1 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,279 What's going on YouTube? If you're hanging out with us, we are clipping 2 00:00:14,599 --> 00:00:18,519 your I think probably second or third favorite Clippers podcast. I am number one, 3 00:00:19,399 --> 00:00:21,839 We're number one, all right, we'll take number one. I am 4 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:28,320 Chuck Walckler watched us over on YouTube dot com Slash at Clippers Podcast, joined 5 00:00:28,719 --> 00:00:31,920 by Adam Austin, William luck Dyke. We're gonna talk to the last five 6 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,880 games, the good stuff from the starters and everything. Hellas, how are 7 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:39,560 we doing? Let's just thanksgivings over. The Clippers are playing well? Uh? 8 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,719 Adam, how's the vibe in the building been. You've been in downtown 9 00:00:42,799 --> 00:00:47,679 LA the last couple of nights. It was pretty hyped last night the Clippers 10 00:00:47,759 --> 00:00:51,479 defense showing up like that and holding Dallas to eighty eight points, and also 11 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:56,240 Russell Westbrook, who is a fan favorite, playing that well coming off the 12 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,920 bench. It was a good time last night at Crypto dot com arena. 13 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,239 Myself, Carlo Jimenez on the call. It was a fun game. It's 14 00:01:03,239 --> 00:01:06,640 good time. Will and I. We were there for the Friday night game, 15 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:11,680 which was a raucous time. Despite the loss, I've loved the support. 16 00:01:11,719 --> 00:01:15,799 It's been nice to see the support bounce back after the six game losing 17 00:01:15,799 --> 00:01:19,280 streak. Not that it's easy to support your team as rocus as it has 18 00:01:19,359 --> 00:01:23,560 been Downtown, LA, but just good to see it feels like the Clippers 19 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:27,480 are kind of feeding off it. You mentioned Russ that was his best game 20 00:01:29,519 --> 00:01:32,480 of the year by quite a bit, right, just in terms of what 21 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,840 he needs to do well, certainly coming off the bench, his best game 22 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:41,480 since they put James Harden in Terrence Man in the backcourt, because Russ really 23 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:46,040 let the game come to him. He just he didn't force anything. He 24 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,719 wasn't hunting shots. Early on Friday night, he was one for eight, 25 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:55,120 so to bounce back like that, and I think he only took one shot 26 00:01:55,280 --> 00:02:00,120 outside the restricted area, which was the far side corner three, and he 27 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,840 nearly had two shots heading into the fourth quarter, yet had made such a 28 00:02:02,879 --> 00:02:07,479 big impact. It was almost like he was playing that Terrence Man type of 29 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:12,719 game where he's doing all the little things to help you win and impact the 30 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,280 game while not worrying so much about his shot. Now, Terrence actually did 31 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:22,120 have his best game of the season by far, but Russ I like that 32 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,800 from him. I think that's exactly the template for how he needs to play 33 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:29,479 coming off the bench. Don't worry about getting your shot. Get the others 34 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:31,800 involved. Make the game easier for Paul George. You're paired with him a 35 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:36,520 lot on the court. He got Norm Powell's first three pointer, who was 36 00:02:36,599 --> 00:02:39,879 perfect from the field and had an unbelievable game. But I love the way 37 00:02:40,039 --> 00:02:44,599 the defense that Russ played, how hard he played late and then the points 38 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,960 came. Twelve of his fourteen points came in that fourth quarter where he kind 39 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:52,240 of helped pour it on late keep Dallas at bay when they made a little 40 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:54,479 bit of a run. And then he was yelling at Luka Donchez or saying 41 00:02:54,560 --> 00:02:58,520 let's go right at him, Let's go at him. That was great, 42 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:01,680 which is smart. Same thing has to be done tomorrow against Nikole Jokich. 43 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,680 That's the game plan. We'll talk more about it later, but go at 44 00:03:05,719 --> 00:03:08,759 these guys, these unstoppable forces on offense. The best way to wear them 45 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,560 down is to make them have to defend on the other end. Well, 46 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:15,680 what if you liked from the starters in these last we'll get back to Russ, 47 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:19,479 but as he is a bench player, no disrespect to any of his 48 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,159 stands. That just literally is what he is right now, Well, what 49 00:03:23,199 --> 00:03:28,719 if you like from the new starting five these last five games. Defensively, 50 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,280 Paul George and Cool I look a lot more locked in. So I think 51 00:03:31,319 --> 00:03:37,960 setting that tone is absolutely huge. We're seeing Paul George like the field goal 52 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,479 attempt numbers are up where we want them to be, which so I love 53 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:46,199 the aggressiveness there. And then I like the look with Terrence Mann obviously, 54 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:49,879 and then I like, I think this is what we all advocated for coming 55 00:03:49,919 --> 00:03:53,039 into the season, is you know, regardless of who starts in that spot, 56 00:03:53,599 --> 00:03:58,159 you have a lot of versatility. I think if Terrence is in that 57 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,840 five man starting lineup, Yes, Terrence has been It's funny because right now, 58 00:04:03,879 --> 00:04:09,280 so was it a zoo on the bounce back? Sorry, Oh that's 59 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:15,479 a good adam, you look. No, completely, he's been much better 60 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:18,360 going back to the second half of the fourth quarter of that game against the 61 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:23,079 Houston Rockets. Sometimes you know, you think it's a one off, just 62 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:28,160 him playing really well in one quarter after starting the season off slow, but 63 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:30,319 it's had a carryover effect. If eats a Zoobots has kind of found his 64 00:04:30,439 --> 00:04:35,560 stride over the last five games with this new starting lineup, He's looked more 65 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:41,439 explosive out there, but particularly Dallas without their true big man out there. 66 00:04:41,879 --> 00:04:46,759 He dominated fourteen boards in twenty minutes or whatever it was from Visa Zoobots and 67 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,240 four or five offensive rebounds. He was a force and that's how we needed 68 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:56,600 to play. He looks like he's playing to his strengths now and playing much 69 00:04:56,639 --> 00:04:59,879 bigger out there. Remember a couple of seasons ago when Paul George said we 70 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,759 need Zoo to play like he's the biggest guy out there. He's starting to 71 00:05:03,759 --> 00:05:08,240 do that again this season after a slow start. Well, and I praised 72 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:13,399 Kawhi and Paul George for like for then kickstarting the defense, but really Zoo 73 00:05:13,439 --> 00:05:16,959 is the anchor there and kind of I mean it's his biggest asset in that 74 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:20,720 starting lineup. And I feel like a lot of a lot of this team 75 00:05:20,759 --> 00:05:25,199 defensively, how they end up in the standings is for better or where it's 76 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,920 going to be tied to those performances from movies and Zoobots. Yeah, I 77 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,600 think was it Russo, Justin Russo who was tweeting out the uh, you 78 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:35,959 know, the percentage at the rim by defender so far the season, Zoo's 79 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,480 like top three, top five or something like that. So and it's not 80 00:05:40,639 --> 00:05:46,240 three or three, potentially four. But you another thing about the defense, 81 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:51,040 the defensive rating in the last five games. These stats mostly stats from Justin 82 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:58,120 Russo eighty nine and a half for the Clippers starting five the last five games 83 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:02,240 in eighty nine and a half defense of rating, they're plus fifty and seventy 84 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:08,360 six minutes over the last five games, which includes going minus twelve against the 85 00:06:08,439 --> 00:06:14,079 Pels on Friday. And they've been twelve and a half points better per one 86 00:06:14,120 --> 00:06:17,560 hundred possessions with Terrence Man on the floor as opposed to off. And so 87 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:21,360 we have all these good things happening. But the other funny part is Terrence 88 00:06:21,439 --> 00:06:26,720 Man is shooting thirteen percent from three, and Kawhi Leonard some people are worried 89 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:30,079 about him, and things are still looking this good. Adam, I know 90 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,879 you were in the trenches about the people kind of saying that Kawhi Leonard is 91 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:41,519 Maybe I am citing Russell constantly. Justin Russo puts out great stats and lineup 92 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:47,040 data. Look, look, I love Russo, but I'm seeing a different 93 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:53,959 offensive rating and defensive rating right now on NBA dot Com for the starting five 94 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:59,639 for the starting five over the last five games different, Yes, over Well, 95 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,720 you know what, maybe that's the difference. I'm going off of the 96 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:06,759 last six games. That's the difference. Okay, So in that case, 97 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:11,720 because some of these guys have played together, because James Harden is going back 98 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:15,279 ten games now, but he's just going basically since the new starting five has 99 00:07:15,319 --> 00:07:19,120 been okay, that's very five. Yeah. Uh so, you know I 100 00:07:19,199 --> 00:07:23,639 never questioned Justin Russo, like I always say, so we can throw this, 101 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:26,800 we can throw this for seat away at him or are we are we 102 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,920 saving this fun Well, you never know when it could come in here there, 103 00:07:31,839 --> 00:07:36,639 This is funny. My godfather is like an old school like grinding musician 104 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,639 guy, and my entire childhood. Anytime I go to his house, he 105 00:07:40,759 --> 00:07:46,360 just had boxes of receipts. That's Adam with Twitter beefs. When they say 106 00:07:46,439 --> 00:07:50,639 lifetime free fund. You got to hold him to that, right. Well, 107 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:54,639 yeah, let's talk to Kawhi. I think because it was obviously no 108 00:07:54,639 --> 00:07:59,079 one's gonna pretend like last game was especially good offensively, but the four games 109 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:07,279 before that he's been great. Well, I think sometimes look, it's worth 110 00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:13,120 monitoring because the numbers are slightly down, and it looks like he's not trying 111 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,480 to force anything with this new starting lineup, or just go out there and 112 00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:20,199 put up twenty five shots like we saw Paul George put up thirty against the 113 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:26,000 Pelicans Friday night. Kawhi hasn't been doing that. The most shots he has 114 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:31,399 taken so far next to James Harden in this starting lineup is seventeen, so 115 00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:37,480 he's kind of letting the game come to him. But then I think it 116 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:41,639 comes down to eye test, and the problem is when plays it at Kawhi 117 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,759 pace, as you guys always like to put it, he plays at a 118 00:08:45,799 --> 00:08:50,720 slower, more methodical pace, picks and chooses when he wants to take over. 119 00:08:50,519 --> 00:08:56,080 When he's missing shots, it looks worse because of that pace. Now 120 00:08:56,200 --> 00:09:01,320 it's the same pace when he's making shots like that, and you don't worry 121 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,399 about it when he's sticking them. But when he goes two for twelve, 122 00:09:03,840 --> 00:09:07,639 there's some alarm bells. And it was the second game he has done that. 123 00:09:07,720 --> 00:09:11,440 He did it against Orlando earlier in the season. I would be more 124 00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:15,559 concerned if you didn't have the game against the Los Angeles Lakers where he had 125 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:20,799 thirty eight all of their points and overtime. Was magnificent that eighteen point opening 126 00:09:20,879 --> 00:09:26,360 quarter in the first quarter and look like an absolute superstar since then. You 127 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:30,480 can say it's an adjustment period, transitional phase. He's trying to figure out 128 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,039 where he fits in and how he can help this team. And I do 129 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:41,200 believe the reason they're sixth defensively with this on the season now, but especially 130 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:45,000 with Terrence Man in the starting lineup, they have been the best defense so 131 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:48,759 far. I think a lot of it is Kawhi putting more effort in on 132 00:09:48,919 --> 00:09:54,320 that end and making sure to come through for coach lou on them being a 133 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:58,320 top five defense this season. I think that has been his focus. So 134 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:01,720 you could say he's being unset fish to a fault, I guess a little 135 00:10:01,720 --> 00:10:05,879 bit. You want it to be more aggressive, But Kawhi he's gonna be 136 00:10:05,879 --> 00:10:09,159 a team player. He's gonna do whatever is needed out there, and I 137 00:10:09,159 --> 00:10:13,440 don't mind that right now. If there was a playoff series, I think 138 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:18,799 the only way to judge whether Kawhi Leonard has lost a step is in a 139 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:22,960 playoff series, because so many times in the regular season we see him go 140 00:10:22,039 --> 00:10:26,279 through these roles or we see him not look as engaged. But then the 141 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:33,720 playoffs come around and Kawhi raises his play until then, and if he can't 142 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:39,360 raise his play, which you know that's never happened before, I'm always gonna 143 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,919 give him the benefit of the doubt. Yeah, I think benefit of the 144 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,600 doubt is very Qui is the only one who's earned it as well. He's 145 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:50,600 the only guy who I'm fully comfortable being like, Okay, sure, whatever, 146 00:10:50,799 --> 00:10:54,200 he's gonna figure out. This out attempts is just not enough to judge 147 00:10:54,240 --> 00:11:00,399 a Kawhi performance. It's sorry, it's just not it. It's just not 148 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:03,480 enough. Do we think the other part of this too, that it's like 149 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:09,960 it's coinciding with is Paul George is playing some of his best basketball that he's 150 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,080 played as a Clipper. He's averaging twenty five six and four with two steals, 151 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:18,240 sixty one percent true shooting percentage. So when you have a guy plays 152 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,600 like he's getting back to like those twenty twenty one numbers, Yeah, La 153 00:11:20,639 --> 00:11:24,840 Clippers Film brought this up on Twitter. He's shooting seventy eight percent at the 154 00:11:24,919 --> 00:11:30,480 rim this season while taking the highest percentage of his shots at the rim since 155 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:33,480 twenty twenty twenty twenty one. So that's great him getting to the rim. 156 00:11:33,519 --> 00:11:37,120 We always want him to shoot more threes. When he's shooting that well in 157 00:11:37,159 --> 00:11:41,360 the rim, it it really helps just the team as a whole. So 158 00:11:41,399 --> 00:11:43,960 I think Paul George being on this heater, not saying that it's like bad 159 00:11:45,039 --> 00:11:46,960 for Kawhi's game, but when a guy's doing that, he can focus more 160 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,720 on defense and stuff like that. And I don't even know if i'd call 161 00:11:50,759 --> 00:11:54,840 it a heater. This is ever right. This is a guy that's just 162 00:11:54,960 --> 00:12:00,679 relentless with attacking the basket at a level that I know he did it back 163 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,799 in the twenty twenty one season for the Clippers, but it has been shocking 164 00:12:03,919 --> 00:12:09,080 how much he's attacking the basket right now. Paul George, he looks incredible. 165 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,120 Still not getting many calls, but the way he's weaving around defenders, 166 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:18,480 he looks as athletic as ever, and he is, without a doubt, 167 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:20,240 their best players so far to start off this season. And I do want 168 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:26,120 to add this, Kawhi is shooting the exact same two point percentage right now 169 00:12:26,159 --> 00:12:31,360 at fifty point six percent from two that he's shot during the entire nineteen twenty 170 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:35,799 season, his first season as a Clipper, Like, so, maybe people 171 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:41,200 got a little bit He's getting into the line as well, Kawhi. Yeah, 172 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:46,440 I maybe people got a little bit spoiled by the three months and then 173 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:48,519 the two games in the playoffs against Phoenix last season, and we're in those 174 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:52,919 three months he was putting up fifty three forty seven, ninety splits, shooting 175 00:12:52,919 --> 00:12:58,600 splits, that stuff. Maybe he'll do it again when the year turns around. 176 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,039 But he started off solow last sears. He's had a pattern of doing 177 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:05,480 this throughout his career where he's kind of on his own time, knows his 178 00:13:05,519 --> 00:13:07,840 body. Lebron does it to a lot of different guys that have been in 179 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:11,279 this league that have been superstars for a long time. They know when it's 180 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:15,120 time to ratchet things up, and I think that's what Kawhi is doing. 181 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:18,240 But back to what you were saying about Paul George spectacular start to this season, 182 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,480 not just playing like a top ten player, considering his defense too, 183 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:26,039 he's been playing like a damn near top five player in the league. Yeah, 184 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:28,159 he's leading the league in steels. I'm pretty sure are pretty damn close 185 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:33,840 to it. He was a couple of games ago defensively, Paul George talked 186 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:39,440 about kind of the fact that the Clippers just switch everything. They switched every 187 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:43,120 single thing. It forces teams to play more isolation, and not every team 188 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,799 can do that, is what he said. He said this after they beat 189 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:50,720 the Mavericks, a team I think we can all agree definitely has two guys 190 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:54,440 who can create an isolation. So it's great to see the defense stepping up 191 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,519 like that. And as you mentioned, in terms of small sample sized theater 192 00:13:58,600 --> 00:14:01,960 Clippers have the best defense November seventeenth, which is when Terrence joined the starting 193 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:07,399 lineup. So everything's kind of clicking while we're still seeing kind of a passive 194 00:14:07,519 --> 00:14:09,799 James Harden and Kawhi Leonard because we talked about kind of the shot attempts a 195 00:14:09,799 --> 00:14:13,039 little bit, and James Harden said too, he's still getting used to it. 196 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,360 But for the most part, I mean he's fourteen five and six. 197 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:24,200 The defense, if you've actually watched, it's consistently there's effort there and stuff 198 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:28,240 like that. So with Kawhi and Harden being the two most passive guys right 199 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,440 now, it feels like, I don't know, we're we're ramping up in 200 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,200 a really nice way. I wouldn't expect it. I would have expected those 201 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:37,240 two guys to be the most passive in this whole thing. But it's good 202 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,639 to see it's still producing results, especially with these last five games. I 203 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:46,240 still feel like, look, if Paul George, you know, if he's 204 00:14:46,279 --> 00:14:50,200 not in attack mode as much, if he's not being this aggressive, then 205 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,279 it can go right back to Kawhi getting closer taking twenty shots per game, 206 00:14:54,320 --> 00:15:00,519 where James Harden gets to fifteen. He has been intent on just trying to 207 00:15:00,519 --> 00:15:03,480 fit in right now, and there's gonna be a time, maybe tomorrow, 208 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:07,080 maybe very soon. They need more from both of those guys, where James 209 00:15:07,080 --> 00:15:11,960 Harden I do think needs to put a little bit more of the onus on 210 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:16,440 him offensively to take more shots, because that's what keeps the defense off balance, 211 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,960 and that's what makes him so much more dangerous because you don't know if 212 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:22,720 he's taking the shot or if he's going to make the pass. Now, 213 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:31,919 could we start responding to some of these people here on live we are Live 214 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:37,679 YouTube dot Com Slash at Clippers Podcast, Adam, which one do you want 215 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:41,440 to talk about before we get into more James Harden and where the hell the 216 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,399 Clippers can find some wins on the schedule. I think B West is just 217 00:15:46,519 --> 00:15:50,679 trolling, but uh, I could still respond to it if you want kids 218 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:58,240 kids seems well, it just popped up here. I don't know, kids 219 00:15:58,279 --> 00:16:02,000 like Adam don't know what real scoring is. Gone are the days when centers 220 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,399 get on the block for fifty young It's like him. Never saw Will putting 221 00:16:04,399 --> 00:16:07,840 defenders in the basket. Oh yeah, there wasn't a video for some of 222 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,720 that stuff. But they also had about thirty five more possessions per game to 223 00:16:11,799 --> 00:16:17,240 stat pad and come up with these crazy stat lines where Will could average fifty 224 00:16:17,279 --> 00:16:21,159 first season. It's kind of a dirty little secret of sixties basketball. They 225 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:25,159 were playing at such a breakneck pace. There were so many more stats to 226 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:30,159 accumulate, which is why you'll never see someone average fifty a game. Again, 227 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:33,919 he was playing all forty eight minutes and there were thirty to thirty five 228 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,200 more possessions per ball game. They just rolled the ball out there. Also, 229 00:16:38,279 --> 00:16:41,840 there was no three point line. The idea of getting to the basket 230 00:16:41,919 --> 00:16:45,799 meant you were getting a better look, which also led to a lot more 231 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,080 blocks back then. It's just it's night and day different than today's game. 232 00:16:49,159 --> 00:16:52,639 So if you want to live in the past with those memorarius for Wil Chamberlain 233 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:57,519 enjoyed, it's a chump. According to Adam Oslin, I want to go 234 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:02,840 that far. Adam's like, all I've seen is a photo of him hold 235 00:17:02,879 --> 00:17:04,240 a piece of paper of one hundred points. I don't believe he really did 236 00:17:04,279 --> 00:17:08,240 it. He was great. He probably gets like twenty five and twelve in 237 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:14,599 today's game. Five. That's an insult. No, I'm just laughing. 238 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:19,079 It's just funny to hear someone about thirty five more possessions per game. You 239 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:23,200 don't think that makes a difference in the box score. I'm not disagreeing with 240 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:27,400 you at all, but you just don't hear Wilt would average twenty five and 241 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:33,200 twelve. This is a hard pivot. Have you guys watched the clips I 242 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,599 think it's called like the Wilt Chamberlain archive on YouTube, just the footage they 243 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,799 have, like of him doing random other athletics stuff and things like that. 244 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:45,799 I've seen some of it. Yeah, it's just impressive. The man is 245 00:17:45,319 --> 00:17:49,559 an absolutely freak. He was, and there were eight teams in the league 246 00:17:49,599 --> 00:17:53,519 back then, and it was a completely different game and the pool in the 247 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:57,799 NBA is quite larger now, just over the last twenty five years, Guys 248 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:07,119 like Jokic, Embiid, Giannis uh Luca, they might not have even grown 249 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,759 up playing basketball if it wasn't for Michael Jordan and how international the game became 250 00:18:11,839 --> 00:18:15,799 because of the marketing system with the NBA in the nineties, with mj and 251 00:18:15,799 --> 00:18:19,119 everything like that was inspirational. It changed everything. Now we have all these 252 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,799 guys, like what four of the top five players you can argue in the 253 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:27,880 league are international players. Yeah, I think so. Well, Paul George 254 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,200 playing like a top five player at the moment. If Adam had a time 255 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:37,960 machine, he would go back in time and just well, actually the one 256 00:18:38,039 --> 00:18:41,880 hundred point Will game. He would just be standing outside with charts and say, 257 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:48,279 I'm from b West now, says Adam wants to talk defense. Kid 258 00:18:48,319 --> 00:18:52,000 was in second grade when I was watching Bill Lamber in the finals. You 259 00:18:52,039 --> 00:18:57,480 mean when they called ass foul on him on Kareem abdul Jabbar in Game six 260 00:18:57,519 --> 00:19:00,920 after Isaiah had twenty four a fourth quarter and gave the Lakers a ring. 261 00:19:02,400 --> 00:19:04,759 You mean the finals like that? How old are you, Adam? Old 262 00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:08,640 enough to remember? Okay, f both of you guys, not the glasses. 263 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:15,039 I'm the only one here. Yeah, cheap shot. I was born 264 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:18,759 this way. I was born this way. All right. Let's uh, 265 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:25,200 the last the last five games from the Clippers have been great. They're still 266 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:27,920 seven and eight. We're still kind of hanging out in the eleventh spot. 267 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,359 We're not gonna be in the eleventh spot. Before we talk about this Denver 268 00:19:32,519 --> 00:19:36,279 game, you already know how I feel about certain stretches of this schedule, 269 00:19:36,279 --> 00:19:38,799 how it's going to be difficult to find some wins. Where's some easier places 270 00:19:38,799 --> 00:19:41,759 the Clippers can find some wins. It's not in the next week and a 271 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:49,000 half, I don't think. But where how are we feeling loading up against 272 00:19:49,079 --> 00:19:57,920 lesser teams and getting some cream puffs and inflating your record that way isn't gonna 273 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,039 do. It isn't gonna be enough for this Clippers team. They actually have 274 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,640 to win these games against the highest end talent, against the best teams in 275 00:20:04,680 --> 00:20:11,000 the league. So these next four against Denver Sacramento Warriors in a home and 276 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:18,240 home situation, I was hoping they would win four of these six games. 277 00:20:18,319 --> 00:20:22,839 It's asking a lot to go four and two during this stretch. But that 278 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:26,200 was my hope, and that's really the only way they're going to be able 279 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:30,599 to overcome that six game losing streak, because that was unexpected to have, 280 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,880 especially during that time in the schedule when they lost games to a bad Memphis 281 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,519 team and a bad Brooklyn Nets team. Not a bad team, but they 282 00:20:38,599 --> 00:20:42,319 both teams were missing half their squad. Those were really bad losses by the 283 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:47,359 Clippers that they have to make up for somewhere by beating much higher end competition 284 00:20:48,759 --> 00:20:52,720 to go ahead. I get on this every year or too when the Clippers, 285 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:56,599 when we're Charles and I are toiling away at the strength of schedule and 286 00:20:57,079 --> 00:21:02,240 are just baffled by how the Clippers still sometimes somehow have like a top three 287 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,480 scheduled difficulty with you know, two weeks of the season and left. I 288 00:21:04,519 --> 00:21:08,279 do think if this team is taking things seriously, I do think these wins 289 00:21:08,279 --> 00:21:11,079 over teams that I'm not going as far as they're called cream puffs, but 290 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:15,160 I do see them as tune up wins. I see them as sort of 291 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:18,720 lower stake situations where you can build the right habits and then taking on a 292 00:21:18,799 --> 00:21:22,000 slate of hard games. It's you know, it's like the old saying iron 293 00:21:22,079 --> 00:21:26,319 sharpens iron, man, Like it's you know, it's not ideal with the 294 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,279 rest and everything in between on these games, but they're gonna have to play 295 00:21:30,319 --> 00:21:33,319 these teams if they're in the playoffs, they're gonna have to play them multiple 296 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,519 times in short rotation. It just kind of is what it is. And 297 00:21:36,559 --> 00:21:40,359 I don't think for me personally, like I would love if the record was 298 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:44,720 better. I would love if we didn't have a I would love if if 299 00:21:44,759 --> 00:21:48,480 we hadn't stacked up so many losses. But I think I think it's more 300 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:52,400 understandable and given what we thought the Clippers were at the start of the season 301 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,240 to even what they are right now, which I think is trending in the 302 00:21:56,279 --> 00:21:59,559 right direction, but it's still not even the apex of what it could probably 303 00:21:59,599 --> 00:22:06,480 be. Yes, that's a good call. We do get thankfully. Yeah, 304 00:22:06,519 --> 00:22:08,000 man, this is the post. I'm just looking at the schedule right 305 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,000 now. I forgot how brutal this post Thanksgiving schedule is. And that's before 306 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:15,319 we get to March, folks. That's that's just in this year. Yeah, 307 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:22,400 list it off, all right. We have Nuggets tomorrow at the Kings 308 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:26,839 at the Warriors. That is a back to back and then we play the 309 00:22:26,839 --> 00:22:30,200 Warriors again in LA, then the Blazers, which is great, then the 310 00:22:30,279 --> 00:22:34,680 Kings, then the Warriors. What is with this schedule with the Kings? 311 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,119 What's with it? It's your pack div Chuck, Isn't this what you want? 312 00:22:38,759 --> 00:22:45,559 Oh? It's so great, awesome. We're in the toughest division in 313 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:48,680 the NBA. No, I just mean it's crazy. They're all sandwiched together 314 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:52,119 like this, like Warriors, Kings and like a I don't know, it's 315 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:56,640 like four times in like a week and a half. Then we got Nicks 316 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,799 at Pacers, at MAVs at Thunder, so like nothing, I guess, 317 00:23:00,839 --> 00:23:07,359 completely tortuous. But these next five games like they're not fun at all. 318 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,519 Who cares? Though? What about marsh Hey, we can get into March. 319 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,839 Let's talk about it. I kid you not. Can I tell you 320 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:21,880 about Thanksgiving with these guys for a second? We gotta lie. We gotta 321 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,480 start reading more of these messages too. There's some good stuff here. But 322 00:23:25,559 --> 00:23:29,039 I walk in, I'm hanging out with Chuck. There's a charcuterie plate that 323 00:23:29,079 --> 00:23:33,799 I'm doing damage on. Just salami? Uh? What else was out there? 324 00:23:36,519 --> 00:23:42,039 Pepperoni? Pshootou de Niro, Uh, Pacino. It was a lot 325 00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:48,240 of different Italian meats out there, and uh, Chuck is like sitting there 326 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:53,359 in deep thought contemplating March. He's just like, man, they gotta go 327 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,920 ten and seven in March. They gotta go in March. And I'm like, 328 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,680 what, who's worried about Arch? Right now? Look at the next 329 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:04,359 five games, Chuck, what are you talking about? Yeah? I think 330 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:07,559 Adam went they really got to go two and three, and I was like, 331 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:11,119 yeah, yeah, yeah, they really got to go two and one. 332 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,319 I said, yeah, great, they need to go ten and seven 333 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:18,319 in March. It's real, it's real. We do. So here's the 334 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,079 nice thing about March. We do play the Blazers twice in a row in 335 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:27,079 March, which is great, but we play all Eastern Conference teams for the 336 00:24:27,079 --> 00:24:32,119 most part in March. It's really weird. But we play some bad teams 337 00:24:32,119 --> 00:24:37,000 March. First against the Wizards. That could be fun, but they're seventeen 338 00:24:37,079 --> 00:24:41,599 games. There's there's really it doesn't matter who you're playing. If you're playing 339 00:24:41,599 --> 00:24:45,720 seventeen games in March, it's not ideal. It's rough. Forget take it 340 00:24:45,799 --> 00:24:48,279 one game at a time. Let's go all the way to March, guys, 341 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,359 let's get back right into the teeth of the schedule. It's a good 342 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:56,480 and it's like towards the end of the it's brutal. But hey, ten 343 00:24:56,519 --> 00:25:02,039 and seven and we're looking pretty clean. David Hellman, don't even put that 344 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,720 energy out there. What's up, David Helman? But yeah, ten and 345 00:25:04,759 --> 00:25:08,359 seven in March, I'm feeling pretty good and a healthy month. I'm feeling 346 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:14,519 pretty good. Okay, what about these next four games before there's somewhat of 347 00:25:14,559 --> 00:25:18,400 a reprieve against the Portland Trailblazers. What about these next four games? They're 348 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:22,480 one on one right now in this six game gauntlet. They got Denver coming 349 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:26,839 up. We can talk about more in depth on the matchups and stuff going 350 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,720 on in that game a little bit, But just how do you guys feel 351 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,319 where the Clippers were at coming off? That was their best victory of the 352 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:37,480 season by far. Holding the Dallas Mavericks to eighty eight points was insane. 353 00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:41,240 Guys. Did you watch the game against Los Angeles Lakers with them or even 354 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,440 though they tried to give it away late. I mean that team Luca Doncis 355 00:25:45,519 --> 00:25:49,720 was enough of a problem having Kyrie Irving as well, and the Clippers. 356 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,640 What I like most about it was they looked motivated by the fact that they 357 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:59,759 let that game go. They got down by twenty one early against the Pelicans 358 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,359 the night before, and they were upset about it and they wanted to get 359 00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:07,480 that victory back. That said something about the mindset of this team. Yes, 360 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,079 some would even say something was born. Well, if they take down 361 00:26:11,079 --> 00:26:15,799 the Nuggets tomorrow night, I may go there. They seven straight to them, 362 00:26:17,559 --> 00:26:21,480 Nuggets tomorrow night, we're getting them second night of a back to back. 363 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:29,119 I don't know how I feel about it. I do think, man, 364 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:32,880 I think we can go so over this. I just want I want 365 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:34,759 to see a split. This is a really tough schedule. I'd love to 366 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:38,039 go three and one, but I'd love to see a split. I think 367 00:26:38,039 --> 00:26:42,759 it's there's still kind of some kinks being figured out, but I'd be happy 368 00:26:42,759 --> 00:26:45,400 with two and two over these four. Not saying that's what we need, 369 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:53,200 but I'd be happy with it. Will Would you be furious? No, 370 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:56,880 No, not furious at all. I think that that makes sense. I 371 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:04,319 think if you split, if you split Nuggets Kings, man, I'd like 372 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,160 to if you split Nuggets Kings. However, whichever way it goes. I'd 373 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,839 love to see a couple of back to back wins over the Warriors because I 374 00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:15,119 feel like we're in similar places right now and our size matches up really well 375 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:18,759 with them, and then it give me win against the Trailblazers, get a 376 00:27:18,799 --> 00:27:21,519 little bit of momentum going, even if it's just a three game streak, 377 00:27:21,799 --> 00:27:25,720 and you can't keep up with the Kings when you play them mid month next 378 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:33,279 month. But yeah, I think that a split is totally doable. I 379 00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:36,799 think that a split is totally doable. I'm not I can't I can't go 380 00:27:37,039 --> 00:27:40,039 I don't think I can go to and I don't have the confidence right now 381 00:27:40,039 --> 00:27:48,119 to go too and zero versus Nuggets at Kings, and I think right now 382 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:51,279 that at Kings to me is just seeming like one. I'm not sure if 383 00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:56,880 we have if we have the tempo, if we're put together enough to get 384 00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,960 that win first side of a back to back, which helps for the Clippers. 385 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,359 Yeah, be like legs wise. Oh wait, will will you put 386 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:10,759 this Jbo's question up on here? This is a good one. How long 387 00:28:10,799 --> 00:28:12,839 do you think Kawai can keep up playing back to backs? He looked slow 388 00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:17,839 last night. Adam, your eyebrows are suggesting you have some thoughts on this 389 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:22,039 story of this question, I would just for anyone that thinks he looks slow, 390 00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:26,920 watch him defensively. Just watch him defensively. If he looks slow on 391 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:32,559 that end, I would be much more concerned. But he hasn't. He's 392 00:28:32,559 --> 00:28:36,039 looked very good. I think it's taking something out of his legs. He's 393 00:28:36,079 --> 00:28:40,079 playing power forward much more often, Juck, do you have any of those 394 00:28:40,119 --> 00:28:45,160 power forward numbers or position numbers percentage wise how often Kawhi is playing power forward 395 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:53,200 versus last season, because obviously he's taking that on his plate much more now 396 00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:56,799 than he has been in the past. And when people say it's a position 397 00:28:56,839 --> 00:29:00,960 inless league, what they really mean is it's more positionless than it ever was 398 00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:07,480 before. That's the accurate statement. It's still not a positionless league. It's 399 00:29:07,519 --> 00:29:11,920 not that simple. There are some positions that are more interchangeable. But going 400 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,720 from the three to the four, still, even though you're not going up 401 00:29:15,759 --> 00:29:21,200 against those traditional bigger power forwards and Tim Duncan and see Webb and Dirk and 402 00:29:21,319 --> 00:29:26,400 Jermaine O'Neill from the early two thousands or anything like that, it's still going 403 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:32,279 to take something out of you going for boards more having to just blow up 404 00:29:32,279 --> 00:29:37,359 in the post and hold back some of these guys. I think physically it's 405 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,839 taking his toll a little bit on Kawhi Leonard. Yeah, okay. So 406 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,200 according to Basketball Reference, so far in the twenty three to twenty four season, 407 00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,559 Quiet has played about twenty two percent of his minutes at power forward, 408 00:29:48,799 --> 00:29:53,079 which is, according once again a Basketball Reference, the highest of his career. 409 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:59,279 He's still like a lot. It is about double yeah, just shy 410 00:29:59,319 --> 00:30:03,359 of double how much. According to Basketball Reference, this isn't a perfect stat 411 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,960 how much he's played power forward because again not completely positionless. But you know, 412 00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:10,759 some of this stuff is a little it's a little up for interpretation. 413 00:30:10,799 --> 00:30:15,680 I would say still playing sixty one the majority of his minutes at the at 414 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,960 the small forward position, and then seventeen percent of his minutes actually clocked in 415 00:30:19,119 --> 00:30:25,279 at shooting guard. There, so a somewhat even split between shooting guard and 416 00:30:25,279 --> 00:30:27,759 power forward, but definitely leaning more power forward than any other point in his 417 00:30:27,799 --> 00:30:33,200 career. And crazy too, compared to the last three years he was over 418 00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:37,279 forty six he was over forty five percent at shooting guard. The last three 419 00:30:37,279 --> 00:30:41,960 seasons and this year he's at seventeen, so it's pretty Uh, it'll be 420 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,400 interesting to monitor, you know, in a month where you have a bunch 421 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,400 of games like March or something like that, it'll be interesting to see what 422 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:55,920 percentages he's at. I think it's sustainable X one Go Project. Thank you 423 00:30:55,960 --> 00:31:00,400 for asking that. I think it's sustainable. I think it's saw thing that 424 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,160 the team needs, that the the Clippers need it. They're playing really well 425 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,799 with him at the four, and I love that sat that we'll just put 426 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:12,319 out. He's still playing sixty at small forward. It's not like he's dominating, 427 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:17,200 you know, taking the lion's share of minutes at the four. What 428 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:25,359 chance do you guys put on him and Paul George playing the next four games 429 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,759 of this tough stretch here with another back to back coming up Wednesday Thursday up 430 00:31:29,759 --> 00:31:33,440 in NorCal. Do you do you expect? Because Coach Bleu was asked last 431 00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:38,160 night by Andrew Grafford the La Times regarding Kawhi Leonard and if he looked tired 432 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:41,319 to him, and he says, look, he hasn't said anything. Medical 433 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:48,160 checks in with him once a week if he needs rest. It sounds something 434 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,319 to the degree. I will give him that, but he hasn't said that. 435 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,759 He says he feels good, which is encouraging, But I just he's 436 00:31:56,759 --> 00:32:00,680 not gonna play eighty two games, while George is not gonna play eighty two 437 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:06,000 games. At some point, these guys are going to sit. Maybe I 438 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:13,200 wouldn't be surprised if at least one of them doesn't sit in that well, 439 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:15,119 the back to back, the back to back in December, the one the 440 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:22,000 eleventh and the twelfth is at home, but it's also it's also like a 441 00:32:22,039 --> 00:32:25,960 three, it's also a three and five. I bet maybe one of them 442 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,000 sits out the December second game, Yeah, the one when we come back, 443 00:32:30,119 --> 00:32:34,319 because we play the Warriors in the Bay on the thirtieth, then we 444 00:32:34,359 --> 00:32:39,640 come back and play the Warriors on the second. I wouldn't be I'd put 445 00:32:40,599 --> 00:32:45,759 I don't know sixty percent chance they play all four games. I don't know 446 00:32:45,799 --> 00:32:50,240 if I don't know if both of them will sit at one any point. 447 00:32:50,319 --> 00:32:53,279 But I also, and I know this sounds crazy, wouldn't be the worst 448 00:32:53,279 --> 00:32:55,480 thing. I would be kind of happy for them to maybe get a little 449 00:32:55,519 --> 00:32:59,920 bit of rest. But we will say all that back to back is a 450 00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:04,680 home So I do think that that helps. I think, uh yeah, 451 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,519 I do see at least one of the two sitting during a travel back to 452 00:33:07,559 --> 00:33:13,440 back especially, I just think that makes sense. Even I don't even think 453 00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:19,279 it's a thing of like whatever their motivation is to play like I think we 454 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,640 have the data points now, and unless you're desperate for a win, which 455 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:27,319 this team kind of is, I just don't I don't know why you would 456 00:33:27,359 --> 00:33:31,000 have him playing back to backs. I would every back to back. Yeah, 457 00:33:31,079 --> 00:33:36,240 I would not be shocked if one of them sat during the Wednesday Thursday 458 00:33:36,279 --> 00:33:39,759 back to back up in Sacramento and then against Golden State and then they take 459 00:33:39,799 --> 00:33:43,559 on Golden State at home on Saturday. The one thing I thought of, 460 00:33:43,759 --> 00:33:47,119 you know, some of these lower percentages where Kawhi is only shooting forty five 461 00:33:47,119 --> 00:33:51,480 percent from the field and thirty seven percent from the outside, and he's pretty 462 00:33:51,519 --> 00:33:55,440 much right on par with where he was his entire full season his first year 463 00:33:55,480 --> 00:34:00,839 as a Clipper in nineteen twenty. But the one thing I thought of was, 464 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:05,319 Okay, maybe him playing fifteen straight games. That hasn't happened in a 465 00:34:05,359 --> 00:34:07,800 long time. He and Paul George is their longest streak of them both being 466 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:15,239 this available. Was Kyrie irving in Brooklyn when he couldn't play games in Brooklyn 467 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,440 because he wasn't vaccinated. He was playing like two games a week, so 468 00:34:19,519 --> 00:34:23,559 he was averaging about three days off between games, and he was going off 469 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:29,039 and he was having forty point games every night, and then you get three 470 00:34:29,079 --> 00:34:32,320 days off to rest. So it does wear on you, the wear and 471 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:37,559 tear the back to backs. Having a five and seven now that could be 472 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:43,320 eating into his percentages some it does make sense. Yeah, I like this 473 00:34:43,519 --> 00:34:50,320 talk about man. I it's just so weird. Like the rest thing, 474 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:55,400 it's just frustrating. They need less games. I just I still I'm seeing 475 00:34:55,519 --> 00:35:01,440 Lyft on his three point shooting. Yeah, and last night the only two 476 00:35:01,519 --> 00:35:06,239 shots he hit. He didn't make his first shot till I think midway through 477 00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,280 the third quarter, and it was a little baseline fade away. When he 478 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:14,519 came back in in the fourth quarter, he knocked it down again over two 479 00:35:14,559 --> 00:35:17,639 players falling away. He looked great with it. The elevation was there, 480 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:23,079 but it's something at least worth monitoring. I just I don't have a major 481 00:35:23,079 --> 00:35:28,000 concern regarding Kawhi Leonard because he's moving so well defensively, if he just wasn't 482 00:35:28,039 --> 00:35:30,079 moving well or there was a hitch in his get up and you could really 483 00:35:30,159 --> 00:35:34,639 tell it looked like him in the twenty nineteen playoffs with the Toronto Raptors, 484 00:35:34,679 --> 00:35:37,400 where he was playing through something. I'm not seeing that right now. Yeah, 485 00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:42,400 that's fair. Ex Wongo Project asked do you think Bones will make his 486 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,079 way back into the rotation. You know, we're getting a bunch of bones 487 00:35:46,280 --> 00:35:51,280 Bones questions. I don't know, not as long as Norm is on this 488 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,280 heater. Guys. Yeah, like it's going really well. It kind of 489 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,400 sucks for Bones. I mean, doesn't kind of suck for Bones. It 490 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,960 sucks for Bones professionally. But the team was winning and Norm, like you 491 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:07,639 said, Adam is playing really really, really good basketball. And I don't 492 00:36:07,639 --> 00:36:13,360 think Russ is getting benched. Guys, Norm last night, well you know 493 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:19,079 what I mean for bothes. Yeah, yeah, Norm last night was unreal. 494 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,440 He took four shots and ended up with fifteen points in twenty five minutes. 495 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,719 He went four or four from the field, three or three from three, 496 00:36:27,039 --> 00:36:29,880 four or four from the free throw line. I think he's made something 497 00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:35,719 like twenty of his last thirty attempts from the outside. He I thought he 498 00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:39,920 got off to sol starts. What happened. Wasn't he the first player either 499 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:45,880 for the Clippers or not in the It was like he had over fifteen points 500 00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,280 off like fewer like off fewer than five field goal attempts. He was like 501 00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:51,880 one of the first or like fastest to do it, or some crazy thing 502 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,719 like that. I will say that Norm is one of those I feel like 503 00:36:55,800 --> 00:37:00,320 one of those weird things to unlocking some actual pace for the Clippers. He 504 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,559 just has like no hesitation in the shot. He can play down hell a 505 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:07,400 little bit. Although he's not passing anybody. He is one of those guys 506 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,639 that can that can help the Clippers play at a different tempo, which I 507 00:37:09,679 --> 00:37:13,840 do think is one one thing that you need. I think especially with second 508 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,199 units, though you need to be able to run guys off the floor. 509 00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:20,239 You need to be able to get easy buckets and hopefully not give up too 510 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,320 much on the other end, which we already know the defensive deficiencies that his 511 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:29,320 second unit has. Yes, and that is also not something that really helps 512 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,719 bones case for more playing time. Is defensive issues. All right, we 513 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:39,400 should talk about the Nuggets game. Thank you for that stat Scott BOSSI what 514 00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:45,039 a great last name to have. He's at over forty eight from three on 515 00:37:45,079 --> 00:37:49,480 the season, and he's probably taking real attempts too, because sometimes there's guys 516 00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:52,920 at the top of the list who are, you know, number one and 517 00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:55,639 three point percentage, but they take like two point two a game, you 518 00:37:55,679 --> 00:38:00,480 know, like Norm's taking a very real amount of three pointers. You can 519 00:38:00,519 --> 00:38:06,480 see the confidence too, his quick release. He's not hesitating at all. 520 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,280 As soon as he touches the basketball. He is putting it up or turning 521 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:14,320 the corner and getting to the basket. It's either a three or two layup, 522 00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:17,119 like he's playing the analytics game. I love the way Norm Palace looked 523 00:38:17,159 --> 00:38:21,679 so far. Yes, all right, we got to talk about the Nuggets 524 00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,159 game. If you're listening to this and not hanging out with us on the 525 00:38:24,199 --> 00:38:28,760 live, hey still thanks for support. We appreciate it. If you're listening, 526 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,239 we got ads coming up. They've been a little loud that we're gonna 527 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:36,039 talk the very important game against the Nuggets coming up in three two one. 528 00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,159 All right, you're back in with Clips and Dan. It's me William up 529 00:38:39,159 --> 00:38:44,400 Teck, joined as always by Charles Mockler and Adam Oslin In case you In 530 00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:46,639 case you're just joining us, we are live. That's over on YouTube. 531 00:38:46,639 --> 00:38:50,920 That's at Clippers Podcast. Also on Twitter, that's at Clippers Pod. If 532 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:53,000 you're listening to this, sorry, sometimes we're gonna people are gonna jump in. 533 00:38:54,199 --> 00:38:57,960 You missed the hand, be sure to be there next time. Anyways, 534 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,360 we talked a little bit about the Clipper starters, what they're doing. 535 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:05,800 Right, We're gonna talk about the Clippers now taking on the Nuggets. Famously, 536 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,559 the Nuggets really seemed to struggle with the Houston Rockets. Maybe we can 537 00:39:08,599 --> 00:39:14,440 watch a little game film from that to see, uh, to see what 538 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,719 we need to do to win this one. Adam will kick it to you. 539 00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:19,920 What do you want to see in this one? For the Clippers, 540 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:24,280 he gotta win against the against this tough Nuggets team. I'm interested to see 541 00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:30,360 Daniel Tye match up with Nikola jokicch They didn't have him in the last matchup 542 00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:34,800 against them in a game where they led by seven, was six minutes left 543 00:39:35,119 --> 00:39:39,679 and decided to go small. They kept Beata Zubats off the floor late in 544 00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:45,239 that one and I think definitely paid for it. But now they have Daniel 545 00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:49,639 Tye and PJ. Tucker gave him really good minutes against Jokichen gave him really 546 00:39:49,639 --> 00:39:53,440 good minutes also, and I think the twenty plus he played on Friday night 547 00:39:54,159 --> 00:39:58,079 against Ion Williamson. By the way, I do want to shout out PJ. 548 00:39:58,199 --> 00:40:02,360 Tucker there, like that's the perfect opponent for him. He had some 549 00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:07,880 success. And that's saying something because the Clippers really struggle against guys like that, 550 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:10,320 and nobody's really like that. But I just want to see the Clippers 551 00:40:10,320 --> 00:40:14,280 seem like they have to get a victory over Denver. They've lost seventh straight. 552 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,360 I don't know if it's ten of the last eleven. It's been the 553 00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:23,400 late domination. Coach Lewis said they have owned us. They don't have Jamal 554 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:28,840 Murray right now. If the Clippers are going to look like the team that 555 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,079 is turning that corner, I think they need to get this victory and just 556 00:40:34,159 --> 00:40:39,280 put the the Denver Nuggets having their number storyline behind them. They have to 557 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:45,079 slay this dragon tomorrow night. And I'm interested to see what the rest situation 558 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:51,480 is for the Nuggets because they're playing right now against the Spurs. They're injury 559 00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,199 report for the game tonight. There was a bunch of probables on it. 560 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:59,119 KCP, Reggie Jackson, and Jokic all played. They were probable, but 561 00:40:59,199 --> 00:41:04,800 Aaron Gordon was probable. He's out, so who knows what's gonna happen with 562 00:41:05,119 --> 00:41:07,760 their rest schedule. I'm kind of hoping we get the diet Nuggets just maybe 563 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,719 taking day off fellas. I don't know. It could be nice for you 564 00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:15,760 kick your feet up, but that'll be something to monitor. So if they're 565 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:22,800 missing Eron Aaron Gordon, I'm feeling better obviously, but I think he's the 566 00:41:22,800 --> 00:41:25,920 best defender in the league. On Kawhi Leonard, to be honest in that 567 00:41:27,119 --> 00:41:31,239 is not great for the Clippers side when you talk about the possibility of them 568 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:35,880 matching up in the playoffs. It's not that Kawhi doesn't get buckets on him. 569 00:41:36,199 --> 00:41:39,280 He has, but I just feel like he raised him as well as 570 00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:44,559 anyone. Yes, and the Nuggets are there. The Clippers have been great 571 00:41:44,559 --> 00:41:46,239 in the last five. The Nuggets have been very bad the last five. 572 00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:51,639 They're one and four. Hope we see more of the same from what we 573 00:41:51,679 --> 00:41:54,880 got from rest versus the MAVs. Adam you mentioned he took one shot outside 574 00:41:54,960 --> 00:41:58,559 the Paint missed it, which is fine because it was only one hit. 575 00:41:58,559 --> 00:42:05,039 All his shots at the rib the ties point is really awesome. I'm really 576 00:42:06,079 --> 00:42:08,920 the lineups are gonna be interesting to watch. I think ty We're gonna see 577 00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:15,599 Tucker and Tice together, which was not as bad as it has been the 578 00:42:15,679 --> 00:42:17,679 other night. It's been, yes, compared to what it was, it's 579 00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:22,360 been great, So I think we'll see that and then yeah, just excited 580 00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:28,480 to see the new starting lineup against this completely dominant Nuggets team right now. 581 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:35,800 Hope we get aggressive hard. I think Daniel Tye has been better than advertised, 582 00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:38,480 better than anyone could have thought he'd be at this point. I just 583 00:42:38,559 --> 00:42:40,960 wasn't sure where he was at physically. We haven't seen him must in the 584 00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:45,159 past two seasons going off of FEBA basketball, just to try to get a 585 00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:50,039 beat on where he's at. But his effort level has been outstanding, and 586 00:42:50,079 --> 00:42:54,039 he's also just a really smart player. Obviously does not care about getting a 587 00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:59,639 lot of the praise. He just makes the little hustle plays. But activity 588 00:42:59,639 --> 00:43:02,519 wise, athleticism wise, he's looked good so far. He's been awesome as 589 00:43:02,519 --> 00:43:07,800 a play connector everything that he you know, everyone was excited for for the 590 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:12,760 most part, except for the outside shooting has been great, so I the 591 00:43:13,039 --> 00:43:15,239 Tyes pickup is an a plus so far. Will have you gotten the Daniel 592 00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:19,880 Tys jersey yet? Carl Tart mentioned he wanted to get a tist jersey because 593 00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,880 he doesn't want Daniel Tys on the team, but I think his opinion may 594 00:43:22,880 --> 00:43:28,440 have changed. Uh No, I think Tys was. It depends on I 595 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:30,960 don't. I can't really think ahead to how that's going to look in in 596 00:43:31,039 --> 00:43:36,800 the postseason. How Plumbly getting back, Yeah, exactly, how line's change 597 00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:40,239 if Plumbley, you know, if Plumbley does return, which hopefully he does. 598 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:43,840 But look, the Clippers had to do something. This was the best 599 00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,239 available move, and I think not only has it been a stop gap, 600 00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:52,320 but it has been effective and he has worked in the position, save for 601 00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,159 like that first game where I thought he didn't look great. H he has 602 00:43:54,199 --> 00:43:58,400 come up to speed really really quickly. So I think that there is something 603 00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,880 there for sure. Yeah, there's something they're for sure, and I hope, 604 00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:06,559 like defensively, the Clippers can kind of continue to make a name for 605 00:44:06,639 --> 00:44:09,119 themselves and do what we know they're to do. I feel like, that's 606 00:44:09,559 --> 00:44:13,119 to me what I want to see the most out of this Denver game. 607 00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,119 I think that we've gotten enough spits and spurts of the offense that I'm start 608 00:44:16,159 --> 00:44:20,840 of. I'm seeing where that's kind of starting to go. But I would 609 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,880 like to, especially with this Denver team not scoring as much as they normally 610 00:44:24,199 --> 00:44:28,239 as we're used to them in this season, just kind of running away with 611 00:44:28,280 --> 00:44:31,239 things offensively. I love to see how they're able to respond to the pressure, 612 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:35,519 if the Clips can really turn that up, especially if they set the 613 00:44:35,559 --> 00:44:39,920 tone really early with just some really physical defense. So that's what I'm looking 614 00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:43,760 for to get a win in this one. I think one of the encouraging 615 00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:46,920 things right now for the Clippers is the defense is ahead of the offense, 616 00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:52,079 and you expect the offense to come along given the names that are out there, 617 00:44:52,119 --> 00:44:54,599 given how much talent they have, and the way guys are talking. 618 00:44:54,719 --> 00:45:00,320 Like James Harden last night, I couldn't believe his postgame pres Sorry, I 619 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,880 listened to him in the locker room talking with the reporters, and it was 620 00:45:05,519 --> 00:45:09,480 this is gonna sound like you know, a company line mouthpiece stuff. But 621 00:45:10,519 --> 00:45:15,199 he was abnormally unselfish with the way he was talking about what he wants to 622 00:45:15,239 --> 00:45:19,559 see out there, and he was very analytical about, Look, my job 623 00:45:19,639 --> 00:45:22,320 is to generate the best shots out there on the floor for this team, 624 00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:25,960 because if we get those shots, if we're more efficient on the offensive end, 625 00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:30,000 then we consider our defense on the other end. It was really a 626 00:45:30,039 --> 00:45:34,800 high level, almost coach speak from James Harden post game. System speak is 627 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,519 what it was. It was system. It was system speak, a system, 628 00:45:37,639 --> 00:45:40,880 not these system guys. Let's not mis quote him. Hey you didn't 629 00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:46,840 you didn't say you said it right. But I have been encouraged by his 630 00:45:47,039 --> 00:45:52,719 attitude, the way he's come in here. And then Russell Westbrook last night. 631 00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:00,039 Yeah, he talked about you know, we can we can be special. 632 00:46:00,079 --> 00:46:04,079 We're figuring things out. I'm figuring things out, but we can be 633 00:46:04,159 --> 00:46:07,239 special. It wasn't like I don't know if this is gonna work. I 634 00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,079 don't know if be coming off the bench is the right move. It seemed 635 00:46:10,119 --> 00:46:15,280 like he was buying in. Uh so Russ stands. Look, what you 636 00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:20,639 should probably do is support the guy that wanted to come off the bench in 637 00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:23,679 his new role, off the bench, like throw your support behind him. 638 00:46:24,119 --> 00:46:30,679 So because obviously Russ is somebody that is an emotional player that thrives when he's 639 00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:35,599 embraced. He wanted to come off the bench, So why are you arguing 640 00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:39,360 that he should be starting. Just just get behind him and praise him for 641 00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:44,239 his play and try to start up the sixth Man of the Year campaign. 642 00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:46,440 There we go. Yeah, what's up with that? Let's push for that 643 00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:51,039 Russian wed. That's what I mean with Lord playing. Now he's playing. 644 00:46:51,079 --> 00:47:00,960 We'll see. But uh I oh are you hearing them? Well? I 645 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:05,159 can hear? I can't. No, Chuck's audio just cut out. Yeah, 646 00:47:05,360 --> 00:47:07,159 that happened a few different times earlier. I got this text from our 647 00:47:07,159 --> 00:47:13,320 friend Joseph Ryah Ward though, regarding some of the lineup changes going on, 648 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:19,639 and I thought it was a bear mentioning Kawhi PG man that three man lineup. 649 00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:22,440 There are plus twenty nine per one hundred possessions, a one twenty offensive 650 00:47:22,519 --> 00:47:28,800 rating, a ninety one defensive rating in about ninety minutes of play so far 651 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:35,840 since these lineup changes five games ago, Kawhi PG Russ a minus forty eight 652 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:38,719 per one hundred possessions, just a one oh seven offensive rating, a one 653 00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:45,079 to fifty five defensive rating in just thirteen minutes, so a very small sample 654 00:47:45,159 --> 00:47:47,239 size. But uh, look, I don't know how you can argue with 655 00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:52,360 the results right now, even with James Harden not putting up Monster box Score 656 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,199 numbers, even with Kawhi Leonard putting up Monster box Score numbers or not. 657 00:47:55,280 --> 00:48:00,800 So far, the Hole has been greater than the some of its parts. 658 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:05,159 With this new five man starting lineup with Terrence Man in there for Russell Westbrook, 659 00:48:05,519 --> 00:48:08,199 it has been very effective. Guys are getting good looks. They're shooting 660 00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:13,480 fifty three percent from the floor, those five guys together, and I think 661 00:48:14,079 --> 00:48:17,599 there's more untapped potential offensively there, but easily, and it's nice we're going 662 00:48:17,679 --> 00:48:22,480 to see that against a reeling Nuggets team. This would be the last one, 663 00:48:22,559 --> 00:48:24,760 was the best win of the Clipper season. Tomorrow could be too, 664 00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:34,960 Like tomorrow can very much take Damny Chuck lost him again. You're right, 665 00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:39,400 though, any of these wins coming up will be the best victory of the 666 00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:44,159 season. As good as the Mavericks have been and they were third in the 667 00:48:44,159 --> 00:48:47,519 West and currently are, and how potent they are offensively scoring one twenty a 668 00:48:47,559 --> 00:48:52,280 game, to hold them to eighty eight is a feat but you take down 669 00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:55,559 Denver finally, and we'll see what the circumstances are with who's available. And 670 00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,639 I do not care, but you really don't. You just want to see 671 00:49:01,679 --> 00:49:06,079 him a get a victory finally over the Denver Nuggets because they've been so close 672 00:49:06,559 --> 00:49:09,599 the past two times. I mentioned the one game this season you're up by 673 00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:13,639 seven was six minutes left. They probably should have figured that out. But 674 00:49:13,679 --> 00:49:17,159 then going back to last season in that overtime loss in Denver where Marcus Moreris 675 00:49:17,159 --> 00:49:22,159 played I think the last ten minutes and just had a really rough stint and 676 00:49:22,239 --> 00:49:23,239 a lot of people at the time we're not sure why he was in the 677 00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:29,320 ballgame. Clippers had a great opportunity then, so it is past due for 678 00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:34,000 them to take down the Denver Nuggets. Who are we picking for Players of 679 00:49:34,079 --> 00:49:37,239 the game. Things have been going pretty good since we've started picking players of 680 00:49:37,280 --> 00:49:39,880 the game. Will, who is your pick for player of the game? 681 00:49:40,679 --> 00:49:44,280 It's true? Out of am I wrong? Oh yeah, we deserve all 682 00:49:44,280 --> 00:49:49,239 the credit. I didn't say anything about credit. Will, who's your pick 683 00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,840 for player of the game. I'm going to go Harden. I think I 684 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:57,599 like what we've seen so far. I'm ready for him. To keep up 685 00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:02,840 this facilitator role with some with some with a twenty plus game as well. 686 00:50:04,599 --> 00:50:07,480 Okay, yeah, last time we played twenty one, just four assists for 687 00:50:07,559 --> 00:50:13,559 hard the last time we played the Nuggets, Adam who is your pick? 688 00:50:13,920 --> 00:50:16,440 It's not often that would go with him because it's too easy, it's too 689 00:50:16,519 --> 00:50:20,960 obvious. But Kawhi Leonard's coming off a game where he went two of twelve. 690 00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:23,320 People are talking about him. Is he still elite? Can he still 691 00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:28,199 be the number one player on a championship level team? I fully believe man 692 00:50:30,199 --> 00:50:37,840 overreaction. I think Kawhi is giving him twenty eight to thirty points tomorrow against 693 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:40,320 Denver. And I'm looking back at that first game, Uh, he was 694 00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:44,119 just five or fourteen. He really struggled. If he didn't have the off 695 00:50:44,239 --> 00:50:47,159 night earlier this season against Denver with just fifteen points on five to fourteen shooting, 696 00:50:47,559 --> 00:50:51,559 they win. That game was there for the taking. I mean they 697 00:50:51,599 --> 00:50:55,440 had fourteen offensive rebounds. Jokics was just eight of twenty three from the field. 698 00:50:57,320 --> 00:51:00,360 They really let one get away. I think Kawhi is gonna have something 699 00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,239 to prove tomorrow night. Even though he's not on social media, he has 700 00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:08,079 no idea the conversation surrounding him. He knows he went two for twelve last 701 00:51:08,119 --> 00:51:10,880 game. He's aware of that, and that's enough to light a fire. 702 00:51:13,199 --> 00:51:17,239 I am going with the who did just have a good game. I'm going 703 00:51:17,320 --> 00:51:21,320 Terrence Man, and I think Terrence Man's gonna be player of the game because 704 00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,760 I think Terrence Man is going to make three threes. That's why I think 705 00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:27,639 he's gonna be player of the game. He's shooting thirteen percent. If he 706 00:51:27,679 --> 00:51:30,360 makes three, he's probably taken four to five. Be a nice little boost. 707 00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:35,760 He missed four last game. He's missed a lot of threes, so 708 00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:38,280 I would love for him and think it will happen. He is coming back 709 00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:43,960 from an injury though, yes, that is very true. I think I 710 00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:46,920 think he's gonna be able to do it. I'm thinking three threes from Terrence 711 00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:52,599 Man. I think what we saw yesterday against Dallas is a glimpse of this 712 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:58,480 next level Terrence Man can get to where he's more reliable for around thirteen to 713 00:51:58,480 --> 00:52:01,800 fifteen points per night side from all the little hustle plays, aside from picking 714 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:07,559 up his man ninety four feet, I think Terrence Man also he has another 715 00:52:07,639 --> 00:52:12,079 leg up he can go offensively, he can raise his own ceiling a little 716 00:52:12,079 --> 00:52:14,960 bit this season and just sow all the stuff he's been working on, because, 717 00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:16,679 like Will said, he still was just coming back from an injury. 718 00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:22,519 I think that was his eighth or ninth game last night. Yes, I 719 00:52:22,559 --> 00:52:24,880 think that. Yeah, I think you're right. So we settled we're gonna 720 00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:28,840 win by twenty and we're gonna break the streak against the Nuggets, right, 721 00:52:30,079 --> 00:52:32,280 I don't know. I was thoroughly impressed. I was a little bit concerned 722 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:36,599 going into that game yesterday, considering they sold out to get the victory, 723 00:52:36,760 --> 00:52:38,639 yes to try to get the victory against the Pelicans, and I thought, 724 00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:42,599 oh, they're gonna have really tired legs. Now. They went all in 725 00:52:42,639 --> 00:52:45,440 to get that victory against the Pelicans, they didn't get it, and now 726 00:52:45,519 --> 00:52:47,760 Dallas is a team off two days rest. No, they were the team 727 00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:51,960 that looked like they were tired out there. The Clippers had the sets of 728 00:52:52,039 --> 00:52:54,280 urgency and all the energy. We love it. We love it. We're 729 00:52:54,320 --> 00:52:59,400 gonna get a win against the Nuggets. It's gonna be fantastic. I think 730 00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:01,480 we're gonna be doing a double dip probably after that game. If we're allowed 731 00:53:01,519 --> 00:53:05,559 on the radio, of course. Uh, you guys watch the game cool? 732 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:08,679 Yeah, we watched it last night. We went to the Magic Castle, 733 00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:15,440 a new episode on Tuesday around there. Reviews always help us, of 734 00:53:15,480 --> 00:53:20,039 course, Adam, have you been to the Magic Castle? No, I 735 00:53:20,079 --> 00:53:22,960 told you this off air. I haven't been checked. I just want to 736 00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:25,039 And you guys didn't invite me. And we didn't have a ticket. We 737 00:53:25,079 --> 00:53:28,960 didn't have an open ticket. You know hard it is to get into the 738 00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:32,599 Magic Castle. It's absurd. Anyway, we went. It was a fun 739 00:53:32,599 --> 00:53:40,280 time. Uh, it was cool. Magic is fine. Guess will your 740 00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:47,719 thoughts on the Magic Castle dece is fair? All right? Not about wraps 741 00:53:47,719 --> 00:53:52,760 it up? Thank you everyone hanging all the live Uh we're YouTube dot com, 742 00:53:52,800 --> 00:53:55,960 slash at clippers podcast on Twitter where at clippers pod you can catch Adam 743 00:53:57,079 --> 00:54:00,199 arguing with people on there, which is always good time out of his arm. 744 00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:06,039 You mean casuals like b West. Hey giving you a little previews. 745 00:54:06,079 --> 00:54:08,960 Just giving you a little preview led the Pistons to back to back titles. 746 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:16,800 Not Isaiah Thomas. It was a great podcast from Chucking. Will today shout 747 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:22,239 out be West. I think I don't know Adam before we send these people 748 00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:24,840 off into a work week after a holiday. Let's get a let's get a 749 00:54:24,840 --> 00:54:30,760 positive thing about the Clippers. Like I said earlier, I think their offense 750 00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:35,480 is just scratching the surface with James Harden, with Kawhi Leonard and a little 751 00:54:35,519 --> 00:54:40,800 shooting mini funk he's been in and they are primed and ready to take down 752 00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:45,280 the Denver Nuggets. I'm with you, Chuck. I think it's going to 753 00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:49,119 happen, and therefore they would have won two of the first three games of 754 00:54:49,199 --> 00:54:52,800 this tough six game stretch and they're in a position to have a successful week 755 00:54:52,840 --> 00:54:55,719 and a half here. I think this would be big for the Clippers. 756 00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:59,320 There we go, you heard it. We will be back with a new 757 00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:01,119 episode on two. They doubled him tomorrow night. Thank you for hanging out 758 00:55:01,119 --> 00:55:04,119 and as always, let's go Clips.