What's going on? Clippers fans, Welcome back to Clips and Dips season two,
episode seventy seven, from the reminder of the season's reset after the NBA
Draft. So the end of season two is coming up. I am Chuck
Mockler, joined by Adam oslind and William Updyke. We're all back. We've
been off. We've been in different parts of the country. I'm in Sierra
Madre right now, which feels like a different part of the country. We
had a lot of Clipper stuff to talk about. Adam, you've been a
roadie. Will you went to Vegas? How are you Fellas doing? How
excited are you to talk about this intuit food as well as answer some Clippers
questions. I am very much excited talk with you guys. It's been too
long. I feel like I've been gone probably the most of late you have.
We've we've documented the absence over the last month. Are these am I
gonna get like danged or something like? For sure? It's unprecedented, So
we don't really have We don't really know how we're gonna deal with itance grading
or something like that. I'm in good. Spiration isn't looking good right now,
but it's not looking good. I was on the road with one of
my favorite bands, Camera Obscura Photo Ops. My buddy was opening up for
them, and then I got back and today I met one of my favorite
actors of all time in Burbanks. So I feel like I'm living a charmed
life. Maybe I'll let you guys in on who that was later in the
show. Plus we got the dips. I actually just like it. Are
we going to be that impressed? It's a weird If you're not impressed,
I'm just gonna cut the cord live right here with some scissors on my microphone.
This is one of my top ten favorite actors ever. Somebody that you
will chan. Not Jackie Champ good guess though, yeah. Not Chris Tucker,
who I do like I'm out of guesses, but he is a i'm
gonna say, the most underd after of our time. I can't wait to
hear about it. Well, how are you doing? Do we all have
dips? By the way, for the off season? Do we have dips?
I'm great. I didn't get a dip today. Was running a little
shy on time. I'm very hot. It's very hot. I'm very sweaty.
So you might see me dab myself down with a towel during Juck's about
to cut your cord right now? What about his performance? I've been on
for a month, but look at this guy. No dip. It's documented.
All I can say is that we've documented it and we're moving forward.
I have a great dip to make up for his lack of dip. I
may I may have found the best dip ever. To be honest with you,
I'm excited. I'm so. I'm house sitting in Sierra Madre, which
is why I have this crank yanchor's puppet behind me or whoever this is.
But I fought from the movie, The Murders movie with Melissa McCarthy. I
only know two puppet things, and it's crank anchors and that. So yeah,
that sounds like it's Sesame Street. Okay, like chill, like adult
puppet stuff. I guess I have two things erd by adults, so they're
all adult puppets. Speaking of Jim Henson, the actor that I met earlier
today, there's a six degrees of separation there. I'm just saying, well,
we can't wait to hear about whatever. Hell, we haven't even started
talking about the Clippers. Yet it's a Clippers show. We're talking about some
actor you met. But things are about to go downhill real quick. I
just want to stay on the Brice Saturdays. Okay, we'll keep teasing this
actor and we'll we'll we'll play the cue when we're supposed to hear it before
we get into Adam's top one of the top ten actors he's ever met.
Uh and the into it food stuff. There's been some Paul George scuttle but
recently from Brian Winn and some weird Jeff Fan Gundy scuttle butt which we're gonna
talk about. But first, Windhorse was on the Pat McAfee show. For
those of you who watched the Pat McAfee show, he said, you see.
He said he sees more trades being the big transactions as opposed to free
agents, which I don't think is a big surprise there given what the free
agent class looks like for this offseason. He said there might be an opting
in trade scenario like Chris Paul for Paul George, and that the Clippers and
PG are not on the same page in contract negotiations. There are sixteen days
left for Paul George to opt I believe out or in? Who is Paul
George on the same page with I just mean in anything, it's not new
information. But you're not wrong, Jackson, Russell, lesbro, Josh Rondo,
John Wall gone gone? Where are we be gone again? This isn't
new information, right Like, It's not like we all thought that it was
hunky dory with the Clippers and pg's contract negotiations, but the timing is getting
a little truncated. I feel for maybe some weirdness to happen. He might
just leave if there's a max out there and the Clippers don't want to give
it to him, But I don't know that would be worst case scenario.
I don't necessarily love Paul George on a MAX contract, obviously, but letting
him walk for nothing and not having fifty million dollars to sign someone else doesn't
feel the best. Considering it's been the same situation basically since the start of
the season with him being extension eligible. I would guess he and his team
have gathered all the information. They have a pretty good read on the situation,
whether or not the Clippers want him back and for how much versus what
is out there on the open market with Philadelphia with Orlando, those are the
two teams that have been discussed the most, and Philadelphia is not a bad
landing spot considering they have a max slot open. They've been waiting for this,
they've been preparing for this, and he can go to another team that's
still a contender, granted in the Eastern Conference. This time he'll have to
move across the country and leave home. But it's his last big contract,
so I'm always all for get as much money as you can. It's a
short lifespan being an athlete, and no one I think should be looked down
upon for chasing the money, so to speak. If he can get the
max and that's what he values most, I have no issue with that.
So I I just don't see how if it hasn't happened at this point,
what exactly is going to change in the near term before he just becomes an
unrestricted free agent. That's what I'm confused by, is it It's very clear
that he's like four year max and the Clippers are like no. And the
guess is they are taking a hardline stance that they know what the number is
willing to give him, and on the other end of the negotiating table.
He and his agent have another number in mind. They're not lining up at
this point. They've they've sent back and forth the same piece of paper with
a number written on it. It's now it's barely it's not it's it's worn
down. It's not even a piece of paper anymore. Maybe it's just the
sketch from the Big Lebowski. Actually there's number. Yeah, they're not even
looking because neither party is looking. They're just like, we know, this
isn't what we want. Look I you know, I would, given what's
out there and what the Clippers could possibly do, given their cap restrictions,
given the limited pile of assets that they have to distribute, keeping Paul George
is more likely than not the best from an on paper talent perspective that they're
going to do. That's the best they're going to be able to do all
off season. Is that worth handing over a guy a Max I don't think
so. Not not a guy at thirty four years old either. Like,
there's just there's so many things that make this situation just a little bit different
than than some of these other situations. And as far as I'm concerned,
like, if it's Max or Bus for Paul George, you know, I
hope that that, you know, with how long things are going on,
I hope that there's still enough good will between parties that maybe we could work
out some sort of sign and trade or or something to that effect. But
if it's Max, Like, if it's Max or Bus, like see you
later, man, Like, yeah, I mean, and I guess from
his perspective, like, wouldn't you rather be the biggest loser instead of being
it at home, be it across the country and then you can meet up
with your friends and tell them all you're still doing really well. I don't
know, Yeah, Like if it's I mean, hey, if he ends
up in Orlando, no one's gonna watch your games anyways, So sorry Orlando
fans, But like, should it be mentioned that? And I'm not at
all making light of this with all sincerity that you know, Paul George in
the bubble really struggled with being away from home, really struggled with being in
that environment. And obviously the world is very different now and going to Orlando,
we're going to fill the same thing in Oklahoma City different, Right.
He is a whole body, He loves Palmdale. He loves fishing, he
loves all these things. It's just I don't know. I really thought when
he and Kawhi came to LA that this was their final destination for their career.
This is where they always want to end up. And again, if
that has changed, or if the money changes, that great for him.
If he can get fifty million per year with the Philadelphia seventy six ers,
I think it's unlikely the Clippers that you never know. I like what you
said will about the goodwill with the sign and trade, because that is a
large part of agreeing to the sign and trade, right like if the Clippers,
I wouldn't be surprised if the Clippers. Obviously, I think the clippers
backup plan is they offer him what they want to offer him. He's obviously
said no, and then I bet it's the four year MAXI and then a
sign and trade. I think that's there's no way that plan B is let
him go for nothing. You know, I think they're probably trying to work
both channels. What his trade value is. It depends on who you ask
on any given day, because we've seen it go everywhere. But I have
to imagine that breaking glass in case of emergency with due diligence is a MAX
and then a sign and trade. It isn't so, guys. I I
don't think a sign and trade in today's NBA can happen. I think it's
so archaic and so parametered that there's just no way to pull it off because
it hard caps the team he goes to. Philly's not gonna be hard capped.
That's not gonna happen. I don't. I think it's an old way
of negotiating. When was the last sign and trade we saw? And this
is this is a new salary cap world. What was it? Kevin Urant
that I think that that could be, But that was before all the rules
that have come down over the last two years. It seems legitimately, I'm
no salary cap expert, but ten times more difficult in terms of running a
franchise and playing within the salary cap rules, Especially for a teammight the Clippers
of the Golden State Warriors that wants to overspend, that wants to spend as
much as possible to win. There are so many more constraints than there used
to be. I don't think a sign and trade could happen with Paul George
because of that, because of the amount of money we're talking about, and
the competitive teams that want him that are already going to be over the first
apron, like the Philadelphia seventy six ers. I think it would have to
be an opt in, and then what a guarantee from a team that he's
going to that they're gonna give him the extension, which again he's teammates with
James Harden, who I'm sure is like bewary of that. Maybe, Buddy,
I just if anyone knows put it in the comments how realistic a sign
and trade is in today's NBA landscape, because it just seems like you really
have to thread the needle more than ever would you do. So here is
a fun it's a it's a quack. I don't know why this this thumbs
up is going off for those of you watching. I didn't mean that thumbs
up. It's a quagmire. Where again, it's like two weeks for him
to decide, basically for the opt in opt out for this last year,
Locked On Pelicans proposed an idea and Will and I have talked about something kind
of like this, which is PG and Russ for Brandon Ingram and CJ McCollum,
and they worked it out to where that works. Just spitballing here.
We're just having a good time. Thoughts on this trade idea because I have
seen people talk about it. He's like a swap with the pal It's you
know, I'm not advocating do it in this scenario. I think you get
someone who's theoretically maybe a little better at defense. I will say this the
comments on this video, no one liked the idea. No, no Pells
fan was really on board with this idea. In the comment, well,
like, I I mean, I understand the defensive liabilities of Brendan Ingram.
He's just at an age and just a star level that he's a better guy
to carry your team when Zion is out. Like he is a better he's
the better scorer. He's like the better leader of a team than Paul George
and and the CJ McCollum thing like given sort of like what you've already given
up and everything. Maybe sure it is like a sunk cost that seems like
just a really I don't I gotta be honest with you, I don't get
that one for New Orleans at all, if that was on the table,
I mean, I take it. I don't know what you do with CJ.
You gotta ditch one of him or Norm that already hasn't worked before and
they're now both older, so I I mean I would do it personally.
But yeah, yeah, I don't get why the Pelicans make that move.
Yeah, I obviously would like that for the Clippers. Even with Brandon Ingram
and his struggles this year in the playoffs, I'm a big fan of b
I I always have. In goes back to the punch he threw the Lakers.
No, man, he is not to trifle with in the NBA.
That is a well known theme of Brandon Ingram. I just like I don't
know, quieter, more understated guys. It's one of the reasons I always
like Kawhi Leonard just pros like that. Uh and his game with his mid
range, to me is so intriguing because he's a throwback in that way as
well. And he's what twenty six or twenty seven, he's just entering his
prime. If there doesn't want to be the third or fourth best player on
a team which is a good which is a would be a huge fact,
Paul georgioul loves to you the third or fourth best player on a team get
a max after but get a max contract, Yes, exactly, Rick,
No, he is a supporting actor. Since you're talking about supporting, so
you brought up Norm, and Norm has been a guy who's people's focus for
trades. Is kind of like the rain cloud has moved from Paul George and
now it's moving over to Norm Powell a little bit. I don't really know
Norm Powell's trade value as in a little more of an aging score first point
guard who might be able to start, but what has largely been healthy has
largely been healthy, very clutch. The Magic could maybe use him like something
they need to score first guy. But how would you guys show that.
There's the idea of trading Norm again, another guy on the Clippers team who
it's very hard to value in the trade. We talked about him before this
season. He has value even though he's making eighty million over the next couple
of seasons, is not expiring after this year around eighteen million dollars. He
does have I think value throughout the league. He should have finished top three
and six minute the year voting. That is just born. It's ridiculous.
He should have been the three point contest. It's absurd the way he's kind
of been viewed nationally by low level He's a quiet guy, do right,
He's another kind of quiet. I think that does work against him. I
agreed for I think he even mentioned that after he wasn't so quiet, after
not being talked about enough and kind of playing with a chip on his shoulder,
maybe because of that this season, but he's one of the most efficient
scorers off the bench in modern NBA history. I think, like that's not
hyperbole. normOn Powell is yeah, championship experience. He can be a much
better defender at times, but he is undersized. But for a scoring punch
or a team that needs one, like the Orlando Magic, you could say,
if you watch that first round series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, that's really
the area they struggled in. I can see that making sense. And the
Clippers don't have many other options from guys that you would think about are consider
moving. Even though we all love normOn Powell, it's someone that you at
least have to take a call on if they're interested, just because you're trying
to reconfigure the team right now, and a lot of that's gonna fall into
place once you know what happens with Paul George. Maybe, but yeah,
I think normOn Powell's a name to keep an eye on. I think I
think it behooves us to hold on to Norm at least until the trade deadline,
uh midst just because you have a little bit more idea of like where
contracts and spending is at league wise, and with Norm already locked in,
you mentioned that he's not in expiring, which for some teams is going to
be a deterrent, but for teams who actually want to use him, uh,
you know, like in a contender status, him being locked in at
that price with a rising cap is an asset. Uh, It's it's another
asset. So Norm, He's gonna stay in the mix with those conversations just
because he is one of the most I mean, I don't necessarily want to
do it unless the right move is out there, but he is like one
of the most tradeable uh sort of pieces that we have. He is you
know, like want to like he's not a young guy. It just it
just makes sense from a like an asset perspective. I bet norm if he
I bet norm is on two more teams after this. We're getting the balloons
now. I bet Norma's on two more teams. I bet if the clip
because, like you mentioned, the trade deadline thing, which is when teams
realize oh X wasn't as good off the bench as we needed. From the
point, maybe we need to make an adjustment here. That could happen I
think a couple more times. And maybe it is the Magic again. I
mean, Jonathan Isaac is a young wing who has injury history. We've talked
about this a little bit on this pod before that's in exchange. It seems
like it works. He has been injured. Maybe the Magic are tired of
it. I don't know, but that wouldn't be a trade basketball wise.
That I would tip my nose at Houston, I think is interesting. I
mean, I wouldn't do it. I wouldn't do a deal with Dallas.
But I mean, if I'm the Mavericks, I'm picking up the phone,
I would spit in their face if they sent me anything, of course,
but I would listen. I could use a guy like Norma right now.
To me, Norman Powell is someone you move if you feel like you can
strengthen a weakness somewhere else, And it is almost a luxury at this point
because they do still have enough shooting with how the ross is right now.
I'm not saying he's expendable by any means, but if he's the guy to
get a power forward, a true power forward, or just to improve the
front court somewhere, you might have to do it, even reluctantly because everybody
loves Norm Powell and you know what you're getting. And even though he's thirty
one, he just turned thirty one, he's still smack dab in the prime
of his career. He's got bounce. Yeah, he's a sought after guy
I think teams would be interested in. And he tried harder on off ball
defense this year. I thought his off ball defense was one of maybe the
brighter parts for that side of a court for him. Luca asked a defensive
renaissance, We should look up those blowbye numbers because I bet Norms are better.
One last thing before we get into these Clippers questions sent to us by
fans all over the world. League sources told the Steinline that the LA Clippers
have strong interest in hiring Celtic special advisor Jeff Van Gundy as a high profile
addition to Tyler's coaching staff for next season and a strong chance of succeeding in
that pursuit after the NBA Finals are complete. First of all, I didn't
know he was a special advisor of the Celtics. That was new to me.
Like this, like when Steve n Ash was a special advisor to the
Warriors or whatever, Like, I don't understand what you do. I've heard
enough about what Jeff Van Gundy thinks about the modern game. I don't want
him anywhere near my team. I certainly wouldn't pay him to do that.
If you'd like to pay someone to complain about basketball, and very available,
much cheaper. But yeah, all bemoan the modern game all day long.
I think special advisor, if you're a special advisor for an NBA team,
you watch, you watch a couple of games when you can catch him,
when need to shoot off a couple of emails to the brass, you say,
hey, saw this. I do think there's a different Jeff Van Gundy
in the coaching realm than there was on ABC, ESPN and that stick character
coach type thing and Mark Jackson because he's been involved with Team USA over the
last fifteen years. Somewhat right, I do think similar position. Though he
watches a couple of games, sends a couple of emails check maybe he was
certainly a defensive oriented coach back in his day. I liked him with the
Houston Rockets, which kind of gets overlooked a little bit that time there.
They did blow a series. They were up three to one against the MAVs,
but he spoke out and got fined one hundred thousand dollars for saying that
the referees were intentionally looking at moving screens with Yao Ming based upon something said
by Mark Human. It was a whole fiasco back then during I don't know
this was I think two thousand and five that was the Tracy McGrady dunk on
Sean Bradley. But I don't know. I'm interested. I don't know how
much it changes the Clippers' fortunes having someone like him involved. The first thing
I said, jokingly was is he also a doctor, because what they've been
missing is obviously just good health. But I wouldn't mind a different voice behind
the scenes in the room. I think that always, that always can help
a different perspective. If everybody's thinking the same thing, No one's thinking that
old adage. So I don't know, old school may play well with the
Clippers. Maybe they need some of that fire and brimstone here and there.
That's a good call. And as we just showed his wonderful picture for Team
USA, he's been the director of scouting for Team USA. Yeah, it's
interesting. I guess. I kind of like, I don't know. If
I want someone I don't know, I will see. I wouldn't be mad
at this. It would be interesting to see kind of how that his version
of you know, coaching and whatnot differed from how maybe Dan Craig was doing
things, which is obviously who they're they're feeling this in for. But it's
interesting. If you like quiet, get your job done kind of stuff,
this kind of fits it, I guess, But I don't know, does
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in three to what All right, welcome back into clips and dit. We
just talked sort of all the Clippers news sort of sort of circling around.
Not a whole lot there, but there's some uh you know, there's ongoing
PG stuff, a possible coaching edition, but right now we're taking your questions.
Which is the only news that week eight exactly exactly. Kicking things off,
we got Jeremy Mormon who says, if PG leaves, is Kawhi requesting
a trade. He said that the Raptors weren't good enough to win. I
can't imagine how he looks at the Clippers without PG. Charles, I'll kick
this to you. Interesting. Did did KAUI say that? Did he say
that? I don't, I don't. I don't remember. I remember it.
Maybe he alluded to, but I don't know if he actually said it.
That being said because he was the wasn't he the only big departure after
that championship run. I believe so he didn't leave Toronto necessarily because they didn't
have Obviously, that doesn't make sense to say they didn't have enough because they
just won the championship. He wanted to come back home. He wanted to
come to the Clippers or possibly maybe the Lakers, but he wanted to come
to the Clippers and wanted to see if they had enough. So I think
I don't think Kawi requests the trade. I think there's there's a very short
list of people who I think want to deal with switching teams less than Kawhi
Leonard does at this stage in his career. I don't think he wants to
go to a new team because he's a very He's kind of the center of
the offensive universe a bit, I'm not It's not a bad thing. The
way that the Clippers are constructed is around him and pg that those two shot
charts a supposed to compliment each other. We all remember that beautiful graphic.
They've won seven hundred. They have a seven hundred win percentage when both of
them are actually on the floor. They've been great when they're actually out there,
and I don't. Yeah, I don't think he wants to go to
a new team and start something new, or like learn a new system or
deal with a new coach. Is the other thing. Tyler's locked up for
pass the end of his contract, and I think maybe after this contract he's
just done with basketball possibly, So I don't think he requests a trade.
I would be I would generally be heartbroken if Kawhi requested a trade. If
the Clippers got rid of PG, I'm like, oh shit, that were
really screwed. But I don't think it happened. Fair question, though,
to your point of how much longer Kawhi is going to be in this league
based upon his temperament and being somewhat of a recluse. He said the night
of getting the extension this season, they asked him something to the effect of
what are your plans after this and he was like, I'll reevaluate and see
how I'm playing at the end of that this contract, because he'd be thirty
five at that point. So I don't see Kawhi Leonard making a stink if
they lose Paul George all of a sudden showing up on social media posting cryptic
things that would be insane. I would actually maybe if it was a messy
divorce, I would maybe welcome that strictly for the drama that it would produce.
I'm sure to some degree, Kawhi, you know, nobody's more frustrated
than he is with not being able to play. But I'm sure he understand
hands what has happened the last four years. Not being available for the playoffs.
At some point, and I don't know, may feel like there's still
business at hand. I have to find a way to bring this franchise a
ring. I think that is his focus. Everything he said this year when
they asked him about the contract various topics, he just say, I don't
know. I'm living in the moment and I'm focused on taking this team to
places they've never been. That is pretty much verbat on what he had said
all season long, and he was playing like that until, of course,
unfortunately the knees started to swell up right at the end of the year.
Well where are you at? Do you think you request the trade? I
gotta be honest, I just don't really see it. Stuff would have to
be going super super awry. Yeah, I just don't see any sort of
like this isn't san Antonio with what happened there. Yeah, yeah, I
just don't really see any conceivable scenario. I mean, I I assume that
he's happy with the contract number that he got. You know, this this
organization never drags him at least not that I can think of. Yeah,
this organization does anything, man, I mean like really like, I mean,
you know, despite a lot of their failures in the playoffs being i
mean incredibly linked to his health, I would say one hundred percent link to
his health. I mean, it's not you know, he's never hung out
to dry and it seems like he has the flexibility, he has his own
staff and things. You know, he's able to conduct his career in his
life in the way that he wants to. I also think he was always
a little bit more about the Los Angeles thing than Paul George ever was.
If I'm being totally honest. Yeah, I think that's fair. Florida boy
Corey with a pretty good question. Do we rather want a rim protecting Center
or Stretch five to back up Zubots? Before you said to back up,
I was about to jump out of my chair. So how do we get
Miles Turner for a Vitza Zubat. I want to add a point to this.
Law. Murray on the last episode brought up a great thing about kai
Jones's role on this team. Kai Jones is going to be a center basically,
is what the Clippers are trying to make out of him. So should
as he should. So based on that, I'm thinking the Clippers do not
want to stretch five because kai Jones is very much not a stretch five,
which is not a knock the kai Jones hive. I'm not saying he's bad,
but it seems like the Clippers want a traditional five and then if they
want to go five out, they would rather put a larger four there.
Yeah, I'd be good with that, Just a little bit of symmetry between
first and second units where you know, regardless who the type of center is
behind you, whether it's Zubats or kai Jones, they're playing a similar type
of role. They're not playing out on the perimeter. They're both rim protectors
in theory. We haven't seen enough obviously from kai Jones. We know the
potential and everything, but I don't mind that it would be you know,
Isaiah Hartenstein, while he did have a hell of a floater from about ten
feet out. He could say he could space the floor a little bit more
because of that. He also wasn't someone that was shooting jumpers or shooting three
pointers, and it worked. They had a top eight defense that year with
him backing up of eacha Zubas. So to keep that going, I think
uniformity between centers in their skill sets wouldn't be a bad idea. Yeah,
I want another rim defending center, and then we need another like big wing
who can shoot. Yeah, and it's weird. I don't need the center
to do that, right, And if you look at the free agent centers,
like, it's not like we're looking at an all time list of shooting
bigs who were available on the cheap for the Clippers. It's and who Yeah,
I mean it's Valentiunis And like I mean, Kevin Love is gonna be
another restracted you know, like I mean Wiseman, he can't shoot. There's
no one who can shoot out there no disrespect to them. Is Andre Drummond
a free agent? Because yeah, Carl Tarts guys, he's got the three
ball a d No, Yeah, it's not very good. Does Alex Lenz
shoot, No, wouldn't be a bad backup five, though the lens steal
my son's signed jokes would be going on. I'm a bit of a lenhead.
I cannot tell you why Christian Hackney wants to know. What do you
think are the chances of Bones being traded? Even if Russ ops out seems
like he isn't happy after last year and getting sent home early before the All
Star break didn't seem like a good omen for him or the team's relationship.
Love Bones in his play by the way, just don't want anyone here who
doesn't want to be here or mess with the chemistry. Pretty good question.
Yeah, that's a really good question. I would hope that if Russell Westbrook
isn't on the team, they go right back to saying, Bones, this
is your opportunity. You are the backup it. You should say that if
for Us is on the team, like I, I again to me Bones,
to me, Bones is another guy, like I think right now,
maybe you can get some bites on the potential of what he could be.
I still think like you're shooting yourself in the foot not having like not having
giving him more touches and at least seeing what he can do, because it's
the same situation. Honestly, if you take more opportunities and he fails,
the trade value is honestly about the same because people are still gonna be like,
well, you know, the tools are there, there's there's some interesting
opportunities. Maybe it wasn't a good culture fit, but if he hits,
you either keep him or you know, he's worth substantially more. I think
it's I think it's idiotic to assume that an old guy with a limited skill
set and who wasn't like that helpful in the playoffs is going to get regular
season run over over a young guy. Like I think that, like if
that's the thought from like the front office or the coaching staff going into this,
Like I don't know why we're beating our head against the same wall,
Like I don't get why we're gonna just do the exact same shit. Wasn't
that helpful in the playoffs? Was very very kind of you after Russ had
the worst five games shooting stretched in the history of the playoffs, I think,
going eight of forty one the last five games of the series. Hey,
I got a family to think about it. I can't just I can't
be saying too much with these russ with the rust stands out here, right,
I get that. I I am in full agreement. I would love
to see Bones come into this season knowing, without a doubt he is the
backup point guard. My point is the only way for that to happen,
think would be for us to no longer be on the team. Oh,
there would be too much confusion if he is. I still want Bones,
I still think he should be the backup point guard. But that's not we
know that's not gonna happen if for us, what if he gets sprayed by
a skunk and he just stinks too much so they can't They're like, dude,
you can't be in the locker room. It is. But also the
trade value thing is a good point, will because we got Bones for two
seconds, what could his trade value possibly be? Would fans? I know
that fans. And again this isn't a knock on whoever asked us this question.
I don't. I don't think Christian Hackney wants this. No, this
is a good This is a great question. If we traded Bones for two
seconds, I genuinely think Clippers fans would be upset. They would be like,
I'm like, yeah, it's fair. It just goes again to like
we we just don't have a lot of assets. And I mean because they're
not developing anyone exactly exactly, they don't develop anybody. And like, even
if he ends up being a bust, you can still probably get those two
seconds back, you know what I'm saying, Like the you know, the
worst case scenario, someone is like, well, you know, he's still
very young, very raw, hasn't gotten a whole lot of time. Maybe
we can do something with it. It's worth a flyer for two seconds.
But to do it before even taking the opportunity I just did or anything,
even Yeah, I don't really get it. To me, that's like selling
something for that's like flipping a property for a loss or something like I don't
like what so what's the point I'm only losing ten K on this one?
Dude, I made out pretty good. You gotta cut your losses sometimes,
but uh, the only way is that where we were at with Bones,
I just don't know. But I also like this situation was not great.
Like PJ Tucker just full disclosure. I blamed PJ. Tucker being his vet
for his partly his shitty attitude. That's probably exactly why they wouldn't move him,
because teams were low balling and they weren't maybe even getting two seconds back,
and they know his potential if he had a chance to showcase it a
little bit more like we thought he was going to get coming into the season.
But Bones Highland is one of the more talented young guys they've had on
this team that has legitimately popped in spurts in games he almost had, sure,
but we're talking a couple of playoff games against Phoenix last year, one
where he had twenty plus points and almost won them the game. They should
have won that game, but that take fell on Russ and then almost having
forty this year. There were times though, when James Harden got back into
the rotation as they were giving him some rest and Bones had the great game
against the Chicago Bulls. Once James came back, Bones did seem to drop
his shoulders a little bit, knowing that he wasn't going to be featured or
get the same amount of minutes and wasn't taking advantage of the small amount.
He was then getting really bad in garbage he was. It seemed like he
thought I'm above this and look, talent wise, he should be somewhere if
he's not going to be getting minutes here. I can understand the frustration of
a young player, this talented, that could easily be a back backup for
I don't know, half the league you could say, like he's good enough
to be that player to get twenty minutes per night in the NBA right now,
But from half the teams he is and he knows his payday is coming
soon. He has to show something in order to get that next big contract
to stay in the league, and he simply isn't getting an opportunity. Now
understandable. They bring in James Harden, that changes the pecking order. But
if Russell Westbrook, you know, isn't coming back, it has to be
Bones Bowes's job to lose the back being the backup point guard. Yeah,
and that's a good call. It's interesting even if, like even if for
us is coming back. Like I mean, I've said this before about this
team, like nothing no one here is like other the outside of Kawhi Leonard
and like Paul Jewy, Like no one here has like earned anything like Zoo.
Obviously his spot is cemented, but like there's so many guys in this
rotation that like, no one should should be so sure of their spot.
Like, I agree with you, but we know realistically if russ is back
bones is not getting minutes sure, which is a nightmare for a lot of
us people. Can you're saying people can't change, not this team. Evidently
we've seen a lot of not change in They have to take chances with giving
guys and letting them go through those growing pains young guys on this Clippers team.
They just have to They did it for a second with Kobe Brown last
year during that ten game stretch. There has to be more of that coming
into this season because to Will's point, what he was just saying, they
don't have enough assets. They they aren't developing guys, They aren't giving guys
enough meaningful minutes. I know it's something hard to juggle when you're trying to
also win a the highest level. But considering how many injuries they have had
over the last three years and guys being out of the rotation and they still
haven't been able to develop. You can say Terrence Man and beats Zubas to
some degree, but they're twenty six and twenty seven now they haven't gotten one
of those young guys like Brandon Boston or Bones Highland in this case enough reps
to me, Yeah, I think that's totally fair. It's weird maybe because
expectations are possibly lowered in some way. Next year we get more run from
the young guys. But that's a discussion for another day. John Stodter with
our last question, another heater of a question. I cannot describe how good
these questions have been. John Stotter asks the CBA is pushing teams like the
Lakers to form rosters with two stars plus depth from the rotation and avoid three
stars plus minimum salaries. But if Paul George stays and Jim's Harden, the
Clippers already have three stars and some genuine depth. Don't the Clips have an
edge on most of the NBA because their roster is the best of both worlds.
If question, like, I mean, if if healthy, sure,
yeah, if Harden comes back, comes back and they're healthy, yeah,
I think the depth is pretty questionable still, you know, like the the
depth at the top tier talent is there beyond that? You know, it's
it's it's not great, Like it's it's not great. Eight to ten DP.
It's like Norman then like question Mark, kind of off that match.
It's also not exactly three stars like we've seen in the past. It's not
exactly the Miami Heat where everybody's in their prime at once and everybody is available
all the time. James Harden's about to turn thirty five or thirty six.
He was an innings eeter last season. He played almost every damn game for
the Clippers. But we know the history with Paul George and Kawhi Leonard in
theory. Yeah, they struck while the iron was hot and brought in James
Harden. I think partly timing wise at that moment because some of the penalties
come in this summer when it comes to salary cap restrictions. So that's part
of the reason they did it when they brought in Russell Westbrook at that time
last season or the year before last. Now, that's a move that can't
be made now by a team in their position. That's not something you can
do anymore. So I have a lot of faith in this front office and
their ability to be able to juggle the new rules with the salary cap.
But I don't know if it's a perfect comp the Clippers have, you know,
three stars, but also depth. We've seen Paul George not play like
a star often nothing to prove Max gu guy. We just saw him score
nineteen points per game in a playoff series without Kawhi leoner, you know,
and I protected him a lot because what he did in the twenty twenty one
playoffs dragging them to the Western Conference Finals without Kawhi. But what happened in
this first round series was really a litmus test, was really a big opportunity,
and he did not rise up in the moment. So calling them all
stars, you know, when you think of stars, it's not just dependent
on those three having to be on the court together for them to all shine.
It should also be when two of them are off or only two of
them are on, they're still playing at an elite level where they could be
featured by themselves with a team, you know, during nights in the regular
season where you're missing a couple guys, guys who are so good that they
can still get you thirty at any time. I don't know if that's what
we're looking at right now, with Paul George and James Harden being older and
Kawhi Leonard being so injury prone. Yeah, they're stars in like the seo
sense, like they're popular, right, but they're not stars in the shoot
thirty times when we really need type. Does the game match the name anymore?
Are they in their prime? All of them at once? No?
I because if Paul George and James Harden, and James Harden was pretty good
in that first round series. But if Paul George played to his capabilities of
being known as a quote unquote star, they do win that series. I
think, Yeah, I do, And I know the Dallas Mavericks are right
now in the NBA Finals to some degree, though not for too much longer,
I don't think. But I think matchups played a big role in that
series against the Clippers. I think matchups played a big role for them against
the Minnesota Timberwolves, and things have broke their way, as it always is
when you get to the NBA Finals. There's a route of least resistance,
and the Dallas Mavericks benefit from the Clippers not playing to their capabilities. Even
without Kawhi Leonard. I think they had a chance to win that series.
I really do. I think if Paul George is Aberdeen twenty seven. They're
winning that series certainly makes it easier and makes us want to feel more about
keeping Paul George. If that happens, I should say, it goes to
like a game seven, you know, yeah, A toss up, Yeah,
a do or go flip? Yeah. Thank you again to everyone on
the questions. We got him from Twitter, we got him from YouTube.
Coming up, we are going to be talking the into It food options,
and Adam and I will be talking about our dips and maybe we'll find out
who Adam saw in Burbank, which could be a new fun segment on this
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and Dip. I'm out of MASLM. We got Chuck Mockler and Will Updyke.
We are back at season two, episode seventy seven for you guys again.
Can't state or over st eight how good questions were. We're percolating on
our Twitter feed when Chuck threw that out there at Clippers Pod. I mean,
if you're listening during the off season, you're clearly a very intelligent fans.
Oh yeah, we appreciate it. Uh, now we're foodies here.
I think we are called clips and dip. It would go without saying that
we like to eat a little bit and we like the finer things in life.
And there's a new stadium opening up. I don't know if you guys
have heard about this, called the Intuitome. The Clippers will be playing in
the greatest arena to play basketball game in in the history of the world.
When it happened, well from a design what is the history of MSG done
for the Knicks over the last forty years. Spil Jackson was there when the
titles. I've just it's going to be the best place to watch a basketball
game at, especially because modern amenities and because of the foodless that's going to
be there, which Chuck has for us finally outlined. And I guess we
can give our rating or our excitement level for some of these dishes. Yes,
there is one large detail we're going to talk about when it comes to
the popcorn that I'm furious about that I understand if other people are not as
furious about. But before we get into that, the La Times put out
a twelve minute video about the into It Domes food options. They have a
housemade pretzel that they went to Bavaria and worked with famous pretzel stefs for We
actually did a question about this awesome Scott on Twitter wants to know how we
feel about combining every single sauce into one dipping sauce, which would be spicy
honey mustard barbecue sauce together the suicide sauce. I don't know if I'm with
that. I hate it more impatant, more important word. They source the
cheese sauce and the and the mustard for the pretzel. Is it Is it
a Bavarian mustard? Is it a stone ground? Is it a yellow classic
yellow mustard? Which there is nothing wrong with? Just the Time questions the
Time columnist in this video tried the pretzel, no mustard? Was it?
Dylan Hernandezdez pretzel looks fine, whatever, seems like it has a bit of
a h optimized story. One key detail there's supposedly a kitchen at every concession
stand, so everything is like made theoretically. I guess I don't know what
that means, because is it made to order? Is it just like there's
no way, there's just like no way that it's made to order? Because
it was it would be the slowest stadium. Incorrect in not if they have
enough vendors. Man, well, there's one vendor, and that seems to
be Cisco. No, whoever's giving them the stuff should be an Arby's.
The sushi. It's no word on the Arby's. Uh. I'd like to
eat a big Montana. Oh. Look, no one's gonna argue with the
best take. They still have the meat into it, Yes they do.
Uh. The sushi dog, which is an interesting thing here. This is
a sushi roll you unwrap and eat like a corn dog. They have a
cali and spicy tuna version. It's like a corn dog with no stick.
I don't know. I don't know. I don't I don't really like weird
sushi stuff. The La Times reporter, Why would you take something that's so
good and just fucking throw up on it? I don't really get it.
The La Times reporter, Uh was like, oh, I would never eat
In this video, she was like, I would never eat a sushi.
I would never eat sushi at a stadium due to the fact that a large
part of making good sushi is the quality of the rice you use, and
the issue with stadiums is like it's hard to make in a setting like that.
She tried this sushi dog, said that for like forty five seconds,
and then went But I'd take my chances on this one very real time.
Who's paying me to cover this food scenario? But I don't. I don't
know about this one. It's hard now for me. It's hard to mess
up at California rule guys, you're just like it. It just doesn't.
But it can't. It just just never wanted that at a game, and
that This is like my whole thing with this whole stupid food testing thing is
like it's just really not that deep. No one goes to a game for
the food. No one cares what they do too. They do not get
dishes. They do a Dodger dog. Are you kidding me? That's a
hot dog? You want a hot dog? Or hamburg group or some hophorn.
It's just I just don't get why they have to do this whole thing.
It's so stupid. I don't care. We're getting to the popcorn,
which has a real issue but I want to talk about and we're going to
talk about it. The popcorn is toffee flavored, which hey, there's two
kinds of popcorn. There's buttered, and there's the toffee. The toffee.
Adam's excited. The toffee was tested at like the team facilities, so they
just like had the training center try it and that's what won. Did coffee
taste the toffee? Ooh, we don't know. That's a good question though,
maybe they could have sweet popcorn is for people with low IQ's will.
All right, here's where. So there's the toffee flavored popcorn and then the
classic buttered flavor popcorn. To decide the buttered flavor popcorn, the La Clippers
sent Steph Curry ten kinds of popcorn, or he came to the training facility
and picked his favorite buttered popcorn. And in this video they talk about how
they had to call the popcorn expert, Steph Curry to pick the popcorn.
This is your new stadium, this is your first new stadium, and you
have a guy who kills the Clippers, has an iconic moment against them a
few to pick the buttered flavor popcorn, softest most upward integration mobility bullshit I've
ever seen in my life. This is such a bad idea and such a
classic Clippers marketing move, where you like everything else seems okay, Oh,
you made this one dumb ass decision. I cannot believe it. I understand
if no one cares as much. I just again, I just don't get
while you're overthinking this so hard, they've already figured it out. It's movie
theater butter. It's it's been around since hydro, since we've been eating hydrogenated
oils in the late seventies or whatever. The biggest innovation in popcorn was when
they managed to make it so you could eat it at home. Thank you,
Oral Red and Poker. But like, it just is not that deep.
Dude. You get the fucking vegetable oil with the flavoring in it,
you put it on there, it's great. I just have a rival team
member pick your buttered flavor popcorn counterpoint rival for now. Okay, the contract,
that's the other part. Sign and trade for Paul George, we get
Steph Curry. Hey, who knows crazier nextually not crazier things have happened.
Crazier things happened happened. But I hear Golden State has about the trading block.
I watched this La Times video and when they said that, they called
Steph Curry to do the popcorn. I went and bought ten fluorescent light bulbs
and just smashed them in my backyard. That was so mad. It's so
stupid. Moving on, they have chicken tenders with waffle fries and Homage to
the South per Gillian Zucker. Why I don't know. They have barbecue sauce.
What does that have to do with the Clippers? Got a ten out
of ten. They were always gonna have chicken tenders, So they're like,
okay, vegan buffalo rap, crispy cauliflower kale, Keenewatch, Madeo, red
bell pepper, and vegan ranch vinagrette collyoo. I think buffalo cauliflowers were really
hard to fuck up, so and I think this is one that's gonna be
like a take, like a grab and go option, which seems functional.
I'm into it. Not vegan, but I would try that. Sure Detroit
style pizza because why I have anything that reminds people of Los Angeles between the
Homage to the South and Detroit's pizza cheese, pepperoni, and as Adam mentioned,
the meats which is undisclosed meats on the pizza. They have a proprietary
pan to cook this pizza to help it with the crust. It's a square.
Depends it just depends on how it is. Because Detroit pizza when it's
done well, I think it's like fucking slaps. Great pizza looks like sauce
on top of the cheese and you have to eat the car because that's how
they made pizzas in Detroit. Eminem blows on it to uh take away some
of the hotness. I mean honestly, Yeah, are they going to have
a Mom's spaghetti there? Yeah, they have to. Yeah, they have
a Coney Island too. We can get chili cheese dogs. Ben Gibber does
a song about that. Maybe he'll be involved the Intoit Dome hot dog.
The meat comes from Niemen Ranch. We got asked by nash Clips fan,
how excited are we for these Niemen Ranch hot dogs. I don't know anything
about Niemen Ranch. Apparently they provide French laundry with their food. Hello.
And if there's one thing I want to be reminded of at a sporting event,
it's fine dining. I will say eight dollars for a dog is not
bad. Five dollars for people with the chuck mark. So they got they
got the marketing right on this. You really buried the lead on this whole
thing. I feel like this is the best part of of everything that they've
announced thus far. Five dollars hot five dollars hot dog for fans is and
it's all beef, right, It's an all beef dog. It's not this
mixed meat farmer John hot dog? Right? Correct? I believe lamb oh
is it? No? I don't know any uh, yeah, no,
this is the this is You're totally right. Well, this is very clearly
this is the number one thing they figured out. And you know what they
figured out, make it cheaper. That was their big innovation for this.
They just made it cheaper. So yeah, this is number one on the
power rankings. I feel like, yeah, pizza two charging fans not wearing
Clippers jerseys or I mean just in teams or charge or unrelated team jerseys,
charging them more for beers. I also think is very funny. Dude.
The lost fan cam at King's game is something they need to do it every
single game and if you're just makes so much. It just makes so much
sense. If you're a lost fan, you should have to pay more for
the experience. They have an l a street dog. This is the fancy
version of course Bacon Pepper's garlic Aoli and Sada Mayonnai's this. I take umbrage
with same. And then there's great la street dogs by independent proprietors outside of
the stadium. I just think you should get him there. I mean,
it's a five dollars hot dog. You don't need to give Steve Bomber any
more money. It's fine double cheeseburger, American cheese, pickles, clippers sauce,
and it's a brisket short. What do you think is clipper sauce Thousand
Island dressing? Oh, okay, would be y good with that. Everybody's
special sauce is the same thing. It's a brisket short, ribbon prime chuck
patty. This seems like a pretty solid offering. How much is it,
uh, thirty eight bucks? No, I have no idea. They only
lessen the price of the hot dog, which I would say is a little
worry. So you know, you went through like twelve items, you lost
the price of one item. And then finally the churo, which was advised
by the chief Technology and digital OS for ser who is a big churro head.
I think again, this has been figured out for longer than of yours
centuries has for centuries. They want to make it special, all right,
special enough? Have you ever had into special? Every turo is uh.
I can't even think of a bit for turros because they've already been It's just
a turo. But these are the basic offerings, like the hot dog is
a clear winner. Yeah, no dips, huh no, very few dips,
but no mission. I guess we'll be bringing our own. Look,
if you would like the clips and dip, bring your own dip kit into
it. We will sell you a proprietary little pocket. It's a it's a
plastic sheet you put in your jackets. You can just go. It sounds
like there's a hole in the market that needs to be filled, if you
know what I'm saying. I know this isn't shark tank at the moment,
but sharks I'm proposing dip in the head. Okay, Now that we have
talked about the into It Dome offering, I wish they did something goofy,
like I wish there was some stuff. I am dying for a goofy local
fit like it'd be fun. Also fresh catch that's isn't that the most.
I mean, that's like one of the more I LA fairs. This is
something we'll have to keep tabs on. No mention of local restaurants and the
into it dome yet not allowed that quit quite literally might be true, but
that was something that was kind of a talking point at the beginning of this
whole process, was local are tesians having food offerings in the stadium. I
don't know something thing about would complain more about that. It's they put on
a video. It's to be complained about. Okay, Adam, Before we
get into the diptalk, can you please would you like to reveal who you
saw in Burbank today, which sounds like something my aunt would like to reveal
to me as well. Okay, well, young man, sit down for
this, because one of my top ten favorite actors, one of the most
underrated actors of our time, who has been in at least three of my
favorite movies ever. All episode. You can kind of just get to it
at this point, my man, including I'm trying to bring up the video
right here, I'm stalling Ninja Turtles, the original Casey Jones, tell me
you didn't pay money. Not the guy who played Raphael but Casey Jones,
also known as Elias Kotias, who is a Canadian actor who has been in
such films in large roles, like A Thin Red Line, which is one
of my favorite movies ever, hilarious, which came out the Saviors as saving
it Ryan, which is the only reason it was overlooked. Will I know
you know Terrence Malick films, come on? Then? Red Line is the
greatest film ever with maybe the greatest cast ever and is huge in it.
He did not play Casey Jones. He was also in a great film called
Fallen with Denzel Washington about the house No wait, this isn't a White House
Down with Gerard Butler or whatever. He was also in a great film called
Zodiac, a David Fincher movie that's one of my favorite, one of the
most underrated David Fincher movies of all time. I love he's in the Prophecy
with Vigo Walking. He's the main actor in it. He is so effing
cool and I think should have been in larger roles. But I met him
today in Burbank. It was like a bucket list thing for me. I've
been on cloud nine. You guys gonna kick it. I hope. So
I should have been, like, you know, I've been hanging out with
Camera Obscurer and all these other cool people like you want to be part of
my Yeah, maybe they'll give him his version of the Whale in a couple
years or something. He'll get an Academy award. He really should like he
is an all time great actor, one of the most underrated guys out there.
There we go, that's awesome. I think you have a Casey Jones
fun co thing too. I do have one. Oh, you gave it.
I was wondering, who you know? I love Casey Jones for your
birthday. The nineteen ninety Ninja Turtles movie is a top five comic movie ever.
Maybe number one for me holds up fantastic. Jim Henson did the costumes,
hence the reference to that earlier six Degrees of Separation there. But Casey
Jones is my favorite character in that and I told him that today and I
needed that in my life. And you got it. And we have two
dips to talk about. We had some dip questions, but we might have
to save those for another episode. We have some more time, Adam,
I picked yet again a bad dip, but I really tried hard this time,
Adam, you go first? Year's was good? Or do you want
me to go first because mine was bad? You go first? Okay?
The way I am house sitting in Sierra Madre again. That's why this puppet
is over my left shoulder. And I went to a local market and I
thought, I'm gonna get a local brand salsas, you know, pretty big
local thing people can make at farms. So I picked up e Waldo Wards,
who started in Sierra Madre. They've been around since eighteen ninety one.
I picked up their apple salsa. I was in a bit of a pinch.
It was the only saucea they offered. Horrible. I would not recommend
this salsa. It is way too sweet and has no apple. It's that's
all they had. Man, I'm sure they have a there sausas that are
good. I will not be purchasing this apple salsa again. Swinging a miss.
I tried. This is what happens when you support local business. No,
I'm just kidding. Everyone should support local businesses, but this was this
was a misguided option. Maybe it's more for the for the Sierra Madre crowd.
It's not salsa ish it's not salsa e it's apple saucy. Uh,
I am dude. Well, this is what I would bring to my enemy's
barbecue. And I used classic Calie Dad chips as the as the base,
but I would bring them to an enemies party and then leave. So the
lowest rating. Again, I'm one for three on dips, and I feel
like a fucking idiot. Well, glad I didn't make that mistake. I
like a peach. I don't know about apple. We now you do.
I can cleanse the palette here with actually a fantastic dip that I don't know.
It's not it's kind of underground. I don't know if you guys have
ever had it before, but this dip is special and it is quickly become
one of my favorites. I don't know if you guys have tried it.
It's Dorito's cool. Ranch you it's not good. You've had it. It's
not good. I know you've been away. This is going to dude,
we got to document this too. You don't pay attention to meetings, so
you had it when I was on the show it and it was bad.
Well, I have to do the test. Now, what do you think
Chuck, you had it before. I guarantee you it's not falling out.
Half of it is quick dry cement. Damn, I'll tell you what.
I am not doing that with this apple sauce. Okay, it's not great.
It's not as bad as Check said either. Now part of the reason
might be because I have these buffalo style protein chips that I'm dipping in it.
So you know, the buffalo style with the cool ranch. That's a
good combination. It's probably Yeah, Adam, just coming. I was doing
keto before anyone. Okay, I am Keto me and elious Adam Keto,
Adam Keto Ostlin and Will you do not have a dip? Do you have
any dip related wisdom you'd like to impart before we hit this outro? Because
you are an actual Will is a fantastic cook and knows so much about cooking.
What do you got, no pressure? I'm thinking a Zesti crab dip
for summer. Oh shit, and you know what you compare with that?
The chip of the summer, Adam. Do you know the chip of the
summer, the one the Boston Celtics are about to win. Lays made a
Cuban sandwich chip, and it is the best chip in the world. It's
the chip of the summer. You want to talk about doing too much?
No, they got it right, did they? Really? They have?
You haven't had it? Laise? Did it? Laise? Did it not
some cool crinkle chip company or whatever. No, not some cool crinkle like
Crinkles chips. Yeah, not them, because the one is fabulous. No,
Krinkles Chips do not do this one. All right, we gotta get
out of here. We're just gonna keep talking about dips. We're gonna be
back next week. I guess we should talk the draft because the Clippers do
pick in the middle class, a forty six pick. So we're we're gonna
all come with twenty seven draft prospects. We think the Clippers could take at
forty six. That's gonna be a good time. We're gonna try and get
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But no matter how you consume, Hey, we appreciate you. We do
appreciate you. And Adam, first of all, so hyper all three back
was I was so lost without you. I was going, what are we
talking about today? What are we doing? Adam? It's been missing.
We need one positive thing to send these Clippers fans out on their weekend to
think about. Seems like we're gonna find out in the next two weeks what
is going to happen with Paula, George and I think fans are anxious to
get to the bottom of this because, like we talked about, it was
a storyline coming into this season. So I don't think we're gonna have to
wait much longer. And By the way, everyone's talking about him and Joe
ellenbid on the pregame show on ABC right now, and I guess it was
pretty funny. I don't know, but uh I thought he was fine.
I thought he was fine the first show. Did you hate it? No?
I mean he only got to talk for like ten seconds, So you
have too many people on there. Burray was love. Murray was like.
The ratio of host to time for these finals makes like no sense. Well,
it's like the size of the Doomsday Strategy panel and Doctor Strangelove. It's
like, how many people do you have to get to the bottom of Who's
gonna win tonight between two teams? God? Yeah, yeah, all right,
so yeah, so that's Paul George. I think it's positive. It's
gonna put some minds at ease because everything else that happens with this Clippers team,
this is the first domino really to fall. We all expect James Harden
to likely be coming back, but how are they going to build the team
with or without Paul George? How are they going to reconfigure this thing?
I don't know. That's less of a positive vibe and more of a void
vibe. I think it's the end of the finals. Yeah tonight, I
mean tonight, work for Dallas. I think it's over. Regardless, someone's
ever come back down three to zero. So congratulate Boston, Celtics and Luca
haters everywhere. Was there a plenty When it comes to Clippers fans, we're
doing okay right now. All right, we back up, we're a little
bit. We're still very down bad. All right. That wraps it up.
Thank you everyone who listened, who watched. We'll be back next week
and as always, let's go clips.