1 00:00:05,679 --> 00:00:10,679 What is going on Clippers fans? Will's coffin. We're getting right into episode 2 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:16,519 one forty six of Clips and Dip. I am the Duglockler, joined by 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,640 Will Updike and Adam oz and all. Sorry, this is episode one forty 4 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,920 seven. What am I doing? We're all over the place very clearly the 5 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,199 offseason. We are Clips and part of the two and three hoops Empire. 6 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:29,960 You can find us on YouTube YouTube dot com slash at Clippers podcast. You 7 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:34,719 can find us on Twitter at Clippers pod. Last week we talked about some 8 00:00:34,799 --> 00:00:39,200 playoff grades for the Clippers. We did Russ and ty Low. We're going 9 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:43,719 to the rest of the starters in the bench today, but first we got 10 00:00:43,719 --> 00:00:48,000 a couple birthday week boys here. Adam, Will, you're both a year 11 00:00:48,039 --> 00:00:52,439 older than the last time we've spoken. You've aged that quickly in a week. 12 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:58,159 Adam, how are you feeling now that you are twenty four? I 13 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,119 believe it's twenty three, but I'll give it to you. Uh. We 14 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,920 aged that quickly in a week because we had no Clippers basketball for a week 15 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:08,719 basically. But it's good to be here. I appreciate you guys coming to 16 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,000 my party. The other night we had a good time. It was fun. 17 00:01:12,519 --> 00:01:17,120 Check out the picture we took with Carl Tart that's at clippers Pod on 18 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:21,319 our Twitter accolt Will Happy birthday to you. Are you twenty four or twenty 19 00:01:21,359 --> 00:01:25,640 three? What are you going with? Yeah, it's crazy, man. 20 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:29,840 Let me tell you. We'll have the same birthday as Tylu, which is 21 00:01:29,879 --> 00:01:33,359 fun. No word on the joint party yet. Um. Which is nearly 22 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,439 the same birthday as Paul George. That's true. Um, And I think 23 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,359 the Zobots and I have the same birthday. Nope, not even close. 24 00:01:40,439 --> 00:01:42,560 I'm in August, he's in March. Not sure why I thought that. 25 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,439 Um. All right, let's get into these playoff grades. We're talking the 26 00:01:48,519 --> 00:01:52,120 starters, which was kind of an amalgamation of a couple guys, but I 27 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:56,920 think we should probably start with Kawhi Leonard. For those of you who forgot, 28 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:00,959 Kawhi Leonard only played in two games. He average thirty four points, 29 00:02:00,359 --> 00:02:06,000 six and a half boards, six assists, two steals, with splits of 30 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:10,759 fifty four percent from the floor, sixty percent from three, eighty eight percent 31 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,960 from the free throw line. Half of this production on a torn meniscus bind 32 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:20,360 you. Elite Defense finished with a minus three and a half net rating. 33 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,719 What is our Kawhi Leonard grade. I was almost thinking incomplete, but he 34 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:30,879 played so well in those two games. This is kind of a weird one, 35 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:34,680 right birthday boy number two? What are you thinking? That's Adam For 36 00:02:34,719 --> 00:02:38,439 those of you who are not watching your podcasts on YouTube, the guy had 37 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:43,039 thirty one on a torn meniscus and ripped the ball away from Kevin Durant in 38 00:02:43,199 --> 00:02:45,800 game two and went the other way for a dunk. So I have to 39 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:50,319 give Kawhi Leonard an a plus. His defense was on point. He ended 40 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:53,439 up guys with shooting splits in those two games, and I was concerned about 41 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:59,520 a falloff here of fifty five percent from the field sixty percent from the outside 42 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:04,560 A thirty five, and dare I say, I think a lot of it 43 00:03:04,719 --> 00:03:08,639 was sustainable had he stayed healthy. Once again, he just continues to raise 44 00:03:08,759 --> 00:03:14,039 his level from regular season to the postseason, regardless of how amazing he was 45 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:16,240 in the regular season, which I thought he wouldn't be able to keep up, 46 00:03:16,319 --> 00:03:21,240 and he surpassed it in the playoffs in a mirror two games. Unfortunately, 47 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:24,319 but hopefully, this is not the best of Kawhi Leonard, and once 48 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:29,919 again, he comes back from an injury stronger and better than ever. Will. 49 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:34,400 Oh No, I'm two one. Yeah, you're a birthday boy two. 50 00:03:34,439 --> 00:03:38,840 Will's birthday boy one. I'd have to go A. Yeah. I 51 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:43,520 don't know how it was anything else, you know, like a respectful incomplete 52 00:03:43,639 --> 00:03:46,960 was what I was thinking. Maybe. Yeah. I mean what we saw 53 00:03:47,039 --> 00:03:53,360 though was pretty it was it was pretty damn complete. Um. Yeah, 54 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:57,520 I mean it's just unfortunate for it to end this way. I don't know, 55 00:03:58,039 --> 00:04:00,840 you know, I don't know how else to say it, you know, 56 00:04:00,919 --> 00:04:03,439 but I don't know how it could be anything less than an A. 57 00:04:03,639 --> 00:04:06,960 I think that, you know, even if Paul George, you know, 58 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:10,960 as we thought, wouldn't be good to go for the entirety of the first 59 00:04:11,039 --> 00:04:15,479 round. I mean, I think Kauhai still is enough maybe for the Clippers 60 00:04:15,639 --> 00:04:17,399 to get that done in round one. Yeah, I think of a couple 61 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:20,000 more guys play better, which we'll talk about in the next sement. Like 62 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:27,519 it's totally doable that the Clippers get by the Suns with just Kawhi Leonard and 63 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:30,120 I don't see his minutes in here, but he was, you know, 64 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:35,079 he was playing some absurd stretches too, So yeah, it had to be 65 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:40,279 an a. I don't I don't know how it could be anything forty two 66 00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:43,879 and thirty nine minutes, So he was. He was a playoff minutes load. 67 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:49,720 Someone on Reddit pointed out because they hate Joel Embiid, I'm assuming Kawai 68 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:56,639 had twenty four field goals made in two games in eighty minutes. Joel Embiid 69 00:04:56,959 --> 00:05:00,120 has twenty two field goals made in four games in one hundred and thirty four 70 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:03,800 minutes, which is pretty crazy to think about. I almost want to give 71 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:12,279 him the will updyke P for perfect. That's his grade. He gets the 72 00:05:12,319 --> 00:05:15,480 double p okay, let's I don't think anyone ever wants the double p um. 73 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,199 So the net rating is something we're gonna talk about because he was minus 74 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,759 three point five. But we're gonna see a trend in this first section with 75 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:27,040 some of these starters, right. So the next one is Eric gordon Um, 76 00:05:27,399 --> 00:05:31,480 the most the roundest head in basketball. He averaged ten points, one 77 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:35,279 board, two point six assists, forty one percent shooting from the floor, 78 00:05:35,720 --> 00:05:41,279 thirty four percent from three on just under six attempts per game. Okay, 79 00:05:41,439 --> 00:05:48,160 is defense minus six point eight net rating Adam Eric Gordon's playoff grade in your 80 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:56,199 eyes, I'm gonna give him a C plus. He had a really good 81 00:05:56,439 --> 00:06:00,360 Game one with his nineteen points, went three seven from distance, seven or 82 00:06:00,439 --> 00:06:03,879 fourteen from the field, but he just kind of tailed off after that. 83 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:08,839 He ended up shooting just forty one percent from the field under thirty five percent 84 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:13,160 from the outside. And I'm not gonna be too harsh on him, and 85 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:15,800 I'm gonna say this for a lot of guys. They didn't bring him in 86 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,839 with the expectations of he needs to get twenty per game in the playoffs for 87 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:24,399 the Clippers to win. But I think they needed a little bit more than 88 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,680 the ten per game that he ended up averaging in the five games, just 89 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,040 due to the circumstances. And they're from deep, right, like thirty four 90 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,720 percent, You're like, uh so, kish, But I think you're right, 91 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:40,399 you know, and a lot more who could have had. I guess 92 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:43,879 Game one was maybe the Eric Gordon game. You know, he came up 93 00:06:43,959 --> 00:06:46,920 big down the stretch. It wasn't just Russ, it wasn't just Kauai. 94 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,800 His nineteen were a little bit unexpected. But I think if he got one 95 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:55,360 more of those in the next four games. Maybe there would have been five 96 00:06:55,480 --> 00:07:00,399 games, maybe there would have been one more game to play. Still C 97 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:04,279 plus not not bad. Well, are you on the seat train for your 98 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:10,000 favorite Clippers betch player? Yeah, I might have to go CE minus uh 99 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:13,680 and And this is always for me because it's it's kind of based on my 100 00:07:13,839 --> 00:07:18,600 expectations. And I would say he underachieved my expectations, not like drastically so. 101 00:07:19,319 --> 00:07:25,839 Um But I do have to say, in his defense, he was 102 00:07:25,959 --> 00:07:29,319 put into a really weird role, like you know he is, you know, 103 00:07:29,439 --> 00:07:31,279 he's a role player, like truly a role player. And I think 104 00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:35,199 that, um, I think that not having a lot of certainty in that 105 00:07:35,759 --> 00:07:41,319 um And and certainly once Kawhi went down and that was removed and you had 106 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:44,920 just Russ sort of you know, being forced to run the show for better 107 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,199 or for worse, whatever it was, what it was, it's over now. 108 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:50,600 Um. I don't know that that was necessarily like the best environment for 109 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:57,160 him to thrive in offensively, Yeah, defensively yeah, I mean like a 110 00:07:57,199 --> 00:08:03,279 little a little under a little underwhelming I think overall. But he's an interesting 111 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:09,160 one to me because did you get enough of a sample size, you know, 112 00:08:09,319 --> 00:08:13,519 through how many games did he play? Eighteen games, fifteen games forever 113 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,959 in the regular season? Um, did you get enough of a sample size 114 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:24,720 to make a decision on next year's deal? Which is weird not fully guaranteed 115 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:30,519 for Gordon, So like I think for it making the backup pointcard or something 116 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:31,840 like, it seems like he wants to handle the ball a little bit more. 117 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:35,639 And then we got Russ, which obviously changes things. So like, 118 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:41,159 yeah, yeah, I think that I think that what he showed was enough. 119 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,879 So maybe I maybe C minus is being a little bit. I think 120 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:46,039 C is very fair because your guys is average for him as a C, 121 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:50,120 which I think, like stop bad Adam, What do you think of next 122 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:54,600 year for the basketball headed DJ? It depends if they're able to bring back 123 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:58,200 Russ or not. If they can, I would say he's less of a 124 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,559 need because there's normal pal, because there's Terrence Man, because you're trying to 125 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,759 get more minutes for Bones Highland. It's not that I think he had a 126 00:09:05,799 --> 00:09:11,799 bad stint back with the Clippers. I just don't think it was overwhelmingly positive 127 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,799 to the point where you have to bring him back because he's turning. Is 128 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:18,919 he gonna be thirty five next season. We likely have seen the best of 129 00:09:20,279 --> 00:09:24,919 Eric Gordon in his career at this point, again not having that other, 130 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:28,600 you know, above his head type of playoff game where he shows up in 131 00:09:28,639 --> 00:09:33,679 a big way and just carries you for a quarter. I'm not sure smash 132 00:09:33,759 --> 00:09:37,679 Gordon. I'm not sure i'd bring him back, But that is a really 133 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:43,720 good trade ship because he can be another expiring contract for the Clippers should they 134 00:09:43,759 --> 00:09:48,279 want to go that route with him. He will turn thirty five on Christmas 135 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:52,919 this year. Well, never mind, you got to bring back baby Jesus. 136 00:09:54,879 --> 00:09:56,200 You can't. You can't short him on these contracts. I would even 137 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:03,720 go see two for EJ all right, a visa zoobots nine points, I 138 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:09,440 know, nine point six boards, fifty six percent from the floor, which 139 00:10:09,519 --> 00:10:15,600 is seven percent worse than his regular season field goal percentage minus nine point to 140 00:10:15,879 --> 00:10:20,279 net rating. I have a note in here was he the most disappointing Clipper 141 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:24,600 of this postseason? And we love Zoo more so than the next time. 142 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,039 We're gonna talk about no because he doesn't count because everyone already hates him. 143 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:35,480 Person who played more games I guess I might have been. He might have 144 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:41,480 been like I was hoping we called him top ten on this podcast. I 145 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:45,399 was hoping he was gonna go it eight and a little harder. Yeah, 146 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:48,440 Doodoo Zoo is a very fair name. Right now. He did not have 147 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:54,039 a good playoffs and is that on You know, missing PG is big, 148 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:58,200 but I think all Clippers fans wanted more from Zoo in this postseason. Will 149 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:03,639 your thoughts other than saying Doodoo Zoo over and over look? I mean, 150 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:09,360 yeah, this for me was a d This for me was a I'd go 151 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:13,080 I, um, yeah, fully, I look, and it's not an 152 00:11:13,159 --> 00:11:16,759 indictment on his season as a whole or necessarily where he is as a player. 153 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:18,039 I mean, for God's sakes, he almost averaged a double double, 154 00:11:18,039 --> 00:11:22,279 which we've been begging Zoo to do for how many years now? And you 155 00:11:22,399 --> 00:11:28,120 know it, he's a player who has made incremental improvements. I was just 156 00:11:28,279 --> 00:11:33,240 severely underwhelmed by what he was able to provide in this postseason. And there 157 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,519 were times where I thought, you know, we've talked about the hands a 158 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:41,799 lot. I thought that. I just thought that offensively he was a liability 159 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,840 in a way that even as good as he is defensively, it really limited 160 00:11:46,879 --> 00:11:50,360 what the Clippers were able to do, especially with ties outlook for this team. 161 00:11:50,799 --> 00:11:56,480 Yeah, I think so, And I you know, he's obviously the 162 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:00,120 better defensive player, but I, you know, I think that Mason had 163 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,759 some some highlights that will probably burn a little bit a little bit brighter and 164 00:12:03,799 --> 00:12:09,639 Clippers fans memories over this over this offseason. And I'm not in any way 165 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:11,600 suggesting that he should get the starting job over him or anything, but like 166 00:12:13,159 --> 00:12:16,759 this was this was a regression to me, like this was this, This 167 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,919 was zoo Alah twenty nineteen, Like when you know, we weren't sure what 168 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,840 his playoff utility would be, and I, you know, the matchup was 169 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:30,600 tough. I didn't think that he was always able to take advantage of some 170 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,559 of the mismatches and stuff that he got. I I thought that this was 171 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,480 a little bit of a rough, a rough Zoo one and and overall, 172 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,600 I thought it was kind of punctuated by stuff that we saw all regular season, 173 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:43,639 which was he's a very easy guy to read when things aren't going his 174 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:46,879 way, Like the body language isn't great, the focus isn't great. Um, 175 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:50,799 I just thought we saw a continuation of some of that stuff, and 176 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:56,399 I gotta be honest, there there are some questions about Zoo's drive. Um 177 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,759 and you know, look, man, I hate to say this, but 178 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:05,000 there is like a thing about the mentality of this team that isn't always you 179 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,039 know, clearly by by you know, by process and from what we've seen, 180 00:13:09,159 --> 00:13:13,320 like that isn't always there game on the line to win. It's not 181 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,240 you know, we don't have We're not running out five Jimmy Butler's out there 182 00:13:16,279 --> 00:13:20,000 and like scratching our head as so why we're losing. And I think that 183 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:26,200 that's something that I see Zoo as a long term thing, but that is 184 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:30,559 like one of those issues that needs to be addressed. And I think that 185 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,720 Zoo, if we you know, we have to ask ourselves some really hard 186 00:13:35,799 --> 00:13:37,919 questions I think this offseason, right, I mean, we can't just trot 187 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:41,840 out the same thing and expect a different result, expect Paul George to pay. 188 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:48,080 You know, I think Zoo, despite this playoff performance, is one 189 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:54,320 of the more attractive pieces in a trade in terms of salary value, what 190 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:58,559 he provides durability. I do. I'm not saying like that that is for 191 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,600 sure what should happen. I'm not a knee jerk guy. On one bad 192 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:09,639 postseason performance through only five games. But like Man, Zoo is one of 193 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:11,519 those tough questions. I think you have to ask yourself if you're the front 194 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:16,120 office, if you're the coaching staff for this team, I really do. 195 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:20,720 I still feel like in games in Game one he was pretty good. The 196 00:14:20,799 --> 00:14:26,360 first half of Game five he was very good, but then plumbly took over 197 00:14:26,559 --> 00:14:30,399 the second half obviously and down the stretch and got rewarded with more minutes. 198 00:14:30,919 --> 00:14:35,000 It's not that Zoo was terrible, no, not at all. The narrative 199 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:39,799 around him from clip or Nation has been what a bargain his contract was. 200 00:14:39,919 --> 00:14:43,840 Instead of playing above that in this playoff series, I'd say he played at 201 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:50,000 that. He got nine to nine. That's a great way to a great 202 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,200 way to put it at him. Like Will said, he was almost said 203 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,519 ten and ten for the series in less than I think twenty five minutes per 204 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,159 game. That's not awful. Eighton was its sixteen and eleven with almost ten 205 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:05,519 more minutes per game out there. He didn't get destroyed, but he didn't 206 00:15:05,639 --> 00:15:09,200 raise his level of play and make you go, look what a steel of 207 00:15:09,279 --> 00:15:13,919 etzas zu bots is, Look at how much should be on his plate because 208 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,759 he's capable of doing this when needed to step into a bigger role. He 209 00:15:18,919 --> 00:15:22,240 just didn't do that. We were waiting for him to take that next step. 210 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:26,399 This was a really big opportunity for him. I wouldn't go back and 211 00:15:26,559 --> 00:15:30,679 say it was twenty nineteen against the Warriors or anything like that, but that 212 00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:37,360 was dramatic. Fine, given the expectations that are on him now, it 213 00:15:37,919 --> 00:15:41,039 kind of makes sense in some ways. So I was disappointed his performance, 214 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:46,519 and I'm gonna go D as well. Yep, straight d's for Aviza zo 215 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,399 Bots. Now we are going to talk. I don't know if we should 216 00:15:50,399 --> 00:15:52,840 talk this one now, but it is the next order on the rundown. 217 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,440 Marcus Morris. He played three games. He averaged eight points, four boards, 218 00:15:58,519 --> 00:16:04,039 zero thirty four percent from the flour, sixteen percent from three on four 219 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:08,559 attempts per game, minus thirteen point seven net rating, which I believe was 220 00:16:08,679 --> 00:16:18,159 the worst on the whole team for the playoffs f F minus see me after 221 00:16:18,279 --> 00:16:22,679 class. It was horrible, Like, I don't know, this is I 222 00:16:23,159 --> 00:16:26,480 this is like grounds for expulsion. I feel like I think it's not even 223 00:16:26,519 --> 00:16:30,639 a grade. You're getting a letter from the Dean being like Hey, we 224 00:16:30,759 --> 00:16:33,039 know you played your eye this and you still gotta f. You played your 225 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,879 eyes the bad paper and you gotta We're not even gonna get you an F. 226 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:41,320 That's too high of a grade. He didn't get paddled like in Dazed 227 00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,279 and Confused or anything like that. His Game five in the first half was 228 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,759 pretty impressive. He came out in great effort. I think it's the first 229 00:16:49,799 --> 00:16:55,679 half for the rest of the game. I don't think he played a ton 230 00:16:55,759 --> 00:16:56,879 in the second half, but there may have been a reason for that. 231 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:03,880 I'm gonna go D mine it's relative to expectations, and he's still is getting 232 00:17:03,880 --> 00:17:07,480 a D minus from me. What's the difference between a D minus and a 233 00:17:07,519 --> 00:17:15,640 half Adam say the first half against the Suns in Game five. That's me 234 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:18,839 Adam loves fifty one percent, but he won't give it out as a grade. 235 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:26,400 Makes you think Nick Batum took Morris's place for a hot SEC didn't really 236 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,640 like it because he couldn't get into a rhythm. Averaged four to two and 237 00:17:29,759 --> 00:17:33,039 one, forty two percent from the floor, thirty five percent from three on 238 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:38,480 just three attempts per game, minus five point six net rating. The defense 239 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:42,119 was really the bright spot for Nick Batum, but I think he might be 240 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:47,880 in C minus range. For me, he was mistaken. I was thinking 241 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,559 C midus. He had the great ending in Game five that gave them an 242 00:17:51,559 --> 00:17:56,440 opportunity where he finally started to knock down everything from the outside, but overall 243 00:17:56,519 --> 00:18:02,119 they needed more from him offensively with the guys who were out Defensively, still 244 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:07,039 more than solid was a plus on that end. Guarded Kevin Duransom roamed around. 245 00:18:07,839 --> 00:18:12,400 I'm starting to agree that he may have lost half a step this season 246 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:21,319 from where he was one, but he still is very good. And like 247 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:26,240 Rocco, if you surround Nicholas Batum still with good defenders next to him, 248 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,440 that elevates his defense too totally, so you know, it takes away some 249 00:18:30,559 --> 00:18:33,519 of his weaknesses or the holes in his game, just like with Rocco. 250 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,480 Yeah, he's not the quickest when it comes to playing one on one and 251 00:18:37,519 --> 00:18:40,279 stay in front of a guy, but he makes up for it with his 252 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:42,960 quick hands and if other good defenders are around him, he can help be 253 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:48,119 a collective team defender out there. And that's where That's the area or territory 254 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:52,000 that Batum I think is heading towards as he's getting older, but I still 255 00:18:52,079 --> 00:18:56,839 see him as very valuable for this team, especially in limited minutes. You 256 00:18:56,960 --> 00:19:00,359 can't expect him, I think, any more to play thirty five to forty 257 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,920 minutes in playoff games. But if you've given him twenty to twenty five, 258 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,880 I think he could still be an elite defender in shorter stance at times. 259 00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,279 Well, this goes. This is part of the conversation with the Clippers right 260 00:19:12,279 --> 00:19:18,559 as our power forward rotation outside of Kawai and PG is old and Quasi busted 261 00:19:18,440 --> 00:19:22,119 for the most part. But will your thoughts on but two pain has been 262 00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:29,240 to say this is a C minus to D performance for me. He had 263 00:19:29,279 --> 00:19:33,240 some great highlights defensively, still there such a glue guy can lift so many 264 00:19:33,319 --> 00:19:37,759 lineups. I'm just at the point right now where with like the three point 265 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:42,200 shooting, it was so great at points during the season, it is a 266 00:19:42,279 --> 00:19:48,880 little inconsistent. I'm just I don't think this is a twelve million dollars a 267 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:52,839 year guy anymore. And like I said, that really pains me to say. 268 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:56,920 But you got I mean, how much money do you have tied up 269 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:00,599 between just him and Robert Covington. I mean, you're you're talking like twenty 270 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:03,759 six twenty eight mill there. I mean, that's that's a lot of money. 271 00:20:03,839 --> 00:20:08,240 You hadn't move into that, and you're you're well into forty plus million 272 00:20:08,319 --> 00:20:12,759 dollars for other guys. Yeah, those are three guys that, like maybe 273 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:17,319 one of the three, like one of the three deserves to be in a 274 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:22,200 championship level playoff rotation. And we're talking about those minutes shrinking and shrinking. 275 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,839 I love Nick Patum. I have been I who have been a ride or 276 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:37,160 die for Nick Patum since days before day one on this. But twelve million 277 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,279 a year for this, I just like, with the new tax laws and 278 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:42,359 everything, like, we just can't do it. I'm sorry, we can't. 279 00:20:42,559 --> 00:20:47,160 We can't do it. I don't think twelve million is too much for 280 00:20:47,279 --> 00:20:51,359 what he gave this season. If he can reproduce this, he's still shot 281 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,720 almost forty percent from the outside. It was just so up and down, 282 00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:59,480 and really Clipper Nation paid attention to this. If you look at his his 283 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,400 final numbers on the season, they don't look necessarily as bad as his overall 284 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:07,000 performance was on a night's a night basis, which just how streaky he was. 285 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:14,519 I think him being the starter though or being in that range. I'm 286 00:21:14,559 --> 00:21:18,559 not sure that works anymore. First of all, he doesn't want to. 287 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:22,359 Second of all, I don't think he can play thirty minutes per night during 288 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,400 the regular season, and you need an upgrade in athleticism, and that's the 289 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,880 most glaring hole at the fourth spot. I would love Nicholas Beatum even still 290 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:34,359 for twelve million, coming off the bench and giving you fifteen to twenty minutes 291 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:38,400 a night. I still think he could help solidify some rotations where you do 292 00:21:38,599 --> 00:21:45,640 have more offensive focused players on the floor next to him, where he can 293 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,200 make up for that and do some of the little things out there. Yeah, 294 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,240 I mean it's very much dependent on you know, It's like the same 295 00:21:52,319 --> 00:21:56,599 thing I was talking about with Zoo is, like it's very much dependent on 296 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,240 what direction this team decides they want to head in. And I do think 297 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:04,839 the nick between can be a part of that future. But then some significant 298 00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:10,519 pieces need to move around him, because Yeah, there's something really fair though 299 00:22:10,559 --> 00:22:15,319 to your point of those contracts, they're starting to become worth more based on 300 00:22:15,519 --> 00:22:21,960 themselves being expiring deals they are for their play on the court. It's starting 301 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:25,799 to get into that territory for all three of the forwards with the Clippers. 302 00:22:26,759 --> 00:22:32,400 It's very true speaking of a guy who's not really in that category but was 303 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:37,119 around beteam on the floor. Norm Powell pretty okay. Series twenty two points 304 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:41,799 a game, three boards, two assists, forty seven percent from the floor 305 00:22:41,839 --> 00:22:47,200 from three on six attempts per game average, the second most free throw attempts 306 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:51,119 on the team, just behind Kauai, and actually shot two more per game 307 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,440 in the playoffs than the regular season, which is something I was a little 308 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,039 bit worried about. But you know, we got reward on that. He 309 00:22:57,200 --> 00:23:02,279 kind of gave us everything we needed. Like given the situation, I might 310 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:08,359 give Norm like a B plus B. Hey, hey hey we am like 311 00:23:08,519 --> 00:23:11,920 we kind of had to live and die by Norm. And I'm not saying 312 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:15,359 that, like I'm not even saying that like that that's the way that this 313 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:18,160 team should be built. It like that's the way that they run. But 314 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:22,920 so much was put on his shoulders. And I think for a guy, 315 00:23:22,519 --> 00:23:26,480 you know, a guy who comes off the bench and walks into twenty, 316 00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:30,039 I don't know what more he really could have given. Yes, there's there. 317 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,720 He has his limitations and stuff, But like I said, some of 318 00:23:32,799 --> 00:23:37,359 these grades for me are based on my expectations and NORM to me like was 319 00:23:37,519 --> 00:23:41,640 everything as build uh and end some more. And I think that, you 320 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,720 know, could he have stayed on a heater or or given us another crazy 321 00:23:45,839 --> 00:23:51,400 game like another there was two NORM games saying this, uh, you know 322 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:52,920 it at least goes to six. So I I, for me, it 323 00:23:53,079 --> 00:23:59,640 have to be an a honestly fair Adam. I'm gonna shockingly go b only 324 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,640 because while he did, I know this is gonna be crazy. Guess while 325 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:11,480 he did getting efficient twenty per game over twenty one points efficient from the outside, 326 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:18,160 it was really two games that were heavily weighted into those numbers and his 327 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,920 final stat line because three of them he got what fourteen points or less? 328 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:27,160 He had fourteen points in two games and twelve points in another game. And 329 00:24:27,319 --> 00:24:32,359 I think if you just had more consistency across the board with him of getting 330 00:24:32,559 --> 00:24:36,519 closer to twenty per game and each of them instead of having the wild forty 331 00:24:36,559 --> 00:24:41,680 two point game and just you know, I know, I know I'm nitpicking 332 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,240 a little bit here, but I scores two Adams upset about it. Look, 333 00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:51,160 they're not all created equal. Every forty point game and they lost anyways, 334 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,039 now, he was still awesome at times. I just wanted to see 335 00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:56,599 a little bit more consistency with Norm. So I'm going to be and he 336 00:24:56,799 --> 00:25:00,759 is capable of doing just that. I'm giving you twenty in every game. 337 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:07,279 So but I love Normpal. He supposedly loves Norm Peal despite giving him a 338 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,279 B. So we did the Hodgepodge of starters. All of them had minus 339 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,400 net ratings. Coming up, we're gonna be talking the bench playoff grades. 340 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,480 Not too much does anyone to have a positive net rating if you lose the 341 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:22,319 series in five games. Every single bench player does, which we'll get into, 342 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:26,240 which is super weird. Coming up, we got ads are gonna be 343 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,359 a little bit loud for some people. If that's your case, go ahead 344 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,079 turn it down. Bench playoff grades coming up after these ads in three two 345 00:25:33,599 --> 00:25:37,720 one. All right, so we're back here at clips and DIP and we're 346 00:25:37,759 --> 00:25:42,079 gonna dig into the playoff grades for the bench players. Let's start with Terrence, 347 00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:47,640 the guy who I think everyone wanted to see more of. Kick it 348 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:52,519 over to you, Adam, what's your grade for Terrence Man? He said 349 00:25:52,599 --> 00:25:57,960 D No. I didn't say D but I'm thinking about D NO. I 350 00:25:59,039 --> 00:26:02,799 gotta go with a C grade. I'm gonna go at the sea. See. 351 00:26:03,799 --> 00:26:07,400 I thought he was okay, but he didn't have one game where he 352 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:15,279 scored more than thirteen points and they needed more. No, if Terence Man 353 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:18,000 could go out there and get thirty nine like he did against the Utah Jazz, 354 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,559 I'm just looking for a few games here and there where he gets close 355 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:29,240 to twenty points. That's all. I don't think too high issue with that. 356 00:26:29,559 --> 00:26:33,319 He played three more minutes per game in a series without Kawai and Paul 357 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:38,039 George than he did in the regular season. He was seas why though, 358 00:26:38,519 --> 00:26:45,119 I said, going in he's got an average fifteen? Why not because I 359 00:26:45,319 --> 00:26:48,880 think you know he's not a very good player, because that'll keep him on 360 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:52,680 the floor. If he's doing more offensively, Coach Lou won't go away from 361 00:26:52,759 --> 00:26:56,759 him. But that's what's so frustrating. He was like, I just fifty 362 00:26:56,799 --> 00:27:00,599 seven percent from the floor, forty seven percent from three on or attempts a 363 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:04,359 game, plus three point eight net rating, Like I think it's more on 364 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,279 Tylu. I don't know, man, I gotta give him. I guess 365 00:27:07,319 --> 00:27:12,119 a B like he he, I don't know if you're plus rated in a 366 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,720 series, you're losing five and you shoot forty seven percent on more than like 367 00:27:17,039 --> 00:27:23,000 two attempts a game, you're affecting the game positively. Well, you give 368 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:32,079 him an f F no. I Man, So this was a little bit 369 00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:36,920 hard for me because I still feel like it's a little bit of an incomplete 370 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,039 like what does this series look like if we actually get what we want, 371 00:27:41,759 --> 00:27:45,759 like if we actually see more Terrence Man, if he actually has a role 372 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,640 that's semi defined, not even you know that he has to be the starting 373 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,359 point guard. I know that that's like way too far out of the realm 374 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:59,680 of possibility now, but there's so many questions that I have about he becomes 375 00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,400 another guy. To me, that's like another difficult question. And I think, 376 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:07,119 like absolutely the Clippers should lean into him and keep him. But at 377 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,480 the same time, if that's not there, you got people chomping at the 378 00:28:11,519 --> 00:28:15,519 bit for this guy, like it's maybe it's time to move on. Um 379 00:28:15,799 --> 00:28:19,279 And I I mean if I was Terrence Man, if I was Terrence Man, 380 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:26,599 I would but um, yeah, I'm gonna go I'm gonna go A 381 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:32,880 But it's like with a question mark because I still feel like I just still 382 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:38,440 feel like we Yeah, we just like we haven't seen I don't feel as 383 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,519 though we've seen the full potential of Terrence yet. And I feel Terrence, 384 00:28:41,799 --> 00:28:45,680 Yeah, I thought, and we've talked about this before, that maybe he 385 00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:49,200 had a like an achieved a ceiling and I and I don't think that that's 386 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:53,359 true. I think that maybe he's hit the ceiling that he's ever gonna get 387 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:59,240 to with this team. Um, but that to me like begs more questions 388 00:28:59,359 --> 00:29:03,839 of so then what like what is the plan for roster construction science Terrence? 389 00:29:04,359 --> 00:29:08,559 Or you know, like how are you gonna only utilize this player in this 390 00:29:08,799 --> 00:29:18,519 very limited and honestly like super inconsistent Yeah, that's very fair, all right, 391 00:29:18,079 --> 00:29:21,599 Mason plumbling. Oh and we didn't talk that. Can we talk for 392 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,119 one second? I know we gotta speedies up, but can we talk about 393 00:29:23,119 --> 00:29:30,279 the Terrence man l n f AO about the front shortly after that was supposedly 394 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:36,000 about the Manchester United soccer game that was happening at the time. But I 395 00:29:36,039 --> 00:29:40,400 don't know if I totally buy that was there on a game happening at that 396 00:29:40,519 --> 00:29:41,920 time. I don't know. I just have to be like, no, 397 00:29:42,039 --> 00:29:45,559 I'm watching a replay, what are you guys doing. I just think the 398 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,400 timing of it. It was like, come on, dude, like minutes 399 00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:51,799 after they put out these quotes about how Terrence was used, Well, you 400 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:56,319 tweet out, m maybe he just likes the band. I don't know. 401 00:29:56,720 --> 00:30:00,240 Do you think he was on Twitter though, actively looking at those votes, 402 00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:03,759 because he doesn't seem to be that active that often on Twitter. I don't 403 00:30:03,759 --> 00:30:07,319 think you don't. He could have been his I don't think his agent or 404 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,119 somebody sent him those quotes. If I knew Terrence Man and I saw that 405 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:17,200 quote, I would immediately bey, oh did you see this dude quote? 406 00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,680 It's possible that I'm gonna take him at his word. All right, all 407 00:30:19,759 --> 00:30:23,559 right, Mason Plumley part of a fun run to close the end there, 408 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:29,079 you know, eight seven and two eighty seven percent from the floor plus two 409 00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:33,400 point six net rating. I gotta give Mason an a. He did exactly 410 00:30:33,519 --> 00:30:37,240 what we needed him to do, right, Like, he earned some extra 411 00:30:37,319 --> 00:30:41,759 burns. He was playing well offensively, like be sure like, but you 412 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:51,359 know, I think he exceeded that less the man totally agree. Um was 413 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,799 Game five, his first double double in like six years or eight years in 414 00:30:55,880 --> 00:31:00,160 the playoffs was it was it since he played the Clippers in twenty sixteen with 415 00:31:00,279 --> 00:31:06,640 Portland, because he reached you know, we talked about flip the switch all 416 00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:11,400 the time when when the going got tough, Mason Plumly went playoff Plumbly. 417 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:15,519 He looked amazing in that second half of Game five, that play he had 418 00:31:15,559 --> 00:31:18,079 where he had the steel and took a coast to coast the other way, 419 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:22,759 but finishing with twenty and ten and keeping Zoo off the floor when he was 420 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:26,079 having a pretty good first half. I was impressed. I'll go with a 421 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:30,880 B plus overall for Plumbly. All right, Uh bones Highland not afraid to 422 00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:36,240 shoot, but they weren't exactly going in uh eight one and one, thirty 423 00:31:36,279 --> 00:31:41,279 four percent from the floor, twenty five percent from three plus three point two 424 00:31:41,359 --> 00:31:47,160 net rating. I might go see c I might go see he was twenty 425 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:51,480 five percent from three CDs US, what are you gonna give an A? 426 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,400 You're gonna give him an A for going twenty five percent from three? I 427 00:31:56,599 --> 00:32:02,279 was thinking, I think, of Bot, it's terrible. He's two. 428 00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:07,799 Yeah, I don't know what I think. If we're going off of which 429 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:15,079 obviously there's no real rubric here. There's no real standard. If everyone to 430 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,039 like playoff performance versus expectation, this would have to be a high B to 431 00:32:19,119 --> 00:32:22,319 an A for me. I'm serious, and I know that, Like, 432 00:32:22,759 --> 00:32:25,440 sure, the numbers aren't great. Uh, we knew that he would struggle 433 00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:30,960 around the rim. The shooting from three obviously a disappointment from you know what 434 00:32:30,079 --> 00:32:36,119 he's done earlier in his career. But he's another like exciting possibility that really 435 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,119 like gave I mean some juice and some life to this team. Um and 436 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:45,559 I I you know, I and who knows how this looks if if we 437 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:49,359 don't have both Kawai and Paul Georgetown. But like I didn't really see him 438 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,599 touching the floor much in this playoff series. And there were times where I 439 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:58,440 mean I thought that he was great. I mean, he's He's a huge 440 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,640 part of the reason I think that that whole bench, um flash mob whatever, 441 00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:07,240 it was, a flash in the pan. That's a great point, 442 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:12,319 all right, I guess I'll raise it to a C for me. If 443 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,480 the Sunstone get forty six free throws attempted in game three, we're talking about 444 00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:21,240 bows Highland winning the Clippers a playoff game. That was his right quarter and 445 00:33:21,319 --> 00:33:22,839 if my mom got hit by a bus tomorrow. She died, Like, 446 00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:25,279 I don't what are you talking about? Like, I'm just saying it wasn't 447 00:33:25,319 --> 00:33:29,839 add that they got forty six free throws. He was amazing. He had 448 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,359 twenty points and almost won them a game. And his defense was good throughout 449 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,119 the entire series, even though his shot was up and down. All right, 450 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,680 that's a great point, as all are you going to Adam, I'm 451 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:43,559 going to be having been that excited, I'm so gonna be. Yeah, 452 00:33:43,599 --> 00:33:47,440 I'm in the B plus camp friendly grades. Um, all right, Robert 453 00:33:47,519 --> 00:33:53,799 Covington played two games, did not score. Uh, he was bad. 454 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:58,359 He had a stealing an assist. I'm going like a d mind it. 455 00:33:58,519 --> 00:34:01,480 Yeah, and I love Roco, but it's not there right now, I'll 456 00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:05,599 go see. He just didn't play enough. That's an incomplete Basically, he 457 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:07,880 didn't play much of that. That's fair. I'll give myself an effort thinking 458 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:10,679 he would have played more in the playoffs after everything. Oh that's on you, 459 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:15,000 yeah, yeah, yeah, that's fully on you. Right here, 460 00:34:15,039 --> 00:34:19,119 guys, that's that teacher evaluation right there, coming in clutch. Um, 461 00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:22,679 all right, that wraps up the playoff grades. Pretty average playoffs for the 462 00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:28,679 Clippers missing their two stars. Coming up, we have a final we're doing 463 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:32,039 to throw U. We're doing a Love Mary quarantine for the birthday boys coming 464 00:34:32,159 --> 00:34:36,199 up after this ad break, Um, go ahead and turn it down. 465 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:37,599 If the ads have been lowed for you, some people have had that experience. 466 00:34:38,559 --> 00:34:42,840 AD break and then a fun game coming up in three two one, 467 00:34:43,519 --> 00:34:45,920 Clips and Dip episode one forty seven. Here I'm Adam Oslin. We got 468 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,519 Chuck Mockler and Will update. Get to us on Twitter at Clippers Pod. 469 00:34:50,639 --> 00:34:54,239 At Clippers Podcast is where you can watch us on YouTube. Now it's pretty 470 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:58,880 cool. Chuck, what the hell is this game? We're doing Love Mary 471 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,800 Quarantine for the old listeners of Locked on Clippers. This was something Will and 472 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:07,159 I used to do every Friday. We changed it from Love Mary Kill because 473 00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:12,000 of the pandemic. So in these options, you guys are gonna pick something 474 00:35:12,079 --> 00:35:15,119 you love, something you're gonna marry, and something you're gonna get the heck 475 00:35:15,199 --> 00:35:20,199 away from you is Will used to say. This category is gifts you two 476 00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:27,519 would get from the Clippers players for your birthday. We have Russ gives William 477 00:35:27,639 --> 00:35:31,039 a kiss the cook apron, but it's got Russ's face on it. For 478 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:36,320 his birthday, Adam receives a pair of custom Star Wars them sneakers from Zoo, 479 00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:38,880 who does like Star Wars and Wars custom sneakers. However, they are 480 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:45,480 in Zoo's size. The final option to show their appreciation for the wonderful coverage 481 00:35:45,519 --> 00:35:49,480 you two provide the clippers. The organization lets you practice with the team, 482 00:35:49,559 --> 00:35:54,639 but your only duties are stop the guys from trying to dunk Adam. Which 483 00:35:54,719 --> 00:36:00,840 of these are you loving, marrying and quarantining? Go? I'm going to 484 00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:06,000 say what was the first one? The first one? It's in the outline, 485 00:36:06,599 --> 00:36:09,719 will get will Russell Westbrook gives William a kiss the cook apron, but 486 00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:15,880 it has Russell Westbrook's faced on it. So I love that Russ is giving 487 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:21,639 will a kiss the cook apron. Yeahs okay, it's funny. I love 488 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:28,079 that. I will say I'll marry the Star Wars shoes, but if they 489 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:31,480 have anything to do with the one through three trilogy or the seventh through nine, 490 00:36:31,599 --> 00:36:38,920 we're getting divorce. Look, I'm a guy who watches the de specialized 491 00:36:39,119 --> 00:36:44,760 editions of the old Star Wars movies. I'm afraid of what that means is 492 00:36:45,039 --> 00:36:50,320 it means did not fucking shoot first. That's what that means. All right, 493 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:52,519 we're getting off the rails. So you're so you don't want to practice 494 00:36:52,559 --> 00:36:57,079 with the clippers, is what you're saying. I'm quarantining that. Well, 495 00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,719 I do, but not if I have to stop guys from dunking on me. 496 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,239 If you don't believe in yourself, that's fine. Will Which are you 497 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:14,639 loving marrying quarantining? I am loving Adam is at the Clippers practice to stop 498 00:37:14,679 --> 00:37:20,039 guys from dunking. And I'm just hanging out where You're like, no cameras, 499 00:37:20,280 --> 00:37:23,159 no no, no good about You're just like the host at the and 500 00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:31,679 one mixtape tour. Oh baby, Adams, just a bloody pulp under the 501 00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:37,239 rail. Uh. So I'm loving that. I'm gonna go ahead and marry 502 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,679 the kiss the cook apron. I'm gonna quarantine these shoes. Seems like Adam 503 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:44,960 has way too many specifications. I don't know if he knows that much about 504 00:37:45,039 --> 00:37:47,880 him. And Uh, the other thing is is I feel like Adam would 505 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:52,519 feel guilty and try to wear these shoes around. I don't need to run 506 00:37:52,599 --> 00:37:59,559 into my man in some size fourteens stopping around and I'm wearing the shoes you 507 00:37:59,639 --> 00:38:02,960 could go to take. We go to take a halfside picture. Adam falls 508 00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:08,159 down the stairs from the one twelve section all the way to Lauren in oversized 509 00:38:08,199 --> 00:38:10,199 shoes. I don't want to see that. I don't want that for my 510 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:14,800 man. All Right, it's Star Wars night and I died falling down the 511 00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:17,719 stairs. I mean there are worse ways to go. Um, well, 512 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:22,480 happy birthday to you guys. Thank you for being great co host by the 513 00:38:22,519 --> 00:38:25,079 way, Um, I think that about wraps it up. I have to 514 00:38:25,119 --> 00:38:29,840 go to a meeting in two minutes. Next week we're gonna have Carl Chart 515 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:32,519 on the episode. We know he has some thoughts about how the Clipper season 516 00:38:32,599 --> 00:38:37,000 went. Um. Adam just rolled his eyes. He's getting battle ready to 517 00:38:37,039 --> 00:38:42,440 talk about subots. I'm sure we're recording that episode, but for some reason, 518 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:45,119 I won't be able to be there. I'm very busy. I have 519 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:51,519 a shoe fitting. I need to get whatever record you can find us. 520 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,599 Well, where can they find a Spotify where? I don't know any apps? 521 00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,000 Yeah, you can check us out on an Apple podcast. We're on 522 00:38:57,039 --> 00:38:59,679 Spotify. Please review us there if you haven't already. We'll definitely read it 523 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:01,400 loud on the show. It's the off season, give us some content, 524 00:39:01,559 --> 00:39:04,920 Come on, man. You can listen to us on either one of those 525 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,239 platforms. You can also listen to us on Stitcher. We're on Deezer, 526 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,440 We're on Google Podcast, We're on Amazon Music. Anywhere you listening pocasts, 527 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,239 you can listen to show. Check us out on YouTube that's at Clippers Podcast, 528 00:39:13,519 --> 00:39:15,800 and chop it up with us anytime over on Twitter that's at clippers Pod. 529 00:39:16,039 --> 00:39:19,960 Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much for listening. 530 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,199 We're gonna bring you content again once a week in the off season, going 531 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:27,440 to ramp up in case anything crazy happens. Thank you, danveryone who's listened, 532 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,239 thanks to shout out to w GA. Also, we hope I can 533 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:34,519 get all figured out soon and as always, go Clippers.