1 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:14,560 What is going on? Clippers fans, Welcome to season three, episode six. 2 00:00:14,759 --> 00:00:17,280 I've lost track at this point. We've had a lot of lives. 3 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:20,480 We've got a lot of things going on here at Clips DIP. I am 4 00:00:20,559 --> 00:00:25,120 Chuck Mockler, joined by Adam Osland and William Updyke. We've got a lot 5 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,600 of good stuff for talking today. We're talking Summer League. How impressed you 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,600 are so far with Jordan Miller and Kobe Brown. Some zach lavine stuff and 7 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,799 some roster stuff as a whole, and of course all the into it reveals 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,560 and dips. But before we get into all of that, will Adam, 9 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,119 how are you guys doing? I went to the DMV today. Hey, 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:52,119 if you respect the DMB and give it the proper if you you get uh, 11 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,600 you get what you give with the DMV is all I'm gonna say. 12 00:00:56,159 --> 00:00:59,840 Did you, sympathizer? Did you pre select the appointment? Because I feel 13 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,920 like if you schedule an appointment, it's really not that big of a deal. 14 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:07,920 If you're showing up and uninvited, you got some problems, That's what 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,159 I mean. I set an appointment. It was for one forty. I 16 00:01:10,159 --> 00:01:12,439 got there at like one thirty. They saw me by one thirty five. 17 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,280 I got a temporary. I d think I was out in fifteen minutes. 18 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:21,280 This is the Hollywood DMV. That must be why they have the reputation they 19 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:27,840 have, because it's just shuttling through people. And I'll give it this. 20 00:01:27,959 --> 00:01:33,239 The DMV has gotten better over the last decade. I do feel like it 21 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:36,799 used to be much worse. Yeah, when I got my first license, 22 00:01:36,799 --> 00:01:41,359 it took forever preappointment. Sure, but we could talk about the DMV all 23 00:01:41,439 --> 00:01:45,000 day. Adam, how are you doing? You've been doing all these Uncle 24 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:49,079 Austlin Summer League sessions. You've been in the lab as the kids say, 25 00:01:49,959 --> 00:01:53,599 Well, be in the lab some more Sunday and Monday. Should the Clippers 26 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,319 make it that far into the tournament, it looks like they'll at least be 27 00:01:56,519 --> 00:02:00,159 in the final four teams. But I definitely plan on doing a lot on 28 00:02:00,239 --> 00:02:01,840 Sunday. If when do you find gentlemen want to join me after the game? 29 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:07,760 Uh? Playing somebody semi finals? Maybe they're rolling their way into the 30 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:13,840 semis as Chuck as, do you have a are Vetus Sabonis Lithuanian shirt on? 31 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,080 Yeah, my mom's side of the famous from Lithuania so I have one 32 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,800 of these shirts that's a bad ass. That's not why you haven't how someone 33 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:23,800 bought it for you from a vintage story. Well yeah, but my parents 34 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:27,599 are Lithuanian, so I got it wasn't passed down from your Oh that would 35 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,919 be I would have sold it had it been an original was someone's ass, 36 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:36,560 like the watch and pull fiction. I have this hat because you know my 37 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,319 dad he wore hats. There you go, that makes sense the hat. 38 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,280 How are you doing? Well? It's not because I bought a hat at 39 00:02:43,319 --> 00:02:47,520 a store with your FBI nondescript hat. I like a blank hat. I 40 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:52,560 like a blank hat because I feel like your other options are a brand, 41 00:02:52,719 --> 00:02:55,280 which most hats aren't that cool in my opinion, or a team hat, 42 00:02:55,319 --> 00:03:01,560 which is great, but I can't really wear it to work. So I'm 43 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:05,439 good. I'm having a good time. It was hot. It was hot 44 00:03:05,599 --> 00:03:08,080 shit out today. I am very tiny. Dog is just doing okay though, 45 00:03:09,159 --> 00:03:12,479 Okay, glad that Louis is doing okay. It is hot as ship 46 00:03:12,520 --> 00:03:15,439 and it's only gonna get hotter. Speaking of hot, the Clipper Summer League 47 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:22,919 Team four and oh Dante Jones got the guys playing with some good defensive mindsets. 48 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:28,280 The two I mean standout guys in terms of like actual maybe playing NBA 49 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,639 minutes our Kobe Brown and Jordan Miller. Jordan Miller's been fantastic. This has 50 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:38,280 been the best possible summer league for him at this point, right, Oh 51 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:44,840 yeah, because he proved Game one wasn't a fluke. He consistently has been 52 00:03:45,039 --> 00:03:47,560 very good on both ends, whether the three ball is available or not. 53 00:03:47,719 --> 00:03:51,439 He's getting downhill, he's getting to the free throw line, he's forcing the 54 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,680 action, he's putting pressure on the rim. He's just been relentless with his 55 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:59,080 aggression. Now. Law was writing some good stuff about the handoffs they're using 56 00:03:59,319 --> 00:04:00,759 with Jordan Mill. It's allowing him to show what he can do when he 57 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:05,159 gets into the paint and things like that. And he mentioned the deceleration, 58 00:04:05,919 --> 00:04:10,560 which is very interesting when you also think about he's on a team with someone 59 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:15,240 who is like the best or at one point was the best decelerator in the 60 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:18,600 league, which was James Hart. Good On Law I mentioned that after My 61 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:25,519 Life on Fair Night. Uh No, the deceleration is real. That that 62 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,519 is kind of the uh I don't know. One of the telltale signs of 63 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,560 the development of a young player is little stuff. I think like that. 64 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:40,839 I think that's truly what shines about Jordan Miller. The attention to detail he 65 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,759 talked about. You know, I think Justin Rousseau had an article about him 66 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:54,040 too. What what Rousseau French French, Canada's finest Uh. It's something he 67 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:58,240 started working on after guys were successful against him with it said, I did 68 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,600 to add that to my bag and you can see it. It's been it's 69 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:04,279 been really cool to watch the progression of Jordan Miller. And he's got the 70 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:09,959 no dip threes. He's hit a couple like batoom esque threes, which will 71 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,439 I feel like, like the twenty five point scoring is great, but also 72 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,519 seeing him do these things that would be called upon in like actual NBA game 73 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,759 situations, you know, like he's obviously not gonna be a high volume guy. 74 00:05:20,439 --> 00:05:24,000 Well, I mean, I think that that's actually been the best part 75 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:27,240 about the Jordan Miller experience so far, is like the scoring is great and 76 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,879 like the peaks of what we've seen, but you know, with a team 77 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,279 like the Clippers and the way they kind of develop or their their lack of 78 00:05:33,319 --> 00:05:36,600 development for young guys, it's nice to see that Jordan Miller already has some 79 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,720 of those sort of Clipper qualities that you can see. I mean, you 80 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,160 can see a pathway for him into the rotation. You know, he's not 81 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,240 a guy who has to have the ball a lot. He's a guy who 82 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:53,360 contribute defensively, and he has you know, he has some some pepinist step. 83 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,399 So just all things that the Clippers really are looking for and need, 84 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:01,839 and guys, especially if you consider that the Clippers aren't going to make another 85 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:06,399 move, if you're in the camp where you know, I think we're accelerating, 86 00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:11,680 you know, at a higher speed every day towards that towards that sort 87 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:16,959 of conclusion to the to free agency. That makes a pathway for him to 88 00:06:17,199 --> 00:06:20,680 get minutes even more wide open. So that that's exciting as well for me. 89 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,920 You know, like normally, you know, normally, even if we 90 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,079 had a guy putting up the couple of years, yeah, you know, 91 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,439 in the last five years, like if we had you know, if we 92 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,639 had a guy even having this great of a summer league, it'd be like, 93 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:35,040 oh, this is cool in a vacuum. But you know, it's 94 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,879 not. Depending on the player, there's not really a pathway towards minutes, 95 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:45,279 cool in a vacuum, what we all hope to be. I didn't realize 96 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:48,720 he's he has like almost a seven foot wingspan, which I didn't realize. 97 00:06:48,759 --> 00:06:55,920 It's like six' eleven, which is real nice, not seven almost basically, 98 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,399 I'm sure he says seven feet. It says something about how good he's 99 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,959 been that a show called Clips and Dip would celebrate a guy with no dip 100 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:09,560 threes. Wow, there we go, and that's then you can take that 101 00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:17,319 to the bank. Where does he fit in this rotation? I guess the 102 00:07:17,319 --> 00:07:23,720 Clippers have a ton of guards he would I don't know. We're not super 103 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:28,079 deep at the wing and things like that. So I mean there's gonna be 104 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:33,199 some chances he's gonna get the Brandon Boston Minnedosach hopefully a little bit more right. 105 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:40,040 I would think so, But this isn't gonna be the final roster, 106 00:07:40,199 --> 00:07:43,480 so it's hard to say what the roster's gonna look like on training camp. 107 00:07:44,279 --> 00:07:48,279 I would assume he's been too good and is at a premier position that the 108 00:07:48,319 --> 00:07:54,120 Clippers value to not with him turning twenty five by the end of the season, 109 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:59,360 to not give him a look at least one of those ten games sample 110 00:07:59,439 --> 00:08:03,079 sizes like we saw from Kobe Brown last year. That's a good call. 111 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:07,199 Yeah, ten games would be nice. And he's not gonna be brought up. 112 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,240 Lucas Hand was tweeting about this. He's not gonna be brought up on 113 00:08:09,319 --> 00:08:13,920 a full contract yet because it just doesn't like from the Clippers standpoint, it 114 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:18,920 doesn't make sense to not have him be a two way guy. So we'll 115 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,759 just have to see. But this is the year, right, Like what 116 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,000 was saying, If there's gonna be a year for a guy to break in, 117 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,120 it should be this year for and you mentioned the age, Adam. 118 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,000 I think that's a good point too. This is a transitional phase for the 119 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:37,919 Clippers, not just because they're going into a new arena, but roster construction 120 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:43,000 wise. There should be openings and minutes for young guys to show what they 121 00:08:43,039 --> 00:08:46,799 can do and how they can contribute in the future for this team, how 122 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:52,200 they can help them out when the Clippers are back in Elite championship contender mode. 123 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:56,000 I don't know if you can make the argument they are currently with how 124 00:08:56,039 --> 00:09:00,360 they're constructed, not according to some of the people in are they're not. 125 00:09:01,399 --> 00:09:05,799 We we're gonna talk about that because we got a YouTube comment that we got 126 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:09,039 a couple we should Yeah. Well, and then the other guy, Kobe 127 00:09:09,159 --> 00:09:15,000 Brown, I have sung his praises. I wanted him to get some more 128 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:20,679 time. He's gigantic compared to everyone else in the Summer League. He had 129 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:24,240 what he had like five and ones last night, four of which against one 130 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:31,200 guy zz, which was crazy. He's gonna put the and one brand back 131 00:09:31,279 --> 00:09:37,480 on the map. I guess, Oh, go ahead on him. No, 132 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,480 you mentioned his size there. It's weird. I actually think in looking 133 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:46,000 at him at the free throw line on the close ups, that he's trimmed 134 00:09:46,039 --> 00:09:50,000 down in some ways. He's a little bit leaner, but in a professional 135 00:09:50,159 --> 00:09:54,440 sense, he's not, you know, he's not the machinist or something like 136 00:09:54,559 --> 00:10:00,399 that. He's he's not overly thin, but compared to last year, maybe 137 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:03,120 he's just in better NBA shape. I don't know. Will Yeah, I 138 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,519 mean, I agree with you, he looks leaner, but I thought that 139 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,120 he looks like bigger as well. So I don't know, like maybe if 140 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:13,320 there was like a if he if he like made it a priority to try 141 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,639 to put on some weight, to be a little bit more league ready. 142 00:10:16,799 --> 00:10:18,200 You know, those guys, especially if you have to play the four or 143 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:22,279 in small ball five or something like that, you know you're gonna get pushed 144 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,720 around. So I could see that being a priority for him. And then 145 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:31,039 maybe the conditioning, you know, after after seeing obviously a limited run, 146 00:10:31,159 --> 00:10:35,000 but still getting to see what game speed minutes are like at this next level, 147 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:37,759 getting getting more of a taste for that, you know, maybe his 148 00:10:37,840 --> 00:10:43,799 conditioning is a lot better. You know, he didn't play enough during the 149 00:10:43,919 --> 00:10:46,879 season for me to be like, oh, it seems like conditioning is going 150 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:48,279 to be an issue for him necessarily, you know what I mean. He's 151 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,200 not it's not like a freak athlete or anything. But you know, I 152 00:10:52,399 --> 00:10:56,000 like never really saw him. I mean, he's not but not wrong. 153 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,039 It's just like it's your but I never really saw him, Like I never 154 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,320 really thought I saw him dog in it. But like I said, part 155 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:03,120 of that is probably just due to the amount of minutes that he ended up 156 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,639 playing. So you know, you would think he probably just knowing from those 157 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:13,200 changes approach and knew that it was going to be at a different level physically 158 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,360 than than how he's ever played before. And I mean, you know, 159 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:24,919 I don't. I'm truly curious what the conversations were like internally among uh, 160 00:11:24,519 --> 00:11:28,279 you know, the front office and coaching staff, among the players in locker 161 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:33,840 room about what the future of Paul George was Like. I don't know exactly 162 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,840 how long people in the locker room knew that that it was likely that he 163 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,759 wasn't coming back. You know, obviously they had more of an inside track 164 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:45,279 than we did. But you've got to think as well, if you're seeing, 165 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,559 if you're if you're smelling an opportunity out there, like that has got 166 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,000 to change your entire mindset in the way that you you know, the way 167 00:11:52,039 --> 00:11:56,279 that you train and condition and approach even the summer league, which you know 168 00:11:56,559 --> 00:12:00,519 isn't the most serious of basketball, but for a guy who's not who doesn't 169 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,440 have any assured place in the rotation, could be a very big deal. 170 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:07,799 And playing under a guy like Dante Jones, he's made them take it seriously, 171 00:12:07,879 --> 00:12:11,840 which has been awesome. Like he has seen Kobe Brown kind of in 172 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:13,519 this like, oh, this is serious summer league basketball, right, Dante 173 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:16,480 Jones is like, we're gonna do some actual things you might be called upon. 174 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,200 And Kobe's again just like Jordan Miller up and down some games, but 175 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:24,919 overall not I don't know if it's a step like you know, he's not 176 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:30,720 taking a step. He's just on this path of like gradual improvement, close 177 00:12:30,759 --> 00:12:33,799 to make or break when it comes to I mean, the power forward position 178 00:12:33,879 --> 00:12:39,639 for this Clippers team is pretty shallow unless it's Kawhi and Batoum and that's it. 179 00:12:41,159 --> 00:12:43,440 So he has a chance. He definitely has a chance. The only 180 00:12:43,519 --> 00:12:48,440 thing that that I get a little worried about is the foot speed on defense 181 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:52,559 at the perimeter. You mentioned the athletic thing. Big body obviously can move 182 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:56,320 on offense, but there's just some some That's my main concern with him on 183 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,600 the perimeter. You know, he who he reminds me of overall game wise, 184 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,320 when you talk about about to get in, oh you're hearded. Don't 185 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:11,240 know, Well, you owned yourself. I was gonna say, are we 186 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:16,679 about to get an Adam oslind insane com? Adams inane com? I don't 187 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:20,559 know. People coming around on what I said about Cam Christy after seeing him 188 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:24,600 in Summer League and how good a shot looks Uh, I'm gonna say he 189 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:33,200 looks like a slightly more athletic Kyle Anderson and his game. How about how 190 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:39,960 about that You're l a guy drafted by the Spurs, thriving in Minnesota last 191 00:13:41,039 --> 00:13:45,480 year, just a connector, a guy that can do a lot of different 192 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:48,519 things. I don't know if he's a leader in anything, but if he's 193 00:13:48,639 --> 00:13:54,080 solid in all these different areas and play is good enough defense, I agree 194 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,519 with you. I don't know if he can hang on the perimeter with some 195 00:13:56,639 --> 00:14:01,039 of the quickest guards out there in the league on a swim, he might 196 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:05,240 get burned. People do though, Yeah, and Kyle Anderson, you know, 197 00:14:05,440 --> 00:14:11,759 finds a way to still be a contributor. I like that comp. 198 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:20,399 That's a good comp. So we're gonna see. And then finally Cam Christie, 199 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:24,759 who don't get Oh a disclaimer, I think, at least from me 200 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:28,080 personally, when I think about Summer League, don't the stats do not matter? 201 00:14:28,919 --> 00:14:35,440 They do in some specific instance, as I think, But I feel 202 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,120 so bad for him. Tell that to the Frenchman. Yeah, but like 203 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:41,120 so, like sure, if you're like the number one pick, you want 204 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:45,080 to make your shots, you know what I mean. But like Cam Christie, 205 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:52,840 the form is there. The form is one of the more blissful experiences 206 00:14:52,919 --> 00:14:56,480 you can have watching someone shoot a three pointer? Who's that young? Oh, 207 00:14:56,600 --> 00:15:01,600 it's incredible. I told you all, well, this ain't Michael Kidd, 208 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,879 Gilchris, this is Michael Porter Junior. We didn't say he was Michael 209 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:11,320 Kid. We did will did we ever doubt any of you said Paul Pierce 210 00:15:11,399 --> 00:15:15,799 or something, And I was like, let's not get too crazy. I 211 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:20,840 think Michael Porter Junior with his release is real. It's somewhere between there and 212 00:15:20,919 --> 00:15:26,120 Devin Booker. It is God tears shooting form. And he just out to 213 00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:31,440 turn nineteen a couple of days. It's exciting. He also other side of 214 00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:33,759 the ball wise, because that's the biggest thing when you have an undersized young 215 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,879 players, how do they look on defense? His confidence was growing with each 216 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:43,919 game. He wasn't exactly like handling business on the low block, but he 217 00:15:43,039 --> 00:15:48,240 didn't look completely overwhelmed or anything like that. So I don't know. I 218 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,440 hope you have some fun insane G League stat lines. I hope he gets 219 00:15:52,519 --> 00:15:58,279 run there. But yeah, the form is there. He could shoot now 220 00:15:58,879 --> 00:16:03,440 over anyone. Now, can he do all the other things it takes again 221 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:04,840 on the NBA court, I don't think so. I think it's too Yeah, 222 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:10,000 even though his defense has been better than advertised, considering everybody kept saying 223 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,720 he's gotta put on is he's gonna put on muscle? He does, though 224 00:16:11,799 --> 00:16:18,480 it's yeah, physically pretty damn good, like staying with his opposition, staying 225 00:16:18,399 --> 00:16:23,080 with his primary assignment. I I couldn't be more impressed. And you're right, 226 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,240 like, you can't just look at the box score to evaluate these prices 227 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:32,320 whether or not a guy can project to be an NBA player from Summer Lake. 228 00:16:32,799 --> 00:16:36,480 Yeah, and even yeah, I don't know, will do you have 229 00:16:36,519 --> 00:16:38,879 any other I mean, I feel like the jury's incredibly slid on Cam Christy 230 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,080 other than his shooting form and you know, pedigree and whatnot. Yeah, 231 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:47,840 I mean, like I still think it's an interesting pick. You know, 232 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:51,120 if Jordan Miller wasn't playing the way that he was, you know, maybe 233 00:16:51,559 --> 00:16:55,559 there's a there's a larger you know, like there's a larger role for Christy. 234 00:16:55,799 --> 00:16:59,720 And we're talking about this a little bit differently because you know, I 235 00:16:59,759 --> 00:17:03,360 would discouraged necessarily by what I saw. It was kind of what I thought. 236 00:17:03,399 --> 00:17:06,160 I mean, that's that's what you're getting when you get a late second 237 00:17:06,279 --> 00:17:07,640 round pick. You know, it's not that, you know, there's a 238 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,279 reason that they're going that late. But I still think that there's there's good 239 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:18,000 bones there. It's just he just had you know, he's just still pretty 240 00:17:18,039 --> 00:17:21,599 wrong. Like there's just still a lot of areas where he's going to need 241 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,160 to develop. And I don't think if there's anything wrong with that. I'm 242 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,559 not getting down on the guy, but yeah, if you were, I 243 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:32,480 think if you're like over like underwhelmed or disappointed by this summer league performance, 244 00:17:32,519 --> 00:17:34,960 I think maybe you needed to sort of check your expectations at the door with 245 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:40,440 this draft pick. And we're gonna talk some expectations in the next segment because 246 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:44,480 with what this team is projecting and some of the things I've seen just floating 247 00:17:44,519 --> 00:17:48,920 around, I'm a little confused at some people's outlook for the season. Did 248 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:53,640 anyone else in summer league pop from for the Clippers? Ray J? Dennis 249 00:17:55,400 --> 00:18:00,359 hit hit, the long Shot, the guy for the love of ray J, 250 00:18:00,519 --> 00:18:08,119 Denis the Bannon guy from m is not good one. It's not this 251 00:18:08,279 --> 00:18:14,200 year man. Supposedly he put in last year and withdrew his name and then 252 00:18:14,240 --> 00:18:17,880 put in this year. Ah, Yeah, I don't know. I think 253 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:23,119 Elijah Harkletz with his defensive intensity has been kind of a tone setter at times, 254 00:18:25,039 --> 00:18:26,960 and he was pretty good for them as G League over the last year 255 00:18:27,079 --> 00:18:32,640 too, So the G League guys for them you look at You mentioned Dante 256 00:18:32,799 --> 00:18:36,599 Jones and what a great job he has done with just Coach of the year 257 00:18:36,640 --> 00:18:41,519 Summer League building up. Yeah, a lot of instant chemistry and connections happening 258 00:18:41,599 --> 00:18:47,039 with this team, and they looked really well organized, not like a DMV 259 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:52,559 not that good, but like pretty well organized. Hey, for a Summer 260 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:56,720 League team. I don't think you could expect much more than what they've been 261 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:00,640 able to do, especially when you see maximum effort at the end of games 262 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,799 and guys not just taking it upon themselves to shine and I sew and play 263 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:11,559 hero ball. They come together and just tighten the screws on teams and all 264 00:19:11,559 --> 00:19:15,319 of a sudden nobody can score on them, and they're executing offensively on the 265 00:19:15,359 --> 00:19:18,799 other end. I'm really interested to see what's going to happen over the weekend 266 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:22,839 where they're likely going to be one of the last four standing, because I 267 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:26,960 don't know how to gauge the level of competition still, have they only been 268 00:19:26,039 --> 00:19:29,799 beating up as have. They had a soft schedule in Summer League with the 269 00:19:29,839 --> 00:19:33,799 four teams they played. The Jazz are what was their record, I don't 270 00:19:33,799 --> 00:19:37,319 know if the record was, but their roster was one that people were saying 271 00:19:37,319 --> 00:19:38,960 like, this is probably one of the better Summer League teams the Clippers will 272 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:44,440 have played. I mean, you know, okay, well, I want 273 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:48,599 to see them be tested because I really like how well they have played together 274 00:19:49,279 --> 00:19:52,160 and some of that, as Juligue experienced, but a lot of this is 275 00:19:52,680 --> 00:20:00,960 just straight coaching and really trying to build an identity over a couple of weeks. 276 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,960 This is not easy. What's happening, Like this level of basketball, 277 00:20:04,039 --> 00:20:07,440 with how crisp things have looked is not normal for the Summer League, and 278 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:11,359 the Clippers are doing it. And I like that. It's a through line 279 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:14,880 too, right. You have the Summer League team playing with a defensive identity 280 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:18,960 under assistant coach Dante Jones. In between him and Tyler is Jeff Van Gundy, 281 00:20:19,079 --> 00:20:25,200 who's also a defensive guy. So like we're we're seeing top to bottom 282 00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:30,880 defensive stuff and he's in between Charles Oakley and Alonzo Morning on the floor holding 283 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,640 on to a shoe, fighting for dear life. The first man to be 284 00:20:34,759 --> 00:20:37,920 fighting for his life out there, dude, it's so good. All right, 285 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:41,200 coming up, we're gonna talk Laurence Frank had a press conference but it 286 00:20:41,279 --> 00:20:45,599 was it was not a scary one, so we're gonna talk kind of the 287 00:20:45,759 --> 00:20:49,920 overarching themes from that as well as the Tias Jones stuff is not being true 288 00:20:49,960 --> 00:20:52,960 at all. So yeah, that's coming up. We're gonna do an ad 289 00:20:53,079 --> 00:20:56,920 break. So if you listen to this on audio, which we really appreciate, 290 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,319 you can listen to us anywhere you find podcast. But if you're watching, 291 00:21:00,519 --> 00:21:02,680 we're still going to be here on your screen. Maybe eat chips, 292 00:21:02,759 --> 00:21:07,480 but quietly. We got ads coming up, and then we're talking Lawrence Frank's 293 00:21:07,519 --> 00:21:11,160 stuff and three two one. All right, welcome back into Clips and Dip 294 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:15,200 if you're watching this over on YouTube dot com slash that couple of podcasts we 295 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,359 never left. But we've talked about the summer league roster. Now it's time 296 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:22,759 to talk about some players that may or may not actually be on the roster. 297 00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:26,640 But let's kick things off. You mentioned it at the end of the 298 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:32,680 last segment, but Lawrence Frank has some media availability. What what was this 299 00:21:32,799 --> 00:21:37,559 about? Let's let's go back. This is the this is the first time 300 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:42,319 hearing of this. Who is Lawrence Frank? So the big the big quote 301 00:21:42,319 --> 00:21:48,000 from l Frank was We're not going to be reckless if it affects future flexibility 302 00:21:48,079 --> 00:21:52,400 going further. The thesis of this. The most important thing to take away 303 00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,160 from this conference was, or this press conference, I think, was they're 304 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:02,039 waiting until after this year because there's a kind of a crazy potential max contract 305 00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:07,079 offering pool to go after twenty six. Yeah, they're saving that max off 306 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:11,079 for twenty twenty six. This press conference had a real vibe of what we 307 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:15,400 remember when he was talking about how they wanted guards who basically weren't Russell Westbrook 308 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,880 and we didn't think we were gonna get Russell Westbrook and then we did. 309 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:22,839 This had that vibe of talking about what the Clippers should do, which is 310 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,680 not spend and basically not trade for Zach Lavin who's making a bunch of money. 311 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:33,079 Pretty slid union. Yeah that could change, you know, depending on 312 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:40,079 what things look like. Right Like they're gonna have to reassess not only what 313 00:22:40,319 --> 00:22:44,400 they want to do in a postseason, you know, like how like is 314 00:22:44,519 --> 00:22:48,880 there an avenue for them to sort of you know, like re up from 315 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,559 a talent perspective and actually make a run if we see some if we see 316 00:22:52,599 --> 00:22:56,279 some good process leading leading into the All Star break or uh, you know, 317 00:22:56,319 --> 00:23:00,319 another consideration will be in a new arena, like is it not enough 318 00:23:00,519 --> 00:23:03,720 the team that you've currently fielded on the floor, because that certainly will be 319 00:23:03,799 --> 00:23:07,119 part of the calculus too. But outside of that, I think it's pretty 320 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:11,559 safe to table any any sort of levine conversation. And it just sort of 321 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:15,359 reaffirms, you know, what we've known for the last couple of years, 322 00:23:15,359 --> 00:23:18,440 which is it seems as though twenty thirty is off the table for a potential 323 00:23:18,519 --> 00:23:23,559 deal. And I'm curious, like with these quotes, what that means for 324 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:29,720 the you know, the future of our youngish guys, certainly in Terrence and 325 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:33,599 Zoo, because if there's not a swing to be made, you would assume 326 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,680 they're keeping some of that financial flexibility to retain, you know what of their 327 00:23:37,759 --> 00:23:41,920 sort of home homegrown talent that they have. Zoo counts his homegrown talent, 328 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,960 I think we can Yeah, I mean I'll go with that. E didn't 329 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,400 have to change hotel rooms when they got traded, even though it was on 330 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:52,319 the road because I have the road work walk across the hall to the other 331 00:23:52,400 --> 00:24:02,839 locker room. I thought that particular moment of him addressing keeping flexibility and not 332 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:07,400 being reckless. I mean, it is something I said on my plea declibernation 333 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:11,279 recently. You can't be reckless if you're the front office. I think it's 334 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,599 wise. I think they have the right philosophy. I think they had the 335 00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,359 right philosophy when they brought in Kawhi and Paul George. Things don't always work 336 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:26,000 out. You can't account for everything, So I think it's encouraging overall if 337 00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:30,920 you remember a clibernation and you're looking ahead to see how they can crack back 338 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:38,880 open the championship window. It's having flexibility. It's having roster pieces that are 339 00:24:40,039 --> 00:24:42,880 movable. I think as soon as we saw James Harden sign the one and 340 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,839 one, that was the identification that, oh, so they're not just going 341 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,799 to lock in with James Harden for three years to match him up with Kawhi 342 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:56,720 Leonard. They have a real chance to drastically change the team, possibly after 343 00:24:56,839 --> 00:25:02,000 this season or in two years. So that to me me was the initial 344 00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:06,480 uh identification of just where this Clippers team and roster is going and what the 345 00:25:06,519 --> 00:25:10,720 front office is thinking. It's interesting too, he mentioned he mentioned the Terrence 346 00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:15,160 and Zoo during this and their extensions. I'm curious if they're gonna get the 347 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,599 four year extension or if they're gonna get two to line up maybe with this 348 00:25:18,799 --> 00:25:21,359 window that they're thinking or something like that, you know what I mean, 349 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:25,400 Because we don't. I think I think maybe you start that you started too 350 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,400 from an offer perspective, but like I don't see any of those guys taking 351 00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:33,720 a shorter deal, right, yeah, Like it would not totally. So 352 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:37,400 just the money. The money's out there, you know. Again, this 353 00:25:37,559 --> 00:25:40,400 is their first time. This is the first time the Clippers front office is 354 00:25:40,519 --> 00:25:45,559 negotiated an extension with someone with a player like Terrence or Zoo in a kind 355 00:25:45,599 --> 00:25:47,519 of a long time, you know what I mean. Like it's not like 356 00:25:47,519 --> 00:25:52,400 the Clippers have been handing out extensions other than like Norm and Terrence's small one 357 00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:56,720 and stuff like that. Like this is they know what they're doing, obviously, 358 00:25:56,799 --> 00:26:00,319 but it's just interesting, Like this is kind of a pivotal moment in 359 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,920 the whole two one three timeline post two one three timeline is Norms not on 360 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,519 the Blazers deal. Still, was that a Clippers extension? I can it 361 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:14,880 was a Clippers extension. I would say, if you can get them annually 362 00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:19,440 on a lesser contract per year, but a longer term deal with either Terrence 363 00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:23,880 Man or Viatza Zubots, that could be a nice little bargaining move. It 364 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,839 was a Blazer's one, I believe. Sorry, you're correct. So not 365 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:36,119 even Norm Powell territory. Yeah, other than Kawhi and Paul George extensions, 366 00:26:36,319 --> 00:26:41,960 which you're like, okay, of course like that. So seemingly no Levine, 367 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:48,119 seemingly no bigger swings on deck. Everyone's worried about the guards. One 368 00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,880 guard we don't have to be worried about is Tias Jones, who is lat 369 00:26:52,039 --> 00:26:56,000 Murray has just killed those which I think makes sense. He's basically said, 370 00:26:56,039 --> 00:26:59,519 like, the interest was not from the Clippers side at all. We brought 371 00:26:59,599 --> 00:27:02,519 up a meat. By the way, this is from someone on a hoops 372 00:27:02,559 --> 00:27:04,400 hype. This is not Woes, this is not shams, this is not 373 00:27:04,519 --> 00:27:08,839 a I mentioned woes, this isn't Chris Haynes. So that's the make of 374 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:14,400 it what you will. Uh So, Ty Jones looks to be out of 375 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:22,519 mix and ty Jones might have cost them too much anyways, Like whatever his 376 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,279 next contract is, it could be twenty million a year, so you'd have 377 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:32,680 to send out PJ. Along with maybe Terrence Man, Like you'd have to 378 00:27:32,759 --> 00:27:36,000 give up a lot to hold on to that guy. And if he's making 379 00:27:36,079 --> 00:27:38,640 twenty million a year, how much more are you into the luxury tax? 380 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,680 Where they're about two million dollars into it right now? I think after the 381 00:27:41,799 --> 00:27:45,720 Chris dud deal, I think they have a four million they're like under, 382 00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:48,480 they're four million under it. I think so there's like a four million, 383 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:53,000 there's like three million of an mL the Clippers can still use. Yeah, 384 00:27:53,079 --> 00:27:56,240 but that doesn't count against the cap. Oh right, that's why exception. 385 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:02,839 I think there's I thought I was Lucas say two million over. I mean 386 00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,160 sure, I'll take it pretty good with it. I thought they might still 387 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:08,559 be under, But I don't think that's the case either way. They have 388 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,839 a chance to get under, like with the moves that are still available, 389 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:17,559 right, Yeah, you trade PJ. Tucker for a big Fax machine or 390 00:28:17,599 --> 00:28:26,319 something. Facts. I don't know how they clear so looking at it. 391 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:33,079 At five fourteen pm on July nineteenth, the depth chart for the Clippers is 392 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,200 hardening done at the one we're just this is from lat Murray. We're talking 393 00:28:38,279 --> 00:28:41,200 guys who have serious money committed to them and who are actually going to be 394 00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:45,559 getting playing time. So Kevin Borter Junior is not going to be listed third 395 00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:48,680 because they gave him like a minimum, you know what I'm saying. So 396 00:28:48,759 --> 00:28:52,359 it's for all intents and purposes, it's harden and done. Shooting guard. 397 00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,240 You have Terrence Mann and Norm Powell. Small forward. You have Derek Jones 398 00:28:56,279 --> 00:29:02,400 Junior and a mere Coffee power forward. Kwhile entered Nick patom center of Vitza 399 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:08,000 Zubats Mobamba law set on Twitter. Anyone waiting for a power forward hold their 400 00:29:08,039 --> 00:29:12,160 breath. Kobe has the shot. Obviously he's kind of number three. What 401 00:29:12,279 --> 00:29:17,920 do we just range wise? Will you and I have kind of talked about 402 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:22,480 this. How are what are you feeling about this roster right now? Let's 403 00:29:22,519 --> 00:29:23,640 take it, you know, take a step back up a schedule we haven't 404 00:29:23,680 --> 00:29:32,079 even seen yet. Kind of seating wise, where you placing this this roster? 405 00:29:32,799 --> 00:29:37,880 Oh? Play? Yeah? I think I think mid to high plan 406 00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:41,119 is where I'm at. The goal of this year is see what we got 407 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:45,440 and you know, Derek Jones Junior, see how the Terrence and Zoom maybe 408 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,039 with more responsibility thing goes. Kawhi is Kawhi. Yeah, no, it's 409 00:29:49,079 --> 00:29:53,119 not. It's not bad roster. There's still like a question mark at the 410 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,640 backup center position, and you know, like, I don't know how we're 411 00:29:57,640 --> 00:30:00,440 going to be able to rebuild the wing death that we once had, and 412 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:04,759 maybe that's just not even part of their part of their long term plans anymore. 413 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,839 Still a lot of guards. But you know, it's not a bad 414 00:30:10,039 --> 00:30:14,039 roster. I think it. You know, it fully is going to depend 415 00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:17,839 on how many games Kawhi. This is because without Kawhi, I mean, 416 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:26,000 yeah, it's not I don't even to playing roster on the West unless you 417 00:30:26,079 --> 00:30:29,200 know it beats a zoo boss. Terrence Man, these guys take off and 418 00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:32,359 the young guys we've talked about progress all of a sudden, it's not totally 419 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,440 out of the question. But his hair out grows his hair out. We 420 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:37,920 can we can do with a lot more. There's no more time. He 421 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:41,400 keeps cutting that thing. This season. The season starts in like three months, 422 00:30:41,559 --> 00:30:45,440 and was the thing Homer Simpson put on his head to get the regrowth 423 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,680 going really Oh it wasn't rogue and it was something else. Yeah, odam, 424 00:30:49,319 --> 00:30:52,119 how are you viewing this roster? It's got a defensive vibe. You 425 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:55,599 know, there's not a lot of pop on the other side of the ball. 426 00:30:55,759 --> 00:31:00,079 But yeah, not a bad roster at all. Upper good plus y 427 00:31:00,039 --> 00:31:03,920 And to Will's point about the wings and what direction they're going in, I 428 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,599 mean, at least they brought in Derek Jones Junior and Nicholas Batum back and 429 00:31:07,759 --> 00:31:11,400 Chris Dunn, and he can guard up So he may not be a wing 430 00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:17,240 certainly, you know, on offense, but he could guard wings like they 431 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:22,759 have some guys that could really dig their heels in defensively and make life difficult 432 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:29,359 each and every night. I agree, they look somewhere between you know, 433 00:31:29,799 --> 00:31:33,759 the top or middle of the play in, somewhere between seven and nine. 434 00:31:36,079 --> 00:31:38,640 But again, as we'll also mentioned, I don't know. Tell me how 435 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,279 many games is Kawhi Leonard are gonna play? Tell me how many games James 436 00:31:41,359 --> 00:31:45,839 Harden's going to be able to play at thirty five? What if I could 437 00:31:45,519 --> 00:31:49,359 if I could know that those guys were playing sixty five plus each, and 438 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,599 I say, you know, they might have a chance to be the fifth 439 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,880 of the sixth seed. They might really have a shot. I just don't 440 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,880 know if that's realistic at this point with Kawhi Leonard at all. We've talked 441 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,279 about it, but there will likely be some experimenting with how to use him 442 00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:07,200 and how many games to play him, and how he's feeling. And you 443 00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:14,519 know, the load management, I guess you know all the talk about him 444 00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:16,920 being the poster boy of load management, even though San Antonio Spurs were doing 445 00:32:16,960 --> 00:32:22,640 this, you know, with older guys long before him. You know it's 446 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:27,920 probably going to continue. It's unfortunate, but this is his body betraying him, 447 00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,920 and how do you manage that? Well, you got to do something 448 00:32:30,119 --> 00:32:35,160 because so far it's not working. I don't know if you can be like 449 00:32:35,279 --> 00:32:37,799 craying and get a new body like Ninja Turtles or like that my body, 450 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:45,240 But yeah, I work on my craying off it. It comes to handy 451 00:32:45,319 --> 00:32:52,000 once every two years. So I let me know what Kawa's availability is before 452 00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:53,960 I could make any prediction on where this Clippers team is going to land into 453 00:32:53,960 --> 00:33:00,920 the Western Conference, which is looking deeper than ever. Yeah, and I'm 454 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:07,880 I'm thinking too, like it just does it feels like there's some people who 455 00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,240 were kind of worried about the Clippers like competing for a championship, like like, 456 00:33:10,279 --> 00:33:14,119 oh, we have so many guards, we need another power forward to 457 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,559 really make things happen. There's this is not like I feel like the front 458 00:33:17,599 --> 00:33:22,119 office, as much as a front office can say this, has kind of 459 00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:29,160 said like, this year is not a contending year, like disrespectful and they 460 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,920 obviously can't go say that, but you know what I mean, Like, 461 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:32,440 and again, I don't mean this in a disrespectful way. It's just what 462 00:33:34,039 --> 00:33:37,839 all the tea leaves and they've been preaching we're going to be competitive over and 463 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:39,559 over again, said it today. We think we have a good team. 464 00:33:40,039 --> 00:33:44,920 Yeah, I mean like, look as soon as the Paul George like contract 465 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,839 negotiations went south. I mean look, in my opinion, the championship window 466 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:52,240 was already closed, but they made the final decision that it was time to 467 00:33:52,319 --> 00:33:53,759 move on from that, and like, yeah, this is this is going 468 00:33:53,839 --> 00:33:58,279 to be a different team with different expectations. And it's not as much right 469 00:33:58,319 --> 00:34:01,400 now about that singular goal so much as it is building the foundation and trying 470 00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:05,200 to get the same sort of like quick turnaround that we were able to get 471 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,639 when we came out of our last two star era. So it's timeline works 472 00:34:08,679 --> 00:34:12,960 out perfectly. Yeah, it's just I mean, it's just completely different. 473 00:34:13,039 --> 00:34:16,679 And like if this team made the plan, I could be pretty happy with 474 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:20,760 that result, Like if you know, if they were able to snag if 475 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,599 they were able to snag a playoff spot. I mean, you know, 476 00:34:23,559 --> 00:34:27,079 I could be. I could be happy with that result. And there's no 477 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:30,159 reason not to be. It's not like it's ruining a draft pick. We 478 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:35,079 might that's what's this is what And maybe this is because my brain is warped 479 00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:38,320 from just being a Clippers fan. But the upside of not having a draft 480 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:43,360 pick this season is that we can these guys are going to go all out 481 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,440 and try and win as much as possible in a situation where the roster is 482 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:50,920 maybe not as good as a team should be trying to go out and win 483 00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:53,719 as possible. You know what I'm saying. I'll say too. I mean, 484 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:58,199 you look at you look at teams who have had the highest draft picks. 485 00:34:58,519 --> 00:35:01,320 You're still looking at a longer turnaround time because you're bad all team, 486 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,760 It's still bad enough for you to be getting into the lottery, and even 487 00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:09,079 if you get that generational talent, it's not like you're one or two seasons 488 00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:14,599 away. You know, you're you're likely at least through that who whatever star 489 00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,679 ends up popping from those draft picks, you're at least through their first contract 490 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:22,440 and onto their rookie max extension before you're realistically doing much of anything. And 491 00:35:22,519 --> 00:35:25,480 I don't think that the Clippers, even in a situation, let's say where 492 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,719 they had draft picks, would be in a position to bottom out. It's 493 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:34,079 just not it's not really gonna work. It can't work in a market like 494 00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:37,079 this where they already have so much competition. There can't be four years where 495 00:35:37,079 --> 00:35:40,719 this team doesn't make it doesn't it doesn't have a playoff. There can't be 496 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,599 you know, there can't be four years where this is a below five hundred 497 00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:46,880 team. Like it just I won't you know, the fans of the fans 498 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:50,039 and I still think they'll stick with it, but like, I just don't 499 00:35:50,079 --> 00:35:53,119 see that happening with this organization, even in the situation that we did have 500 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:59,960 the picks. People have criticized over the years the Golden State Warriors trying to 501 00:36:00,119 --> 00:36:05,400 work on two timelines where they have a youth movement while still contending for championships, 502 00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,320 and to their credit, they won the championship in two Some of those 503 00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:13,800 young guys helped them. Plus they went out and got Andrew Wiggins, who 504 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,920 played a big role. Isn't it best case scenario in a realistic NBA universe 505 00:36:19,039 --> 00:36:22,800 right now? What's happened with the Clippers considering they lost Paul George. Where 506 00:36:22,199 --> 00:36:29,039 if you can stay competitive while having that door open for a big move in 507 00:36:29,119 --> 00:36:34,360 the future. For a team that doesn't have draft picks right now, that 508 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,840 actually has a couple of young guys that are playing really well in summer League 509 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:42,239 that look like they could be contributors right away, it seems like this is 510 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:46,840 a pretty decent situation considering the pitfalls they're trying to avoid here, Like they 511 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:52,119 are being nimble, they are being flexible, and they can go from being 512 00:36:52,599 --> 00:36:59,679 a competitive team to ascending right back to where they were with being a contender 513 00:37:00,039 --> 00:37:02,679 very quickly. Here, wouldn't that be the best case scenario? Absolutely the 514 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:08,079 best case scenario. I'm hoping people have their expectations in some kind of check. 515 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:13,559 Someone on our YouTube was commenting, they see this team, this current 516 00:37:13,679 --> 00:37:19,119 team being a forty eight to fifty two win team. The Clippers have not 517 00:37:19,199 --> 00:37:22,800 won fifty two games since twenty fifteen to twenty sixteen, and they haven't won 518 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:29,320 forty eight games since twenty nineteen twenty twenty. So I respect the optimism, 519 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:32,280 but they're not winning. They're not flirting with a fifty win season. Here. 520 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:37,880 Things can change in the deadline, maybe there's some maybe something happens, 521 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,000 but this I mean, and that's not bad. This is still gonna be 522 00:37:40,039 --> 00:37:45,960 a really fun team. You should absolutely find some favorites to watch. But 523 00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:50,920 it's just not gonna be what it was. If you if you're new during 524 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,039 the two to one three era, welcome, but it's not. We're not 525 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:59,760 gonna be contenders this year. They did win fifty one games last year, 526 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:04,199 right, yeah, but this person said fifty two. Oh yeah, that's 527 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:13,199 kinda I saw that comment. I think it's unrealistic. He also pointed out 528 00:38:13,239 --> 00:38:19,639 how the West looks brutal but prioritizing defense, and then he comments how it 529 00:38:19,719 --> 00:38:22,800 all depends on mister Kawhi Leonard. Will he play an entire postseason? And 530 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:27,079 is he still that guy? Let's not get to the postseason yet. Let's 531 00:38:27,119 --> 00:38:30,400 talk about Kawhi Leonard and how much he can play in the regular season right 532 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,320 now, considering sounds like for two and a half months he's been dealing with 533 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:38,719 this same knee injury, because he said at training camps with Team USA he 534 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:44,639 had a turnaround a couple of weeks ago. So therefore Mar thirty first, 535 00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:49,559 that time about two and a half months that he has been managing that knee. 536 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:54,679 So it all comes down to Kawhi Leonard and what he could do during 537 00:38:54,679 --> 00:38:58,800 the regular season and how much how many games he can play and how much 538 00:38:59,199 --> 00:39:01,719 he can be there for them. And we were talking kind of how they're 539 00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:07,519 keeping the twenty twenty six you know that twenty five twenty six max slot open 540 00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:13,559 to Mayer Azaarrely wonderful Clippers reporter put together this of who's basically going to be 541 00:39:13,599 --> 00:39:16,760 available, some interesting names if they are available. You know, this is 542 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:21,239 if they make it to that, you know, hey, Shay, come 543 00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,000 on back, maybe Luka Doncic. I don't know for the freaks out there, 544 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:28,559 but there's some There's gonna be a bunch of cap space for the Clippers, 545 00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:32,159 and the class at this time is going to be one where it could 546 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:36,119 potentially be nice to have a bunch of cap space and stuff like that. 547 00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:44,159 So I don't know if you're worri just I have personally made the annoying defensive 548 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:47,840 high playing team bed and I am nestled in it. So I hope everyone 549 00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:51,760 else can make their beds as quickly as they can with that, because I 550 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,159 think that's what this seems form the going to be. Who's who's the best 551 00:39:55,280 --> 00:40:04,840 player on this list given age at that time? Yeah, like by far, 552 00:40:05,039 --> 00:40:09,159 I mean maybe I mean Jared Jackson. Something's gonna have to go wrong 553 00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:15,559 in their current situations to want to leave. It's not gonna be easy. 554 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:20,480 Lebron is probably gonna be out of the league or I don't want just about 555 00:40:20,559 --> 00:40:23,400 to be out. Uh what are we talking about with some of these other 556 00:40:23,559 --> 00:40:30,639 guys big men? Oh, John John Collins is gonna be available on the 557 00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:38,039 strike and finally get Sean Collins on this team forever Stray Young. It's tough 558 00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:43,000 to win with a guy like that as your point of attack defender. Yeah, 559 00:40:43,159 --> 00:40:45,880 Kevin Urant's gonna be a couple of years older, Jimmy Butler's gonna be 560 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:49,679 a couple of years older. I thought Jason Tatum so Jason Tatum signs his 561 00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,159 new deal was takes him out of this timeline. Yeah, yeah, Again, 562 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:57,000 this is from Mara, so any errors direct them to him at E 563 00:40:57,079 --> 00:41:04,599 O M E R easy. Some other comment that got me erked in our 564 00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:12,400 last video that we did yesterday, the Live Galaxy Cat TV fitting says Chris 565 00:41:12,519 --> 00:41:15,280 Dunn is a loser. He gets in a ton of fights and is less 566 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:20,880 of a player than Russell Westbrook. Westbrook is a way better player. I 567 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,920 am losing my patience with the team. You know, Well, we didn't 568 00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:27,239 get your comments on Russell Westbrook being moved for Chris Dunn. Now that it 569 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,760 might be a good time, I mean, it's great, Like it was 570 00:41:30,840 --> 00:41:34,719 one of those things that was that was needing to happen. Look, I 571 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,519 think that he's a good person. I think that he's a good man. 572 00:41:37,679 --> 00:41:40,639 I just I don't know what we were doing with him. It was just 573 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:45,440 kind of apparent that it wasn't working. I'm just glad that we don't have 574 00:41:45,559 --> 00:41:51,039 to talk about all the energy and intangibles in our game, you know, 575 00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:55,440 in our post game sort of breakdowns. Look, energy doesn't make up for 576 00:41:55,519 --> 00:42:00,920 eight for forty two in five games. It sure doesn't like, I don't 577 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:05,400 know why or how, like the people come to his defense so hard. 578 00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,920 Again, I do believe that it cuts both ways, because some of the 579 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:15,360 criticism of him does seem awfully personal and awfully fucking weird. But at the 580 00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:21,320 same time, so does the fandom, Like, Yeah, I just can't 581 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,159 you know, I can't sit up here and be like, oh, he 582 00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:29,159 did a bunch of good things and stuff every after every game anymore. Yeah, 583 00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:32,280 he's not a fit. He's not a fit here, and it's not 584 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:37,039 because of the way the Clippers used him, And when the same thing happens 585 00:42:37,079 --> 00:42:39,400 in Denver, it likely won't be because of the way Denver used him. 586 00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:44,840 Lord help the Denver locker room. The day that Russell Westbrook plays better than 587 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:52,360 Jamal Murray, if Nikola Jokic, when's the championship with Russell Westbrook, Maybe 588 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,639 maybe he's looking for a new challenge, Like maybe that's the thing going on 589 00:42:55,880 --> 00:43:00,920 here because people say that Russ is done and not the same guy. And 590 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:05,360 I've called him at this point kind of a zero level scorer, Like Russ. 591 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,920 Appreciate what he did, but if you can't make layups, you can't 592 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,599 make threes, you can't shoot the mid range. What are we talking about 593 00:43:10,679 --> 00:43:15,000 now? And if you're wondering about the layup thing, go look up the 594 00:43:15,119 --> 00:43:20,480 numbers at the rim this past season and how many times those turned into fast 595 00:43:20,519 --> 00:43:22,360 break points for the opposition When he smokes a layup like that. It was 596 00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:27,719 really tough to watch. So appreciate Russ. The game against Memphis was an 597 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,719 all timer. The way he played against Phoenix with the Clippers being down in 598 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:36,440 that series was great. But Chris Dunn to does he fight? Where does 599 00:43:36,480 --> 00:43:42,599 that come from? To react to? Galaxy Cat TV is a much better 600 00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:46,119 fit and has an actual skill set that will work for the Clippers right now, 601 00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:52,679 which is playing defense and playing some of the better on ball perimeter defense 602 00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:57,519 in the league. That's what Chris Brough Dunn brings from fifteen to twenty minutes 603 00:43:57,559 --> 00:44:00,360 per night, and his three point shooting has been a little bit better over 604 00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:05,599 the last two years too. Okay, Chris Dunn fought Jabari Smith Jr. 605 00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:07,800 He threw a couple punches in an NBA game. Oh yeah, I forgot 606 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:13,679 about that, which come on, dog in him? Check get check the 607 00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,840 X rays, Yeah, check the x rays, buddy? All right, 608 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:21,519 coming up we're talking a bunch of stuff that was revealed from the Into It 609 00:44:21,599 --> 00:44:23,360 Dome. There's a very large video board. Terrence Man was there along with 610 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:27,719 Steve Bomber and Jillian Zucker and then I believe we all three have dips today, 611 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:31,639 which is a fantastic bounce back from last time we did this. So 612 00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:36,719 if you're listening on audio, thank you. We're gonna do an ad break 613 00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:40,119 and then we're talking Into It stuff in dips and three two one. Welcome 614 00:44:40,159 --> 00:44:44,199 back in I'm Madame Osland. You're tuned in to Clips and Dip. It's 615 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:50,039 episode six of season three. We got Chuck Mockler, will Updyke this weekend, 616 00:44:50,199 --> 00:44:53,599 probably have some lives for you after the Clippers playoff run and hopefully run 617 00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:58,280 to a Summer League championship. Hey, if you're gonna be there, you 618 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:02,960 might as well win. I'll take Summer League Champ over Bubble League Champ any 619 00:45:04,039 --> 00:45:08,480 day. Okay, I don't go sign on that, but go for it, 620 00:45:08,639 --> 00:45:16,119 man, all right, co sign on this our friends. Kelly Johnson 621 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:22,320 was there today Into It Dome as they unveiled the Halo board, which has 622 00:45:22,679 --> 00:45:28,280 a lot more abilities than meets the eye. Apparently here Chuck, it's not 623 00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,840 just sixty degrees dual sided. Here's the Halo board showing Terrence Man. This 624 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:36,920 thing is insane. If you're if you're listening to us, just picture a 625 00:45:37,119 --> 00:45:39,360 big video board is what we're talking about. If you're watching, thank you 626 00:45:39,400 --> 00:45:44,599 for watching. Yeah, there's gonna be a bunch of stats on here. 627 00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:51,320 It's pretty crazy. I hope there's some fun animations. So yeah, the 628 00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,159 the Halo board is all that is advertised, and what was advertised was a 629 00:45:54,519 --> 00:46:00,400 big old video board. Terrence Man's getting traded anytime soon. No, he 630 00:46:00,559 --> 00:46:02,920 was at this event, which is pretty cool. There also there's gonna be 631 00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:09,320 a Balmer cam on parts of the Halo board where for the the Balmer heads 632 00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:15,920 they can just watch his reactions to stuff Walmer picture and picture yeah, which 633 00:46:15,199 --> 00:46:21,719 we've all wanted that. And then uh, there's T shirt cannons underneath the 634 00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:28,960 Halo board that are seat accurate, is what was told. So they have 635 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:31,719 a homing system like the Red Shell and Mariocart. So you're in seat Willson 636 00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:37,400 seat, you know, court side obviously at the wall, those T shirt 637 00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,920 cannons can just fire it right into you will. How excited are you for 638 00:46:42,559 --> 00:46:45,159 these the T shirt cannons. I don't like this approach. That's taking away 639 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:50,760 jobs. Let let the Clipper Spirit shoot the damn cannons. Okay, okay, 640 00:46:50,800 --> 00:46:52,719 bring the hot dog cannon back. I don't want robots. I don't 641 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:57,719 need your AI. Steve Baumer, get out of here. How are we 642 00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,960 gonna see Kelsey Plumb hurl a T shirt? You want into it? What 643 00:47:00,039 --> 00:47:05,480 do you want block chain? Hot dog? Next? Yeah, like counterpoint. 644 00:47:06,039 --> 00:47:08,800 These T shirt cannons can now reach any seat, So any any where 645 00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:12,360 you sit, you can win a T shirt. Now that wasn't the case 646 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:15,480 with call No. That's because it's called making the most noise, and that's 647 00:47:15,519 --> 00:47:19,159 how you get a T shirt. That's good too. They could walk up 648 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:22,000 higher and throw T shirts to people in the upper deck. That's not like 649 00:47:22,119 --> 00:47:24,559 that technology, Kelsey Plumb and get Kelsey Plumber. That's what I'm saying. 650 00:47:24,679 --> 00:47:28,519 I like this. I like this take that the T shirt cannon is taking 651 00:47:28,639 --> 00:47:35,480 jobs. I'm on board with this take. What will what are robots gonna 652 00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,639 take? We can't even throw T shirts anymore. We can't even throw T 653 00:47:37,800 --> 00:47:44,400 shirts anymore. You got Browny James taking some guy's job in the NBA, 654 00:47:44,559 --> 00:47:51,719 and shouldn't the T shirt kids. I'm kidding. They're taking movies off physical 655 00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:57,199 media. They're not letting humans throw T shirts at basketball games anymore. There's 656 00:47:57,320 --> 00:48:00,159 noise meters, so if you're the loudest fan, you get deals at the 657 00:48:00,159 --> 00:48:07,480 team store. That's freaking awesome. The incentive to be as loud as possible 658 00:48:07,519 --> 00:48:09,239 and then a new arena is really cool to me. Yeah, I'm on 659 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:13,639 board with that. There's nothing that could be a better fan experience than just 660 00:48:14,239 --> 00:48:16,800 if you're the loudest, you win. So I don't know what are people 661 00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:20,480 going to bring in like their own They're not gonna they're not gonna do anything 662 00:48:20,559 --> 00:48:22,239 like that, right, They're not gonna bring in their own artificial salad or 663 00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:27,360 something like that. I don't think. We haven't had brought my beat's pill 664 00:48:27,480 --> 00:48:32,400 with me to the game. We've requested a bunch of detail about Into It 665 00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:36,960 security and we have gotten no information back yet. So when we get that 666 00:48:37,079 --> 00:48:40,960 information, we'll let everybody know. And it was revealed that the Clippers first 667 00:48:42,039 --> 00:48:45,920 regular season home game is going to be October twenty third, not Into It 668 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:52,719 domb, So I'm gonna send my press cordounce request right now. Same. 669 00:48:54,679 --> 00:48:59,360 I'm excited. Who would you guys want to see as the first opponent at 670 00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,480 into it? Don't who someone who were gonna beat the shit out of I 671 00:49:01,559 --> 00:49:05,719 don't care the Blazers, right will? Am I wrong on this? I 672 00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,800 just want to see a win, dude? Yeah, Blazers if you if 673 00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:15,039 you say Lakers, it's like within if they win the first game and you'll 674 00:49:15,079 --> 00:49:17,159 never get the end of that. We should play what I wish we could 675 00:49:17,199 --> 00:49:22,719 play like an FCS team like high Sharks are coming baby? Yeah? Like 676 00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,400 can we? I hope? I don't know. Who do you want to 677 00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:29,280 see him play out of it? It's gotta be someone seventy six ers. 678 00:49:29,519 --> 00:49:34,039 What's the other team the Australian eighty six ers or something like that. Uh? 679 00:49:34,760 --> 00:49:39,440 Yeah, I would go somebody in the West. Uh the Portland Trailblazers 680 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:43,239 who they opened up with last season. They beat the brakes off of them. 681 00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:47,239 Yeah, that's that's probably not the worst way to go. It's it's 682 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:51,679 slim pickens in the Western Conference. To find a team that's really far down 683 00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:52,880 there. The Spurs, I don't know, man, they got Wemby. 684 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:55,199 You could go off. They got CB three. Do you want him to 685 00:49:55,239 --> 00:50:00,920 open up into it, though it feels like a no win. I don't 686 00:50:00,960 --> 00:50:05,400 know. You're dodging a lot of land mines here, Detroit want Henderson land 687 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,880 mine is the one you want to land on. Yeah, we'll all three 688 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:14,079 be there. The twenty third should be a good time. And now the 689 00:50:14,159 --> 00:50:20,320 most important part of the elisode. Sure dips, we've had god Will Speaking 690 00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:24,880 of dips, we all three have dips? Correct? All right? Oh 691 00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:29,320 no, I don't know if Adam does. Will had zin last time we 692 00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:32,920 did a standalone episode which no one commented on, which I thought was fast. 693 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,519 It did. You can't bring into a barbecue, You can't. I 694 00:50:36,599 --> 00:50:38,480 might do something. Yeah, you can. You can bring into a baby 695 00:50:38,519 --> 00:50:44,280 shower. You bring into whatever you want. Adam, what dip do you 696 00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:46,239 have? What chip do you have? Would you bring it to a barbecue? 697 00:50:46,559 --> 00:50:51,280 All right? I have I thought a dip that I thought wouldn't be 698 00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,280 so good because I knew it's not good for me and I was kind of 699 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:57,480 helping it wouldn't be so addicting that I try to eat the whole damn thing. 700 00:50:57,719 --> 00:51:01,440 Not how it works? Yeah, I uh, I messed up and 701 00:51:01,599 --> 00:51:07,000 done? Did it? I got a what I thought would be pretty bad 702 00:51:07,519 --> 00:51:15,800 a Freedo le jalapeno and cheese caso dip, and it's actually pretty solid. 703 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:21,599 Turns out it is hard to get a caso dip. That's that bad. 704 00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:25,159 I mean, I got pretty addicted to eating almost the entire thing. Also 705 00:51:25,320 --> 00:51:32,480 thanks to my let's see terra real vegetable chips, sweet potato sea salt chips 706 00:51:35,039 --> 00:51:38,039 very good too. Coming on to chip options, what'd you bring into a 707 00:51:38,079 --> 00:51:43,000 barbecue? Oh yeah, oh yeah, Okay, I may not tell him 708 00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,400 it's Freedo lay. I could be like, this is my home rumerty halpino 709 00:51:45,559 --> 00:51:51,239 cheese dip. Guys, trick it out. You're an old man fifty years 710 00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,960 well home remedies old, I mean passed down for generations like that shirt. 711 00:51:54,199 --> 00:51:58,960 There you go, all right, Well, what dip and what chip are 712 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:08,239 you eating? I got a signature select to zeke and and just some some 713 00:52:08,440 --> 00:52:15,400 broccoli florets. It's delightful. It's delightful. No, it's a good, 714 00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:19,559 good dip. I enjoy. It's a zeke. This one isn't especially cucumbery, 715 00:52:19,599 --> 00:52:22,119 but it's got a lot of deal, which I think is you know, 716 00:52:22,119 --> 00:52:23,440 if you're not going to go super cucumber and go heavy on the deal. 717 00:52:24,679 --> 00:52:30,280 I'm digging it low carb, I think instead of like I just had 718 00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:34,400 these broccoli frets. But I think that this would be really good with I 719 00:52:34,480 --> 00:52:38,199 mean, I guess, Peta, if you eat bread or some cucumber slices, 720 00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:43,239 I think that really tasty to balance out the cucumber from the Yeah, 721 00:52:43,559 --> 00:52:46,880 would you take this to a barbecue? Uh? Yeah, well, I 722 00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:51,960 think I kind of make a better to zek than this personally. But yeah, 723 00:52:52,119 --> 00:52:54,320 if I if I didn't have the time, then sure you're running late. 724 00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:58,679 You had a meeting before the barbecue. Yeah, of course. I 725 00:52:58,840 --> 00:53:01,000 went with a classic that has made an appearance. I went with the Trader 726 00:53:01,079 --> 00:53:06,519 Joe's Buffalo style chicken dip. Everyone's been raving about the Buffalo dip. It's 727 00:53:06,639 --> 00:53:12,320 fantastic. I am eating it with salt and pepper. Uh chips, I 728 00:53:12,360 --> 00:53:14,960 can't remember what brand they are, but this is great. I would bring 729 00:53:15,039 --> 00:53:17,079 it to a barbecue, and if it was it was on a random day, 730 00:53:17,159 --> 00:53:20,360 it would be a perfect storm of all of us bringing this dip. 731 00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:23,320 I feel like because it's been mentioned multiple times, so I think we're three 732 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:28,440 for three on dips today. For the barbecue. Whatever barbecue we're going to 733 00:53:29,559 --> 00:53:35,320 is crushing it, so way to go, us Adam doing it with his 734 00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:38,719 finger, which is quasi disturbing. We're arms low calorie, low calorie option 735 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:44,159 right here, and I hope so all right we so, Adam, you're 736 00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:50,199 gonna be doing some Uncle Auslin Summer League Freaks Only Lives. Yeah, if 737 00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:52,800 you guys I watched the game, well come on, I'll send out the 738 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:57,360 link. But I'm guessing they're gonna be one of the four teams. It 739 00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:01,440 would take, you know, just an absurd of domino effects and somebody to 740 00:54:01,519 --> 00:54:06,239 win by like forty for them not to be one of the top four teams. 741 00:54:06,400 --> 00:54:07,760 And that's how it works right now in the Summer League. The top 742 00:54:07,840 --> 00:54:14,599 four teams they go on into a tournament. Two games are played for the 743 00:54:14,679 --> 00:54:17,760 eventual winner. I guess everybody else they are twenty six has to play a 744 00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:24,599 fifth game. So Clippers have been elite elite in the Summer League. Well 745 00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:29,519 there we go. Uncle Austin's Freaks Only Summer League Live will be here for 746 00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:31,599 you on the weekend, maybe Will and I'll show up some combination of us. 747 00:54:31,719 --> 00:54:36,800 We're gonna be back next week. Will where can these wonderful listeners find 748 00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:39,840 us or maybe even leave their thoughts on the podcast itself? Yeah, totally 749 00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:44,320 so. You can find us over on YouTube dot com slash at Clippers podcast 750 00:54:44,519 --> 00:54:45,639 probably the best way to find us. Then let us know your thoughts. 751 00:54:45,639 --> 00:54:49,840 You can comment obviously on every single video. If you're more of an audio 752 00:54:49,920 --> 00:54:52,960 person, We're available wherever you get your audio podcast. We're on Amazon Music 753 00:54:53,199 --> 00:54:58,400 or on Spotify. We're on Pandora, We're on Google Podcasts. We're on 754 00:54:58,559 --> 00:55:02,199 Apple podcasts. Listen over on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. You can share your 755 00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:06,280 thoughts over there. We'd really appreciate it. But no matter how you consume 756 00:55:06,360 --> 00:55:09,280 this show, we appreciate you. We really do. And before we get 757 00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:13,800 out of here, Adam, we need one positive thing before sending these Clippers 758 00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:20,440 fans into their weekends. The uh dry powder Clippers era is underway. They 759 00:55:20,559 --> 00:55:25,800 are staying ready, keeping the powder dry for big opportunities while being competitive. 760 00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:30,119 Now, which I'd say that's the best of both worlds. If they're able 761 00:55:30,159 --> 00:55:36,119 to juggle those two things, and I know one of them takes priority over 762 00:55:36,159 --> 00:55:39,559 the other, which is holding on to that flexibility. Not always easy to 763 00:55:39,920 --> 00:55:45,320 maintain. A really competitive ball club while keeping flexibility. But it looks like 764 00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:50,320 on paper right now, this Clippers team is going to be significantly better defensively, 765 00:55:51,239 --> 00:55:54,679 and if they have Kawhi Leonard and James Harden for enough of the games, 766 00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:59,360 they're gonna be okay on offense still too, So I like what we've 767 00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:04,079 seen so far with them bouncing back after losing Paul George. There we go 768 00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:07,639 from the positive man himself. We will be with y'all next week. Adam 769 00:56:07,679 --> 00:56:13,000 will be with you later at some point, and as always, let's go Clips.