WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.760 --> 00:00:04.679 Phoning in. We're taking your calls on the LA Clippers 2 00:00:04.759 --> 00:00:08.000 right now. This is Clippers Talk on Aaron on Demand, 3 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:09.160 the Clippers Show of Record. 4 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:11.759 Your chance to react to everything. 5 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:15.599 Clippers Clippers news happens. Let me guess it's about Kawhi. 6 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:16.719 Here we are and. 7 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.519 Now here it is the host of your LA Clippers 8 00:00:19.559 --> 00:00:21.160 free and postgame. 9 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:25.719 At follow Adam a adam Ousley. Clippers play their best 10 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:28.160 late in the fourth as they pull away from the 11 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:31.719 Utah Jazz and win one thirty one ten Here at 12 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.399 into a Dome. Welcome into your postgame show. This is 13 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:36.920 Clippers Talk. I'm out a Maslin coming up. We'll get 14 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:39.119 your phone calls at eight six six ninety seven two 15 00:00:39.119 --> 00:00:42.439 five seventy eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy. 16 00:00:42.520 --> 00:00:43.880 You can also get to me at follow out of 17 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:48.039 May or you could be watching on YouTube at Clippers Talk. 18 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:55.200 It wasn't the most impressive victory. I do have some concerns, 19 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:59.520 but it was a must win and they play their 20 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:05.319 best when it was required. That's not nothing. Does this 21 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:09.519 Clippers team need to improve? Yeah? Do they need three 22 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:14.959 days off more than anything? Yes? I expect them to 23 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.840 be much better. Not look this old in this slow 24 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:21.959 like we've seen the last four games or so. On 25 00:01:22.040 --> 00:01:29.599 Wednesday against Memphis, That's what I'm looking towards tonight. They 26 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.480 got down early thanks to the Jazz starting eat of 27 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:36.480 eleven from three. Jordan Clarkson, I mean, hitting his first 28 00:01:36.519 --> 00:01:39.840 three threes a thirty footer. We know who he is, 29 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:46.319 Clippers serial killer of the next Netflix True Crime is 30 00:01:46.319 --> 00:01:49.519 the way he does like he walks into a Clippers 31 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.640 game with a heat check. Jordan Clarkson is just unbelievable 32 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:58.040 against this team. Been doing it for years. Didn't play yesterday, 33 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:01.480 you know he'd be fresh. Look and his chops looking 34 00:02:01.519 --> 00:02:04.439 at this Clippers team like they were food. This was 35 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.400 red meat for them. It was great to start. This 36 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:10.840 ballgame eventually cooled off, as did the Utah Jazz. They 37 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:13.319 started eat of eleven from three. As I mentioned, they 38 00:02:13.319 --> 00:02:16.199 finished three for their last eighteen. Meanwhile, the Clippers saved 39 00:02:16.199 --> 00:02:18.840 their best for last five to five in the fourth 40 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:22.240 quarter from the outside when they had to have it, 41 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:25.360 it was there, and I think the real turning point 42 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:28.319 was the end of that third quarter where James Harden 43 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:32.240 had a three in and won the big DJ lob 44 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.680 from a mere coffee. That was big. It got them 45 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.680 a little bit of separation, but the Jazz weren't exactly 46 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:44.240 going away. They were still battling in the fourth quarter. 47 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.199 And Kawhi Leonard has been struggling for the fourth straight game. 48 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:53.000 Now he's also had his minutes increase happen, which has 49 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:58.039 been correlating with this. So I want to say that's 50 00:02:58.080 --> 00:03:01.879 the connection. We don't need to make these long reaching 51 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:06.159 conclusions that, oh, Kawhi is wash now, because I didn't 52 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:08.439 hear anybody saying that the first nine games of the season, 53 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:12.080 or he's playing just twenty minutes, then just twenty four, 54 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.800 then twenty eight. But now he's over thirty, not just 55 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:19.080 in age, he's thirty three, but over thirty minutes. He's 56 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:24.719 looked gassed the last four and it compounds by the 57 00:03:24.719 --> 00:03:28.120 fact that they aren't getting two days off or about 58 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:30.240 to get three days off. But he's played the last 59 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:36.120 nine Clippers games. It's a lot for a guy first 60 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:43.759 returning from injury. So I was talking with Utah Jazz 61 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:50.000 radio analyst Ron Boone, former player. He thinks he just 62 00:03:50.039 --> 00:03:54.360 looks lethargic out there, is tired. It's only thirteen games. 63 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.680 I was asking you know, someone who's been there and 64 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:01.680 done it. That's what he thinks it is, that's what 65 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:04.039 he sees out there. I don't see a hitch in 66 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:07.159 his gait. I don't see a guy who's glitchy out 67 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:11.080 there with his movement. It looks fluid. It just looks slower, 68 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:16.399 slower than it did the first five to eight games 69 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:21.800 when he first came back, really to nine games. That 70 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:24.759 game where he had twenty seven against San Antonio, he 71 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:28.360 looked awesome, and I said, at that point, I'm confident 72 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.360 he can get back to the version of player he 73 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:36.680 was last season. He didn't have structural damage. Guys he 74 00:04:36.759 --> 00:04:41.319 has swelling. There's a difference. He's still out of surgery. 75 00:04:41.399 --> 00:04:47.000 We don't know the details about that. But what I 76 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:50.240 need to see is after three days off, Kawhi Leonard 77 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:54.240 and this team in general, look fresh, look like they 78 00:04:54.240 --> 00:04:57.000 have pop out there, look like they can lock down 79 00:04:57.000 --> 00:05:00.959 anyone defensively, because the last se been games coming into 80 00:05:01.000 --> 00:05:04.600 this one, they've been nineteenth on that end, and teams 81 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.399 have been shooting once't you know, thirty nine percent from 82 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:14.279 three the last seven games. Tonight, Utah Jazz shoot thirty 83 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:18.319 nine point five percent from three. Against the Clippers start 84 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.959 off much hotter than that. But if you're looking for 85 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:25.040 the issue and why defensively they haven't been as good, 86 00:05:25.720 --> 00:05:29.519 is that teams have been knocking down threes. You can 87 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:32.279 say it's shooting variants, you can say it's shooting luck. 88 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:36.319 The Clippers on the season, opponents are shooting around thirty 89 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:39.800 four percent from the outside, top three in the league. 90 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:41.360 That's been a big part of why they've been so 91 00:05:41.439 --> 00:05:45.240 good defensively. So if they're slippage on the defensive end, 92 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:50.720 it might be because, yeah, teams are hitting threes against them. Now, Now, 93 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:53.040 I've always said I think there's a cumulative effect that 94 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:55.839 happens to teams playing the Clippers because their defense has 95 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:57.839 been so good and physical, it takes something out of 96 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:01.720 their legs. And even when guys have wide open shots, 97 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:06.560 they've been missing against them. But it's possible it's just 98 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:11.240 been some good fortune on their side. But I don't know. 99 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:14.399 We're talking almost half a season of them being a 100 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:19.920 top defensive team until just recently, and the one thing 101 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:24.519 that stands out is opponents three point shooting. It's been 102 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:27.360 much better against them. The game started that way, and 103 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.920 the Jazz still ended up at thirty nine percent. That's 104 00:06:31.920 --> 00:06:37.079 something I'm watching our rotations as crisp as they are, 105 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.959 or if they are bringing the same level of intensity 106 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:44.199 to Clippers. I don't know that to be a factor 107 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:52.480 right now. I'm not seeing enough closeouts, enough sound rotations, 108 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:57.600 and five guys on a string. I think it's tired legs. 109 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.319 I think it's them having that five and seven stretch 110 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:07.360 and that six games, nine nights stretch after the schedule 111 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:12.279 adjustment with the fires here in southern California. That has 112 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:16.319 a residual effect, and I think the Clippers are dealing 113 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:19.759 with that. I think Kauhai specifically has been dealing with 114 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:24.040 some of this. When James Harden had to have it, 115 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.800 he could drive, go left, get layups, get in ones, 116 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.879 and was really good in the second half shooting wise. 117 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:34.199 After starting. I want to say he started two of 118 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:38.920 eleven or two of twelve in this ball game. He 119 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.120 finished with twenty six point maybe twenty three points in 120 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:46.680 a season high seventeen assists for Harden, seven of eighteen shooting. 121 00:07:47.160 --> 00:07:51.279 But I think there was an easier path to victory 122 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:54.040 for this Clippers team. Just give it to Big Zoo 123 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:57.279 and get out of the way. I don't know if 124 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:58.839 that's going to help him know in future games, And 125 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:03.480 be honest, could win that way, but you have to 126 00:08:03.519 --> 00:08:08.040 vary your offense. Eventually, he had matchup advantages tonight. The 127 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:11.399 Utah Jazz are down. Guys. They won twelve games this season. 128 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:14.120 They're on a back to back. That's why allow those 129 00:08:14.120 --> 00:08:19.000 guys are out. But as easy it would be to 130 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:24.160 maybe get Zoo a forty twenty game, I don't know 131 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:29.519 if you learn anything. He was great. He had twenty 132 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:32.879 six and fifteen on thirteen of sixteen shooting, and when 133 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.519 they had to have it after a timeout, they'd just 134 00:08:35.919 --> 00:08:38.639 lob it over the defense to it beats the Zoo 135 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:42.720 bots for easy buckets. Went in doubt, find big Zoo 136 00:08:42.759 --> 00:08:49.519 to carry us through. It's good to see, but I 137 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:53.360 need to see Kawhi get it going. James Harden start 138 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:57.159 faster with his offense. No warm Powell was still good tonight, 139 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:00.320 twenty six points on eighteen shots, and he also put 140 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.240 his head down and got to the basket he needed to. 141 00:09:04.159 --> 00:09:06.519 And Mere Coffee was great off the bench, I mean 142 00:09:06.559 --> 00:09:09.519 great timely threes five of eight from the outside for 143 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:16.759 his seventeen points. But I know this isn't satisfying enough 144 00:09:16.799 --> 00:09:19.240 to Cliper Nation. They need to see it against the 145 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:22.039 Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, and then they got to go 146 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:24.879 to Utah, so back to back before the All Star Break. 147 00:09:27.840 --> 00:09:30.440 Memphis one of the best teams in the Western Conference. 148 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:34.840 Clipper's got one of their best victories this season against 149 00:09:34.879 --> 00:09:38.879 them without Kawhi in Memphis. They're not gonna forget about that. 150 00:09:41.480 --> 00:09:45.000 But I'm looking to see Kawhi with more pop out 151 00:09:45.039 --> 00:09:48.919 there after three days off. I need twenty plus points 152 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:52.399 from him because this team goes as far as Kawhi 153 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:54.840 Leonard takes them, and if he's not right or not 154 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:58.639 the same player as he was last season, we got problems. 155 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.919 Not pushing the panic button, I'm not sounding the alarms, 156 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:06.919 I am saying, I'm monitoring the situation after the last 157 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:12.080 four games. I think it's tired legs, lactic acid build up. 158 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:15.000 I think it's a guy who's only played thirteen games 159 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:18.399 so far this season and has been playing about every 160 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:23.960 other day lately while getting his minutes extended. While his 161 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:31.320 minutes have been rising, his energy, he's looked drained. Does 162 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:37.720 that make sense anyone? It seems logical. Nobody was saying 163 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:41.399 he was washed after the first nine games. The last 164 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.679 fours minutes have gone up. As he's been playing more 165 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:46.720 games every other day, he's looked more tired out there. 166 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:51.080 He's looked slower. So I'm hoping that's it. We'll take 167 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:53.399 a quick time out. We'll come back. Get to your 168 00:10:53.399 --> 00:10:56.039 phone calls eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy 169 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:59.159 eight sixty six ninety seven two five seventy. I'm out 170 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:02.120 of Maasland. You're listening to Clippers Stock here on five 171 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:08.879 seventy LA Sports. 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Are there some bigger picture stuff like Kawhi 184 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:50.240 Leonard and how he's looked. And I just did a 185 00:11:50.279 --> 00:11:53.240 show on this the other day, In fact, I think 186 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:56.000 it was yesterday. The days just string together for me 187 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:58.519 right now, because we are one hundred and twenty six 188 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.480 days straight here on Clippers Talk, giving you new content 189 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:04.679 every day, regardless if there was an actual Clippers game 190 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.360 or not. We haven't stopped. October fourth was the last 191 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:10.879 day we have not had a show here if you're 192 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:18.639 following at Clippers Talk on the YouTube side. So yesterday, yes, 193 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:21.799 we had Eric Pinkason. We talked salary cap and the 194 00:12:21.840 --> 00:12:25.320 Clipper situation this summer and after the moves and the 195 00:12:25.360 --> 00:12:28.639 trades and how much money they'd have to spend on 196 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.759 Ben Simmons. It looks like that's happening. As reported by 197 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:36.720 law Murray, Ben Simmons looks to be a Clipper, maybe 198 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:43.720 as soon as Monday and he clears waivers. But I've 199 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:52.399 been monitoring Kawhi. I've been monitoring Kawhi Leonard the last 200 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:55.039 three games heading into this one, so it's been four 201 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:59.159 games of his thirteen so far that I've been like, hmm, 202 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:03.559 is he tired or does he not have it. Is 203 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:07.559 he not stepping on the gas and pushing things as 204 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.039 much as he could, or is he stepping on the 205 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:15.960 gas and there's just nothing left in the tank. I 206 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:21.240 think what we're seeing right now is a guy who 207 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:26.639 has played more minutes since the most minutes he's played 208 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:31.519 since what March, since the knee swelling started, and this 209 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.279 is a part of the ramp up process as he 210 00:13:33.320 --> 00:13:37.120 has to get his wind now that well. Tonight, for instance, 211 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.919 I think he was at thirty two minutes thirty one 212 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:43.360 and a little bit of change. Last game he was 213 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:50.960 almost at thirty four. I think is the games have 214 00:13:51.039 --> 00:13:57.200 been more consistent and his minutes have fluctuated. It's hurt 215 00:13:57.240 --> 00:14:00.919 his wind and his body has to to it. And 216 00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:06.639 that's all we're seeing, but it's worth monitoring. He's had 217 00:14:06.679 --> 00:14:09.720 ten turnovers over the last two games. That is very 218 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:14.639 unlike Kawhi. Leonard and I chronicled every play from this 219 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:19.720 game tonight in my notes, every Kawhi play, whether it 220 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.440 was a make or a miss, and tomorrow I'm gonna 221 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:25.360 go through that because pregame, I'm gonna play some sound 222 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:28.279 for you tomorrow here on Clippers Talk, as I tease 223 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:32.200 this out because I asked coach Lou Pregame about how 224 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:35.279 he's viewing Kawhi right now, if he looks a little 225 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:37.879 bit tired and if he's progressing at the rate he 226 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:42.720 was expecting. I'll bring that answer to you tomorrow. But 227 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:48.799 it is a subplot to everything going on right now, 228 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:55.600 because ultimately, if Kawhi isn't the same, yeah, they're not 229 00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:58.559 a competitor in the Western Conference. He's their best player. 230 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.799 Need him to be Kawhi Leonard. They need the same 231 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:07.120 version of Kawhi they had last season when he had 232 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:12.759 the most efficient, most impressive stretch of his career where 233 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:18.399 for two months he shot fifty seven fifty one to 234 00:15:18.519 --> 00:15:24.799 ninety two splits. Shooting splits. That's that's the Kauhi. You 235 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:27.840 have to have to be a top five player to 236 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:32.639 contend in the Western Conference, and they haven't had anything 237 00:15:32.679 --> 00:15:37.120 close to that yet, but especially the last four games 238 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:41.759 as the minutes have gone up. Where you look at 239 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:48.399 it tonight, just ten points, ten points and thirty one 240 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:51.039 minutes on four of nine shooting, I think the more 241 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:55.080 alarming numbers he only got up nine shots. There were 242 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:57.639 times he was not even looking for the basketball in 243 00:15:57.679 --> 00:16:00.000 the third quarter early on now they were for each 244 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:02.600 beats zoubots. But I don't know if he touched the 245 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:05.879 basketball the first four minutes of the third quarter coming 246 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:08.000 out of the half, and he wasn't asking for it 247 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:13.679 after he just got rest, and he still looked tired 248 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.679 out there. The way he is running around ragged defensively 249 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.240 at times, I hope people have taken note of him being, 250 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:24.159 you know, out of position. I've seen it too. I've 251 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:27.159 also seen him make up for others mistakes, and so 252 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.200 it looks like, oh, that's on Kauahi when it wasn't. 253 00:16:31.200 --> 00:16:35.519 But I'm telling you nine shots in thirty one minutes, 254 00:16:36.840 --> 00:16:38.960 like he's gonna have to get up to nineteen shots 255 00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:45.440 consistently to be the number one in your go to 256 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:49.559 guy again on a team that is competing in the 257 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:56.200 Western Conference. Last game out against Indiana on Thursday night, 258 00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:58.600 he took sixteen shots. He only made seven of them. 259 00:16:58.639 --> 00:17:00.559 He was three or six from the outs. He had 260 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:05.039 nineteen points, but five turnovers just like tonight, and sloppy turnovers, 261 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:09.319 spinning into a double team having it ripped he did. 262 00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:11.640 I think the very next possession down on the second half, 263 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:13.960 I think that was in the fourth quarter, spun into 264 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.400 the double team and then kicked it out to a 265 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:20.839 mirror for a far side of corner three. But I 266 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:27.319 am I'm watching every possession with Kawhi right now because 267 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.960 here's the problem. It would be one thing if he 268 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.279 was in a rut after he had already dropped a 269 00:17:33.279 --> 00:17:35.480 couple thirty point games, and we said, Okay, he's back, 270 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:38.640 he's good, We're secure with it. He's the same Kauhi, 271 00:17:39.200 --> 00:17:41.160 and now he's just going through a shooting slump, whatever 272 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:44.559 it happens. But he hasn't got all the way there yet. 273 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:48.519 He hasn't really stepped on the gas. He's had twenty 274 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:53.519 seven points, and he looked really good against Antonio. In 275 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:58.079 his first nine games, I think everybody was satisfied and 276 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.759 we're saying, damn, he's ahead of his asual of anything. 277 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:07.359 And now the last four where he hasn't looked great 278 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:10.000 and he is shooting just thirty eight percent from the field. 279 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:13.440 I believe he is shooting thirty eight percent from three 280 00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:17.720 over that time, but he's only getting fifteen points per 281 00:18:17.720 --> 00:18:24.319 game and the minutes are around twenty eight. But he 282 00:18:24.400 --> 00:18:27.200 played twenty seven minutes against Toronto twenty two against the 283 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:30.000 Lakers in that blowout, thirty three against Indiana, thirty one 284 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:36.640 a night against Utah. There is a direct correlation between 285 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:40.799 his minutes going up and him looking more tired. There's 286 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.480 a direct correlation between more games being played by Kawhi 287 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:50.799 almost every other day. He's played their last nine games. 288 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:54.640 I believe Carlo Amen has said so. He plays the 289 00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:59.680 game against Washington on January twenty third, he plays the 290 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:04.200 game January twenty fifth against Milwaukee, January twenty seventh against Phoenix, 291 00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:08.559 the twenty ninth against San Antonio, the thirty first against Charlotte, 292 00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:12.279 and now the second of February, the fourth, the sixth, 293 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:17.240 the eighth. He's been playing every other day, literally every 294 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:23.559 other day, for the last nine games. Couldn't it be 295 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:27.480 as simple as that, while the minutes have been going up, 296 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:30.559 he's been playing every other day. Couldn't that account for 297 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:34.359 why he looks tired out there? Do we have to say, oh, 298 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:36.519 he's washed now after we all said, man, he looks 299 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:41.880 prett damn good, he looks great. I'm not willing to 300 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:48.920 make any leaps to the W word, the wash. I'm 301 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:50.839 I'm not gonna do it yet, because I've seen this 302 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:56.079 too many times with Kawhi where he starts the season 303 00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:59.519 slowly and then flips the switch. Everyone was thinking he 304 00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:02.559 was washed last season at the beginning, they were I 305 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:05.000 pulled the tweets. You know, I got their seats here. 306 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:08.759 I put it up at follow out of May. You 307 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:10.559 can check it. I just did this the other day 308 00:20:11.599 --> 00:20:13.400 the show that Look, there is going to be a 309 00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:16.960 time whereas Kawhi gets older and he comes back from 310 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:19.559 these injuries and he's not gonna look the same there. 311 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:21.960 That is going to happen at some point, happens to everybody. 312 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:25.440 It's gonna happen to Kawhi, Lebron James at some point 313 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:30.240 isn't gonna be the same. Is it happening right now 314 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:33.480 at thirty three, coming off an injury where there was 315 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:39.759 no structural damage. I'm not gonna say that yet because 316 00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:45.079 we just have a body of work from less than 317 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:52.160 a year ago of him looking fantastic. I'm not gonna 318 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:56.680 do it. But if you're wondering why I'm talking about 319 00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:58.839 Kawai so much in a game the Clippers won by twenty, 320 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:02.319 it's because he isn't look good the last four games 321 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.160 and for them to get to where they want to 322 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:07.079 get to he's got to be himself. He's got to 323 00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:10.680 be a star, he's got to be an All NBA player. 324 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:15.279 So there's bigger things to me in a twenty point 325 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:20.960 victory then them winning one thirty to one ten over 326 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:27.799 the Jazz. I'm watching, Kawhi. I always am Angels in 327 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:32.480 the outfield. We're always watching. We'll take a quick time out. 328 00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:35.720 Hopefully you're watching at Clippers talk on the YouTube side 329 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:40.240 eight six six nine seven two five seventy. I promise 330 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:44.640 we'll get to your phone calls coming up here. I'm sorry, Steve, JP, Mike. 331 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:47.720 We will get to you guys coming up next. I'm 332 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:50.000 out of Milesland, live from into a Dome. After the 333 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:52.559 Clippers win one thirty to one ten over the Utah Jazz, 334 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:55.759 they break their three game losing streak and now they 335 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:58.359 have three days off. You're listening to a five seventy 336 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:04.000 LA Sports throws it up the window finishes in the fowl. 337 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:07.319 Los Angeles Slipper Nation. This is your home for the 338 00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:10.799 LA Clippers. LA Clippers take us with you on the 339 00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.839 Ihearts Radio II. 340 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:17.920 Clippers win won thirty to one ten over the Utah Jazz. 341 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:22.680 I'm talking a lot about Kawhi because he hasn't looked 342 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:24.640 great over the last four games, even in a Clippers 343 00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:26.960 twenty point victory where they didn't look great throughout most 344 00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:28.720 of it but got hot from three in the fourth 345 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:33.119 and pulled away eight six six ninety seven two five seventy. 346 00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.960 There's a guy Toby in the chat and he just 347 00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:38.000 wants to talk about Kawhi, and I talk about him 348 00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:40.960 all the time too. I just did a show where 349 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:43.559 I went through his game logs from past times coming 350 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:46.319 back from injuries. Was looking at minutes how long it 351 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:49.680 takes him to ramp up. Last year he had a 352 00:22:49.720 --> 00:22:53.319 training camp and he looked slow coming out of the 353 00:22:53.359 --> 00:22:56.640 gates in the regular season, and then in his hit 354 00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:59.720 his second win, hit the NOSS and Kawhi took over 355 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:03.240 and was the best version of himself offensively ever in 356 00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:08.799 the regular season he was I'm thinking this is a 357 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:14.119 wind issue. I'm not discounting the fact that swelling in 358 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:20.880 your knee isn't bad. I am saying that connected with 359 00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:26.960 structural damage would be way, way worse. To this guy 360 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:31.279 Toby in the chat, Kawhi's gotta put together a string 361 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:34.400 of twenty five point games where he looks uber efficient 362 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:37.000 and can't miss in the mid range. At first, it 363 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:39.759 looked like that his first few games back, he was 364 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:43.039 moving really well and everything just looked automatic. That first 365 00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:45.279 game against the Lakers, for instance, J. J. Reddick came 366 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:48.000 out afterwards and said, Kawhi just doesn't miss, Like it 367 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:50.039 doesn't matter what you do. He gets to a spot 368 00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:52.559 and he just doesn't miss. And he was talking about 369 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:58.720 from that game. He just wasn't even aggressive tonight, and 370 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.640 that looked to me like a guy who was tired 371 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:07.119 deferring to others and not even looking for the basketball. 372 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:08.960 Early in the third quarter, I don't know if he 373 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:12.480 touched the ball, like the first four minutes in their 374 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:17.279 half court set the start of the second half. Let's 375 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:20.119 go to Mike and La. Mike quickly, you got thirty 376 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:22.039 seconds here on Clippers stock without a mass and him. 377 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:27.680 Mike, Yeah, it was with Kwhy I mean you do? 378 00:24:27.839 --> 00:24:30.240 The answer is just you know, some more time off, 379 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:33.240 maybe you know, limiting his minutes back, I mean taking 380 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.119 his minutes back. 381 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:38.279 Down or or Mike, it's as simple as he has 382 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:40.960 to go through this to get his win back, Like 383 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:43.319 you have to go through this conditioning, and there's going 384 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:46.559 to be times where you're gassed and your lethargic, and 385 00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:49.319 there's lactic acid build up because you haven't played basketball 386 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:51.440 at a high level in a long time. And this 387 00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:53.200 is just what you go through because that's what it's 388 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:56.160 been in the past for him. Isn't that the easiest answer? Oh? 389 00:24:57.440 --> 00:25:00.680 Yeah, no, I I the three Also, by the way, 390 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:02.400 I think that you know, Ben Simmons is going to 391 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:04.720 be a good efficient I think he don't really help 392 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:07.079 us the second unit, and you know, just having another 393 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:09.880 guy who can you know, handle the ball, and it's 394 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:12.440 also Paul and you know, couldn't help the three pound. 395 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:16.839 Yeah. No, I appreciate the phone call, Mike. You guys 396 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:18.519 know me. Over the last week, I've been talking about 397 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:21.559 Ben Simmons and I've kind of piggybacked on to what 398 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:24.079 uh will Updyke said on clips and did. But him 399 00:25:24.119 --> 00:25:25.880 as a small ball five makes a lot of sense. 400 00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:29.839 And because they couldn't get you know, Robert Williams or 401 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:33.200