1 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:12,359 What is going on? Clippers fans, Welcome back to Clips. That zip 2 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:17,600 is the season two episode fifty three point one. We're back after the All 3 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,960 Star break. Slippers play basketball tomorrow night. We're all very excited about it. 4 00:00:21,199 --> 00:00:25,000 I am Chuck Mockler, joined by Adam Oslin and Will Updyke. We're 5 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:28,559 gonna get to how we're feeling. But today we're talking Clippers were sunder. 6 00:00:28,559 --> 00:00:32,079 It's a very big game for the standings. We're talking the back to back, 7 00:00:32,119 --> 00:00:36,280 the Clippers to come, the Clippers come back to There was some wonderful 8 00:00:37,359 --> 00:00:43,560 ex Clipper fights happening over the All Star break. We're all very excited. 9 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:46,520 Basketball's back, so that can stop. But before we get into it, 10 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:51,799 Adam will, how are you guys doing on Clippers come back to basketball? 11 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,399 Eve, Adam will start with you. How is your All Star break? 12 00:00:55,719 --> 00:00:58,679 It was better than the actual All Star game, I'll tell you that much. 13 00:00:59,359 --> 00:01:03,799 I played our defense against myself, I guess during the All Star break, 14 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,000 and I had a buddy hangout. We had a good time. Uh, 15 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:11,920 you know, recharge, regroup and get ready for marsh as as you 16 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:17,400 know all too well. Jeff Well or Will were you rationing supplies for this 17 00:01:17,519 --> 00:01:25,959 upcoming March schedule. Not yet, not yet. No looking forward to this 18 00:01:26,799 --> 00:01:32,040 hillacious stretch of games for the Clippers, which is still somehow the quiet before 19 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:36,040 the storm, which I'm sure we're going to talk about. So yeah, 20 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,920 I'm be good man. Nice. Yeah. I had a good break. 21 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,920 We got some free comics which was cool from Ryan Peril. I read, 22 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:49,799 Yeah, I read Power Rangers comics now apparently. Yeah. Thanks everyone who's 23 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,359 listening, Thanks everyone who's watching over on YouTube. Let's get into this Clippers 24 00:01:53,359 --> 00:01:57,760 Thunder game preview. There's no injuries for the Clippers, which is fantastic. 25 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,200 The official dude the Moose might be loose. Someone asked about him in the 26 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:07,520 comments on Twitter if Moosa is gonna play and I I don't think it's in 27 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:13,280 the cards. We gotta feel good about the health. Gordon Hayward set to 28 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,080 make his debut for the Thunder. I don't know, Adam were in another, 29 00:02:17,479 --> 00:02:23,439 like most important game of the year standing wise, it kind of sucks. 30 00:02:23,520 --> 00:02:27,439 It's the game after the All Star break, right, I don't know. 31 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,199 They got healthy. It's probably better than having it before the All Star 32 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:35,000 break because the Clippers weren't playing that well. If you just look too and 33 00:02:35,039 --> 00:02:38,400 two their last four they were kind of alternating wins and losses, even while 34 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:42,479 they had three of those games at home. And I looked over the last 35 00:02:42,479 --> 00:02:47,840 fifteen games, they're seventeenth defensively, and that's post the beat down of what 36 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,039 happened in okase see, and then what happened at home against Boston, which 37 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,759 could skew the numbers, but that's after that. So yeah, defensively, 38 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,759 they got to tighten things up. They have to play much better. And 39 00:03:00,039 --> 00:03:01,639 there's gonna be a lot of these games coming up, but this one in 40 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:07,199 particular, considering this is the final game against OKC. It's the rubber game, 41 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:10,639 the head to head tiebreaker will be decided tomorrow night. It's big time. 42 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:15,240 It's not gonna be easy. And okay, see, we know how 43 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:19,360 good they are, and they were playing much better basketball than the Clippers over 44 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:22,759 the last ten games heading into this one, heading into the All Star break. 45 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:25,319 But you just like the fact that the Clippers are healthy. And there 46 00:03:25,319 --> 00:03:30,840 were some comments from James Harden that I saw on Lam Murray's Twitter talking about 47 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,919 how it's about attention to detail. Now you know, we can't beat ourselves 48 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,000 any longer, we have to make the other team beat us and basically just 49 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:43,800 tighten everything up with just twenty nine games remaining heading into the playoffs. Yeah, 50 00:03:43,879 --> 00:03:46,919 it's kind of been wonky facing the Thunder this year. We haven't been 51 00:03:46,919 --> 00:03:50,840 able to give them like our best. We didn't have Kawhi, we didn't 52 00:03:50,879 --> 00:03:53,280 have Zoo. Obviously, PG was great in that game without Zoo. That's 53 00:03:53,319 --> 00:03:57,879 how we get the win. But like this is, I mean, it's 54 00:03:58,039 --> 00:04:01,759 kind of nice. I guess for a neutral fan that this is gonna be 55 00:04:02,639 --> 00:04:06,080 of one hundred percent to a hund percent matchup. Will what are you looking 56 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:13,240 forward to most or I guess maybe least from this This Thunder team, I 57 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,279 mean, a team that could already readily drop one thirty on you is adding 58 00:04:17,319 --> 00:04:21,480 another offensive piece, which you know, we'll see how the integration works and 59 00:04:21,639 --> 00:04:26,839 how quickly they're able to do that. But yeah, I mean it's it's 60 00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:30,560 a good addition for them, another wing, which will tax a smaller Clippers 61 00:04:30,639 --> 00:04:33,319 team when they have to worry about more than just guards kind of going off. 62 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,600 And then I mean they already have side like they already have size I 63 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:41,720 guess across the board. So yeah, it's it's a tough one. It's 64 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:46,759 a tough one. I'm going to be interested in what I like. I 65 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,000 don't know what my expectations are for the offense the first game back from the 66 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:51,959 All Star Break. I want it to be very good. I know that 67 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,240 it's not going to be at its best, but Zoo's going to be healthy, 68 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,399 which obviously helps the defense a lot. But like maybe the I'm hoping 69 00:05:00,439 --> 00:05:02,680 the pick and roll looks a little bit better. And we've talked about this 70 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,160 a little bit. I hope James Harden, if he gets forced into the 71 00:05:05,199 --> 00:05:10,560 mid range, looks a little bit better. He shot like his worst percentage 72 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:15,240 in almost ten years from three to ten feet right now. Everything else is 73 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:16,720 great, but that's just the one thing where I think defenses are going to 74 00:05:16,759 --> 00:05:20,519 push him towards. Yeah. So I'm excited to see what the offense looks 75 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:26,839 like on some full rest, especially from Zoo. I also want to see 76 00:05:26,879 --> 00:05:30,959 them get off Obviously, it's asking a lot because the Clippers have struggled recently. 77 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,279 They were much better in this area overall this season, but recently they've 78 00:05:33,319 --> 00:05:38,519 been really bad in first quarters. Again. They are twenty third in net 79 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:44,560 rating their last five games, in first quarters, and it's looked the part 80 00:05:44,680 --> 00:05:48,399 they've been getting off to very slow starts. We've kind of wondered whether or 81 00:05:48,399 --> 00:05:53,199 not, you know, that road trip took something out of them, that 82 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:58,120 seven game Grammy road trip, and there were still residual effects from that those 83 00:05:58,199 --> 00:06:01,759 last four games before the All Star break. But they have to speaking of 84 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:06,279 tightening things up, they have to start much faster, especially against Okasee, 85 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:12,319 a team that pretty much is the new analytics team out there outside of the 86 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:17,639 Houston Rockets with James Harden and Mike D'Antoni, because it's drives and it's threes, 87 00:06:17,879 --> 00:06:20,839 it's a lot of that stuff. They leave the league in drives per 88 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:26,160 game by a pretty wide margin. And then you know, they don't take 89 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:30,439 quite as many three pointers as the Houston Rockets did back in the day or 90 00:06:30,439 --> 00:06:33,160 anything like that. They're actually i think middle in the middle of the pack 91 00:06:33,360 --> 00:06:38,160 like the Clippers are, but they shoot a really high percentage from the outside. 92 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:41,319 They're right behind the Clippers. They're number one at thirty nine point five 93 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,720 percent from three. Okayse is thirty nine point three percent from the outside. 94 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,800 So they can beat you from the outside. They can beat you. Then 95 00:06:47,879 --> 00:06:50,800 driving by you and getting to the basket. That's a lot of SGA, 96 00:06:50,879 --> 00:06:54,199 of course, but they have a ton of slashers. They have a ton 97 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:58,000 of youth and young guys and fresh legs. That probably would have been fine 98 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:01,160 without an All Star break out of all the teams little so getting that and 99 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,839 their opportunity to recharge at home waiting for the Clippers, that's a big advantage. 100 00:07:05,879 --> 00:07:09,399 But you take some of that away if you could just get off to 101 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:12,879 a quick start in the ballgame and start to impose your will right off the 102 00:07:12,879 --> 00:07:16,079 bat and get back to having that defensive mentality, something they've also been lacking, 103 00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:20,160 as I mentioned the last fifteen games, just seventeenth overall defensively. Yeah, 104 00:07:20,199 --> 00:07:25,240 I was just looking at their shot distribution there. You're right, as 105 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:27,879 you said, they're right in the middle of the pack with three pointers. 106 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:30,160 They're also right in the middle of the pack with two pointers. They take 107 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:35,040 the fourteenth most two pointers and the sixteenth most threes, So like they're kind 108 00:07:35,079 --> 00:07:40,199 of hitting from everywhere. They're not leaning one heavy one side. I like 109 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:44,079 what you said about the analytics. It's like the analytics distribution kind of like 110 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,879 everything went crazy with d Antonio now they're kind of figuring it out more with 111 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:54,040 the Thunder. Yeah, defensively, it's gonna be weird, I think, 112 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:56,720 right like will we saw Jalen Williams kill us, and then he was on 113 00:07:56,759 --> 00:08:00,480 the bench for the other game, so like we know what they're big guys 114 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:03,639 can do. I'm worried about one of these, not random because that feels 115 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:07,959 more disrespectful than I mean it, but one of these bench Thunder guys can 116 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:13,360 do right, Like they kind of have sneaky scoring depth on their team, 117 00:08:13,519 --> 00:08:20,439 especially now adding Gordon Hayward. That's somebody who offers more depth of veteran presence 118 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:26,639 out there. I know he doesn't have a ton of playoff experience, but 119 00:08:26,759 --> 00:08:30,680 this is somebody who was an All Star, has a lot of pride, 120 00:08:31,199 --> 00:08:33,840 and it's somebody they can lean on a little bit at times and just know 121 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:37,000 what he's capable of. He's been in the league for so long now he 122 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:41,159 had the injury. He's not the same player that he used to be, 123 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,879 but he's still more than serviceable. And I always worry about guys that have 124 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:48,600 a change of scenery like that, where they were playing meaningless ball games and 125 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:52,159 now they have an opportunity to be one of the best teams in their conference 126 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,919 and what that can do and bring out of them. I think that's going 127 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:01,039 to be a big pickup for this OKAC Thunder team. But last time out, 128 00:09:01,279 --> 00:09:05,000 I believe it was Yeah, Isaiah Joe had fifteen points off the bench 129 00:09:05,039 --> 00:09:07,279 against them. He was really good in that Clippers one twenty eight to one 130 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:11,559 to seventeen victory at Crypto or PG thirteen had nineteen, was thirty eight in 131 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:16,120 the fourth quarter. But they definitely have guys coming at you in waves off 132 00:09:16,159 --> 00:09:22,200 the bench. You have to account for, Yeah, and the bench defense. 133 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,120 Now that we've had some rest from you know, Russ and Norms probably 134 00:09:26,159 --> 00:09:28,919 fully recovered. I I don't think he was one hundred percent heading into the 135 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:33,240 All Star break after getting hit in the head. That'll be big. Yeah, 136 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,000 Will Adam mentioned the defense, What do we do we or do we 137 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,279 just needs you to be back and well, like will we be happy with 138 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:48,480 the defense? I mean that's obviously a major piece, and I'm hoping that 139 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:52,639 he looks a lot better given the long break, But it's it's also going 140 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:56,799 to be difficult to cover this team. You guys mentioned the bench, like 141 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:01,600 our bench defensive, like isn't really known as a defense a unit, so 142 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:05,399 that that's gonna be that's gonna be difficult for for those guys that are gonna 143 00:10:05,399 --> 00:10:07,200 have to you know, keep up the keep up the pace, which they 144 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:11,720 are you know, willing to do and and well equipped on that second unit 145 00:10:11,759 --> 00:10:16,360 to at least kind of keep things even if a couple of these bench guys 146 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:18,559 for the Thunder end up popping. But you know, it's gonna come down 147 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:24,840 to matchups and and how they're able to curb Shay. You know, we 148 00:10:24,879 --> 00:10:28,519 saw a lot of different looks at him. I think, if I'm not 149 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:35,159 mistaken, I was just look at Paul, George Kawhi and James and James 150 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,960 Harden all played the played the most on him. It's like one of those 151 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:39,840 things where you look at he you know, he that he got his fewest 152 00:10:39,879 --> 00:10:43,519 field goal attempts off like while those guys were on him, but you look 153 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,639 at how much the team was still scoring over those stretches. There's like a 154 00:10:46,639 --> 00:10:50,799 two minute stretch where Thunder still had like twenty team points, so uh and 155 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:56,279 and and it wasn't all Shay assisted. But it's one of those things where 156 00:10:56,519 --> 00:11:00,799 it's it's just one head at the Snake, But you know that's that's obviously 157 00:11:00,799 --> 00:11:03,799 the matchup, that's kind of the marquee match of it, and how they're 158 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:09,240 able to distribute those minutes and then likewise, I mean, if they aren't 159 00:11:09,240 --> 00:11:11,600 able to slow down some of these guys, like who is going to get 160 00:11:11,639 --> 00:11:16,440 things going quickly? I think you know the way that we kind of went 161 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,240 into the All Star break. You know, it was good to get the 162 00:11:20,279 --> 00:11:24,320 comeback victory, and I think we were all feeling a lot better, especially 163 00:11:24,399 --> 00:11:26,919 I feel like the upset of the Timber Bows games. But the way that 164 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:33,919 we have looked as of late hasn't been particularly inspiring. And I'm curious to 165 00:11:33,919 --> 00:11:39,600 see, like what what the malaise of a long break does really for both 166 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,279 teams and how that affects them and the guy that I'm going to be really 167 00:11:43,279 --> 00:11:46,759 watching in this one, especially if the Clippers have trouble stopping this thunder teams, 168 00:11:46,799 --> 00:11:52,320 what is Paul George gonna look like? Offensively? So I know you 169 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,600 asked me about the defense, but there you go, No, that's fair 170 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,559 because Paul, I mean, Paul George, he's the growing thing was so 171 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,600 it was brutal, he was so up and down so streaky. Sometimes he'd 172 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:05,279 have it, sometimes he wouldn't. He was good on the defensive end, 173 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:09,519 ish, yeah, like came and went. I think that was some of 174 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:15,360 the things that was like more troubling about that Paul stretch post growing injury, 175 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:20,159 was like, you know, he's gonna go through stretches where he doesn't have 176 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:24,919 it, you know, where he's not he's not having the offensive production that 177 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,919 he did to start the season. But I think something like some of the 178 00:12:26,960 --> 00:12:31,320 more troubling stuff was him just looking out of place and a little lost out 179 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,919 there. I always think that that stuff is a little bit more like these 180 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:37,480 are the things you can still control, you know, that are still within 181 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:39,759 your control. You can't really it's not up to you if the shots fall 182 00:12:39,799 --> 00:12:45,200 down or not, Like that's not really your determination. But like what you're 183 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,200 doing, especially for Paul on the defensive end of the floor, says a 184 00:12:48,279 --> 00:12:52,080 lot about like what you can still contribute and not to get down on the 185 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,000 guy. But like it just wasn't you know, he was one of many 186 00:12:54,000 --> 00:13:01,559 Clippers who I wasn't giving flying marks. You're trying to light a fire, 187 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:03,720 You're not trying to get down. If you're trying to light a fire for 188 00:13:03,759 --> 00:13:07,600 the right fans out there. Okay, sorry, Adam, go ahead, 189 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:11,039 No, I think it's going to tell a lot about where Paul George is 190 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:15,960 at in this game physically and how he's feeling out there, because it just 191 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:18,080 seemed like he was trying to bide his time, just get to the All 192 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:22,039 Star break, get some days off. He still played in the All Star 193 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:24,720 Game, I think, knocked down a couple of three pointers, but that 194 00:13:24,799 --> 00:13:28,159 fourth quarter against Golden State before he filed out, and those last two fouls 195 00:13:28,159 --> 00:13:31,480 were bad fouls. He was being overly aggressive. When you want to talk 196 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:35,720 about not playing well enough defensively, that last foul against Draymond Green just shouldn't 197 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:39,480 happen. But I like what we saw offensively from him in that fourth quarter, 198 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:43,360 who was forcing the issue a little bit more. And while he was 199 00:13:43,519 --> 00:13:46,120 one for seven from three in that game, he was seven of ten from 200 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:50,879 two and eventually he kind of just went away from the three ball in that 201 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,639 fourth I want to see that level of aggressiveness from PG thirteen get some easy 202 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:58,039 ones too, if they're not falling from the outside, because I don't want 203 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,279 to see this Clippers, and it may hand up this way because they're two 204 00:14:01,279 --> 00:14:05,159 of the best offenses in the league, but have to win a shootout in 205 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:09,679 OKC like they won back at home in that game where they knocked down twenty 206 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:15,039 three pointers, OKAC had sixteen. They basically just outshot them and PG thirteen 207 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,879 was unbelievable down the stretch. And then you had the Kawhi block on Sga. 208 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:22,960 I don't know how repeatable that is on the road in OKC against that 209 00:14:24,039 --> 00:14:28,399 team with that home court advantage, in that crowd behind him. You want 210 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,960 to see them get back to playing much better defense. And to what Chuck 211 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:35,679 was saying earlier, is it as simple as just having a Viatza Zubas be 212 00:14:35,799 --> 00:14:39,639 healthy? Another big test for him. Let's see how big Zoo's moving out 213 00:14:39,679 --> 00:14:43,200 there. He also looked really good late in the fourth quarter before he went 214 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,679 out ended up playing almost thirty minutes in that game against Golden State. That's 215 00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:52,200 really the best he had looked so some days off for him and Paul George 216 00:14:52,679 --> 00:14:56,840 and Kawhi Leonard. Hopefully it does wonders for this Clippers team just healthwise. 217 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:00,960 Yeah, you mentioned the Paul George thing and being aggressive in those last two 218 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:07,759 games. He took fifteen free throws combined in the last two games. He 219 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,480 averages four a game this year. It's one of his lowest averages of his 220 00:15:11,679 --> 00:15:16,440 career. And then we went on the win streak, the big win streak. 221 00:15:16,519 --> 00:15:20,440 I believe I'm ninety percent sure it coincided with him getting not much higher 222 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,320 because it's not like he's going to the line double digits or anything like that, 223 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:26,960 but like if he's getting Paul George is getting even six free throws a 224 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:33,519 game, it kind of drastically changes what he can do offensively. So I 225 00:15:33,879 --> 00:15:37,000 like what you said about, like he made the conscious decision to be more 226 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:43,000 aggressive and go to the basket because teams are pushing the Clippers into the midrange. 227 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,080 But Kawhi is the only guy who's really built to really succeed there as 228 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,039 a first option of that kind of thing. Well, they need to test 229 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,320 Chet Homegron like they did against Rigobert. You're gonna lose some of those battles, 230 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:58,440 but you still have to go after that guy who I think had eight 231 00:15:58,559 --> 00:16:03,399 or nine blocks in a game against what Denver at one point this season. 232 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,000 So it's not easy. But it's not like he's the thickest and most well 233 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,240 built guy. At this point of his career, he's kind of got a 234 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:15,080 bird chest to him. You can as big as Paul George is, you 235 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:18,440 can go at him some. So against a team that's going to take a 236 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:22,519 lot of twos at the rim with those drives in the Okase thunder, you 237 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:25,840 got to try to match it a little bit. And the one area the 238 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:30,480 Clippers had been much better in overall the last fifteen games was points in the 239 00:16:30,519 --> 00:16:34,039 paint. We saw that being a point of emphasis going into that road trip. 240 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:37,720 It really changed for them. It just seemed like they were unveiling a 241 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,919 different part of their offense where they knew, okay, we have to get 242 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,559 back to what was the old saying from a coach, Lou fifty cent, 243 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:48,559 get to the paint or die trying. It seemed like they were much more 244 00:16:48,559 --> 00:16:52,440 intent on doing that. So I want to see that continue. Will Do 245 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,399 you think you could bench more than chet Holgren? No? I don't think 246 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,840 so. Well wait, wait what does he bench? I don't know. 247 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,480 I just I've been I'm going purely off the bird chest. I can't bench 248 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:08,440 one, I can bench one thirty. I don't know. I don't know 249 00:17:08,480 --> 00:17:14,359 if it's a Kevin Durant like thing. Speaking of Biggs though, like Daniel 250 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:18,160 Tys played twenty minutes in that win, a guy who is no longer in 251 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,839 the rotation. I'm just curious what do you guys think about how those minutes 252 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:27,519 get distributed, and like, what what does it look like for plumb I 253 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:33,880 mean, plumb had a solid game fifteen to five and two last time out, 254 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:37,519 but Tyson played like twenty minutes. Like I said, also, solid 255 00:17:37,519 --> 00:17:44,200 game is plus nine in the block score. Yeah, so I guess it 256 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,880 is he not going to play. I want to see better Plumbly. I 257 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:51,279 know the question was maybe about Tyes, but Plumbly did not go into the 258 00:17:51,319 --> 00:17:56,000 All Star break on the Upswing Warriors game. He was better. Yeah, 259 00:17:56,480 --> 00:18:00,440 that's true. That's a really good call. He was although no, yeah, 260 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,680 he was fired up, which is great. So maybe that is maybe 261 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,480 that that's something he can kind of bottle up for the last week or whatever 262 00:18:07,599 --> 00:18:11,799 and get into it. But Tye, if Plumbley isn't playing well, I 263 00:18:11,799 --> 00:18:15,920 think Tysi play because we've seen Lou kind of switch that. But man, 264 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,799 I really hope Plumby is looking good. Real quick, I found some data 265 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:23,200 on the chet Holmgren thing. Apparently during the draft, uh you know, 266 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:29,920 combined thing, he couldn't lift the one eighty five bench. Uh that they 267 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,599 do, so it is like KD. He couldn't do it either at the 268 00:18:32,599 --> 00:18:34,559 come. So it's like KD. I think you could bets what they drafted 269 00:18:34,599 --> 00:18:37,079 him. They're like, we got to take all the guys that are skinny 270 00:18:37,079 --> 00:18:40,960 as em and can't lift one eighty five and they're going to turn out to 271 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,759 be superstars. I think you could do it with hoops man. You've always 272 00:18:45,759 --> 00:18:51,000 said that absolutely nothing. You know, PJ. Tucker can bench four fifty. 273 00:18:51,039 --> 00:18:52,960 I have it on the forty. I mean I bet, yeah, 274 00:18:56,200 --> 00:19:00,720 yeah, definitely working out for Yeah, h Adam go out on the backup 275 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,359 back. He should bench the whole bench. He spent so much time over 276 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:11,160 there bench. Uh. Zubots wasn't in that game last time out, so 277 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:15,920 I expect him to soak up twenty five plus minutes and it's probably gonna be 278 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:21,000 Mason Plumley getting the first opportunity. That's just the pecking order. I think 279 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:26,200 it makes sense overall. Mason Plumbley is a true seven footer coming off the 280 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,119 bench for you against someone like Chet Holmgren. You need a guy like that, 281 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,960 And to Will's point, he played pretty well in that game against OKAC 282 00:19:33,119 --> 00:19:37,799 in the victory back at Crypto. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting how they 283 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:40,440 play the pick and roll with Chet because he could be the handler or the 284 00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,799 screener. So if he's the screener, I'm a shooming there, going under, 285 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:48,839 but maybe not, I don't know. Yeah, this game. I'm 286 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:52,640 nervous for this game, but I'm mostly excited because everyone's healthy on both sides, 287 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,799 so we get to see a full on Western Conference Finals type preview thing, 288 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,559 which is again always happy for neutral fan. That's who I'm most concerned 289 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:07,279 about these scenarios. Go sports, Go sports. We love sports. Okay, 290 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:08,359 now we get to the most important part. We haven't done this for 291 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:12,640 like a week, had plenty of time to think about it. Who is 292 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:18,359 our your Also, if you're listening or watching, you can vote on this 293 00:20:18,599 --> 00:20:22,400 if you want to give us an apt on the YouTube YouTube dot comp slash 294 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:23,920 at Clippers podcast. Let us know you're Kawhi Leonard player of the game. 295 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:29,119 It cannot be Kawhi Leonard, but that's what it's named after. Will. 296 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,799 Who is your Kawhi Leonard player of the game pick. Oh, we talked 297 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:34,559 about it a little bit, but I'm going Paul George. I'm ready for 298 00:20:34,599 --> 00:20:38,039 a big bounce back game. You talked about how Grady was that fourth quarter 299 00:20:38,039 --> 00:20:42,559 in the Warriors. Let's let's see it for four quarters or three blow them 300 00:20:42,559 --> 00:20:48,799 now at the fourth. Uh, that would be great. Adam, you're 301 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:53,599 Coahi Leonard player of the Game. I'm gonna go with James Harden, who 302 00:20:55,279 --> 00:20:59,839 struggled a little bit the first two games against OKAC mentioned the quote from him 303 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:03,200 or earlier. They need to be more detail oriented right now. They need 304 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:07,319 to be more focused, more laser focused. And I want to see it 305 00:21:07,319 --> 00:21:11,480 from him because even in that victory they had over Okay, see, he 306 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:18,200 was just five of fourteen. I did have eight assists to just one turnover 307 00:21:18,279 --> 00:21:22,519 with those sixteen points on five to fourteen shooting. But I think they're probably 308 00:21:22,519 --> 00:21:26,480 going to need more from him, just because it's likely going to be a 309 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:30,319 game played in the one fifteens, one twenties at least, so an efficient 310 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:33,799 night from James Harden. Plus he's got to take care of the basketball. 311 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:38,599 What did he do over the All Star break? Do we know I'm assuming 312 00:21:38,599 --> 00:21:45,440 he was not in Indiana chilling. I guess, hey, there we go. 313 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,640 Good enough for me resting. He's been playing heavy minutes. By the 314 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,200 way, if there's a guy who needed rest, it was definitely James hard 315 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:57,400 And you look at the game either. He was averaging thirty eight minutes over 316 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:03,240 the last seven games. Pippers almost it's a lot may borderline maybe too many. 317 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:07,440 You guys went with two starters, which is totally fair. So I'm 318 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:12,799 gonna go bench. We haven't even talked about him yet this preview. We 319 00:22:12,839 --> 00:22:18,440 need Russell Westbrook to be good at the rim in this game. The Clipper 320 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:19,880 is going to need some bench help. We know what norm Pal is there 321 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,720 to do, which is make threes. He's done that very well all season, 322 00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:26,880 especially in the fourth. We need Russ to maybe be efficient. Russ, 323 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:32,680 don't take threes, just make your shots at the rim. That would 324 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:37,960 go a long way to the Clippers winning this game. Is having not a 325 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:45,359 frantic Russ performance, but a focused Russ performance. I think that's uh, 326 00:22:45,599 --> 00:22:48,279 that's what we all want. And he was obviously good in that game down 327 00:22:48,279 --> 00:22:52,359 the stretch against the Golden State Wars. That was one of the blueprints of 328 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,559 how Russ can affect winning and affect the game, and he kind of talked 329 00:22:56,559 --> 00:23:00,599 about it postgame after the fifteen point comeback, saying, there's a lot more 330 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,680 you can do out there. There's a lot more I can do, I 331 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,640 think, is what he said. It's not just about points that affect winning 332 00:23:06,759 --> 00:23:10,480 and those hustle plays. I think he had four offensive rebounds and most of 333 00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:14,319 them came in the fourth had another one where he tipped it off. And 334 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,720 a warrior. That's what we need from him, scrappy Russ. I'm here 335 00:23:18,759 --> 00:23:22,160 for that. And may and as we talked about before the break, if 336 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:25,759 we're gonna play him in a small ball lineup four other shooters around him, 337 00:23:26,319 --> 00:23:30,160 let's have Russ out there with four other shooters. He can be the cog. 338 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,039 He can do all the good chaos center stuff, and the Clippers will 339 00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:37,799 be fine. I believe the Clippers are two point underdogs right now, which 340 00:23:37,839 --> 00:23:42,119 is pretty good for an a white spread. We're gonna have a double dip, 341 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,400 I believe right now after this game tomorrow. Who's coming with me? 342 00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:51,200 Boys? Oh, it's dependent on winter loss, I believe. So that's 343 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,480 fair. We can do that. Hey, sure your call. We can 344 00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:57,480 definitely do that. Sounds great. Coming up, we're gonna be talking the 345 00:23:57,519 --> 00:24:02,119 Clippers game on Friday, because of course, it wouldn't be a Clippers season 346 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,880 without coming back from the All Star Break on a back to back, and 347 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:10,720 then as well as the Kings game on Sunday. We got an update on 348 00:24:10,799 --> 00:24:12,759 the bobblehead giveaway. All that's coming up. If you're listening to the podcast, 349 00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:15,480 which we thank you for. The ads have been a little loud for 350 00:24:15,519 --> 00:24:18,279 some people. If that's been the case for you, go ahead and turn 351 00:24:18,319 --> 00:24:22,799 it down. We got ads coming up in three two one. All right, 352 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,400 welcome back into Clips and Dip. We just looked ahead to the Clippers 353 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:30,839 first game coming out of the All Star Break taking on the Thunder. Big 354 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,000 matchup, but it's not the end of the road. They got FLNA. 355 00:24:34,319 --> 00:24:40,680 They gotta take on the Memphis Grizzlies the next day. So good news for 356 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:47,960 people who like quantity basketball over quality basketball. How do you guys feel about 357 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:55,240 this morning? Is like, out of teams you could play, I guess 358 00:24:55,279 --> 00:24:56,640 on the second night of back to back, I mean, I'm glad it's 359 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:03,799 not the Celtics again or something, but yeah, I mean, it's the 360 00:25:03,839 --> 00:25:07,599 lowest scoring team in the league. They're the bottom of the league in a 361 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:12,200 lot of categories. Well, so many injuries. I mean right, no, 362 00:25:12,400 --> 00:25:17,640 this isn't Yeah, their season was over before it started. It almost 363 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:21,039 feels like they had the Ja Moran thing hanging over their head with the suspension, 364 00:25:21,599 --> 00:25:23,039 and then everybody got hurt, and then he came back and he got 365 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,839 hurt. It's just unbelievable. Yeah, horrible luck. You know. That 366 00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,200 wasn't a dig at the quality of their players right now. It's just they 367 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:34,880 don't have anyone who's supposed to be there really in major roles, which is 368 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:42,359 difficult to win. But if there's any team that's gonna wanna make some kind 369 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,920 of statement after a bunch of rest, it's a team like this. So 370 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:49,359 this is second night of a back to back against a team that's not very 371 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:55,279 good. This is a Clipper. This is the textbook Clippers track game right 372 00:25:55,319 --> 00:26:00,319 here. Talk about slow starts. This is a team that's just gonna soume 373 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,759 sprint up and down the court. To open this game against the Clippers, 374 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:11,240 the Memphis Grizzlies had lost nine in a row before winning their last two games 375 00:26:11,519 --> 00:26:15,440 before the All Star Break, including that victory over the Bucks that had Doc 376 00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:18,640 Rivers say he felt like half the team was in Cancun or whatever. Orcabo. 377 00:26:18,839 --> 00:26:22,559 I we'll talk more about that in a little bit, Yeah, we 378 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:25,759 will. They did go out on a high note heading into that All Star 379 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,920 break, getting their probably their best victory of the season winning that game over 380 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:34,440 Milwaukee. Yeah. I mean it's they're on a borderline streak. They beat 381 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:37,519 the they beat the Rockets, and then they beat the Bucks and now they 382 00:26:37,519 --> 00:26:42,480 got us. So I don't know, I'm running down the just kind of 383 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:45,400 the Memphis. I'm looking at the box score. I don't watch a bunch 384 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,240 of Memphis games. No disrespect to the Bucks. I just have a team 385 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:53,279 in the Western Conference. Focus on, Well, what's your scouting report on 386 00:26:53,359 --> 00:27:00,240 Vince Williams Junior. Give us all you got on Vince Williams Junior, any 387 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:06,480 prospects. Scrappy guy? This is he goes down there and he does the 388 00:27:06,519 --> 00:27:10,599 work, all right. That's the thing. He gets boards, man, 389 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,119 Yeah, he gets a lot of boards for for a smaller guy at six 390 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:19,079 ' four. He's got some uh pat bev hustle in him. He will 391 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:22,920 go up there and that's you know. They still be more than him. 392 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:27,640 No, I don't think I can bench more than in the NBA. Who 393 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:33,200 has an army might be could No, I think I have no doubt that 394 00:27:33,279 --> 00:27:38,160 Adam or Will could out bench chet Hulgrin. Oh yeah, I think that 395 00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:47,079 might be the list though the bar. Yeah, but I think that's the 396 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:49,240 list I've put up to sixty five earlier. Today, I put probably out 397 00:27:49,279 --> 00:27:56,000 of bench a few guys thin KD can do No, No, he can't 398 00:27:56,039 --> 00:27:59,880 do that. He's bulked up. He's gained probably fifteen to twenty pounds since 399 00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,160 he first came in. But yeah, I don't think that's something he focuses 400 00:28:03,200 --> 00:28:07,720 on at all. What if What if late stage KD just started just started 401 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:12,319 to doing just all chess, he gets on the Mike Bibi workout plan. 402 00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:15,799 Yeah, maybe not that. I don't know if he'd be in the league 403 00:28:15,799 --> 00:28:19,240 that long after he started that plan. Does he get busted for Sterroid's eventually 404 00:28:19,319 --> 00:28:22,160 or what? Just look at the man. I just been looking at him 405 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:27,880 now, there's no way. Do you think that's a that's fair? This 406 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:34,839 is a fact. Yes, it is a fact based podcast. You are 407 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,799 that is fair? So who can bench the most on Memphis? That the 408 00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:41,599 Clippers have to worry about. Basically, I like, this is a new 409 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:48,839 metric for who can bench the most. That's really funny. Yeah, I'm 410 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:53,359 looking at the last five games before the uh the All Star Breaking, even 411 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:59,079 with those wins. So here's the thing. The Clippers and Grizzlies have basically 412 00:28:59,079 --> 00:29:02,960 the exact same place minus over the last five games heading into the All Star 413 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:08,400 Breaker. Doesn't feel super good. They're both minus three, so I don't 414 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:15,240 know, just look at the schedules. I mean, they played totally Yeah, 415 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,960 it's a problem game coming off of playing OKAC in particular, that's really 416 00:29:21,079 --> 00:29:25,200 yeah. And if you lose that game to OKAC, it kind of feels 417 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,880 like a must win agree. You know, with this less than thirty games 418 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:32,279 left, all of a sudden, you can't afford to drop a game to 419 00:29:32,319 --> 00:29:36,400 the Memphis Grizzlies. So it could tell us a lot about this team and 420 00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:41,319 their focus and their mindset regardless of what happens against against OKC, but just 421 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:45,039 not either having a letdown or being able to get up for what could be 422 00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:49,559 what feels like a must win game considering how tough their schedule is. Because 423 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,880 if you look at the top four teams in the West. The Clippers have 424 00:29:53,000 --> 00:30:00,240 the seventh toughest schedule remaining. The three teams around them are all by them 425 00:30:00,279 --> 00:30:04,720 ten in schedule, Minnesota twentieth schedule, Denver twenty third, OKAC twenty fourth, 426 00:30:06,039 --> 00:30:11,519 And none of this even takes into account how condensed the Clipper schedule is 427 00:30:11,559 --> 00:30:14,839 in March, where I hear they have seventeen games. That's my issue with 428 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,880 the strength of schedule ratings. They're like, this is the percentage of opponent's 429 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,440 plan, Like that doesn't matter. Also, as Will's brought up, that 430 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,720 doesn't matter in the West. The teams don't play to their percentages in the 431 00:30:22,759 --> 00:30:26,559 West with their win percentages. You know, you're not playing an eighth seed 432 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,279 Warriors, see you know? Like so yeah, I like what you said 433 00:30:30,279 --> 00:30:33,240 about it's a must win if they lose to the Grizzlies or sorry if they 434 00:30:33,319 --> 00:30:37,400 lose to the thunder because it is, and that might be regarding championship teams. 435 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,599 Do championship teams win this game? Contender, I think one game of 436 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:45,519 every back to back from here on out for the Clippers is essentially one game 437 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:49,359 is a must win. Yeah, I would agree with that. How many 438 00:30:49,359 --> 00:30:56,079 back Tobacks. They haven't left if they want a top three seed, Tomorrow's 439 00:30:56,119 --> 00:31:00,519 obviously a battle for a tiebreaker between Okay, see, they've already lost the 440 00:31:00,519 --> 00:31:03,599 first two games against Minnesota, Yes they have too. They would be two 441 00:31:03,799 --> 00:31:07,680 if they'd beat if they beat the Thunder, they would be the two seeds. 442 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:11,359 But then they're down two to one to the Denver Nuggets with one more 443 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:18,720 game remaining. They are in the least favorable position by far of the top 444 00:31:18,799 --> 00:31:22,759 four teams in the Western Conference. So I think, regardless, you have 445 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:26,480 to win that game against Memphis. And the standings are getting a little closer 446 00:31:26,519 --> 00:31:30,240 now between that top the two, three four and or the two. Yeah, 447 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:34,799 two three four and then five six seven, it's getting a little not 448 00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:38,720 super close, but it's tighter than it was. Yeah, like there was 449 00:31:38,759 --> 00:31:44,960 a firm kind of block, but it's three games between four and or between 450 00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:48,440 four and five. But like we're only a game up on the Nuggets. 451 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:52,000 They're they're right there. I would expect them to round in the form more 452 00:31:52,319 --> 00:31:56,200 after this break in, you know, with the with the third left of 453 00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:00,720 the season and we play the Kings on Sunday, So this three and four 454 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:06,319 is one team that's elite, one team that we should probably most likely beat, 455 00:32:06,599 --> 00:32:10,039 and then one team that is in a weird place kind of but has 456 00:32:10,119 --> 00:32:15,279 the capability and some of the personnel that cause issues for the Clippers in that 457 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:22,480 King's roster. They still have two more games against the Phoenix Suns coming up 458 00:32:22,519 --> 00:32:25,960 too, So if you're talking about a team making the leap from five or 459 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,960 six and getting into the top four, it's still on the table. Phoenix 460 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:36,920 does have the toughest remaining schedule according to Tankaton, which I don't know how 461 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,720 many of those games are spread out and all that chat. So, yeah, 462 00:32:38,759 --> 00:32:44,119 what's come on? Get at us here? Can we get like an 463 00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:47,640 enhanced Can we get like a global rating for schedules? Remember that stupid global 464 00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:54,440 rating stat we talked about? Can we get a schedule rating international Q rating? 465 00:32:55,519 --> 00:33:00,480 Yeah? So it feels like the Clippers already kind of have to be 466 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:07,200 in playoff mode with these games. Where do we realistically expect them to start 467 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:12,119 looking like they're actually in playoff mode? I think it's like ten games after 468 00:33:12,119 --> 00:33:16,519 the All Star break is when teams just meet. No problem, dude, 469 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,880 I don't think they have ten games, to be honest, because of everything 470 00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:29,559 because everybody else has an easier schedule remaining. Everybody else has the advantage outside 471 00:33:29,559 --> 00:33:32,119 of Okay c with tie breakers right now over the Clippers. Because they're down 472 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:37,519 two games to one against Denver, they're down two games to zero against Minnesota. 473 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:42,680 They cannot afford to trip up here. And I know it's probably gonna 474 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,799 happen. They're gonna have a two or three game slide somewhere the rest of 475 00:33:45,839 --> 00:33:51,079 the way. But you have to. It is become imperative to handle your 476 00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:55,880 business against lesser competition, and that means the Memphis game. So I don't 477 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:59,599 think they have ten games. They got to hit the ground running, probably 478 00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,599 tomorrow. Yeah, I'll tell you what I do love. I love this 479 00:34:02,680 --> 00:34:08,079 little Blazer's break. We get game sixty eight sixty nine, which is nice. 480 00:34:08,079 --> 00:34:10,639 But yeah, man, I mean looking at this schedule, Will what 481 00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:15,599 are you thinking like this is they really do not too late? Oh no, 482 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:17,360 yeah, no, no no. I just felt like they kind of 483 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:22,039 just have they have to start tomorrow. It's kind of gotta be tomorrow. 484 00:34:22,519 --> 00:34:27,920 Yeah. Agree. They got Minnesota within two of their first almost ten games 485 00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:30,239 here. I mean, what are we talking about? They can't they lose 486 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:35,440 one of those They've already lost the tiebreaker. They have no shot twice. 487 00:34:35,559 --> 00:34:40,519 This is so brutal. There is no time. We're talking about ten games. 488 00:34:40,559 --> 00:34:45,440 I mean, that's that's really only it's like two weeks, two weeks 489 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:54,599 away. Yeah, true, man, that's really worrisome. Will you may 490 00:34:54,679 --> 00:35:00,880 find out within the first two weeks post All Star Break, we may find 491 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:05,280 out how realistic and how viable it's going to be down a top three seed. 492 00:35:06,639 --> 00:35:10,920 I like that. How what do we Okay? So Sunday games at 493 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:16,920 six thirty which is great, nine to thirty PM Sunday. Have the Clippers 494 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:22,639 gone two and one in this in this three and four? Yes, I 495 00:35:22,679 --> 00:35:29,400 think so, because they have to. I like that reason. Yeah, 496 00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:34,400 yeah, I think I think the two and anyone got three and oh, 497 00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,960 actually, you know what, I'm gonna take three and oh. I think 498 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:44,440 coming off this much rest, this is the perfect time to get a three 499 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:46,440 game win streak for the Clippers in the back part of the schedule, with 500 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:52,519 a whole bunch of rest, A game against the Grizzlies in the middle of 501 00:35:52,559 --> 00:35:57,079 it, you know, and then you get some rest. I guess before 502 00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,199 you come back home, I'm gonna say three and oh, Fortune favors the 503 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:06,079 Bold. Yeah, yeah, there we go. I'm not investing. I'm 504 00:36:06,079 --> 00:36:09,880 not investing any funds into it, but I hope what happens. Yeah. 505 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:15,039 The only person that commercial who who came out ahead was Larry David, because 506 00:36:15,039 --> 00:36:16,519 I think Larry David and that commercial was like, I don't want to invest 507 00:36:16,599 --> 00:36:22,199 in this as like a bit was Sam bankman in it? I felt like 508 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,679 he came out ahead. Yeah, all right, we take one more quick 509 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:30,440 break and then we have to talk the doc Rivers, Patrick Beverly, Austin 510 00:36:30,599 --> 00:36:37,119 Rivers, JJ Reddick fiasco mess that happened. We got ads coming up out 511 00:36:37,159 --> 00:36:39,239 of looks like he has a lot to say on this subject, which I'm 512 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,920 excited for. We got ads coming up. They've been too loud for you, 513 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:46,039 go ahead and turn it down. We're doing Clips and Dip and gossip 514 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:52,239 after these ads and three two what welcome back in It's season two episode fifty 515 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,400 three of Clips and Dip. I'm out a Moslim. We got Chuck Mockler 516 00:36:55,519 --> 00:37:00,960 and Will Updyke. We made sure to have everybody available as we rejoin you 517 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,639 guys post All Star Break. Couldn't just have one or two of us. 518 00:37:05,119 --> 00:37:09,840 We had to have the Big Three. Now coming up, we have a 519 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:15,960 big bobblehead giveaway that we'll give the deta on, and you know, we'll 520 00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,639 have some new prize to give away eventually here on this podcast, as we 521 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:24,440 always do. But not sure anyone's winning. When it comes to this inner 522 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:31,239 strife in turmoil between ex Clippers and their former head coach in Doc Rivers, 523 00:37:32,480 --> 00:37:38,079 it started with JJ Reddick going off on Espen saying, no, it didn't 524 00:37:38,079 --> 00:37:43,320 start with him, Chuck. I think it started with Doc saying insane things. 525 00:37:43,920 --> 00:37:49,280 Well, did he say something? What was the most recent thing that 526 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,039 was the jumping off point You're saying, Doc talking about how it's harder than 527 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:57,639 I thought it would be coming in mid season. I think it started with 528 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,000 the comments were like I wouldn't you know, coming into midway into a season 529 00:38:01,119 --> 00:38:05,159 is so hard, Like I wouldn't want to know. I wouldn't wish this 530 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:08,519 on anyone worst enemy, Like like, I think that's kind of where it 531 00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:15,960 started, and that's kind of what I think. That's what JJ was speaking 532 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:20,000 to when he went on the rant, like what you know that Doc never 533 00:38:20,079 --> 00:38:27,079 really takes responsibility for anything, which I think is a pretty fair criticism if 534 00:38:27,559 --> 00:38:31,199 we're being totally in certain ways, I totally agree great like great human being, 535 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,400 solid coach. I mean he's not a bad coach. No, he's 536 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:45,519 a good he's a good coach, but he's he politics really well, Yes, 537 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,239 I think that. I think that's what it is, is that, 538 00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:51,800 like I find that kind of stuff to be really rating and like annoying. 539 00:38:52,639 --> 00:38:57,280 What I've noticed with JJ Reddick is he will take things from NBA Twitter and 540 00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:01,199 then put them out there on the big platform on ESPEN like plumbers. Now, 541 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:07,639 like Doc doesn't take accountability, So is he in a position of authority 542 00:39:08,159 --> 00:39:12,360 or does he have any credibility because he played for Doc and people are putting 543 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,400 more into that. Well, there's other guys that played for Doc that are 544 00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:21,320 then reacting to JJ reacting to Doc because it was Patrick Beverley who then responded 545 00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:25,039 to JJ Reddick, and then Gore Todt signed off on what JJ Reddick said, 546 00:39:25,079 --> 00:39:30,239 retweeting it and putting a check mark. So it seems like it's split 547 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:36,440 on whether or not Doc Rivers takes accountability. And his own son in Austin 548 00:39:36,519 --> 00:39:39,960 Rivers kind of stood up for him to a point, or at least gave 549 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:43,719 his opinion on it, saying, well, he's the one who gets fired, 550 00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:46,360 so he's the one who's ultimately responsible. But there is a difference between 551 00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:52,639 him being fired and him coming out and saying this is on me, because 552 00:39:52,679 --> 00:39:59,239 I think the main source of this energy coming towards Doc is not just what 553 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,920 happened recently with the Milwaukee Bucks. It reminded everyone of when he defended all 554 00:40:02,960 --> 00:40:08,760 the three to one instances in his career, first talking about Orlando and saying 555 00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:13,519 that they lost to the eventual champions in the Detroit Pistons, which I think 556 00:40:13,559 --> 00:40:15,000 was actually the Pistons team for the next year, but they were up three 557 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:19,480 to one with t MAC and that was legitimately a bad team and a bad 558 00:40:19,559 --> 00:40:22,840 roster in Orlando with Pat Garrity and those guys. However, I would say 559 00:40:23,679 --> 00:40:29,800 him throwing that roster under the bus doesn't look great. Those were his players 560 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:34,119 for him to say to the reporters, go look at that roster. That's 561 00:40:34,159 --> 00:40:38,760 not great. Then he defended the three to one twenty fifteen second round series 562 00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:44,440 against the Houston Rockets, saying that Chris Paul didn't play the first two games, 563 00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:49,440 they were beat up, and you know what happened with Josh Smith and 564 00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:52,199 Corey Brewer is crazy in that game six. It feels like a bit of 565 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:57,800 an outlier. And then he did take responsibility for what happened in the bubble, 566 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,039 but was there something that came out recently about him. Did he say 567 00:41:01,079 --> 00:41:05,119 something about how guys didn't want to be there or Kawhi didn't want to be 568 00:41:05,159 --> 00:41:07,599 there or guys well, Austin Rivers said guys didn't want to be there. 569 00:41:07,639 --> 00:41:10,519 He said guys left the bubble, which isn't accurate. They were asked to 570 00:41:10,599 --> 00:41:15,320 leave the bubble, but I think it was that. And then Doc had 571 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:21,679 the quote of like he's there's been the Shay thing, there's been the like 572 00:41:21,719 --> 00:41:24,239 there's been like the hardened quotes. It's just like, I don't know. 573 00:41:24,559 --> 00:41:29,199 He came out and said he was trying to sell Kawhi on keeping SGA. 574 00:41:29,840 --> 00:41:31,639 Yeah, looking like he was on the right side of history with that that 575 00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:35,599 hard and fit better on the clippers then on the seventies. It's just all 576 00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:39,599 this thing with Doc where it's like hindsight's always twenty twenty with everybody, but 577 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:45,239 it and I think it speaks to just frustrating. It's definitely frustrating. I 578 00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:49,360 think it speaks to like a bigger thing in sports media and just in general 579 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,079 kind of discourse right now, is that like it's okay to be wrong, 580 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:58,519 Like there's true, there's truly nothing wrong with being wrong. Everybody is going 581 00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:01,880 to be wrong, and it's just like I just I don't like this revisionist 582 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,880 history where it's like this and that, and like the Shay thing is like, 583 00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:08,559 not only is it blatantly untrue, we were there, we were all 584 00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:12,400 there, We were in the locker room for that season, like we we 585 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,000 all know what was really going down, and the only reason Shaye actually even 586 00:42:15,039 --> 00:42:19,480 got playing time. And then the other thing that I don't like about that 587 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:22,239 is that also like it's once again it's like throwing Kawhi under the bus. 588 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:27,400 So now this was somehow Kawhi's fault that the Clippers I don't want to say 589 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,000 squandered, but like gave up an all star level talent, Like that's so 590 00:42:30,079 --> 00:42:34,719 silly. He had not like he wanted to play with somebody for sure, 591 00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:37,679 but like he didn't have final say on that, and like what does Doc 592 00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:40,079 even have to gain by this? Like Doc wasn't GM at the time. 593 00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:44,079 It wasn't his call. No one's pointing the finger at him, you know, 594 00:42:44,159 --> 00:42:46,119 Like I just I don't. I don't understand shit like that, and 595 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:51,280 I it hurt. It hurts me because like it was hard for me to 596 00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:54,199 even like be on hearing with a straight face. I think Doc is a 597 00:42:54,199 --> 00:42:59,519 good coach because I think some of this stuff is like really taming all of 598 00:42:59,519 --> 00:43:04,400 his achief. Well, I think that. I think he believes it's taining 599 00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:08,719 his legacy and his achievements, and that's why he's defending his record because there's 600 00:43:08,760 --> 00:43:13,920 this perception about Doc Rivers now that oh, he won with the Big Three 601 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:17,079 in Boston, but since then, what has he done? He's no, 602 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:22,960 he keeps getting higher like that. That clearly isn't the perception because the guy 603 00:43:22,039 --> 00:43:29,320 keeps getting jobs front offices versus media perception and fan perception, I guess are 604 00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:32,119 two different things in his mind. And to be fair, he was just 605 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:37,079 in the media recently till taking this job with the Milwaukee Bucks. I'm a 606 00:43:37,119 --> 00:43:42,360 little bit compromised on Doc because you know, he was nice to me and 607 00:43:43,599 --> 00:43:49,639 I appreciate him and the way he was able to navigate the situation in twenty 608 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:55,880 fourteen with Donald Sterling in the first round against ol Owen State Warriors twenty during 609 00:43:55,880 --> 00:44:00,239 the bubble, during the death of Kobe Bryant. I love Doc Rivers as 610 00:44:00,280 --> 00:44:07,679 a man. His teams have come up short at times on the playoffs, 611 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,079 and there's something to be said to that too. You just got to take 612 00:44:10,119 --> 00:44:15,599 everything into account and not just paint someone as being one dimensional or only being 613 00:44:15,679 --> 00:44:21,480 this or that. Yeah, he's a bad coach and he's a baton. 614 00:44:21,559 --> 00:44:27,599 I'm just kidding the thing. And then last thing about JJ Reddick before we 615 00:44:27,639 --> 00:44:30,480 get some good news. The thing, I had one of those moments where 616 00:44:30,519 --> 00:44:35,760 like, the worst person you know makes a good point. Nick Wright, 617 00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:43,559 who is not in my favorite sports casters or broadcasters, he had a thing 618 00:44:43,599 --> 00:44:45,840 where he was like, why does someone come into this space who doesn't need 619 00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:51,119 to come into this space? And just kind of like shit on the whole 620 00:44:51,119 --> 00:44:53,519 thing. Because JJ Reddick had a thing where he was like, yeah, 621 00:44:53,599 --> 00:44:58,599 you know, I can put out I put out a YouTube video about Zion 622 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,760 and how good his possessions are with the Pals and it gets fifty six thousand 623 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:04,920 views. But I go as a coach and it gets millions of views, 624 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,480 So like, what does the viewer want and you're like, first of all, 625 00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:15,400 it's not groundbreaking that people like and gravitate towards negative things like this isn't 626 00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:19,119 like you're in media, you know how this works. And second of all, 627 00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,159 you can still make the content for the fifty six thousand people that want 628 00:45:22,199 --> 00:45:25,960 to know more about Zion and his and how he's affecting the Pelican Like it's 629 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:29,519 just this weird thing, and Adam, you brought this up. He brings 630 00:45:29,519 --> 00:45:35,639 on NBA twitterisms into the largest sports outlet, so it's like you can't say 631 00:45:35,679 --> 00:45:40,000 you hate NBA Twitter and all this stuff and then also use their arguments on 632 00:45:40,119 --> 00:45:45,800 the show. I guess he's just messy. He says he doesn't like NBA 633 00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:52,320 Twitter. Yeah, Oh that's interesting because he's definitely taken advantage and benefited from 634 00:45:52,400 --> 00:45:57,159 it. He's not on Twitter much other than when I see him put out 635 00:45:57,199 --> 00:46:00,119 the Old Man three podcast, which is good, which I do appreciate it. 636 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,159 Just like Doc Rivers with what I just said about him, there's a 637 00:46:04,199 --> 00:46:06,920 lot of gray. We're not all one thing or the other. Same thing 638 00:46:06,960 --> 00:46:10,440 goes with JJ Reddick. I love the granular level he'll get into with the 639 00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:15,920 NBA and plays and he'll get into the minute show and he'll get out into 640 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:21,440 the weeds a little bit and really give you a different perspective and not oversimplify 641 00:46:21,559 --> 00:46:28,880 things like most of the talking heads out there do. Actually I like Paul 642 00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:35,239 George, but uh, they're both great. I think he was going for 643 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:37,960 low hanging fruit with this doc stuff, knowing that it would get attention, 644 00:46:38,119 --> 00:46:43,159 and knowing that he has to play the game to some extent if he wants 645 00:46:43,199 --> 00:46:46,119 to be on ESPEN next to Steven A. Smith and next two Shinn and 646 00:46:46,159 --> 00:46:50,239 Sharp. That's just what it is. Game. Yeah, Like play the 647 00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:54,000 game. Don't complain about the game that you're actively playing and benefiting from, 648 00:46:54,480 --> 00:47:01,880 like well basketball starts. What's interesting is you have guys in the media and 649 00:47:02,079 --> 00:47:10,800 NBA analysts on TNT constantly crucifying the modern game and being wrong with their lack 650 00:47:10,880 --> 00:47:16,639 of memory about how the old game was often and misremembering how things were. 651 00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:21,920 The Nostalgia's a hell of a drug for those guys, and they love their 652 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:25,920 brand is sing on today's game and saying how much tougher it was back then. 653 00:47:27,599 --> 00:47:31,480 I don't like that either. I think JJ sometimes takes it too far 654 00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:36,480 with calling those guys plumbers. I think it's somewhere in the middle, like 655 00:47:36,559 --> 00:47:42,000 most things are total, but all these guys to some degree have an agenda. 656 00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:45,280 It's unfortunate, and they have to if they're going to get on that 657 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:51,480 platform. That's the real issue. It's I heard Dan Levitzard go after Steven 658 00:47:51,519 --> 00:47:54,280 A. Smith the other day saying, you birth this hot take culture basically, 659 00:47:54,960 --> 00:48:01,079 and it's true. It's undeniable because that is what gets ratings and that's 660 00:48:01,119 --> 00:48:07,199 what gets viewership and then therefore advertising. So unfortunately, that's what this media 661 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:12,679 has become, or sports media. I'm hoping there's a hot take bubble going 662 00:48:12,719 --> 00:48:16,840 on where people are starting to tune that out more and more because you know, 663 00:48:17,159 --> 00:48:22,039 it's just a show, it's just hot air, and these guys really 664 00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:25,880 don't stand behind what they say. And that's why I like holding people accountable 665 00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:30,159 for take sometimes because while they get all the love on the front end of 666 00:48:30,199 --> 00:48:35,920 saying something outrageous or at least attention maybe not love, love and hate, 667 00:48:36,599 --> 00:48:39,840 I want to make sure if that doesn't come true, that they look like 668 00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:45,280 fools afterwards. So I will often post stuff from Kendrick Perkins because if there's 669 00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:52,039 no accountability, there's a greater chance they're going to continue to do this over 670 00:48:52,119 --> 00:48:55,880 and over again because nobody's checking them on it. This is the dog peeing 671 00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:00,719 in the house, so you put its face in the pe strategy. You 672 00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:05,920 know, I didn't think of it like that. I always think of that 673 00:49:06,039 --> 00:49:09,679 Dallas announcer who was so mad at James Harden for absolutely no reason. The 674 00:49:09,679 --> 00:49:15,079 guy or whatever he was saying like I can't grow up, but he ultimately 675 00:49:15,119 --> 00:49:20,159 wins, right, because we never even knew about that guy before did that. 676 00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:23,599 And I don't know his name now? Normal is his name? Normal? 677 00:49:25,320 --> 00:49:29,599 I don't think that was the cat and Garfield or it's a great one, 678 00:49:30,039 --> 00:49:36,840 all right, I know you're Garfield with us here yea worst comic of 679 00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,880 all time? Baby, all right, we're gonna we have a wholesome update 680 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:45,320 on the Zoo bobblehead. Win here. Starman Hoe, who wrote a touching 681 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:54,920 poem that referenced every fun little thing we do, seeded the bobblehead to Alfonso 682 00:49:54,960 --> 00:50:00,400 Lopez. He gets the bobblehead. A young Clips fan gets to to their 683 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:06,039 collection. They're kind of excited about Zoo. Not the most we respect the 684 00:50:06,079 --> 00:50:12,840 real there's you know, we love that Adam, where are you gonna get 685 00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:15,440 what are you gonna pull the seats on this kid? I hope it doesn't 686 00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:20,000 get lost in the mail somehow. Okay, No, we're not doing that. 687 00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:24,880 It is a California address. So Adam gets to save a couple couple 688 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:30,199 bucks, which is great. Yeah, we'll get that shipped out this week 689 00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:32,320 and it should be to your door soon. I think that about wraps up 690 00:50:32,360 --> 00:50:36,519 this episode. Well are we doing double taps? Where where can these people 691 00:50:36,519 --> 00:50:39,480 find us in these next couple of days. Yeah, So with two games 692 00:50:39,519 --> 00:50:45,000 coming up on the Backpacking catches on AM five seventy after the games. If 693 00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:46,440 it's a win, I'll probably be on. If it's a loss, I 694 00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:52,480 mean that's Chuck's domain. But you can listen to this podcast wherever you get 695 00:50:52,519 --> 00:50:55,840 your podcast. If you happen to listen or check us out over on Apple 696 00:50:55,880 --> 00:51:00,360 Podcasts or spotfy. He could leave a little rate and review and help out. 697 00:51:00,039 --> 00:51:05,000 We'd love it if you. If you want to get the whole extumes 698 00:51:05,039 --> 00:51:08,800 to the show, the full how many senses are there? Six? Five? 699 00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:15,480 Whatever? The full sensual experience with dead People. Yeah, we're over 700 00:51:15,519 --> 00:51:21,719 on YouTube. That's at Clippers Podcast and we're online at Twitter dot com, 701 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:28,840 at Clippers Pod any time we're we're surfing the net. Don't stay tasty waves. 702 00:51:29,079 --> 00:51:31,920 Yeah, we do this every episode. Some people's favorite thing. I 703 00:51:31,960 --> 00:51:37,239 hope no one's least favorite thing. Adam, let's get one positive thing after 704 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:42,280 this All Star break about the Clips. After six episodes, the new season 705 00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,280 A True Detective is finally over and my god, it was a mess. 706 00:51:45,760 --> 00:51:50,280 Uh No, the Clippers are back, and James harden I talked about that 707 00:51:50,360 --> 00:51:52,400 quote he gave Talat Murray earlier. It sounds like this team is in the 708 00:51:52,480 --> 00:51:58,679 right headspace, in the right mindset for what they're about to embark on, 709 00:51:58,800 --> 00:52:02,000 which is one of the most brutal stretches maybe in the history of the regular 710 00:52:02,039 --> 00:52:08,360 season. Seventeen games in March coming up, so it's going to take an 711 00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:13,280 intense amount of focus for them to get through this. And it all starts 712 00:52:13,679 --> 00:52:17,320 against OKAC. So I just like the fact that they seem to know that 713 00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:22,760 they have to ratchet things up now stop with the bad turnovers, and they've 714 00:52:22,760 --> 00:52:24,400 been pretty good in that area all season long, but there was a little 715 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:28,880 bit of slippage at times heading into the break, where you just saw some 716 00:52:29,079 --> 00:52:36,000 unforced, untimely or impromptu times, turnovers in fourth quarters. The Clippers have 717 00:52:36,079 --> 00:52:37,440 to be more sure with the basketball. The best thing he said was, 718 00:52:38,079 --> 00:52:42,519 we can't beat ourselves if someone else is going to beat us. You know, 719 00:52:42,679 --> 00:52:44,719 as coach Lee would say, as Lebron would say, you can live 720 00:52:44,719 --> 00:52:47,000 with those results if you play your best and you just got beat better, 721 00:52:47,039 --> 00:52:52,360 better opponent. But the Clippers cannot beat themselves. They cannot take themselves out 722 00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:57,079 of the ball game because while their margin for error is very wide right now, 723 00:52:57,119 --> 00:53:00,159 with the talent they have against OKAC, against Minesota twice coming up, 724 00:53:00,159 --> 00:53:05,119 against the Molukee Bucks twice coming up, they can't rely on that. Listen 725 00:53:05,199 --> 00:53:07,880 to what Kawhi Leonard has been saying, they've been getting by on talent. 726 00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:12,960 They need to get by on execution. Talent comes afterwards. That could be 727 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:15,519 the difference maker eventually, if both teams are executing at a very high level. 728 00:53:15,920 --> 00:53:19,559 So I think the Clippers are ready for this, and Mike Chuck said 729 00:53:19,639 --> 00:53:22,639 they might go three to o these next three games. Let's hope they do. 730 00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:24,000 PJ. Tucker and Bones are back with the team, so there's some 731 00:53:24,039 --> 00:53:29,599 reinforcements. Everyone can be excited about We will have the Double Dip for y'all 732 00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:32,239 after the next two games, maybe an episode on Saturday. We're getting it 733 00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:36,840 figured out. Thank you everyone for listening, thank you to everyone for watching 734 00:53:36,880 --> 00:53:38,599 over on YouTube, and as always, let's Go clips