What is going on? Clippers bands. Welcome to season two, episode thirty
nine of Clips and Zip. I am Chuck Mockler, joined by Adam Oustland
and Will Updyke. We're your favorite podcasts that talks about the Clippers. I'm
pretty sure, I hope. So today we're gonna talk about Kwhi's extension,
the near quasi disaster against the Raptors. We're gonna preview the game against the
Grizzlies, some of the Grizzlies, and then talk a really cool article that
kind of broke down, Uh just how good and why the James Harden pick
and roll is so good. But before we get to that, Hello to
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everyone listening, Will Adam, how are you guys doing? Will? We'll
start with you. How's it going doing? Good man? Ready to talk
to some clips. I'm good. Fun game last night against the Toronto Raptors
in that uptempo style, big day with Kawhi signed the contract, did a
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listener. So shout out to whoever that was. We don't remember who it
was, no disrespect. But let's talk that Kawhi Leonard contract. He got
the extension done on the tenth, three years, one hundred and fifty two
million dollars fully guaranteed. It's the max per year salary next year and then
fifty million dollars over the next two years. Let's just talk first reactions,
will Did you throw your phone against the wall and excitement and knock things over
when you saw the Kawhi extension news. No, I mean it was unexpected
the timing of it, but this was always gonna be, you know,
this was always gonna be what the Clippers were gonna do. There really wasn't
another avenue for the Clippers. Like, let's say, even if this season
hadn't gone well or you know, knock on wood, Kawhi Leonard had been
injured or something. There really aren't a lot of other moves that this franchise
could have done. You know, if you look at the free agent class,
you're not getting the player better than Kawhi. You gain absolutely nothing by
letting him walk, and by keeping him on your roster, you have the
you know, a top five or the potential of a top five player,
and you know, a seat at the table of contenders. So I think
that you know, this was ultimately the only move for the Clippers. I
like that, you know, financially, I don't know what those conversations were
like in the off season. You know, we heard that they were in
tak you know, throughout all of that. I don't know, you know,
necessarily what took so long. I don't know if maybe there was some
hesitation just with the thought that James Harden might be added to this roster sometime
in the in the off season or throughout the season. I don't know if
that like affected it at all. But I think, you know, him
willing to take a little bit less than the max and less than max years.
I just don't know what better you would want. I know, like
some people are fans of the one plus one idea and I think that that's
all well and good. I think that Kawhi has done enough to deserve whatever
contract you wanted, even if you wanted the max. I mean, like,
you know, what are you going to do with a player of that
caliber? You're gonna say no, like it just for a franchise like this,
Like, I mean, it just doesn't make any sense. So I'm
very very happy. Like I said, the timing was unexpected, the result
was completely expected. Yeah, I like the timing thing. It really did
just kind of come out of nowhere, which is a nice, nice little
surprise that day that it happened. He said that. There's another encouraging quote.
Adam. We talked about this a little bit on the double dip,
but what he said postgame last night, which was like he basically expects pretty
much everyone else to be back next year. Paul George has talked about it.
Harden can't sign until the you know, the off season actually starts.
But yeah, there's some flexibility here. I'm wondering when the Paul George thing
is gonna get done. But that's as great of a quote as you can
hope for, especially if you look at the Clippers' payroll. Everyone who's pretty
important should be locked up. Yeah, it sounds like they're extending the two
to one three era in full. Plus James Harden. Now that's a different
situation. He's not extension eligible. He'll be a legit free agent coming next
summer. But to Will's point, you know, it's not like if you
don't bring in Kawhi Leonard or extend him with him making fifty million dollars a
year, that that fifty million just shows up his cap space and you can
go out there and then get another guy. No, you can go over
the cap to re sign your own guys. So they didn't have alternatives,
and I don't know if there's a better one when you consider how well he
can play in a seven game series and the chance he gives you to win
a championship. A prooven winner in multiple stops has already won a championship for
a franchise that was devoid of one in their history, and now he's trying
to do it for the Clippers. And he also said postgame last night,
it was funny with Christina pink Right after the game, he already had basically
moved on from the contract, and what happened he did talk about how,
you know, feels blessed from God that he's able to get something like this,
but he's so locked in that he was saying how he's living in the
moment at the press or at the podium later on, and I posted it
at a follow out of May, but he said something to the effect of,
I'm trying to take this team to a place where they've never been before.
The mindset is still there. I don't even know if it ever left,
maybe because the contract was so inevitable that he had already you know,
it was a given, a done deal and the focus just was never there.
It's still about the team and what they can accomplish this season. But
something else kind of crossed my mind last night, and he said this at
the podium as well, you know, because it's only a three year deal,
he'll be thirty five at the end of it, and they kind of
asked him about that, and he's like, you know, we'll see how
I'm playing at that age. But Kawhi is I think most people would assume
this is one of the types that you could see leaving the game early.
If he went a championship with the Clippers in the next three years, including
this year, so in the next you know, four seasons, I wouldn't
be shocked if this is one of those guys that then walks away. There's
not much else he needs to do in this league. So it's just something
to think about. Kind of interesting. Jordan walked away at thirty five with
Chicago. He was at that age, and obviously it's a different situation.
They just three peated again and they were going to run it back until you
know, the last dance and clips. So yeah, but just you know,
I was kind of comparing them yesterday on the Live with body type and
how Kawhi could age gracefully when he's healthy and on the court. The type
of old man game he's always had. It lends itself to, you know,
being doing the same type of stuff he's doing now, even later on
in his career. And you're seeing it a lot more with guys I think
Kadi's now thirty five, Steph Curry's about thirty five, are right there.
You're seeing guys extend out their careers. And Kevin Durant went through a major
injury as well. Just seeing that coming, uh, not the injury,
the name tag. If you're watching YouTube. But guys are playing it's not
just Lebron at a very high level later on into their careers now, and
Kawhi Leonard could certainly be one of them given his playing style. Yeah,
I had that thought too. He's a guy where it's like, you know,
I got some text from people who aren't exactly Clippers fans, and they're
like kind of trying to like make fun of the you know, give me
shit for the contract, but it's less than the max. And then it
was funny you mentioned that. I was thinking that too. I was like,
he's the most likely guy to just retire at thirty five. He's just
gonna be like he's mentioned like we've heard Dirk talk about maybe that last year
was too much, and you know, he can't really do the thing.
The cliche thing of run around with his kids is what announcers always say,
but that does have some truth to it. So I think Kawhi, I
think you're right, he's definitely a candidate to maybe, you know, walk
away at thirty five. It also kind of solves, interestingly enough, what
I perceived is what could be one of the biggest locker room issues going into
this free agency, which would be if you know, if they were to
give maxes to these players, the best they could do is to Max's and
someone would be the odd the odd man out pretty hard, like that's just
what they would have to do. And I think that that could, you
know, you know, not saying that it will, but that could set
an odd precedent that that does set you up for kind of some tension in
the locker room. I think, you know, it's a lot of money,
uh, and so for Kawhi to already have set this precedent that he's
willing to take a little bit less to make it work. I mean,
that's got to have everybody feeling really good about what the you know, what
the eventual figures and contracts could look like for these other two, even with
Harden, who you know, I mean, it's irrelevant to the Clippers,
but throughout his career has left you know, nearly one hundred million dollars on
the table, and so you think about a guy like that, and if
you know, both Kahi and Paul George get the maxes, and he's standing
over here thinking, you know, I feel like I'm a part of this.
I feel like I deserve this just as much as everybody else. I
think that that sets really you know that that makes for a really tense and
weird situation. So by Kawhi once again being the leader, the not the
vocal leader, but the leader through actions, I feel like we've kind of
already sidestepped what could have been the biggest dramatic fiasco for the Clippers in the
offseason, and we just like, let yeah, lest we forget what he
was upset with Darryl Morey about contract stuff. We don't want him called Lawrence
Frankel liar. China's like Lawrence Frankdon's Larry Liar. He's given, He's given
him like Trump styled terrible. The Christy ones, Yeah, yeah, we
don't want that to happen. And then they don't think it will. Lawrence
Frankdon' sound two fays about getting these guys back, right like, he sounded
pretty confident that these deals were gonna get done. Paul George spoke about it
post game two at the podium. I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if
it happened within the next couple of weeks. Now, the way they were
talking about it, it just seems like a foregone conclusion and those three.
It sounds like a top because of what Kawhi Leonard said, it seems like
everybody's coming back. Basically I'm paraphrasing, So if Kawhi is taking a little
bit less, then maybe Paul George takes a little bit less too, maybe
James Harden does two. And it's that pecking order of also in a contract
situation, we'll see. And we're still not even the halfway point of the
season. There is uh so much, but I am thankful that everyone's playing
this well and it and it played out this way with Kawhi Leonard getting paid
and hopefully retiring a Clipper. I think that's that's significant. That's monumental.
Absolutely, And if you look at the payroll, the only guy's not locked
up, so we got we assume Paul George James Harden are gonna be locked
up. PJ Tucker has a player option, and then it's Mason plumbley Uh
and Daniel Tice are the only two other guys who aren't resigned for next year.
So again, Clippers have structured all of their contracts very well with this
window with Kawhi and Paul Georgian, now James Harden and Kawhi did a really
great thing. He signed his new contract, which helps the Wilber's financially,
and then he helped the Clippers not get Jim the young and very fun to
watch. As Adam mentioned Raptors, that was Darko's a sweet coach. I
don't obviously watch a lot of Raptors games, but like Louvers, Darko's are
pretty fun. That would be an interesting series, like just the weird stuff.
They're both kind of thrown out at each other. Raptors were impressive to
me last night. I know a lot of people were down on the Clippers.
I got a call post game somebody's saying like, I don't think they're
a good defensive team, and it's like, okay, well, if you
just go off the first three quarters of this game and don't look at what
they've been throughout the entire season, I guess you could come to that conclusion.
And I brought up, how you know they're eleventh defensively since making the
change in the starting lineup, and they're actually much better than that if you
just take out two games against OKC and Boston, but they got blown out
without Kawhi, they're like a top five defense, so they have been elite
on both ends. But Toronto with the quick decision making out there, it
was just get it past it or go to the basket, like they were
scoring so quickly, and they were just so efficient and so decisive. And
while they did have some turnovers, I was impressed and with Emmanuel Quickly and
RJ Barrett, they got something there. It's impressive for a team that's had
such little time together. You talked a little bit about the turnovers, but
just like the composure and sort of the I mean we talked about the cohesive
quality of the Clippers, like how the Raptors are kind of gelling. I
agree. I was impressed. I think I took them a little bit lightly
in the Oh yeah, we talked about them in the preview. But yeah,
there's definitely there's something interesting there. They got something interesting going on.
And depending on what kind of return they end up getting for Siakam who I
imagine they would end up shopping just due to some of the timelines of the
younger players and whatnot. They not that they have to, but they could
see they could be a little feisty. Yeah, I think he definitely gets
moved. But it also was a mix of contrasting styles because going into that
game, last five games for them, they were top five in pace,
last five games for the Clippers they were bottom five. I think they were
twenty seven. And it gave the Clippers a test defensively on how to guard
the team like that. And the one thing that came to mind was,
Okay, see plays a little bit like this, and they're gonna see them
soon and who knows, maybe they see him down the line in the playoffs.
This was and even coach Lou said it, and I don't think he
meant it. He obviously didn't make mean it in a disrespectful way, but
he said it was good practice for us post game to see a team like
that. So those were good reps for the Clippers last night, and once
again, you love to see it in a win where you can learn something.
Yeah, that's a good call. The winning was definitely a good part.
Yeah, the transition defense really got put to the test, which is
something we've heard the guys talk about needing to be better. Brian Seman talked
about that a bunch on the broadcast, and there really isn't You're right,
like a better team to work on transition defense than the Raptors. This game
also showed, Uh, I'm just one last thing we always talk about.
I feel like we always talk about pace with this team, and I'm fine
with this team being towards the bottom and in pace if that's due to their
offense and the way that they're running the offense, albeit if the process is
still good, not like dribbling down the shot clock, you know, isolation
bad, you know, mid range shot whatever. I'm fine with this team
being a slow offense. There's no reason to me why they can't be a
fast defense, is it. I like that? No, that's great that
because my next ploy was going to be a mere Coffee was probably one of
our better transition defenders. Terrors Man was great in transition against the Raptors.
Him and Zoo had a really nice like Terres got the block and then Zoo
cleaned up the board on a on a Raptor's breakaway and a mirror. The
Raptors play so fast. They were down six with like forty five seconds left,
but it still felt like it was gonna be a close game, and
a Mirror made a great one on one stop. You know, so many
of their possessions felt like breakaways, but a meer made a great defensive play.
Like the Clippers got a nice contribution from the other guys who were still
very good, but they really picked up some slack in ways that you need
role players do to win games in the playoffs, and this game kind of
had a playoff five to it. Both teams were playing really hard. The
refs kind of let them go to start the game, like the first quarter
was so quick. But yeah, it was a really kind of a complete
win, I guess, despite being a little shaky, if that makes sense.
What's interesting is when you talk about pace and tempo and speed of play,
when the Clippers tried to play with Toronto, where you would think,
oh, this is a good game for Russell Westbrook, he only ended up
playing fifteen minutes. He smoked at least three layups. It may have been
four, but that is what he'll be. We're all bad turnovers, like
those turnovers you can't I love Russ and his energy, but don't confuse it
with effectiveness all the time. For the most part, it has been with
the Clippers, but that was a game where he just had a really bad
one against a team where you can't miss those shots and they all turned into
points going the other way. Gary Trent a couple of three pointers in transition,
where the Clippers part of it was, yeah, their defense needs to
be better in transition, but on a night like that, you just have
to make those buckets so you can set your defense on the other end.
Yeah, that's a good call. There was. It was not the best
Rusk ge not putting it on Russ the game. They still want it,
but it was just like, man, you actually have a guy that could
help you play at that pace and it didn't work. They just kind of
have to impose their will on these teams. And the first three quarters,
I don't know. It wasn't the greatest effort defense. There was a lot
of guys being disconnected out there now exactly five guys on a string, Paul
George showing some frustration at times. Fourth quarter much better. I want to
say, Toronto only had like six points the first six minutes or something of
the fourth quarter. The Clippers tightened things up as it went along. But
those are games you have to win during a long regular season. Two when
you are a great team, they do it all the time. I've seen
this for years with teams that are dominant, they flip a switch, they
find it. You don't want to rely on that all the time because it
can burn you, but some nights you have to have it, and they
did. And two on three down the stretch were so good executing in the
half court, Kawhi pulling the basketball out when they tried to double him and
just going around it for that dunk, I was crazy. And then him
kicking it out and spraying it to Paul George for that three porter. That
was the eventual dagger. They both had twenty nine. They were awesome when
they needed to be. Gotta stack these wins before March gets here. You
know, it's nice to see him taking care of business where they can't.
And I like what you said. It didn't feel like the Clippers won just
because they had the majority, you know, the better roster. The process
was good when they were starting to figure it out too. Will kind of
to your point, right, like we've seen this team kind of just out
talent other teams where it was like, Okay, sure we have the better
players, they're gonna beat you individually. We beat them a little more as
a team, you know, it was a little more gelled and process wise
was better down the stretch. Yeah, I agree, definitely. The Clippers
also, after having a long run where they were averaging almost fifteen turnovers per
game, had just seven. And that's one of the things that saved them
last night because I think Toronto had fifteen and the Clippers ended up getting up
nine more shots because of less turnovers and offensive rebounds where they had eleven,
Big Zoo had five of them. Of course, he was huge. He
ripped the ball out of two Raptors hands on different occasions. He just ripped
the ball out of their hands. We've never seen him do that, Like,
that's the first time in Zoo's career he's ever literally ripped the ball away
from two different opponents. I actually thought at one point, because of how
fast Toronto was playing and because they had a bunch of wink stop out there,
that maybe in past years, I'm sure it would have happened, the
Clipper should have gone small. They didn't. They stayed with Big Zoo.
They trusted him, and it ended up working out. When I was kind
of like, you know, this might be a good time to actually go
small and be a little bit more switchable out there. But it worked out.
Has anybody done a rundown yet of I haven't seen anybody post the stats,
but has anybody done a rundown of Visa Zoo Box's total fourth quarter minutes
so far this season versus any other season with the Clippers, because I just
we've never seen a stretch where he closes this much to my knowledge. Yeah,
that's a good call. Yeah, what are his minutes totals per cord?
Like maybe like unless it maybe I got that twenty one two New year
where like we were where we were depleted, we knew no KWHI and we
got a contender. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah he might have.
He might have, you know, been close then, but I still don't
think so. So he's averaging five point seven minutes in fourth quarters this season.
I can take it back now to last year and see where he was
at. Oh it's down there. Uh no, it was, it was
it. It was at six point five. It was at six point five
minutes per game. Now that's also different than just like his closing closing now,
you know what I mean, like maybe those six point five well,
if we go to clutch time, I bet that's what's different where he's playing
much more in tight games within five points. Yeah, and by the way,
since November seventeenth, with the new starting lineup, the Clippers have the
second best net rating in clutch time. They're nine to four and thirteen opportunities
and clutch time with an offensive ratio one to twenty five point seven and a
defensive rating of ninety eight point four. We love it. They're smoking teams
right games, and we're hoping that the next game they play is not necessarily
one that involves clutch time, but we are going to talk about it.
Coming up, the Clippers take on some of the Memphis Grizzlies. We're gonna
talk that. We're going to preview that game and then talk just kind of
a cool piece about the Clippers pick and roll. The ads have been loud
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right, welcome back into clips and did you're listening this far? So I'm
assuming you know we already talked about the quiet extension, we talked about the
win over the Raptors. Now we're looking ahead of the Grizzlies taking on a
bear of an opponent and in the Grizzlies. Wait, the Clippers taken on
a bear of an opponent. Nope, Well, staying with it. We're
going with it, man, I know the Clippers are taking on the Grizzly
Who are I don't know. I don't know what to say. What do
you want me to say about the Memphis Grizzlies? Do you want me to
talk about Zach Williams, who I have not watched since the year he was
drafted? Should you know? Will did say they suck like three weeks ago
and he might end up being right because San rants out for the season now
and it's gonna be a rough one for them. Yeah. Uh, law,
this is a pretty crazy So here's that. You got Steven Adams out,
Santiell Dom was out, Brandon Clark is at job, rants out,
Derek I know, Marcus? What the hell? Man? Marcus Smart is
out with your classic rupture of the proximal interfalangel joint central slip. Anyone who's
played basketball know that what that is the worst. We hope he gets better.
Since is that a weigh injury? What is that? It's a finger
injury? Uh? They beat a Luca Les Dallas but then also waved.
This is also why it's terrible luck for them. They just waved back.
So they waved. Oh no, what was that? Just? Was that
just a money move? I don't know enough about what they brought someone else?
I think the Yeah. I think they waved him and brought thought they
brought up I thought they brought up a guard though, right, that's it
was. It seemed odd, but now it seems particularly rough because they don't
have him for this game. Oh I don't like that. Lakers might pick
him up, Adam. I feel like Adam just went in the lockdown.
I feel like you just had I didn't know. I didn't know they waved
him. I'm like, what, yeah, you know. I'm just curious
about the Yeah. But they're still gonna happen money move. I don't really
get it. They're still gonna haven't pick him up. Oh yeah, bring
him back. That's bad. That's bad. That's active bad. They still
got dea triple J is gonna be on two days rest. He sat out
their last game with a knee contusion. Not sure how serious that is,
but he was out for that game, Clippers by three. What are you
thinking? What with good process? Yeah, hey, win by three with
good process. I'm happy because that also means that Luke Canard goes like seventeen
for twenty from three points if that happens. So he's still gonna worry about
Baine, right, so gonna worry about Paine. He's gonna worry about Triple
J. You gotta worry about Luke Canard. Triple J is playing. Triple
J is playing. But he don't know about Big Zoo at this level.
He does not, he really does. They played recently. But here's my
body. Here's who's available for the Grizzlies, per Law Murray. Uh,
we're gonna assume what's they're starting five? Desen Bane, Luke Cannard, Vince
Williams Junior, Jaron Jackson, Xavior Tillman. Bench is going to be Jacob
Gilliard, John conchar Zire Williams, David Roddy. I feel pretty good about
the Clippers in this game. Uh So, in that last time out,
Big Zoo in their one seventeen one oh six victory, giving the Memphis Grizzlies
their first loss with John Morant, Big Azoo had fifteen and twenty and six
offensive rebounds and triple J had two boards in thirty seven minutes. That was
unbelievable. So you're feeling pretty good too about this one. I'm gonna say,
Clippers by four, Clippers by four, Okay, Will? What are
is there? We have to give the Clipper, We have to give the
Grizzly sum credit. Maybe something crazy could happen. I mean, it's crazy
thing that could happen. It is still the thing that like a team down
guys with a collection of I mean outside of like Bine and Triple J,
like guys who aren't locked up. These are hungry guys like that. You
know that always can present a problem, especially if you take your foot off
the gas at any point. But outside of that, man, I don't
really know. I don't know what. I don't know enough about this,
this rotation of the Grizzlies to say much about it. Sorry, I didn't
prepare enough for this one. I thought you were a big David Roddy guy.
The rundown man. The rundown does not very helpful for this is one
rundown. Yeah, I didn't. This one is is a tough one to
run down, given their players. I want to so I'm excited, Like
from the Clippers side. This is a great game to get Plubly back into
right. We can give him some some minutes. Maybe they matter ish,
maybe they don't, but it's gonna be nice to see plub Dog out there
getting some red. Well, I'm just looking at how they ended up beating
Dallas the way they did in Dallas, and they knocked down threes from the
outside. Now Marcus Smart helped them. He went four of eight and he
will not be available, but they went thirty Fourteen threes were made in the
ballgame. They got really hot, and they out rebounded the Dallas Mavericks my
god, by twenty one, and had eighteen offensive rebounds to eight for the
Dallas Mavericks. Jesus, so there is a formula there. And Triple Jays
still wasn't playing in that game. Now, they did have Biambo, but
he only had two boars, okay for him, I'm looking here. It
was by committee. Desmond Baye he had nine with the starters. Tilman off
the bench had eleven, okay. Tilman Xavier Tillman wrecked Dallas. He had
eleven boards and six of them were offensive rebounds. He had fourteen points,
was a plus seventeen out there, so he hasn't y he hasn't fared as
well against the Clippers, but very limited sample size. Interesting, all right,
So Xavier Tillman maybe a guy to watch out for. Uh and David
Roddy Will's guy really workshopping this Clippers victory and how it's gonna come on the
fly. We're trying, I mean, we're it's hard against the game and
this so this is maybe also what the Clippers are dealing with. How do
you play it? Again? It's a team like this, they're familiar with
Luke Canard. Obviously you just have to, I don't know, give Luke
Canard open shots and he'll turn them down. So there is a known quantity
over there. But like like Will said, there's guys who were hungry.
There's guys who were playing for for more than just this game and what they've
had three days off? Uh, Dallas win two days off? Two?
I think yeah? Maybe one? Well no, yeah, I think so
Charles is continuously moving the goalbus. I'm saying, maybe take the Clippers,
however much their favored to win by. I think that would maybe be a
safe bet in this game. Are you all comfortably saying double digits. Yeah,
yeah, I would. I would hope so. Man, depends how
much barbecue they have, but I'd say double digits. Will, who is
your player of the game pick for this game? Man? Did we already
do this? We did? Did we? I don't know the hell?
Russell Westbrook all right, I'm going kawhi. I think I said that.
I think I might have switched it, but I'm I'm absolutely cheating. All
right. So Clippers by double digits in Memphis, then they have that would
be an official win streak, that'd be three wins in a row. Then
they have a tougher opponent, which we're gonna talk about on Saturday. That's
also. Oh, if you're in LA and you're listening to this podcast and
you want to see the Clippers play the Thunder, you can get in for
like twenty dollars right now, all in on stub Hub. What Yes,
people don't want to watch the Thunder? I dude, I Kevin Will,
I'm blown away, Kevin Well, I'm literally blown away, sarcastic, I'm
blown away. Twenty bucks all in on some pub and I like people not
care about teams that are good playing on Tuesdays not on Tuesdays. I'm gonna
look it up. But people not care about Shay returning like any time he
returns to stay thunder It Clippers. I'm looking at it right now. Twenty
I'm baffled by fully blown away. Everyone. If you're listening and you want
to go, go shit, it's a Tuesday night. Also, get at
us, get out of us. I'm curious about this. Let us know.
You don't have to give us exact figures, but how how much more
are they asking for your season tickets into it dome versus what you're paying right
now? Like give us a number like, oh it's three times more or
whatever, because I'm hearing some contrasting figures, but from what I've seen so
far, looking like quite the price height. Yeah, that sounds about right.
I think. I know I've seen like Ricky Chew tweet about that and
stuff like that, and that we were I think during the losing streak we
mentioned how we felt bad for the season ticket rap. So I have to
call people during that six game losing streak. That's not would not be an
easy job. Adam, you have thoughts on the season tickets? No,
no thoughts whatsoever. There are you still thinking about beambo on Lakers. I'm
blown away that Will's blown away, and uh it doesn't surprise you. Surprise
me so cheap that the second best team in the West, they're as banged
up as the Memphis Grizzlies are and they're not going to see the Stars that
night or something. But I'm pretty sure the okay see Thunder is still playing
good ball overall. Yeah, let us know if you listen to this podcast
and then buy a ticket, because that would be cool. All right.
This next thing I wanted to bring up. There was a great piece on
the Harden led pick and roll by Jackson Frank h Some people have like we
all know that it's good, right, Like everyone knows that it's a very
good pick and roll. But why is pretty interesting. He used the Pelicans
game as an example because that was a team that was playing very good defense
at the time. They just beat Timberwolves. They looked very good. But
this stat I thought was crazy. On the year. You know, since
Harden has been in the starting lineup, the rate of assisted makes for pg
Kawhi and Zoo are their highest marks during five seasons of this whole era.
The last time James Harden, then field goal percentage, yes, because they're
getting there. That's it's only assisted ones, it's not gotcha. The last
time Harden assisted this much was twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen. Kawhi hasn't been
assisted this much since fifteen sixteen, and Paul George hasn't gotten this many assisted
field goals since twenty seventeen twenty eighteen. So like these guys, like Harden
is setting these guys up more than they ever have been and better than they
ever have been in this pick and roll because the defense has to do basically
like five different things. If they're in drop, they can put Paul George
and Kawai in the corners, and then the defenders have to stick with them
and not let them shoot because they're killing it, which leaves it open for
Zoo or something like that. If Harden's trapped, he can find somewhere else
to go with. The man has been really good in that role, being
kind of that safety valve. And if they're switching, Harden can get a
screen from Kawhi and head to the corner and they have to stick with Harden.
Like it's it's this incredible thing that James Harden is in charge of and
they're giving teams like four different looks in one possession. And then if the
team is going really defensive to try and stop the pick and roll, their
offense isn't good enough because you know, a really defensive lineup is not gonna
score. Like the Clippers defense is also very good. So that was a
very quick summation of it. But I feel like I learned a lot from
the article, just how and why that James Harden led pick and roll so
good. This is what I mean. When the Clippers are creating that unsolvable
problem, there's just can be no defense. I think his line from Karate
Kid. I haven't seen the I haven't even thought about the Karate Kid in
a very long time. You mentioned just guys getting to their spots with ease
now and Harden setting them up on a silver platter. A doctor shapp put
this out a little bit earlier on the lob of the Jam. The pod
X account, Paul George averaged dribbles per touch went from three point four to
nine last season to now since Russell Westberk came off the bench, to two
point five to nine, and it's at two point three four over the last
six games his average dribbles. He's just turning into more of a catch and
shoot type guy, and he's taking ten percent or his catch and shoot threes
are up ten percent this season. Kawhi Leonard is being assisted on seven more
or on seven percent more of his buckets are being assisted than they were last
year. That's all James Harden. It's Avitza Zubas being the best of the
NBA from five to nine feet out of sixty five percent. That's that's James
Harden. It's all him taking over. It's it's crazy. He is a
system. He is a system. Will loves the numbers. If you can't
see Adam's name right now, it might be an all timer over on YouTube
dot com Slash Clippers podcast speaking and also shout out to Jackson Frank who wrote
that piece and pretty much everything he writes about the Clippers is worth a read.
He's not like a Clippers beat guy, but he writes about them sometimes.
No, he's a great writer and a great follow on Twitter. If
you don't really good, really knowledgeable, and you learn things about basketball,
which is one of the most fun parts about basketball. We just mentioned YouTube,
We got to talk this best comment contest because we have a doozy on
our hands. If you're unfamiliar with this, uh, you leave a funny
comment or a comment we like, and we pick it and we'll give you
a free thing if we have it. We have a free thing this time,
Adam, what is that free thing? Check it out? Boys?
This was the giveaway last night. It's them trucker trucker hat. You can't
see it. It's really nice. It's that new City Edition font that has
really grown on me the more I see it. With the jerseys and just
the trademarking, I think it looks pretty clean. It looks good, less
and less like the Washington Wizards from a few years ago. Yes, someone
mentioned that it looks like the word chips and that's hard for me to get
out of my head now when I see it. But that's besides the point.
It looks great. We have to pick a finalist for the Mexican Heritage
jersey, which was our second giveaway. I'm gonna be honest, I don't
This one is tough. This might take another twenty five minutes of deliberation between
us three. We have. It's good podcast content. It's great. Danny
Perez nine to five eight seven said, I proposed in a Clipper shirt in
Italy last summer. Would be nice to wear this Mexico Clipper jersey on my
honeymoon with a sombrero this summer, celebrating the Clippers in my first ring.
Wholesome story. Love it. Top to your comment, Raymond Nassar said,
my house is in the middle of the Venn diagram for clips and dip and
clipper vision in Espanol, Mia Sposa would love the Mexican heritage jersey go clips
pretty good, got the married crew, got the married guys comments, and
then we have Dexodus, which this one is a bit of a deep pull
for people who are maybe on the internet's too much myself included. Should I
try and read this in Spanish? Because Adam, are you good at Spanish?
Do you have a good Spanish accent? No obla Espanol? It's been
two years in high school? Okay, you should? You should do that.
Well, you went toigh school in California. We went to high school
in Montana, so I don't know if our our our four years of Spanish
might not be up to your uh, your two years? All right,
I'll do this unless will do you want to do you want to shot at
this? No? You go for it? Great? All right? Cray
okas muie gracios okay ablin mierda sobre clips and dip and those commentatos and lan
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comen and los restaurants mastri and kilos islin colos chicos most attractive posts joy un
on Australiano sudo medicanos sceneos Espanol. Try to tard at Google haslo bien uh
yeah, speaks perfect Spanish, Thank you. I feel like feel like this
could be that video, like the video where it's like, uh podcast host
surprises all Spanish speaking listening would be perfect stop it, order your food,
like get away, like you're taking the lines only up. So what's the
Google translation? The translate is he was referencing a classic James Harden copy pasta
again for people who've been on the internet too much. Damn, this one
has levels. This one has levels. The translation is, I think it's
really funny that they talked about clips and dipping. The comments you a lay
you wouldn't say that ship to them, they're tough. Not only that,
but they wear the freshest clothes, eating the chillis restaurants, and hang out
with the hottest dudes. I have a South America Australian with no knowledge of
Spanish. Google Translate do it right. For those of you unfamiliar with this,
this is just something that was created on the Internet as a meme to
defend James Harden in the comments, and it is personally I think one of
the this is the winner. I don't know this. We do hang out
with the hottest dudes. It's so funny, and if you are Internet pilled,
it's even funnier. I'm gonna be honest. The Danny Perez one for
me is hard to not say yes to which one? Which guilt trip?
Was that? Which fishy expedition? You wonderful? Whoam? Adam hates love?
We're gonna call this episode. Uh. He said he proposed in a
clipper shirt in Italy last summer and he wants to wear this with a sombrero
on his honeymoon. That's a hole. So it's fun. It is fun,
Adam. What's your call? Because Will, Will and I have said
our two votes. So by the natural order of this conversation flow. You
have to decide. Because Will said it's fun, it doesn't necessarily mean no.
Will's going with Will's going with the James Hart the Spanish one. Oh
yeah, I'm going with that. For Shane whatever, all right, for
Shane. For e Bomb's World, you get off the fore chain. I
told you no more fore chain forums. Okay, Dexodus you win. Dexodus
wins. Danny Pretz alright, brand new Clippers Mexican heritage cheersy yes, five?
Going on? You can you show that baby off? You're not wearing
it? Right? Okay? Adam's like, get right here, I'm not
wearing it, but I will get this way to get If you're listening,
this is what you get. If you watch this show on YouTube, leave
some comments, maybe maybe subscribe. We're gonna try. We're gonna try to
keep these giveaways going. We're gonna try to bankrupt Adam and shipping the costs.
But so and again, if you leave a comment, congrats the Dexodus.
Follow at Clippers Pod, send us the d M. We'll get your
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on this video, you can win that city edition trucker hat. It's pretty
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tax logo off the back, it won't take it. You'd like us to
remove it for you, we will. I that's a legit sponsor. Though
when you think about it now, like that's not like nothing to do with
the Clippers. It's into it. That's what the new stadium is about.
Yeah, that's not the best. We're not giving into a free pro that's
probably gonna next year. I know, and I don't like that either.
I'd rather have them a big get. The internet say it, if you
buy an official jersey, it's gonna have it all there. Well, that's
why I buy unofficial every jersey. Send us your jerseys. We'll go ahead,
steam repose. Hey, I'll see if we have no problem again.
Congrats to Nexodus. Congrats to you. If you're maybe watching this, if
you want to leave a funny comment Spanish memes, that's a pretty easy way
to our hearts. We've learned that huge thanks to Danny Present Raymond Sarth.
These were both great stories. Yeah maybe next time. Maybe next time.
I hope so Or just bring much better cases. Than Joseph ryle Ward.
Just say give it to me. Yes, very very good point I want.
Yeah, we're gonna get that sent out, Luca. Your everything's gonna
be sent at once. I cannot wait to see, you know, leave
a comment or something when you get it. We're gonna be back on Saturday
to preview Wolves and Thunder, maybe alive. Who knows. That could be
a fun time. Last time was really fun. We're gonna do on Saturday.
We don't have to work on Saturday. Do you know what are you
busy? This is work? What are you doing? Well? What are
you doing on Saturday? He's running the numbers on the Clippers new lineup.
That's gonna you surf the gotta look at I gotta look at my advanced stats.
You know, I keep some spreadsheets. I keep some spreadsheets by my
bedside table. I don't want to work. I gotta look at these advanced
stats that I printed out. He's on his warp and rapt stuff. Yeah,
got a big warping weekend. I gotta catch his svarp wave. Man,
don't snake it, dude. We're gonna be back on Saturday, maybe
alive. It would double dips after all, the games, which is very
fun. Well, where can these people find this pot? Uh? So
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I've been trying to stay away from stray thoughts for twenty twenty four.
Adam, give us a get us, give us a word of positivity to
send these wonderful listeners out with or did we mention Terrence Man in this show?
Did we mention ta Man? Going five of five and three of three
from distance, and now he's hit thirteen of his last twenty one from the
outside. I don't know, guys, I'm not sure if they should replace
from the starting lineup that now is shooting forty four percent from three since November
seventeenth, with Terrence Man in twenty one games and fifty four percent from it
seems like it's working pretty damn good right now with James Harden, who I'm
glad we can talk about again and we can talk about pick and roll articles
and things when this offseason we were told to shut up and put the kebash
on the James Harden talk. And now the Clippers are currently having their best
stretch and regular season history. What a time to be a member of Clipper
Nation, right They've won twenty one to twenty seven, sixteen of nineteen and
seven of their last eight, and they got a Memphis team that Chuck says
the Clippers are gonna blow out on Sideay. Oh no, I'm getting all
the flame of things go wrong. If they do go wrong, I guess
I will have to go on the radio to talk about it. Since it
is in Will's contract, it only goes on after wins. Uh, we
will be back with y'all soon. We hope everyone has a great rest of
your week, and as always, let's go clips.