 500 00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:22,800 of leaves a different taste in your mouth. You know, if you go 501 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:27,800 oher and six, if you haven't won a game like that feels a little 502 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,519 different. And I don't know that that would affect the mentality or anything, 503 00:36:30,519 --> 00:36:35,800 but I don't think it. I don't think it's a world of difference. 504 00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:37,639 To be perfectly honest, they were gonna go through skids, they were gonna 505 00:36:37,679 --> 00:36:42,280 go through ups, and you know, none of this stuff, Like I 506 00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:45,400 said, it has to be game tested. So I don't think that like 507 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:49,320 a training camp would have made a world of difference. Personally, I like 508 00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:53,199 the fact that the Clippers faced diversity earlier in the season, that six game 509 00:36:53,280 --> 00:37:00,079 losing streak, testing the locker room, testing the chemistry on this team and 510 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:06,440 how guys view one another. But I'm gonna say this, I'm pretty damn 511 00:37:06,519 --> 00:37:10,280 sure the difference in getting James Harden in the summer or after the first couple 512 00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:15,480 weeks of the season was Terrence Man great. So you're talking about losing Terrence 513 00:37:15,519 --> 00:37:21,519 Man to get Harden earlier. I don't like that. I'd rather get Harden 514 00:37:21,559 --> 00:37:25,719 a little bit later and hold on to Terrence Man, because I'm pretty sure 515 00:37:27,199 --> 00:37:29,960 that if they have given up Man, they would have made that trade earlier. 516 00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:32,800 Philadelphia. I don't like that. That would be That is exactly what 517 00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:37,960 Lawrence Frank I Hope said to Darryll Morey when he asked for Terrence Man. 518 00:37:38,559 --> 00:37:42,280 All right, I've been reading all these questions. Will what is this next 519 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,440 question we have on the breakdown that both of you read, which I appreciate 520 00:37:45,519 --> 00:37:52,800 and know. Then Katta Man Magna Murray, Sorry about that if I pronounced 521 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:58,159 that wrong. Says anyway, the Clippers make a move because a big earthquake 522 00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,760 happened yesterday before deadline day, like a center or forward like Robert Williams or 523 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:07,400 Bojan Bogdanovitch or Dfs or Jacob or Jonas. A lot of names in there, 524 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,920 A lot of names there. Robert Williams is out for the season. 525 00:38:10,519 --> 00:38:15,920 Correct, But that would be a very Clippers trade. Uh yeah, no, 526 00:38:16,159 --> 00:38:20,719 so the the I would say no, But then the earthquake happened, 527 00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,599 which I do think does play a part here, something is maybe a foot 528 00:38:23,639 --> 00:38:28,559 who knows something is born out of this earthquake? Hey, well I hope 529 00:38:28,559 --> 00:38:31,000 not man. If someone man, that's something bad is coming if someone's born 530 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:35,760 out of an earthquake. But another San Andreas movie, yeah, not a 531 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:40,840 bad movie. Practical effects pretty crazy in that movie. I I don't know. 532 00:38:42,039 --> 00:38:45,920 I think they're gonna do their due diligence. But Zoo's absence is it 533 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:49,639 a weird time? I think too to kind of it makes the team look 534 00:38:49,679 --> 00:38:52,199 a lot smaller. Obviously, as we've talked about, even when he's healthy, 535 00:38:52,199 --> 00:38:55,280 there is some concern, you know, with our wings La Murray brought 536 00:38:55,360 --> 00:39:00,679 up a good thing on Twitter, how a mere coffee like is just exceptively. 537 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:04,079 He has a shorter wingspan than you think he does. So when he's 538 00:39:04,079 --> 00:39:06,320 out there, he's tall, but like, he has a shorter wingspan. 539 00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,960 And Terrence has kind of the short wingspan too, So someone with more, 540 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:13,519 you know, I hate to use this comparison, maybe someone like I, 541 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:15,440 a tumor a Covington. I'm not saying they should go get those guys or 542 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:20,599 they shouldn't have traded those guys or anything like that, but someone like that 543 00:39:20,800 --> 00:39:23,920 could help the Clippers. I don't see them being able to part with anybody 544 00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:29,840 to get that without losing someone who's gonna help keep things going smoothly with Zoo 545 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:35,000 being out. I'm in a real like if they could do like Bones and 546 00:39:35,159 --> 00:39:38,119 PJ, I would hate to lose Bones, but like that would make me 547 00:39:38,119 --> 00:39:42,400 feel more comfortable than it was someone who's playing in the rotation right now. 548 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:45,000 But I don't know if that's possible. Like I'm in between a rock in 549 00:39:45,039 --> 00:39:52,920 a hard place with this, I someone like a rock movie or yes, 550 00:39:53,000 --> 00:40:01,840 exactly, Like I think someone like Dorian Finney Smith would be perfect. I 551 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:05,280 think that that's like the that's the kind of guy that you need. I 552 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,079 mean, I don't think the Clippers can get into Bruce Brown sweep steaks because 553 00:40:08,079 --> 00:40:13,119 I think there's just gonna be a lot of suitors for that. But I'm 554 00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:19,199 also of the mind that like I'm not given I don't I just really don't 555 00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:23,079 think I'm giving up the twenty thirty to make him make a move around the 556 00:40:23,119 --> 00:40:28,519 margins. And I'm out on a center and and I'm out on a center 557 00:40:28,639 --> 00:40:31,119 unless we know that Zoo isn't coming back, and then that, I mean, 558 00:40:31,159 --> 00:40:36,880 that changes everything. Obviously would be crazy. Yeah, yeah, it's 559 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:39,559 I mean, it's it's absurd. It's absurd. So that kind of even 560 00:40:39,599 --> 00:40:44,480 like rules out o Linic for me, I like Olynic, but I I 561 00:40:44,639 --> 00:40:50,239 just would rather have I would just rather have another like true forward. Yeah, 562 00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:53,559 somebody a little bit more mobile. Would I give up a player? 563 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:00,039 You gotta give a guy. I mean, if you're not giving a pick, 564 00:41:00,039 --> 00:41:06,119 you gotta give a guy one of these guys. Man, I guess 565 00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:09,199 maybe bones. It hurts though. So the other part of the question we 566 00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:14,480 got to is, Adam, if the Clippers get Olinock, does that move 567 00:41:14,599 --> 00:41:21,559 raise the floor substantially? Calvin Hadley asked this, raise the floor substantially? 568 00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,760 Yes, see, I could if they get him soon enough. The trade 569 00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:35,360 deadlines February eighth, So you get him and then Stiller with out of each 570 00:41:35,519 --> 00:41:39,000 Zubas for a couple more weeks likely. Yeah, how much can you help 571 00:41:39,039 --> 00:41:45,039 you there? He can help I like Killey Olnock. My point would be, 572 00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:49,039 though they need to be better internally, Mason Plumbley and Daniels Hyes, 573 00:41:49,159 --> 00:41:52,480 just have to play better sometimes that's the solution. I've said this about the 574 00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:54,800 Lakers recently. I don't know if there's a guy out there that can magically 575 00:41:54,840 --> 00:42:00,000 save their season. They just have to play better. And Mason Plumbley and 576 00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:05,119 Daniel Tice, we know they're both capable of doing so. It'll be interesting 577 00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:08,480 to see against a smaller Raptors team how much run they get. Avita Zubas 578 00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:13,480 was able to close out that game. He's having his best year, So 579 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,039 I'm still interested in a guy that can play the four of the five to 580 00:42:16,159 --> 00:42:24,719 really solidify things. But I like actually that guy though well. Compared to 581 00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:30,000 having to give up the twenty thirty for Dorian Finney Smith, I would rather 582 00:42:30,119 --> 00:42:37,320 just get Kelly Olynk Yeah, because who plays next to him though in the 583 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:42,800 front court, Like I just I don't see the fit, especially in any 584 00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:47,079 minutes where Russ is also out there. Well that that is a good point, 585 00:42:47,159 --> 00:42:51,840 but he can't shoot. He can't shoot. He is, I mean 586 00:42:52,079 --> 00:42:55,760 he is shooting fort on the season, but it's on less than two attempts 587 00:42:55,760 --> 00:43:00,199 a game. That's fine. I mean, we have a career. You're 588 00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:04,639 full of data where he's at thirty seven percent from the outside, Like I 589 00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:07,280 he should be around thirty eight percent if you bring him in, plus he'll 590 00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:10,719 likely get even more open shots on this Clippers team. I'm not that worried 591 00:43:10,719 --> 00:43:15,559 about it. But to what you said, you got to bring in a 592 00:43:15,599 --> 00:43:17,559 guy. If you don't bring in in a guy that can shoot, who's 593 00:43:17,559 --> 00:43:22,079 coming off the bench with Russ also coming off the bench, that's problematic. 594 00:43:22,679 --> 00:43:29,079 Then you're always right. It's unable to me. Yeah, then it maybe 595 00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:31,400 lowers the ceiling as opposed, and I also think, I mean with the 596 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:36,719 Olynic thing again, this all changes if Zoo. If Zoo is here, 597 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:40,800 if you can't come back rather but like one of the centers gotta go if 598 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:45,480 we bring in a right one of the centers gotta go. I'm kind of 599 00:43:45,519 --> 00:43:47,719 against the Lenic because I don't like on Zaga guys, but that's that has 600 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:52,840 nothing to do with uh how yeah, chet sucks. I didn't say that 601 00:43:53,440 --> 00:43:59,119 this question is going to hurt Adam's feelings. It's from Rosetta stoned some elite 602 00:43:59,280 --> 00:44:04,960 names. Uh wow, they have. There a lot of geniuses who followed 603 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:08,119 us on Twitter. I became a huge Bones Highland fan. What are the 604 00:44:08,119 --> 00:44:10,920 team's plans for him? Is he watching, learning and preparing to play in 605 00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:15,920 the future, or is my greatest fear of him being trade bait a reality 606 00:44:15,119 --> 00:44:21,320 Adam as the president, as the holder of the Skeleton Key Skeleton Key Club. 607 00:44:22,639 --> 00:44:27,159 What do we think. I hope he's a part of the future that 608 00:44:27,199 --> 00:44:30,199 I think that's why they brought him in. They obviously haven't nailed enough of 609 00:44:30,239 --> 00:44:34,960 these drafts, so why not have a reclamation project with the guy that does 610 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:38,880 have potential and a really high ceiling and see what a change of scenery does 611 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:44,400 for him and overall as a Clipper in limited time, granted, he's been 612 00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:49,000 really good and he has shown flashes this season. He was getting seventeen points 613 00:44:49,079 --> 00:44:52,800 multiple times. He had a twenty point game early on. You could see 614 00:44:52,840 --> 00:45:00,280 it. He was on the come and it's disappointed on the com at that 615 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:08,960 axiom, what does that mean? Uh Rosetta stone it oh Man put it 616 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:16,119 into Google. I'm not us incognito when you google that. Now I see 617 00:45:16,159 --> 00:45:19,840 what you're saying. He was. He looked like he was part of the 618 00:45:19,880 --> 00:45:22,280 future, right like, And I think I like this point. Is he 619 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,119 watching learning and preparing to play in the future. Yes, that is absolutely 620 00:45:25,159 --> 00:45:29,400 happening. I think he's watching and he's learning one hundred percent, and I 621 00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:32,199 think he's learning how to prepare if his number might be called because I think 622 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:40,000 in Clippers guys recently, Yeah, and I think to me, to me, 623 00:45:40,199 --> 00:45:45,119 what's been really sure, like really reassuring about Bones is you know, 624 00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:49,280 we know that things didn't end well in Denver, right like there was sort 625 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,679 of some friction there. We know that Bones came into this season thinking that, 626 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,039 you know, he could be sort of the second up ball handler, 627 00:45:55,119 --> 00:46:00,119 and you know, had been preparing all summer for that and ready for that. 628 00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:05,400 And I think despite all of that post trade, I mean, just 629 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:09,119 the way that Bones champions every single guy on this team, the way that 630 00:46:09,159 --> 00:46:14,280 he's like one of the first people up on the bench, I just I 631 00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:17,800 do feel like he's really invested in this and I think that that has to 632 00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:22,599 be because there's an understanding that there is a light at the end of this 633 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:27,960 bench tunnel, that there is something out there for him. But you know, 634 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,599 you know, maybe I'm wrong, but I think that it looks even 635 00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:34,440 different. And his demeanor is a little bit different from what we saw with 636 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,280 Brandon Boston right where we were really asking a lot of questions about where that 637 00:46:38,440 --> 00:46:43,159 was going and sort of his his demeanor with the locker room and around the 638 00:46:43,199 --> 00:46:46,760 team and not playing, So yeah, I do think that Bones is a 639 00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:52,199 part of the future and obviously is the more complete player than Brandon Boston Junior. 640 00:46:52,159 --> 00:46:55,599 It'll just be really interesting because we obviously we don't know how this season's 641 00:46:55,719 --> 00:47:00,159 gonna end, and that it's going to inform a lot of what we do 642 00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:05,800 obviously in the off season, and you know, so there's definitely space for 643 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:10,039 him. I would see us with less guards unless we win the whole thing 644 00:47:10,079 --> 00:47:15,000 and try to run things back, all right, real quick. Last one. 645 00:47:15,039 --> 00:47:16,559 We're gonna be kind of a rapid fire on this one because it's I 646 00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,800 do appreciate the question, but I think it's kind of well, maybe not 647 00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:25,320 absurd yet From Andrew, what should the Clippers do if PG can't agree to 648 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:29,639 an extension. There's been some smoke that he could go to Philly Pacers or 649 00:47:29,679 --> 00:47:32,079 New York if he's looking for more money and years in Kawhi? Do you 650 00:47:32,119 --> 00:47:36,559 consider a trade? I think the Clippers wi want to have cap space for 651 00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:43,440 SGA and the twenty twenty seven off season. Adam rapid fire two sentences. 652 00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:45,920 What do you think about this question? Do you consider a trade? Are 653 00:47:45,960 --> 00:47:52,000 the Clippers aiming to get Jay and is he a restricted free agent that year, 654 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,679 like, there's no chance they're getting him. If that's the case, 655 00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:59,760 he's already gonna be signed with the OKC Thunder. I think, let it 656 00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:05,360 go. Let it go. I'm restricted in twenty twenty seven. Yeah. 657 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:08,880 Personally, well, they'll still be able to offer him the five year super 658 00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:13,400 max. They'll be able to offer him more than anyone else can. That's 659 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:15,559 how it works with the new CBA. You can keep your own, guys. 660 00:48:16,599 --> 00:48:21,360 I'm not too concerned about it at this point. I don't think if 661 00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:23,760 he's not, you know, if it's days before the trade deadline and he's 662 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:30,639 still not on his extension, that you're overly concerned about Paul George and what 663 00:48:30,679 --> 00:48:36,639 happens this summer. They're trying to win a championship. Now he's playing his 664 00:48:36,679 --> 00:48:39,519 most efficient basketball. Now he's a career highs. I think in field goal 665 00:48:39,519 --> 00:48:45,159 percentage, three point percentage, free throw percentage, he's been fantastic. So 666 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:50,199 we'll figure it out. I like to figure it out, will I mean, 667 00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,880 the ball is kind of in Paul's court, right, you know, 668 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:58,599 he can certainly wait out for the max if that's where things are sticking, 669 00:48:58,599 --> 00:49:01,840 and if that's what the issue is. But yeah, I mean the trade 670 00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:07,679 deadline is in a week, a little over a week, so no, 671 00:49:07,840 --> 00:49:10,679 there's no trade to be done. I don't think he why would he agree 672 00:49:10,679 --> 00:49:14,639 to a sign in trade in the summer. It just doesn't really make any 673 00:49:14,679 --> 00:49:17,719 sense. So the ball is fully in Paul's court, and that's kind of 674 00:49:17,719 --> 00:49:22,840 where it's on. The team too, is like it puts a lot of 675 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:24,800 pressure on this year. But like you want to got to take less than 676 00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:28,599 max money, go out there and win a championship. I mean, that's 677 00:49:29,280 --> 00:49:32,599 a pretty easy way to get somebody to stay right. So yeah, I 678 00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:39,119 think that it's gonna depend on what the Clippers can do financially to not be 679 00:49:39,199 --> 00:49:43,559 too far over the second apron because what you like, lose a pick after 680 00:49:43,679 --> 00:49:46,480 three years, this is one year the second apron and like, I don't 681 00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:49,599 know, man, all that stuff kind of makes my head hurt. But 682 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:53,199 if they you know, if if if a Max isn't in the cards from 683 00:49:53,199 --> 00:49:58,159 the Clippers organization, which is not to say that they don't believe he's worth 684 00:49:58,159 --> 00:50:01,119 a MAX, but because of the imitations of what is essentially a hard cap 685 00:50:01,199 --> 00:50:07,599 now in the NBA, the balls in Paul sport. I just don't think 686 00:50:07,639 --> 00:50:12,119 Kawhi Leonard would come out postgame and say something to the effect of, yeah, 687 00:50:12,119 --> 00:50:15,039 I think for the most part, everybody's coming back, and that didn't 688 00:50:15,079 --> 00:50:20,480 include Paul George. Yeah, he met Mason plumbling for the most part. 689 00:50:21,159 --> 00:50:25,679 Yeah, I'm ver phrasing. I think I think it was more than that. 690 00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:34,519 He said, yes, could be the move all right often Yeah, 691 00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,559 Uh, coming up, we're talking Paul George sending children to space Camp and 692 00:50:37,559 --> 00:50:42,559 then one bold prediction. Uh, it's what he's doing. Uh. The 693 00:50:42,599 --> 00:50:45,000 ads have been allowed for some people. If you're listening to go ahead and 694 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:47,400 turn it down. We got ads in the Space Camp tyle and three two 695 00:50:47,880 --> 00:50:52,760 one space Camp on the come. All right, we are back. Adam 696 00:50:52,920 --> 00:51:00,639 is disgusting this episode. Somehow it's a phrase, guys, I've no Paul 697 00:51:00,679 --> 00:51:07,239 George hosted his Top Golf Classic, which has happens every year. It benefits 698 00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,440 the Paul George Foundation. This event supports one of Paul George's missions, maybe 699 00:51:10,480 --> 00:51:16,760 pun intended, providing scholarships for students to attend space Camp. Space Camp is 700 00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:21,559 a very real thing that I thought was fake, and only in it's called 701 00:51:21,599 --> 00:51:23,239 space Camp. They have one I think it's in like Alabama. It's like 702 00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:27,440 six days. It's very real. It's very cool to get kids interested in 703 00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:31,280 STEM. But the name space camp is very funny. Also space camp or 704 00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:36,639 PG loves space. He's had space in his shoes, like the themed shoe 705 00:51:36,679 --> 00:51:40,000 things before. I don't know, Adam, are you good at golf? 706 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:45,039 Would you have been able to show out at the top golf Paul George thing 707 00:51:45,679 --> 00:51:47,599 horrible? Why is it in a real golf tournament? Sorry to interrupt, 708 00:51:47,639 --> 00:51:52,960 but like isnament probably cheap? You don't have to run out a whole course. 709 00:51:53,280 --> 00:52:00,639 It's kind of lame. It's lame. Okay, the middle of the 710 00:52:00,679 --> 00:52:06,000 season. Man, you're you're going to pretend to play an already kind of 711 00:52:06,079 --> 00:52:09,239 lame sport. No disrespect, but come on, I didn't realize you had 712 00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:14,360 so much heat for charitable events. Why don't you just making a pong tournament 713 00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:21,440 to the game not actual? Not actual? How about a ping pong tournament 714 00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:23,920 like Clayton Kershaw does every year. No, because you're not playing the real 715 00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:28,719 sport, you're doing the imitation of the sport. Well, Will's Will's very 716 00:52:28,800 --> 00:52:34,480 sour on the Paul George Foundation and their efforts to send children to space Camp. 717 00:52:35,440 --> 00:52:37,440 Out of all the clippers, who would be the best candidate for space 718 00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:42,719 Camp? Do you think I think is off the lists? Yeah? I 719 00:52:42,719 --> 00:52:45,320 don't. I don't think you can fit in there. Yeah, I think 720 00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:47,320 it has to be the smallest guy, right, is that? Is that 721 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:52,960 Bones? Well he's tall, though he's tall, he's wiry. But who 722 00:52:53,159 --> 00:52:59,280 needs a sport norm Moon? Oh it's Moon space Camp of course? Come 723 00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:04,880 on, there we go Xavier Moon and maybe Zoo just for comedic effect, 724 00:53:05,639 --> 00:53:10,440 Ye need a bigger shuttle. We're gonna need a bigger boat. Zoo and 725 00:53:10,559 --> 00:53:15,840 zero gravity would be hilarious. Kawai would also probably be a good astronaut. 726 00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:22,039 Can I just clarify something really quick? On the come? The origin of 727 00:53:22,039 --> 00:53:29,199 it? The genesis is from betting on cards, that betting on cars that 728 00:53:29,239 --> 00:53:31,519 may come in the future, like betting on bone Highland. He's on the 729 00:53:31,519 --> 00:53:36,000 comb. That's that's if you want to make that your catchphrase, Man, 730 00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:38,719 no one's gonna stop yet. It's not mine. It literally has been around 731 00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:43,239 for centuries. You've said it ten times this episode. It sounds like it's 732 00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:47,000 maybe starting to be your coutchphrase. I'm just glad I somehow escaped getting that 733 00:53:47,079 --> 00:53:51,719 nickname under my tag here on YouTube. Hey, at this point, a 734 00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:53,480 lot of time left, actually not very much time left, all right. 735 00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:59,000 The first thing, so sorry for making fun of Paul George's all right, 736 00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:02,320 you will not the message. The message is wonderful, and honestly, the 737 00:54:02,400 --> 00:54:06,239 outreach that he does is wonderful. Paul George does a lot of great things, 738 00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,920 and he does get clowned on sort of an unfair amount for the good 739 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:13,440 that he does. Yeah, space camp, you think, oh space camp 740 00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:16,719 is funy? No, space Camp is very serious to me. Let me 741 00:54:16,760 --> 00:54:21,079 tell you. In space no one can hear you scream. What's very true? 742 00:54:21,679 --> 00:54:24,880 All right? One bold second half prediction to close this episode out. 743 00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:29,280 The Clippers are rolling right now except for the defense side of the ball. 744 00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:36,679 Will what is your bold second half prediction? Regular season? Visus Zubots has 745 00:54:36,679 --> 00:54:38,800 an even better stretch than he's had thus far to end out the season. 746 00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:45,920 Fucking hey hell yeah, all right, adam, that was badass. The 747 00:54:45,960 --> 00:54:50,679 Clippers have a winning record in marsh Oh, all right, that is a 748 00:54:50,719 --> 00:54:53,679 bold prediction. They have to though, Hey, brother, I was, 749 00:54:53,960 --> 00:55:00,840 according to somebody, I was saying that in November I was saying that November. 750 00:55:01,079 --> 00:55:07,519 I can't believe we are now actually almost there like it just Ti Man, 751 00:55:07,519 --> 00:55:08,679 I don't I don't understand it. You need to go to need to 752 00:55:08,719 --> 00:55:14,039 go to Paul George space camp. We oh, is there Paul George time 753 00:55:14,119 --> 00:55:20,280 camp. Well, I'm casual so I could use it. I'm gonna go. 754 00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:22,039 Wow, you guys had two really good ones. I'm gonna go. 755 00:55:23,679 --> 00:55:30,400 Terrence Man has three twenty point games in the second half of the season for 756 00:55:30,519 --> 00:55:37,639 the Clippers, spicy prediction and then uh oh, Rush shoots another three with 757 00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:44,760 a shoe off makes it again, continues to be one hundred, continues balances 758 00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:47,239 out the shot. There we go. You might need it. That about 759 00:55:47,239 --> 00:55:52,880 wraps it up. We have some updated give no quarter stats per John Rodriguez. 760 00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:55,360 Thank you to John for doing this. Uh forty two games, one 761 00:55:55,440 --> 00:56:00,880 hundred and sixty eight total quarters, possible one overtime game the Clippers of one 762 00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:06,039 ninety five quarters. They have lost sixty eight quarters, so we each oh 763 00:56:06,199 --> 00:56:09,840 sixty eight quarters to the fund that No one has given us something to donate 764 00:56:09,840 --> 00:56:14,800 to yet YouTube put a comment for what we should donate it to. But 765 00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:20,840 that's is that why Kawhi is not an all star game starter. Well, 766 00:56:20,880 --> 00:56:24,639 they're like, look, because we can quantify this. You guys have really 767 00:56:24,719 --> 00:56:30,159 messed this up, like you should not have been your slogan. That's seventeen 768 00:56:30,199 --> 00:56:32,800 bucks. I was gonna say, we each show a hardy seventeen bucks. 769 00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:38,400 Yeah, damn Clippers, stop losing quarters. Guys, is the charity Paul 770 00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:42,880 George's space camp? Who are you giving it to? Yeah? Honestly, 771 00:56:42,960 --> 00:56:45,679 should we just get to the Paul George? We should have to at least. 772 00:56:45,679 --> 00:56:50,079 Yeah, we'll make we'll do it in a top golf event. Can 773 00:56:50,119 --> 00:56:55,119 I give Paul George my seventeen dollars cash? Do I have to write each 774 00:56:55,159 --> 00:57:00,199 other? Do I have to write a check like a jell envelope. It's 775 00:57:00,199 --> 00:57:05,400 a big check that you're writing out, and I give the novelty check. 776 00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:10,159 Yeah. We are gonna have some double dips for y'all on Friday and Saturday. 777 00:57:10,239 --> 00:57:13,920 Maybe a live on Saturday. Who knows? The weekend lives have been 778 00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:15,719 fun? Will Did you have fun on the press box the other day? 779 00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:22,320 That was a good time. Jesus Christ for Anything. Full episode out on 780 00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:25,679 Sunday, talking the back to back and looking towards the week ahead. Uh 781 00:57:25,760 --> 00:57:30,480 well, where could these people review us and maybe subscribe to us? Uh? 782 00:57:30,519 --> 00:57:34,360 So you can listen to subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. If you 783 00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:37,159 want to rate or review this show, do that over on Apple Podcasts or 784 00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,960 Spotify. We love it. We'd love to hear your feedback. You know, 785 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,199 it really helps the shot. Also, gotta check us out over on 786 00:57:45,239 --> 00:57:49,400 YouTube. You can subscribe that to YouTube dot com slash at Clippers podcast. 787 00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,559 You can comment literally at any time. You don't even have to leave a 788 00:57:52,639 --> 00:57:54,320 rating and review. You can just thumbs down us. You can do whatever 789 00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:58,920 the hell you want over there on YouTube. It's lawless. Please thumbs up 790 00:57:59,000 --> 00:58:00,920 the videos we did. Please do not thumbs down. Thumbs up the video, 791 00:58:02,840 --> 00:58:07,960 Adam one more, I mean yes, thumbs up the video. Start 792 00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:12,360 fights Ryan in the comments. Let's fight in the parking lot, uh, 793 00:58:12,840 --> 00:58:16,519 Adam. Some word of positivity for these Clippers fans before this Grammy road trip 794 00:58:16,639 --> 00:58:21,719 kicks off. So many blessings in disguise for this team, and I think 795 00:58:21,800 --> 00:58:24,519 Kawhi Leonard not being an All Star game starter is going to be another one. 796 00:58:24,639 --> 00:58:30,159 More fuel to the fire for a man who has played like he's possessed 797 00:58:30,199 --> 00:58:35,480 out there, A demi god. A Kawhi Leonard on a mission is scary 798 00:58:35,519 --> 00:58:38,440 hours for the rest of the league. So maybe the timing is right. 799 00:58:38,880 --> 00:58:43,119 They're going on a seven game road trip, tough back to back. I 800 00:58:43,280 --> 00:58:45,719 like your player to watch in Kawhi Leonard to see how he responds to getting 801 00:58:45,719 --> 00:58:50,840 snubbed. Let's see it, Let's see it. Fantastic words. We thank 802 00:58:50,880 --> 00:58:52,360 everybody. We hope you have a great week, have a good weekend. 803 00:58:52,400 --> 00:58:55,159 Here's a good road trip and as always, let's go clips.