What is going on? Clippers fans? Welcome to season two, episode fifty
nine of Clips in Dip. I am Chuck Walckler joined by Adam Oslin and
Will Updyke. We have a very fun show for you today. We're gonna
be talking to it. We're gonna be oh, is this because of the
Auto Porter news? Are you so sad now that your non playoff eligible king
can't will no longer play basketball? We're talking Clippers were Simmerwolves. We got
the high five ready for you to start the show off. We're gonna get
into the Clippers. Not very new but maybe new issue dependency on James Harden.
The San Diego Clippers are back and PJ. Tucker continues to lead by
example for the young guys. We're coming off Welcome to all the new listeners,
Welcome all the new viewers on YouTube. We're coming off a weird loss,
so the Bucks. Before we get all the basketball stuff, Adam,
Will, how are you fellas doing on this ball? Me? What day
is it? Monday evening? In Los Angeles? We split the brunch,
the brunch back to back, So I mean, isn't that what? Like?
I feel like that was my most optimistic want, so I can't be
too bummed out on it. That's fair, Adam. You had to deal
with the callers. No split the doubleheader. I mean that's pretty impressive.
Two games and less than twenty four hours, and the Clippers were able to
get a split there, even without Kawhi and Paul George. Yesterday, they
fought as well in that game against the Bucks. It was good to see.
It was more of the same, like taking the regular season seriously right,
Like we kind of assumed they would maybe drop that game, but they
didn't play like they they thought they were gonna They didn't plan they didn't play
like they were planning on dropping its. Faith, Chuck, have some damn
faith, all right, Uh, there was some good stuff in that game.
We're gonna talk, you know. I mean, bones obviously get a
little bit better. Paul George and Choi were held out of that game.
They are questionable for Clippers versus Timberwolves, but as La Murray said on Twitter,
standard procedure from a team after a player missed the previous game, expect
both to play for a chance at the regular season series. So that's good.
Nothing really freak out there, Adam. I believe you have five clips
that we need to get into and how this could pertain to the Clippers hopefully
beating the Minnesota Timberwolves, who will be without Karl Anthony Tennis. Yeah,
but if you want to experience the High Five, it's gonna be on the
YouTube side because it's kind of a visual medium. The Clippers did what they
could, and I still think there was some progress there, some good,
some bad. Brandon Bowson had his moments a visa Zubats was really good at
times. Defensively, they are, i want to say, trending the right
way, now starting to I think I agree. I think they're starting to
a little bit. I thought Brandon Boston in this game is he's still so
young. He had the great dunk, gets teed up for it right,
like he has the defensive play. It's these things that he still needs to
put those together a little bit. But it was encouraging from him too.
What how are you feeling going into Minnesota? No Cat, you know they
are kind of on the upswing Will how are you feeling heading into this?
Did anything from the High Five encourage you or discourage you before Tomorrow's game?
I mean, it's gotta be zoo right, like Zoo at full health against
this team. I think that that's major. Regardless of how we end up
closing this one out or the amount of small ball that we use, a
strong showing from Zoo on both ends of the floors is gonna be able to
keep this team going. And I'm I'm right there with La Marie. I'm
assuming that we're still gonna see Paul George and Kawhi that despite them being listed
as questionable. But if not, obviously, then then Zoo and the which
we're gonna we're gonna talk about later. But the all important harden also looms
heavy that performance over this one, the all important heart. Adam, what
are you taking from your own high five which keep getting better and better for
tomorrow's game against the Wolves. I'm a dumbass. I couldn't hear that the
sound was on my bad guys. I'll make sure it change that in the
future. Here, h Adams over here, just high five in himself.
Visa Zoubots is kind of the revelation going on with this Clippers team right now,
just getting him back to the place that he was, and therefore him
and James hardened working the pick and roll like we used to see. What
I want is to see them get back to the Powell Rangers late in the
ball game now that they have these guys available again. I don't think we've
been able to see that once against Minnesota so far. Zoo was out the
first game. The second game what he was on a minute's restriction. They
ended up getting the win the third game, but there were a lot of
things in that game that I don't want to say it was discouraging. A
discouraging win as opposed to an encouraging loss. But some of that stuff isn't
repeatable. When you get out rebounded by I think almost fifteen boards in that
ball game ninety five percent of the time, you're likely going to lose.
The Clippers got enough stops they did, and Minnesota's now without Karl Anthony Towns
too, But in some ways, I don't want to say they're better without
Towns, but I do think they have a little bit of a different wrinkle
to them with nas Reed getting more playing time, who also I think was
zero for seven against the Clippers in that game. Don't expect that to happen
again. He's too good. So new issues from Minnesota, plus they just
lost of the Lakers, just like the Bucks lost to the Lakers. Before
the Clippers had to play the Bucks and Gobert was out, go Beart was
Outami versus the Lakers, which is something to maybe keep an eye on.
I'm not sure if it's if they don't have Gobert. Obviously that changes a
lot for this Clippers team that is obviously the defensive anchor and one of the
best over the last twenty five years in the league. Yeah, I mean
Zoo all. I mean he's playing so well right now that I hope Gobert
can go because I want to see Zoo first. Go bear kind of at
Zoo's trajectory right now. But this is a note that I feel like we
put in every single preview that involves a game against Mike Codley, which has
put Mike Codley in motion on defense, like, let's do it. Their
problem has been when you're hunting Mike Conley, they bring help pretty soon.
Minnesota sees it, they sniff it out. You gotta make a quicker decision
once you get that mismatch, go at him, take the shot, or
yeah, if you're gonna wait for the double team. The Clippers have to
be better executing out of that. Yeah. I like that you highlighted that
hearted shot too, because I feel like with his size and Zoo's range,
that can't help in those scenarios where we do wait for the double to come
more, where things are just going a little slow. Yeah, and Zoo's
extended range kind of helps mitigate some of the issues Harden's had him there with
his floaters. Obviously they're from further distances, but they are seemingly getting like
closer and he can bridge the gap. Yeah, which, Hey, I
love it. I just the fact that Zoo is back and we thought,
okay, two days off, maybe the illness can pass through him. And
he looked great in both games. What sounds like you think he had diarrhea?
Oh? I was thinking it sounds so biblical and like intense, like
the illness has the illness has passed through, the angel death passed over.
No. I just he looked like a completely different player than what we had
seen over the last month. He got back to where he was very quickly
too. And I'm hoping after what happened against the Bucks, especially because did
he miss like two shots? Was he nine of eleven or something like that?
Guys. You have to exploit of each's zubos in his offense. He
is a weapon on that end. You don't have to make things so difficult
where it's just the two Pine three and James Harden show. Avisa Zubats is
another way to win ball games. It's another dimension and element to your offense.
You have to use him, especially against teams that have good defenders,
because when he's leaning on guys, when he's getting the leaner to go,
when he's getting push shots and floaters and being physical in the paint like that,
that wears a team down. That has a cumulative effect as the game
goes on. It's almost like a running back only getting a couple of yards
in the first half, and then eventually he starts to break through in that
second half because the defense is a little bit more worn down. Avitsa Zubas
plays are physical, they're taxing, they take something out of the defense.
So I just you see the array of shots that he has hit over the
weekend, It's like, how do you not get him the basketball a little
bit more well? And inversely it makes things easier for the Clippers offense,
Like so often I feel like we're active, he's searching for one of the
harder shots on the floor, or that's just what it ends up being if
we're slow to get into the offense, and it's just a little bit easier,
Like I don't want to say you can take a breather, but it's
like, you know, if you have somebody else take some of that burden
of off the high usage of Harden and Kawhi and Paul George, I just
don't like. It just seems like a no brainer to me. I guess
it's that weird thing with Zue's like leash length, right, Like, even
when he's being efficient offensively, it just kind of gets lost in the shuffle.
It just seemed like they finally got to the point. I kept saying,
he's a made man. He's being accepted as one of the most important
guys on this team because he was playing late, he was playing big minutes
later in ball games, and they were running the Powell Rangers out there,
and it just seemed like when they were in that groove when they went twenty
six and five or whatever it was during a thirty one game stretch, Vistazubats
was a huge part of that. And finally he was I don't know who
is being uh looked at as a real force offensively, but like like Will
said, okay, so if you get into your offense slowly, it becomes
a problem for this team. We know what the numbers are in the first
twelve seconds of the shot clock versus the last twelve seconds. Like, if
it comes down to that, the bailout and security blanket sometimes can just be
get it to a beat to zoo bos He's had the grenade be a zoo
instead of like, you know, instead of some of the other options on
the floor, instead of a really difficult, contested mid range shot, Like
what if zoo is the grenade is, you know, the grenade once the
pin is pulled. I like that. Yeah, I like the visual of
that too. It's gonna be interesting to see how many shots Anthony Edwards puts
up in this game. He put up twenty the last time the Clippers played.
I think he's gonna be north of that. With no Karl Anthony Towns.
He is currently listed as questionable, but I assume, I assume he
will play. Yeah. So the Timberwolves report, which just came out about
forty five minutes ago, has Edwards Gobert, Morris, and Anderson all listed
is questionable with Towns obviously, everybody's questionable this time here, Yeah, everybody,
Bill Belichick report right. Uh. Bench Wise, Daniel Tye was plus
fourteen versus the Wolves last time. He had a you should start yea.
Hori brough out everything we said that's far in the podcast. Let's actually let's
actually go, oh he should start? Yeah. Uh. Daniel Tye plus
fourteen. Uh with only four points, he had thirteen boards. Four of
those were offensive rebounds. We're gonna need a similar rebounding game from him,
depending what his time in rotation or his his time looks in this one,
because he was helpful off the bench first versus the Wolves last time. And
how about the way the Clippers rebounded yesterday just knowing that, oh under Man
were shorthanded. We have to find a way to compete in this ballgame.
They get off to a much better start than they really have over the last
month. They freaking won the first quarter against the Bucks by three points I
believe it was, and they ended up out rebounding them fifty two to forty
one and seventeen to seven on offensive rebounds. When you think about it Is
it so much about personnel or is it more about activity, energy, effort,
sense of urgency intensity. Maybe that makes up for a lot of what
we have thought is a weakness on this team alone. I felt like you
were about to pull out a big PJ. Tucker poster as you were saying
to put it up exemplifies all these teams. I'm feeling pretty as good as
you can realistically feel about the Clippers going into this game right now. It's
not going to be a beatdown. Obviously, it's gonna be a difficult game,
but what we saw from Zoo, I'd be pretty hyped up. And
with our big three playing, we are gonna talk about hard next segment.
I'm feeling pretty I'm feeling okay about this one. I feel good about it
too. Honestly, if Will also feels good about it, though they might
lose by twenty, I don't know. I guess my one caveat would be
I just is this the trap of where I feel like many times this season
when the Clippers have had a chance to prove something against an opponent above the
standings, sometimes we get a real poop the bed performance, a real kick,
yeah, real kick in the Neck. Who is your Kawhi Leonard Player
of the game. Pick great pick, Adam, No explanation needed, Adam,
I will go with Man. Good pick. All right, let's go.
No. I like Man, but I'm gonna go with Paul George because
he has struggled in three games against Minnesota so far. He really is their
ceiling razor. Paul George plays well, you feel like this Clippers team is
unbeatable at times. You know, when he's playing well, everything else seems
to fall into place. And for the last five games he's been much better
that one is. The last time out against Minnesota, they won anyways,
in a little scoring affair. No cat though, So we won't have to
you know, he won't. He won't upset Sat his friend. He doesn't
have to worry about. Yeah, he doesn't have to feel bad about playing
good. You know, that's play good defense. He's been feeling good about
playing bad. I was gonna go James Harden because he was over ten the
last time these two teams played. But I don't think we can pick three
starters. Uh, So I'm gonna go with the guy who made six out
of eight threes last time we beat the Timberwolves, which is Norm Powell.
Hell yeah, Norm Powell. We're gonna need not a season high, but
maybe close to it like we got from him against the Bucks. I'm going
I'm going big Norm for my coiland player of the game. That's a good
call, especially because he was three of fourteen from three yesterday. Now,
I think a lot of that. You look at the three point shooting from
the Clippers under thirty percent. I believe by the end of the game,
it's like, oh yeah, it tired lakes, Like that's what happens.
And overall this team has not been shooting it well from three, as we
have chronicled here for some time. Since the Grammy road trip, they've been
shooting thirty four percent from the outside. And I looked this up earlier today
put a dad follow out of may on X. But over their last thirteen
games, they are shooting thirty one percent on wide open threes. That is
a defender six plus feet away. That is completely unsustainable. That's last in
the league over that stretch. They are so due to explode, not just
for a game, but for a week, a couple weeks. They're too
good. They're too good. I like that sense of it. I like
that they're too good. Coming up after this quick break, we're talking the
final ten games in March after the Wolves game, and how hopefully the Clippers
can maybe get James Harden some kind of rest, if that even is possible.
What does that look like? Uh? But if you're listening to this
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case for you, go ahead and turn it down. We got March schedule
talk and the James Harden dependency coming up in three two? What all right?
Welcome back into clips and dit. We talked a little bit about the
Clippers taken on the Timberwolves, which brings us to this point in March,
only ten games remaining after this Timberwolves game so far three and one looking okay,
I guess yeah, I guess. One of the more I guess for
me a little unexpected, but one of the kind of storylines going on right
now is of iron Man James Harden, and can we expect this to keep
up? If so, what are those implications for the playoffs where he,
you know, has generally had his most trouble and what can we do to
make it any easier? It's really crazy I was, It's kind of crazy
to me he didn't take or take or get that last game off. He
hasn't missed the game as a Clipper. He's on pace to play his most
minutes since eighteen nineteen. And then there was a stat from La Murray who
said overall, the Clippers outscored teams six point two points per one hundred possessions
with James Harden on the floor since January twenty second. But here are the
off court net ratings for the Clippers since that time up until March ninth.
Kawhi Leanerd off the floor for the Clippers minus point three, Paul George off
the four for the Clippers minus three point six, James Harden off the floor
for the Clippers minus nine point one, which is a pretty big drop.
We know that James Harden is very good, obviously needed him to be this
good. He's a great player, he is a system. But Adam,
how are we feeling about this? This is a lot of minutes to go
on to James Harden. I'm assuming he wants this because again I think they
probably asked him, maybe, do you want to maybe take some day off
and he said no, Well, yeah, are we Okay with this,
is this alarmist? Is it just because I got Marchhead. I'm not that
surprised by it because on the season up until recently he had the biggest swing
in the on off numbers. He is extremely valuable. He is a system.
Their offense of rating is completely different with him off the floor. On
the court, they have an offensive rating of one twenty two basically when he's
on there. When James Harden is off the court, Uh, it's one
oh nine. We're talking going from historic to bottom in the league. So
it's not that shocking to me. What is this kind of Kawhi Leonards not
being as impactful right now? Paul George is still being impactful. In fact,
on the season now he has the bit the biggest net rating differential over
James Harden Paul George, So when he's playing well, it means a lot
to this team when he's on the court out there, I just think it's
such a bad stretch right now to try to extrapolate too much out of the
numbers. It basically just says they are playing bad. Like all the numbers
are saying they're playing poorly, They're playing mediocre basketball. Somebody got after me
with showing the starting lineup numbers since the Grammy road trip. They've been bad,
too, really bad. They're what seven and seven last fourteen games post
Gramy road trip do for that explosion? Though more than do overdue? Someone
say over Buck stopped up? Do you think there's a way to maybe are
they gonna even try? And like, because I'm trying to figure out how
they're gonna try and get him rest, But we need wins right Like.
It's not like we're in a position where he can chill. The Clippers.
They got ten games left in March, Bulls, Pels, Hawks, that's
a four and six. They played the Blazers twice, seventy six Ers,
Pacers seventy six ers, that's another four and six, and then Magic and
Charlotte. I gotta imagine one of these back to backs he's getting rest.
Both those back to backs are four games in six days. I would maybe
want him to take one of those off, just I don't know. It's
a whole mess of basketball that we played because we know PG and Kahi are
gonna maybe take one of those off. I think the problem with yesterday and
why he played was if you already are without Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.
What's your identity? You only have one other point guard in Bones Highland because
there's no Russ right now. So they kind of had to play James Harden
to an extent, I think, just to have some flow to their offense
against a really good Milwaukee Bucks team, and it almost worked. Even though
he had an off night shooting, he was still the system out there,
a system for the team. So it's got to come on a night where
I think at least one of two one three is playing. When you give
James Harden that night off, yeah, I think that's a good call.
Will what do you want to see? Are you fine with him just powering
through? I mean again, it seems like they're just letting him call it
himself, which is good. He wants to play. But is there a
point you might get worried pre playoffs? I just think it depends, you
know, usually get worried. I see, it depends on how he's looking
and moving. I mean, is the off shooting like due to this some
of this you know, some some of this sustained workload that has increased.
If so, you know, it's so tough because you have to get through
March. But like if that, if that seems to be the issue,
you you know, like if his if his accuracy is stuff is still still
kind of tailing off, then I would say, yeah, maybe maybe rest
a couple of games. We'll have to see what these back to backs look
like in terms of how desperate the Clippers are going to be the stack up
wins and you know, with this team likely in the four or five matchup
in the first round, I mean like maybe maybe we maybe we move up
to three. I'm curious to see, like how hard they go after that
because it hasn't really been It's never really been the priority, I feel like
in the two and three era, right, So I don't think that this
team, I don't think that this team is gonna suddenly you know, prioritize
even even wins if it's going to come at the expense of the longevity of
of one of the most integral players. So it I mean, I know
this isn't a great answer, but yeah, it's it's mostly a wait and
see. Should he I mean, I feel like it's well deserved some rest,
but yeah, you just have to balance you just have to balance those
wins and if you can still get some process done, you know what I
mean exactly like I I feel like outside of obviously wins and the seating is
important, but if we're not laying down sort of foundational stuff or expanding upon
that kind of stuff in game, I mean, other than just getting the
dub, Like, is there really that much of a point to playing and
you know, to playing a starter? I don't, I know what you
mean, because the process is what I was you know, I mentioned that's
really what I'm looking for. This tail end of the month is the process
and the back end of these ten games left. You have some easier games
in there. I guess you know the ball the Blazers are at the front
of it. But like the Charlotte game, yeah there, and Bones stepping
up has a lot to do with this too, right, Like like what
you said, Adam, they're not sitting in because who else is the backup
point guard other than Bones who just started playing meaningful basketball again. He's definitely
not ready to start the game as a point guard for the Clippers. Man
back at the point. I love that, Yeah, I don't. I
don't think it would be that detrimental if you had Bones in the starting lineup,
if he's next to Kawhi or Paul George, it's just if he's all
by himself and you're resting the big three, Yeah, it's gonna be interesting.
I hope Bones's minutes maybe go up, But I think ties in a
weird place because I can't you know, before the Rust injury, I don't
think Bones was gonna be a playoff guy right, Like, it just wasn't
trending that way. We might have wanted it, but it just wasn't trending
that way. So now it ties kind of in this weird spot where it's
like, do you just keep giving Bones more minutes because he's playing well?
And does that maybe affect the playoff rotation if Russ comes back early. It's
like we're hearing that a lot, like are we if I we're getting kind
of chatter all these little news pieces about Rust that it's like he might be
back before the playoffs or something like that, But I he totally should.
Well, he offers a completely different dimension. Like I said before, if
he's hitting threes, I don't think you can keep him out because it's just
a different type of offense out there, especially if teams in a playoff series.
I didn't necessarily say that, but in a playoff series, they're gonna
scheme even more against your weaknesses, and they're gonna playoff Russ even more.
In every possession that the ball is not in his hands, you're gonna be
playing four and five on offense even more. Now, there's other stuff that
Russ brings. Of course, the rebounding. He's a better defender. But
guys, bones Hiland's defense has been very solid. Now going back to last
year when he came in with the Clippers, that whole h he's a sieve
defensively and he's such a liability there and he can't stay on the floor because
of his defense. I think we have to drop kick that out of here.
Because he's been more than holding his Yeah, like the Jack Black scene
an anchorman when he says that's how I roll, he drop case the dog.
Uh, he's been doing his part. And you look at what's happened
over the last week is we saw a game against the Rockets where Bones gets
to the basket, he's turned the corner and showing off his speed there,
quickness. What was that? Something crazy like that? Like that was the
Nuts. Yeah, the Tigus Edney play at the end of the first quarter.
Then the next game against the Chicago Bulls, we see Bill Bones Hihland
go what three of three from distance? And then this last game he puts
it all together where he got to the basket and he hit a three pointer.
He was kind of cooking early in that fourth quarter. Did you hear
Coach Luke get asked about why he took out Bones postgame. Now, obviously
he took him out because he brought back in James Hearted, which was the
right move, of course, and coach lou was like, yeah, I
brought in James. There was kind of a ridiculous question. But I think
a lot of people were just feeling the momentum swing and a part of that
was Bones Highland bringing that energy. When he knocked down that big three pointer.
I think it was over Bobby Portis. People were saying, like,
oh, Bones Highland's running back the other way. He's getting into it with
the crowd. There were some good feelings there between a player that's electric and
just brings, you know, a different element. It's good to see Bones
succeed. It's nice to see him. It's got to be a weird situation
because he, you know, traded because he wanted more playing time, got
it, didn't get it. Now back to getting it. Talk about it
up and down, and yet he's not being a huge baby about it like
a veteran who is had the exact same kind of scenario. Should we get
into that right now? I know I haven't at the end of the outline,
but I feel like we should talk about it. Yeah, let's address
the thirty nine year old baby on the team. Okay, do we have
anything else to say about the hard and stuff before we discuss PJ. Tucker's
latest quotable quote? Nothing more had been good to give him some resss end
the story. So for those who missed it, uh, PJ. Tucker
is, I don't know what I don't know what he wants. Uh,
he doesn't know what he wants. So postgame, Tylu said it might have
been tough for PJ. Tucker to find a rhythm Sunday. If you watch
the game, it was it's been tough for him to find a rhythm in
most games because he sucked. He did take shots, which was good.
He put up six shots, which we needed him to do, which is
unbelievable. The rebounds were there, I said postgame rebound, give him four
offensive rebounds. We needed them. They were big, good defense on the
honest at times, and just taking taking the shots. Taking the shots.
I'm happy if he's taking them, so hey, you know, maybe a
nice little chance for him to shine. He's been wanting more playing time.
It's the second time he's been given a second chance. Uh. Anyway,
you know, Ty said it might be tough. Tucker said, tough finding
out the morning of that you were going to start and play minutes in the
first time in five months in the NBA. I don't know. There's got
to be a better word than tough. Okay, man, what are we
doing here? Like nature of the beast? Like, what are we supposed
to do with this guy? It feels like it he doesn't want it,
Like what does he want? What you just said? For the second time,
and it's not even the second time it's been like this, Your mascarag's
running chuck, Yeah, Pan, explode on me with the you got that
Derek carrbrand? Uh? Yeah, I came with my my chemical romance.
Things got emo because we started talking about PJ. Tucker and the sadness that
it happened after the game. Well, he's kind of defeating himself there because
instead of talking about, you know, that was solid performance from PJ,
he showed a few things. Now the narrative has shifted back to, oh
he's unhappy. Is this going to be an issue long term? At some
point? Did they have to send him home again? Will be an extended
stay? Insane? And like why wouldn't you just why Like TYLERU is commending
your performance with that quote, like, why wouldn't you just be like,
yeah, you know, it was a little difficult to step into the starting
lineup, but you know, I wish I would have knocked more shots down,
But you know, overall, feel like I gave it my own,
Like I don't I helped the team, Like in the best how heart is
that? Yeah? You started, you gotta start. They gave you twenty
five minutes, and I think for the most part he was effective and helped.
I think what what really helped him in that game was the fact that
the Clippers were playing with such pace. It didn't and he was taking those
shots from the outside. But you know, if you're stagnan in the half
court, that guy who's a non shooter. Uh is a boss stands out
even more. And because as they were playing with a nice pace out there,
I don't think he was as much of a liability, and he was
he was taking them. After taking three shots in his last one hundred minutes,
he got up, how many shots you got to give? Six?
Reasn Yeah, that's what's crazy is I'm like, dude, like it.
And I said this on the post game too at him, like it's like,
great to see him taking the shots. You know out there it is
tears of a clown. Uh, it's good to see him taking the shots.
Obviously, you know when we're shorthanded, but take it when we're not
shorthanded. Like he got playing time when we had this version of the Full
Clippers and he wasn't taking shots. So it's like, dude, like,
yes, you've stayed in shape, wonderful, Like you did it. You
did the base level thing that you need to do. But like now you're
also just complaining to the press yet again. It's like is this the fourth
time or like the fourth weird quote that he's just like And I would understand
it more if someone like maligned his performance or something I to me, that
just was not the context they were asking. They were asking for clarity on
tyler quote where Tyleru also he wasn't like he didn't blame anything on you.
He didn't. He spoke well about his performance. I felt like, yeah,
I mean that was the way I interpreted it, interpreted it. I
just don't understand, like, why you would react in this defensive way when
it's like no one was even saying anything negative. We get it, man,
It's it must be hard to be a starter after not playing. What's
different? He won such a great I wish what else can tyler do other
than that? If t J. Tucker's like like, oh, what's different
to me? Though? And the way this is developing now that could change
things is because he's already been disciplined, he already was sent home, and
you're continuing to make a stink right unnecessarily based upon what Tyleru was saying about
his game and nobody was really criticizing him. Chuck gave him his props for
the offensive rebounds, like he take his freaking game boy away. Yeah right,
there is what that feels like. Well, yeah, it gets better,
I guess right, Like he's DJ Tucker J. T. I don't
know what's gonna happen. I don't know, but you also have to keep
him because his eleven and a half million dollar cap hit next year is very
tradable. Right, but if you cut him, it still counts against the
cap or something. Well, they're gonna They're just gonna send him home permanently,
like what happened to John Wall with the rockets. That's what will happen.
That's crazy. And he's I don't know, asking them to by continuing
to complain like this. I want PJ. Tucker to thrive. I saw
enough to be like, Okay, he has utility. Like I said,
I think in certain situations in the playoffs, he's very playable. Did he
hate you with that six second DPOY performance? If I had that clip to
come over, that would five right now, that would have been most to
the uh and it's all right, last thing and then we'll go to the
next segment, which has one fun thing. How is this making him look
to the contenders he supposedly wants to go play for? Oh, that's a
great point. I mean, like, who, no one wants this guy?
And you know maybe yeah, And I'm sure like maybe other teams aren't
that tuned in with Clippers media or whatever. But yeah, I agree with
you. That's a great point. It is. It's just not a good
look, like, hey, do you want to come be our third string
four? And he's like, no, I want to be your backup for
We've all heard that, you know, athletes and their lifespan in the sport
and how difficult it is to see your athletic mortality start to come to an
end and dealing with all that. Now we're seeing it happen like in real
time. Like there's a little bit it almost feels like somewhat denial here.
It's sad you're the second oldest player in the league. You can definitely still
help this team, but it's going to be situational and that just has to
be what it is right now. There's no off season coming right now for
them to make a move where all of a sudden, now it's an expiring
contract and it's a little bit more appable or any he's functionally the oldest player
in the league. Spent all that money on research and recovery, PJ just
spent it on shoes. Yeah, Lebron doesn't count to me. Like,
I know he is the oldest player, but he's Lebron, so it's like,
okay, yeah, like the oldest real player in the NBA. I
don't want him. Yeah yeah. I guess the reason that this concerns me
is I think at some point they could very well need him, So I
don't don't want to see him not on the bench, not being staying ready
for this team, not staying ready for this team. I think he still
can help, but the attitude issue right now is becoming more into the forefront
of what we think of when we're talking about PJ. Tucker instead of his
play and when he was a player that I've liked for a really long time.
Like, I'm not like psyched on this. It's just getting ridiculous.
It continues to be ridiculous. I hope if he has a good game,
he just gives what I told you so speech after the game because everyone doubted
me. Everyone on this team doubted me, everyone in the media doubted with
it. Dude, Yeah, just be like no one thought I could do
it? Uh, four four and three like something? All right, coming
up, we're gonna talk a fun thing and then we're gonna send everyone on
their merry way. We're talking the Clippers, the Ontario Clippers rebrane, which
is pretty sick coming up after some maybe loud ads that's been the case for
you, go ahead and turn it down. We got ads coming up and
then Clippers stuff in three two one. Hey, hope those ads weren't even
louder than me leaving the sound on during the High five film breakdown earlier.
For some reason, I couldn't hear it in my ears, but everybody else
could. My bad guys won't have it again, welcome back. In its
season two episode fifty nine of Clips in Dip, we got Chuck Mockler,
Will Updyke. Chuck came on with me yesterday for a little clips in double
Dip. If you don't know what that means, well on Clippers Top,
the official postgame show for Los Angeles Clippers. We take calls and we also
have guests, and these guys are staples when it comes to coming on with
me postgame after a win or loss. I tried to get a hold of
Will, but the Clippers lost that game to the Bucks. So I got
some voicemail and I apologize I missed it. I was I was getting ready
for the Oscars. It's all good. I mean, well, what a
way to give out the best picture then the way al Pacino dude, that
was so great, just perfect. Would roll credits? I would. They
shouldn't have even been able to do a speech. They should have just rolled
the credits right after. You want things to move faster at the Oscars.
Don't even tell what the nominees are, just go straight to the award winner.
Uh So, the Clippers are back in San Diego. Not this Clippers
team, but the G League team that's been playing in Ontario and sometimes they
have early games at Crypto dot com arena, I believe. But kind of
cool. Saw the old logo that we haven't seen in a while, and
Norm Powell was there today for the unveiling of it, talked about it,
said, yeah, he'll be there for games obviously, San Diego guy Kawhi
Leonner will be there for games supporting the team as well. Just cool to
see you guys invested in the G League formerly the D League team for the
Clippers, and they got some nice merch obviously. Yeah. I like,
I mean the redo is sweet, Like I'd be hyped if I lived in
San Diego. Does that work for the two way guys like commute three way
contract freeway. Wait, what do you mean commute wise? Yeah, I
go from San Diego to La Oh yeah, you think they put them on
the flight. I don't know. I guess can you carpool with Kawhi?
Or why is used a helicopter? I'm sure if they needed a guy that
night, all of a sudden, they don't want people using helicopters. I'm
pro helicopter. I wish they used two helicopters. Seems unsafe hang a hammock
in between two of them. They could just chill on the way there.
How long is a helicopter ride? I've seen the crash rate is way higher
with helicopters than other forms of air travel. I can't think of too many
other forms of air travel other than helicopter and plane. So yeah, you
got me there. I think there's more helicopter than plane crashes. Yeah,
that's true. The San Diego Clips stuff too, I think makes it even
cooler. The Clippers didn't rebrand. I myself was I was thinking maybe they
would rebrand. They had some funny language in that press conference talking about the
new logo and stuff where they used the phrase. People were vehemently opposed or
violently opposed in their surveys to the Clippers rebranding, which I think that some
people might have been. I don't know if that was the whole but seeing
this happen and how it all ties with the new like the Clippers name,
it's really cool to see everything kind of beat the Clippers. Still. Who
was opposed to the rebrand I don't know, huh, no zillion they meant
they meant a name change, right, yeah, like a total like a
oh gotcha? Yeah, like a complete like a tearedown. I didn't want
to see that either, Like if that was going to happen, it could
have happened when Balmer initially came in maybe, but that's really just feels like,
yeah, wouldn't it be cool to see this team name the Clippers reached
the top of the mountain at some point. That's the turnaround you want to
see, and you couldn't do it like in the like we're already like mid
season to show what the team new team's gonna be next, Well, this
deep into the like Kawhi and Paul George run, I mean they came to
the Clippers, they started as Clippers like, I feel like it'd be really
weird. I feel like it'd be really weird. Clippers fans like when you
are a lovable loser for some time, as they were, they had the
worst owner in sports. Nobody loved that. But the fans, you know,
who were a glutton for punishment and went through those tough years, didn't
want to be rewarded with the Clippers winning at all. So I think it
makes sense to keep the team name, the original team name, and I
like it. And I'm glad they're showing off the ship now because so many
people for so long we're asking what is it? It's cool, it's a
Clipper ship. What would you rebrand the team? If you had to rebrand
the team? Adam Well, and I was gonna go back to Will's old
nick batoum joke when they played the Knicks, playing his team, he had
to hit that shot. He's no longer all the Clippers. I don't want
to go down that road because the name's perfect. I don't even want to
think about it. Will, do you have any ideas off top the semen
great, Keep most of the logos, just change, just change the words.
They're not Clippers anymore. There's smen man, and you can interpret that
however you want. It could be a person who works on a ship where
it's like a Merman kind of a situation, or your voice of the Clippers,
Brian's semen. Yeah, there we go, which is Brian Semens face
on jersey. Yeah, that would be great. That like Brian Stemens.
Also like the Steve ol Back tattoo of himself. Oh that's a good time.
All right? Anything else before we wrap up and get maybe way too,
way too excited for this Clippers Wolves game. Na getting hungry. Let's
go, let's get Will's hunger. We have to Clippers basketball. We're gonna
have a double dip after tomorrow's game versus the Wolves. Hopefully it's a winds
So Will can go on hey back to back preview for y'all on Wednesday night,
because believe it'll out the Clippers still have a couple of those Will.
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thank you so much, Thank you so much for listening. We really appreciate
it. A couple more films for you're off the four universe, Adam,
Let's get some let's get some positivity before Will gets his his four will You
guys are hungry. He's like six thirty. I had I banged out a
big old thing, a robin with an egg. Uh. I thought you
were working until five thirty. That's why we started at this time. Let's
pull back the curtain, boys, we were supposed to start at five thirty.
That was the original time. So I'm gonna say the Clippers picked up
a new player over the weekend. His name is Zupac. He's back,
baby, Aviza Zubot. Keep your head up. Aviza Zubots is back.
Look at these last two games sixteen and nine, on seven of nine shooting
eighteen and six on nine of eleven shooting. I think he only had six
rebounds because they kept trying to bring him out to the perimeter with the pick
and roll. Like we saw earlier. Avitza Zubots is an absolute freaking game
changer for this Clippers team when he is right. He's still only twenty six,
he's still approving, and he's good enough now to be the fourth most
important player on this team. If they're gonna get to where they need to
get to, to where everybody wants them to get to, Aviatazubus has to
be a big part of it, and I don't know. Maybe the right
calf injury and then getting sick afterwards gave him even more time to respond to
the right calf or to recover from that. So I expect big zoo if
they let him to do some caring over the last nineteen games of this season.
He's young, he's fresh, and he gets easy buckets. Baby,
that's what you need right now. Young fresh and gets easy buckets is an
elite bio line for young Fresh, and easy buckets would just be a great
nickname. Oh yeah, all right. Wonderful notes to go out on Adam.
Thank you so much, well, thank you so much. Always a
great time. We thank you everyone for listening, watching, We'll be back
with a full video on Wednesday, and as always, let's go clips