WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.560 --> 00:00:06.919 Not providing complete access to everything NBA. It is our friend of salta Adam 2 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:11.000 Auslin. Let a transition there, Fred, you had to access some gray 3 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.080 matter to get to that. I like it. Do you like that? 4 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:17.120 Well done? What's up? Fred? What's up? Rodney? All good? 5 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:19.239 Double a, all good? Man. You had a good weekend. 6 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:22.679 Everything's good here. It's gonna be back with you, guys, after being 7 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:25.640 here with you on Friday and in a different role, but happy to do 8 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:27.600 it. I'll come in every day if you want. What the hell, 9 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:30.039 No, that's great. It won't be necessary, but that is great. 10 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:33.960 Appreciate it. You turn that down quick. All right, So let's go. 11 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:38.600 The finals are set. It's Miami and Denver. Denver are prohibitive favorite 12 00:00:38.640 --> 00:00:43.560 going in. But my god, Boston, what a collapse. I mean 13 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:47.240 they fought their way back, give them that, but at the end, 14 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:52.679 just just really a disappointing year for the Celtics. Jason Tatum gets hurt on 15 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:55.399 what the first play of the game, and he was playing through it. 16 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:00.600 Jalen Brown had a miserable ball game of John starks S like game seven out 17 00:01:00.640 --> 00:01:06.719 there. I think he had eight turnovers. It was they struggled but they 18 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:08.640 at least made it a competitive series, and I don't think it's going to 19 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:11.920 be enough to keep Joe Missoula. We'll see what happens with that. But 20 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:17.040 obviously, after coming off the finals loss of the Golden State Warriors last year 21 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.840 in six games, it was disappointing, but the Miami Heat were on a 22 00:01:19.840 --> 00:01:23.640 mission. They lost last year in seven to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern 23 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:26.799 Conference Finals. Jimmy Butler said after that in the postgame presser, We're gonna 24 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.439 come back. We're gonna be right back in this position, and the next 25 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:34.120 time we're gonna win. And damn it. The third guarantee was finally the 26 00:01:34.200 --> 00:01:38.680 charm for him. After guaranteeing a win in pretty much every game after Boston 27 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:42.239 won the first one to climb back into the series, they finally closed him 28 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:45.280 out in seven. And I was impressed with some of the other guys. 29 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.519 I mean, Caleb Martin had a hell of a series twenty points per game, 30 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.480 shooting almost fifty percent from the outside, same with Gabe Vincent. Some 31 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:56.480 of the others really stepped up to the point that some thought maybe Caleb Martin 32 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.719 should have got the MVP of the Eastern Conference Finals. But Jimmy Butler still 33 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:04.000 the draw that stirs the drink there. I don't know though, if they're 34 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:07.480 ready for a test like they're gonna get in the NBA Finals now against Denver. 35 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:12.800 Nah. Yeah, it's gonna be more in the test. It could 36 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.520 get very well ugly because of the matchup situation. But you never know. 37 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:20.080 People counted Miami out, you know, year after year after year, and 38 00:02:20.439 --> 00:02:23.000 to that point, Adam, we're not giving Miami credit. I know people 39 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.759 talk about spots. He's probably the best, if not the best coach in 40 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:31.759 the league and making adjustments and getting the most out of his team. But 41 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:34.879 these guys, like you mentioned, they were there last year, they were 42 00:02:34.919 --> 00:02:38.919 there in the bubble in the finals. They're there this year, but nobody 43 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:45.159 talks about him. Is it because the regular season is such a whatever and 44 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.960 we just get us to the playoffs. Look, they're just the second eighth 45 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:53.039 seed ever to make it to the NBA Finals, following the Knicks in ninety 46 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:57.039 nine, who lost in five to the San Antonio Spurs on that magical run. 47 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:00.919 Coincidentally, they took out Miami in the first round with a game winner 48 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.879 in Game five, which was the maximum amount you could play. Then Alan 49 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.520 Houston running job bar got it to go. So Miami they were the act. 50 00:03:07.719 --> 00:03:10.719 We knew they were better than that, but I think a lot of 51 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:15.199 people figured they would lose to Milwaukee in the first round. Jannis doesn't play 52 00:03:15.280 --> 00:03:17.560 two of those games, although Milwaukee still won one of them. He was 53 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:22.080 beat up and they had some really hot shooting in the first round and then 54 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.319 the Eastern Conference Finals. Now, I think that's gonna come back to bid 55 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.240 them. I think shooting variants. Eventually it's going to go the other way. 56 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.759 Because before Boston won a game when they were up three zero to start 57 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:36.120 off the Eastern Conference Finals, Miami was shooting forty five percent from three in 58 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.759 the playoffs. Now that started to regress to the mean. Eventually they ended 59 00:03:39.800 --> 00:03:44.039 up at thirty nine percent so far in the playoffs. But this was not 60 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:46.159 a good three point shooting team during the regular season. But all of a 61 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:51.879 sudden, gave Vincent and Caleb Martin, We're shooting fifty percent from the outside. 62 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:54.159 I don't know how sustainable that is. It sounds like Tyler Hero could 63 00:03:54.199 --> 00:03:59.439 return for Game three in Miami in the NBA Finals. They could use him, 64 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:01.879 but He's not a great defender on the other end, so some of 65 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.520 that hot shooting and they're gonna need to be that potent against the Denver Nuggets 66 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:10.520 team that has the best offense in the league. I think it's gonna have 67 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:12.759 to remain for them to have a chance, and I just don't see it 68 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.279 happen. I would take the Denver Nuggets in five or six games because also 69 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:19.439 they have nobody outside of Bam to throw at Nikola Yokis, and he has 70 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:26.839 dominated Bam out of Bayou in the twelve appearances they've had against one another in 71 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:31.480 the NBA. They're ten in two the Denver Nuggets and Nikola Yokis against Bam 72 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:36.079 and he's dominated him with the numbers twenty three and twelve, sixty three percent 73 00:04:36.160 --> 00:04:41.240 shooting against him, and Bam on the other end was just getting just thirteen 74 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:44.480 and seven. So that's the matchup to me. Because Miami elects to junk 75 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:46.959 up the game defensively, they like to throw zones out of nowhere. Eric 76 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.279 Spoelstra is a fantastic coach, maybe the best in the game right now. 77 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:57.079 They find ways to grit out wins because of good coaching and a culture they 78 00:04:57.079 --> 00:05:00.879 have there, but when they go zone against the Denver Nuggets, Nicola Yoki 79 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.000 is just gonna pick him apart. He's gonna find guys on backdoor cuts, 80 00:05:03.000 --> 00:05:08.800 He's gonna find guys for open three pointers. Ksep, Bruce Brown. Both 81 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:12.319 those guys playing very well throughout the playoffs. Some of the others have been 82 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.399 huge for them as well. Aaron Gordon can guard Jimmy Butler. They just 83 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:19.680 have so many problems they throw at you, and specifically problems that Miami doesn't 84 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:23.040 have a lot of answers for. I think Boston would have been the better 85 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:27.399 matchup against Denver just because they have more guys to throw at Yokis. I 86 00:05:27.439 --> 00:05:30.800 don't know what Miami's gonna do because if they try to double him, He's 87 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:35.720 going to kill them. Yeah, when you talk about the matchups, and 88 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:39.560 we talked about this in the Laker series, don't you gotta just say the 89 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:43.000 Joker's gonna be the joker, and the Joker's gonna get his It really is 90 00:05:43.040 --> 00:05:46.720 about the others. It really is about Jamal Murray. Is he gonna be 91 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:49.439 as hot as he's been? It's casey, he gonna be able to knock 92 00:05:49.439 --> 00:05:53.639 down shots, with he's showing he's been able to do but the joker and 93 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:58.319 fixating on trying to stop him or control him, I think that's just gonna 94 00:05:58.360 --> 00:06:01.120 get you more problems because not going to be able to do that out here's 95 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.600 kind of the conundrum. You want to make him one dimensional. This is 96 00:06:04.639 --> 00:06:09.759 something the Clippers dealt with with Luca Donchets. You can't let him score and 97 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:14.439 get everybody else involved at the same time. That's when they become most dangerous. 98 00:06:14.519 --> 00:06:17.519 It's just hard to stop Yokich in that respect, even if you're letting 99 00:06:17.600 --> 00:06:20.920 him score. He's such a willing passer. He's going to continue to look 100 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:26.480 for guys. He's averaging a triple double in the playoffs right now. And 101 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:29.439 for somebody, and I know there was a lot of talk about Mike Malone 102 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:33.480 getting testy and press conferences saying we get no respect. Look, first of 103 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:38.720 all, it worked for him to use that angle with his team and keep 104 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:41.199 them playing with an edge and with a chip on their shoulder. They had 105 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:45.120 zero letdown so far in the playoffs, unlike the Boston Celtics, who had 106 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:47.199 multiple. If they didn't get down three oh, they would have won that 107 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:51.720 series. But for whatever reason, they just would have these letdowns every other 108 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:56.240 game. The Dever Nuggets didn't, and Mike Malone kept his guys locked in 109 00:06:56.560 --> 00:06:59.279 whether or not you want to say, it's tired to use stuff for bulletin 110 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:01.720 board material that the media doesn't believe in us. Nobody picked us when they're 111 00:07:01.759 --> 00:07:06.079 the number one seed in the Western Conference. It worked, but also there's 112 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.759 some truth to it. Think about it. There were guys out there like 113 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:15.759 Kendrick Perkins saying it was race related why Nikolayoki won the MVP the last couple 114 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:19.079 of years. That's absurd. Then you have Mark Jackson not put him on 115 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:26.160 his MVP ballot because he forgot apparently, that's ridiculous. They have an argument 116 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:30.600 that we aren't getting enough respect if they win in four games, and the 117 00:07:30.680 --> 00:07:34.160 conversation turns into is Lebron James gonna retire still instead of talking about the eventual 118 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.839 NBA champions in the Denver Nuggets, which I expect them to be, Mike 119 00:07:38.879 --> 00:07:43.079 blow is still gonna be out there angry as ever, looking like angry Jim 120 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.720 Carrey. That's what he's got going for him right now. I think it 121 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:50.879 fuels their team, whether it's sure or not, they feel disrespected and it 122 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:55.759 seems to get them to play harder. And specifically with Nikola Yokich, he 123 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:59.800 has been disrespected by the media this season, multiple guys. I just brought 124 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:03.279 up their names. That stuff was over the line. I would say over 125 00:08:03.319 --> 00:08:09.160 the line to go after Yokichen that way, he was one of the most 126 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:13.199 deserving MVPs the last two years. Is you could have with everything he does 127 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.360 to affect the game out there, So I think they got a lot going 128 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:20.279 for him. Plus a week and a half off of rest. Celtics did 129 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.639 them a big favor by continuing to extend that series out against Miami and wear 130 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:26.680 them down. And they got guys who are beat up. We've seen Jimmy 131 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:30.920 Butler. He looks a little bit hampered at times out there. And what 132 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.519 they got two days now to get ready for Game one of the NBA Finals, 133 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:37.120 where they don't have the home court advantage. They got to be in 134 00:08:37.159 --> 00:08:41.440 Denver, the toughest place to play Thursday night. I expect Denver. I 135 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:43.919 think they're favored by about eight. That's a big line for an opening to 136 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.480 an NBA Finals, but there's a reason for that. People are gonna say 137 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:50.759 they're gonna cover, They're gonna come out and step on their throat. They're 138 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:54.080 gonna be the more ready prepared team and the healthier team, and they're the 139 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:58.080 best conditioned team in the league. Even when Denver had bad teams back in 140 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:01.200 the day, they still usually have had a winning record at home just because 141 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:05.679 of the altitude, just because of the thin air, Guys would be a 142 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:09.360 little bit more conditioned out there. And Nikolaiokis, remember he lost weight the 143 00:09:09.440 --> 00:09:13.360 last couple of seasons after being a heavier player coming out a second round draft 144 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:16.879 pick. Mind you, maybe once he realized he had MVP potential, he 145 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.799 had to lose some weight. But they're primed. Both teams are peaking at 146 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.879 the right time. But I just feel like the Denver Nuggets have so much 147 00:09:24.919 --> 00:09:28.159 more going in their favor. Adam, let me ask you about the Lakers. 148 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:31.720 Reports today that the Lakers do not intend to offer de'angelo russell a Max 149 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:37.840 Steele that a lot of team would. What I'm saying is the feeling is, 150 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.440 you know what, there's not going to be a lot of need for 151 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:46.120 guards. Teams have their guards, and if that's the case, why would 152 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:50.240 they offer de'angelo Russell a max deal. First, do you think they should 153 00:09:50.279 --> 00:09:52.639 hold on to him. Let's start with that. You don't want to bid 154 00:09:52.679 --> 00:09:54.840 against yourself, obviously, to your point, you don't need to drive up 155 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.639 the price. I think he's eligible for a two year extension of sixty seven 156 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.559 million million dollars. If you wanted to give him less years but still a 157 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:07.120 lot of money, that's an option. But he was pitiful in the Western 158 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:11.000 Conference finals, and as much as he helped them when he had good games, 159 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:13.639 they were almost impossible to beat. When he was I think scoring eighteen 160 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.120 or more, they had only lost once or something like that. In the 161 00:10:16.159 --> 00:10:20.559 playoffs. He was really good in those situations, but he fell apart when 162 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:24.360 the moment became a little bit too big or the lights got a little bit 163 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:28.159 too bright for him out there. As Jared Allen said after the Cleveland Cavaliers 164 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:31.720 lost to New York Knicks in the first round, he just didn't look right. 165 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.559 I don't know if you want to invest too much money with him. 166 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:39.039 I think the price has to be right. Remember how they let shrewder go 167 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.919 the first time. Initially, apparently they offered him eighty million earlier in the 168 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:46.200 season. He turned it down. He ended up getting just five million from 169 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:50.879 Boston on a one year contract to rebuild his value. It could be something 170 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:56.320 similar where de Lo really misses out on a ton of money, takes less, 171 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:00.799 and is on a lesser deal or lesser longer contract so he can come 172 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.360 back, rebuild his value because he's still young, and then go for that 173 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:07.399 big deal. I could see something like that happening. But Dennis Shrewder is 174 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:11.200 also an understricted freeation, by the way, once again with the Lakers, 175 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.799 so I would think he's more of a priority just because the price is going 176 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:18.600 to be right for somebody like him compared to Delo. Some bad team that 177 00:11:18.639 --> 00:11:22.360 has cap room that just has to get to the cap floor might end up 178 00:11:22.360 --> 00:11:24.679 paying him. But if I'm the Lakers, that's not what I'm most concerned 179 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.120 about. I mean, they couldn't start him in Game four, and they 180 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.960 probably shouldn't have been starting him by Game two in the series against the Denver 181 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:35.480 Nuggets, he was that bad for them. He had one good half the 182 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:37.960 first half of Game one and then it was over. I don't think you 183 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:41.320 can rely on a guy like that. That's just that streaky where you don't 184 00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:46.759 know what you're going to get well, and the defensive liability that he has 185 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:50.639 sure that you can't play him, especially in the fourth quarter or anytime down 186 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.720 to stretch when you need defensive stops switching real quick. But standing in the 187 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.559 West, Adam, what do you make of Golden State and where they're going? 188 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:03.679 Meyers resigning and I just never got that unless he is tired. Is 189 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:07.759 there friction with him and Lake him an ownership or him and some of the 190 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:11.600 players. Maybe, I mean nobody plunched him on the quarter or anything like 191 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:13.799 that, like Draymond didn't get to him. But yeah, I'm saying, 192 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:18.679 like what happens in that situation. They went four titles with him in his 193 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:24.440 eleven years there and it's been obviously the standard and successful. What happens up 194 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:28.519 there in Golden State? And why do you think he stepped down? It's 195 00:12:28.600 --> 00:12:31.919 interesting. Maybe it's just run its course. But everything coming into this season, 196 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:35.360 with the situation with Draymond and Jordan Poole, I think it's just put 197 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:39.240 a dark cloud over them, the reigning champs trying to defend that title, 198 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:45.720 and for whatever reason, they could not win on the road all season long. 199 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:48.600 It was the wildest thing to see their home and roads splits and just 200 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.000 how much they struggled on the road, and a lot of guys. Jordan 201 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.720 Pool, he didn't have a very good season. He didn't follow up where 202 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:58.360 he did in the playoffs last year where he was great during that run, 203 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:01.879 and then carry it over. He wasn't very good. Draymond Green, I 204 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:05.360 believe has a player option, So there's a big decision to make there if 205 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.559 they want to pay play a guy or pay a guy who's over the age 206 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:13.559 of thirty now, who's been integral to what they've done. He's been huge, 207 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:15.639 But are you gonna gi him two hundred million dollars? You're gonna give 208 00:13:15.679 --> 00:13:18.639 him a hundred and fifty million. Maybe it was just time for him. 209 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.559 And Bob Myers is great and he has made a ton of good moves for 210 00:13:22.600 --> 00:13:26.200 them, but he didn't draft Stephen Clay. Those two guys were there now. 211 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:31.440 He made the move to bring in Steve Kerr, andre Igadala, Kevin 212 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:37.279 Durant, of course, Sean Livingston. He was as important and as instrumental 213 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:41.399 as anyone to them getting to the top. Eventually, he pushed them over 214 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:45.519 the top with some of those big moves, but he'll have a job tomorrow 215 00:13:45.559 --> 00:13:48.120 if he wants one. That's when you have a guy like that, usually 216 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.320 it says you shouldn't let him go, right if you're the Golden State Warriors. 217 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.279 But it looks like it's more on his decision. From the press conference, 218 00:13:56.279 --> 00:13:58.120 it sounded like there was an offer out there and he didn't want to 219 00:13:58.120 --> 00:14:01.399 stay. Maybe he's just looking for a new challenge. That's something I think 220 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:05.480 Jerry West was interested in over the years, just trying to find a way 221 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:11.360 to reignite that fire within you. You know, he goes to Memphis, 222 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.879 he wins Executive of the Year. No, they didn't win the championship there, 223 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:18.639 but he made them respectable and they were a consistent playoff team in the 224 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:22.960 Western Conference. And now he's with the Clippers and they're trying to win their 225 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.519 first championship. And by the way, there are some ties there between Bob 226 00:14:26.559 --> 00:14:30.840 Myers and UCLA and so Cal and Jerry West and Bob Myers worked together with 227 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:33.240 the Golden State Warriors as well. That's what I was going to say, 228 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:35.919 What do they do to replace Michael Winger and with Bob Myers, because if 229 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.840 he became the general manager here, that would be kind of a lateral move. 230 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:43.279 He'd be under Old. No, it would be a demotion in some 231 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.600 ways because he was president of basketball operations and general manager. He had the 232 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:52.360 Rob Polinka role with the Golden State Warriors. So I don't see him as 233 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:56.320 someone that's going to be under Lawrence Frank, who's President of basketball Operations with 234 00:14:56.360 --> 00:15:01.600 the Clippers. But maybe as he's just trying to, I don't know, 235 00:15:01.679 --> 00:15:05.480 take a little bit of a step back kind of recharge, he takes a 236 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:09.240 lesser role with the team like the Clippers, helps out there before his next 237 00:15:09.320 --> 00:15:13.159 big job. Could something like that happen Maybe, I don't know. I 238 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.159 haven't heard anything. I know a lot of Clipper Nation would be interested in 239 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:18.679 bringing in a guy like Bob Meyers. Of course, if you can get 240 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:22.720 him, you find a way to do so. But Lawrence Frank has done 241 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:24.519 a very good job there, so you don't want to lose him either. 242 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:28.879 He was Executive of the Year just a couple of seasons ago, and he's 243 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.159 built a really good roster. Unfortunately, they haven't been able to stay healthy, 244 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:35.000 but the pieces are there, and when they are on the court, 245 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.879 they look like a championship contender at times. I mean Kawhi Leonard before he 246 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:41.720 went down with another knee injury, looked like the best player in the playoffs. 247 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:45.720 Yeah, but you're gonna have availability and those guys aren't available, Well, 248 00:15:45.759 --> 00:15:48.440 what are you gonna do selling prepennies on the dollar? Fred restless solution. 249 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:52.840 So you gotta double down. You gotta find a way just put together 250 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.960 a better, younger, more athletic supporting cast around them that can help carry 251 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:00.480 the load a little bit so they aren't as prone to injury as they have 252 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:03.720 been the last couple of seasons. That's the hope. But when you have 253 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:06.440 two guys that are that good, at least you always have a chance. 254 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:08.720 The other side of it is people were talking about that report from the Portland 255 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:12.000 Trail Blazures. They have the third pick, they have Anfrety Simons. Would 256 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:17.240 they trade those two pieces for somebody like Paul George because they were a rumored 257 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:19.360 to be looking at a small forward. Well, are you closer to a 258 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:25.120 championship if you trade Paul George for a young player like Anthony Anthony Simons and 259 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:27.360 the third pick? No, it doesn't get you any closer today with Kawhi 260 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:32.080 Leonard still being there, who wants to win right now, So I think 261 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:36.240 you just have to double down and hope that luck finally is on your side. 262 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:38.559 Because I say this all the time, but sometimes you stay the course. 263 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.639 The Dallas Mavericks did sew with Dirk Davinski after they were up two oho 264 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:45.360 on the Miami Heat No. Six and lost in the next four games, 265 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.399 then came back one sixty seven games the next season and got bounced in the 266 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:52.919 first round by the Golden State Warriors. After he won MVP, people said, 267 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:55.360 you can't win with him as your number one option. Well, five 268 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:57.919 years later they won the championship in twenty eleven. With Dirk. They just 269 00:16:59.039 --> 00:17:03.120 continued to read configure the roster around him, and eventually it worked out and 270 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:04.960 they got a little bit of lucker along the way. And I think that's 271 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:08.039 what the Clippers are looking for. Yeah, yeah, I think so too. 272 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:11.920 You get you can't you can't break it up because you're too you're too 273 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:17.000 close with those guys being helpful, healthy, and you just know when they 274 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.720 are they're one of the best teams in basketball, So why you break that 275 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:23.200 up. It's similar to you know, people talking right now. Obviously it's 276 00:17:23.240 --> 00:17:26.880 it's fresh, so everybody wants to talk about Boston and you break up Tatum 277 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:32.240 and Brown. Yeah, that guys is twenty twenty five and twenty six years 278 00:17:32.240 --> 00:17:37.519 old, right, and their wings. They're two of the most pivotal positions 279 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:40.119 you want in the league, two of the most important positions. You run 280 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.359 it back, run it back, like, come on, how quickly we 281 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:48.680 forget. I don't think Michael or Lebron won until they're eighth and ninety years 282 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:53.000 in the league. People are always looking for. Not everybody's Dwayne Wade who 283 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:56.079 won in two thousand and six. I think his third year in that stuff 284 00:17:56.119 --> 00:18:00.759 is rare. Kobe winning right away because Shack was there in his prime. 285 00:18:00.880 --> 00:18:03.839 That stuff is rare. It takes time. You have to build that culture. 286 00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:08.480 And to polink us credit with what he said postgame or what he said 287 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:12.559 the exit interview he had last week, we're looking for a little bit more 288 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:17.559 continuity. Keep the team together, Keep the young guys together, because we 289 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:21.160 just got beat by a team that did that in the Denver Nuggets. And 290 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:25.799 they play so well together because they've been together for so long. So maybe 291 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:29.359 that's the thing. Just stay the course and hope that window continues to be 292 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:32.079 open. For you, Adam, thanks for coming in. Good job all 293 00:18:32.160 --> 00:18:37.480 right, Love you guys, Salta, Adam Awsome, Rogan and Rodney La Sports