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have Law Murray on from the Athletic and coming up we'll get to your phone
calls as well. Clippers obviously like many teams like the Brooklyn Nets, and
there were sixteen guys missing total off of both teams combined tonight in this one.
As guys are brained up or we're in the NBA's health and safety protocols
due to COVID nineteen and a reminder, if I put you on hold,
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during the break. Short staff, skeleton crew here. It's the holidays,
you know. Clippers lose by sixteen though, and while they got Marcus Morris
back, it was one in one out like at the Club. Nicholas Batoum
out with that right ankle injury, and Batoum, I would say, is
probably the third most important player on this team, next to Kawai and Paul
George. Marcus is huge two and he looked great tonight outside of getting into
some early foul trouble. Went six of thirteen, four of seven from distance,
had twenty four points in just twenty seven minutes, and it didn't matter
because the Clippers were down by twenty plus because they couldn't get stops. Clippers
have had a top five defense all season long. Now they've had Paul George
throughout most of this season, but we'll be without him for at least the
next three to four weeks when he'll be reevaluated with that right elbow injury,
and when you're missing Reggie Jackson right now and Hartenstein and Batoum and Kauai and
so many guys shuffling in and out of the lineup. And granted Brooklyn had
it too, but they still had James Harden who for the first time I
think this season, I want to say law Murray put this out on the
Athletic had back to back games which twenty plus, which also seems far fetched
because he's such a good score. But he has gotten off to a slow
start to this year. Wilson Ball, new rules, whatever it was with
him, he wasn't looking like himself. Well the last two games here against
the Laker on Christmas Day and the Clippers tonight and downtown Los Angeles. Yeah,
he looks like the beardud Wonder. He looks like one of the greatest
isolation players we've ever seen in the history of the league. Had thirty six
on Christmas Day and they were up big against the Lakers, let up and
then went on an eight to run to close them out. Had thirty nine
even outdid that against the Clippers and close them out falling away farside corner was
fouled. It was reviewed a wise review by coach Lou because you might as
well burn it late there the Clippers had cut it to ten. The young
guys gave them a lift once again off the bench, and there was something
interesting that Brandon Boston said coming out of yesterday's game where he had eighteen just
nine in this one, but made an impact in the fourth quarter. He
said, I believe it's as simple as the team with the most energy is
going to win, and that's what we have to bring. And the young
guys did do that. And that line up with Xavier Moon, who we
haven't seen before in the big leagues. He got called up, got his
first shot in the NBA hit it had a steal as well and assist,
and it looked to be in control out there. Nothing that flashy, but
was just in control of the offense late, granted just twelve minutes, but
he still fit in well. And we've seen this youth movement with the Clippers
right now. Out of necessity and also because they were down by twenty plus,
they were down big and well. They called off the dogs late.
But Kean Johnson had fifteen, his new career high. But it's the way
he got those shots. Hit two three pointers, hit his first three pointer
as a pro, and then hit another one, and he was really that
energy, that jolt. He and a mere Coffee as well, who only
went two of ten, but hustle plays, had a couple of blocks.
Keon Johnson looks like a completely different player though than he did at the beginning
of the season, so the young guys got him back into it. But
James Harden, just as he did against the Lakers on Saturday on Christmas Day,
he would put the Clippers away with that four point play. It was
reviewed, the challenge was unsuccessful, to the dismay of Clippers fans everywhere and
some basketball fans who just don't enjoy seeing James Harden kick out his legs like
that. But if you're gonna get the calls, if you're gonna take advantage
of those calls, and they're gonna give it to you, why not.
And we thought some of that stuff would go away, And it was a
close call, but this season with the rules emphasis and letting them play a
little bit more physical brand of basketball out there, but Harden got a key
call late on that made three pointer, and it's still an incredibly tough shot,
but he kicked out his legs. He is still one of the greatest
players in the last twenty five years. Amazing and considering Brooklyn has also been
in top five defense and their offense has just been outside the top ten,
it's scary to think about what could happen when Kyrie Irving eventually returns and Kevin
Durant comes back. Who I believe is the MVP right now, just a
step ahead of Steph Curry, maybe a step and a half, because Curry
has had some really big games and he's had some milestones, obviously breaking the
three point record that was held by Ray Allen, but he's been kind of
up and down, and you remember the big games. But Kevin Durant has
just been so steady for this team no matter who's been out there, and
obviously he hasn't had Kyrie Irving James Harden at times. He's been great,
spectacular, and the Clippers may see him on Saturday when in Brooklyn. As
I said yesterday, they're in the midst of their third five games and seven
nights. They're having five of those instances this season, only the Portland Trailblazers
can say the same. Lakers have just one of those. There's seven teams
that don't have any. It is a grind. It is a tough schedule,
and it's made even tougher because obviously so many guys testing positive. Clippers
just got Marcus Morris back, but Reggie Jackson is still out. Jay scrub
who had got minutes in this game, he's out in the NBA's health and
safety protocols. So some negatives defensively from the Clippers in this one, just
because they gave up seventy four points in the paint. They got sliced and
diced in that first quarter when they got off to that hot start, six
of ten from the outside, and they're still down thirty eight to thirty three
after the first twelve minutes. You would have thought with the way their offense
was rolling there and they hit the skids in the second quarter. But outside
of that, they played decently enough offensively. They just could not get stops.
And if it wasn't James Harden, it was Patty Mills, who's having
a great year. I said before the season started that was the most underrated
pickup that nobody was talking about, you put this guy on a team with
this much firepower, He's gonna get so many open shots. He is a
lights out shooter from the outside. I believe he had seven three pointers against
the Lakers on Christmas. He had six against the Clippers with eighteen points,
six of thirteen. He's so efficient from the outside, top five three point
shooter right now in the league. But this Brooklyn Nets team is dangerous.
And even Blake Griffin had seven of his twelve points in the first quarter,
turned back the clock just a little bit, a couple of big throwdowns,
and the Clippers just did not compete well enough, compete well enough on the
defensive end. That was disappointed to see. Clippers were led by Marcus Morris,
as I said, twenty four points and did go four of seven from
three. So you're looking for silver line things. Marcus Morris's back, He's
going up against his former team Wednesday in the Boston Celtics had a good game,
I believe in the Brandon Boston game where he had twenty seven his career
high a couple of weeks ago, and they took down Boston and that was
with Jason Tatum. They're not going to have him on Wednesday, but another
back to back after Wednesday, They're in Toronto on Friday, and then,
as I mentioned in Brooklyn's taking on the Nets, and well, I just
expect Kevin Durant to be back for that one. And we want everybody to
be healthy out there and everybody to be fully loaded, including the Clippers.
But right now they're in the teeth of their schedule and they're not gonna have
Paul George for quite some time at best the end of January. It's sounding
like we'll see Javier and Lahabre you're on Clippers talk start things off tonight here
on AM five seventy l A Sports. What's up? I've here, Hey,
what's up? Battand out the starters man, the depot was horrible.
What you have one steal and the bench had I believe six seven steals.
I mean that's that's there's no way you have one steal, one steal the
whole the whole starting team and number two Adam is uh bledsoe it was a
minus twenty as your starting point guard. I mean, I mean we talked
about this before, about him, Yeah, but Lavier you never call him
when he has good games. You gotta be fair. He's been You could
say he's been up and down at worst, but he has certainly been up
at times this season. I thought against Denver he played one of his best
games, had ten assists, was a fishing out there. He's played really
well at time for this team. Yeah, but with those games Adam against
it, was he a starter? Was he off the bench? Oh that's
your point, he's not the same. Yeah. Yeah, I'm saying it's
not the same as a starter and off the bench. Well, I'm gonna
say he didn't get the start against Denver yesterday when he came out of necessity
when he was Yeah, he was off the bench and they were winning.
Now he's back on. But Javier, Javier, let's just get one thing
straight. He did start yesterday, going just get that clear. He did
start yesterday and played really well. So that theory of he can only do
it when he's coming off the bench, and I agree, there's something too
that when he's the lead ball handler, I think that's a really good position
for him. But he's helped them earlier in the season. He was very
good in that first game against Golden State. He's had his moments as a
starter two continue vier next thing. I mean, we we gotta we gotta
go get a playmaker. I mean because you know, you know the Lakers
are going to do something pretty soon, so you gotta beat them to the
punch. I don't know. I'm not gonna put up you know, trade
this player, try to trade that player. I mean, that's up to
management. But he got into something because if you'll do something quick, the
kids the blue thing like six seven in a row at him. I mean,
you believe me, the Lakers are going to do something and got to
match it. I don't know what they're gonna do, but you gotta do
something, all right, Javier, I appreciate the phone call. We'll see.
I believe in this front office. I have zero doubt that they will
leave no stone unturned. They're looking at every option available to them. But
every team is dealing with this. Right now, we're talking about the Clippers,
who are at five hundred and we're in the fifth seed in the West
coming into this one and might still be I'll check on that during the break.
So many teams are beat up. The West has beat itself up,
where teams are just climbing over one another and hanging around five hundred outside of
three teams that are a cut above and maybe Memphis. Right now, they're
playing really good basketball and just be Phoenix, John morand game winner tonight.
But it's Phoenix, it's Golden State, it's Utah and everybody else right now.
And if you look at those three teams, they've been a little bit
more fortunate healthwise so far, and that's been the difference. They're also very
good, obviously, three of the best teams in the West. We knew
that. I didn't think Golden State would be this much at the top of
the standings early in the season before they had some of the cavalry return.
But Steph Curry's that good, and they're playing within the system really well.
Andrew Wiggins is having a fantastic year. We'll take a quick break, we'll
come back. We'll get to your phone calls here on clippers Stock. I'll
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nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Clippers lose by sixteen
to the Brooklyn Nets. I don't get much easier going into Boston, Toronto
and then Brooklyn next brutal week. Clippers just have to find ways to win.
We'll hear from the head coach and Keian Johnson also coming up here on
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the Clippers lose by sixteen final score one twenty four to one eight at home
to the Brooklyn Nets, and James Harden, who had thirty nine a couple
more buckets tucked into his beard. There's come out of nowhere fifteen assists as
well. Clippers second quarters where things really started to unravel. They got off
to the quick start. I want to say they were up by ten,
nine or ten in that first quarter and put up a thirty three spot.
You put up thirty three points, you should probably win that quarter if you're
a top five defense. Clippers didn't. And then in the second quarter their
offense wasn't there for them. They shot six of twenty three from the field.
Brooklyn went thirteen of nineteen. Clippers were down big at the half.
At rough second quarter I think did them into some degree. But give it
up to the young guys, Kean Johnson, Brandon Boston a mere coffee.
Once again, this was not garbage time, you know how, I know
that James Harden was still out there on the floor. Steve Nash was not
messing around. The Clippers reputation precedes them the comeback. Clips teams know about
this, and the young guys got it to within ten with about four minutes
left. James Harden, though got the call, got the three hit the
Dagger put the Clippers away. They lose one to twenty four to one o
eight. Their next game is coming up Wednesday on the road in Boston.
Let's go to Anne in Glendale and you're on Clippers stuck without of males,
and how are you Okay? I'm optimistic. I think this is the year
of opportunity that we can play all the young guys and let them gain more
and more experience because I feel Paul George is probably going to need an operation
on it. Well, that's not optimistic, and we don't know that.
No one needs to speculate here right now. He'll be reevaluated in three to
four weeks, okay, but you know he may be out for a while.
And quiet Leonard, I don't know when he's coming back this year.
He's he needs a bionic mee. But while they're you know, recuperating,
I think we should play everybody and give them a chance to really thrive so
that you know, we'll have a much stronger team in the coming year.
And I take your point because this is a blessing in disguise. You never
want to see guys out, You never want to see guys hurt down in
knee NBA's health and safety protocols. But if there's one thing to take away
from this, and a lot of teams are dealing with it right now,
including the Brooklyn Nets, it's that young guys have to play and guys are
not limited from the G league with how many games they can play in the
NBA. Now this season, the NBA is letting them expand rosters, hardship
signings. And Zabier Moon we saw him tonight for the first time, looked
in control out there, didn't look phazed, which was good to see because
some of those minutes were meaningful. It was a close game. They were
trying to cut into it. They were still trying to win. Don't tell
the young guys that it was over down big in the second half. But
them getting these extra opportunities, larger roles, it can only expedite the learning
process. Brandon Boston talked about it after he missed that three pointer that would
have tied the game yesterday, but he said experience, So that is something
that you can look at as a positive right now for this Clippers team.
But again, everybody's dealing with this stuff. Jason Tatum won't be there for
the Boston Celtics. It looks like on Wednesday, guys are missing their best
players. We're hoping Paul George gets back sooner than later, but that evaluation
was three to four weeks away. Let's hear from the head coach post game.
We'll get back to your phone calls, Sean, hold on, Tay,
just hold on, you know, I'll get to you at eight six
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and his insightful commentary and analysis after the Clippers lose one twenty four to one
oh eight to the Brooklyn Nets in downtown Los Angeles. I thought it was
a great starting and he got a little tired, and then the third quarter
he had another, you know, great bust of energy, you know,
scoring twenty four points in twenty seven minutes. You know, so it was
good. You know, we had him offensively, he got tired, especially
in that first half. I played him too many minutes in that first half.
Can you talk about the play of the young players in the fourth quarter,
how they got you guys back in the game. Just an energy,
you know, coming up and back to back yesterday, our young guys,
like I said, I knew it's gonna be you know, play hard and
scrap and compete. I'm gonna gonna make some mistakes, and but just seeing
those guys got and played the way they did, you know, I was
just happy to see that. And like I said, you know, I'm
hard and seeing every defense in the league that you can possibly see, and
he just he picked us appart tonight. Thank you. Yea. Before the
game, Steve Nash was saying that young guys like that can be dangerous because
especially if they get some belief behind them. I mean there's a fourth quarters
form an example of that. Yeah, I mean, the the game was
out of reach by then, you know, you make a t you know,
twelve roll around or fourteen or around, you still down ten, you
know. So but you know, like I said, you come in and
play hard and play with that kind of effort and fly around, you know,
you can get stuff done. And we saw that in a Sacramento game,
and so you know, they have the opportunity that they're making the most
of it just right now. Just offensive. We don't have a lot of
organization, you know, especially not having a true backup point guard, and
so you know these guys just playing and learn on the fly a little bit.
What's obviously hard and seen everything. But for you know, Keian has
never seen Harden before. What's what what is it like for these guys to
kind of go up against somebody like that for the first time and have beneficial
is it to kind of like get that out of the way. I mean,
it's probably somebody they look up to, you know, these young guys
and looking up to, you know, seeing you know, James play,
you know all these years and be able to play against them and compete against
them. You know, you know, it's it's real. It's extremely fun.
You know, I've been in that situation before with myself and just a
young guy just you know, finally get a chance to get on the floor
with somebody you look up to and you know sometimes idolize and you know,
they just enjoying a moment. Like I said, they're taking advantage of it.
You know, they're playing well, and you know, I just gotta
try to keep putting these guys in position where we could have some kind of
organization, you know, because it is hard without a point guard for that
second unit right now, and so but you know, outside that they're doing
a good job. There was Coach Lou post game, all miss bar Clippers
misfired a little bit. Not James Harden. He had thirty nine Brooklyn wins
one twenty four to one oh eight. Coach Low so far this season,
he's talked about, all right there, you heard him, they just weren't
organized enough because there's too many new people on the court, that familiarity,
that chemistry isn't built up. But he's talked about too much random basketball out
there at times offensively where they're not running place, and I think we saw
some of that tonight. But not having a backup true point guard, it's
difficult to scheme and for guys to be able to execute the coach's agenda for
each game. But I was encouraged by what the young guys did late continue
to play hard, and yeah, it's probably an eye opener for Keyan Johnson
guarding James Harden for the first time. I'm sure he watched him in the
last ten years. Clippers los by sixteen. More Clippers saw coming up next,
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the Clippers now and five on the second game of a back to back this
season, and they've arrived in those situations last year, but circumstances dictate they're
missing too many guys. Did get Marcus Morris back tonight, he had twenty
four and twenty seven minutes. Coachlew got on himself, saying played him too
much in the first half and he got gassed. First game back coming off
of the NBA's health and safety protocols, missed the last four. Clippers lose
by sixteen, though, welcome back into Clippers talk. I'm outa Oslin.
We'll see these same Brooklyn nets, or will they. Kevin Durrant will likely
be back Saturday in Brooklyn. I hope he is I think he's been playing
the best ball all season long. You want everybody to be healthy out there.
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if you're in a Cadillac, but I know you're driving away from the game,
Sean, what's up. Well, there are a few observations that you
get when you go to the game that you don't see on television. And
first observation is that tired legs, fatigue, and the way they lost the
game playing against Denver emotional fatigue as well. And they were late on their
switches defensively, and so that was pretty much the reason why they gave up
so many points in the first quarter and just carried one. They just getting
to the ball late on their coverages, and it just, you know,
it showed for the little team, and you know, maybe the legs your
week mentally, they you know, I had enough. You brought up this
five games, steven nights five times this year. I mean that's ridiculous.
You know, I honestly feel this team would have about six less losses that
they didn't have this schedule right now. I know that some guys are hurt,
but uh, you know they also they always want to give it their
all. It's a funny thing that you said about they always come back.
And Brooklyn know this. I'm at the game and nobody wants to lead it
leads. They're down by twenty in the fourth quarter and everybody's expecting to run
everybody. Nobody left. I mean that's just you know, the Clippers personality.
This team has earned that. Sean have earned it, absolutely earned that
belief. And you know, I'm sticking with the boys. I know that
this will be a tough time. But unlike a lady that said, wait
till next year, pretty much everybody's banged up this year. We're going through
our period. Everybody else will have it. Phoenix, Golden State will have
it to Utah will have it too. And when it all shakes out,
we've already been through our rough time. I do feel cool. I will
come back this year. Paul will come back this year. Fully. Staff.
Hands down, the Clippers have the best roster in the West. Everybody
depositive Clippers. One more shock, get it in, get it in.
Clippers are gonna take it everybody, just stay positive and don't panic. All
right, we'll clip that for Bob Schmidt. Use that in the promo.
Thank you, Sean. Yeah, from your lips to basketball God's ears.
That is the hope Kawai can come back, Paul George's back sooner than later.
And I do think fully healthy, this Clippers team can beat everybody in
the Western Conference Brooklyn fully healthy, I think would be their stiffest competition.
But we're a long ways away from that right now. You know, uncertain
times throughout the world and the NBA, who knows what's coming next. Hoping
for the best though, but the Clippers, you at least like to see
the young guys play the way they did in the fourth quarter and for them
to fit the same mold and dna of what we've seen from Clippers players in
the past. They're learning from guys like Terrence Mann, who has played like
this for a while, played hard, played with energy and it rubs off.
Brandon Boston and Mere Coffee has been here for a couple of seasons now.
Up and down doesn't phase him, gives a great effort, is rarely
a negative out there on the court, just makes plays that help you win
some of that Pat bev type stuff. Stageous in, well Nut, you're
on Clippers stop with Adam Austin after they lose one twenty four to one away
to the Brooklyn Nest. What's uptageous, hey, Adam? Just a couple
of points. First was from the game today. Watching I thought that it
seemed like the Clippers were kind of a double teaming too quickly or and they're
playing a lot of the zone. I know harding. You know, if
you play on one on one, he's going to get to that basket.
But I would have liked to see them play a little bit more man to
man because every time they were doubling hard and up top, or when they
were sitting High Street, it felt like some one from Brooklyn was just rolling
to the free throw line and he would just do a bounce pass and then
Clippers were on their heels. Throw what you thought abouts? I thought things
went awry when Harden had it going with the step back early, the step
back three pointer. He started three of three from distance. It's really an
unguardable shot, and it was the shot that eventually sunk the Clippers. And
you know what, this was the first time unbelievably considering the high level of
player that he is. He's a first ballot Hall of Famer, all that
this was the first time this season he's had back to back thirty plus point
games thirty six Saturday thirty nine against the Clippers. So wrong place, wrong
time sometimes, as he's a rounding into shape, getting into form now as
he was dealing with that hamstring injury last year. You're right. And the
second thing I was gonna say was, I know, with PG down,
we don't have that so called playmaker, and I think when we get Reggie
back, he is kind of that playmaker. Should forget forget that. You
know, he's gonna make a big difference whence he comes back and Morris will
be healthy again. So you know, Clipper finish wouldn't be discouraged at PGS
out. I mean, if you look at the Spurs, how they struggled
early on, and besides moving today they were they were beating some good teams.
They had a good role and there's no reason why we can't do that
as well. The only thing we need to, you know, do,
is have that bald movement that the Spurs do and execute. So executing means
getting Morris in the post. When he's not there. Everyone should be cutting
and moving and getting easy shots and open shots. And that's kind of what
the Spurs doing. There's something that I hope the Clippers can take away.
Once everyone is back, you just get that bald moving and good things will
happen, all right, Titges. I appreciate the phone call as always.
Clippers did have twenty five assists on their thirty seven makes. Problem is they
only had thirty seven makes. No we were talking about tired legs a little
bit earlier two here, with Sean bringing it up. Sometimes that's reflected the
free throw line. Clippers went twenty of twenty seven. Luke Kennard, I
believe Noah Eagles said he had only missed one free throw all season. He
missed three where he's coming back off the hip injury. He missed that game
in Sacramento last week. Hasn't looked quite right or in rhythm defensively, got
in too foul trouble yesterday. Three of seven overall ten points on this one.
I say that though it shows itself at the free throw line, but
it would probably show itself at the three point line as well. And the
Clippers did hit fourteen to thirty seven. They got off to that really hot
start. I believe they were five of six or five of seven from distance,
and they were still down after the first quarter because James Harden put up
a fourteen spot in the first twelve minutes. Clippers lose one twenty four to
one oh eight. Coming up next, we'll talk with Law Murray. It's
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had. He's from the athletic. We'll also talk about this upcoming three game
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So the Brooklyn Nets in downtown Los Angeles, they are about to embark
on a three game roadie gonna be a tough one. So to help me
work through these losses and find some understanding here as I bring up his Twitter
account, it's law Marie from the Athletic. He is the law, just
as a great piece on Terrence Man. We'll talk about that, but first
let's get two tonight's game. Law. Where was this one lost for the
Clippers? I'd like to start with that. It was really lost in the
first quarter. The Clippers actually got off to a pretty good start, especially
offensively. Marcus somehow nine days after getting sent home health and safety protocols from
Oklahoma City. My man found his offensive early. But when he left the
game, I mean, the bench really struggle with the physicality of the Nets.
You saw the points in the paint early, twenty two points in the
paint in the first quarter for the Nets, and then it was worse than
the second quarter. The Nets had made every single shot in the paint in
the second quarter. So in the first quarter you get a fifteen point turn
around the second quarter the offense drives up and they just continue to get battered
and they really again second night of the back to back, shorthanded roster Harden
playing outstanding. He just got out of help and safety before the calls it.
It was overwhelming. So I mean the Nets they hit on both ends
of the floor offensively. You saw it in the paint and the Nets defense
is I mean, I hate saying things are underrated or overrated, but people
need to start talking about the top five defense that the Nets has been playing
with the personnel that they have, it's been incredible. And the Clippers fell
victim to that in the first after to night. Hating talking about things that
are underrated and overrated is underrated. It's law. Murray with us here.
Past came from the Athletic after the Clippers lose by sixteen to the Brooklyn Nets.
So La, I just saw this quote come out Eric Bledsoe saying,
I don't know half the players that be coming in. I have to ask
the young guys who is that? And tonight we see Zavier Moon. Tell
me a little bit about this young player who played well in his twelve minutes
just kind of fit right in with the young guys who made a run late
yeah. I mean, look, it's it's half moon because you know his
uncle his full moon. Ja Mario, you playing the league, you can
jump, I mean yeah, I mean the reality is this Moon can play
basketball. It's just that he's probably a couple of burgers heavier than I him.
So you know, give him to James Harden and call it a day.
I'm sorry, yeah, I mean that's the reality of them. Got
there are just because they're guys who are not in the NBA or don't get
drafted or get drafted late. You see it on this Clippers team on a
every week basis. Now you're seeing it in a you know, ladder stage
pandemic, and that's probably the optimistic way of putting it. But where we
are with this surge, there are so many guys that are signing contracts and
guess what, you can't be surprised when they look like they belong. So
Moon is here because he deserved this opportunity. He's played great in the G
League. He had sixteen times not even two weeks ago. Another guy who
should have been playing at night but unfortunately got health and safety protocoled Moses Right.
We saw him in preseason. We saw him hustle rebound, the fan
looked like the acc player to year that he was. And again, some
of these guys, you know, they're a chip short. You know they
need a more time, They need an opportunity. And Eric said this tonight
too. It's great to see that a bunch of guys that are not only
getting an opportunity, but showing that they belong and they're going to take some
guy's jobs. Man, And so hats offt at him. Moon, Hey,
you might need he might be needed outside of garbage time. Let's just
be real about it, like this team needs someone to relieve Eric of all
the ball handling duties and the second unit, especially with Alta Jay Hardens,
then they just need someone to help them generate some kind of offense. It's
just it's too tough looking at this team try and score points right now.
It took our jobs. Keian Johnson is going to take some ankles, He's
gonna take some bodies. Is he has that forty eight inch vertical. But
when I was impressed with not just the defense, of course, but he
goes for his career high young career high fifteen points and hits a couple of
three pointers and that was the area we were looking for him to improve in.
What have you seen from Keia Johnson because to me it looks like a
different player than to start off this year. Yeah, Keion is People who
just really have to put this in perspective, just like I can put in
perspective. You know, the guys who don't make Day one rosters or the
guys who don't get drafted, stuff like that. This kick, Keon Johnson
is the youngest one a team. I know. People had a lot more
to say about Brandon deservedly, so Brandon has been ready to go. Brandon
just turned twenty last month. Well, Kean doesn't turn twenty until March.
Like, he's the youngest guy on this roster by far, and he's you
know, also coming from a less developed pro situation. Like Brandon obviously was
a top notch high school player. He's been around a support system that has
allowed him to develop his game before he even got to the NBA. Keon
came from the Spoilet Bowl, that is the Tennessee Volunteer often from last year.
So you know, that's no disrespect to the two first round picks that
they had coming out of there. And Yon philadephas any sixers, but Kean
everyone knew how wrong he was. Keian got drafted because of that forty vertical,
but also he got drafted because, you know, before Tennessee kids chose
some significant talent, and not just single as talent, the ability to attect
the game on both ends of the floor, the ability to you know,
not just do things in the transition setting, but to be a guy who
can make plays for others as well as himself. He's got a hell of
a high ceiling. And yeah, it might take a year or two to
rEFInd his skill set, and you're already seeing improvements. Sean Fine told me
at the USC scrimmage that he wasn't as worried about Keian Jung that as some
people were, and some people might have been meet So it was very encouraging
to see him hit these two threes before the new year is underway. Kid's
got I think he's got a bright future. I think he's grown by leaps
him bounds just from the G League alone. And it's unfortunate circumstances that the
Clippers have to play some of these guys more than they probably wanted to.
But it was always a possibility, and that's why the Clippers they invested in
guys like Keyon Brandon and Jason Preston, who shout out to him for just
being able to wear two sneakers after being under the knife two months ago.
Well, somebody just wrote a great article on Terrence Man, and that was
you Law. Could you tease it out a little bit so everybody knows where
to go and to read about Terrence Man the man. Yeah. I mean,
I'm gonna wake up in the morning to write a new story. But
my latest story at the Athletic is about Terrence Man and how he's been a
mentor to these two young boys, these young brothers from Watch. He started
mentoring them virtually and in person. And these these boys, you know,
at risk situation, but they've really taken to to Terrence's presence. And sometimes
that's all you need is a near peer, someone who can be relatable to
you and push you and motivate you. And and that's what he's done for
not just these kids, but I think that's really the kind of citizen Terrence
is. That's the kind of player Terence is, and that character is you
know, I don't want to get too much into the organization. But it's
clear that the organization values at It's clear that's why. That's the reason Terrence
is going to be a part of what this team does in the near future.
So, I mean, I'm just fortunate to be able to tell the
story. All the credits. There's the Terrence and the support system that he
has as as he navigates just growing and coming into his own. Well.
It's a great piece and encourage everybody to check it out at Law Murray the
NU on Twitter, he covers the Clippers for the Athletic That's what you'll find
that story. Law thanks for doing this tonight. I appreciate it. Merry
Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy New Year, my friend. Hey, same
to you, Adam At same to everybody. Be safe and take care.
Clippers fault tonight by sixteen to the Brooklyn Nets. Their next game is in
Boston. I'm hoping, Okay, I don't want them to get down by
twenty eight, but that type of moment happens for them like it did for
the Clippers. In twenty nineteen, new group different guys coming together had just
moved to buyas Harris Landry Shammitt came to the Clippers had fourteen points in the
fourth quarter, they came back down twenty eight. They just patched things together.
And there's gonna be a lot of that going on right now, mixing
and matching lineups and figuring things out on the fly. Maybe the Clippers can
find some of that good luck in Boston against the Celtics on Wednesday. Tip
time. We'll be at four thirty. We'll have Clippers countdown for you at
three thirty before we get out of here. I do want to think Noah
Eagle, Brian Seaman, Ralph Lawlor, big brother, Jake Warner back here
in Burbank. Yeah, I don't even want to thank him. I was
pitiful. I couldn't run the board if you had eight hands. Well,
I do want to thank the callers for reels. If you're missing us.
Over the next day, I'm at follow Adam a. Clippers lose by sixteens
of the Brooklyn Nets. They'll pick things up in Boston. They're on a
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