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Speaker 1: What is going on Clippers fans, fans of the sixth

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seed in the Western Conference. I should say welcome to

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the third season and the fifty seventh episode of Clips

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and Dim. I am Chuck Mockler, joined by Adam Osland

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and William Updyke. We are going to be talking the

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Clippers playoff rotation that was debuted last night. We're going

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to be taking a standings look a quick preview of

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the quasi weekend three and four the Clippers have coming up.

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at Clippers Podcast. Adam, Will, how are we feeling after

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that wonderful win in New York City? Will, We'll go

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with you. How are you feeling now that we are

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in control of the sixth seed? Feels good?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it feels good to be back in the driver's seat.

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As you know all too well. No great win, Like

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I said that one would be one that would be

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a little tough to drop, just considering that New York

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was down some some key rotation players and just the

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way in which they did it. Hardened, being questionable and

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having the game that he had just unreal. Man, he

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is like I don't even know, Like where do you

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even put him in the pantheon of Clippers players, Like

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it's almost time to start talking out all the time,

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and it's been two seasons.

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Speaker 1: I put a note at the end, like and we

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can talk about it now.

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Speaker 3: Though.

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Speaker 1: Is he more beloved than Paul George? I know it's

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been shorter time obviously, so he has a lot easier

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of a backdrop. But I don't know. We'll get to that. Adam,

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you're fatigued. You have been putting in the hours today

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on the pods. How are you feeling now that the

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Clippers are the sixteen?

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Speaker 3: It was a nice turnaround last night down fourteen to

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up as as nineteen thirty three point swing the big

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four shot. That was a great win. That's probably is

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that their second best road victory of the season, best

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with Kawhi, second best to the one in Memphis where

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they didn't have him earlier in the year.

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Speaker 1: I think it's the best because we it's with Kawhi.

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I guess selfishly, it's like we got to see him

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take He scored what fourteen in the fourth. Yeah, selfishly,

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I like it more.

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Speaker 3: It was it was good. It was good to see

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what ten games left.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so that was I did a post game stream

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with Knick's Film School and New Claudio, and he kind

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of talked about the Clippers or like that at a

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team in baseball where it's like getting to the postseason.

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And it only took the Clippers seventy two games, but

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it certainly feels like they're like rounding into form. Everyone's

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kind of hitting their strides. How what do we think

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of the rotation change? Did you did, I guess, Adam,

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did you expect to see kind of basically the playoff rotation?

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A mere coffee out of the rotation and we'll getting

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I mean, everyone's watching this nose who will be in

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the playoff rotation? But a bit of a surprise.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I guess it's surprising that it happened last night,

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But it's not surprising to me that Amir's the odd

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man out. I think that's pretty obvious because Bogie can

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offer more than just hit shots. He can run, pick

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and roll with the Viatsa Zubas. Amir has had a

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rough year, I think defensively, especially the last couple of

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months fouls. So while he's probably still better than Bogey

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on that end, Bogie can shoot just as well, if

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not better, and he can create for others and initiate

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the offense. And that's a huge deal for a team

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that has overtaxed James Harden, even though you wouldn't know

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from the way he looks right now, but a team

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that has asked a lot of James Harden, and now

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the calvary has arrived. With Bogie being on ball, with

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Chris Dunn, with Kawhi back, it just makes him that

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much better because he's got more gas in the tank.

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James Harden do stuff like you did at the end

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of that third quarter last night.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you're right. I mean, I don't think

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anyone would argue that coffee should be cemented in that

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nine man playoff rotation.

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Speaker 3: Will really I talked to somebody earlier today who would, Oh,

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Speaker 1: I Also, I do think it's funny that we're getting

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a quite literal ten games sample size of the playoff

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rotation is game seventy two.

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Speaker 3: Will.

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Speaker 1: How confident are you in this rotation? Because where I'm

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sitting also, like I am feeling perhaps too optimistic about

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how this play in might go. But I like the Nico,

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Bogden Simmons, Derek Jones junior bench right, Like, it's hard

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to not kind of be incredibly optimistic about this team

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making noise with this rotation.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, the your thing is is a

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bummer for fans of homegrown talent. Amir took another stride

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this season as a player. Started off the season incredibly hot.

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moving thing for a while where he's been getting less

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and less minutes. It's pretty clear that he's like less

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and less a part of the rotation. I think I'm

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excited about this. I'm excited about this bench lineup. I

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do feel like there's some caveats, like are we getting

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the version of Bogie that we've gotten like the last

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handful of games. Is he going to maintain this clip

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or are we looking at a little bit closer to

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the start of his tenure and certainly what what he

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had on the Hawks. Nico? I mean, you know, I

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love Nico to death. How much are we gonna run

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this man into the ground? Can't like how consistent is

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three Pointon's gonna look and then Ben Simmons is the

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ultimate wild card, and I think that that I think

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that that is in the Clippers favor. But I do

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think certainly, you know, with his own injury stuff, how

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some of his usage has been limited. I guess I

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have a little bit more trouble establishing a baseline of

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him in this rotation, you know, like on a consistent basis.

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maybe not the worst, but I like it. I do

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feel like there, you know, there are some question marks,

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but the last stretch of games has been feel a

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lot more confident and if they continue to have that

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sort of output over this last ten then I'm feeling

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really good. So yeah, like, overall, it's what we got,

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you know, it's the hands that we have. And obviously,

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you know, I love DJJ. We've kind of gotten back

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and forth as to whether he should be with the

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starters or not. That's not going to be the case,

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but it's a nice piece to have.

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just seems like that's the starting five now. Is the

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three guard or two and a half guard, whatever you

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want to call it with hard and norm done. Kawhi Zoo.

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he kind of is like and like his lows aren't

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that low, right, He's not being asked to do enough,

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Speaker 2: Role, Yeah, like the role isn't being honestly the the

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one that's like kind of killed me the most of

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some of the turnovers just because you know he's better

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with the ball than that. But you know that stuff

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hasn't even been like particularly backbreaking. A couple of silly

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low lights that people have posted on the internet. But

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that's he's uh, he's gonting. He's getting back in the form.

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Speaker 3: Old Russian dolls where there's a doll inside a doll

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inside a doll. All we asked from Webamba was to

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be better at the Mason Plumley. Then all we asked

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from jew Banks supposed to be better than Mobamba, And

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now all we're asking from Ben Simmons is better than

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Chue Eu Banks.

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Speaker 1: Oh Man.

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Speaker 4: Not only he could be quite a bit better because

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the wild card, you know, prospect with him being able

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to do a lot more He's playing kind of two

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roles for this team.

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Speaker 3: He can play some backup five. You can play some

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backup four defensively, but on the offensive end, you can

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play some one can.

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Speaker 2: He handled the ball as well as Mason Plumley, though

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if you ask Mason, he's not as.

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Speaker 1: Confident as Mason Plumley. I'll tell you that much. Also,

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really quick, Eric Buie, if you are listening to this

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episode or watching it, a Russian nesting doll drawing of

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every backup center the Clippers have had since Isaiah Hartenstein

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be incredibly depressing. It would move a lot of people,

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but just I don't know, it would be very funny. Yeah.

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I like the thing about Bogie. I've grown he looks

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doing when he's playing better is not as surprising as

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when he's playing when he started with the Clippers.

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Speaker 2: It's much closer to the player that he's been the

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majority of his career. Yeah, So I like he's one.

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you know, we all talked about like his numbers to

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start this season, we're so low that the law and

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averages would deem that it would happen to bounce back, but

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you know, again it still just hasn't been a huge

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amount of time with the team. So I will be

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looking at these final ten games.

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Speaker 1: Adam, what do you think the kind of because Will

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brought it up like Simmons maybe being the question mark.

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Do you have any question marks in the rotation.

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Speaker 3: With the backup specifically, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Starters, it's like, you know, we just got to hope

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I still think there's a possibility that, you know,

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if Don is struggling early on in a series and

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he's not hitting those threes and they're leaving him wide open,

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I think he'd be benched pretty quickly. So I don't

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think it's firm that he's for sure the guy the

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rest of the way, but it's probably his spot to

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lose right now. Off the bench, you know, a mere

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coffee in certain situations against certain teams could still get run.

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Speaker 1: Lou said like he was like he might start against Cleveland.

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Speaker 3: It's like they have a back so they have don't

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they have three more back to back still they play.

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the playoffs, it doesn't look like that's gonna be the

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case unless somebody else struggles. And Amir is the guy

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that struggled in that series mightily against Dallas last year

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after having a really good regular season. I don't know

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how much that is weighing into the decision. I think

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this is just about fit in having guys who are

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a little bit more multiple out there. But I'm not

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giving up on a mirror because he has overall had

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a good year. I mean, he's shooting forty one from

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three from the field. Uh, he can switch on to

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multiple guys and guard different guys. Defensively, he's had a

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bad run as of late, and I think he's got

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a really tough whistle. Has felt like where he's almost

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gotten a reputation of a guy that over fouls or

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over is overly aggressive out there.

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Speaker 1: A guy who fouls out of summer league games.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I just the last two months have been a

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little bit alarming defensively from him, where he's been getting

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kicked on more. There's a scouting report building. When last

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season I would have been like, you know, a mirror,

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isn't that far behind Terrence Man defensively, Yeah, yeah, I

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feel much differently about it, So that hurts his case.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's funny because we've watched him become more

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consistent kind of almost every season. He's just not a

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playoff guy yet, which is a difficult you know, playoff

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rotation guy is a difficult thing to be in the NBA,

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even for say a short handed Clippers team. I think

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last night one thing that gave that got me hyped

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was it was the first quarter. Things were not going well,

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but Nico Bogden and Ben Simmons came on and I

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think Nico got a block or something or that. They

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just all came out kind of feeding off the usual

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like get it done energy that Nick Patum usually has,

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you know what I mean, he comes in, he sets

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the tone with a defensive play or you know, a

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deflection or something like that. It really seemed like Bogden

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and Ben Simmons are really good at coalescing around that,

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and that like short shift gave the Clippers some energy,

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and Derrek Jones Junior and Ben Simmons combined with that,

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like and Nico, you get this veteran presence from Nick

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Patum and then you have two for sure energy guys

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and Ben Simmons and Derek Jones Jr. Who it's like,

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we need you guys to cut, We need you to

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make something happen, get us an easy bucket and transition.

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Like I really like that bench crew in the playoffs,

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especially basketball slows down, gives Nico, you know, more time

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to think or whatever you want, like figure it out,

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Speaker 3: And those are the four guys that surrounded Kawhy to

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start the fourth and they opened the game up even

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further and got up by nineteen after they're up by

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ten heading into the quarter. But I will say this,

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as good as they look there, it still was about

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Kawhi getting the first ten point.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah. I mean, well that's the other thing, right will,

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said on the live stream last night that Kawhi is

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the Clippers' best player because of if you factor in

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both ends right now, this is no discredit to what

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James Harden is doing, but Kawhi is taking defensive assignments

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like old Kawhi like that kind of thing Pete Kawhi

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or even eighty percent of Pete Kawai around those four

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there's a lot of possibilities to disrupt the flow of

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the game in the Clippers favor.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's interesting because Kawhi is kind of like mister consistent, right,

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So I see him as being such a floor raizer

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with so many different uh with so many different types

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of lineups. It's you know, he can kind of glue

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different things together and he's he's really going to elevate that.

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depending on the level that he's at, as another ceiling

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raizer as far as what this team can do, especially

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how they've struggled offensively all year. I mean, if he

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can click into some sort of playoff gear, you know,

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which he certainly had his ups and downs playoff wise

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cor droughout his career. You know, I see it as

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being kind of like two sides of the same coin.

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Speaker 3: What's interesting to me a little bit is those starts

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to second quarters with Kawhi back have not been good,

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and they still weren't yesterday, and they had three of

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those guys we just talked about with Simmons with DJ

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and Bogey. But it was Zubos in place of a

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tomb next to Kawhi to start the second field yesterday,

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and I thought he might try that with a Viza Zuboss.

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He came out of the game early. I think partially

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it was because they have a tomb to guard Kat

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and that's a good matchup for them. Though Kat was

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cooking yesterday and it still didn't work out, and that's

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when they got down by fourteen. And I asked Law

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about this recently. It just feels like there's so many

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variables going on with that start to second quarters. They

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still haven't quite fixed it yet. That start to the

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fourth quarter was nice, but again it was Kawhi being

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hot and taking over and I can't act like, yeah,

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everybody was feeding off one another. It was a lot

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of Kawhi of course.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So I just I feel a little bit more comfortable

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in these last ten games if they can find something

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more consistent with those starts, those the start to second

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and fourth quarters.

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Speaker 1: What's their net rating in second quarters? Do we know?

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Is it got to be not there?

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Speaker 3: I look it up, but it's been one of their

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worst quarters.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's hard to write like Harden plays twelve minutes

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and then it's like, all right, the system is out,

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like and this is now. I'm not nitpicking how Harden

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plays the first or how Tylop does it, but it's like,

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all right now. It's like a hard shift from here's

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a guy who's clearly running the show to a no

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disrespect a downgrade from James Harden when it comes to

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running the ship. Oh for the second.

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Speaker 2: Quarters, gotta be feather in the nest one in the

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first I think.

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Speaker 1: Gotta be that. That goes to the point that like, hey,

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they're not getting down by ten and every first quarter

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the start the first quarters have been much better this year,

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I feel like overall, and it was an uncharacteristic bad

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start last night too. I think everyone watching your kind

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of like, oh, we haven't seen the which team was

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on the second night of the back to back vibe

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in a very long time from the Clippers team. So

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it's like, I think it was a bit of a

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weird start too, Like I don't know what are you

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learning over there at them?

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Speaker 3: So they're fifteenth and net rating in second quarters, in

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first quarters, they're thirteenth. Oh wow, in third quarters, they're fifth.

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They've been really good.

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Speaker 2: They've historically been good in third quarters in the tylu

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Era adjustments.

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Speaker 1: Remember when we used to have a coach who would

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talk about how they never made adjustments. That's what happens

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in halftime and.

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Speaker 3: A fourth quarters. They're sixth.

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, we're a second half team. We're an old team.

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We got to get the chug a chugga choo choo.

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Speaker 3: It feel like that last night, man.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well you look at the games.

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Speaker 2: With those young men run themselves in circles.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, h.

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Speaker 3: Two days off. You can see it on them. They're like,

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we gotta warm the legs back up.

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Speaker 1: The Clippers are the tortoise or the Clippers are Yeah,

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they're the tortoise and the tortoise, and in every playoff series.

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But that does benefit him, right, Like the game slows

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down in the playoffs. I'm a little worried about Chris

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Dun's whistle in the playoffs is one thing I'm worried about.

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Speaker 3: But I don't know, honestly though, I don't know if

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they'll need him, like for thirty five minutes in playoff games,

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j might play more. Yeah, unless he's hot shooting wise,

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you know.

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Speaker 1: You can start with Dunn and finish with Derek Jones,

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which is kind of what we've we've been.

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Speaker 2: Saying, Whistle, do you worry about more than Chris duns

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or James Hardens Cools.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think those same calls, and that's something I

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always worry about, and that's part of I think his

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playoff track record. They start calling it differently. I will

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say this, it is a bit of a revelation how

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good DJ has been no matter where they put him

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all season long.

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Speaker 1: Oh he's off the.

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Speaker 3: Bench like it's nothing, and being just as good and

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just as productive is awesome for this team.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And it's the one of the best value contracts

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in the NBA ten million dollars a year.

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Speaker 2: And people thought that was an overpay, Like they thought

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it was overpaid because of the hot shooting and playe.

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Speaker 1: Blew my mind. I was like, the cap goes up

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every year. Ten million dollars is and I understand it's

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a lot of money in the NBA contract world. That

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is no money.

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Speaker 3: It's really because it's his first big contract and he

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was a guy who was like teetering on being out

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of the league, right, and they really committed to him,

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and I did say, you know, a lot of this

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comes down to is he going to carry over some

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of that three point shooting to his credit? Yes, he's

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a Bobb League average.

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Speaker 1: And he's twenty eight, So yeah, they gave him a

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I called it a prove it deal in the sense that, yes,

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it's three for thirty three or whatever it is, but

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he's gonna be thirty by the time it's done, So

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I'll put it this way.

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Speaker 2: I'll put it this way. PJ Tucker was making twelve

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million dollars right exactly like if DJ, if DJ was

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shooting ten percent worse, I'd still take that. I would

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still take that deal because he's not.

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Speaker 1: Actively pouring gasoline and lighting a match on the locker room. Yeah,

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like it. To me, it's like a prove it deal

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because like, all right, his contract's up when the books

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for the Clippers opened up, so it's like there's a

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chance that if he continues to play really well, it

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could be a Clipper for his next contract.

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Speaker 3: Like, yeah, it was gonna be hard for them to

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just completely swing and miss on this deal because of

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the value. Like all you needed was even if he

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shot thirty four percent, from three this season. With the

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way he's played defensively, that would not be a bad contract.

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Speaker 2: He guarded Shaef mostly Yeah, Well, like in the athleticism

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like he just he brings another dynamic that we don't

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have a lot of players.

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Speaker 1: Last, running, running fast and jumping high is a thing

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is very needed for the Clippers team. Coming up, we're

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gonna be talking just the standings look and a classic

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something we have it done in a very long time.

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In Updyke fun Check. We're gonna be checking our fund

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meters on the next segment talking if the Clippers can

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stay in six, maybe they'll go up to fifth. Who knows.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back into Clips and Dip. We talked

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a little bit about the playoff rotation. Now let's take

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a look at who the Clippers could be facing. As

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we look at the standards of Clippers have reattained the

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sixth seed, which I mean I think a week ago

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we were all pretty down on the prospect of happening.

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So they've done that, and how high could they climb?

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You think they could get up to five? I think

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five puts them in with the Lakers. I think that

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ends up being I think the Lakers are going to

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end up in that four or five matchup.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. The five thing is interesting because on the stream

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last night, the guest was like, you guys might catch the.

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Speaker 2: Grizzlies three game with three games behind, it feels.

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Speaker 1: Like kind of a lot With ten games left for

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the Clippers, that's a lot of ground to make up.

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And the Clippers and the Warriors have a pretty similar

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end of season schedule, you know what I mean. Like,

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it's not like in terms of opponent, it's not super different,

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but catching the Grizzlies feels like a lot they would

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have to fall to us, I guess would be what

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would happen.

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Speaker 3: The one thing though, the Clippers do have the tiebreaker

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over them and the Grizzlies schedule that is the fourth

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toughest left and now the Clippers have dropped back to

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seventeen like the Grizzlies have. Okay, see Boston, Denver, Lakers, Warriors, Pistons,

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the Clippers have Cleveland, the Rockets, and the Golden State Warriors.

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Speaker 1: I'd put the Magic in there too, because the magic.

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Speaker 3: Magic game is tough. Yeah, that's true. It's it's possible,

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it is. I don't when's John Morant coming back.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. A lot would have to go right

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for the Clippers to do this.

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Speaker 3: They probably they're gonna have to at least go I

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would guess they'd have to go eight and two.

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Speaker 1: So he's sorry. Morent is day to day in the

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hopes of returning soon.

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Speaker 2: Would you prefer Would you prefer Lakers in four or

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five Battle of La versus the Nuggets?

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Speaker 1: No, I don't want real Psychologically, I don't want any

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part of the Battle of La And I'll tell you

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also why into it's not as much of an advantage.

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I understand the wall will be crazy. I understand Clippers

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fans will show out. I don't want the first selfishly,

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I don't want the first playoff series and into it

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to have anything to do with Lakers fans being there.

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It seems like a losing and it's Luca. It's like,

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we don't like I don't know, man, I would be

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I don't think I would speak to anyone during that

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playoff series aside from this podcast, because I would be

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so stressed and just like, I don't know, it feels spooky.

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Speaker 2: You'd rather roll the dice with the Nuggets?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, I think the Nuggets. I I'm not saying

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it's significantly easier of a matchup, but their defense has

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been pretty consistently bad all season long. I don't like it.

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Yolka is gonna play forty two minutes a game in

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that series.

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Speaker 1: There's Russ Revenge, Juice Magic going.

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Speaker 4: To have a game.

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Speaker 3: But as opposed to Luca in a Lakers jersey plus

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Lebron and you don't have as much of the home

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court advantage as check point out. I've just been through

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that too many times with the Sacramento King. So I

475
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got major PTSD.

476
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Speaker 1: You could break out the Bavena jersey though. That'd be fun.

477
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Speaker 3: It would probably be unprofessional, but I might have to

478
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on broadcasts.

479
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Speaker 1: Would be crazy. Yeah, Well, which would you want? Would

480
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you want to play the Lakers?

481
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Speaker 2: And it's like, I think we can beat the Lakers?

482
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Speaker 1: That I agree, I think we can beat the Lakers,

483
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:42,440
but on paper, yeah, but like I don't know.

484
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Speaker 3: I'm not I'm not conspiracy theory guy, but the Lakers

485
00:24:48,039 --> 00:24:52,160
have traditionally they are plus twelve hundred and free throw

486
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attempts over the last three seasons, which is like seven

487
00:24:57,359 --> 00:24:59,160
hundred more than the next closest team.

488
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Speaker 1: Wait counterable. Maybe that helps the Clippers because at least

489
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half of those would be against the wall, so their

490
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percentage would go down. Right, aren't teams shooting pretty bad

491
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in far of the wall?

492
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Speaker 3: Maybe it's we're going to hack of Lakers to make

493
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them have to shoot against the wall.

494
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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot of pressure on the wall in

495
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the first series and into it in this uh, in

496
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,559
this scenario for sure, And if.

497
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Speaker 2: You're playing a playoff series against Luca, Harden's going to

498
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get a similar whistle. Have to you have to, sorry,

499
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just have to. That's the ballance, that's the balance of

500
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the whistle.

501
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Speaker 3: I just couldn't see it being a positive for the

502
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league to have Luca and Lebron lose in the first round.

503
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I just I don't know. It seems like they would prefer.

504
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Speaker 2: That script's already written.

505
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Speaker 1: You're saying.

506
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Speaker 3: I think the Clippers have a chance. I'm just saying,

507
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:54,160
there's more stuff going against you taking on the Lakers. No,

508
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I I.

509
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Speaker 2: Agree wholeheartedly with both, with both you and Denver. You know,

510
00:26:02,319 --> 00:26:04,640
this is a different Denver team than we've seen in

511
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,319
other years. It is pretty clear, though, who would be

512
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the best player in the series. And I think that

513
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that's a really that that to me is more difficult

514
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to overcome than the Lakers from like from a you know,

515
00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,839
it's the best if you know, if it comes down

516
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,519
to a coin flip and the best the best player

517
00:26:20,519 --> 00:26:22,160
on the floor wins the series. I have a lot

518
00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:24,240
more concerns about Denver than I do the Lakers.

519
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Speaker 3: It is, it's very close. Nobody wins, nobody wins at all.

520
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Give it Houston please.

521
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that won't be easy.

522
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Speaker 3: But over those two teams, I'll take it.

523
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Speaker 1: So, what do you think is more likely Clippers get

524
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to the fifth seed or Clippers get to the sixth

525
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seed and play the Lakers in the three to six matchup?

526
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Speaker 2: Wait, so you have them playing the Lakers in either scenario?

527
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,480
Speaker 1: No, no, no, I have just either what's more likely Clippers

528
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taking the fifth seed or staying in the sixth seed

529
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and playing the Lakers in the sixth three opponent can

530
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be whoever it would.

531
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Speaker 3: Be tonight in Chicago.

532
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,400
Speaker 2: Right, so you have the Lakers, you have the Lakers

533
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:07,680
jumping over the Nuggets.

534
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Speaker 1: Lebron got all that time off.

535
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Speaker 3: They still have a game left against Denver, don't they

536
00:27:17,079 --> 00:27:23,079
do they check? Is that could decide it between those two?

537
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 1: Okay, well they don't. But they have a tough schedule.

538
00:27:26,279 --> 00:27:30,920
So the Lakers play the Thunder twice, the Rockets twice, Grizzlies, Warriors.

539
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:34,599
They still have games against the Pels, Blazers, Bulls, who

540
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I believe they're winning against right now, and the MAVs.

541
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Speaker 3: So they have kind of a tough Yeah, that's tough.

542
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:46,759
They're probably not the three fuck so it's probably what

543
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will said you get them if you get into the

544
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:50,079
four five most likely?

545
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Speaker 1: Yeah, man, all right, let's stay at six.

546
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Speaker 2: In last I mean, Denver is only a game and

547
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:07,839
a half out of two. Oh, if they piggy back

548
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,160
the rock if they piggyback the Rockets, and we I

549
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,319
think either way, we should probably stay at six. I

550
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think that's the most likely scenario covering what is it

551
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three games? That seems like we said we did talk

552
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about the Grizzly schedule, which is extremely difficult, and with

553
00:28:22,839 --> 00:28:25,599
gen Ran out. That does kind of change the calculus

554
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,559
a little bit. But I think, I don't know, stay

555
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at six and hope, hope that the Nuggets end up

556
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end up leap frogging them the Rockets.

557
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Speaker 1: And they play the Rockets, So Nuggets Rockets play too,

558
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So that will they played.

559
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Speaker 3: The last game of the season.

560
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Speaker 1: Oh shit, Oh no, We're gonna figure out. If they're

561
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looking at the standings then, just like the.

562
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Speaker 3: Clippers play a Golden State, which could have huge ramifications.

563
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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Houston has OKC Nuggets, Lakers twice, Clippers Warriors.

564
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Speaker 2: If I told Houston schedule, yeah, I feel like they

565
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have the hardest one out of any of that that

566
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we've named.

567
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's difficult. I think the Memphis one just because

568
00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,880
you have to play, yeah, Celtics and the Pistons.

569
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Speaker 3: Would you rather say, it's last day of the season

570
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and you were in the sixth and you knew if

571
00:29:21,599 --> 00:29:25,519
you're the sixth seed you're getting Denver in the first

572
00:29:25,599 --> 00:29:26,960
round as the three.

573
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Speaker 1: Jordan Miller come on down.

574
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Speaker 3: Would you rather take your chances in the play in

575
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:36,559
to get Houston at the two?

576
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Speaker 1: Fuck? No, get me. I don't want this team to

577
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play any extra.

578
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Speaker 5: Games and if you and if you drop one, then

579
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,920
you've like so then you have to then you have

580
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,799
a seven game date with the Wheels are just off.

581
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Speaker 3: Well, you guys drop one and get Phoenix in the

582
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,759
spot to get the eighth spot. Like, what if you

583
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,480
have to play Phoenix just to get into a seven

584
00:30:05,519 --> 00:30:06,640
game series against Okay?

585
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Speaker 1: See yeah, yeah, get me out, get me off of

586
00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:14,160
Adam's crazy ride? Would you have to do that?

587
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,039
Speaker 3: No? You got a gun for six and.

588
00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:23,839
Speaker 1: No extra games is my motto, was my hope for

589
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:28,440
this Clippers team. Okay, now we get to a very

590
00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,960
fun part. It took seventy two games, but the Clippers

591
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,680
are showing what they are made of. We're doing a

592
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,720
classic bit we used to do on Lockdown clips, the

593
00:30:37,839 --> 00:30:40,599
Updyke fun check. What and this has nothing to do

594
00:30:40,759 --> 00:30:45,039
with x's and o's. This is just fun vibes. We're

595
00:30:45,039 --> 00:30:48,279
gonna ask everybody's what will what's your fun what's the

596
00:30:48,319 --> 00:30:50,200
fun where's the updyke fun check? Where are you at?

597
00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:52,480
What's your fun level? With this team?

598
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Speaker 2: I'm not having a pretty damn I'm having a pretty

599
00:30:55,079 --> 00:30:55,799
damn good.

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Speaker 1: Time right now.

601
00:30:56,599 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 2: I'm you know, I it's not the best time I've

602
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,720
ever had. But I'm like, I'm two drinks into an

603
00:31:03,759 --> 00:31:06,799
afterwork mixer. You know, things are looking things are looking

604
00:31:06,839 --> 00:31:10,759
pretty bright around the corners. I'm chopping it up with coworkers.

605
00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:15,000
Suddenly these people are my best friends. It's it's it's

606
00:31:15,119 --> 00:31:17,400
it's a good time. It's it's a really good time,

607
00:31:17,519 --> 00:31:21,359
especially just the turnaround from how they came out of

608
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,480
the All Star Break. You know, the the roller coasters

609
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,599
with this team, and I know it's like that for

610
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,240
everybody in the NBA at times, but it just seems

611
00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:34,240
exacerbated on this Clippers team, the ups and downs, and

612
00:31:34,279 --> 00:31:37,559
then you know, having some some injury busts. Things got

613
00:31:37,599 --> 00:31:42,599
real dark there for a little while post All Star Break.

614
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And so I think that that is also helping to

615
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:49,359
elevate the fun as well, just like knowing how low

616
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,039
things got to where we are now.

617
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Speaker 1: Knowing the low points, Adam, your fun level, you can

618
00:31:54,559 --> 00:31:57,279
give us a metaphorical scenario. You can just say, kind

619
00:31:57,319 --> 00:32:00,000
of how much fun you're having. You look, you seem

620
00:32:00,119 --> 00:32:02,319
locked in. I feel like you're not having fun, But

621
00:32:02,359 --> 00:32:05,839
I don't mean that in a negative way.

622
00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 3: I'm crashing Will's after work, yeah, get together, and I'm

623
00:32:11,279 --> 00:32:13,640
double fist in Heineken Zero's.

624
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:16,759
Speaker 1: I didn't know they made many kegs of those. You're

625
00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:18,519
doing a ke saying on a Heineken Zero.

626
00:32:20,079 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 3: I'm having fun. I'm proud that this team has come

627
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:29,759
together that what could be just the right time. Honestly,

628
00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,920
I don't think you get asked for more from what

629
00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,319
we've seen from Kawhi, from Norman Powell in the game

630
00:32:35,359 --> 00:32:38,960
he had last night. Is it all systems go? Can

631
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,799
they actually get some good jury luck heading into the playoffs? Man,

632
00:32:42,839 --> 00:32:44,359
it'd be nice.

633
00:32:45,559 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 1: That's a good fun level. I think that's I like

634
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,319
what you said about like just being kind of proud.

635
00:32:50,359 --> 00:32:52,759
I'm not sure if the being proud is fun, And

636
00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:55,039
I don't mean that as a knock on being proud,

637
00:32:56,200 --> 00:33:00,160
but yeah, I would say I'm having some fun. I'm

638
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,880
also crashing the work event. I'm showing up way too late.

639
00:33:03,960 --> 00:33:06,759
People are still there. But you know, there needs to

640
00:33:06,799 --> 00:33:09,880
be a little something at it. I love that Zoo

641
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,039
is gonna have over fifty double doubles probably this season.

642
00:33:13,079 --> 00:33:15,880
I think that's incredible. It's a testament to him, it's

643
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:19,279
testament to James Harden. Norm Powells had an incredibly up

644
00:33:19,319 --> 00:33:21,720
and down season. It's mostly been good, but the lows

645
00:33:21,759 --> 00:33:23,960
were not that good. He got smoked in the three

646
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:28,680
point contest, he got hurt after All Star weekend. Some

647
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,200
people don't want him to start anymore or close, so

648
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:33,680
I'm not sure what his role would be in some

649
00:33:33,759 --> 00:33:37,680
of those people's minds. Bogden came out of a Bogden

650
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:40,640
came out of a tough, you know, debut stretch for

651
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:44,680
the Clippers. Kawhi is taking defensive assignments, like it's hard

652
00:33:44,759 --> 00:33:48,519
not to want to order a double when the bartender's like,

653
00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:51,279
you want to I have a double? Like, oh shit, sure, yeah.

654
00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:53,640
Like that's how it feels right now with the Clippers.

655
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,240
It's never really that hard for me to order a double,

656
00:33:57,279 --> 00:33:59,039
but it would be especially easier now.

657
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:04,039
Speaker 2: It's more like it's like the airport double, where you're like, yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, I's.

658
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: Run thirty six bucks. Yeah, this seems good.

659
00:34:06,839 --> 00:34:09,119
Speaker 3: I can see us there a happy hour, and that's

660
00:34:09,199 --> 00:34:11,800
right about when the injury report comes out. You see

661
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,000
it still clean another room.

662
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, the thirty five er is like, okay, you guys

663
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:18,840
are eating a lot of popcorn, not owning a lot

664
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,880
of food. Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good. I'm feeling fun.

665
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:27,679
It's been a stressful year. But again, all it takes

666
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:30,639
is seventy two games. We look good. These ten games,

667
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:35,039
things go smoothly. Maybe the last game doesn't matter at all.

668
00:34:35,119 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 3: That would be great, that'd be real nice. It feels

669
00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:42,960
past game could end up being very stressful.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know what, we'll do an updike fun check

671
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:50,039
in eight games and we'll see, we'll compare the tape

672
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,039
and we'll see where we're at. All right, anything else

673
00:34:53,079 --> 00:34:59,000
about standings or fun broadly, could be about anything. Before

674
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we get to this quick three and four preview.

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Speaker 3: I'm about to pour out one of my Heinekens for

676
00:35:05,559 --> 00:35:08,960
the damn Bulls who losten to the Lakers. Bad.

677
00:35:09,079 --> 00:35:10,400
Speaker 1: Are they getting smoked?

678
00:35:11,039 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 3: They're down thirteen now at eight minutes left, But there

679
00:35:13,559 --> 00:35:15,480
was they were up like fifteen.

680
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:21,039
Speaker 1: Did you see the Pacers Wizards score No. One sixty

681
00:35:21,039 --> 00:35:25,559
two to one oh nine Pacers? Let me double check.

682
00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 3: Oh they were pissed about something last night.

683
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Speaker 1: One sixty two. That's insane.

684
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Speaker 3: All blocks out on the Lebron tippin next time.

685
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Speaker 1: Huh? All right, coming up, we're gonna be talking the

686
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three and four preview pretty briefly. Uh, if you're listening

687
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,199
on audio's gonna be a quick break. If you're watching

688
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on YouTube, leave a comment about who you would rather play.

689
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Would you want to follow the play in or would

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you want to just let's pray to god we stay

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at six and get a normal playoff series. Audio ads

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coming up, and then Small three and four preview in

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three two one.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back in clips and tip episode fifty even of

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season three, I'm atamaasm we got Chuck Mockler, will Updyke

696
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and a Clippers three and four and I think leads

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to a five and seven the final one of the season,

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starting with the Nets tomorrow in Brooklyn, a team that

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is heavily injured at a time where it seems like

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00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,079
it's almost like they're trying to lose or something to

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ll down the standings and have a better chance at

702
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this guy from Duke, I don't know who's playing pretty

703
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:35,559
well in a bum ankle, So yeah, tomorrow. You know,

704
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I thought there was a chance James Harden would play

705
00:36:38,679 --> 00:36:43,000
against the Knicks and then maybe not play against Brooklyn.

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Now he's not on injury report, maybe there's a chance

707
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still he can play lesser minutes against the Brooklyn Nets.

708
00:36:50,519 --> 00:36:53,280
If the Clippers handle their business.

709
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,119
Speaker 1: I don't know. I think he's playing higher long he

710
00:36:55,159 --> 00:36:57,519
wants to play. I have given up on thinking he's

711
00:36:57,519 --> 00:37:00,920
gonna sit out for better or worse. The man does

712
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,960
not want to sit out. As Clippers fans, it feels

713
00:37:04,039 --> 00:37:07,840
hypocritical to be upset about that, So go for it, James,

714
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:15,360
You've been phenomenal this season. Quick aside, do we think

715
00:37:15,559 --> 00:37:17,920
James Harden is a more beloved Clipper than Paul George

716
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,000
at this point? Well?

717
00:37:20,039 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 3: Today is for sure? Sure, Yeah, in ten years, who knows?

718
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:29,119
Speaker 1: But I think in ten years, yeah, I think it'll

719
00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:31,559
still probably be James Harden over PEG.

720
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 3: As long does Paul George still have a podcast going?

721
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:39,639
Speaker 1: Yeah? Absolutely? Well, you say, are you taking James? Are

722
00:37:39,679 --> 00:37:41,760
you taking hard and over PG for a more beloved

723
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:43,639
Clipper in ten years?

724
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:44,280
Speaker 2: Personally?

725
00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:45,880
Speaker 1: Sure?

726
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:52,920
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean PG had had had one had one

727
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:58,360
good playoff series, so outside of that, I feel like

728
00:37:58,679 --> 00:38:02,280
it wasn't my thing favorite tenure of of Clipper. And

729
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:06,320
when I think about the sliding doors moment, where if

730
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:09,519
instead of instead of PG, we make the same trade,

731
00:38:09,599 --> 00:38:11,559
but maybe with an extra first to get harder out

732
00:38:11,559 --> 00:38:14,480
of Houston. Uh or Kevin dur kind of makes me

733
00:38:14,519 --> 00:38:17,960
want to die. So no, Kevin Durant was going he

734
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,639
was going to the nets. Yeah, I know, he was

735
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,440
going to the nets. He and Kyrie they figured that out.

736
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:25,440
They were going to team that one up. But getting

737
00:38:25,639 --> 00:38:28,320
hardened out of Houston would have been huge.

738
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,639
Speaker 1: All right, So we're going. I think we're probably all

739
00:38:30,679 --> 00:38:35,000
going hard. Kawhi is missing one of these games. They

740
00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,320
go Calves Calves Magic is a brutal back to back

741
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:40,480
right now, That is not.

742
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,559
Speaker 2: The best you're gonna do on that is one and one.

743
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,079
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think that, like, I think that's that's

744
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:46,599
the best you're gonna do on that is one and

745
00:38:46,639 --> 00:38:50,880
it's probably the first game because I don't think we're

746
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,159
getting like, I don't know, Adam, what are we What

747
00:38:54,159 --> 00:38:58,519
are we thinking? For ideal record? I mean, I've this

748
00:38:58,639 --> 00:39:02,039
sounds crazy. If we look good and things go our

749
00:39:02,119 --> 00:39:04,800
other way in other areas, I'm fine with one in two.

750
00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:11,199
It's a tough stretch. The nets are not a tough stretch.

751
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:15,280
Speaker 3: I'm trying to see what do the Warriors have during

752
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:20,480
this time? So they got Pelicans tomorrow, Spurs on Sunday,

753
00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:22,920
Grizzlies on Tuesday.

754
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000
Speaker 1: So they're looking at too and one.

755
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,639
Speaker 3: Probably step still out, but sounds like it could be

756
00:39:29,719 --> 00:39:34,679
back soon. Yeah, it might not be the end of

757
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:38,360
the world if they go one and two, but it'd

758
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,719
be nice. I'm a little bit more focused on the

759
00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:48,280
Magic game. I know that they beat Cleveland. They also

760
00:39:48,639 --> 00:39:54,360
shot God to your numbers in that game, outmatch the

761
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:57,559
Calves shooting. I feel like the Calves are gonna be

762
00:39:57,639 --> 00:40:00,960
upset about that one. They can play better than they

763
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,760
did in the second half. I don't know. I might

764
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:08,440
rest Kawai and that one because they have they have

765
00:40:08,559 --> 00:40:10,960
beaten the Cavs. You can live with going one and

766
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,400
one against them. Go Gar Orlando, who doesn't have a

767
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,480
great offense. That could be a rock fight of a game.

768
00:40:18,559 --> 00:40:21,679
And the Clippers offense right now number one in the

769
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:22,880
league last ten games.

770
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,239
Speaker 1: Does that have anything to do with Kawhi putting up

771
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:31,800
like twenty six or less time? That's crazy? Yeah, I

772
00:40:32,119 --> 00:40:36,480
washed not washed. Well, is there anything specifically over the

773
00:40:36,519 --> 00:40:38,840
span of three you're looking for from the clips just

774
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,719
as a whole, just like I just want could process

775
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:44,119
no knocks.

776
00:40:44,559 --> 00:40:47,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Adam brought up the second quarters I

777
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:48,920
guess I would like to see now that we're kind

778
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,760
of easing into a playoff rotation and there's that they're

779
00:40:51,760 --> 00:40:54,239
trying to figure some some more of that stuff out. Yeah,

780
00:40:54,239 --> 00:40:56,840
i'd like to see some better stuff from the bench,

781
00:40:56,840 --> 00:41:02,199
plus Kawhi minutes, even if we're losing those games. Yeah,

782
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:02,760
for sure.

783
00:41:02,559 --> 00:41:04,440
Speaker 1: We get some guys, some rep Maybe Nico doesn't play

784
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,119
as much. Like it's back to Like everyone, it's gonna

785
00:41:07,119 --> 00:41:10,079
be weird on the back to back. I hope what's

786
00:41:10,159 --> 00:41:12,159
tough is like and Adam, you've talked about this too,

787
00:41:12,199 --> 00:41:13,719
where like the first game of a back to back

788
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,599
against a really good team and you're kind of chasing

789
00:41:15,599 --> 00:41:18,280
the win and you don't get it, and then the

790
00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,280
second night you're like, oh shit, this is another pretty

791
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:22,920
good team with the guy Paolo kills the Clipper like,

792
00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:29,000
he's very good against the Clippers. He makes life difficult.

793
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,559
Speaker 3: I remember a couple of years ago they punted a

794
00:41:31,599 --> 00:41:37,119
game in Cleveland, and boy did they out kick their cover.

795
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:43,199
They kicked the ship out of it. They got their

796
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,119
win against Cleveland. I'm happy about that. I'd like to

797
00:41:46,159 --> 00:41:47,599
see him get a win against Orlando.

798
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:51,559
Speaker 1: It's been a pesky team. For the Clippers kind of

799
00:41:51,599 --> 00:41:54,760
the last like five years or so, they're always kind

800
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,159
of weirdly close games. Cole Anthony hit that game winner,

801
00:41:58,519 --> 00:41:59,960
uh back at Staples.

802
00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:05,280
Speaker 3: Paul George last year hit the game winner, Yeah, the

803
00:42:05,519 --> 00:42:08,719
eventual game winner over Jonathan Isaac, that tough fade away.

804
00:42:09,119 --> 00:42:14,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's weird out of anything other than second quarters.

805
00:42:14,679 --> 00:42:16,360
I like that point. I'm gonna also look that up.

806
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:19,199
Anything big before we pick the player of the three and.

807
00:42:19,199 --> 00:42:26,559
Speaker 3: Four, U figure it out second quarters. Kawi has been

808
00:42:26,679 --> 00:42:29,199
upset about this for a while, and last night he

809
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:34,800
talked along was like, finally, literally that wasn't necessarily the

810
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,320
second quarter, but just him with the second unit because

811
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:40,559
the fourth quarter started so well, But I need second

812
00:42:40,639 --> 00:42:43,480
quarters to start better for this team. That would make

813
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:48,559
me even more confident. There you go, Yeah, blowout Brooklyn.

814
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:53,159
Speaker 1: Please please, Yeah, let's not make that distressful. Yeah. Professional win,

815
00:42:53,280 --> 00:42:55,599
as Tyler would say, I forget a professional win.

816
00:42:55,519 --> 00:42:57,079
Speaker 3: What they did against Charlotte recently.

817
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, I do also love the professional win is just

818
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:01,400
code for beating the shit out of a team you

819
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:02,599
should beat the shit out of.

820
00:43:03,119 --> 00:43:06,599
Speaker 3: Like the best is when they're like and that's a

821
00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:07,880
good team over there by the way.

822
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, all that being said, hell of us, hell of

823
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,119
a squad over there, A couple of bounces go the

824
00:43:15,159 --> 00:43:18,440
other way, we don't win by thirty five. Okay, now

825
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,840
we're doing the player of the three and four. We

826
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:25,280
got a YouTube comment that wants there to be consequences

827
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,719
from when we get these wrong, which I actually don't

828
00:43:27,719 --> 00:43:32,320
think has ever happened. But I told them they can

829
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:35,719
track it because I'm not keeping track of this and

830
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:37,400
I don't know what the consequences would be.

831
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:40,679
Speaker 2: Well, I'm like what I mean. Sometimes we're pointing out

832
00:43:40,719 --> 00:43:42,920
different things, Like we're not saying this player is going

833
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,800
to have the best numbers out of any of the

834
00:43:44,800 --> 00:43:46,719
three players picked for all three games.

835
00:43:46,719 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 1: We're cerebral, you know, like it's award. Yeah, we don't

836
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,519
pick Zoo. We don't pick Kawi. It'd be too easy,

837
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:57,920
Adam who Again, if you're near to the show, the

838
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,920
rule is we are not allowed to pick Norm, Kawhi,

839
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,079
Harden or Zoo unless things are going really poorly for

840
00:44:05,159 --> 00:44:07,280
like ten games and we can pick them, but things

841
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:08,679
are not going poorly now, or.

842
00:44:08,599 --> 00:44:10,559
Speaker 2: If they're on the injury report and you won a game.

843
00:44:11,039 --> 00:44:15,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, Adam, who is your player of the three and four,

844
00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:19,639
who's going to be impactful over all three games.

845
00:44:20,039 --> 00:44:22,320
Speaker 3: It feels like the consequences are already built in that

846
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,440
we can't pick any of the good play right, Yeah,

847
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:26,679
obvious players.

848
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, most obvious to some.

849
00:44:32,119 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 3: I'm going to go with Derek Jones Junior.

850
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 1: Okay, damn, I'm gonna be to.

851
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:44,920
Speaker 3: Guys top the bench playing clutch minutes here and there.

852
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:49,599
Sga went one for thirteen against him according to the

853
00:44:49,639 --> 00:44:53,199
matchup data. I know there was still help defenders around

854
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:56,480
and stuff, but he was the primary defender love DJ

855
00:44:57,159 --> 00:45:00,559
a couple of big throwdowns in these three games. Troubles

856
00:45:00,559 --> 00:45:04,039
are over, dude, Troubles.

857
00:45:03,559 --> 00:45:07,039
Speaker 1: Are over, dude. All right, we got Derek jon Junior.

858
00:45:07,199 --> 00:45:09,639
Will you're player of the three and four?

859
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,199
Speaker 2: I'm going on Bogie the turnaround man. I said that

860
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:16,360
there's some questions about him in that second unit. He's

861
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,400
looked very good though, and I think that he he's

862
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:20,920
just gonna have to be one of those guys who

863
00:45:21,039 --> 00:45:23,760
takes more on, especially that second night of the back

864
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:25,880
to back against Orlando's. He's gonna have to kind of

865
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:28,000
show out again there if the Clippers are gonna go

866
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,000
two and one over this three game situation to.

867
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:33,920
Speaker 1: Get the Adam win the one over the Magic. Yeah,

868
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,800
we are gonna need Yeah, we're gonna eat Bogge. Have

869
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:38,320
a good game.

870
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:40,920
Speaker 3: I'm going to an interview. I will be mentioned if

871
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:41,800
they get that victory.

872
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:48,159
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm going Chris Dudd because we've talked about needing energy,

873
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:51,039
eating legs and stuff like that. Chris Dune brings out

874
00:45:51,039 --> 00:45:54,159
every single night. If the whistle's going his way, things

875
00:45:54,159 --> 00:45:58,440
are a lot better. And I hope he can. I

876
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,159
don't know how hot of a shooting stretch I want

877
00:46:01,199 --> 00:46:03,360
him to end the season on because that means maybe

878
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,800
they're all gone for the playoffs. But if he can

879
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:10,559
just shoot close ish to league average from three over

880
00:46:10,599 --> 00:46:12,280
these three games we saw the Knicks to it. He

881
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:14,840
had a lot of a couple open looks from three,

882
00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:18,719
Cott Russ open looks from three. I'm hoping some of

883
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,239
those go down because they also again will need him

884
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:22,960
to hit shots to get to go to and one

885
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:23,639
over the stretch.

886
00:46:24,159 --> 00:46:25,880
Speaker 3: Do you want to guess what he's shooting from three

887
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,159
in March?

888
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:35,119
Speaker 1: Oh man uh was twenty six and a half twenty

889
00:46:35,159 --> 00:46:39,079
four point three. God, it's always lower every time We've

890
00:46:39,119 --> 00:46:41,440
done this. Every time one of us is asked what

891
00:46:41,559 --> 00:46:43,840
he's shooting, it's always the lower.

892
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,239
Speaker 2: Well, well that averages those fellas.

893
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:49,440
Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. Man, plenty of room to go up.

894
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,039
Speaker 3: He did go from shooting fifteen percent in January to

895
00:46:53,119 --> 00:46:56,880
forty percent in February, and now he's back at twenty

896
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:57,440
four percent.

897
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: Like seventy six, twenty six percentage points of room there is.

898
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:06,559
It gonna be great. We'll see how it goes. All right,

899
00:47:06,599 --> 00:47:10,360
that about wraps things up. Thank you for hanging out.

900
00:47:10,599 --> 00:47:12,840
We're probably gonna have next episode will probably be a

901
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:15,239
postgame live on Monday and then like a crewpod on

902
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,880
Tuesday or something like that. Well, where can these people

903
00:47:21,519 --> 00:47:23,360
tell their in laws to listen to us if they

904
00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,760
really want to connect and get to know, you know,

905
00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:28,679
whoever's trying to marry their their child.

906
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:29,159
Speaker 3: Yeah.

907
00:47:29,239 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 2: Clips and Dip brings families together, much like Chips and

908
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:34,880
Dip brings families together. But if you want to check

909
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:36,880
out Clips and Dip, you can check us out wherever

910
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911
00:47:39,239 --> 00:47:42,159
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913
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:46,800
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914
00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:49,360
to check out this podcast is of course on YouTube

915
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916
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the little bell so you get notified when we come

917
00:47:54,480 --> 00:47:56,960
out with new videos and stuff. Yeah, it's a great time.

918
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,639
But however you consume the show, you know we appreciate it.

919
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:03,599
Speaker 1: We really do. Adam one positive thing to send these

920
00:48:03,639 --> 00:48:08,480
Clippers fans into this three and four with, please shit, I.

921
00:48:08,519 --> 00:48:10,599
Speaker 3: Might have a bonus if the Bulls come back here.

922
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:14,840
They're down by five with three minutes left, but you

923
00:48:14,880 --> 00:48:18,159
said this earlier. Big Zoo had a goal this season

924
00:48:18,159 --> 00:48:21,440
to get to fifty double doubles. He might be there

925
00:48:21,440 --> 00:48:26,239
by the first half of the game tomorrow. I'm happy

926
00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:30,119
for Big Zoo. He's dunking on opponents. He's dunking on

927
00:48:30,159 --> 00:48:34,400
the detractors and the haters. Meanwhile, the Big Zoo truthers

928
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:36,880
like us.

929
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,480
Speaker 1: Just loving life.

930
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,840
Speaker 3: We're the lebron I can't believe this is my life.

931
00:48:43,599 --> 00:48:46,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good call. All right. We hope everyone

932
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,320
has a great weekend. Here's to going two and one

933
00:48:48,519 --> 00:48:52,159
over this three and four. Yeah, we've been clips and

934
00:48:52,199 --> 00:48:54,320
dip and as always, let's go Clips