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Let's dive right in here to these bunch

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of questions. We'll begin with James
Tibuto asked, are there any NBA players

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who form misplaced like Draymond Green would
be if he were loot on a losing

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team, but because of how good
the players around him are, he raises

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their ceiling tremendously. I would argue, I don't know how good the players

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around Raymond Green are right now,
aside from Stefan Curry and a healthy Clay

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Thompson if he ever gets there.
But I do sort of see this point

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where Draymond Green is sort of what
might be a wasted talent on a team

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that is not good, or maybe
you just won't feels impact as much on

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a team that's not at least contending
for a playoff spot. I had a

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hard time identifying this player. If
anyone else has their own ideas, please

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feel free to throw them at me
on Twitter at namph Valley or the at

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Hardward Knops account as well. I
have two that I came up with.

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One I think is fairly obvious.
Daddy is young and san Antonio, and

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you could kind of say the same
about him in Chicago last year depending on

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how you felt about Chicago as a
playoff team. He sort of turned into

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this small ball five. Now he
is one of the most fundamentally sound defenders

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in the league and has been for
quite some time. Does all the little

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things as an excellent helper. He
really upped his passing in Chicago last year

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as well, and so while there's
still this finite range to his jump shot

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or lack thereof, he is someone
that can really elevate you by making smart

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decisions and doing the smaller lifts,
but doing and completing a ton of them.

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And so I'm not trying to trap
all over San Antonio's roster here.

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But as of right now, even
if they don't make another move, even

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if they're not in Seller's mode,
they do not profile as a real playoff

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threat, at least to me.
And now you're putting them on a team

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where depending on how much you want
to play Yakum Purtle, maybe Drew U

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Banks, or you're gonna view him
as as a four alfa Rukamino is in

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there. Do you have enough shooting, just general raw shooting to get him

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in the space necessary to make some
passes on the short role or even going

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to put him in those situations to
give him an opportunity to make passes out

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of the short role, I honestly
do not know. It would be cool

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and I think more impactful to see
him on a better team. Phoenix has

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been floated as one of the ones
that would be great for him. Salary

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matching could get pretty tough for them, unless san Antonio is willing to take

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on Dario Sartz. Even then,
if you're Phoenix, you have to wait

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the cost of it probably cost you
jail and Smith, or you actually going

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to do this because of what he
does on offense, where he's not going

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to give you just a ton of
range. You could argue then that he

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is going to be a tough fit
even if you are a really good team,

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And so I get that aspect as
well. But if you were looking

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for sort of a way to downsize
without sacrificing anything on the defensive end,

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like I for one, would have
been more interested in seeing him in New

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Orleans than a Jonnis Valancunis, just
because I think he Valentcunis and proves New

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Orleans significantly on the offensive end,
but just isn't going to do enough for

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them defensively. And while dad he
is young, might be sort of a

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spacing liability. Just what he could
bring you as a secondary helper on defense

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while also sort of allowing you to
downsize, you could continue to play superfessor'sion

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on the floor, not that that
would have been a problem to begin with.

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Minnesota for him again would have been
interesting. Now I know he's been

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there, sort of done that,
But they've been in the market for a

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four basically since the dawn of time
at this point that's more so a joke.

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But they were hot for fours this
year and it didn seem like they

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were prioritizing guys who could chuck threes. They looked at Larry Marketing in there

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in the John Collins, they looked
at John Collins. But they're also interested

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in Ben Simmons, and Daddy is
Young certainly gives you more range than Ben

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Simmons. I've been curious to see
what he looked like in Miami and the

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path at him there would have been
obviously difficult with Kyle Lowry coming in,

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but you did sign ended up with
PJ Tucker there, who makes less than

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Daddy is Young for this season.
But Daddius Young does. I wouldn't say

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this, He's not the same level
of individual defender, and I don't think

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you want him guarding down as often
as you would PJ. Tucker. But

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man a Bam, Daddy is Young
front court with Jimmy Butler there Kyle Lowry

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that is ridiculously tough to go up
against and is really going to read havoc

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all all over the place. And
I think Daddy's Young does more on offense

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for you. The heat needs shooting. PJ. Tucker without question is going

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to space the four more by virtue
of where he stands most of the time,

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but his volume is solo I just
wonder if there would have been that

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much of an offensive trade off.
So those are just some teams, and

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there are many of them. I
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Angeles with the Clippers as a small
ball five. That would have been,

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you know, playing the Marcus Morris
role, which is better defensively, and

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you could play him and Marcus Morse
together during the minutes that you don't have

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of each Zoobots or Sergey back on
the court. Harry Giles, I think

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is with the Clippers now. I
believe he signed there, or maybe he

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worked out with them, but they
have big man minutes to sort of spare,

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and that would have been of unfit
for him, and it still could

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be if san Antonio looks at looks
at moving him. I don't know if

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they want to take on Luke Nard
in such a deal, and the Clippers

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are pretty limited in what they can
give up, certainly looking at at salary

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matching tools. I think you could
even argue if Golden State really didn't care

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about spacing and they don't want to
play Draymond at the five, you can

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run sort of the Thaddies Young and
Draymond Green hybrid front Court would have been

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the same idea with a Paul mill
Stap there, except mill STAPs a better

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shooter. Young would have been great
in Brooklyn. They went the route of

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signing all the biggs, but not
many of them versatile biggs. Except for

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Paul Millsap. You could probably envision
him a little bit when you look at

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Denver, just to backup five minutes
or shout in a you know what they're

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really not They have Jeff Green and
Jamichael Green. I take that back.

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In addition as he, I don't
think bow Ball, who's listed on a

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lot of death charts as a backup
five, I don't think he'll get a

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lot of minutes to five probaby to
play him, more so at the three

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around just now. But he I
think you could certainly find good fits for

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him, is my point, much
better fits than san Antonio. There will

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be an offensive trade off in some
situations with teams where maybe they just don't

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have the juice to do that.
Charlotte would have been great. Run him

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is the small ball five because it
seems like you do still want to downsize.

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You only really added Mason Plumley and
then Kai Jones unless you really plan

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on letting Vern carry Junior Loose and
Kai Jones, which I don't imagine that

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they do. It does feel like
PJ. Washington is going to see a

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bunch of minutes at the five once
more. I think you could certainly get

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away with that with the way Charlotte
plays. But if you look at team

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at like Boston, where I think
that Thaddy is young would have been a

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really good fit, do they have
enough spacing around him? Just there isn't

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a lot of raw shooting on that
roster, So there's certainly a complexity to

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his offensive fit. Even though he
gives you some of that playmaking. Is

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someone can put the ball the foor. Just you look at the way that

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defenses will guard him in the playoffs, that will create problem for a lot

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of different teams. Let's go to
this question from Karagan, how are opposing

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teams going to score at the rim
with forty eight minutes off ey the Rudy

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Gobert Hassan Whiteside on the court in
Utah. I guess the question would be

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as usual when Rudy Gobert is on
the court for you know, thirty plus

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minutes a game. I don't know
the Jazz were fourth in opponent frequency let

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up at the rim last year,
only Boston, Milwaukee, and Washington were

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in front of them and their minutes
with Rudy Gobert, which is predictably ridiculous.

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Opponents got to the court eight percent
less, got the rim eight percent

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less frequently with Rudy Gobert on the
floor. That's just a monstrous differential.

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Hassid Whiteside has typically been pretty good
when you look at his on off splits

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with opponents getting to the rim when
he is in the game. That being

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said, my two the two layers
to this question are one. I don't

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think that Hassan white Side is going
this isn't. I don't think I know

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that it's on. Whiteside isn't going
to cover as much bround as Rudy Gobert

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does. When you look at all
he's responsible for within the Jazz defensive model,

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I think he's a better backup five
option for them than Derek Favors simply

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because of their contracts. And there's
just no use when you have Rudy Gobert

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investing serious money in a backup five
and just because it gives you some of

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the same offensive elements to someone who
you could lob it to or also he

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could just roll the basket. Does
not have the same level of passing.

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Rudy Gobert is a much better screen
or two, but just similar archetype of

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player. There's a lot there's a
huge difference to them on defense though.

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He's easier to get around. And
I think that quickcare twitcher ball handlers,

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especially if Utah funnels them into the
paint, they're going to have a higher

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success rate going after us on Whiteside, And so he might need some more

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athletic wings in front of him,
which Utah still does not have. They

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have Royce O'Neill, and that's you
know, Joe Engle is a solid that's

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great. It's just there's not a
lot of speed on the perimeter there.

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So I do think that the defense
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I'm not saying it definitely will.
And again I think he he's a

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relative to the contract and what if
some Whiteside's gonna do And just it feels

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like Derik Favors is you know,
since the second half of twenty nineteen,

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twenty twenty in New Orleans, it
felt like he's kind of been on a

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gradual deterioration, he could be an
upgrade. But I just I'll still be

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wondering how often opposing second units,
or if there are starters, they're able

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to go up against us on whiteside, on the jazz, they might have

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more success at getting in the rim. I'm also hoping this is the second

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part of this, that Utah does
experiment more with small ball lineups when Gobet

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is not on the court. I
don't Again, I don't think Gobert is

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a liability in the playoffs. I've
been very emphatic about that on this podcast.

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This is more of a what he's
responsible for gets tougher in certain matchups

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like that against the Los Angeles Clippers
when he just doesn't have as much help

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as he needs on the perimeter and
they are going to run out those really

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smaller forms, whether it's a Yo, Marcus Morris or Nicholas Patum at the

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five type of arrangement, and those
matchups are so few and far between,

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really where there's an actual problem for
Rudy Gobert that you don't need to make

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small ball a staple, but you
are going to have on the average night

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between you know, thirteen to twenty
minutes where you can't experiment with that.

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And I would like to see Rudy
Gay at the five, maybe even Eric

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Pashcal at the five, just to
see what it looks like. Or if

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you want to even give as a
bookie a shot this season, that's fine

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too. I just think there needs
to be I want to see more of

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a pocket size from court from Utah, just in smaller stretches, to see

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if they can go to it if
they need it. And that's just it's

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not a knock against Rudy Gobert.
It's just matchup proofing yourself or doing a

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better job of matchup proving yourself,
I would argue. So yes, I

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think the Jazz will still be in
one of the five or seven best teams

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in the league at disswaiting shots at
the rim. They have Rudy Gobert.

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He exists, and it's not just
him, you know, it's not just

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him blocking shots, contesting shots.
It's he's the concept of Rudy Gobert.

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Is it deterns is what I'm getting
at him. Just being on the floor

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is going to convince opponents not to
necessarily be as aggressive in the lane.

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They'll pull up for shorter floaters,
or maybe teams will relive more on jump

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shots this question. This next question
comes from virtual fan in Jurassic Park.

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What position has Ogna? No,
We've been most effective at locking down last

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season. He's known for being the
most versatile defender that can guard one to

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five, But I want to know
what position he locks down the best.

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Feel free to add any notable players
at that position that OG shut down.

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I won't add any significant like notable
players here. I also will push back

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that about OG and it will be
the most versatile defender in the league.

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I think that probably still goes to
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to guard five's more than him.
So, yeah, there's an argument there.

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Maybe I'll push back lightly on that
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debate. So if you look at
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metric, OG and I No,
we guarded every position at least seventeen percent

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of the time, which is just
absolutely mind blowing. There wasn't nice balance

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to his reps against the one,
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They were between seventeen and nineteen percent
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share for his defensive matchup was power
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and I actually do think that's the
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that's what's going to I think forced
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does, because when you're guarding the
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But nowadays there's also guys that can
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But there are certain matchups two where
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you can this isn't necessarily what you
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you can use him to do a
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to party, crash lanes away from
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provides that mix that's going to bring
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he's fine going up against wings and
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He can do it, but you
you want to sort of give him

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a spell to where maybe he has
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his quickness, because you don't want
to necessarily exhaust him. And it's very

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rarely that the four spot is going
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or the primary bull and or they
make the mistake. O Giana Nobi is

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great in that role. He's great
in almost any defensive role, but he's

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going to shut you down, like
if that if it's just not the number

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one option, or if it's just
not the guy who's tasks with putting the

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ball on the floor as often,
or maybe someone who's going to benefit from

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just a lot of screen action,
where I think you could run into that

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at the five spot, where not
only are some players gonna be bigger and

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stronger than him, but if he
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movement like that explosion is just hard
to stop in general, even if you're

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Rudy Gobert going toe to toe with
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think the four spot, and that
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constitutes a four, Like is it
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and I think fours are a lot
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he's going to be to me,
even though he's just such a great on

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ball guy, there are things that
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rather than having to be the point
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maybe he's better to distinguish between this
if you're asking me so, I want

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to see him as sort of a
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a lot of guys do receive receive
credit for, or a chaser or

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maybe an anchor big, and he
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that he defends, just that's clearly
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I think it's going to be the
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more responsibilities and less of going up
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he can do anything, and it
remains ludicrous that he did not make all

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defense this past year. I will
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from Jeffrey rs as, are there
any free agents still available that can make

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a significant difference for a playoff team? Look, Frankie Lakina, that's the

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answer here. There's a three D
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sitting there right to be signed and
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I don't think a ton of people
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do believe that that Frankielkina belongs on
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could really help a team out some
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a lot of this is going to
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James Ennis will be the top one
for me. This is just someone

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last year who yeah, he's been
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theory. He shot under thirty four
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and twenty, but last season he
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triples on the Orlando Magic. You
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just not yeah, you probably got
quality looks, but it's not like he

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was getting a boon from all this
great creation around him or this pristine spacing,

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and he would guarded capably four positions, four positions. Just get that

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guy on your roster. I think
he can really help out teams that need

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wing depth, especially plug and play
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saddled with a little bit more.
Hey, attack this open space in Orlando.

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I don't necessarily know that you want
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him doing that a little bit more
often than a Reggie Bullock. Let's say

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he has a learner's permit for putting
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But I remained somewhat shocked that he's
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guy that can help a team.
Avery Bradley, that's another name that springs

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to mind. Still kind of a
three indeed guy. I think people have

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sort of, you know, walked
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He's just he's a better individual defender, and that can be lost in the

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shuffle when you look at some of
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he his efficiency plummeted when he was
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that was only ten appearances with the
Rockets last year. So I do think

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that if you put him on the
court on a good team that's not going

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to ask him to really do anything
with the ball, give him some some

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good spacing or give him plenty of
space to fire office shots, that he's

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still going to help you on defense
problems. He's he's six two, and

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so he's dealing with mostly guards.
You can get the one and two out

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of him, but you're not gonna
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I still think he's clearly someone who
went healthy can help a team. I'm

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a big Garrison Matthews guy. That's
someone who gives you some motion shooting.

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And I do think he has some
confidence off the dribble, and he showed

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not so much last year but in
his first season, like he will go

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through contact and maybe get some of
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I'm not saying that needs to be
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if you can just get someone who's
taking these ultra deep threes and the level

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of difficulty on them is higher than
easy or easy to medium, he helps

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your offense immediately. And I think
that he competes on defense. He's not,

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like does great defender, but he
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five, and you can get him
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So I think he certainly belongs on
a roster, maybe a West Matthews sort

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of in the same vein as a
Garrison Matthews to be, to be honest

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with you, definitely a more established
under a more established player overall, I'm

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a little bit surprised that he hasn't
found a home yet. He's last year

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in Los Angeles. It was not
a good season for him. He is

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age thirty four and that certainly has
to factor into it. Has an achilles

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injury in his rearview. Another guy
that can help a team though, JJ

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Reddick, if he's healthy. Look, this is someone who you know.

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He gives you Yes, there's the
motion shooting there, and the shooting tends

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to age well, but like he
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You know, pick and roll initiation
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arsenal, but he's ranked in the
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out of the pick and roll three
each of the past four seasons. So

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just even in spot up duty,
he can certainly give you something. Some

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other names to consider is you do
have DeMarcus Cousins out there. He gave

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the Clippers just some some yeah,
I'll say, really nice short spurts during

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the postseason. So if you want
to see whether there's anything there left left

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to plum, I think you could
also go with who. I'm actually surprised

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that he didn't find a home or
hasn't found a home sooner, and he's

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just signed a training camp deal with
the Clippers. But like this is someone

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who needs to stick. I would
say Isaiah Hartenstein is someone that it can

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also really help. A squad of
Aaron Banes is still floating around out there,

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as is Lengths in Galloway. So
those are all names I think they

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could significantly help contention. If I
how to narrow it down to just a

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couple, I'm probably gonna go with
I think James Ennis is my top guy

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right now. After that, I
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a JJ Reddick or a Garrison Matthews. Excuse me over Wesley Matthews. I

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think you can make a case or
Avery Bradleyber. But certainly James Ennis is

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is right there at the top.
And if the right team comes along and

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signs Frankie Lakina, he can he
can be there too. I just I

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want to get that off my chest. This next question comes from cs as

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which player under twenty five other than
Luca Zion and Lamello has the highest superstar

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up side. There are a lot
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sort it by players who were in
their age twenty three season or earlier last

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year, so they're gonna be under
age twenty five this upcoming season. You

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get into some just like, you
know, it feels like these players should

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have been thrown in under the umbrella
that CS gave us of the exclusions where

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it's you know, Bamanta Bio's on
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Trey Young is on that list,
Shake jojis, Alexander's on that list

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or me and so I don't really
know where the Jim Wall Murray is here

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too. I don't really know where
the delineation is. But if you were

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to exclude, like I think you
have to look Trey Young, Jason Tatum,

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Don Chich, Zion Williamson, and
you want to throw a Melo Ball

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in there as well, if you
want to loop those in the same tier

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where it's these MVP type prospects and
so even a John Morant just they've established

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that they are MVP level already or
not not already, but a LaMelo Ball

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after his rookie season, you would
argue that he's this transcend prospect. So

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I'm disqualifying all those guys. I
think you can still include a brandon Ingram

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there, Michael Porter there. I
don't think those guys are quite there.

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Daron Fox, he goes down's enderfall
just outside Jamal Murray as well, and

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he would ultimately be my pick.
You could. Some people mentioned Anthy Edwards

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here. I'm sure some people mentioned
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I'll listen to those. I think
it's Shay gilgis Alexander though for me,

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I'm not going to regurgitate the same
stat we do for him, but

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just the way that he excelled and
improved oculist Andy's offense when he was on

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the court as their end all be
all last year, their offense was bad.

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Let me make that clear. With
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unwatchable when he was off the court. So he was making this huge difference,

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and it was his first year without
a safety net. He was responsible

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for creating so many of his own
shots. Nearly ninety percent of his baskets

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went unassisted. He's entering his age
twenty three season. You have to watch

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the plant or fascia and dur Thos
can be be fickle to come back from

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and I think that he should probably
be more commonly mentioned in the same vain,

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same breath as Luca Danchi, Zion
Williamson, Jason Tatum, Trey Young

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Womelo. I would even argue that
Darren Fox gets mentioned ahead of him a

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lot, and I'm not sure that
he should. I think Shakes Axander right

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now is better than arn Fox,
even though the SGA's defense it's there,

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and the versatility is palpable, but
it could be a lot better when you're

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just looking at what he does on
the ball. He's certainly above brandon Ingramd

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For me, I think Michael Porter
Junior gets mentioned above him. Bam had

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a bio which is Shijojes Axander.
Long term is sort of an interesting debate

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to watch just completely two different players, But I think Bam has just been

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billed as this. He's a defensive
anchor, this passing big man who could

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really run fast breaks. He doesn't
shoot threes, but because of his level

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of self creation on the offensive end
and just all he can do with the

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ball and the different mechanisms by which
he can score, that he's viewed as

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a better player than Shakes Head or
just a you know, a more likely

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superstar Mega star long term, I
might put Sga ahead of him, maybe

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not right now. That's you know, going through player rankings that I believe

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I'll eventually have to do for Bleacher
Report before the season starts. That will

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be just one of the interesting flashpoint
moments. Two players to go between.

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And look, there are a lot
of names to choose from here, but

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I think it's Shay Gilga Alexander for
me. I've been so high on him

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for a while and I'm anxious to
see what he can do on a team

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that won lets him play in the
entire season, but when there's a little

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bit more better talent around him,
to see how much he can actually elevate

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his teammates. And that just made
me think. This is going back to

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the first question bonus answer here,
I had Darius Baseley marked down as a

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player that might not quite fit right
now. And so if you're still listening

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to this, James Shiputo to this
point, I would also throw Darius Basley

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man where I wonder what he would
look like on a team with more spacing

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and just you know, Shay Gilds
Alexander actually being healthy. But maybe two

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guys who can help who can help
pilot your offense rather than just having one,

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so he's able to just focus on
bringing this mixed bag of tricks that

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he does on offense altogether. But
the pressure is off of is sort of

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off him to self create. Feels
like someone that could really help out make

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a dent on a good team where
he's asked to do less. I guess

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would be the best way to go
about that. There's next session quant this

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next question comes. I'm trying to
talk too fast here, and I talk

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fast enough already, But this next
question comes from GP three. Would Colin

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Sexton, Kevin Love and Unprotected First
be enough to land Ben Simmons. I'm

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going to say no. I'm Colin
Sexton's about to get paid, and it

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doesn't even seem like Cleveland necessarily wants
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probably underrated, just when you look
at like I think sometimes we can underrate

403
00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:47,759
twenty four plus points per game,
four plus assist per game on roughly league

404
00:25:47,759 --> 00:25:51,839
average efficiency, where he's shooting a
ridiculous percentage from three point range. Like,

405
00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,880
I just think that we can underrate
that when the guy's so young.

406
00:25:55,039 --> 00:25:57,359
We don't need to overcomplicate this.
I know I'm a big fan of going

407
00:25:57,400 --> 00:26:00,279
in deep. I understand how all
the analytics love him. I know his

408
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,000
often drible shooting isn't necessarily there,
but we still need to see what he's

409
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,359
going to be on defense. Colin
Sexton is good still, He's about to

410
00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:10,039
get a new contract. I think
he's probably a great fit in Philly,

411
00:26:10,079 --> 00:26:12,119
but he doesn't really give you that
point of attack score necessarily, at least

412
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,839
not the finished product one. And
now you're also including another deal in Kevin

413
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:21,079
Love two years, sixties million left. It's a net negative at this point,

414
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,119
and he could fit next to Joel
and Bed in theory. However,

415
00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,599
if you're going from Ben Simmons to
Kevin Love and Colin Sexton, your defense

416
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:30,880
is going to suffer a bunch.
He's already going to suffer a bunch when

417
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,359
you're losing Ben Simmons. Basically,
no matter who you trade him for,

418
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,319
that's probably going far. I mean, you can see what their actual return

419
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,039
is now. The unprotected pick might
be interesting because if you said Ben Simmons

420
00:26:40,039 --> 00:26:42,960
to Cleveland, are they going to
be good right away? With Darius Garland,

421
00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,799
Jared Allen, Evan Mobley who That
might be another answer to a player

422
00:26:47,799 --> 00:26:49,240
that could look like he's out of
place might be Evan Mobley with the way

423
00:26:49,279 --> 00:26:53,759
that the Tabs have built their roster, having paid Jared Allen and then acquired

424
00:26:53,799 --> 00:27:00,559
that remarkt but I digress there.
So maybe it's attractive because you don't think

425
00:27:00,559 --> 00:27:03,559
clevelandill be good right away in twenty
twenty two. They're probably not going to

426
00:27:03,599 --> 00:27:07,319
be one of the three or four
worst teams in the league at that point.

427
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,799
And if you're Philly, maybe you
have reached the juncture of we will

428
00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:15,160
accept a package where picks, unprotected
picks are the highlight, because we'll either

429
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:21,359
draft and develop someone on Joel and
Meat's timeline unlikely, or more likely,

430
00:27:22,039 --> 00:27:26,960
put those picks together and then go
out and trade for that next star,

431
00:27:26,079 --> 00:27:30,319
where instead of you swapping Ben Simmons
for Bradley Beale or Damian Millard when those

432
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,279
two actually become available, you have
the picks to lean on because maybe watching

433
00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:37,839
im Portland don't want to, you
know, start their reboot around Ben Simmons,

434
00:27:37,839 --> 00:27:41,400
which is a fair reasonable stance to
take. This is not a package

435
00:27:41,720 --> 00:27:45,720
that gets you there, though,
It's just and I know everyone's so low

436
00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:51,000
on Ben Simmons. I've seen Portland
fans that don't think that they want to

437
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,680
include anything in addition to set mccollumn
to get Ben Simmons. I scholunchly disagree

438
00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:56,960
with that stance, by the way, just because of what Ben Simmons does

439
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:00,799
for you on offense, we need
to view are a little bit further back

440
00:28:00,839 --> 00:28:06,079
towards reality. With Ben Simmons.
There a real harmful limitations to him on

441
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:10,240
offense, and his passing could be
overrated in certain situations, and he's not.

442
00:28:10,319 --> 00:28:11,640
You know, you can't just put
him on the type of team you

443
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,079
could with the honest who, by
the way, was on a team that

444
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:18,920
really sucked at shooting for much of
the playoffs. But I think you could

445
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:23,240
envision situation where Ben Simmons is surrounded
by all shooters and then just one legitimate

446
00:28:23,279 --> 00:28:27,440
point of attack scorer that he looks
like an all NBA player again, not

447
00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:30,319
just all defense, but all NBA
player. And so the fact that you

448
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:36,119
have that path in the Ben Simmons
you have to give up real stuff to

449
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,279
get this guy. I don't think
that's enough. This Cleveland package of Kevin

450
00:28:38,319 --> 00:28:41,039
Love Collins, sexon or nun pretended
first, I don't think it's nearly enough,

451
00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:45,400
just because if you're a Philadelphia you're
giving up not only the best player

452
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,480
in this deal, but you're also
taking back like one of what looks like

453
00:28:48,599 --> 00:28:52,240
right now and close to deadweight contract
for Kevin Love and who's a less than

454
00:28:52,279 --> 00:28:55,720
ideal fit next stage well and mean
because you don't want to play two bigs

455
00:28:56,039 --> 00:28:57,519
at the same time. Kevin Love
is not going to give you any defense

456
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,640
at the four. And yeah,
you'll have Joe Will being on the back

457
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,079
line, but there's already gonna be
a ton of pressure on him when Ben

458
00:29:03,119 --> 00:29:07,920
Simmons isn't there. What else could
you include if you're Cleveland? And this

459
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,960
is gonna step on the toes of
another question, so let's actually skip ahead

460
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:15,400
of it marked down somewhere else.
But this comes from Cody Cronin asked how

461
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,720
likely is it for the Cows to
land Simmons in your opinion? And Cody

462
00:29:18,759 --> 00:29:22,640
as a second question, I'll move
ahead to that after this. I don't

463
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,440
think it's very likely. I just
it's so hard when you're looking at having

464
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:30,319
to match the salary, because once
you get beyond Kevin Love, like the

465
00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:37,640
expensive players that you're going to trade
just almost don't really exist, and maybe

466
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,519
I shouldn't even go that far,
but you enter the dilemma of, Okay,

467
00:29:41,519 --> 00:29:45,920
what does Philly need with Rookie Rubio, who's one of the more expensive

468
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,920
players on your team, Jared Even
if you're wanting to when Jared Allen can

469
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:53,359
be traded, why would Philly want
him. It's the same with Larry marketing

470
00:29:53,400 --> 00:30:00,160
like that doesn't really help your trade
package for mid season for Ben Simmons at

471
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,559
all. And as of right now, you're the most expensive salary that you're

472
00:30:03,559 --> 00:30:07,559
eligible to trade would be a Ricky
Rubio at seventeen point eight, and then

473
00:30:07,599 --> 00:30:11,880
after him, it's aside from Kevin
Loves You with Kevin Love Ricky Rubio,

474
00:30:12,079 --> 00:30:15,000
and then after them, Jenny Osman
is the most expensive player that you're eligible

475
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,359
to trade right now. So that
just and he makes eight point one million

476
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:25,039
dollars and is not very good,
so that makes it tough. I think

477
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:30,720
it would have to be a scenario
where you're giving up probably two of Sexton,

478
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,720
Okoro and Garland plus a ton of
picks, and then Philly is probably

479
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:40,799
taking back a salary it does not
want. I would still argue that instead

480
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:45,240
of taking back Kevin Love, if
I'm Philly. I'm waiting to mid season

481
00:30:45,319 --> 00:30:48,480
to see the deal maybe fleshed out. Like Ken, I would probably prefer

482
00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:55,839
Larry marketing on his contract to eating
what's left on Kevin Loves or just take

483
00:30:55,960 --> 00:31:00,200
Ricky Rubio and now you have that
expiring contract to use that seventeen point eight

484
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,039
million dollars to use as a chip
in future trades, plus two of Garland,

485
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:10,119
A Korro and Sexton and then picks
plural and I think it would have

486
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:15,680
to be at least two unprotected first
rounders, because again, Ben Simmons is

487
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:19,960
really good, and you're not sending
anyone tangibly unless it's Garland and Sexton,

488
00:31:21,119 --> 00:31:25,319
like maybe the swing piece swing stardom
there still exists, but you're not sending

489
00:31:25,359 --> 00:31:30,279
Philly the next great young player tangibly
like that. It's not that type of

490
00:31:30,319 --> 00:31:34,000
guy isn't in the deal. So
I don't think Philly is going to be

491
00:31:34,039 --> 00:31:37,799
able to get what we saw James
Harden get for Houston, obviously, even

492
00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:41,039
though that's what the Sixers are looking
for. And I would argue if they

493
00:31:41,039 --> 00:31:42,680
can't find a deal, they shouldn't
settle, they should wait. I don't

494
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:47,359
care about the awkwardness. I'm settling
is going to harm your window with Joel

495
00:31:47,359 --> 00:31:49,599
Embiid then trying to navigate it for
a little bit without Ben Simmons will in

496
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:53,920
my humble opinion, So yeah,
if you're Cleveland, I think that's the

497
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:57,200
pathway to it. And what really
does hurt your trade package? Or and

498
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:00,680
maybe like that, but like two
of your most valuable in theory, let's

499
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:06,319
just orda mid season, everyone's else
will be traded. The Philly like doesn't

500
00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:08,000
have a need for Jared Allen or
even an Evan Mobile who you could trade

501
00:32:08,119 --> 00:32:12,839
right now. So those are just
players that you write off right away.

502
00:32:12,839 --> 00:32:16,000
And even if Kevin Love like that
really hurts you that your best salary filler

503
00:32:16,039 --> 00:32:20,640
in that deal just has really no
value to Philly unless he comes on for

504
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:23,559
a half season and this is a
trade being made midstream and he's played fantastic

505
00:32:23,559 --> 00:32:28,400
basketball, maybe then Philly can reconsider
its stance. And you're looking at Kevin

506
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,400
Love Sexton and I still think you
would need Garland in that And I don't

507
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:35,480
even know if Philly would accept that
just because you have Tyres Maxie already,

508
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,559
you have Shake Milton. I'm not
saying that either one of those guys is

509
00:32:37,599 --> 00:32:42,559
better than Sexton or Garland long term, Maxie might have a shot, to

510
00:32:42,599 --> 00:32:45,759
be honest, but do you I
think it. You definitely can take one

511
00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:50,200
of Garland or Sexton in that deal, for sure, but it kind of

512
00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:52,400
is like, well then why would
you take too now sudden you just have

513
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,680
those four guys on the roster makes
it a little difficult. Then your backcourt

514
00:32:54,759 --> 00:33:00,400
rotation is sort of still small,
and so now it becomes you almost have

515
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:04,200
to include a Cooro and that it's
one of Sexton or Garland, and Sexton

516
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:06,839
makes more sense for Filly right now, but Garland might make more sense long

517
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,839
term because he's more of a point
of attack creator. It's really complicated,

518
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:15,200
but that's the baseline for me is
I think you have to find a sal

519
00:33:15,359 --> 00:33:17,160
You have to find salary filler that's
not Kevin Loves so it's either Ricky Rubio

520
00:33:17,319 --> 00:33:21,200
or maybe you're moving liar market in
midseason. That's part of it. And

521
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,400
then two of Garland, oh,
Coro, Sexton, and I would say

522
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,559
at least two unprotected first rounders.
And if you're Cleveland at that point,

523
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,680
I just don't know if it's worth
it because of the timeline that they're on.

524
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:35,559
Cony Cronin's next question was, other
than CB three, what NBA players

525
00:33:35,559 --> 00:33:42,359
are statistically keeping the mid range alive? I don't This question is weird to

526
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,480
me because I don't think the mid
range is dead. But when you look

527
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:46,720
at guys who sort of lean on
it as an actual crutch to their game

528
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:53,359
and our self creating it a bunch
and should be taking these shots, the

529
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:58,160
names that come to mind are Derosian
is still there, forty seven point one

530
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:02,440
percent from mid range last year on
top ten volume per game. He already

531
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:07,559
mentions, Chris Paul, Bradley Beale
is there. He shot forty seven point

532
00:34:07,559 --> 00:34:09,280
four percent for mid range on five
point six attempts per game, that was

533
00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:13,719
the fourth most in the league.
Joel Embiid was sneakily there this season.

534
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:16,079
A lot of his mid range jumpers
were unassisted. I don't know that he's

535
00:34:16,079 --> 00:34:20,199
someone's really keeping it alive, though. So Bradley Biel, Damart Rosen,

536
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,519
Devin Booker is right there, five
point two attempts per game, top ten

537
00:34:23,599 --> 00:34:29,119
volume, forty eight point six percent
on those mid range jays, and you

538
00:34:29,159 --> 00:34:31,880
know the vooch is high in volume
there, So is Anthony Davis who should

539
00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,320
not be taking mid range jumpers.
That's my stance. Get behind the three

540
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:37,800
point line. You're just you're not
hitting your mid range jays at a high

541
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,719
enough clip outside of the bubble to
justify taking them. La Marcus Alters will

542
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:44,400
do it too, but those for
some of those guys, they'll be picking

543
00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,840
pop situations. They're saying with Joel
Embiid, but looking at guys who are

544
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,559
taking them off the dribble. Julius
Randall did that a lot last season.

545
00:34:50,599 --> 00:34:53,599
I still wouldn't throw him there.
Maybe a brandon ingram. His five point

546
00:34:53,639 --> 00:34:57,760
eight attempts for mid range per game
last year were the second most in the

547
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,679
league, behind only Russell Westbrook,
who knows be taking mid range jumpers.

548
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:05,800
So I think the guys were actually
keeping it alive. Let's let's narrow it

549
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,280
down to five I'm gonna go with
in addition to Chris Paul Demarta, Rosen,

550
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:15,679
Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, that's
just he keeps any shot alive.

551
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:20,039
Chris Middleton and Devin Booker, those
are the guys I'm gonna go with.

552
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:25,840
Devin Booker, k D, Chris
Middleton, demarda Rosen, and I'll say

553
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:30,119
Bradley Beal there. Those are the
players that are keeping the mid range alive,

554
00:35:30,199 --> 00:35:34,199
so they're you know, they all
shot at least forty five percent from

555
00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:37,079
mid range last year. Chris Middleton, you could bounce from that list because

556
00:35:37,079 --> 00:35:38,840
he took the shot, really didn't
take it out of his diet. Almost

557
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:42,440
five attempts per game that was top
twelve volume, and he shot at a

558
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:45,360
forty five and one percent clip.
It's not as heavy a part of his

559
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,639
diet. He was taking a ton
of long TuS, but that in between

560
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:51,719
game is still really lethal for him. And I would still put him in

561
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,360
that same class as I mean,
Kevin Durant and Chris Paul are and you

562
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,800
know, a class all their own. But I would still put him alongside

563
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,280
Devin Booker, Demartarro is in Bradley
beld the guy that you're actually okay with

564
00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:07,519
maybe would even encourage getting to that
spot. This next question here comes from

565
00:36:08,639 --> 00:36:15,280
we did GP three's the exception asked
what's Jason what's Jason Tatum's chances of getting

566
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:20,199
MVP this year? And so these
questions are tough because I think I view

567
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:24,679
MVP a lot differently than I do
think it gets to a point where there's

568
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:29,639
a no brighter pick like Nicola Yokich
was this year. I don't wait team

569
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,199
record as much as others do,
so I'm viewing this through the prism of

570
00:36:34,119 --> 00:36:36,679
what would Jason Tatum have to do
to actually win it. So I'm kind

571
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:38,519
of trying to throw at least my
own biases out the window, and so

572
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:43,280
there are a few things that need
to happen here. Statistically, I don't

573
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,280
know that anything needs to change for
him. He averaged twenty six point four

574
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:49,559
points per game last year, four
point three assists, seven point four rebounds,

575
00:36:49,639 --> 00:36:52,559
one point four steel shot thirty eight
point six percent from three fifty point

576
00:36:52,559 --> 00:36:57,960
two percent on two's eighty six point
eight percent at the foul line. Fairly

577
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:01,519
good volume there, career high three
throw attempts per game at five point three

578
00:37:01,599 --> 00:37:05,840
to go along with his career high
minutes. His three throw rate for thirty

579
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:08,239
six minutes was also a career high, though, so to that for what

580
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:12,239
you will like, the numbers are
there. If maybe he needs to get

581
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:14,880
into that five assists range, and
I would argue that might even be a

582
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,679
necessity this year, just based off
you know, you have Dennis Shrewdery,

583
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:20,639
if Marcus Smart, and there is
Alhof. But you did lose two of

584
00:37:20,639 --> 00:37:23,800
your most important creators over the off
season in Evan Fournier and kept a healthy

585
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:29,039
Kema Walker, which is very much
a theory at this point. So the

586
00:37:29,119 --> 00:37:31,440
numbers are fine, and there are
different tweaks to his game as fantastic off

587
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:35,440
ball defender. I think he's a
really good defender overall. Some people think

588
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,480
he's overrated there, I personally do
not. You want him to get to

589
00:37:38,519 --> 00:37:42,239
the rib more, to kind of
put more pressure on the basket. It

590
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,159
does feel like his game sort of
stalls out on jumpers a little too much.

591
00:37:45,159 --> 00:37:50,679
We saw his frequency inside three feet
last season drop from twenty four point

592
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,079
eight percent in his third year of
a shots came inside three feet to nineteen

593
00:37:53,159 --> 00:37:58,880
point seven last season, and so
I've always thought the kobification of a shot

594
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:02,119
profile has always been so overrated,
and specifically towards the end of two n

595
00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:06,800
twenty, you did see that he
put a ton of pressure on the basket,

596
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,559
and we've seen that he can put
a ton of pressure on the basket,

597
00:38:08,599 --> 00:38:13,159
and even just having things like he
took a career high twenty point six

598
00:38:13,199 --> 00:38:16,400
percent of his shots from three to
ten feet last year. That twenty point

599
00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:20,159
six percent of his shots came between
three and ten feet last year, and

600
00:38:20,159 --> 00:38:22,320
that was a career high. You
probably want more of those looks to come

601
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,760
from actual point plate blank range.
Can he change just take off points or

602
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:30,639
just be more aggressive finishing through traffic. He can make the tweaks through his

603
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:34,679
game, but I think he's already
at that MVP level. I guess if

604
00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:38,239
you are going flat out against let's
get to this, the Celtics need to

605
00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:42,559
be top three in the Eastern Conference, probably a top five to seven team

606
00:38:42,599 --> 00:38:45,840
overall in the league for him to
just go into that consideration. It just

607
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:49,079
needs to happen at this point.
I don't necessarily agree with that stance.

608
00:38:49,159 --> 00:38:52,280
I do think for the most part, it's a matter of fact, a

609
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,599
matter of a matter of life.
Within the MVP race. You might eventually

610
00:38:55,639 --> 00:38:59,800
see again where you have the Russell
Westbrook type season where he's just completely on

611
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,199
a zone. The team just lost
one of the best players of all time,

612
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:07,199
and he's doing anything and everything to
keep them afloat, and they're winning

613
00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:13,920
at a forty five win plus win
pace, so they sneak into that MVP

614
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,159
award, and a conference could be
so deep that a really good team is

615
00:39:16,199 --> 00:39:20,719
technically is a six seed, that
it could happen again. I just don't

616
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,440
think it's going to next season,
and voters are going to gravitward the best

617
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,679
players on the best team. So
the Celtics need to be really good.

618
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,960
What would help Jason Tatum there is
that if they're top three in the East,

619
00:39:30,039 --> 00:39:36,760
I think they've probably exceeded expectations relative
to the national discourse right now where

620
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:39,559
people are expecting from them overall.
And so if you're outperforming teams like the

621
00:39:39,599 --> 00:39:45,079
Heat, the Knicks, the Hawks, even I doubt they outperformed the Bucks,

622
00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:47,440
eam Nets, I would be flabbergasted
if that happened. Catastrophe has struck

623
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:52,119
in one of those two situations.
If that's what's happening. So top three

624
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,400
in the East. Now, let's
say that they are, and that Jason

625
00:39:55,480 --> 00:40:00,480
Tatum's numbers are relatively the same.
Maybe he's at like twenty seven points,

626
00:40:00,519 --> 00:40:04,000
eight rebounds, five assists, YadA, YadA, YadA, similar efficiency hitting

627
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,159
all off the triple jumpers. If
they're going flat out against a team in

628
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,719
Dallas, maybe they're top three in
the West, and Luca Nanchich is averaging

629
00:40:12,719 --> 00:40:15,159
a triple double or thirty points in
temple assists per game, or Lebron is

630
00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:19,920
doing the same thing for the Lakers. It does get difficult to beat those

631
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:22,719
guys out because of how responsible they
are for their team's offense. And I

632
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:27,280
think that's a big part of this
where even if subconsciously, a lot of

633
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:34,079
people are will be drawn towards the
players who are the offensive lifelines, not

634
00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:40,719
just the top scorers, but also
responsible for a lion share of the offensive

635
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:45,360
creation for others like Nicole Yokich with
Denver, or Lebron in Los Angeles,

636
00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:52,480
Luca in Dallas. So and I
don't know that Jason tam Then stands out

637
00:40:52,559 --> 00:40:58,239
enough on defense like a Janis would
for him to overcome that gap in roles.

638
00:40:58,280 --> 00:41:04,239
And it's not even a gap,
it's there's just it's it's it's it's

639
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:07,559
like a form. His role takes
a different form than that of Lebron.

640
00:41:07,599 --> 00:41:09,960
The Celtics never asked him to be
there Lebron. I doubt they'll do that

641
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,760
this season because they do have other
guys who can handle the ball, and

642
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:19,599
that's also never been his style.
But if he makes the playmaking another playmaking

643
00:41:19,679 --> 00:41:22,360
leap, and let's there was a
playmaking uptick last year. If he makes

644
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,639
the leap, I think that's his
most efficient path in addition to the Celtics

645
00:41:24,679 --> 00:41:30,000
being really good to his winning the
MVP Award next season. Would I bill

646
00:41:30,119 --> 00:41:35,320
him as a top five MVP candidate, I would not top ten, And

647
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,480
I put him in there and at
my own personal ladder, like, yeah,

648
00:41:37,639 --> 00:41:39,719
I think he could easily be in
the top ten. When you're looking

649
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:45,440
at who's most likely to win?
Is he a top ten candidate by the

650
00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,440
most basic criteria, the one that
we've seen when looking at players to win.

651
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,360
I mean you get the five ahead
of him fairly quickly at this point,

652
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:59,000
probably like you're definitely putting Lebron Yo
Kitch, Janie Luca ahead of him.

653
00:41:59,039 --> 00:42:01,079
That's for right. There are probably
someone from the Nets, whether it's

654
00:42:01,119 --> 00:42:07,840
Kevin Durant or James Harden probably a
steph too. So the Celtics success would

655
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:09,639
have to really be up there and
shock people, because I think that would

656
00:42:09,639 --> 00:42:14,039
go a long way towards his case. But there also needs to be that

657
00:42:14,119 --> 00:42:16,519
playmaking leap, and I don't even
know if he's going to be. Yeah,

658
00:42:16,519 --> 00:42:20,519
he might get to five plus assist. If he really wants to enter

659
00:42:20,559 --> 00:42:22,960
that top five discussion, it will
become more of a no brainer candidate.

660
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,400
Can he get to like six or
seven? That might really disarm people there.

661
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:28,519
I don't know that the Celtics are
going to ask him to do that.

662
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,639
I think it's he's probably capable,
but just as Kevin Rants never been

663
00:42:31,639 --> 00:42:37,360
saddled with that much playmaking responsibility,
I do not necessarily know that he will

664
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:43,400
be in Boston either. Next question, Nick Wilson asked, are the Spurs

665
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:46,000
actually going to be as boring as
everyone is making them out to be.

666
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:52,440
That's like a right of summer or
right of off season is to talk about

667
00:42:52,440 --> 00:42:57,719
how boring the Spurs are going to
be. I suppose I don't find them

668
00:42:57,760 --> 00:43:01,280
boring. They do feel like they're
rebuilding without having fully committed to it.

669
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:07,599
And unless you're if you're not interested
in the developments of you know, Josh

670
00:43:07,639 --> 00:43:10,559
Primo is going to be I think
the youngest player in the NBA next season,

671
00:43:10,679 --> 00:43:14,880
and they gave him during the time
that he was healthy in summer league

672
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,280
a lot of on ball license.
If he's going to get that during the

673
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:21,280
regular season, They're gonna be a
shit ton of fun. What's gonna happen

674
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:22,760
with Lonnie Walker? Are they going
to agree to an extension that they don't?

675
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:27,280
Are they going to give him more
responsibility because he kind of had a

676
00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:31,400
down year. De Jontay Murray Derek
White two older guys but still sort of

677
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:35,119
to the point where they could get
better. Is do either of them break

678
00:43:35,119 --> 00:43:40,039
out as this number one option now
that Demarda Rosen and LaMarcus Aldridge are both

679
00:43:40,079 --> 00:43:44,840
gone? What does Kelvin Johnson look
like? Does he has more of a

680
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,320
more layers to have offensive game where
he's like kind of reckless and a bull

681
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:51,079
in a china shop right now?
But is there more finesse to his game?

682
00:43:51,119 --> 00:43:54,079
Can he hit more off off the
dribble jumpers? If Zach Collins is

683
00:43:54,079 --> 00:43:58,159
healthy, if he plays at any
point this season, what does that look

684
00:43:58,199 --> 00:44:01,679
like? When we see more of
Lucasimanis this season, it feels like the

685
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:05,719
Spurs have sort of just been hiding
him for this first two seasons of his

686
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,840
career and now might be the time
where they break him out a little bit.

687
00:44:08,519 --> 00:44:15,679
There are a lot of interesting players
on this team to me, unless

688
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:19,280
you think that they're going to obliterate
expectations and enter the playoff race. Maybe

689
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:22,239
they hold on a Daddy's Young all
year. Doug McDermott has a great follow

690
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,440
up to what he was doing in
Indie last season. Devin Missell might make

691
00:44:24,519 --> 00:44:28,480
a jump. He is one of
my favorite prospects. I think he's going

692
00:44:28,519 --> 00:44:32,000
to be a really good player for
a really good team eventually. I don't

693
00:44:32,039 --> 00:44:36,639
find the Spurs boring. Maybe people, and I don't say this insulting,

694
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,159
because there are you know, I'll
call them assholes who use casual fans like

695
00:44:40,199 --> 00:44:45,559
this derogatory term, and a lot
of them are well respected, like media

696
00:44:45,639 --> 00:44:49,639
members. This is not just This
is not just people who say, oh,

697
00:44:49,679 --> 00:44:52,480
you're a casual on Twitter, like
we need to get away from that.

698
00:44:52,559 --> 00:44:55,639
If people watch basketball casually, I
welcome you. I want people to

699
00:44:55,639 --> 00:45:00,880
watch and enjoy the NBA. However
they want to watch and enjoy the NBA.

700
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,920
Digressing again there, though, is
the casual fan going to be,

701
00:45:05,480 --> 00:45:08,039
you know, have this magnetic pull
to the Spurs? My guests would be

702
00:45:08,079 --> 00:45:13,400
no what I think they could do
and they're not necessarily built to do it.

703
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:16,880
But they're not not built to do
it either. They could just decide

704
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:21,079
to play super fast, like just
unleash these lineups, just get out and

705
00:45:21,079 --> 00:45:23,280
transition even more. That could be
difficult. I mean you don't have the

706
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:27,760
Marty Rozeno is a very methodical player, but you still do have a you

707
00:45:27,840 --> 00:45:30,840
know, Jacca Peardle if he's on
the court, I mean even he's like

708
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:34,880
someone who could run the floor.
And yeah, de Jante Murray and Derek

709
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:37,239
White appoints might want to play a
little bit more methodically or deliberately. But

710
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:42,440
just between Kelton Johnson and even just
even these other guys that Devin Missel,

711
00:45:42,599 --> 00:45:45,280
like I said, with a Yacca
Peurdle, looking at your bigs. Batty

712
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:47,199
is young like your fistots there who
could run the floor, Kelvin Johnson and

713
00:45:47,239 --> 00:45:51,360
they already mentioned him for sure.
Maybe you could just play it like this

714
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:53,880
wildly fast pace that no one was
expecting, and you won't be going but

715
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:59,679
just the sheer number or the sheer
breadth of player development that will be going

716
00:45:59,679 --> 00:46:02,039
on. Whether the Spurs are rebuilding, we're still trying to exist in that

717
00:46:02,119 --> 00:46:07,679
gray area between competing and rebuilding.
I think they could certainly be interesting,

718
00:46:07,679 --> 00:46:10,760
and I hope they're willing to experiment
and also give youth a chance, and

719
00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:14,880
there are none he forced to in
some instances, But I'm talking about expanding

720
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:19,679
the role of Devin Missel actually playing
Josh Primo, and even giving Lucas some

721
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:23,679
monage more of a chance doing things
along those lines that could make them more

722
00:46:23,800 --> 00:46:29,400
interesting than perhaps people are expecting.
And who knows, maybe they are planning

723
00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:35,039
to do that. Last two questions
here are actually yeah, let's go.

724
00:46:36,039 --> 00:46:38,880
Let's go. Two more questions.
Krong four asked, is there an untouchable

725
00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:43,840
Lebron stat? What's his most outrageous
stat? And so I'm guessing this refers

726
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,639
to career achievements rather than just last
season, so all focus on that.

727
00:46:47,039 --> 00:46:52,840
I think what's going to end up
being maybe his most untouchable stat. I

728
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:57,400
feel like he's going to finish his
career the all time leader in minutes played

729
00:46:57,559 --> 00:47:00,679
in the postseason and the regular season. Right now, he is third at

730
00:47:00,719 --> 00:47:06,039
sixty one thou ninety one minutes.
He will finish second that next year,

731
00:47:06,159 --> 00:47:08,400
borrowing any injury, ahead of Carmelone, who's in second place at sixty two

732
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:13,719
thousand, almost eight hundred minutes.
A little under that, Kareem is roughly

733
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:16,400
four thousand minutes away from Lebron,
and so that's like two more years worth.

734
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:19,320
So if he plays for another three
to four years, he's going to

735
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:24,440
shatter that. And it's sort of
looking at how basketball is played now where

736
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:30,639
there's I guess it's load management.
I just feel like teams are more cautious

737
00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:34,519
with their young stars early where they're
not even necessarily missing games. You know,

738
00:47:34,559 --> 00:47:37,840
not every player is subject to this
Kawhi Leonard curve that gets blown a

739
00:47:37,840 --> 00:47:42,039
way out of proportion to me.
But we're not seeing, you know,

740
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,920
the younger guys averaging thirty eight forty
minutes a game because rotations are deeper,

741
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:50,920
and that's how maybe you're managing workloads
rather than having players sit out a bunch

742
00:47:50,920 --> 00:47:54,719
of games. I'm just curious whether
which player is going to end up really

743
00:47:54,760 --> 00:48:00,639
touching that. I mean, Lebron
is third all time in minutes played in

744
00:48:00,679 --> 00:48:05,079
the playoffs in regular season combined.
I'm scrolling down the list right now to

745
00:48:05,159 --> 00:48:10,760
find the next active player on this
list, and it's Carmelo Anthony at thirty

746
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:19,039
two. Who is, you know, a full almost seventeen thousand minutes behind

747
00:48:19,119 --> 00:48:23,400
Lebron combined. I'm just i don't, just as Kareem has had this record

748
00:48:24,079 --> 00:48:29,079
for decades at this point, once
Lebron gets it, I'm just gonna assume

749
00:48:29,079 --> 00:48:30,079
that he gets it. I feel
like it's something that will hold for a

750
00:48:30,079 --> 00:48:34,400
while, something that's a little bit
more interesting. I don't know if it's

751
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:37,440
as untouchable, but this is his
most ridiculous stat to me. This dude

752
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:43,119
just turns out twenty five, five
and five seasons like it's nothing. Lebron

753
00:48:43,559 --> 00:48:47,639
has fifteen seasons in which he's one
qualified for the minutes per game leaderboard Leaderboard

754
00:48:49,119 --> 00:48:52,360
and two average at least twenty five
points, five rebounds of five assist per

755
00:48:52,400 --> 00:48:57,199
game. Fifteen seasons of that.
The next the second. The player to

756
00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:00,559
have the second most of these seasons
is Oscar Robinson eight. Kobe Bryant and

757
00:49:00,599 --> 00:49:06,159
Michael Jordan are tied for third at
seven. James Harden is currently fifth at

758
00:49:06,239 --> 00:49:12,440
six. Larry Bird, Kevin Durant, Tracy McGrady, Jerry west and Russell

759
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:15,519
Westbrook all had Slash have four.
What's interesting here is I think you look

760
00:49:15,559 --> 00:49:19,639
at a Luca Doctors has two of
these seasons already, so I think you

761
00:49:19,679 --> 00:49:22,400
can look at him as a threat
to this so I'm not saying the stat

762
00:49:22,400 --> 00:49:24,880
is untouchable, but with a lot
of these other guys like James Harden didn't

763
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:30,960
start racking up these types of numbers
until later in his career. Kevin Durant's

764
00:49:30,039 --> 00:49:32,480
kind of always on the fringes of
it. I think you can ask yourself,

765
00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:36,599
well he have the assist numbers even
again when you look at the types

766
00:49:36,639 --> 00:49:40,559
of teams that he's playing for.
So this is a really hard benchmark to

767
00:49:40,639 --> 00:49:45,920
reach because here's what's going to happen
is one it's either going to take you

768
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:49,320
a little while to reach the twenty
five and five mark consistently, even in

769
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:52,480
this era of basketball, because maybe
you don't start out as in high of

770
00:49:52,519 --> 00:49:55,679
a usage role for the first one
to four seasons of your career. Not

771
00:49:55,719 --> 00:50:00,519
everyone has just immediately given that type
of offensive agency, or you're going to

772
00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:07,000
age out of it very quickly.
And so Lebron is not like who's playing

773
00:50:07,079 --> 00:50:08,760
until their age thirty five, thirty
six, thirty seven seasons at this type

774
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:13,039
of level. We've just really never
seen it before. This is just on

775
00:50:13,159 --> 00:50:16,159
precedent when you're looking at the durability, the responsibility. So yeah, maybe

776
00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:20,079
Luca Johnsons gets there. But even
you know James Harden, you could say,

777
00:50:20,079 --> 00:50:22,480
well, if he had played like
he is now for longer, he

778
00:50:22,559 --> 00:50:25,360
just didn't have that luxury in Oklahoma
City. That's part of this longevity is

779
00:50:25,400 --> 00:50:30,920
that Lebron has had this role,
been this end all be all since basically

780
00:50:31,039 --> 00:50:36,039
entering the league to where he just
turns out twenty five five and five seasons

781
00:50:36,079 --> 00:50:39,679
like Michael Jordan and Oscar Robinson combined
have the same number of twenty five and

782
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:44,079
five seasons as Lebron James for their
career. I think you can even say

783
00:50:44,159 --> 00:50:49,920
Lebron having this might be an even
crazier way to frame it is that Lebron

784
00:50:50,159 --> 00:50:55,400
has the same number of twenty five, five and five seasons for his career

785
00:50:55,480 --> 00:51:01,119
as James Harden, Kevin Durant,
and so as and Russell Westbrook do combine.

786
00:51:01,159 --> 00:51:04,400
They have fourteen, so he has
one more than them. Let me

787
00:51:04,599 --> 00:51:08,519
start tripping over my words. Lebron
has more combined seasons of averaging twenty five,

788
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:13,239
five and five for his career than
James Harden, Kemn Durrant, and

789
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:17,039
Russell Westbrook do combine right now,
fifteen to fourteen. That's a wild fucking

790
00:51:17,079 --> 00:51:21,880
stat to me, even it's just
raw numbers, and I understand when you're

791
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:25,039
comparing generations, all those players played
in this year of basketball. So I'm

792
00:51:25,039 --> 00:51:30,719
making it that's a what the fucksta
for Lebron that just flies under the radar

793
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:35,840
now because again he spits out twenty
five and five seasons like they're they're absolutely

794
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:39,039
nothing. This is a let's go
with this. Final question from Jay Cobb

795
00:51:39,880 --> 00:51:44,800
asked who's the most efficient guard who
played less than thirty minutes but more than

796
00:51:44,840 --> 00:51:47,760
ten minutes last year. I did
have to research this question because that's a

797
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:54,000
very specific question. So what I
did here is I ended up sorting inficiency

798
00:51:54,039 --> 00:51:58,239
by true shooting percentage, and we'll
get into, you know, whether the

799
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,480
players will on there or not.
I also said they had a at least

800
00:52:00,519 --> 00:52:04,039
half of their team's games last year, So how to make a minimum of

801
00:52:04,079 --> 00:52:08,360
thirty six appearances the leading guard?
And I should actually go with raw guard

802
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:12,280
here as I'm looking at this,
because the first the first player spits out

803
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:15,480
plays some played some forward last year, so this is defining guard by how

804
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:21,159
Basketball Reference defines it. The most
efficient guard to meet this criteria was Damian

805
00:52:21,320 --> 00:52:27,639
Lee of the Golden State Warriors sixty
three six true shooting percentage. Garethan Matthews

806
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:31,079
Garrison Matthews was two sixty three five. Rin Forbes was third sixty three point

807
00:52:31,119 --> 00:52:37,000
one. Edmund Sumner was fourth sixty
two point six, and shout out to

808
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Edmund Sumner who was just recently suffered
major injuries and really suffer for Wayne Allington

809
00:52:42,039 --> 00:52:45,760
was fifth sixty two five true shooting
percentage. Daron Brunson sixty one point eight

810
00:52:45,760 --> 00:52:51,760
true shooting percentage at six block Procton
Madanovich at number seven, sixty one point

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six true shooting percentage, Thomas and
Ranski at eight sixty one four tru shooting

812
00:52:54,159 --> 00:52:59,400
percentage, John Concer at nine sixty
point eight, Luconnard at ten sixty point

813
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:04,119
eight tri shooting sex set Sex Curry, Yes, Sex Curry. Seth Curry

814
00:53:04,199 --> 00:53:07,440
was at eleven for anyone who cares
at sixty point seven true shooting. Now,

815
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when you're looking at these players,
not all these guys are creating a

816
00:53:09,960 --> 00:53:13,480
ton of their own shots. A
lot of these guys also aren't going up

817
00:53:13,480 --> 00:53:16,800
against starters. If you're just asking
me from this group, who fits the

818
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:22,599
bill, who was the most efficient
guard who played between ten plus and sub

819
00:53:22,639 --> 00:53:27,159
thirty minutes per game. It would
have to be Seth Curry. To me,

820
00:53:27,320 --> 00:53:29,960
they're just looking at his role and
what it was. I think there's

821
00:53:30,000 --> 00:53:34,719
a case to be made maybe for
Awayne Ellington, Jalen Brunson or Bogdan Bedanovitch

822
00:53:34,760 --> 00:53:37,559
when he just kind of looked at
the ball handling that he was even saddled

823
00:53:37,599 --> 00:53:39,840
with yet a bigger He did struggle
to stay healthy, but he was a

824
00:53:39,840 --> 00:53:44,519
bigger part of the ball handling pecking
letter in Atlanta than Seth Curry was in

825
00:53:44,599 --> 00:53:49,719
Philly. In my estimation, Jail
Brunson certainly belongs there at least, you

826
00:53:49,719 --> 00:53:52,480
know, prior to the playoffs.
So those guys are all in there.

827
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,920
But a lot of these players that
are popping up on a list, there

828
00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:59,280
are guys that aren't asked with creating
their their own shot, and there could

829
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:02,239
be some smaller sample bias in there. But look, if if I was

830
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:06,199
Garrison Matthews his agent, I would
just point out that he is second on

831
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:09,079
this list, and why hasn't a
team free and signed me yet? That'll

832
00:54:09,119 --> 00:54:13,679
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Hi, Frank Milichi