WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:04.280 The game is over, Paul George money in the pain, but the postgame 2 00:00:04.360 --> 00:00:08.880 reaction has just begun. Kawhi Leonard is so smooth in the mid range. 3 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:13.800 This is Clippers Locker Room, a recap of today's game and a look ahead 4 00:00:13.839 --> 00:00:18.359 and your hope for LA Clippers basketball. And now your host, You, 5 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:23.839 sir, are a bad man, Adam Ousley. Clippers fall one nineteen o 6 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:27.519 one oh six at home to Milwaukee Bucks. Welcome in near post games show 7 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:30.480 coming up, we'll get to your final box scoring. You'll hear from the 8 00:00:30.519 --> 00:00:34.039 head coach Toron Lou and the players after this one. But first let's get 9 00:00:34.079 --> 00:00:38.240 back out to your voice of the Clippers in Noah Eagle, No, you 10 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:42.240 talked about the three points shooting. Bucks also killed the Clippers on the boards 11 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:44.719 in this one, But overall, you know, I thought the Clippers effort 12 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:49.320 was there with what they had, they just got out executed. Yeah, 13 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:52.240 the shooting is what sticks out to me. Milwaukee ends up going seventeen of 14 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:55.240 thirty nine in this game, Adam forty four percent. The Clippers go eleven 15 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:59.399 of thirty three thirty three percent. It's a six made three difference in a 16 00:00:59.439 --> 00:01:03.759 game they lost by thirteen points six threes. That's eighteen points. I mean, 17 00:01:03.120 --> 00:01:06.200 that just can't cut it. We knew the rebounds were going to be 18 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.439 a problem because Milwaukee's the top rebounding team in the NBA. The Clippers are 19 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:11.079 right in the middle of the pack, and so that played itself out. 20 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.760 But overall, yeah, the efforts, their execution wasn't you wash it. 21 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:18.439 You have three days now to get ready for Golden State and you've got new 22 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:22.200 pieces to integrate. So looking forward to that, yeah, and a lot 23 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:26.000 to look forward to with those three guys that are coming. The Calvary is 24 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:27.280 on the way for the Clippers. I know we talked about it a little 25 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:32.040 bit in the pregame show in that first segment, but just a reminder for 26 00:01:32.079 --> 00:01:37.120 Clipper Nation, Eric Gordon, Mason, Plumley, Bones Highland on the way. 27 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:40.359 There's a lot to be excited about what this team moving forward, very 28 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:42.840 much. So I think they're gonna all add a different element, different punch, 29 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.640 and hopefully just kind of revitalize a little bit of what this team is 30 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:49.319 doing on both ends of the floor. But I'm looking forward to everything that 31 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.239 each one of those guys brings, and it'll be exciting to see them make 32 00:01:53.280 --> 00:01:56.840 their debut in just a couple of days, especially in that environment against that 33 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.319 team. We know the history between these two, so I'm looking for one. 34 00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:05.159 I know everybody else in Clipper Nation is as well. Clippers following this 35 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:09.039 one one nineteen to one oh six, they got three days off, also 36 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.759 a good thing for this squad. Hopefully Kawai Leonard will be back and ready 37 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:16.680 to go. Tuesday night tip time is at seven Clippers versus the Golden State 38 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:23.319 Warriors. Looks like they'll still be without Steph Curry six pm with your pregame 39 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:25.319 show, Noah Eagle, great call as always, We'll talk to you on 40 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:29.599 Tuesday. My friend Adam can't wait. I'm not even gonna make you wait 41 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:32.400 for can't wait. Coming up next, we'll get to your post game box 42 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:39.400 score. Clippers fall by thirteen to Milwaukee and Yannis Denikopo and you're listening to 43 00:02:39.479 --> 00:02:45.639 the Los Angeles Clippers Radio. Can I kick you? Can? I'm kicking 44 00:02:46.240 --> 00:02:58.680 Can? I'm kicking Clippers lose one nineteen to one oh six at home to 45 00:02:58.719 --> 00:03:01.039 the Milwaukee Bucks, second time in a week they've lost to this squad. 46 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:06.439 This time they didn't have Kawhi Leonard Milwaukee, though without Chris Middleton and they 47 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:09.240 were on a back to back still, they got thirty five from Jannis and 48 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:13.400 then a Koomper who had their first eight points in this one. Clippers were 49 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.199 down big early on. By twelve, it was fourteen to two. They 50 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:21.000 battled back and had the lead going into the second quarter, but just not 51 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.840 enough. Paul George struggled again eight of twenty three from a field, nineteen 52 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:30.800 points on three of eleven shooting from the outside. They were led by Brandon 53 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:35.400 Boston, who ended up with twenty points. Some of those were an inconsequential 54 00:03:35.400 --> 00:03:38.560 time off the bench. Norman Powell had sixteen, a Mere Coffee had ten. 55 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:42.479 Really gave them a boost in that second quarter with I want to say 56 00:03:42.520 --> 00:03:46.439 eight of his ten points. Played really well, maybe his best stretch so 57 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.800 far of the season. But obviously Clippers not just missing the guys they've traded 58 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:57.360 for, but being without the guys that they let go because everybody's in transit 59 00:03:57.560 --> 00:03:59.919 at this point, it's up in the air. Guys are in the play 60 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:02.520 okay, they're their courtside, but they weren't yet cleared to play for the 61 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:09.039 Clippers. That would be Eric Gordon Mason Plumley and Bones Highland. So they 62 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:13.560 should be back Tuesday when the Clippers are taken on the Golden State Warriors. 63 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:16.800 But in a game where Milwaukee goes seventeen of thirty nine from the outside and 64 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:24.279 the Clippers go just eleven of thirty three from distance, and Milwaukee Bucks also 65 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:29.560 second chance points off those boards twenty to two in favor of Milwaukee, that 66 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:34.360 is a pretty big disparity there. Clippers lose one nineteen to one oh six 67 00:04:34.439 --> 00:04:39.319 to the Bucks. Coming up next for preview Tuesday's game on Valentine's Day, 68 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:43.600 Clippers hosting the Golden State Warriors. And you're listening to the Los Angeles Clippers 69 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:50.000 radio, Baby girl, they'll want the dog if you won the game. 70 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:58.720 That was a five point game heading into the fourth. The Milwaukee would make 71 00:04:58.759 --> 00:05:00.959 their push. Clippers wave the white flag around the four minute mark and they 72 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:05.439 would fall one nineteen to one oh six to Jannis Dna Cooper on his thirty 73 00:05:05.439 --> 00:05:10.279 five but also Brook Lopez nine h thirteen from the field. He had twenty 74 00:05:10.279 --> 00:05:14.639 two and fifteen fourteen and seven in the second quarter alone and went four of 75 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:18.800 six from the outside. Splash Mountain had himself a game, Drew Holiday finished 76 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:25.040 with nineteen for Milwaukee Clippers. Nobody scored more than twenty, and some of 77 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:29.480 those twenty points from Brandon Boston came during well garbage time late in the ball 78 00:05:29.519 --> 00:05:32.680 game. It was no longer in question who was going to be the victor 79 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:36.839 in this one. Clipper's next game coming up on Tuesday, they get three 80 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:42.160 days off. That is huge for this squad. No Kawhi Leonard in this 81 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:46.000 one, being precautionary with that right knee coming off the ACL injury. In 82 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.959 eight of his last fifteen games, he's played thirty eight minutes four more. 83 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:56.360 I think that's the reason. And you saw he just didn't look right against 84 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:01.160 the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday. So two more games before the All Star break. 85 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:04.560 Tuesday night on Valentine's Day, Clippers hosting the Golden State Warriors, and 86 00:06:04.560 --> 00:06:10.319 then they'll be in Phoenix on Thursday. Warriors won't have Steph Curry, Phoenix 87 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:15.000 won't have Kevin Durant yet, two very winnable games, even going up against 88 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:19.279 tough squads in the West and in the PACTV Wow, we have a moment. 89 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:24.560 Let's pause ten seconds for station and entivocation here in the Los Angeles Clippers 90 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:30.720 Radio Network. This is LA Clippers Basketball AM five seventy, KLAC Los Angeles, 91 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:34.560 ninety eight seven, KYSR HD two Los Angeles and iHeart Radio station. 92 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:40.079 Coming up next on AM five seventy. 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This post game quote from coach lou leaving the presser pretty much 102 00:07:19.399 --> 00:07:24.800 sums it up. Quote Greek freak, bad mother effer, whatever you want 103 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:30.040 to call him, unquote pretty much be honest. Then a kupo has thirty 104 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:32.519 five, not fifty four. This time, but he got some help from 105 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:36.040 Brook Lopez, who had twenty two on nine of thirteen shooting with four three 106 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:39.759 pointers, and the Clippers would fall to Milwaukee second time in a week, 107 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:44.360 this time at home one nineteen to one OZH six in downtown Los Angeles. 108 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:46.879 Welcome into your postgame show. This is Clipper Stock. I'm out of Maslin 109 00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.959 eight six six ninety eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine eight seven 110 00:07:51.079 --> 00:07:56.360 two five seventy is the phone number coming up. We'll get to your phone 111 00:07:56.399 --> 00:08:01.160 calls. We'll hear from Lawrence Frank in the pregame pressor talk about the trade 112 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:03.839 deadline, the moves that were made. I've got a few minutes from that 113 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.240 presser that i want you guys to hear. But if we're starting things off 114 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:13.240 talking about the contest tonight, or the Clippers fall for the second straight game, 115 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.240 and it's tough losing these last two. You thought they would have at 116 00:08:18.319 --> 00:08:22.120 least split against Dallas Wednesday night, who didn't have Luca don chich and it 117 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:26.120 was Kyrie Irving's first game, and the Clippers did have Paul George and Kawhi 118 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:33.159 Leonard couldn't get that one, and then tonight without Kawhi Leonard, without the 119 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:39.080 guys who were moved, and Reggie Jackson, then Luke Kennard and John Wall, 120 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:41.879 and if you want to talk about them as well and give them their 121 00:08:41.919 --> 00:08:45.639 due a tip of the cap and give them their flowers tonight, that is 122 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:48.759 more than welcome because I think all three of those guys, even John Wall, 123 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:52.840 had his moments this season in a short amount of time. But of 124 00:08:52.840 --> 00:08:56.679 course the impact of Reggie Jackson on this franchise and Luke Kennard, I think 125 00:08:56.679 --> 00:09:01.639 it was pretty pretty special. But with the other guys in waiting to get 126 00:09:01.679 --> 00:09:07.000 their physicals and Mason Plumley who's coming in huge pickup in Bones Highland with a 127 00:09:07.159 --> 00:09:13.200 high ceiling, and Eric Gordon back with the Clippers, they just didn't have 128 00:09:13.320 --> 00:09:18.120 enough and they couldn't hit shots from the outside. Eleven of thirty three from 129 00:09:18.200 --> 00:09:22.679 distance. Remember how they got back into the ball game down fourteen to two. 130 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:26.919 They turned things around in less than three minutes. It was a tie 131 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:30.440 ball game in that first quarter after they were down by twelve, because they 132 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:35.039 started hitting threes. Marcus Morris hit two, then Paul George Unfortunately he was 133 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:39.559 just three of eleven from the outside, eight of twenty three from the field. 134 00:09:39.559 --> 00:09:41.320 I'm glad he took twenty three shots, but he's just been cold the 135 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:46.399 last couple of games, now finished with nineteen, had six assists to one 136 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:52.399 turnover. That's good to see. But if Brandon Boston is leading you because 137 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.159 he got some buckets late in inconsequential extended garbage time as it was over at 138 00:09:56.200 --> 00:10:00.399 about the four minute mark with the Clippers waving the white flag, it's not 139 00:10:00.440 --> 00:10:03.600 gonna get done against this Milwaukee team that's just one ten straight now, that 140 00:10:03.759 --> 00:10:07.200 is going for the one seed in the Eastern Conference, and even on a 141 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:13.799 back to back without Chris Middleton, they just out executed the Clippers. They 142 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.200 beat them up on the board, something fierce. We know Milwaukee's great there, 143 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:22.440 but a plus fifteen board advantage, a plus seven on the offensive rebounds, 144 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:28.039 and twenty to two they won the second chance points. It's hard to 145 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:33.519 overcome that in the three points shooting differential, because Milwaukee went seventeen of thirty 146 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:39.000 nine from the outside, they took just six more threes and the Clippers to 147 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:45.679 make six more. So they were hot. Clippers couldn't hit any of their 148 00:10:45.720 --> 00:10:48.720 open shots, or many of them. At least I thought they fought. 149 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:52.320 They gave what they could. It was a five point game heading into the 150 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:56.519 fourth quarter. But when Joannie wants to take over and just cut through the 151 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:01.759 defense and throw it down as the Greek free does. One of the greatest 152 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.519 players I've seen he can do that. He's an MVP as a finals MVP 153 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:15.159 with one of the greatest punctuation closing finals games ever with this fifty pointer to 154 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:20.200 bring them their first championship in forty years. Pretty unbelievable player. And he's 155 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:22.919 still getting better. He hit a three pointer, he hit a jumper. 156 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:28.200 I don't know what you'd do against him, but to me, the area 157 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:33.480 this game was lost for the Clippers was really in that second quarter when he 158 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.960 was out and I think he went out about the six minute mark of the 159 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.600 second but Brook Lopez took over the Clippers. I want to say, we're 160 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:50.039 leading by five when Jannis left the ball game, and yeah, it was 161 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:54.600 at the six seventeen mark. Forty thirty five was the score in favor of 162 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.879 the Clippers. Lopez comes in for Jannis and took over as good as a 163 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:01.919 mere coffee was in that second quarter for the Clippers, which was great to 164 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:05.720 see. That was the best stint he has played all season long. Been 165 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:09.039 a very up and down season for him. But with the trade deadline behind 166 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.759 them, I expect some of these guys that could have been up on the 167 00:12:11.759 --> 00:12:16.080 trading block or their names could have been out there and rumors to play better, 168 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:18.799 to play looser. I thought we saw that from a mere coffee. 169 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.360 Well, I don't know brook Lopez was going to be included in eight trades. 170 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:24.879 I highly doubt that he's one of their pivotal players. But he went 171 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:30.720 off, started hitting threes, had a tip shot, got to the basket, 172 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:37.360 a couple of easy layups, and the Clippers or minus eight in those 173 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:43.360 minutes, the last six seventeen of the second quarter without Jannis Denna Cooper on 174 00:12:43.440 --> 00:12:48.840 the floor, and it was brook Lopez who took over. That just can't 175 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:54.200 happen. You go from up five to down three at the half and it 176 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:58.200 was pretty much all brook Lopez in that second quarter. He had fourteen and 177 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:03.960 seven in the second loan twenty two and fifteen in the game, four mate 178 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:07.320 three pointers, I mean one of them was from Steph curry Land. I 179 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:11.559 got a tweet at me that why didn't he eats. The zoobots do a 180 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.759 better job guarding him on those threes. Well, one's a thirty footer. 181 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:18.519 I don't know what you could do against Splash Mountain, who can just shoot 182 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:24.080 over the top of him too. Another seven footer doesn't matter. He was 183 00:13:24.159 --> 00:13:28.799 awesome for them. Drew Holiday had nineteen and the Clippers they needed a bigger 184 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:33.080 performance from Paul George just having got at the last two games. Now, 185 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:39.559 I wonder if the right knee soreness or the hamstring is still bothering him. 186 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:43.320 He did get to the basket a couple of times early in the fourth quarter, 187 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:48.600 slithering through the defense. Weave him through defenders and that was good to 188 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:52.919 see. And he had an eight point third quarter with a couple of three 189 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.799 pointers made. But outside of that eight twenty three from the field, three 190 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.639 of eleven from the outside, just nineteen points. I think it was gonna 191 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:05.399 take a thirty spot from him and just the Clippers being hotter from the outside, 192 00:14:07.200 --> 00:14:13.240 outside of Marcus Morris who was four of seven. Yeah, Terrence Man, 193 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:18.279 he was of two. Norman Powell uncharacteristically cold shooting night, one of 194 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:22.759 six, rowco two of five, A mere Coffee took just one, three 195 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:28.120 oh one, But man Norman gets a couple of those to go and the 196 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:33.639 Clippers don't get beat up on the boards that drastically. Yeah, maybe they 197 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:37.879 find a way to rise up and pull this one out without Kawhi Leonard, 198 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:41.399 with all the guys missing still that they're waiting for the Calvarry will arrive likely 199 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:48.679 all three players that they trade for on Tuesday. And I do think people 200 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.440 ask me for a grade on the trade deadline as a strong B B plus. 201 00:14:52.799 --> 00:15:01.159 They did well. They filled needs. Mason Plumley huge, That's probably 202 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:03.120 the best backup center in the league. He was a starter in Charlotte. 203 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:09.399 He's having a career year. He just averaged sixteen and eleven in January. 204 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:13.279 Bones Highland is all the talent in the world on offense. He's got to 205 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:16.799 clean things up on the defensive end. But we'll hear from Lawrence frank In 206 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:20.519 a little bit talk about his high skill level and coach Lou brought up the 207 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:26.000 comparison to Lou Williams. A lot of people can see that looks very similar 208 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:31.240 in stature and style of play, but can hit tough shots, high degree 209 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:35.080 of difficulty shots, a good three point shooter, brings a lot of excitement 210 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.679 and energy, and you know what you're getting with Eric Gordon an efficient score, 211 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:45.440 but downhill attack. He's a bully. He's a bulldog. He pushes 212 00:15:45.559 --> 00:15:50.720 guys around getting to the basket. I want to say he's at nine drives 213 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:54.200 per game is where the advanced stats put him. That's really good. So 214 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:58.799 they need somebody to put more pressure on the rim. He's also obviously a 215 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:02.600 good three point shooter having a down year, but I expect, you know, 216 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:06.759 his thirty five percent or thirty six percent three point shooting to rise drastically 217 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:08.840 because he's gonna see a lot more open shots with the Clippers. And this 218 00:16:08.960 --> 00:16:11.679 is somebody who just had three straight twenty point games. A week ago in 219 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:17.200 Air Cordon, he dropped twenty four against the Clippers and made it interesting trying 220 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:21.639 to lead Houston against them. So a great trade deadline. Overall, It's 221 00:16:21.679 --> 00:16:26.360 bittersweet always because Reggie Jackson, he's an all time favorite. He is, 222 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.360 and Luke Kennard and he was one of my favorite players. Love him. 223 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:34.879 Best three point shooting in the league last season. Tough to see those guys 224 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:40.399 go. And john Wall certainly had his moments early in the season, Eddie 225 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:44.240 and Whittier start things off here on Clippers Stock. What's up? What's up 226 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:48.919 about hey? Game? Terrence Mann has really owned up to that starting point 227 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:52.000 guard role. Man, I'm loving this kid more and more by the minute. 228 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.240 Terrence was fearless at times. In that third quarter, he went at 229 00:16:56.320 --> 00:17:00.840 Brook Lopez for a tough layoup. He drove on Joey goals, which was 230 00:17:00.320 --> 00:17:03.960 a siteper sore eyes, per Cliper Nation, they love seeing Joe Engels get 231 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:07.839 picked on there. I thought Terrence had a really good ball game, actually, 232 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:11.359 five of nine, ten points, six boards, a couple of assists. 233 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:15.359 I'm glad you brought him up, Eddie. Yeah. Norman Powell, 234 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.200 dude, I personally think he's our number two. Sorry, Paul George. 235 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:25.480 Norman Powell had been balling. That's kind of there's there's two ends to the 236 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.599 floor. And Paul George is an eight time All Star, was third in 237 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:32.119 MVP two years ago and Defensive Player of the Year. Yeah, yeah, 238 00:17:32.400 --> 00:17:34.440 thrm, Powell is playing really well. But come on, what are we 239 00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:40.119 talking about? Yeah that was two years ago. He's an All Star this 240 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:42.720 year, Eddie, He's an All SNAr this year. The worst All Star 241 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.079 on the team. Dude, he didn't deserve to be an All Star. 242 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:51.240 Just being real. Okay, he's averaging twenty three a game. He's putting 243 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:53.759 up stats, and only six guys in the league are I know he's had 244 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:56.839 two back to back games, but you can't be a prisoner at the moment. 245 00:17:57.000 --> 00:18:02.799 Now say that he's not their number two on the team. Norman Powell 246 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:04.559 has been man, that's all I'll say. That's fine. Hey, yeah, 247 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:07.480 he also went one of six from the outside and had a rough game. 248 00:18:10.119 --> 00:18:11.640 He looks better than Paul George tonight. But hey, I was gonna 249 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:15.359 say my pickup, you know, buyout guy that they pick up. I'm 250 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:19.119 gonna stir the pot here. I think they get Patrick Beverley back. That's 251 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:22.759 the dog in the on the bench. All right. I appreciate the phone 252 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:26.119 call, Eddie. I know Cliper Nation would welcome back Pat Bev, who's 253 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:33.640 likely getting bought out if he hasn't already from Orlando. Yeah. Patrick Beverley 254 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.000 an all time favorite with Cliper Nation, so I wouldn't be shocked by that. 255 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:41.480 Let's go with Lenny an Inglewood. Lenny, what's up, hey, 256 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:48.960 man, let me just say this, bro, we don't do good against 257 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:56.079 the league teams. And over the past year and a half, there's two 258 00:18:56.160 --> 00:19:00.440 teams that we've pretty much dominated. That's been the Rockets in the Lakers, 259 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:04.759 everybody, and but the elite teams. You know, we beat Boston early 260 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:11.119 in the year without Robert Williams and we just Clippers didn't have Norman Powell in 261 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:15.720 that game either. Yeah, but like you said, Norman Powell is a 262 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:21.000 sixth man. Nobody's gonna nobody, nobody elite should Oh no, right, 263 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:23.799 look, look, look man, let me tell you Norman Powell, I'm 264 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:26.359 gonna say something. Might not like you've been talking. You can argue he's 265 00:19:26.440 --> 00:19:30.880 the third best player right now. I don't know if he's third most important. 266 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:33.839 I agree it's it's Nick Batom. But the heater he's been on for 267 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:37.519 two and a half months shooting forty six percent from the outside is incredible. 268 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:41.920 Norman Powel has been great. Probably like I said, dude, he's seeing 269 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:48.200 my man fifty grand Uh Luke Kennard, I told you something was wrong he 270 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:51.880 had to go. Uh, you know, wish him all the best, 271 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.599 But let me tell you something. JJ Reddick said something in one of his 272 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.599 columns of the day, he said. The reason why he had to leave 273 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.000 then the NBA. He said it wasn't a regular season. He said, 274 00:20:03.039 --> 00:20:08.119 it was what he put himself through through the off season. JJ Reddick got 275 00:20:08.279 --> 00:20:14.680 every scrap, every ounce out of his talent. Man, he just the 276 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:19.519 sixty three off guard from Duke who you know early on in his career. 277 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:25.279 Are you implying Luke Nard isn't. Now Here's what I'm saying. Luke Kennard 278 00:20:26.599 --> 00:20:29.640 is a better athlete than j. J. Reddick. If you look, 279 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:32.880 man, I'm I'm a Luke Kennard fan. I looked him up. You 280 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:36.240 know what the high school that dude was, he was the leading he scored 281 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:40.119 more points in lebron and on the quarterback of the left hand of quarterback, 282 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:42.559 he said, all kind of records in passing. Maybe they didn't know if 283 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:45.920 he was gonna do basketball and football due to phenomenal in terms of his skill. 284 00:20:47.240 --> 00:20:52.359 But he's not. He is not a dog like Norman Potter. He 285 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:57.640 looked like a dog with the seven points scored thirty five point comeback against Washington. 286 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:02.599 Bro looked like a dog when he hit that half court shot to bring 287 00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:06.519 him back against Atlanta when they were down twenty. Let's not let's not do 288 00:21:06.720 --> 00:21:10.880 this. I'm not interested in the who's got the dog in there in the 289 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:15.720 rib cage stuff like I've seen it with him. I'm I'm not gonna dog 290 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:18.000 him just because he's no longer on the Clippers. I'm gonna bring up facts. 291 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:22.759 No, but I'm bringing facts too. Normal power would unk on his 292 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.599 mamo. Okay, that's what we need. I don't think that's Luke Kennard's 293 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.720 game plenty, who know. But when I'm staying in that Luke Knar, 294 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:33.359 I'm a fan of Luke Kennar. Okay, So that's that's what I'm saying. 295 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:37.880 But what I'm saying he is for some reason, he has not been 296 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:40.400 productive for us. And I don't see how you could sit down and look 297 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:44.599 at his numbers. He was the best three point shooter in the league last 298 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:48.359 season and he's still shooting forty four percent almost forty five percent from three this 299 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:52.839 season. To say he's not productive, it's meaningless to me. Just because 300 00:21:52.880 --> 00:21:59.160 he had a bad stint his last two weeks. Now you're shifting. Now 301 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:03.119 you're shifting because he's been injured. There's one It's one thing to say a 302 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:06.920 guy's injury prone, but he's productive when he's on the court. But it 303 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.680 sounded like you were saying he wasn't good when he was on the court, 304 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:11.440 and that's just not that's just not true. No what Like I said, 305 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:15.200 dude, I fought. I saw Luke Conard's quick for a long time. 306 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:18.279 I was really disappointed that he wasn't able to, you know, to get 307 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:22.799 us over the hump because I still felt all along this year that was the 308 00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:26.359 one thing that we had that other teams didn't have. We had the best 309 00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:29.640 deep ball threat. And I said, if he goes off, that was 310 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:33.759 I would stand in bars and barbershop at the top of my voice that Luke 311 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:36.720 Nard is gonna put us over the top. Well, the truth is the 312 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:41.000 guys who have to put him over the top are their superstars. Internally, 313 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:44.440 it's the two or three connections that have to get it done. Now, 314 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:47.799 we got one superstar, we got one all star, okay, man, 315 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:52.799 Paul Jordan is an all Star. He's and he's you know, but he's 316 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:56.039 had a couple of bad games after having twenty nine and thirty the two games 317 00:22:56.079 --> 00:23:00.359 before, right, but nobody, nobody would call Paul George's superstar. Paul 318 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:03.599 George is an all star. And don't don't get that twisted man. There's 319 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.519 only five or six superstars in this league. Look, if you're a third 320 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:14.839 in MVP voting, you're a superstar. If you're third in and defensive Player 321 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:17.839 of the Year by the way, Okay, but what was that three years 322 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:21.720 ago? And just over a year and a half ago. Was he not 323 00:23:21.880 --> 00:23:25.720 a superstar when he took them to the Western Conference finals without Kauai? How 324 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:30.880 quickly we forget? Yes, he's had his had his moment. Okay, 325 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:33.480 Well, if he can play like a superstar at times, you know that 326 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:37.160 that's where it has to be. He has to play at that level in 327 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:42.799 the playoffs. Well, part of that is he's taken all the responsibilities of 328 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:45.759 a point guard and he can't do it. Like I said, he's not 329 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:52.400 naturally he's not naturally built for that. And even though Terrence Mann is good 330 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:56.680 and attack, he's great at attack him the who but he doesn't dictate a 331 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:59.720 point guard. I say, was dictate the flow of the game. We 332 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:04.200 still lack that. Okay, we still lack that. I think Kawhi Leonard 333 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:07.079 often is the one who dictates the flow of the game. He plays at 334 00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:10.680 his own pace. You can, You're right, he can. He has 335 00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:18.000 that unique ability from his But you play three of your superstars. Yeah yeah, 336 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:22.400 but but you still we still need I just think that I'm not saying 337 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:29.039 it's the final point, but for some reason we come up short against elite 338 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:32.480 teams. Well, you can. You can make that argument for the most 339 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:34.960 part this season. Now, I don't know how many of these games where 340 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:40.759 they've had both Kawai and Paul George, like tonight, they didn't because they 341 00:24:40.839 --> 00:24:45.880 do only have ten wins I believe against teams over five hundred, and that's 342 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.519 one of the worst records against teams over five hundred in the Western Conference. 343 00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.960 But how many of those games do they have Kawai and Paul George. I 344 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:56.680 don't have that number four you. I know, they let go of a 345 00:24:56.759 --> 00:25:00.160 couple in Philly, up by twenty in Mala Hockey, up by twenty one 346 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:07.759 games they probably should have won. Yeah, So just moving forward, Uh, 347 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:11.000 okay, Lenny, do you like any of the moves they made? 348 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:15.960 Yes, I do. I think they got like you said, I think 349 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:19.480 Mason Plumley is a steel I was really shot. I was really surprised that 350 00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:25.640 they got him. Mason Plumley and I've watched his game. He used to 351 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:30.839 us to come in and dunk, and now he's he's adding uh low post 352 00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:33.400 moves. He's you know, I've seen him impressive stuff. I mean, 353 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:37.599 he's he's rounding out his game. He's very athletic. I think Mason Tumney 354 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.680 was a steal on the how they got him. I think bone timing was 355 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:45.640 a steal. And Eric Gordon is good too. Like I said, you 356 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:49.440 know, man, I would I wish the best for Reggie Alden Kevin. 357 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:52.599 Now Reggie's going to Phoenix and who knows, man, I mean, he's 358 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:59.839 he he's, he's he's gonna he might get his But John Wall just was 359 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:03.920 never gonna be that for us. And it's disappointed because I thought, you 360 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:07.440 know, in the preseason, and I've followed him closely in the summer, 361 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:10.200 I thought he was really going to put it together. But I think, 362 00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:14.119 like you said, that those two years off and that Achilles Hill is just 363 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:17.160 it's just a heck of the thing. They overcome. Yeah, And I 364 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.319 don't think you can do it, but Lenny, I wish them. I'm 365 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:22.559 with you, man. I wish all those guys the best, and I 366 00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:26.839 appreciate the phone call. That was a long conversation. I gotta take a 367 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:32.079 break here eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six nine 368 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:36.319 eight seven two five seventy if you'd like to get on after the Clippers fall 369 00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:41.000 lost two straight now in both games to Milwaukee this season, one nineteen and 370 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:48.240 one oh six at home, this time to Jannis and brook Lopez to up 371 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:52.559 one. They got three days off though, get those guys up to speed. 372 00:26:55.359 --> 00:26:57.240 I know they have their physicals coming up. That's why they were on 373 00:26:57.319 --> 00:27:02.920 the sideline. Couldn't play in this one. But the hope is all three 374 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.039 players they acquired and they're really good additions, will be available against the Golden 375 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:11.359 State Warriors on Tuesday. More Clippers stock next here on the AMPI seventy only 376 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:30.759 sports ker so Star almost someone. Clippers fall one nineteen to one oh six 377 00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:34.799 to Janness then and Kompo brook Lopez and the hot shooting from the outside from 378 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:41.559 Milwaukee. They go seventeen of thirty nine from distance, and I had twenty 379 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:45.119 two advantage in second chance points. And this is a little bit of a 380 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:51.599 disturbing trend. Here last four games, the opposition is shot almost forty seven 381 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:56.279 percent from the outside against the Clippers, Milwaukee almost at forty four percent. 382 00:27:56.440 --> 00:28:02.359 But overall, teams have been hot, and we've seen it recently. That 383 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:07.920 first quarter by Dallas nine three pointers, that first quarter by Brooklyn eight three 384 00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:11.519 pointers. They're getting off the hot stars. Clippers are down fourteen to two 385 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:15.079 before they turn things around quickly and ledge twenty seven twenty two heading into the 386 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:18.279 second tonight, but they fall after giving up a thirty eight point quarter in 387 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:22.240 the fourth and really it was over with four minutes left. Clippers lose to 388 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:26.160 the Bucks. Before you hear from the head coach Chavier and Labber heights, 389 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:30.920 Javier, what's up here on Clipper stock without in Austin, it was up. 390 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:33.319 I'm thank you for taking a car like the enormous season ticket holders. 391 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:37.960 So I was at the game today, so it was it didn't start well, 392 00:28:38.039 --> 00:28:41.240 but then, like you said, they caught up in the second quarter. 393 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:45.039 But you know you earlier you were seeing about throwing some flowers to the 394 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:49.000 x Clippers. Yeah, and you're yeah, and that brought something up that 395 00:28:49.119 --> 00:28:53.880 I thought about and Lenny said it earlier that they can't seem to beat the 396 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:57.880 good teams. But you know it, last year without Paul George and Kawai, 397 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:03.759 Lu Kennard and Reggie Jackson, some of these players didn't want some games 398 00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:07.160 that they should they shouldn't want. I mean, he beat Brooklyn the game 399 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:15.480 against Milwaukee when they got forty from Rocco exactly. But yeah, but do 400 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:18.559 you know what I'm saying. Yeah, they beat in Miami twice, they 401 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:22.720 beat Milwaukee at Milwaukee, they beat the Nets in Brooklyn. And that's just 402 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:26.440 four games I can remember. But I know they wont other games. And 403 00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:30.039 this is what Kawai and Paul George. So like you said, you want 404 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.079 to thrown some flowers. I mean that's you know, they did a good 405 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:37.519 job. I just don't understand what's going on with with the team. With 406 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:41.599 the team this year. I mean it just I don't know. Hopefully with 407 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:45.440 these trades we got, who are you most excited about the three guys they 408 00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:55.039 brought in? Of course Plumby, but the guy was in bones or yeah, 409 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:56.119 I saw hide it, so like I'm like, my god, this 410 00:29:56.240 --> 00:30:00.160 guy is he's exciting. He just he's he has no fear. So I 411 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:03.039 was like, wow, So that that was still, so I'm happy for 412 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:07.559 that too. But but yeah, I just like the day I was at 413 00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:12.680 the game today and I just I noticed every time Title called time out. 414 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:18.960 You noticed they ever scored every time what he called him and honestly almost because 415 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:22.440 he called a time out and they had that turnaround when they were down fourteen 416 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:29.079 to two. So it wasn't every time outlets, let's be honest. Yeah, 417 00:30:29.119 --> 00:30:33.480 they had some bad out of time out execution. A few different times 418 00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:37.759 they had a shot clock violation, and I thought at times in that third 419 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:40.519 quarter, well, they were playing the right way for the most part. 420 00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:42.480 Drive kicks swing, and guys were making the extra pass. They were a 421 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:48.000 little too unselfish and one of those times led to a shot clock violation. 422 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:52.160 Guys were overpassing a little bit. Yeah yeah, but you know they just 423 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:59.599 underman too. So they were missing button kawaii to threw Newts players. So 424 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:03.119 that's bi players are missing. But but yeah, so last thing real quick, 425 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:07.200 Adam I'm gonna be nice. I'm not gonna say his name, but 426 00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:12.359 he played thirty one minutes, was a minus twenty two, did not grab 427 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:15.920 one rebound, and you're playing against a team that it's number one. You're 428 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.559 rebounding. That's all I got to say, Adam. But you know what 429 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.640 do I know? All right, Adam, We'll see you on Tuesday and 430 00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:26.279 help you at the game. Thank you, all right? Avier, I 431 00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:30.240 believe, and Code was talking about Marcus Morris, who also hit four three 432 00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:33.599 pointers for a team that desperately needed to hit something from the outside. The 433 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:37.559 plus minus it can work for you, it can work against you sometimes. 434 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:41.519 I don't love it. In a one game sample, yeah, not getting 435 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:47.880 a board there and the Clippers getting dominated and it being that lopsided twenty to 436 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:51.440 two, and second chance points for Milwaukee that hurt them as well. Here 437 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:55.440 was coach Lulo post game after the Bucks win one nineteen to one oh six 438 00:31:55.759 --> 00:32:00.799 over the Clippers. Tight considering how shorthanded you were, was there anything positive 439 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:06.920 about taking these guys into the game as long as you did. I mean, 440 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.119 I just liked our fight early on. You know, we got down 441 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:12.480 early, I think fourteen to two, and I'm to keep fighting and then 442 00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:14.640 build the lead to get it back up to eight in that first half, 443 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.799 and then tough player. We had a fifty fifty ball and then Drew Halliday 444 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:20.799 picks up in the corner and makes it three and cuts it to five. 445 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:23.440 And that's kind of what got them going and got them enrolling. But probably 446 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:27.000 our young guys and some things that they did. You know, a Brandon, 447 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:30.319 he was really good. He did a good job. And then you 448 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.680 know, we didn't make didn't make shots. I thought we got some good 449 00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:36.200 looks early on, and then they kind of deflated us. But then we 450 00:32:36.400 --> 00:32:37.759 stuck with it and we came back and like I said, our defense was 451 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:40.559 really good and then we was able to you know, take the lead by 452 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:44.359 eighty after being down twelve, and then you know, at the third quarter, 453 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:46.200 they kind of got going a little bit on us. So you guys 454 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:49.799 had Zoo on on be honest for pretty much the entire game. I think, 455 00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:52.279 I know at parts, you know, Johnnys, I think shot six 456 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.400 or fifteen in the first half. But Zoo was a little frustrated some of 457 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:59.960 the way he was getting in the basket and scoring. I guess what was 458 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.160 the idea with throwing Zo with jannest the entire game and what were you telling 459 00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:07.440 Zo in those moments when he was a little frustrated. I mean, just 460 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.480 just to stay with it. I mean, our guys are shrinking the floor, 461 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:10.359 trying to help as much as possible. But he's a tough cover. 462 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:15.119 I mean, that's why is the MVP. And you know you gotta put 463 00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:16.960 a physical guy on him, you know, just trying to slow him down. 464 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:20.440 And when he gets inside the pain, if you got a smaller guy 465 00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:22.200 on him, he's finished, you know, gett into the free throw line. 466 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:23.599 And so I thought Zoo did a good job. You know, overall, 467 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:27.119 he really heard us. You know, when he got down, he'll 468 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:29.839 like attacking in transition, you know, getting the run and start. I'm 469 00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:31.480 kind of pulling up pressure. But overall, you know, I thought we 470 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:35.920 did a decent job on guarding him. You know, he took fifteen shouts 471 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:39.440 in the first half and the lat and in the second half, but you 472 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:43.480 know that's that was our game plan. And like I said, I thought 473 00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:49.799 Zoo did a good job. Jannest and transition is like his own death lineup, 474 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:54.519 like a wolf pack of one. It's just it's gotta be terrifying out 475 00:33:54.559 --> 00:33:58.880 there. I thought Zoo held his own, did about as good of a 476 00:33:59.000 --> 00:34:01.400 job as you could and also went back at him. We saw this in 477 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:07.519 Milwaukee too. I wish Zoo at times would get more involved offensively when the 478 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:10.840 Clippers need easier buckets because he had a hook shot. He went at Jannis 479 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:15.519 for another finished with just six points, but only attempted four shots, still 480 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:23.440 had eight boards three blocks. I never really questioned Visa Zubos and his consistency 481 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:27.639 out there on the floor. He's had times where he struggled, and I 482 00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:31.559 think he's been tired, but he always goes hard. He's their iron man 483 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:36.599 and does a lot of the dirty work and the little things to try to 484 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:39.840 make up for any deficiencies out there on the defensive end. But yeah, 485 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:45.480 the honest is just that good coach, lew said walking away from bad Mother. 486 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:51.119 Effer. That's probably what it says on his wallet, like jewels and 487 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:53.280 pulp fiction. All right, Clippers lose one nineteen to one oh six. 488 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:57.360 Coming back back to your phone calls eight six six nine eight seven two five 489 00:34:57.480 --> 00:35:00.440 seventy eight six sixty nine eight seven two five seventy. This is Clipper stock. 490 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:06.400 You're on AMPI seventy ol sports. Here we go getting out rid Fima. 491 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.039 Well, I'm back in the Clippers stock. After they lose one nineteen 492 00:35:15.039 --> 00:35:17.960 to one else six at home to the Milwaukee Bucks eight six six nine eight 493 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:22.639 seven two five seventy is the phone number before you hear from Lawrence Frank and 494 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:25.800 his pregame pressure on the trade deadline, Zachary and Santa Monica. You're on 495 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:30.679 Clipper Stock with Adam? Awesome? What's up, Zachary? Oh hey Adam? 496 00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:34.920 Well, so yeah, I'll start by saying this. I did think 497 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:38.079 that Lawrence Frank and the front offic has did a good job yesterday. I 498 00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:43.239 do think they need to probably get one person from the buyout market, a 499 00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:46.360 backup point guard specifically before like you know, the roster is set. But 500 00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:52.079 why I'm calling tonight, I just gotta say, you can add me to 501 00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:57.679 the list of people that are disgruntled about lowered management. It just really doesn't 502 00:35:57.760 --> 00:36:01.760 sit well with me. Pun intended that you know, we're against like an 503 00:36:01.840 --> 00:36:07.199 elite team like Milwaukee. This team's already been, you know, having to 504 00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:10.280 rally so much over the last couple of weeks, and then like the best 505 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:15.119 player on the team just sits out, you know, and really just I 506 00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:17.360 just feel like it's so detrimental to the other guys. I get why they 507 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:22.679 do it in theory, but I don't know aside from that one season in 508 00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:28.639 Toronto. I just don't think the track record there has shown that it's really 509 00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:31.559 beneficial yet in the long run, and it just really doesn't sit well with 510 00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:35.880 him. Aside from that one season with the very player you're talking about that 511 00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:38.280 went on to win the championship while he was still limping out there, Aside 512 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:43.000 from that, right, yeah, I mean, I just think you know 513 00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:45.639 that's still if you're going to take a sample size, that's still like a 514 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:51.199 one time sample size. So like, yes, but it's not it's not 515 00:36:51.360 --> 00:36:54.679 like a comp or another player. You're talking about the very same player who 516 00:36:54.760 --> 00:37:00.639 knows his body best, who has a medical team, and it's a collaborative 517 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:04.519 effort. They come together on this, but often Kawai doesn't get him make 518 00:37:04.559 --> 00:37:07.440 these calls. And I mentioned it earlier, but in eight of the last 519 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:13.400 fifteen games he's played thirty eight minutes or more. He's been playing heavy minutes 520 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:16.480 lately. And he's not the only one when you look around the league of 521 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:21.920 guys who have been sitting out, and the comp would be Jamal Murray with 522 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.840 the Denver Nuggets, who was also missed games coming off in acl that he 523 00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:29.440 tore a couple of months before Kawhi Leonard did. But let me point this 524 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:34.480 out, Zachary, with how good Kawai has looked already off the ACL where 525 00:37:34.960 --> 00:37:37.639 he was runner up for Player of the Month in January. Don't you think 526 00:37:37.679 --> 00:37:42.440 the plan has worked? Don't you think to get the most out of Kauai 527 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:46.599 this is the right way to bring him back slowly? Well, let me 528 00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:52.480 say this. You're gonna asker answer your question. It's one a two part 529 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:57.199 answer. I mean, yes, Kawai was getting into form well to me, 530 00:37:57.360 --> 00:38:00.320 though, you know, they wouldn't if they both sat out against the 531 00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:05.599 Calvs, like what two weeks ago or something, six players missed that ball 532 00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:08.920 game. Yeah, okay, well then that might be so okay, that 533 00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:12.360 might be a bit of a factor then. But to me, the team 534 00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:15.679 looked very off ever since that happened. So you know, if it's working 535 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:19.280 for Quiet, I just don't know if it's working for the rest of the 536 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:23.360 team. But how did they look? Wait? How off did they look 537 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:28.400 when they won three of the next four games after that loss against the Caffaliers. 538 00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:32.079 What well? I remember we you know, I mean, and some 539 00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:36.760 other fans were calling in and you were wait on, you said, they 540 00:38:36.840 --> 00:38:39.920 looked off after that game. They won three of the next four, and 541 00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:45.480 the one they lost was a game where they were up twenty one against Milwaukee. 542 00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:50.159 Right, we were saying how they were not closing out games, how 543 00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.840 they were not you know how they how they were letting teams sort of crime 544 00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:58.280 in, and I just felt like they completely lost whatever momentum they had from 545 00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:00.960 like winning. Okay, let me let me blow that up. They almost 546 00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:06.519 gave the game away against the Hawks before they sat down against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 547 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:08.639 so that trend was already there. It didn't get started because they sat 548 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:14.400 against Cleveland. Okay, Well, could I before I go, could I 549 00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:19.760 propose like an ultimate solution? Maybe chair? All right, well, so, 550 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:23.280 yes, I'm interesting and quiet. It's injury is different than what the 551 00:39:23.360 --> 00:39:28.960 player I'm about to talk about. But I remember back like a decade ago, 552 00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:32.360 the Phoenix Suns. I think they had like the best medical staff in 553 00:39:32.400 --> 00:39:37.320 the league. These people were known to revive like the careers of so many 554 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.960 players. I know, I know what you're talking about with Shack and Jason 555 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:45.679 richardson m Yeah, and what they did with like their stars, particularly Steve 556 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:50.119 Nash, is what they had them instead of like load management, which is 557 00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:54.360 taken off lately. They had like these guys just play reduced minutes every game. 558 00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:59.639 And to me, again, I know Quiet's injury is different. I 559 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:01.639 I mean, I'm not a medical expert, and I can say it would 560 00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:06.119 work with him, But I just wish there was a way that you could 561 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:08.159 put him in every game and still rest. And I feel like that in 562 00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:14.800 theories should be possible. Well that would be I don't know. Look, 563 00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:17.760 they look at every angle with this stuff. They're doing their due diligence. 564 00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:25.239 But again, considering that Kauai looks at worst ninety five percent of what he 565 00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:30.960 was before the ACL, I think I'm going with what they're doing. I 566 00:40:30.039 --> 00:40:32.960 think the results speak for themselves. I'm not going to get in the way 567 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:37.559 of that, because I sure didn't think he would be back to this level 568 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:43.880 this soon, Zachary, did you? Yeah? Honestly, is that question? 569 00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:45.920 No, I don't think I was. Okay, not sure what I 570 00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:47.800 expected, but I mean, yes, I will grant you. He looks 571 00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:52.199 very good when he has played lately. All right, Well, I appreciate 572 00:40:52.239 --> 00:40:54.000 the phone call, but he didn't look great and looked a little bit taxed 573 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:59.000 and tired. Against Dallas on Wednesday, so maybe that played a role here. 574 00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:04.000 All right, we'll play Lawrence Frank when we come back. Eight six 575 00:41:04.079 --> 00:41:07.480 six nine eight seven two five seventy eight six six, nine eight seven two 576 00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:10.679 five seventy is the phone number. Clippers fall one nineteen to one oh six 577 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:15.559 to the Milwaukee Bucks at home small things and dropped the thirty one and twenty 578 00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:19.559 eight on the season. And this is Clipper stock. You're only a five 579 00:41:19.679 --> 00:41:22.000 seventy old sports actually listening to things in my heart said, heart set right 580 00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:25.159 in my bike. It's shot in my bike. Not over thinking my life, 581 00:41:25.280 --> 00:41:29.280 not always wanted to rent if I'm a likable person as someone that nobody 582 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:31.119 likes, not always stressing my money. You're losing my job. I scared. 583 00:41:31.119 --> 00:41:34.679 I ain't making a flight, not always going to bed at be night. 584 00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:37.599 But it's not in my stomach that never one won what it gave you 585 00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:40.360 everything? Do you know I said it, I am better now I bet 586 00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:45.079 And now I only said that because he noted a row. You know now 587 00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:49.039 I metch you. That's you down, nuts, you down for it gave 588 00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:53.880 you y s what it gave you very six. I did not only anyone 589 00:41:54.000 --> 00:42:00.440 well there's an update. Everything came second after the Clippers lose one nineteen to 590 00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:06.599 one ZO six to the Milwaukee Bucks at home. Paul George post game in 591 00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:12.559 the locker room was asked about adding a traditional point guard and said, quote, 592 00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:15.960 if there's somebody out there, Russell Westbrook, if it makes sense and 593 00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:20.840 it goes with our team, we're all four. Hopefully Russ sees this and 594 00:42:20.960 --> 00:42:28.159 we figure something out TBD. We'll see. Here's the President of Basketball Operations 595 00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:35.320 Executive of the Year two years ago, Lawrence Frank pregame speaking with the Media'll 596 00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:37.280 gild you just a glimpse into this and we'll put the whole thing on the 597 00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:45.239 podcast later. But here was Lawrence Frank. The like to start just by 598 00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:51.199 thanking the three guys that were with us, and we're a big part of 599 00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:55.280 the fabric of our organization. As we you never get numb to how painful 600 00:42:55.320 --> 00:43:01.119 it is to trading players. It just thinking about trading people is a is 601 00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:06.320 a tough concept there. It's a whole lot more than brainstorms on the computer, 602 00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:10.199 you know, widgets. It's these are human beings with lives, with 603 00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:15.679 families that you grow very close to, very close to the teammates, people 604 00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:23.119 in the organization. So I want to thank Reggie Luke John with Reggie such 605 00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:29.760 an incredible story, a rebirth of a career, you know, kind of 606 00:43:29.800 --> 00:43:32.199 the first thing I think about Reggie is just hearing you know, nineteen thousand 607 00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:37.719 people chanting his name. Huge reason for leading us to our first conference finals. 608 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:43.800 Couldn't have done it without him. Last year where we dealt with a 609 00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:47.119 lot of injuries, you know, Reggie put on a uniform every single night, 610 00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:51.960 and when you look over the last three years, he's actually played the 611 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:55.239 third most games of any Clipper. Have a ton of respect for Reggie. 612 00:43:55.960 --> 00:44:00.360 Unbelievable spirit. When we were down O two and both playoff series, like, 613 00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:05.480 he didn't flinch. He had a great attitude about him. Uh. 614 00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:10.760 He's a terrific person and he's a great story of Sometimes when you know, 615 00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:15.000 you think you think it could be over, you get a chance, you 616 00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:17.800 get some people who believe in you, uh, and he took full advantage 617 00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:22.360 of it. So it's it's sad to see Reggie go. Uh. Luke, 618 00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:27.679 to see his growth in development from the time we traded him, you 619 00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:30.920 saw his confidence grow. He's a whole lot more than just an elite shooter. 620 00:44:31.559 --> 00:44:35.239 He's a really good connector on the basketball court. He could dribble, 621 00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:38.400 pass and shoot. It's great to see his development as an no bold defender 622 00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:45.239 with each year. Uh here he got better. Consummate, prou and very 623 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:49.519 very thankful for what for what Luke means the organization. You know John, 624 00:44:49.599 --> 00:44:53.519 who's you know, one of the best point guards of his generation, very 625 00:44:53.639 --> 00:45:00.239 very professional, tremely competitive, U handled you know, a different role in 626 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:05.280 a first class professional way. And have a ton of respect for John both 627 00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:07.960 what he what he's done, and also what he is and he still has 628 00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:14.719 he still has a lot of basketball left in him. So with that, 629 00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:22.280 I open it up to questions, can you get beat with the new players 630 00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:23.840 coming in? Like how do you see them fitting in? What are your 631 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:28.599 expectations for the three new guys coming in? Yeah, I think you know, 632 00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:31.880 when you go into the deadline, you before you even put players names 633 00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:35.920 to anything, you look at what are the goals and objectives of the deadline 634 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:39.119 and to make sure you're staying within those guard rails. And we're really really 635 00:45:39.199 --> 00:45:45.039 excited with the deadline. Is as hard as it is to trade players, 636 00:45:45.360 --> 00:45:47.480 your job is to get the team better. So one of the first objectives 637 00:45:47.519 --> 00:45:53.239 we had is we wanted to enhance our playoff rotation and with two way play 638 00:45:53.679 --> 00:45:58.760 with someone who can also pass, dribble and shoot and be switchable. The 639 00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:01.280 second thing we wanted to do was consolidate our guards. Uh, you know, 640 00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:06.360 it just it was a challenge. Just we had so many talented guards 641 00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:09.079 that it's tough not to play them all. But yet they didn't quite all 642 00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:13.679 fit together, just because they shared some of the same traints, whereas they 643 00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:16.840 also shared some of the same deficiencies. Uh. The third thing we wanted 644 00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:22.880 to do was just address some positional needs. Uh, and you know, 645 00:46:22.920 --> 00:46:24.760 and then the fourth thing we wanted to do was to add some youth to 646 00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:29.320 the roster where you know, we're one of the older, older teams in 647 00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:32.000 the league and we want to continue to inject really good young talent. And 648 00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:36.599 then the fifth thing we wanted to achieve was we wanted to add some flexibility. 649 00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:42.599 So we're really really happy first within those guidelines, we feel like we've 650 00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:45.400 been fortunate that we checked all those boxes. So with each guy with with 651 00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:51.599 Eric Gordon, who's no stranger to Clipper fans. The you know, Eric's 652 00:46:51.679 --> 00:46:54.159 proven to be able to offensively, be able to play both on and off 653 00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:58.519 the ball. Uh He's, you know, not a point guard, but 654 00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:01.119 he can initiate an offense. He can run pick and roll, he can 655 00:47:01.199 --> 00:47:05.599 make all the different passes out of pick and roll. But one of the 656 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:08.960 biggest benefits he does is off the ball. He provides as much spacing as 657 00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:12.360 any player in the league. He's not a three point shooter. He's a 658 00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:15.159 four point shooter. And just and so what happens is and he's he's used 659 00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:21.039 to playing with with stars is if you really study how his defender will be 660 00:47:21.400 --> 00:47:23.840 next to him, He's very rarely at the nail. If Eric's in the 661 00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:28.000 slot, you know he's gonna be hugging it. Just it just gives wider 662 00:47:28.079 --> 00:47:30.079 gaps to attack. He also, as you saw in the game when we 663 00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:32.440 played him, if you remember, you don't know what it was, maybe 664 00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:36.960 four or five weeks ago, he's an excellent downhill attacker, very similar to 665 00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:40.599 Norm in that regard. And we struggle at times when you know, we 666 00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:45.639 can get at times a little bit too jump shot, you know, leaning, 667 00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:49.199 and you know, he gives us another guy who can get his head 668 00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:53.519 on the rim. He's an efficient attacker. The understands had to punished switches. 669 00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:58.559 So we think he can carry a really good load for us, both 670 00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:00.920 on and off the ball, and then defense of just because of his his 671 00:48:01.079 --> 00:48:05.599 body type and length, he's able to guard up. He's able to switch 672 00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:09.320 up. Houston when they were at their best with those teams that that competed 673 00:48:09.360 --> 00:48:13.840 with Golden State, they were one of the better switching teams in the league, 674 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:16.760 and they were able to do it with Eric on the floor because he's 675 00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:21.960 able to guard bigger players. And we we kind of built our team around 676 00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:27.320 that concept, and especially in the playoffs where switching becomes so much more prevalent 677 00:48:27.440 --> 00:48:30.880 than drop, pick and roll defense. We think he's he's a really really 678 00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:35.639 good fit in that and he's got playoff experience. He's playing in a number 679 00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:39.559 of big games, So we think Eric will fit in seamlessly with Mason. 680 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:43.960 You know, we obviously needed to address, you know, the big position 681 00:48:44.039 --> 00:48:50.320 behind Zoo. You know, Mason's had a career year. His energy. 682 00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:52.440 It's a little bit you know, we saw it last year with Isaiah where 683 00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:57.039 we're able to take advantage of his passing. You know, I don't know 684 00:48:57.079 --> 00:48:58.960 if you know how many well some of you guys have followed us for a 685 00:48:59.039 --> 00:49:01.280 long time. But if you remember playoff series when he was with Portland and 686 00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:07.039 they had you know, with CJ and Dame, we blitzed them literally every 687 00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:09.719 catch because they had Mo Harkless on one wing Amino on the other. And 688 00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:14.920 yet Mason was the one who picked us apart. You know, he's able 689 00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:17.639 to he can play in that pocket and that window and attack and make plays. 690 00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:22.880 So again, looking towards the playoffs with Kawai and Peg, they're gonna 691 00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:25.039 get blitz, we wanted to make sure we had another playmaker at that size. 692 00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:30.760 It also helps us because we don't have the pure point guard, another 693 00:49:30.800 --> 00:49:35.639 guy who can pass the ball like we saw with Isaiah lash Year. Mason's 694 00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:37.400 a very very good runner. The other thing we liked about Mason, I 695 00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:40.599 think it's important in the playoffs that you're able to execute different pick and roll 696 00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:45.760 coverages. And with Mason, he can get up. With Charlotte on the 697 00:49:45.840 --> 00:49:49.280 side, they ice to a blitz basically a trap they you know, take 698 00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:52.239 away the middle and he's got he's got good active feet, he slides well 699 00:49:52.360 --> 00:49:58.440 laterally, you know, obviously, I think those who follow Charlotte know, 700 00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:00.880 he's a very improved free throw shoot directly correlated. He started shoot at left 701 00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:06.599 handed, you know, so it's his credit. And he's a super high 702 00:50:06.760 --> 00:50:09.519 character guy. I got an opportunity to meet him when he was and spent 703 00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:13.639 some time with the win who's a rookie. We had Marshall Plumbly his brother 704 00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:17.400 here in our G League program. So we're really really excited to welcome Mason 705 00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:22.920 and then Bones, Busy Bones. We we kind of fell in love with 706 00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:28.199 Bones during the draft process a couple of years ago. The he has a 707 00:50:28.679 --> 00:50:34.559 an enigmatic personality. I think he's gonna be a fan favorite. He plays 708 00:50:34.639 --> 00:50:37.760 a game that's an exciting game. He forced his teammates to play fast. 709 00:50:37.920 --> 00:50:42.760 He pushes the ball. He's a deep shot taker and maker. He's a 710 00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:46.239 really good shooter off the dribble, and he's a whole lot more than just 711 00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:50.599 a score if you really break down his game. He's a very very good 712 00:50:50.639 --> 00:50:53.880 passer off pick and roll, and he's a very very good weekend left hand 713 00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:59.719 passer. He can make all the reads, all the passes. He plays 714 00:50:59.760 --> 00:51:04.599 with a great energy to him. Uh and uh, We're really really excited 715 00:51:04.679 --> 00:51:07.599 to add some of like Bones, who you know made I think he was 716 00:51:07.639 --> 00:51:09.440 second people All Rookie last year. You know he had some you know, 717 00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:13.199 some different things you know for him this year where things did go away, 718 00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:16.320 but that's why he was available. So, uh, we're super super excited 719 00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:22.679 with with all three guys. You guys came in with championship expectations. How 720 00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:27.840 is this group going to compliment Kauai ipg better as far as trying to reach 721 00:51:27.920 --> 00:51:30.159 that goal? And also do you feel like the lack of a true point 722 00:51:30.199 --> 00:51:34.360 guard might be something you might be a little concerned about the playoffs? Well, 723 00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:36.480 I think the thing is it's a great question. And look, and 724 00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:43.320 we obviously were in conversations with quote unquote true point guards and the I think 725 00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:46.119 there's when you look at teams and even if you think about the team we're 726 00:51:46.119 --> 00:51:50.559 playing tonight, like who's the point guard for the Bucks, Well, you'd 727 00:51:50.599 --> 00:51:54.280 say Drew Holiday. For years people said is Drew like Drew Holidays an All 728 00:51:54.320 --> 00:51:58.760 Star? But it is the point guard. You look at the Warriors, 729 00:51:58.880 --> 00:52:00.800 like who's the point guard of the Warriors? Is it Steph Curry or is 730 00:52:00.800 --> 00:52:05.800 it Draymond Green? You know for the Celtics, you know Marcus Smart, 731 00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.280 is the point guard. So I guess my point is you play through your 732 00:52:08.320 --> 00:52:12.800 best players, and if there was a if there was a point guard that 733 00:52:12.920 --> 00:52:15.480 could be in our top eight or nine, you know, you know, 734 00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:22.639 like we we looked at those guys invariably. What's important is we need someone 735 00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:25.480 whether they're a point guard or not, is someone who won't be played off 736 00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:31.159 the floor defensively, someone who can share some of the ball handling responsibilities but 737 00:52:31.320 --> 00:52:35.960 yet not be so ball dominant that you know, the ball's gonna be in 738 00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:38.920 quiet PEG's hands sixty percent of the time. So it's a delicate balance. 739 00:52:39.920 --> 00:52:45.440 So I think with it is regardless point guard or not, is getting guys 740 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:49.559 who they've got to be able to shoot because you know in the playoffs where 741 00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:52.719 you know, like the Stars, they're not gonna have a lot of space. 742 00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:55.880 So we wanted to check that box with Eric the ability to drive a 743 00:52:55.920 --> 00:53:00.280 close out because you're gonna see a lot of rotations when people put two on 744 00:53:00.360 --> 00:53:04.320 the ball. And then on the other end, can you guard multiple positions? 745 00:53:04.760 --> 00:53:07.119 And so I think whether point guard or not point guard, like, 746 00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:09.840 we wanted to get a player like that, because if we didn't get a 747 00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:14.599 player like that, whether it was quote unquote a peer point or just a 748 00:53:14.719 --> 00:53:19.480 guard. We would have just state status quote and the league. The league 749 00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:22.639 has a ton of great point guards. The thing is, it comes down 750 00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:27.440 what's the definition, the prototypical definition. There aren't a lot of those guys 751 00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:31.000 left. A lot of these guys are scorers first that put two on the 752 00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:36.760 ball, create an advantage, that move it. We built our team around 753 00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:42.360 quiet PG and then surround them with complimentary pieces. So I think you look 754 00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:45.559 at everything, you try to explore everything. And it's also a competitive trade 755 00:53:45.599 --> 00:53:49.360 market. You know you're not you know, you don't just always get the 756 00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:52.760 perfect thing, but you look, okay, how can we get the team 757 00:53:52.840 --> 00:53:58.559 better? So I think, and this is not a any insinuation on the 758 00:53:58.719 --> 00:54:01.599 roster we had prior is I think we we got better. I think subtlely, 759 00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:07.079 with some of the subtle changes made, we've improved. Ultimately, at 760 00:54:07.079 --> 00:54:08.440 the end of the day, it's going to come down to, you know, 761 00:54:08.800 --> 00:54:14.400 all our players availability, the ability to play well together and to completely 762 00:54:14.480 --> 00:54:22.039 buy into what TLO needs them to do. What do you get it all 763 00:54:22.079 --> 00:54:24.480 from offer spot? And I'm just sure of how do you view the whether 764 00:54:24.559 --> 00:54:28.559 you will fill that buyout market ors, what do how you view sort of 765 00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:31.840 that what we need? Yeah, yeah, I'll sit down with with TLU 766 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:35.840 and just kind of evaluate where we're at. I think, you know, 767 00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:39.159 my instinct is to kind of let let's kind of take shape, Let's see 768 00:54:39.199 --> 00:54:44.880 what this looks like, see how it fits. Uh, we only have, 769 00:54:45.199 --> 00:54:49.400 you know, maybe five six games before the buy out market. Guys 770 00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:52.679 have to be brought out by or you know, Wave prior to March one, 771 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:57.320 and but just kind of I'd like to let this marinate a little bit. 772 00:54:57.440 --> 00:55:00.119 But I'll sit with Tie and seek see what he thinks and and we'll 773 00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:06.280 kind of proceed from there. It was just sort of was with everything that's 774 00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:09.119 happened in the West. Dallas made their move. You saw what that looked 775 00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:15.320 like, was in that partially obvious Phoenix to Kevin durand they did that this 776 00:55:15.440 --> 00:55:20.880 week being Phoenix, we won't see Kevin either, but they obviously made some 777 00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:23.920 moves. A lot of teams made moves, but obviously those are the two 778 00:55:24.039 --> 00:55:29.519 that probably are at the top of the list. How did that, if 779 00:55:29.719 --> 00:55:32.840 it did at all affect of how you looked at trying to upgrade this roster 780 00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:37.000 this week? Yeah, it didn't have any impact, and someone asked me 781 00:55:37.280 --> 00:55:40.760 it was an interview, but asked the same question me is you know, 782 00:55:40.920 --> 00:55:45.800 you have to run your own race, and you you have to do what's 783 00:55:45.840 --> 00:55:50.000 best for your group. Each team has their players and they have a set 784 00:55:50.039 --> 00:55:53.039 of their tools in terms of what they have draft capital. Uh. You 785 00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:57.280 know, obviously Phoenix made a huge flash move getting one of the one of 786 00:55:57.280 --> 00:56:00.639 the great players to have played this game. You did it in twenty nineteen. 787 00:56:01.760 --> 00:56:06.039 You don't have an unlimited treasure chest, so I think you you do 788 00:56:06.239 --> 00:56:07.320 what's best for your group. So for us, like I said, that's 789 00:56:07.360 --> 00:56:10.800 why we always kind of we hold ourselves accountable with what are the goals and 790 00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:15.239 objectives that we're trying to get done way ahead of the trade deadline. So 791 00:56:15.360 --> 00:56:19.679 you don't get that that deal heat that oh my goodness, you know Dallas 792 00:56:19.719 --> 00:56:23.039 did this or you know you know another team did that. I think you 793 00:56:23.119 --> 00:56:25.239 just you have to run your own race. You have to you have to 794 00:56:25.320 --> 00:56:29.679 do what's best for your group. And our commitment, you know, to 795 00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:35.159 Steve to our players, to our staff is to try to give them the 796 00:56:35.239 --> 00:56:38.360 best chance we can at competing for your championship year and in year out. 797 00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:43.480 If I made just a quick follow you mentioned flexibility. What does that mean 798 00:56:43.559 --> 00:56:45.719 specifically for you? See? Uh, well, I don't know. I 799 00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:50.239 mean flexibility obviously creates optionality. What it means, I guess the only time 800 00:56:50.280 --> 00:56:57.000 will tell. Would you be value to share just a little bit behind the 801 00:56:57.039 --> 00:57:00.280 scenes, because it seemed like the floodgates just opened up. You know, 802 00:57:00.360 --> 00:57:01.880 as a fan, you didn't want to go to sleep Wednesday night because the 803 00:57:01.880 --> 00:57:06.079 phone was blowing up behind these scenes, What was it like for you? 804 00:57:06.199 --> 00:57:08.719 You've had your plan, you thought already what you're you know, when you 805 00:57:08.800 --> 00:57:13.239 were going to pull the trigger on your deals? Yeah? So yeah, 806 00:57:13.320 --> 00:57:15.840 so you started weigh in advance in the sense of, you know, you 807 00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:21.559 establish from goals and objectives, and then you establish some player targets in terms 808 00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:24.079 of you know what your needs are and who would best fit it, and 809 00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:30.039 those dialogues start. You know, it's months of dialogues and because you have 810 00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:32.880 to you know, in order for a deal to get done is both teams 811 00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:37.719 interests, those circles have to intersect and it has to be a win win 812 00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:42.199 for both sides, and it has to make make sense for both teams in 813 00:57:42.360 --> 00:57:45.760 order to be able to create those ideas. You need to really have really 814 00:57:45.800 --> 00:57:51.079 good relationships with the other teams to understand what exactly are their needs, what 815 00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:53.960 are they trying to get, what are they trying to achieve by the deadline, 816 00:57:54.079 --> 00:57:59.920 and then you just start doing some dot connecting, and very similar to 817 00:58:00.039 --> 00:58:02.719 to the draft, you have a order of where you're gonna go, and 818 00:58:02.920 --> 00:58:07.719 then you have to understand as the timing factor and if you if there's not 819 00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:12.760 enough traction on one deal or you just don't see it happening, you have 820 00:58:12.880 --> 00:58:15.880 to quickly pivot. And then the thing is what becomes challenging. And I 821 00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:21.039 give an unbelievable amount of credit, we have a terrific front office group. 822 00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:24.159 They do all this despite me. I mean they just wake me up to 823 00:58:24.159 --> 00:58:27.639 the end like, look this is who we got. Oh good, but 824 00:58:27.880 --> 00:58:31.000 the no, we we really have a great group with with Michael Winger, 825 00:58:31.119 --> 00:58:36.199 Trent Wren and Mark Hugh's, Lee Jenkins, our entire strategy group, jud 826 00:58:36.320 --> 00:58:39.079 Winton, matallizea, Greg Pime and then so many people behind the scenes are 827 00:58:39.119 --> 00:58:45.840 Director of Pro Scouting John Lawyer. So it's it's a collective effort of everyone 828 00:58:45.000 --> 00:58:49.840 kind of connecting dots to be able to put these multi team trades together. 829 00:58:51.239 --> 00:58:53.400 And so we were very very fortunate. I mean at three in the morning 830 00:58:53.599 --> 00:58:58.599 the you know, I don't even know the days, but like we really 831 00:58:58.719 --> 00:59:01.119 didn't look like anything was is gonna be we're able to execute anything. And 832 00:59:01.159 --> 00:59:06.239 then even as I'd say as late at eight thirty in the morning, nine 833 00:59:06.239 --> 00:59:08.719 in the morning, like I didn't look and then things start to come together 834 00:59:08.760 --> 00:59:13.519 and you have to move quickly, but you're not able to be nimble and 835 00:59:13.639 --> 00:59:17.840 fast if you don't have a plan. And it's it's very process driven because 836 00:59:17.960 --> 00:59:22.719 again it's very easy to get deal heat and you have to be disciplined, 837 00:59:23.440 --> 00:59:29.760 and especially in our situation where we don't have the full treasure chest, you 838 00:59:29.840 --> 00:59:31.559 know, and you have to you have to understand how to manage your assets 839 00:59:31.639 --> 00:59:37.000 because you're you're you're consistently trying to get better. But you also you can't 840 00:59:37.039 --> 00:59:43.159 be so nearsighted that that you make some some foolish decisions. That's what I 841 00:59:43.239 --> 00:59:45.519 feel like. Obviously, point guard is an important role, especially for a 842 00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:50.039 team with with the wings starting that you guys have, and Tis talked about 843 00:59:50.079 --> 00:59:52.639 wanting to use a point guard to traditional point guard to quote unquote, this 844 00:59:52.800 --> 00:59:57.199 washer doesn't necessarily have that, so I'm curious. I mean it's a maybe 845 00:59:57.199 --> 01:00:00.440 maybe builds, but how what would the I guess collect conversations going on about 846 01:00:02.039 --> 01:00:05.559 having that true point guard out there because Ty said, you know, he 847 01:00:05.639 --> 01:00:07.400 likes that traditional point guard versus not happen one because I think right now you 848 01:00:07.440 --> 01:00:10.480 guys don't really have a Yeah. Well, I think the thing is the 849 01:00:10.719 --> 01:00:16.239 I think you know, you look at the I guess quote true point guards. 850 01:00:16.599 --> 01:00:21.159 You know how many of them were traded? You know? So I 851 01:00:21.280 --> 01:00:25.719 think there were two? Right? Other teams also value the position, So 852 01:00:25.880 --> 01:00:30.280 I think what you do is if you're not in a position to obtain them, 853 01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:34.599 it's not for lack of trying. You ultimately then have to be okay, 854 01:00:34.760 --> 01:00:37.800 how can I get the team better if I can't get this position, 855 01:00:37.960 --> 01:00:42.920 because I think and the playoffs are a great revealer in that you could get 856 01:00:43.000 --> 01:00:46.679 a backup point guard or two point five or a third point guard who may 857 01:00:46.760 --> 01:00:52.800 have the skill sets because a point guard in today's day is completely different than 858 01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:55.400 what it was ten years ago. I mean, other than maybe a couple 859 01:00:55.400 --> 01:01:00.760 of teams, everyone basically runs the same stuff there. There's not there's not 860 01:01:00.920 --> 01:01:06.480 the intricate, complicated patterns being run as much these days, and it's like 861 01:01:06.639 --> 01:01:09.440 scorings up. It's a free flowing game. So I guess the question is, 862 01:01:09.760 --> 01:01:15.519 would you rather have a backup point guard who has limitations in other errors 863 01:01:15.400 --> 01:01:19.400 or would you rather have a better player who's going to be in your top 864 01:01:19.519 --> 01:01:22.719 eight? Now, the ideal thing is you have that, you know, 865 01:01:23.599 --> 01:01:30.400 whether it's a point guard or whatever position that can do both. But if 866 01:01:30.440 --> 01:01:34.239 you don't have, if you can't acquire that guy, like you got to 867 01:01:34.280 --> 01:01:37.199 find other ways to do it. And I guess even my point earlier, 868 01:01:37.239 --> 01:01:42.079 when you really study the league, you know, like there's the term point 869 01:01:42.119 --> 01:01:44.880 guard is a very very vague term. So to me is what you do 870 01:01:45.079 --> 01:01:49.760 is you always build your team around your best players and get complimentary skill sets. 871 01:01:51.039 --> 01:01:53.320 Because if let's say we had a ball dominant point guard who couldn't you 872 01:01:53.400 --> 01:01:58.119 know, who had other limitations, Well, how does that impact your stars? 873 01:01:58.199 --> 01:02:01.960 So I think it's like TYNEI dialogue every day and we try to do 874 01:02:02.159 --> 01:02:06.280 everything in our power to be able to get him what he needs. And 875 01:02:06.760 --> 01:02:09.880 like in any relationship, if you if those guys aren't available or they're not 876 01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:15.719 being traded or another team gets them. Well, you gotta be you gotta 877 01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:17.159 pivot. You know, you can't just say bug, you know like that. 878 01:02:17.320 --> 01:02:21.519 No, that's the job and the job is you have to be creative 879 01:02:21.519 --> 01:02:27.159 in different ways. And so it's it's it's an unbelievable process because you just 880 01:02:27.320 --> 01:02:30.039 you just got to be very creative and figure figure things out together. Thinks. 881 01:02:30.039 --> 01:02:35.039 So my pleasure, guys, have a great night. There was a 882 01:02:35.119 --> 01:02:39.039 president of Basketball Operations, Lawrence Frank, speaking about the three players they acquired 883 01:02:39.079 --> 01:02:44.519 and Eric Gordon, Mason, Plumley and Bones Highland at the trade deadline. 884 01:02:45.039 --> 01:02:49.760 His entire press conference. I'll add it to the Clippers Talk podcasts coming up. 885 01:02:50.800 --> 01:02:52.760 I'll have that upload within the next twenty minutes before we get out of 886 01:02:52.800 --> 01:02:57.360 here quickly. Jose and Southgate, who called in before the game even started. 887 01:02:57.440 --> 01:03:04.760 Jose, what's up. I'm glad we didn't eat let go of Charnce 888 01:03:04.800 --> 01:03:07.880 Man. Of course, I'm hurt that we let Red d Red g go. 889 01:03:08.719 --> 01:03:14.239 But I feel like we addressed on the team's heels. Yes, Se 890 01:03:14.480 --> 01:03:20.079 reveals and that's as we could, especially since Irvan and Duran here in the 891 01:03:20.199 --> 01:03:24.719 West, we're looking for more couple point guard Reggie and Wat weren't sad. 892 01:03:25.320 --> 01:03:29.639 Goose is the young point guard, so he's gonna be looking to set up 893 01:03:29.639 --> 01:03:32.039 the offense, to set up screens before he looked for a shun like Warren 894 01:03:32.119 --> 01:03:36.440 Reggie. So let's see with all of the team knows so real quick, 895 01:03:36.760 --> 01:03:40.559 where credit words due? Uh? No, you already know, from the 896 01:03:40.960 --> 01:03:49.639 from the Atlanta to the Detroit to the Washington game. Reggie Jackson, you 897 01:03:49.719 --> 01:03:53.199 already know, Reggie. Okay. And then one last thing, my bad, 898 01:03:53.320 --> 01:03:57.920 you know, Adam, you have me waiting forever. One last things 899 01:03:58.239 --> 01:04:02.480 playing plans. I was hoping that'd be the last name. Thank you, 900 01:04:02.559 --> 01:04:09.719 Jose. Clippers lose tonight. They got three days off time to implement these 901 01:04:09.800 --> 01:04:14.320 new players. Tip time against the Warriors on Tuesday on Valentine's is at seven. 902 01:04:14.360 --> 01:04:17.039 A lot of Clippers count down from downtown Los Angeles starting at six before 903 01:04:17.039 --> 01:04:19.079 we get out of here. I do want to thank the Clippers organization. 904 01:04:19.199 --> 01:04:23.360 No It Eagle, Brian Stephen, Ralph Law, every brother Jake Warner or 905 01:04:23.400 --> 01:04:27.480 head engineer, Big Brother Jake podcast. He's got a Super Bowl edition out 906 01:04:27.559 --> 01:04:31.800 right now. Dennis, that Cassino set assition to the stars, the star 907 01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:36.400 being Noah Eagle and our producer Keay Newton here in the bank. Thank you, 908 01:04:36.480 --> 01:04:41.360 Katie. Thanks to all the callers the listeners until Tuesday with the pregame 909 01:04:41.400 --> 01:04:44.320 show starting at six Clippers and Warriors. I'm Adam awesome. We'll talk to 910 01:04:44.360 --> 01:04:51.840 you then you still slay them. This has been Clippers Talk, a postgame 911 01:04:51.920 --> 01:04:57.440 conversation about your LA Clippers with Adam Mosley. 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