Welcome in. It's another Summer League edition of Clips and dip. I'm your
host, Adam Oslin. No will, no chuck, no clipping. I
don't know. And if you're taking that as like, oh, the Clippers
gonna clip type thing, no, that's not what I meant by that.
The audio clipping last time out and it looks like we are live. I
just checked it, so the chat got it all figured out now technology wise.
Someonere calling me the old guy, the old man trying to figure this
thing out as I was Friday night working through it as the Clippers won by
almost an identical score as they did today. In this victory, another one
for the Clippers over Brooklyn. Final score eighty seven seventy eight. Friday night
against Denver it was eighty eight to seventy eight Clippers. So a lot to
get into here actually, as I did more of a deep dive, I
also listened to the Lob the Jam, the podcast with our friends Doctor Schapp
and Lucas Hand our boss, as they also reviewed the last game. I
don't know if anybody else is reacting to this one live ooh. Coach d
Sports Reviews says, what's up, Adam? Someone else called me a boomer
because I couldn't figure out the technology here. I'm pretty good with technology.
I just I hadn't done this yet. I hadn't hosted as much. I
think I did once when Kawhi Leonard signed the new contract extension in January.
Maybe, but the Clippers come through once again, a trending tours making the
Summer League playoff. Right now, someone's asking best Clippers Summer League since the
Shay year, I'd say so so far. Remember you play four games now
in the Summer League, and after that at four teams of the thirty go
into a playoff. There's a semi final on the twenty first, and then
the championship game on the twenty second. So one of the deciding factors,
of course, if there's too many teams that go for and oh, I
believe the tiebreaker comes down to point differential. And right now the Clippers have
won a game by ten and a game by nine, so they're plus nineteen
point differential. If you're a sick man like me, or like JJ Reddick
said he was the other day, and you care about these things, and
you're a hooper, and you will watch any Clippers basketball you can get your
hands on. And I actually think there's a lot to kind of sink your
teeth into here with this victory by the Clippers, where it wasn't you know,
an outstanding highlight performance like the thirty six points we saw Friday night against
Denver by Jordan Miller. It was a more balanced game from the Clippers with
some bounce back performances and some more encouraging signs. I'd say, oh,
we're all here, And once again, if audio's clipping, I want to
know this time before I have to figure that out later. If the audio
sounds good, just let me know and don't lie about it. I'm trying
to see what I did wrong last time out. I think I just had
too many tabs open. Maybe having the YouTube tab open was sucking up too
much bandwidth here, Kevin Richard says, all good, who called me the
boomer? All good, Adam on my way over there? Then you but
not quite a boomer? Oh okay, okay, he's trending that way to
get a little bit older. Audio is good right now. I think it
was just having a YouTube tab open. But now we're actually fully operational when
you and your friends arrive. Okay, So the Clippers come through with the
victory. They're two or zero. Final score was eighty seven to seventy eight
Clippers over the Brooklyn Nets. Our old friend Keon Johnson, I think got
things started in this ballgame. Remember he had the game winner Friday night for
Brooklyn against Indiana. As we were waiting for that Clippers game to tip off.
They went into overtime, I believe, and Brooklyn was down by as
many as twenty one in that ballgame. Clippers got up early in this one
thanks to the three ball. I think there were seven of eleven from three
in the first quarter, just ten minute quarters in the Summer League. As
they let things mercifully come to an end a little bit earlier, Petros and
Money show or I'll be helping out this week, Daniel said. Was not
expecting Jordan Miller to be a foul merchant A grifter, is that what you're
calling him. I just think he's aggressive going downhill and maybe we can jump
off from that point. Then, to follow up with Jordan Miller's performance with
the thirty six points on the six to three pointers Friday night, in this
one, twenty one points only attempted one three puorter that was interesting to me.
He was just four to twelve from the field, so to the point
here of him getting to the free throw line early and often. He went
thirteen of thirteen from the charity stripe. Okay, I didn't see a lot
of CP three ripped through type moves trying to foul bait and get the refs
to call it. He was just in a downhill attack mode really from the
outset. He had a tough lay up early again in the second quarter,
going downhill, he was on the court prone. I don't know three or
four different times in this He wasn't always rewarded with the foul, but this
attacking, aggressive mentality is I guess what he's been doing in the G League,
which I shouldn't write off, and maybe I downplayed it not talking about
it enough in the last show on Friday night after their first Summer League game,
just because you know, I've seen Brandon Boston what he was able to
do in the G League, Mister forty six, I've seen so many guys
go off there and then it doesn't translate necessarily, but you know, you
got to go case by case basis, and I looked into a little bit
more and I heard this from doctor Schapp on the lob of the Jam of
the Pod as well of what Jordan Miller was doing the last year in the
G League for the Clippers, and the numbers are pretty outstanding. He was
eighth in points per game in the G League out of everybody, just twenty
two and a half points per game, thirty minutes per game, twenty three
G League games. Didn't play much in the big leagues for the Clippers,
forty eight percent from the field, just thirty percent from three on four and
a half attempts per game, so he was making about a three and a
half or one point four to threes per game. So what happened Friday night
was it just a hot game? He was feeling it early on from distance.
And that isn't exactly representative of who he is as a player yet to
be determined. You know a lot of these guys, everything is inconclusive.
That's why I think it's so fun to watch the Summer League. You have
this mix of guys from Europe playing. We saw Banning from Australia fifty one
for the Clippers played a little bit better in this game, them out a
little bit in the fourth quarter struggled overall. But then you have guys straight
out of college, like we're seeing with Cam Christy more on him in a
little bit. And then you have guys that are a year in or two
years in or three years in. They're in the G League, playing in
Summer League. So it's this term I used recently a Pope Marie, a
mix of different guys coming together and ultimately leads. Ultimately, it leads to,
you know, bad brand of basketball typically, But I feel like the
Clippers so far, there's been a trend in the last two games their defense.
As the head coach of the Summer League team, Dante Jones, their
defense ramps up late, they put the clamps on, and they are playing
to win, and it looks like they have, I don't know, maybe
an understanding from the head coaching staff and from what the Clippers are trying to
establish with the big squad this year is more of a defensive identity. They
seemed to take a lot of pride in their defense. Yes, we also
saw DJ Rodman, Dennis Rodman's son on the squad early on airball to three
pointer late in the fourth quarter when he came in during I guess garbage time
in summer League, which typically takes place during all forty minutes. You could
say, but I think these games by the Clippers were actually decently played overall.
They were hot from three early on. They cooled off after that.
But there was some connectivity there, some chemistry being built. But dj Rodman
ended up getting to the foul line, I want to say late for his
first points. He went one of two, got a couple of rebounds.
Rodman, as you would expect, got a couple of boards. He had
the platinum blondze. I don't know if this is because the new EM and
M album or because his dad is Dennis Rodman. I'm gonna lean there,
but the hair coloring you couldn't miss him. Also, I don't know if
this means his as Madonna or Carmen Electra. I don't believe so. But
played at USC with Brodney James last year. Before that was in Washington.
He got two minutes and forty seconds of run late in the ball game.
But back to Jordan Miller finishing with those twenty one points. Thirteen of those
points came with the free throw line, five boards, had another really big
offensive rebound late where I think he got fouled and then went back to the
free throw line. I'm seeing a really good second bounce from him. Jordan
Miller has more athleticism and is, I don't know, showing a little bit
more athletic ability that I saw last season. That's a good sign, just
more confidence. Overall, everything is getting downhill in games of the basket.
He saw the three ball fall for him early Friday night and then continue to
take threes from the outside of that game he only took one all one from
distance. Said I'm good. I'm gonna go back to my bread and butter,
getting after an in transition where Tim Lagler, who was on the call,
which made this game a little bit more special to me, one of
my favorite analysts in the game, the only analyst on ESPN. You could
say Everybelle's just hot take artists annoying, but uh, Tim Lagler really highlighted
the fact that his acceleration to deceleration is he's getting closer to the rim for
guys than defenders to blow by him as he slows down is special and he's
gonna have to really show something in different areas like that, especially to get
an opportunity at this level this season. Coach d Sports review says, Jordan
seems to play very tall and athletic. Yeah, he's listed at six five
sixty six, but he's so long and lanky he looks taller than that.
He looks six' eight six' nine out there at times. Of course,
level of competition matters. You don't want to uh overly hype up anything
from the Summer League, But as I mentioned Friday night, if you're criticizing
some guys and poor performances in the Summer League, I think it's fair to
go the other way when guys are thriving. And that's what we're seeing right
now. Following up that thirty six point game, a twenty one point performance,
very solid from Jordan. Miller has been one of the best players in
Summer League so far. So maybe following up and carrying over what we saw,
and you know, I don't know how much you saw of it.
I didn't see a ton, but the way he was playing in the G
League seems to be happening right now in the Summer League too. He is
going right back to where he was and maybe all that confidence was built up
from being that good in the G League last season that seasoning that he had.
But I just like you know, in the fourth he had a transition
layup and I think I pulled the clip and put it at follow out of
may on X on Twitter, where you can see just to control the body
control after a hard sprint to the basket with the basketball, he's then able
to slow down and to not blow the layup or smoke the layup, but
actually get himself composed and composer has been big from him so far in the
Summer League and get an easy layup to go. It's not nothing. I
think that is a big takeaway from what we're seeing right now in Jordan Miller
and what parts of his game can be useful in the NBA right away.
Young guys getting in transition and playing that a mere coffee type of role like
we've seen with the Clippers over the years. You know, that's just something
it's a need for this Clippers team. More athleticism, more pop, more
transition basketball, and Jordan Miller we'll see. But so far in the Summer
League, in the G League, that's been happening for him, and that
was something people did identify early on last season it looks like he smoothed in
transition. He also had a play as we start to talk about some of
the other guys in this ball game after the Clippers went over the Brooklyn Nets
and several league game number two, here is his clips in Dipomata musseled.
But after Kobe Brown had a nice defensive play where he stood up, went
vertical and got the block at the basket. With about three minutes left in
the game, it was Jordan Miller leading the break in transition, lost the
basketball, then picked it back up and had a nice no look feed to
Kobe Brown for the throwdown. And yes on X I put it was Jordan
to Kobe for the dunk. You have to how can you resist love seeing
that both of those young guys that we expected with their ages being twenty four
to really lead this summer League team. It's happened because after I want to
say, he had just thirteen points and maybe it was four thirteen shooting Friday
night, Kobe Brown was much better. I told your Friday after he went
oh seven from three, I expect him to make two threes the next game.
Well, let's see two to four from distance, and they both came
early on as the Clippers kind of had an nonslaught from distance, but he
had in back to back possessions a couple of threes from Kobe Brown. I
believe they were both on the left wing too. Kind of found his shooting
stroke there. Then he had a quick move on the baseline where he just
destroyed his defender who was a little bit undersized, as Kobe Brown is a
big player, especially I know his height's not there, he's listed six to
six six seven, but he's got some pounds on him and his defender went
flying behind the stanchion. Initially they called her a fallon his defender. They
reviewed it. Brooklyn won that challenge offensive foul and Kobe Brown off arm was
hooking him a little bit. But you see the power, the strength there,
the physicality. He has an NBA body, there's no denying that,
and showed off some of that strength. But he then had some turnovers.
But then the third quarter and and one in the third nice play and then
that play laid off the pass from Jordan Miller that helped put this game away.
And one more where it was pretty much Kobe going down the right alley
to the basket. For a layup late that really helped put this one away
for the Clippers, as seemed like Brooklyn still had confidence of that big comeback
they had against Indiana in their first Summer League game, and they were nipping
at the Clippers heels and making them have to run through this tape a little
bit shout out Sea Webb and Kenny Smith there, so I thought it was
a much better game overall from Kobe Brown, more in control. Didn't take
a ton of shots five of seven, thirteen points, but six boards,
some nice defensive plays still four and overs, couple of assists. He had
a nice pass. I forget who that was two. It was kind of
no look pass and the player was fouled after. I don't think it was
Musa Diabate who finished with just two points. I felt like Musa early on
was playing really good defense. He finished with just sixteen minutes out there,
so it didn't get as much run, but has some nice defensive possessions.
Had a one on one showdown with Keon Johnson as the basket initially got him
to miss, and then Keon Johnson got it back with those pogo sticks that
he has for his leaping ability and eventually got it in and over Musa Diabate,
but he has some nice defensive players early on, staying in front of
his man, getting his hands up, redirecting shots in the paint. Didn't
get credited with the block, but I felt like his defense was pretty sound
on the interior. Again, just sixteen minutes for Musa Diabate, who I
think is one of the more long shots to really get minutes this season.
I'm rooting for the guy. But with Kai Jones who's not playing right now
with an ankle injury, and Mobamba being picked up by the Clippers, it's
just not going to be easy to crack the rotation the front line for these
Clippers. Coach d Sports review says, how do I oh? I could
put it up? Look at it? I have the technology. I think
the nets weren't letting Jordan shoot in the corner today because of his shooting last
game. They did run him off the line a couple of times, and
that's how he has hacked those closeouts. So stute observation there. Let's hear
from Jeremy Mormon, Clippers defense getting me excited for the regular season. Well,
I don't think we'll ever see the five man groupings we've seen in Summer
League in the regular season at any point, I don't care how much garbage
time there is. Some of these guys are just not going to be of
the squad to where or not. But there does seem to be an emphasis
on that end right now of closing out games. As Jordan Miller said it
in his court side interview Friday night, you know we can win this one
by playing defense. So it just seems like that's where the coaching is at
right now. They're trying to establish their DNA on that end. What else
do we got here? Jay, Kobe Brown, Jordan Miller, and Diabata
need more minutes on the main team. Their defense has been incredible. Again,
you gotta consider level of competition, but they've been good at this level
so far. More from Jay, Diabata and Brown or so athletic for Biggs.
We were running these other teams out the summer league full court D with
Biggs. God. There was a great play where Late Brooklyn's trying to get
back into it. They trapped Jordan Miller in the backcourt, who ended up
finding Dj Rodman to get out of it. I thought it might end up
in a turnover he could have, you know, got a little too sped
up, but there was nice composure there from Jordan Miller and then breaking the
press also good to see. All right, let's move on to our next
player to talk about. The jumping off can be this from Mike Dang.
Cam has a beautiful jump shot. We need a game where we run J.
J. Redick plays for him, just to see it. JJ Redick
plays or Paul George like plays with some of those pinned downs he was talking
about after the first season under Doctors. Okay, moving on. I only
had to mention his name once so far. I still have love for Paul
George. I completely understand taking the Max and going to Philly. Uh Cam
Cam, I am Cam Christy. I have been since the tape came out
on him. Granted I didn't watch him at all. I can't remember watching
the Gophers game in college. But he turns nineteen in ten days. They
got one of the youngest guys in the draft, and the shot immediately pops
out and stands out to you. It's just a thing of beauty, it's
art. Tim Legler was taken aback by how beautiful his shot was. I
said immediately it looked like Michael Porter Junior to me. Now I'm thinking,
to be more accurate with it, the comp is somewhere between Michael Porter Junior
and Devin Booker. With his shooting stroke for Cam Christie in this game,
he couldn't find any rhythm early on. He took a nice step back midi
that was short, then forced another one that was an ill advised tough shot
in the first half, then had an offensive foul he just looked out at
the timing was off, the rhythm was off. Then he hit a three
off of a beautiful ray J. Dennis pass where he got by his defender,
collapsed, the defense threw it over the top of Cam Christie's defender,
who ended up knocking down a near side corner three. Well on rag J
Dennis a little bit, but that was his first and it ended up being
his only make in this ballgame. No, because he'd hit one more three
Porter that's right in the second half. But the fact that he was stuck
in mud offensively and had no feel for the ballgame and then had the confidence
to just raise up and put in that three pointer. I love seeing that
from camp Christy. Then he has a deep three to start the third So
his other shot was early in the third quarter. Lagler was praising the shot
afterwards. Who was on the call color commentator was awesome to have him talking
Clippers basketball. But that shot after he gave up the basketball and they gave
it right back to him top of the arc, that three pointer kind of
a bailout shot. Flock was running down was able to create for himself a
step back three. I mean, it looks like he can rise and get
his shot above anybody at this level. I don't want to you know,
those guys like Herb Jones and stuff who can block that shot, but it
looks like something that will work at the NBA level. His three point shot
now right now, the problem is does he have the other tools that you
need to play with the big boys at the NBA level. As people are
saying, commentating and saying, yeah, ten days away from being nineteen,
he's still eighteen years of age. Is this going to be our Jason Tatum?
He's still just nineteen if you know, you know, So what you're
looking for from Cam is to do some of the little things. Then we
know he has to fill out. He will, but he's very thin but
lanky, long, And after that three pointer that he hit to start the
third quarter today he locked a dude up he was competing on defense and caused
a turnover. And then he had another steal staying with his man, sliding
his feet, getting his long arms out there and gained deflections. That's what
you want to see. Just compete on that end and use your body the
length that he possesses. Paus he does have an NBA type of body to
him that could end up, you know, being a two or three in
this league comfortably. I think once he really grows into it. But we
hear all the time there's a defensive mentality you have to have. Man,
I was impressed in this game. I know if he's got that dog in
him. I don't know about all those things. He did get blocked on
one end, it was reviewed it was a clean block, went for a
dunk after a nice feed on the interior to him. But if Cam Christy
can do those little things and defend, he could play play sooner than later.
Coach d Sports Review says, And I don't know if you're saying or
Cam plays good defense for an eighteen year old. I think Tim said he
had three deflections today, Yeah, he did. He was creating turnovers,
he was taking the challenge if you look at the way he digs in defensively,
or at least did on a few possessions. I should say in this
game. Now, there's something Doc Rivers used to always say, and I
thought it was very on point. But when what you do best isn't working,
how else can you help the team? Well, he wasn't having a
great game shooting wise, only had six points those two three pointers, two
of eight from the floor, but he found other ways to make winning plays.
Something to that. His brother was there watching and Max Christie, I
don't know I've if you go back. I don't know if you've heard me
on the F and A podcast or AM five seventy. I've talked about Max
Christi for a while and how much I liked his game and thought he should
have gotten more minutes slash year with the Lakers. Darrenham didn't want to give
it to him. So is it too early to say he has that pedigree?
Well, his brother's at least in the league. We don't know how
good he'll be yet, but I like what we're seeing from the Christie brothers,
not sons of Doug Christie to my knowledge, mister Mueller, one only
issue with Christy, which is in his fault, is he's too young.
I don't know if he would get any playing time this season unless it's garbage
time. Not gonna be easy. I still, you know, we're waiting
for some type of consolidation with this Clippers lineup. They have a lot of
guards right now. I'm still expecting some type of move here. The roster's
not said, it hasn't crystallized yet, so we'll see Mike dang between Harden,
Norm and Miller and minus PG. Maybe we can finally get consistent calls.
If Paul George never got a great whistle, Jordan Miller getting thirteen free
throws in this game a much better whistle. Norm does he get a great
whistle? He definitely foul bits and does that rip through move and tries to
get some love. Maybe if he was top three and six Man of the
Year voting, they'd give him a little bit more respect out there, but
somehow he was left off of it. Norman Powell. Last season, Jay
Camp's defense looks better than his offense so far, even though his shooting is
pretty nice. Even when he misses, it looks good. He airballs and
I'm like, damn, that's a beautiful stroke, shooting stroke it he looks
good, like it's it's real. I thought he rushed one. I think
it was the end of a shot clock late in the second half. But
overall, I'm just not that concerned about it. Again, he started slow,
everything was off and he's still knocked down that three in the near side
corner off a feed from the love of ray J Dennis. Ray J Dennis,
who had a three yearly on himself, knocked down a couple early on.
I believe both of them came in the second quarter. He might have
one in the first quarter two as just an onslought of threes were going down
for the Clippers. I didn't talk about him much last game. He had
what Chuck and Will would say is a meaty box score. He didn't score
a ton, I think single digits, but he had a triple single I
believe had I want to say, eight assists Friday night. Some boards too,
ray J Dennis. So this is interesting. Start at Boise State,
then was at Toledo, then last year finished up as a fifth year senior
at Baylor, and while some of his numbers dropped, his scoring numbers he
went from I think nineteen per game his last season in Toledo to thirteen a
game last year for Baylor. Some of the shooting percentages, three point percentage
went down a little bit. He was still all big twelve. He still
was good and he has, you know, a real sense and feel for
the game out there. You talk about a guy in control. I know
he had three turnovers to three assists. He was much better than that Friday
night, but there were plays where he was reading the game really well out
there, and he finished with ten points. Three of eight shooting knocked down.
Okay, so all three of his makes were from beyond the arc.
Ray J. Dennis, I don't know. He wasn't somebody that was really
on my radar Friday night, but seeing him back up really two solid performances
that say overall where he came back into this game late I think to take
control of it a little bit more, because they just needed a more traditional
floor general, someone to get them into their sets. I've enjoyed watching ray
J Dennis. Who we got here? Rock Faucy Adam wanted to say pause
or no Diddy so bad comment on that. I think I said pause earlier
about something, Mike Dang. I'm calling it now. Cam hits five to
seven threes next game. I mean I called Kobe Brown hitting two threes in
this one. Why not call your shot? Clipper Nation. You're on clips
and dip, which I know some people are freaking out that I'm doing a
live tweet of the game, a thread of the play by play or some
of it at least, and it's summer league. I'll take any Clippers basketball
I can get. I love it all. There's another one from rock wonder
if there's any weight to the tighest Jones stuff, as Chris Dunn still seems
to be a target. I should talk about that because I've only paid the
four ninety nine to ask me that question. I realized when I went back
and watched the clipping that was going on the audio issues of the last show
Friday night, and somebody did pay for me to answer that, So I
should probably get to it here. I really like Tyas Jones. If there's
a way to Tyas Jones, you get Tyas Jones period. Obviously they'd be
working with Michael Winger in DC they'd have to do some type of sign in
trade. Michael Winger, former GM of the Clippers, now with the Washington
Wizards, But I don't know what you'd have to give up to get him.
That's a team that is in a fool rebuild. But Tias Jones is
not only in a consistent bucket, he's kind of Malcolm brogged in with a
little more juice and a younger version. Not the defender maybe, but decent.
You know, two years ago with the Memphis Grizzlies, when Jah was
out and they went something like nineteen and two or twenty and two, Tias
Jones was killing it. You say he was the best backup point guard in
the league. He easily made that case. I would love to see him
in a Clippers' uniform. I'm not sure what you'd have to give up because
the Chris duntrades seems to have a snag. Is that what is holding this
back that they want to bring in another team and have a three way deal
here? I don't know, But if you get Tas Jones, you get
them guys. That is an efficient point guard with a really good I believe
assist a turnover ratio from last season. It wasn't seven to one, was
it? Don't tell me it was seven to one. I could get even
more excited. And by the way, I think it was just from one
person that had this rumor. Yes, seven point three assists to one turnover
per game last year and he's not even twenty eight, I think yet.
He just turned twenty eight in May. Got twelve points per game, shot
forty one percent from three to forty nine percent from the field baller. Uh,
that would be nice. But again, I think it was one insider
from who type dot com that said the Clippers have interest, So who knows,
you know, even if that's true, how far along they would have
been? Was it just a phone call? This is something they're really trying
to get to work with. Chris Dunn maybe involved from Utah to Rock says
also a fan of Tias even even since the lou Will was expiring. One
of them then odd love jam with Harden, Jones, Dunn, Porter Junior.
Even if Miller and Chris Christy are on standby, I still believe Derek
Jones Junior and Claw should be starting shooting guard and small forward. Well,
yeah, Terrence Man, I'd still like to see him as a starter too,
next to James Harden. I don't know, could you really play Tyas
Jones next to James Harden. You'd have an undersized backcourt with two guys.
And you know, I want to say Tias Jones's defense has been solid.
I don't know how it looked in Washington, where much more is expected of
him offensively, and that's a team just it's a hard reset going on.
There are ways away from being a competitive basketball team. So you know,
I would like to see Terrence Man as a guide next to James Harden in
the backcourt, with then Derek Jones Junior, the three Kawhi at the four
zu Bots at the five. That's a really tough, defensive minded starting five.
Of course, you can say outside of James Harden, but I think
you got four guys there that are more than enough to make up for his
defensive lapses at times. Jay says, haha, Wizards have broad did Antias
shownes now? Yeah, maybe Malcolm Brodden will get revisited at some point,
like the trade that never was Chuck and I did an entire live of maybe
an hour long for something that never ended up happening last season with involving who
wasn't a mere coffee was in that Marcus Morris, Yeah, I got mixed
because it was a three way. Christaps porzingis going to Boston. I think
that worked out. Coach d Sports Review. They didn't even need him at
times in the finals. What are we gonna do with Bones? If we're
getting Tyas Jones, it would probably be riding on the wall that Bones Highland
is either involved in that trade or something else. I don't know. I
just I'm preparing myself at this point. You know how much I love Bones
Highland to be one of the trade pieces that could get moved. I don't
want to see it, but I'm preparing for it. There's just so many
guys right now. Russell Westbrook being talked about being moved. PJ. Tucker,
I would not be shocked at Bones Highland, who has been up and
down. I think the Highs are very interesting and there's something there, and
I wouldn't be shocked if he goes somewhere else and gets consistent minutes, he
can show that he can be at least a backup, consistent guard in this
league. But I don't know if the Clippers see it the same way,
or he's in their play ants at least back to the G League. So
another guy who showed a little something in this game, somebody that I've talked
about who I was excited about seeing the Clippers bring onto their G League team
or excuse me, their summer league team might be on the Jillliague. Amri
Bailey, he really struggled Friday night. He's one of those guys and I
don't disagree with anything the lob of the Jam of the podcast said about him
with Lucas Hand and Doctor Shappe, Lucas and I were kind of I was
jokingly getting into it with him. He's not a UCLA guy. I'm not
either, but I filled in a few times for Tim Kat's post game for
UCLA game, so I was somewhat versed in what they had going on over
the last few years. So I watched Amur Bailey before he came out last
year. I believe with Charlotte and I just like the potential from him as
a young guy. They would go too often. Even with Haimi hawkez on
that UCLA team from two years ago, and he could go and get you
a bucket. The problem with Bailey is can he play within the team concept,
because it looks like he gets tunnel vision far too often out there.
In fact, if you watch this game, they went to him at the
end of shot clocks, at the end of periods, at the end of
quarters, and one time he got clamped. Another time he got a tough
reverse to end the third quarter to go, but then he had an offensive
foul the second half off arm stuff and a really bad turnover as well.
It's just it looks like he only has one mode to him, which is
get into my bag, try to create something and get a basket. I
just don't know if he can blend with the squad. He's still young.
We'll see. I wouldn't hate if he was on their G League team,
if that's where things are going right now. I'm not sure on the specifics
of that, but Amari Bailey, he was better in this game overall.
He finished with I want to say he had six points all three layups,
no nine points, three or five from the field. Yeah, he knocked
down a three pointer as well. So if you want s talk Lucas hand
about that, since he was hating on him, by all means one more
for you. Elijah Harkless. Harkless in this game had two defensive possessions,
and that's apparently what he's been known for in the G League. He was
there with the Clippers last year. He played twenty G League games, average
twenty two minutes per game, eleven points, forty six forty seven percent from
the floor, really forty three percent from three he shot in the G League,
but average is steel per game. And he clamped and got a turnover
in the first half locking up his man was found on a three pointer,
hit the free throw, so a four point play for Harkless. Then he
caused that turnover. He had another turnover I believe he caused in the third
quarter two and Dalte Jones was really praising him, has been praising his effort
on the defensive end. So cool to see that. Just some of the
guys that have been with the Clippers a little bit in Ontario now'll be in
San Diego with the G League team. He played well. I think his
point of attack defense helped set a little bit of a tone. The aggressiveness
he played with. Outside of that, not a lot to speak about.
In this game. Again, nobody had thirty six, but they were still
led by Jordan Miller, which twenty one. That's a fine way to follow
up that performance. I would have liked to see him still take a couple
more threes. You can give yourself a heat check after hitting six of them
Friday night. You only took one oho of one, so four to twelve
from the field. But making hustle plays, playing good defense that passed to
Kobe Brown after he almost lost the ball in transition for the dunk, and
just the relentlessness getting to the cup. That's his tool set that he has
to go to play defense, get there and transition. Also attack in the
half court like we've seen these two games so far, because while he was
stopped there a few different times he was fouled a ton. He just put
a lot of pressure on the rim, Jordan Miller. So next year league
game for the Clippers, now, yes, I'm looking this up in real
time. Next subber league game. Eh. When we said that, mixed
those two up a few different times here. I think they have a game
on Tuesday and Thursday. Yeah, Tuesday against Milwaukee seven pm Pacific time start.
It's gonna be on Balley Sports. Good to see. And then Thursday
against the Utah Jazz. So again, the format is this. Now you
play four games top four teams in Summer League, advance to a playoff with
the semi final and then the final. The twenty first and the twenty second
Clippers right now have a chance to be there. If you're into this Summer
League right now and a Clippers fan keeping a close eye on this, like
I have been, why not why not win while you're developing and progressing.
If you don't make the tournament, the playoff round, you're one of the
twenty six teams. This is that. Doesn't you still play a fifth game?
So that to look forward to? Also Clippers summer title, says Rock
that I'll see one more four year. We'll read from Rock. I don't
know. Man Bones, Russ, Powell, Tuck and maybe Coffee could all
be moved for cheaper contracts as they look for extensions. I think it is
a very fluid situation right now, this Clippers roster. I do nothing set
in stone at the moment, so nothing would surprise me. If you were
surprised by this, continue to be amazed. I might run a back Tuesday
night, do a live tweet. I follow out of a once again on
X during the Clippers game against the Bucks in Game three of Summer League Action.
Do it again on Thursday. We'll see maybe Chuck and Will will be
here as well. I don't think there's any parades for the Summer League.
I'd have a parade just for the Into It Dome opening. If you look
at and follow Carlo Jimenez, radio voice of the Clippers, just put together
a new Instagram TikTok where he gives you that behind the scenes look of Into
It Dome. To check that out from Carlo Jimenez. All right, before
we get out of here, I do want to thank everybody that was hanging
out here in the chat for the live It's been fun doing these. Maybe
it's boredom. I'm just feening for Clippers basketball and I will take anything that
we can get. But there's there's a real chance I think, especially Kobe
Brown and Jordan Miller could be contributors with the Big ball club this season.
So the way Jordan Miller's playing, yeah he is. I'm not gonna say
an unfortunate phrase. That is a real phrase that's used in finance all the
time. If you know what you can say it in the comment area afterwards
that I sometimes use too. He's on the come up. On the come
up, that's what it seems like right now with Jordan Miller. So Tuesday
night, I think I'll be back here. I'm having fun with this.
Why not. Appreciate you Clipper Nation, Appreciate everyone for checking us out.
This is at Clippers Podcast on YouTube and then we'll have it on our X
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YouTube live likely Tuesday night for more Summer League action for Chuck. For Will,
I'm Adam Moslin signing off. This is another edition of Clips and Dip.