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Rob Now we welcome on a man
who has established himself as a leading purveyor

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of information when it comes to the
NBA. In this very room, you

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better qualify the end when it comes
to the NBA, nothing else. And

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I also said, in this very
room, in this very room, for

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right now, for right now,
what's happening now, And we do have

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planters online. One for you,
salty. Okay, Adam Austin joins us,

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Salty, thanks for coming in.
What's good guy, It's good to

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be here. Okay. Last night, I gotta be honest, all kidding

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aside, impress it for the Clippers
and kind of weak for the Lakers.

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Well, especially because you called it
yesterday. You said the Lakers were going

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to win. And actually postcame Fred
one of the first calls we got,

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and let me set the scene.
Noah Eagle is doing Clippers talk with me.

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So it's a special night and you
could call in and talk to the

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voice of the Clippers, but somebody
just wanted to call in and gloat about

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Oh. I can't wait to listen
to Rogan and Rodney tomorrow. After Fred

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was talking about the Lakers and now
he's got to wear it. The Clippers

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won. They were just reveling in
the fact that you were wrong about it.

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Fred, I couldn't believe it.
So now here's the thing. And

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I came on the show when I
started today, I said, yesterday,

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in my opinion, the game was
more important for the Clippers, but that

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the Lakers would win. And I
came up and I said, I was

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absolutely wrong. Okay, what I
should have said was the game was more

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important for the Clippers and the Clippers
would blow him out. That's what I

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should should have said, right,
Yeah, well we could go back and

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check the tape to make sure on
that, but yeah, I'll take your

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word for it. That's what I
said. Both teams needed the ball game,

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both teams were desperate to win that
game. Because the Lakers ended up

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playing heavy minutes in the night before
in Utah, I thought that would have

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an effect. In early on,
the Clippers just punched him in the mouth.

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They were up fifteen to three,
and you could tell there were some

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tired legs out there. But Lebron
did flip it around in the second half

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and they made it somewhat interesting.
Only in the second half. If you're

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slug sluggish in the first second win
second away, and what are you implying,

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Rob, are you trying to hate
I'm in plenty change of shoes.

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He went from pink and if you
had to shoot together, he would have

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future. Thank you. Lebron actually
had more turnovers in the first half than

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he had points. He had four
turnovers to just three points. And they

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just look lifeless out there with their
movement and Anthony Davis was getting locked up.

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It was a great coaching job by
coach lou He said at practice two

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days ago on Tuesday that, oh, we're just gonna guard a d straight

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up. We'll just have a beatsa
zoo bots on him. He was doubled

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every time he touched the basketball.
The Clippers were giving him different looks left

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and right. He didn't He didn't
ever get comfortable in the ball game,

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and that was really the difference if
Ad doesn't get it going. Because Lebron's

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still dealing dealing with that foot injury
and he doesn't quite look the same.

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We don't know he might need surgery
after the season. He's just putting that

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off for now. But Anthony Davis
has been amazing over the last three weeks

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now, and they won a lot
of games without Lebron James. They had

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the fourth best record heading into that
game last night. Coming out of the

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All Star Break, the Lakers had
been playing really good ball. They had

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won fifteen to the last twenty one. So even though yes, they were

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at a rest disadvantage, guess what. The Clippers had to play the most

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games before the All Star break in
NBA history. There's a reason that all

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of a sudden, they got three
days off to get to get ready for

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this one. They played sixty one
games before the All Star break. They

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had the most sea There's only twenty
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season after the All Star break.
Now they push it back, but no

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one's feeling bad for the Lakers.
The Clippers still didn't have Paul George,

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their second best player in the ball
game last night, and they dominated.

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And they've won eleven straight over the
Lakers. They've won thirty six of the

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last forty. Why. I mean, I get basketball. It's all about

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matchups, and you might be able
to use that during a certain stretch.

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But what what has happened? Why? Why has this happened for such a

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long stretch. This is incredible to
me. Some of it is just flukey.

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Some of it is the Lakers win
seven years without making the playoffs,

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and that's when the Clippers were up
during the Lobb City era. I do

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think there's something to being called little
brother all the time and them getting more

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up for these ball games. But
during the two one three era and coach

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Lewis never lost the Lakers as head
coach of the Clippers. Now, they've

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done a really good job against Lebron
James. He has his worst numbers against

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the Clippers over the last three four
seasons now, other than the forty point

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game he got last time out against
the Clippers and they still lost by eighteen.

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Remember that was the last team he
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He got it, but they still
lost big. But outside of that

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ballgame, for the most part,
he's been shooting under forty percent against the

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Clippers. They've done such a good
job against him. They play Anthony Davis

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really well. It's just a bad
matchup for the Lakers overall. Even with

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the different iterations and different roster turnover, the Clippers still do have a lot

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of wings that they can throw at
Lebron and that's been one of the big

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difference makers for them. But it's
incredible. During the eleven game winning streak

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the Clippers have had over the Lakers, the biggest lead in all eleven of

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those games that the Lakers have had
has been six. That's it. They've

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been absolutely it is. It's crazy. Until last night. Well, I

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mean they still only got up by
I think three or something like that in

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the first half. The Lakers think
that was the most so they have gotten

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run off the floor by the Clippers. Did you see And I actually started

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laughing out loud when I saw this. In the second half of Lebron was

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guarding Kawuahi and basically face guarding him, just looking right at him. He

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turned his back to everything. I
thought I was watching a high school game.

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I could not believe I was watching
Lebron James do that, just staring

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at him, keeping his back to
the ball and just watching Kawhi. Kawai

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really didn't do much in the second
half, but he didn't have to.

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He didn't have to, and I
think that's actually a really good sign for

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the Clippers. They've been able to
win some games recently where Kawhi hasn't been

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all world, which he has been
the last three months. As much as

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people want to talk about load management
and him not playing back to backs and

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the way they have babied him coming
back from injuries, well, guess what,

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it is worked because since he got
back to regular minutes, Kawhi Leonard

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has played at an MVP level.
Well, it hasn't worked yet, so

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because ultimately, and I hear what
you're saying, but when you say it

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worked, it'll work when this thing
works in the playoffs and then they can

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get where they want to go with
him though, Well sure, but he's

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got to be playing great basketball and
back to that peat Kawhi level coming off

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an ACL injury, and he is. He's the only player that I've ever

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seen come back from huge injuries,
the quad injury with the San Antonio Spurs

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and now the ACEL and just get
better. He's been close to fifty fifty

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ninety splits from the field since January
seven, since he's gotten back to playing

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thirty five plus minutes a night,
and he was, you know, the

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best player on the floor at times
when he had to be. Last night,

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I know he didn't have a huge
second half. They didn't eat him

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too with bones Highland going off in
the fourth quarter. Who's been kind of

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a revelation bringing him in from Denver
for the Clippers for two second round picks,

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and he had fourteen points in the
fourth quarter alone and didn't shy away

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from the moment. And Kawhi still
was guarding Lebron James at times. Lebron,

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as you mentioned, was guarding Kawhi
Leonard. Good to see that out

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there. But it's just been crazy
the level of domination the Clippers have had

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over the Lakers. And that was
the biggest game between the two teams ever,

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make no mistake about it. Unfortunately
we've never gotten a postseason series between

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them. Almost happening in two thousand
and six the Lakers lost the Phoenix in

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the first round. Almost happened in
twenty twenty with the Clippers collapse in the

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bubble to the Denver Nuggets. They
have just missed one another. I'm gonna

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let that slide rob but it could
still happen this season. The Lakers are

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still going to be at worst in
the play in tournament, and look,

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they may have a better path if
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I told you a month and a
half ago. If they get Memphis

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in the first round and the Lakers
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If they get Denver in the first
round, they're going to push them.

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At least. I think this Lakers
team is still extremely dangerous. Last night

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there were some tired legs. They
had played four games in the last six

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nights, but overall, they've been
the third best defense post All Star Break.

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And when you played defense like that
consistently, your offense can come and

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go. And they're one of the
only teams in the NBA that's really scary

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because they don't rely on three points
shooting as much as other teams. It's

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almost a bonus for them. They
can beat you with points in the paint

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and also getting to the free throw
line ad nauseum plus four hundred the free

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throw differential, the Lakers leading their
opposition all season long. I'm just saying,

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right, Rob, Yeah, I'm
just saying, you know, I

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don't know the Lakers. To me, First of all, I can't have

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complete confidence that you'll have your full
squad for any kind of playoff run.

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I just I'll have to see it
to believe it. And then, uh,

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I don't know, when you take
a look at the run and what

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they've done, you got to tip
your cap to him because they definitely made

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some changes, you know, and
and personnel that were for the better and

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probably should have been made in the
off season and they wouldn't be in this

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situation. Hey, Rob, let
me ask you something. Because they made

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good moves. Does Lebron get credit
as being the shadow GM when they made

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good moves or just bad moves?
Because that's what I've seen over the last

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year. Oh, Lebron James wanted
to bring in Russell Westbrook, terrible move.

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He did well the trade deadline to
get better. Does Lebron get any

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credit for them? No? Because
those are any of those players that they

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brought in, those are Lebron James. Guys, come on and don't know

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that Lebron deeside do Lebron is not
Lebron's not not dealing with with that level

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player. It's the bigger names that
he has influence on. Would you at

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least admit that out You don't think
he knows he's a little Russell d loading.

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I think they're they're well aware of
him that he could have had an

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intention there. I just don't think
that Lebron hand picked all these players,

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uh and said oh yeah, this
is gonna turn the roster around. And

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I think that's fine. But if
you're going after him whenever there's a bad

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move conveniently well but but but but
the really bad move, though, you

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gotta admit, was Westbrook, when
everybody and their uncle said it wasn't gonna

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work. Come on, Adam,
everybody people first guessed it no doubt,

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and he and Anthony Davis probably were
the guys that wanted to bring him in.

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But look, I'm just saying it's
not fair. You can't have it

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both ways. I agree with criticized
for the bad moves and don't give him

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any credit for the good ones.
I think you can't kind of have it

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both ways. I think Rob Polinka
was far more instrumental in this deal,

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That's what I because it worked.
No oh no, I mean he's just

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because of the type of most one
too. But I agree with Rob.

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I don't think Anthony Davis and Lebron
called Rob Polink and said go get d

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Low And I just don't believe that. You don't think they put pressure on

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them to make a move well,
to make well they should because it was

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their fault. He was there,
right. Well, the buck stops with

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Rob Polink, right, and he
should always be the one that takes the

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blame or gets the credit. That's
his job, that's his role. Well,

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not everybody knows what happened, but
I think in this and the first

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time too with the Westbrook trade,
if you look closely at Polink, I

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saw strings on his arm, so
I wasn't definitely sure he was making Lebron

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the puffic master. What was the
crowd like last night? It was loud,

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they were into it. I mean, what about the breakdown. It

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was a plan to stay out of
the plan basically, so fans were going

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crazy. Fans more Clipper fans.
It's tough to tell because the Lakers fans

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only cheer when their team is doing
good, and the Clippers fans cheer regardless.

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So it was just hard to get
a read on that. Fred I'm

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gonna say that it was close over
to fifty fifty. It was technically a

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Clippers home game, and Lakers fans
were leaving early. Some left far too

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early when they were down by twenty
four in the second half, and they

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ended up making a run and making
a push. You know what. It

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was a case of prematroy evacuation.
What were they doing? Rob When is

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your next stand up routine? Are
you? Are you getting that Chris Rock

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Netflix treatment eight times soon? Okay, Adam, So two games to go

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for the Clippers, as you look
into your crystal ball, because you've been

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right most of the time on these
things. Yeah, thank you forecasts.

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What do we see? Two games
to go and then the playoffs? What

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happens? Well, you want to
beat the Portland Trail Blazers of course on

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Saturday on Saturday to help solidify your
spot staying out of the plane. Look,

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well, if you don't, it's
crazy because the Blazers take no.

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They completely have an eye on next
season. They shut down Damian Lillard.

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However, I think Buck Williams is
playing in that game for Port Harry Porter.

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They did just beat the timber Wolves
in Minnesota who needed to win that

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game, and overlook the Portland Trailblazers. You can't let that happen because the

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guys who are out there on the
court, even when a team is doing

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some institutional tanking, the guys who
are out there, the young guys,

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have something to prove. So they
can rise up and beat you. Sometimes

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when they're just getting you know,
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want to show off for their head
coach and Chauncey Billups, So be careful

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there. But let's assume they take
down the Portland Trailblazers. They take that

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game seriously, they don't have a
letdown after beating the Lakers. Then you

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may have a decision to make against
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to the Golden State Warriors and the
New Orleans Pelicans in the standings, because

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you may not want to have to
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the first round, and then even
if you beat them in the four or

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five matchup, you'd be in the
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should they win in the one eight
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That's about as tough as a route
as you could have just to get to

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the Western Conference Finals, having to
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So your other option is, if
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the six spot without falling into the
plan, would you prefer taking on the

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Sacramento Kings in the first round,
and then in the second round it could

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be the Memphis Grizzlies. I think
that's a more advantageous position to be in

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path the least resistant least resistance matters
in the NBA, and the Sacramento Kings

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obviously are making the They're making the
playoffs for the first time since two thousand

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and six. They don't have that
experience. Now. Daron Fox has been

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the most clutch player in the NBA
all season long when it comes to points

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scored last five minutes of a game
within five points, so be careful what

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you wish for. But they don't
play a ton of defense, and then

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just don't have the postseason experience.
So I would think if it comes down

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to that and you have a chance
to pick between taking on Phoenix or Sacramento,

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you might look at taking on the
Kings and taking that route in the

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first round. But there's a good
chance they're not going to be in a

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position where they can choose because the
things are so tight in the standards now

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you can't fall but careful. The
last two years, the two teams that

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have fallen into the play in as
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and the Golden State Warriors the year
before that have not made it out of

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the play in even though they had
two chances. Because remember it's double elimination.

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If you're in that seven eight matchup, loser ends up playing the winner

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of nine ten. But the last
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eighth spot has not come out.
So it's a dangerous game to play,

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and you get five more days off
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for the Clippers who are trying to
get Paul George Moore rest and try to

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get him back for the first round, we don't know about that situation yet.

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That's everything I was going to ask
you, No inkling, nothing yet.

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He was supposed to be reevaluated in
two or three weeks. Two weeks

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would have been yesterday. No news
came out on that. Three weeks would

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be next week. But look,
they avoided catastrophe because at first it looked

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like a dead of a stating injury. But I did bring it up right

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away. It looks similar to the
hyper extension that Jannison Den and Kompo had

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in the playoffs a couple of years
ago. He came back after a week.

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Now that's you honest, he's the
Greek freak for a reason. But

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I think there's a possibility, and
nobody knows because it all depends on how

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his body responds and recovers. Paul
George probably doesn't even know at this point

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because it's gonna come down to his
movement and where he's at coming off the

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injury. But is there a chance
that he could come back in the first

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round at some point? I think
they're likely is. We'll see what happens,

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though. The goal is to get
as much rest as possible for a

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Clippers team that needs to be fully
healthy to get to their ultimate goal,

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which is trying to win a championship. Clippers and Portland's Saturday. You'll hear

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the game here on AM eleven fifty
The SALTYA. I'll have the pregame show

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at noon. Adam, thanks for
coming in all right, love you.

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Sorry about that one color going after
you. Hey, but did I fess

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up to all right? Did you
always own it? I got no problem.

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I fessed up. I was honest. I mean, Rob never say

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but you do. I don't know
that. I always sell it. Brogan

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