What's going on? Welcome in to Clips and Dip, your favorite Clippers podcast,
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The Triumphant Trio, Adam Oslin and Charles Mockler. Look, today,
there's some actual developments on the hard and stuff. I've heard that there was
a bit of a no that there was a no mention of Harden on this
podcast. Apparently it's coming back because there are some developments that we have to
talk about, and then we're gonna talk a little bit about the Clippers home
preseason debut. We also asked for a couple of questions out there on Twitter,
so we're gonna get into those, and then we have a Charles Mockler
special rounding out this episode today that I'm actually very excited about. I don't
know how the fans out there feel, but the Clippers have decided to go
ahead and recycle last year's marketing slogan give no quarters. Didn't make any sense
then, makes even less sense now, but we're gonna talk about it.
So let's leady with this hearted stuff. Charles, why don't you kick it
off with you? Actually, how's everybody doing? Sorry, I'm getting right
into this. You're hyped up, Adam. What's going on with the hat?
What's the hat? What's wrong with the hat? It's a trucker hat.
You guys don't like it. I like it. I'm just asking what
it is. Okay. So, if you're a real nerd, you may
recognize this particular insignia belonging to somebody who controls a giant robotic dragon with the
flute dagger. Yeah, it's for the it's the Green Ranger. You gotta
let's go real quick. If you're just listening to us and you'd like to
see what we're talking about, it's a good hat from Adam. It's just
we're always thrown off by Adam's hats. Uh. You can check us out
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You can weigh in on this, say you like my hat? You
didn't say that off Airwell, So Charles, take us in with this,
Take us into this, Uh, take us into this hard and stuff.
What's the latest and so where do these reports come from? This is a
great report from Sam Ammick, which is important to remember. There's a Miko
and there's Amic and you you believe Am. Excuse me, you believe Amic.
That's usually what the saying is on Twitter. The report basically boils down
to the Sixers are now willing to accept an offer of one unprotected first round
pick, a swap Terrence Man and matching salaries for James Harden. Previously,
as most people if you're listening to this podcasts in the off season, but
for those who don't know, they wanted two first round picks. But that
has changed because because Darryl Moury supposedly has a trade lined up that he likes
better than having two of the Clippers first round picks with another team for Terrence
Man. So Terrence Man is worth the first round pick from some team that
might have a Yeah, we have no idea about the protect the protection that
would be all exactly yes, but he thinks it would be better than the
Clippers, which is very weird. So first off, I want to say
thank you Maury for thinking that the Clippers are going to be good that far
out all right, Okay, yeah, that's true. You'll recognize real and
I'm very excited about that. Adam, what do you feeling when you saw
this stuff? Do you think the Clippers should go for it. Do you
think this is what it takes. It depends on how much they value Terrence
Man. If he's only going to play twenty three minutes a game, then
maybe they should make the move for James Harden and bring in more high end
talent if they see the potential. And we talked about a little bit last
night, Chuff, but just Terrence Man getting to his spots on the floor,
all four of his makes, we're a little fade away step backs.
Yep. This is somebody who's been willing to do whatever the team asks of
him, guard multiple positions, kind of initiate the offense. Sometimes. We
all know about the ten games right before the All Star break of the fourteen
games where they went ten to four something like that, right before the All
Star breaks, right in the world on fire, barely their best stretch of
basketball. Terrence Man has been an extremely valuable, versatile member of this Clippers
team. But if he's only going to get twenty three minutes to night,
and he's gonna get squeezed on minutes because they don't see him as being a
guard out there, or as being a small forward out there, or as
being a fifth, another option at the five. I don't know. I
think you have to think about it if that's the case. But it seems
like, according to the report from sam Amic, that they're unwilling to give
up Terrence Man in a deal for James Harden, And to be fair,
it still looks like they'd be bidding against themselves. No one else has been
reportedly interested in James Harden, so that's always a bad negotiating tactic. When
it's just you driving up your own price, that doesn't work. So play
hardball. Because the Clippers are gonna get off to a quick start this season.
I don't think they're gonna be in dire straits or in desperate need of
bring in James Harden to start off the season. It could be the other
way around, where James refuses to show up and it looks like that's happening
now at practice, but to play in regular season games, and he just
keeps eating the fine and making it worse and worse and more of an untenable
situation for the Philadelphia seventy six ers where they say, you know what,
we gotta get rid of this guy. We'll take what we can get because
he's being a malcontent with us and is true to his word that he is
unwilling to play for Daryl Morey. So I think there's a bit of a
thing that can happen sometimes with the fan base and how much we value Terrance
versus you know, like the actual value around the league, and some of
that is tied up in how he's used, the minutes that he plays,
everything like that. I'm not opposed to like moving Terrence for the right move.
I agree with Adam that like it depends like who are we bidding against?
Are we just are we just bidding against ourselves with Darryl Morey? Because
if so, like if we weren't comfortable to give that up, then I
don't see why cave now if it's an absolute like thing of need. And
my other thing would be, they gotta take on some money man, like
they gotta take on Morris. They gotta take on like they gotta take I
have to imagine, yeah, like they gotta they gotta help us consolidate this
this power forward position. And I don't I don't know, I don't know
if I love a first to swap and Terrence for it makes sense if you
know Charles and I were talking about this last night, Adam. I believe
this is the first training camp full training camp the Kawhi and PG have ever
been healthy for. So I see the want to go all in on this
one year because this is your last shot. I guess the question is just
with three your top three talent, like all expiring the same year, No
Terrence, no picks. I'm just very confused at like, if it doesn't
go all in, like and that is a calculus, right, Like,
is James Harden with the Clippers no Terrence Man good enough to beat the Nuggets?
Like that has to be part of your calculus. Like if that's not
good enough, then I don't think it's worth it to go all in,
even if that means, you know, even if that means getting bounced in
the first or second round of the playoffs this year. And the truth is
we don't know yet in a seven game series what could happen with James Harden
on the Clippers against the Denver Nuggets. But the point is does it get
them closer? Do you think it makes them a better team overall to have
James Harden in there and to lose someone like Terrence Man, to lose Marcus
Morris. Maybe they have to lose Roco or Batoom in this move too to
make the numbers work. I think when you're talking about guys playing on the
court right now, with James Harden, assuming he's playing thirty five minutes a
game, he does make the team better, especially in the regular season.
In the postseason, obviously he has had his limitations and he has had his
poor performances. He'd also be the number three option at best on a healthy
Clippers team, a role he really hasn't played since going back to the OKC
thunder Days when they made the NBA Finals back in twenty twelve, and by
the way, he was instrumental in getting them there. I know he had
a stinker of a finals afterwards, and watch what happened against the San Antonio
Spurs. I think they were down o to the thunder and they won four
straight and it was James Harden taking over those games. So I still am
a believer in him in those moments with a reduced role. Next to why
Paul George Russell Westbrook. I just don't know how the Clippers view Terrence Man
And that's where the apprehension comes in. How highly do they think of him.
Can he be somebody that is a consistent star in his role, because
that's what he could be. I think he can be a star role player
on a championship team. That's I think Terrence Man's ceiling because he fills so
many of the cracks and the crevices and finds ways to contribute and is always
a plus out there. So if that's how they see him, and that
means you have to get him out there on the court and play in big
moments like he did throughout the twenty twenty one playoffs. I don't know what's
happened since then, why they lost faith in him because he was closing out
games. But for whatever reason, he's been a little bit devalued at times
on this Clippers team, and now he's apparently worth more than Hardner's something like
that. I like your take about, you know, Harden being the third
option. There's a very funny tweet from a guy on Twitter named Paul Headley
talks about the NBA. He said Harden's playoff shooting was won't really matter for
the Clippers if Kawhi PG are healthy. His role is to facilitate and shoot
when he's open. If they're not healthy, have all the one for fourteen
nights you want. My man ain't doing shit in that scenario anyway, Which
it's a I mean, it's a pretty blunt but fairly accurate take, right
Like, if we're fully healthy with James Harden, I think, yeah,
we're a little we're better, we're closer at getting to the chip. It
doesn't make us some kind of lock obviously, but yeah, I don't know.
Is it wrong though, to have some apprehension about this this is one
year? To me, No, I think that's totally fair. Like if
we do this trade, like we will be giving up a first and a
swap and Terrence Man for one year. We cannot resign all three of these
guys unless some like in unless everybody is willing to take a pay cut.
And you're telling me that three like, all three of these guys are gonna
be willing to take a pay cut, or we're just gonna be in fucking
We're gonna be in total caps second apron. Hell, we can't trade anything,
and we can't get any exceptions, and we can't do anything to build
out the roster with this all three stars over thirty, Like I don't know.
Man, that's scary to me because the seventy six ers might suck too.
Though, what if Joel leaves? What if they don't get it done
and he leaves and then their team, Like, it's not like he's gonna
come back to be on the team with James Harden because it works so well
the first time. No, I'm not telling them that comes to the Clippers.
Oh, I'm not saying at all. I mean that would be great,
Yeah, let's do it. But no, what if Joelle's like,
oh, this isn't working here. I would like to leave to go to
somewhere else. I know, he just signed a big contract, but like,
it's not it's not like a guarantee that the Sixers are gonna be not
you know, suffering from injuries and not as good as they should be.
Like we're talking about two franchises that are pretty kind of looking in the mirror
a little bit when it comes to some health and success correlations there. So
I don't know. Something think about and going back to what Will was talking
about, with all these contracts coming up at once, and if the Clippers
can retain all these guys, so is it worth it? Because man,
is under contract for two more seasons. It's all worth it. If you
win a championship. It's a moot point then do we know? Though there's
no guarantees, and nobody said going into last season for sure the Denver Nuggets
are going to win the Ring. They weren't even favors the Clippers were.
So I think it's worth exploring bringing in James Harden, even if it takes
Terrence Man. So you're saying to do it is what it sounds like,
because I don't think if they don't value Terrence Man and he's gonna be playing
twenty minutes a game, do we think they do? Though? Because oh
also question that. I think this ties into do you believe that Terrence has
a legit starting like like shot at actually starting power forward for the Clippers?
I think I think he does. I think it's a shortened stint. I
don't think you know he's playing a bunch of mins to start that it's almost
like maybe a Gore top start for the people who remember when Martine would play
like, you know, six or seven minutes and just kind of be done
for a long period of time. But so like if he's gonna maybe be
the starter, like it would be nice to lock that down, you know,
maybe before the season starts, if he's the actual starter, but the
Clippers could be saying that to maybe drive the value up. It just feels
kind of messy with Terrence in the at the four spot right now. I
would love for him to start. You've talked about it too, but it's
not gonna be consistent, it seems. Last night, Coach Lou was asked
by law Murray, are the three guys who have been given opportunities with the
starters during the three preseason games the ones who are in contention for that fifth
starting spot? And he hesitated a little bit and said not necessarily, but
he emphasized how well all three of them had played. It seems like one
of those three is gonna be the guy, so Terrence is in the mix.
We were also told that it might be some sort of four by committee,
which I just don't really think is happening either. I could see something
where there's a rotating fifth guy in there, depending on matchups, because Coach
Lou also stressed that, you know, if we got Kawhi and Paul George
out there, I'm not that worried about the continuity of the fifth starter.
As long as those two are playing, we're going to be in good shape.
And their starters just kind of game plan of who matches up best,
and maybe it's Terrence one night, maybe it's Roco another night, maybe it's
Nicholas Patum one night. I don't think that would be that crazy, Like
it would just upend all the continuity they have because one guy is rotating at
a position with the starting five. As long as Kawhi Paul George are there
or beats the Zubats Russell Westbrook consistently, I think you're okay. And these
guys have been together for a little bit now, especially Terrence Man and Nicholas
Batoum, there isn't a lot of uh, there is much of a learning
curve getting used to a new guy in the starting lineup. I think they'd
be pretty comfortable next to one another, all right. So you if the
Clippers value Terrence enough to even consider starting them, I don't think they're making
this trade, yeah, because that's what it sounds like, Yeah, right,
Like, because if he's on, you know, even if he's only
gonna play twenty the same amount of minutes per game as he did lesson starting
in that is a lot different than coming off the bench. For that him
starting is the path to getting around thirty minutes a night. I think it
has to begin with him being in the starting five, because therefore he gets
that first stint and he gets one more stint in the first half, same
thing in the second half. And if he gets hot in the first stint,
Tyle, just keep playing it is the hot hand guy. Yeah,
all right, So final tally, if this is the offer, if this
is indeed the offer, if you're the Clippers, are you acquiescing to this
negotiating? They were on the seventy six is already have taken down their first
offer? Uh to this offer? Will yes or no? You're on the
phone and the Clippers present the GM office, feet kicked up on the desk.
The chillis dub mixed playing if they're taking Morris and getting and like if
we keep Roco and they're and they're taking Morris and like getting some other contract
money out of there, I mean, I guess let's go for it.
I had I'm like yes or no. You're in the office, different vibe
office. Obviously, No, I didn't say that you're maybe now you're in
a layer. I guess you know, I'm gonna go with the hard.
Maybe I'm gonna go with the hard. You have to say it is depended
on how they view Terrence Man. It goes back to where I started this.
We're saying you're the g the GM. You know how you're running the
cliffs how yeah, How do you value Terrence Man? Depends on the front
offices, relationship with the coaching staff and how that's gonna work out. I
don't want to Terence Man. How about that? We got the answer,
Will does? We got the answer. I'm gonna go. I'm going no,
firm, no, and I'm starting Terrence and he's getting thirty minutes and
then I'm fired probably a couple months later. That was a good time.
We know that Adam maybe wouldn't be the most committal GM. Well, there's
a lot of things to sort through, a strands, a lot of what
have us and whatnot. There we go, sure, all right, coming
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in three to one. What's going on? Everybody? Welcome back to Clips
and Dip, episode fourteen, season two. As everyone knows who listens to
this podcast, the season ends the night of the next NBA draft. We
figured Adam and I figured this out through a bunch of math and stuff like
that. The Clippers debuted. They were at Cryptocommarna Downtown. They won against
some of the Nuggets. Adam, you look sharp. You wearing a pinstripe
suit, calling the game like a professional. I was not wearing this hat
last night. You're worried about the half Uh? People think it's a weed
the space weaver. It looks like space weed. Uh, Dragons ords.
What did we like from this game? I mean, PG obviously lit it
up. Russ's passing was good, didn't take a bunch of shots like.
There was some good stuff to take away, some encouraging things to take away
from this game. It starts with Paul George right, twenty three points in
the first half, and I think those twenty three points came within about a
ten minute stretch of him on the floor because he didn't score in the first
six minutes he was out there, so right there was a timeout, and
I thought the Clippers came out a little bit sluggish, a little bit like,
oh, absolutely did they needed to lock in. That was easily their
slowest start I think of the preseason where it looked like they were having some
slippage on the defensive ends. Coach lou would put it, They've been so
good on that end to start off the first two games consistently for the first
forty eight minutes, and right away something was off. I don't know if
they were taking the Denver Nuggets lately, because no Nikola Jokic, no Jamal
Murray or Michael jor Aaron Gordon. Yeah, it was a completely different team.
It was some guys who will likely be in the G League of Denver
Nuggets this season, Reggie Jackson and DeAndre Jordan. Reggie Jackson balled by the
way he came out and targeted Kawhi and Paul George. Paul George specifically,
those two friends were going back and forth, but Reggie was taking it to
him at first. There was a point though, in the second quarter,
as Paul George started to heat up, where Kawhi and I may note of
this that follow out of May on Twitter on X, wait, absolutely,
what are you about to do? What I think you're gonna do? I
don't know, I got this hat on who knows what I might do?
All right? What what do you know I do? All right, light,
I don't think I'm gonna do what you think I'm gonna do. What
I'm gonna do is point out one little sequence on the defensive end for about
five seconds where Kawhi said, enough, Reggie, I'm shutting the water off.
And he looked like twenty sixteen Defensive Player of the Year award winner Kawhi
Leonard. I forget which year he wonted, but his foot speed was unreal
and I watched him also pregame, just going through his workouts, did you
say as opposed to what I saw last year? It was about five seconds
before somebody set a screen and got Reggie or got Kawhi off Reggie Jackson.
But he locked in. Saw some clamp city there for a second, but
most importantly, his movement was different. I don't care. I don't know
if I saw defense like that all of last season. And Kawhi has talked
about one of the reasons that guys seem to be in great spirits maybe because
he looks better in training camp, his agilities back, he's one hundred percent,
he feels good. And I was watching him go through his routine pregame,
and even that was at a faster speed than what it was last season.
Pre game. I always loved watching Kawhi and seeing where he's at physically
because obviously the Clippers championship aspirations are completely dependent on it. But he looks
noticeably leaner because this was the first time I saw him in person. Well
I saw him in person, you know, media day, but a little
bit different out there on the court. Yeah, Kawhi has lost like ten
pounds compared to where he was moving a little quicker. Yeah yeah, oh
yeah, it's noticeable, the lateral movement and in that sequence against one on
one Reggie Jackson, it was I wish I could have pulled the video I
tried to get on ESPN two where the game was replayed. They didn't have
that highlight. It was it was too short. Well, it's for real
basketball minds, and you know, the guys who understand the game on a
molecular level. Those that level of defense from Kawhi Leonard. I'm just saying
this now, I agree to do at his peak athletically he is still able
to do, I think, and that's a big deal. I would agree
with that. I think in the playoffs. I don't think in the regular
season. Pikest spots. Yeah, you just need you just need four series.
He's got sixteen games at DP level. I think it's still there.
I don't. So that's the thing. Yeah, he even if he doesn't
have sixteen, let's just say he has eight. Let's say we can have
that's still very good because the other parts of it will also come together.
So Kawhi, you know, hurled the ball again down the after the whistle,
which is something that's happened multiple times this preseason. It's very odd he
didn't do that very much ur in the regulars. He'll just huck the ball
down the court anyway. Paul George is great. Kwila Good Zoo Bots got
a lot of early touches, a lot of run because he missed that game
in Seattle, or most of the game in Seattle. Him and rest have
a nice little thing going. The chemistry playing building. The chemistry is definitely
building. Yeah, And we've seen in the preseason when he's available and going
to Zoo a little bit more, which was one of those things we'd see
in spurts and fits last season. It's one of those things that just keep
Zoo engaged. I think I heard you, Charles yesterday on the radio say,
at this point, Zoo's hands are what they are, yes, which
is all, which is also very true. And there were some times where
there were some times where DeAndre Jordan of all people's kind of given Zoo the
business. But he was playing hard against though preseason it's preseason, Yeah,
Zoo with those three locks and I think he had two on one play his
activity level. I'm hoping because they have Mason Plumbley now because they have a
better plan going into this season. We saw how Zubots was defensively to start
off last year. He was holding things together for them when for about two
weeks they were a top five defense. That was all big Zoo to me
and just being that anchor in that back line defense because guys were getting through
on the perimeter. The point of attack defense wasn't very good. It was
aviatza Zubots, but it wore them out. They didn't have a Mason Plumbley
to relieve him. So I'm hoping he can sustain that. And he was
asked about this by Andrew Grivet postgame throughout the entire regular season. This time,
Zoo also pointed out, well, he got hurt later on the year
and that also had an effect. It wasn't just tired legs, but afresh
of eatsa zubots. Remember we were saying some wild stuff early on the season.
Can Zoom make first team defense? Can he be in the defense game?
Last year he was great? No, I'm just he he really shot
on the defensive end. He gets back to that. That's a that goes
a long way with where the Clippers want to get defensively, just having Big
Zoo at that level and then a mindset from everybody else to say we want
to be a top five defense. This year, it looked like he was
still going a little low on screens. This isn't a critique It's just something
I noticed, because remember Ty talked about, you know, Zoo being higher
on screens and stuff like that. I wonder if that was just a game
adjustment thing from Tye or you know, he's maybe still getting used to it.
Not a knock, just something I kind of noticed way way up in
the press box. It's not a rule. I mean, you know,
I think it just depends on the car. It's a rule. Dude.
He'll make you run if you don't do it. We know what ty dude,
Ty is making these guys sprint. Russell Westbrook by the way looking for
Zoo and some of the other guys too, found the tomb in the in
the corner with a great pass like that was like speaking of five seconds,
that is my Adams five seconds. It was. That was the I think
Zoo got the board or handed it to Russ, or Russ got the board
immediately took it on court, but Tom was trailing Russ. Ross three defenders,
gets to the paint, finds the two in the corner nylon. As
Carlow would say on five seventy, that was like, that was great to
see because that's what we've all. That's the process that they've been working on,
and they were horrible on the fast break last season, so even a
nice fast break possession or two in the preseason has me hyped up. Russ
also had a great transition bucket, and much has been made of him shooting
just fifty percent at the rim. That's extremely low in this league, much
lower than it used to be for him, but that's where he's been at
the last couple of seasons. I'm still wondering if that can change. And
I know it's one thing to ask him to all of a sudden to become
a league average three point shooter consistently for eighty two games, something he's never
really been outside maybe one year one of his MVP seasons, but as he
two MVPs or one, he got the first time around average in the triple
double. So just one triple double. Fog was the hot term. I
don't see why unless it's just because obviously he can still get up, but
has his rim attack percentage and efficiency there been down because he doesn't throw it
down as much on people, is what it sounds like. Well, if
it's because he's blowing layups because he's going so fast last night, that's actually
a good call. He actually was a blor. I think it was the
second quarter and he got the layup to go and it was like a one
on three situation or something. It was Russ versus everyone, and it was
very smooth, very fluid, and the coordination was there even though he was
going Tasmanian devil style, and I enjoyed seeing it. I'm just wondering,
can he get that up that percentage back to where it used to be.
That would be very helpful, I think personally, I do like what you
said about. Yeah, the jumping is funny because something he's got. He's
not as crazy as Bones is when he drives the lane. Bones, when
he goes into the lane, none of us have any idea what's happening when
he tries to shoot the Walter. I don't think what he does either.
I was gonna say, does what did we think of Nico at the starting
at the four, because obviously Ty has been doing this thing. They're rotating.
Where did I mean? I wasn't overwhelmed. I wasn't underwhelmed. I
was whelmed, as as the movie says, I just don't think that's going
to be the move. And I don't really see. It's why I don't
really see like the four completely by committee. I think there might be one
or two guys who maybe kind of cycle in and out. You know,
I've talked about a Nico as a starter. I think that it's best to
just kind of preserve him for later in the season, get the best out
of him. It doesn't really make it just doesn't really make sense to me
at this stage of his career. Yeah, I agree with that. Yeah,
what Will said there about preserving him, He's the last guy I'm worried
about when it comes to staying in rhythm, or staying in shape or in
game shape. I think if they were only playing him fifteen minutes a night
the first couple months of the season, and all of a sudden ramp that
up to twenty five or thirty minutes a night the last month of this year,
I don't think Nicholas Batum would have a problem with that. Like,
I think he would adjust and be just fine. So if he's the odd
man out to start off the season, some people have speculated that because he's
not somebody that's gonna ruffle any feathers, he's okay with whatever role he has
to play out there even if he gets DNPS, because they have a glut
of forwards and we don't know who's gonna be playing there. I don't think
that's a problem. I think Nicholas Batum is the perfect guy to take a
back seat for a little while and then bring him out later on, hopefully
with fresher legs. Because he plays in France every summer. We know this,
and this could be his last season. But I would love it if
he was almost like the secret weapon, like, oh, they still have
Nicholas Batom By the end of the season, teams are realizing that, yeah,
I could see him, I could see him closing for sure, Like,
you know, that's something I'd be very open to. I also just
kind of like the idea of his passing on the on the second He's a
connector. He's a great connector. He just kind of threads those things together.
And I think that was my my one knock or negative on the on
the preseason is like I got a lot of questions about that second unit and
and how that's how that's really gonna look against an actual NBA defense, And
I'm I love the idea, Like I love the idea of kJ and Bones
and Terrence and Batomb out there for norm uh yeah, sorry and norm uh
Well, I mean there's so many pieces you can kind of bring in it
out. Yeah, but so far to look at it, I don't feel
I don't feel super confident that that that that squad is is really treading water
for you. Can I can I talk about one more thing that I like
before we get into maybe the questionable stuff. Nope, sorry, we've already
moved on. Damn it. We talked about a little bit more. But
Terrence Man, great game, very efficient in the pull up jumpers. Kobe
Brown, hell of a game from the young man over here. He had
seven points, was at three blocks, a couple of boards, a couple
of assists. Not a bad showing for Kobe Brown. My favorite play from
him was he got lost in the sauce on the defensive end against Key,
where he was just out of position, missed his assignment, was trying to
play catch up. He gets an easy bucket next possession down the floor.
Kobe Brown goes right at him and scores, just showing a little bit of
that competitiveness. He wanted to get it back immediately. That was cool.
Along with that block he had with two hands up. That was good to
see from him. Yeah, I like him. I don't know if it
was hell of a game, but if the ground nos or open says it
is winning basketball hell of a game. All right, let's get into some
questions that we have. Will you bring up the bench thing? That's what
I put in what you know kind of what we didn't like in some of
these show notes, like if normal bones are starting off cold, that bench
unit has kind of a lot to figure out pretty quickly, and norm can't
really pass, so like if he doesn't have it going, like what I
mean, how is the bones good? Which is nice? That's been good
at least, Like that's another reason why I like put Tom out there,
Like you just you gotta have some more You got to have some more options.
So far, Norman Powell in the two games he's played in the preseason
is two for fourteen. And yeah, but well that's it's bad. It's
not good. He has been on the floor. I swear I saw him
hit the deck like six different times last night. Yeah, like he's just
he does doesn't look to be timing wise there yet, and he ate notorious
for getting off the slow starts. We saw it last season. But last
year it was the explanation for it was he was trying too hard. He
wanted to be a starter, he wants to be an All Star. He's
putting so much pressure on himself and it worked against him instead of just being
who he's been play his role. Eventually he got there. But I don't
think they can afford to have Norman Powell get off to a slow start the
schedule. Yeah it's soft at the beginning, it's favorable, but you still
would like to see him figure that out coming into this season. And last
night it was just a wonky game from him. He was getting into it
with the officials, like there was just no rhythm at all to what we
saw from Norman Powell. And just stay healthy, good lord, just stay
healthy. Yeah, he's he's had some bad luck with that, which has
been bad. But yeah, if they're called the second unit is a little
interesting because you have whoever's not the starting power forward maybe that night gonna be
on that second unit. You have bones, you gotta fit kJ Martin in,
you have Plumbley probably gonna be out there. We saw kJ Martin at
the five a lot against the Nuggets. Plumbley didn't play also for those if
you're wondering, So I think that played a part in it, But yeah,
I think it was more by necessity. Yeah, I thought kJ was
okay. I mean he was. He's gonna crash the boards, which I
love to see. You really see the difference in how kJ crashes the boards
compared to some of the older guys on the team, So that's nice to
see. I thought he really struggled in the first half. He air bowled
that three pointer. Oh yeah, offensive rebound, which was good to see,
as you mentioned, crashing the boards, but then he lost the ball,
and then in the second quarter they tried to get it to him in
transition and he couldn't hold on to the basketball. But then in the third
he had a really good defensive play a contested shot, and then on the
other end they rewarded him. He got into transition and looked like he was
moving with a little bit more purpose, a little bit more aggression out there
saying Okay, I know I didn't have a great first half. Yeah,
I'm gonna figure this out right the ship and I thought he was better after
that, But so far, we really don't know what role he's going to
be playing, and maybe that's that is playing into his indecisiveness out there because
coach Luke kind of he spoke to that multiple times now that it's not fair
to kJ Martin because he's having him play multiple positions and he's overthinking right now.
Not everyone can handle it. Not everyone canna handle like Terrence Man,
right, Yeah, this is cot Terrence Man thing. But yeah, the
second unit probably, I guess my biggest concern maybe heading into the regular season,
like not we just got about to figure out. I'm not like this
unit's gonna suck. We just oh my god. Yeah, And who do
you guys think of the three candidates we believe are in the mix to get
that fifth starting spot with Man, with Roco and Batum, who do you
think fits best in the second unit? Because that could play in the decision
a little bit. So we got a question about that from uh from Militant
Mind four. He said, what are your thoughts on Tye saying Roco Mannico
do all the same thing at the four? I like, depending what maybe
his legs look like in the in the fourth preseason game, how much mints
he gives. I like Roco out there with the young guys, because Roko
is a disruptor who causes turnovers, and you thrive and if you can convert
and transition off turnovers is usually what happens. When there's a turnover, you're
gonna do pretty well. And that's something the Clippers have focus on. But
tomb does a similar thing, for sure. But I think Roko probably has
maybe some motivation to say, I am still very good at basketball and doing
what I was supposed to do because how weird last year was. So I
think i'd vote Roco. You want going to be a starter on the bench.
On the bench. I get what you're saying, though, So oh,
Terrence, let's do Terrence. Okay, a little more youth out there,
not a bunch. We know he's twenty seven, but but I did.
Look, that's a hypothetical. I'm in my office. I'm in my
underwater office in that scenario. I like that thought process. Though. Get
him in transition, and that's because of Roco getting turnovers, and he had
one in the fourth quarter. I think he'll last night. You know,
he'll get up there. Yeah, he can finish on the other end,
he just can't create for himself. He doesn't have the handle. Put so
many guys on that second unit do right, Yeah, you can kind of
insulate those weaknesses and not have to worry about it too much. I mean,
all three of them work well with the second unit. I like Batoomb
also just the veteran presence and getting guys to their spots. I feel like
he can be one of the leaders with the defensive unit with the young guys,
just making sure they're handling their assignments and where they're supposed to be with
the second unit. But all those guys can kind of fit in. They're
all pretty versatile, whether they're starting or coming off the bench. Will what
do you think out of those three, who would be the best with the
bench unit. I like Bazoom with the bench. I like with the bench
I think he like makes a lot of stuff. He just is the glue
that makes a lot of stuff stick together. And I feel like, I
don't know, like I I like the idea of Robert comingson, I guess
in the starting unit, like, but I mean we've seen some stuff that's
less than encouraging. Yeah, he had a great debut though, that first
game where he started he crushed. Yeah, so I feel like maybe I
don't know, I guess, I like, I guess I kind of like
the idea of uh Rocos starting. It doesn't seem like some trepidation. I
like the idea, but with the caveat that, like, he's probably in
my mind, he's one of the first subs. If it's not going well,
okay, yeah, okay, that's fair, and then Man comes in
you get a little bit of a different look. Then yes, yeah,
absolutely, I would like But yeah, if Man isn't in the starting lineup,
I would like him to be. Yeah, like I would like him
to kind of be the sixth man. I also am Locos starting because I
think it can just disrupt an offense to the point that it could throw him
out of rhythm to start off a ballgame, and sometimes that you know,
bleeds into the next quarter or a team just getting off to a slow starter
feeling like, Okay, it's not going to be our night. These guys
are everywhere, they have all this length, they're actually using wing stop offensively.
Maybe they take a slight step back with Roco starting as opposed to Terrence
Man, but he's the fifth option right on that lineup. Offensively, Oh
sure, yeah, I'm just saying there's less of a threat there for someone
creating their own shot. Terrence Man I think can really do that. But
I still think, Okay, what do you need tonight? Do you need
someone to slow down the point of attack. Are you going up against John
Morant, then maybe I want Terrence Mann. If you're going up against the
Phoenix Suns, then maybe I want Roco, you know, to go after
KD or to go after Booker a little bit or be all. I think
it could be matchup dependant whether or not Roco or Terrence Man is in the
starting lineup. It's interesting. I wouldn't mind seeing it. We have one
more thing that I'm gonna go on the record and say I was not a
fan of, maybe because of the surprise, but the Chick Herd media room
has been remodeled in cryptocomarena and who I'll tell you what it. It's different.
It's different. There's also a cage. It's a non commital different.
It's shitty. How is that? Okay, it's half the size anyway.
Someone also pointed out all the TVs. The buffet was underneath where all the
TVs were. So this guy was like, so everyone who's watching TV is
also watching in the buffet line, which you don't You don't ever like to
do that. Yeah, fair criticism. I didn't go down there yet.
I try to stay away from there because I'll end up, you know,
going to the yogurt machine or grab that's still there. Ice cream is still
there, uncrustables. I don't need that in my life. There's a lot
of good stuff down there, the nachos, the hot dogs. I tried
most of those things you mentioned yesterday. Oh oh wow, body shaving on
the pot now this guy? All right. We got a couple of mailbag
questions. One's going to be very quick to answer. One's gonna be a
little longer. I think, uh Optimus prime rib asked us strange how everyone
pegged last year's team is a title contender but not this year despite it being
a better roster. I would also had health in there. Did we initially
overrate last year's team or is it still a contender on paper? But we
worry about health and coaching malpractice again, So I think last year is really
Last year is just kind of really interesting because we were just thinking about like
what could be or what was. But that's all you can do, right,
Like, when you haven't seen a team together at full strength and more
than a season, you can only assume that you know, you'd be similar
of you'd you'd be capable of achieving like some sort of similar ends. And
you know, I think we were all really high on the depth. I
think we all kind of you know, collectively thought if healthy like that,
you know, this is the team, like this is one of the better
sort of assemblies of talent that we've had. And I think I think there's
a couple of things at play that's that's changed our minds with that, and
that is how old the team is things right, it's another years. Things
change very fast, you know, Like two years when your team is like
twenty six is a lot different than two years when your team is thirty two.
It's a lot different. And so I don't think that it was like
I still know that it was wrong to overrate them, and I don't even
know that it was overrated because who knows, And that so far is the
thing like with the Clippers, right other than the bubble season is like who
knows, Like who knows what could have happened if it's all together, I
do they're still a contender. Sorry, go ahead, No, I was
just gonna say, I do think they probably weren't as optimized as we would
have liked to have seen guys being used last season. Sure, but the
roster I think was more flawed than we thought going into the year. Going
into the season, I think we're all on board like this is the roster.
They have the guys, they have these guards, and each of them
have unique abilities and they can figure it out that never happens. They were
trying to figure out with all of them on the court at once. Not
leaning into Terrence Man as much, not leaning into Roco at all, really
hurt that team. It was just a difficult year and it was on all
levels of the coaching staff. Yeah, TYLERU. You know, with seven
deaths in his family or whatever. It was just unbelievable tragedies going on.
And he's talked about it. He talked about it media Day's talked about it
in training camp, kind of apologized to Roco for not using him as much,
basically, and last night he said something interesting they were talking to him
about, you know, you like to have set lineups and you like to
see how something goes for ten to fifteen games, and he said, well,
I don't know if he said change, but he definitely said I've evolved.
I've evolved. He said it twice last night in the postgame presser.
So as a young coach, you would expect some of that. It doesn't
always happen, but he is making that statement and making a vocal that he
could be a different coach and what we thought Coach Lou was, or if
we thought we had a beat on the type of coach he is, that
could change the way he goes about things. I hope. So that would
be great if it changed for the better. I don't really see how it
could get worse in the mean way. I just don't think Tyler's I think
Tyler maybe had his hardest year, as Will. You pointed out last year
too that it was probably going to be Tyler's hardest year of coaching, and
I think you were call you were correct about that. That's only fair too.
I I think it's obviously the worry about health is there, which I
think is the heaviest part of this question. You know, like that's the
hell, No, I agree with that, but like that's what's like if
you put that in the question, it's like, we got everyone's concerned about
health, so that supersedes kind of everyone's like paranoia about the title with another
year on the legs and everything like that. So I mean, I don't
know, We're still a contender. We get a little closer if we do
the hard and trade Will's not concerned about health. So yeah, that's fair.
It's a good question because it's interesting. You should revisit it that we
all think this roster is definitely better than last season. And that was a
roster we said was a championship contender and they said was one of, if
not the favorite, And now everyone's down on the Clippers because of health concerns
and just the track record of guys getting banged up and guys getting hurt over
and over again. Even yes, health is and I mean and just the
way the West has changed too, I mean, like it, you know,
the hierarchy of the West looks different than it did win that, you
know, than it did even last season. And what you said about things
changed quickly in the NBA. My mind immediately went to, Yeah, who
was the last team to win two straight championships. It was the Golden State
Warriors. So we're talking about twenty eighteen, five years ago. Yeah,
it'll be six and twenty twenty four, so like a team constructed when Yeah,
people always say when when a team wins, you go, okay,
can they be a dynasty? How many can they win? Now? And
you get ahead of yourself going down that road, and you ignore how lucky
and how fortunate that team was throughout the season, throughout the playoffs to eventually
become champions. Yeah. I hope that the Clippers have to answer the question
when you're gonna win more? Hopefully that happens this season. Last question,
whiskey Jack asks, do you guys play fantasy basketball? If so, how
are your teams looking? I'll kick this one over to Adam, our fantasy
basketball expert. How's your team looking? I play Fantasy Power Rangers right now
on my team, I got gold Bar with Green, I was able to
get lord Z off the waiver wire, Rita Rapulsa is coming off my bench,
and I got Billy the Blue Ranger, and is Tri Serratops too.
No, I don't haven't played. You don't play fantasy. I used to
play fantasy back in the day. Now it was just I do love the
system in the NBA, the head to head the category. Yeah, you
play someone over an entire week, win take categories. So it's not all
or nothing like it typically in football. In that system where you're either one
oh or zero to one, you could be six and four. You could
win that week seven to three. You're going to win some categories. So
I think it's it's it's it's a better system. But there's so many games
too. MLB baseball fans the same way. With so many games, it's
like, yeah, will you're do you do fantasy basketball? I can barely
be bothered to set my fantasy football line up one time for a week,
so I I do not. I do not. I don't do it because
I don't want to pay attention to other teams. I only watched the Clipper
you know what I mean, Like, I watched eighty two Clippers games.
Yeah, it's I mean it's also a little bit Yeah, it's it's a
little bit tough. I don't care about the Eastern Conference not, you know
what I mean, Like, and I don't need to follow it my immediate
periods going on in Philly. We didn't do a whole segment on that.
I'm talking about on the court. Thank you for the questions. Didn't get
a bunch this week, but hey, it's the preseason and everyone's bite their
nails about James Harden. Coming up, we are going to talk Clippers marketing,
which is something that I want to talk about. This is the only
time I'm probably going to talk about it this season. I make the breakdowns,
so I put this in there this week. Uh, ads are coming
up. We got to keep the lights on and if they'd been loud for
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two one. Welcome back in Clips and Dip episode fourteen of season two.
Last night, if you missed it, Charles Mockler came on postgame with me
on AM five seventy do a little bit of a Clippers talk or Clippers locker
room. Charles did a great job. I gotta say, I'm kidding you
guys. You guys were doing some locker room talk. We were not doing
that. No, no, no again on court on court. But uh,
here's some interesting I'm looking at this rundown right now. Here are some
interesting questions guys, like why is the Clipper why is the Clipper organization going
back to give no quarter. Uh. Now is it just being used in
the preseason. Could they have a different slogan once the regular season stars?
Why can't they? I don't think. I just don't think they do.
The stadiums set up forgive no quarter, everything is up. If they change
it, that would be great. But I also think there's a new arena
opening next year, so part of the reason we're getting it, which is
not a bad reason. The slogan is bad, but why we're getting it
is not bad. There's a whole new thing coming next year. I would
hope and assume. But that's why they're doing it. Should they have changed
it? They set out a survey. I'm glad they didn't change it to
something like one of a kind and we've got three. Uh. But it's
such a bad slogan. It gets roasted all the time. How do you
interpret it, though, Chuck, maybe you're misinterpreting things I interpret it.
Doesn't matter. Everyone interprets it as, oh, well, you lost a
quarter, so your slogan is stupid. That's what people think because you can
quantifiably say they lose quarters. They lose a lot of quarters, and last
year was not a fun year with this thing. So that is back for
this year. If you were wondering if they were using the same slogan as
of six thirty one pm on October eighteenth, give no quarter is up in
the arena, and I don't think it gets changed by next Wednesday. I
think this year they're given no quarter, though I would love that if if
the Clippers win every quarter, I will give every listener of this podcast six
six, yeah, a quarter. I'll give everyone who listens to this podcast
a quarter if the Clippers don't lose. Should we start a show quarter jar
this year? Oh? Yeah, what do we got to put a quarter
in for? Every time the Clippers win a quarter? We'll put a quarter
in the jar. That's not a bad idea. Well, yeah, then
let's spend but let's spend the money on ourselves the quarter. Yeah, we'll
fit. We'll figure out how to spend it. Maybe we'll maybe we'll take
some input from uh, from the folks out there. All right, hold,
let me let me write this down. We have so many good ideas
we never write them down. I mean, you guys can save up and
buy a hat like this. That's that what that hat wasn't free? Yeah,
I thought that was a giveaway got after shipping. I think you got
it. Ship you can in LA all right. The other thing marketing wise,
which we haven't I've been obsessed with this way too much. The City
edition jerseys have supposedly leaked. We don't know if this is the official city
edition jersey. That being said, if the brown move Over City Edition jerseys
are on checks Mount oh I way, we're worried about this. That being
said, if these are not the City Edition jerseys, this is one of
the most high concept fake jerseys of all time. Uh, if you've seen
the photo we got. We got a question from Adam Still about this shout
out stilly. He said, is this city Jersey league for real? If
so, how we feel? And would it helped it add a little in
dip right above the number, So it was absolutely it absolutely would. The
jersey is a dark kind of navy blue, some say reminiscent of the Wizard's
jerseys back in the day. It says CLIPS with a basketball for the eye
white lettering. Some people may have seen the shorts that say LA. They
also have two basketballs in the a nothing again, nothing officially announced, yet
seemingly it had some design input or was designed by an artist named Jonas Wood.
He's a contemporary artist from Boston. He's located here in LA. He
has season tickets to the Clippers, so he is on some level a fan
of the Los Angeles Clippers. He has described his work as with one foot
and modernist cool and the other in vibrant pop art. His artwork is very
cool. I like it. It kind of yeah, like pop arty,
very cool art for an art setting. I absolutely love what Jonas Would does.
This inspiration seems to be from his clippings series if if you're following here
where he makes like the he has art that looks like pressed flowers, which
is why on the tag you'll see the blue and white flower and everything like
that with the basketballs above the tag. So I'm let's call it eighty five
percent sure Jonas Would had this design input. Again, if this is a
fake jersey, kudos to whoever made this fake jersey. Yeah, details are
pretty details real, but that means said. Fan reaction has been mixed,
to say the best, the Knox being people think it looks like the Wizard's
jersey, mostly because I think they're just using a basketball above the eye,
which is exactly what the Wizards did. We'll kind of the use like a
half basketball and it's the same kind of color blue. So people, and
he doesn't say Clippers things like that. Where are we at? Also,
I'm assuming you both have seen this? I did did I was just trying
to screenshare. Did that work or now it did not work? I think?
Okay, let us know. Let us know on YouTube dot com slash
at Clippers podcast if it worked I need it will wear you out on these
let me see again. No details have been released yet. Uh so this
is all like me using the sound from my phone and being lamb basted for
so I'm bastard. Yeah, but this no, this has real research.
This. I've spent countless hours when I should be working figuring this thing out.
But where are we out? Of the design? What do you think
of the design? Like, disregard what the fans thing? Do you like
it? I think it's decent. I don't like it as much as the
light San Diego throwbacks we saw what two seasons ago. Now, I love
those. I mean this is my list. I'm a big fan of the
San Andreas white and black jerseys and if those were their official home and away
jerseys. I would be all for it. These are and these are not
the favorite. They're not something I can see how a fan who maybe isn't
super into the Clippers would like these jerseys. That's not a knock on fans,
you know that are maybe not super into the Clippers like because it's it's
got a nineties cut to it. It's got a nineties look to the designer,
what does it have to do with the Clippers that that's my next point.
Because the jerseys last year, the city edition jerseys last year were some
of the coolest city edition jerseys any team has ever done. Then there,
God, is that the Drew League jerseys. You guys are gonna look real
stupid. The Drew League jerseys that the Clippers had last year were some of
the coolest, most locally focused, you know solid. They were great,
The message was awesome. It was a whole collab with the Drew League,
which is such a big part of basketball culture in Southern and Southern California basketball
culture as well. That multi color lettering, right yeah, with the mosaic
like from the Watts Towers. These I'm I'm saving my full judgment until I
see the backstory until shorts about the shorts change everything. I do not like
the shorts. Uh, the shorts are out to the shorts are out.
The shorts leaked first, and then the jersey leaked a couple of days ago,
and my life has never been the same and we still don't know.
No, absolutely, it's a caveat. I'm saying, if these are real
with what AI can do nowadays, I mean, I've seen some wild stuff.
All right, let's do this. Let's I think you guys made these?
What do you think AI? What do you think AI is? It's
a movie with Haley Joel Osmond. It's an underrated Spielberg flick. It's a
pretty good movie. But anyway, I'm gonna be I'm waiting for the story
to really hold off any firm judgments, just because last year's were so good.
What type of story would it take? A really good one? A
really really good one, is all I'll say, because I have no idea.
Some touching, heartfelt story about these jerseys, not a touching story.
I'm also interested to see what the secondary stuff is, like the hoodies and
the T shirts and stuff like that, because I'm assuming gonna be kind of
a whole line. I'm kind of interested just just by the fact it says
clips just that that does speak my interest a little bit. That's different,
that's fun, and I would love it if somebody photoshopped or used AI to
put in dis won't use a on one of those and send it to us
at Clippers Pod. It is a little there's a little bit of funness to
it. The basketballs on the tag are multi colored. Also check out Jonah
check out Jonas Wood's art. His art is very cool. He's a very
successful artist. But his basketball stuff is cool and things like that. But
yeah, Clipper's marketing not taking a big swing with the slogan, I would
say, took a very big swing with the jerseys, which I do respect.
They're trying some weird shit or Nike just did this on their own.
I don't know. But so you work in this field, hence the heavy
interest in this. Sure, yeah, let's chalk it up to that.
Well, I'm just wondering, Chuck, I mean, where's your jersey?
We're show us something, give some ideas. Where's your montra? Like,
I'm not a graphic designer. Also, the best city edition jerseys concept are
by Eric Wie the in and out concept, oh, which KTLA also talked
about. Uh No, my slogan would be, uh, here's a couple
of quarters, We're gonna take most of them. It's really long, but
it's logical. La. Our way is not bad. That's not a bad
slogan. That's a solid team slogan. It's unique to the Clippers. Street
lights over spotlights that great in theory, backfired, but great in theory.
It's not like they've been horrible. Give no quarters, just particularly a low
point. I think in twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen it was it takes everything.
I don't mind that. It's not bad. That's the thing. You
know, it's generic. You can't factually. Isn't it just all hands on
deck? Come on't we just have one thing Clippers related thing when guys are
missing during the year logos scurvy, he got that's what happened from the the
Clippers ship. All right, anything else you want to talk about, Adam,
you want to throw some more shots of people's weight or anything like that
before we get out of here. The Clippers play your sarcasm because of how
spelt you are. The Clippers play tomorrow Thursday, Adam, you're gonna be
in the building, right, are you guys coming again? I will not
be there. I'm exhausted. I will be watching on TV, but I
am very tired. Oh Thursday, Yeah, that's it. That's that's tomorrow.
Yeah. I don't think I'm gonna be there. I had a real
excuse. I'm tired. Will post game yeah, oh yeah for sure.
Okay, man, we we just have Clippers fans covered everywhere, radio,
YouTube, Spotify, Deezer, all those places. Said we're everyone's favorite podcast
for the Clippers. Yes, he said it twice, which was awesome.
Wow, favorite Clippers pot caster's favorite Clippers podcast. Yeah, exactly. So
this episode we said we're getting the quarter jar and someone needs a photoshop of
clips and dip City edition Jersey. We would love that. Your assignments,
those are your assignments. I get well one of them is ours. But
yeah, we'll be back next Wednesday, Adam, will got you covered over
on AM five seventy. Basketball is back next Wednesday. We'll probably do a
preview episode before that Clipper season is here. It's basically here, Adam,
as we do every episode, and you seemingly don't really like doing it.
Would you like to send the listeners off with something positive to think about.
We had Carlo Jimenez on the last big YouTube show here, great job.
I would highly recommend checking him out on AM five seventy. He's doing a
fantastic job. He's out there weaving in you know Terrence Man's sketcher sneakers,
now you can't wait to get a pair of those. Like he goes deep
with it on the broadcast. He is entrenched with the Clippers. He has
a ton of knowledge on the game and it's a great call. So I
just I want people to check out Carlo Jimenez and check out the podcast we
do with them last week to find out more about your new radio broadcaster.
Yeah, first home game last night, So congrats to Carlo too. Congrats
to Carlo. Better suit than Adam Just for the record, Servan knows.
But that about wraps everything up for us. Uh, this guy so get
you put the green Power Ranger on some people on the the hat on them
and they don't know how to the powers too much. We'll be back.
Didn't he have a homytail? You have a ponytail right now, Tommy the
Green Ranger he didtail. We gotta get out of here. We also killed
himself last year and it was sad. Jesus come on, that helped.
Why do you think I got the hat? You guys want to make fun
of this? You ok, you didn't tell us that will be back.
It's not coming out. We'll be back. That it happened. I just
didn't think we were going to talk on on them. I guess we will
be back next week with a game preview for you Clippers their home opener.
So excited it's again. It's Portland, which we we could have had Scoot
who knows anyway, As always, let's go Clips