WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.000 Well, I told you if there was some breaking news, 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:09.839 I would have another show for you this week, and 3 00:00:09.880 --> 00:00:13.679 it just so happens that we got some welcome into Clipperstock. 4 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:17.480 I'm out of Osland here to bring you good news 5 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:22.079 in the form of Big Zoo getting paid a big 6 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:27.199 bag a well deserved contract. Is Adrian Woodroowski reported that 7 00:00:27.800 --> 00:00:30.079 he got a three year extension at fifty eight point 8 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:33.920 six million dollars that gets him max available money for 9 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:37.799 his next three seasons. Is now guaranteed seventy billion over 10 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:43.479 his next four. Congratulations to Viza Zoo boss, well earned, 11 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.880 well deserved, and I'll tell you why in this episode, 12 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:50.520 and maybe I'll even spliced in some clips to help 13 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:53.840 buttress my point and support it, as VTB would say, 14 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:59.159 because I am and have been one of Big Zoo's 15 00:00:59.200 --> 00:01:03.439 biggest faians for a long time, and I'll try to 16 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:05.560 make the case for why you should be as well, 17 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:10.680 because to me, he's been one of the most underrated players, 18 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:13.319 an unsung hero on this Clippers team, and I don't 19 00:01:13.319 --> 00:01:16.400 know where they'd be without him. He's been an iron man, 20 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:22.079 he's been mister consistent. This last season was really the 21 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:26.519 first where he missed a significant portion of the year 22 00:01:26.719 --> 00:01:30.000 just getting to sixty eight games before that, seventy six games, 23 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.159 seventy six games, seventy two, seventy two and remember those 24 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:38.920 were shortened seasons back then. His first full seasons with 25 00:01:39.120 --> 00:01:45.159 the Clippers was during the COVID hiatus we had before 26 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:50.640 restarting things in Orlando. Beats A Zubots has been mister 27 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:56.439 reliable and I am so happy that the Clippers value 28 00:01:56.519 --> 00:01:59.319 him as many of us do, because I think it 29 00:01:59.359 --> 00:02:03.040 beats Zuba is one of the biggest wour shack tests 30 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:08.879 you can have for knowing if you know ball. He 31 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.840 has a lot of detractors. There's a faction of fans 32 00:02:11.879 --> 00:02:15.520 that don't understand what he means to this team. It 33 00:02:15.599 --> 00:02:19.240 makes me sad. It makes me sometimes call people a casual. 34 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:21.039 I don't want to have to do that, but I've 35 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:24.000 done it at times on Twitter, and some people are 36 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:27.800 saying this is some massive overpay. No Vitza Zubos is 37 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:32.319 gonna average about seventeen million over the next four seasons 38 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:35.400 that they gave him the maximum they could on that 39 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:39.599 three year extension, when the salary cap will be up 40 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:43.000 by at least thirty percent at the end of this 41 00:02:44.000 --> 00:02:45.000 based off projections. 42 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.879 It will be guys. 43 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:52.400 He just turns twenty seven. We haven't even seen the 44 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:55.520 best of Big Zoo yet. I think we got a 45 00:02:55.560 --> 00:03:00.039 glimpse and a sign of things to come in the 46 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:03.800 playoffs this past year against the Dallas Mavericks, when I 47 00:03:03.840 --> 00:03:06.680 said for them to have a chance, he's gonna have 48 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.719 to average about seventeen and ten heading into that. 49 00:03:09.800 --> 00:03:12.520 Series, Well he was close. 50 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:18.039 He ended up at sixteen to nine, And the only 51 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:23.960 reason his averages weren't higher would be because I don't 52 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:27.520 think he was featured enough after Game one. I don't 53 00:03:28.840 --> 00:03:32.719 when he had twenty and fifteen and was detonating at 54 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:36.759 the rim and dunking on Gafford and Lively and taking 55 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.520 them to school and using the left hand, as I've 56 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:42.280 called him for years, a long lost gasol brother. 57 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:43.560 Yes, it's high praise. 58 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.319 I think it beats the Zubats is far more skilled 59 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:48.280 than people realize. 60 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:51.960 He has a plethora of moves. 61 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:55.120 He has a bag that he can reach into in. 62 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:58.719 Arsenal of moves on the block. They just have an 63 00:03:58.840 --> 00:04:01.599 exploited Big z in the good way enough. 64 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:05.599 They haven't given him the required minutes that I think 65 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:09.439 he's going to get this upcoming season now because he's 66 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:13.199 paid more, because he's coming into his prime, because they 67 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.680 don't have Paul George, they haven't had Russell Westbrook. Too, 68 00:04:16.759 --> 00:04:19.920 high usage guys are gone. A beata Zubats is gonna 69 00:04:19.959 --> 00:04:23.120 get plenty of opportunities, plenty of touches to prove himself. 70 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:26.600 But something that always helps a player get a little 71 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:28.680 bit longer of a leash, well, let's. 72 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:29.399 Say money plays. 73 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:33.399 There could be politics, seniority, veteran status, all these things 74 00:04:33.399 --> 00:04:35.319 can come into effect when it comes to playing time. 75 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:41.560 Zoo is reaching all those benchmarks. Now when you're making 76 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:47.360 after this season twenty million per year about you got 77 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:50.560 to see what you have. You got to see what 78 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:51.639 he could do offensively. 79 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:53.879 Here's what we know. 80 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:57.959 And what areas of eats of Zubats has been thriving 81 00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:01.160 in for years, and what all already makes it worth 82 00:05:01.160 --> 00:05:09.560 it when you take into account the NBA and defensive 83 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:13.839 anchors and guys who are great at guarding the rim, 84 00:05:13.959 --> 00:05:16.279 and how they are highly sought. 85 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:17.240 After and valued. 86 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:22.319 Well, last year, within six feet of the rim at 87 00:05:22.319 --> 00:05:27.000 his position, no one was better than six ft of 88 00:05:27.040 --> 00:05:29.240 the rim. Teams only shot fifty one point eight percent 89 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:32.399 against the Beasta Zubas best in the league, ahead of 90 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:40.519 guys like chet Hartenstein, Chris STAPs, Go Bear and Bead Jokic. Everybody, 91 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:45.639 all his peers of East Zubats was better than them. 92 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:49.120 And I'm here to tell you this isn't a fluke. 93 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:54.160 It's a credit to his consistency because he's always been 94 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:56.199 in the top five when it comes to rim protection. 95 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:59.839 The year before the twenty two to twenty three season, 96 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.079 teams were shooting just fifty four point two percent within 97 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:05.240 six ft of the rim against him. He's in the 98 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.040 top five. Then the twenty one to twenty two season 99 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.480 a little bit higher fifty six point seven percent, but 100 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:12.959 still one of the best in the league. In twenty 101 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.959 twenty one, fifty three point seven percent within six ft 102 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:19.279 of the rim. That was the opposition's fuel goal percentage. 103 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:22.519 In the nineteen twenty season, his first full season as 104 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:27.720 a Clipper, teams only shot forty eight point six percent 105 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:31.079 against him, again number one in the league. 106 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:31.800 Nobody was better. 107 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:33.800 And he did that with broken fingers, by the way, 108 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.680 which people seem to forget about. Conveniently, so he's booking 109 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:41.759 so far in his Clipper's tenure, being the best rim 110 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.199 protector in the nineteen twenty season, in his first season 111 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:48.759 with them, and in his last season. Just this past 112 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:53.240 year was also number one when it comes to being 113 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:56.959 a rim protector in the NBA. Can't tell you how 114 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:02.120 important that is, can't tell you what a difference that may. 115 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.199 It's not just because he's some athletic freak or because 116 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:09.600 he's big. He's great at playing angles and being disciplined. 117 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:14.360 He has great instincts on the interior. 118 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:17.920 He patrols the paint and. 119 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:22.240 Creates a moat, as Carlo Jimenez and I like to say, 120 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:25.720 and when he's on the floor, Because I know some 121 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:27.680 of you were saying, why weren't they better defensively than 122 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:28.240 last season? 123 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:29.240 They finished seventeenth. 124 00:07:29.439 --> 00:07:31.160 Well, when Zoo was out there, they had a defensive 125 00:07:31.199 --> 00:07:32.120 rating of one twelve. 126 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:34.720 Without him, it was about. 127 00:07:34.439 --> 00:07:37.720 Three points per possession of per one hundred possessions higher. 128 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:39.879 So you go from being a top ten defense when 129 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.319 he's out there to closer to a bottom ten defense 130 00:07:43.319 --> 00:07:45.360 without him. 131 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:48.199 He can only do so much. This has been my gripe. 132 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:48.839 I've been. 133 00:07:50.839 --> 00:07:53.600 Losing my mind a little bit about the lack of 134 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.439 playing time for viats to Zoo Bots, especially considering the 135 00:07:56.480 --> 00:08:00.360 backup center options, and this season there are more unknowns there. 136 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:04.480 I like the potential of Mobamba. I like that he 137 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:08.600 already has an NBA skill and is proven to be 138 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:11.040 somewhat of a stretch big in limited time. 139 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:12.920 But he has shot. 140 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:15.199 Above league average from three, above thirty six percent from 141 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:18.560 three on over seven hundred attempts so far in his career. 142 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:22.639 He's had seasons where he shot about forty percent from three. 143 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:23.480 That's not nothing. 144 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:26.879 He's twenty six, still young. 145 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:30.120 Maybe the Clippers can tap into more of that potential 146 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.840 and show what he can do. I'm excited for that signing. 147 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.320 I think he has more game than we've seen so far. 148 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:44.000 I'm excited for Kai Jones non guaranteed contract. Needs to 149 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:45.159 prove it in training camp. 150 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:46.679 I'm rooting for him. 151 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:50.320 But last season, Daniel Tice and Mason Plumley, who just 152 00:08:50.440 --> 00:08:57.480 looked like he had lost his basketball powers after the 153 00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:59.679 Julius Randall play where he ran into his knee. He 154 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:03.080 missed significant time, came back maybe too soon. I don't know. 155 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:06.039 The guy was trying to tough it out, but he 156 00:09:06.120 --> 00:09:07.879 wasn't the same player, and he's getting up there. I 157 00:09:07.919 --> 00:09:10.080 think thirty three or thirty four years of age, Big 158 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:14.600 plump now with the Phoenix suns his instincts of the 159 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:17.159 ram the opposite of Big Zoo. He might be a 160 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.440 better athlet, can still jump higher. This guy was in 161 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:23.279 a dumb contest to one point, but teams use it 162 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:23.879 against him. 163 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:25.720 He's overly aggressive. 164 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:30.159 Big Zoo stays down when he needs to and doesn't 165 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:33.600 fall for as nearly as many pump fakes. That's what 166 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:38.440 makes him special. That's what lets other guys be able 167 00:09:38.440 --> 00:09:40.799 to float a little bit more play free safety. 168 00:09:40.840 --> 00:09:42.399 Oh, Big Zoo's behind me. I'm good. 169 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:45.440 Iviata Zoo bots is gonna make up for my mistakes 170 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:51.840 on the perimeter. He's worth this much, and I think 171 00:09:51.879 --> 00:09:55.080 it's still a bargain because right now, coming into this 172 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:59.799 next season, he's going to be making less because he's 173 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:02.320 still his old deal before the three year extension kicks in, 174 00:10:02.759 --> 00:10:05.080 so they got him the next four years. He's still 175 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:10.360 gonna be making less, no disrespect, but less than Marvin Bagley, 176 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:15.679 former top three pick Sacramento Kings. I think took him second. 177 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:22.039 Bagley is making twelve point five million dollars this season. 178 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:27.159 The Viza Zubats is at eleven point seven million. Marvin 179 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:29.159 Bagley I think, has played fifty games the last couple 180 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:34.200 of years for the Detroit Pistons. There's still high potential there, 181 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:36.120 I suppose because he was such a high draft pick, 182 00:10:36.159 --> 00:10:39.879 Iman got a duke, the expectations, all that. But he's 183 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:41.759 doing this on a really bad team and getting paid 184 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:44.440 more in a Viza Zubats. That's crazy value that the 185 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:48.000 Clippers are getting and will continue to get even when 186 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.159 he's making closer to twenty million, because the cap will 187 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:53.120 continues to go up and there's only a handful of 188 00:10:53.159 --> 00:10:59.000 guys that are as good or better than him when 189 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:03.440 it comes to protecting the I think he's already a 190 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:09.000 top ten center in the league. He's twenty seven. And 191 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:13.600 what I'm most excited about is I think his big 192 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:19.559 opportunity is now mentioned Paul George out, Russell Westbrook out. 193 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:25.480 The Clippers need to use Big Zoo on offense out 194 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:28.440 of necessity. Finally, it's no longer an option to feed 195 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:31.279 him here and there, keep him involved. What Shack always 196 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.360 used to say, if you want the dog to protect 197 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:36.159 the house, you better feed him. It's natural. It happens 198 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:38.279 all the time when big men get more involved on 199 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:41.200 the offensive end, they're even better on the defensive end. Well, 200 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:44.440 Big Zoo, the unsung hero doing the dirty work. 201 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:47.000 A thankless job. 202 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:51.279 It seems like he's already good defensively, he's already played 203 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:56.159 his role there. He's earned more touches and opportunities on 204 00:11:56.200 --> 00:11:58.879 the offensive end, and he has shown enough with what 205 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:03.200 he just did against in that series, bodying their centers 206 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:07.399 and giving the Clippers a chance even without Kawhi Leonard 207 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:10.279 throughout most of it, where he was the second best 208 00:12:10.279 --> 00:12:12.559 player in that series behind James Harden. It was easily 209 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:16.320 to eat Zoobos then Terrence Man more about him in 210 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:21.360 a little bit than Paul George. I have been screaming 211 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:26.279 this phrase for a long time on Clipper stock. There 212 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:30.080 is an easier path to victory. There's an easier way 213 00:12:30.120 --> 00:12:39.799 to win, a obvious path of least resistance, and it's 214 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:45.519 Big Zoo getting involved on offense. Because guess what, you 215 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:50.200 may not believe this. You may think and have these 216 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:54.080 images in your mind of him dropping passes back when 217 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:57.120 he had broken fingers, and that's still playing an effect 218 00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:01.000 on you. Our guy Carl Tart, who I love, always 219 00:13:01.039 --> 00:13:02.720 brings this up with the beats of Zubos, and he's 220 00:13:02.720 --> 00:13:07.159 not the only one. Many for whatever reason, they won't 221 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:13.440 let him shake that reputation I guess of having bad hands, 222 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:17.399 which he doesn't. He had broken hands and played through it, 223 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:19.720 and that gets criticized for it where he can't catch 224 00:13:19.759 --> 00:13:22.159 the basketball or he probably shouldn't have been out there, 225 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:25.679 and that was their first impression of Big Zoo. 226 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:27.360 First impressions do a lot for you. 227 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:33.200 He hasn't been able to overcome that with some people. 228 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:38.000 So even if it only happens seldomly now, whatever it does, 229 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.000 they have it stuck in their mind that, oh, this 230 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:43.120 is who beats the Zubats is, always has been and 231 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:48.279 always will be. None of that is true a visas Zubos, 232 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:52.799 believe it or not. I know this is going to 233 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.000 rock the foundation of some people's basketball principles and minds, 234 00:13:56.000 --> 00:13:58.600 and there's gonna be a paradigm shift, hopefully because I 235 00:13:58.639 --> 00:14:00.879 tell them this. 236 00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:02.519 This is that Rorschack test. 237 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:06.679 Those who saw Bigsho was a good player probably already 238 00:14:06.720 --> 00:14:11.799 knew this. From five to nine feet out. He just 239 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:13.679 led the league in field goal percentage from five to 240 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:19.279 nine feet out this past season. He just shot in 241 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:26.000 that area sixty three point eight percent. That's better than 242 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:29.360 Jokic shot. Yeah, Jokic took two hundred more shots in 243 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:31.279 that area because they feed him much more. He's one 244 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:32.720 of the best players in the NBA. And I'm not 245 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:35.360 saying if eatsa zubats as him, but I am saying 246 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:38.039 from five to nine feet out, he just shot better 247 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:40.000 than Jokic. And it wasn't like it was on a 248 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:44.519 small sample. We're talking about one hundred and thirty eight attempts. 249 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:45.279 It's not nothing. 250 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:49.639 That's a healthy sample to say, oh, he has touched 251 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:50.480 around the basket. 252 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:53.440 He doesn't have bad hands. If you had bad hands, 253 00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:55.200 he'd have five turnovers per game. 254 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:57.720 Prove he has bad hands. 255 00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:58.960 You can't. 256 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:05.840 All you can do is pull some past history, anecdotal 257 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:07.399 evidence when he had broken hands. 258 00:15:09.799 --> 00:15:11.120 Get it to big Zoo. 259 00:15:12.799 --> 00:15:18.120 And get out the damn way. Because this guy, well, 260 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:21.679 he's made it clear to a few different players that. 261 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:24.360 He can also be nasty. 262 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:33.320 Ask Demanta Sabonus, Ask Jericho Sims, ask the Spurs, Ask 263 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:43.039 Rudy Gobert, ask Pascal Siakam, ask Bobi. There is a 264 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:48.120 confidence to have eats zoobots around the rim where he 265 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:52.960 is looking for a body and looking to embarrass someone. 266 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:58.679 He just needs more opportunities. Guys, he can't be at 267 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.799 twenty six minutes per game season. That's the only thing 268 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:06.200 that's been holding him back. Somebody hit me up on 269 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:09.360 X after I tweeted out he's the third most important 270 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:12.039 player on the team. He is when you account for 271 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:14.879 offense now and what he's been doing defensively for them, 272 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:18.000 saving them at times on that end, doing everything. 273 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:19.799 Someone said a. 274 00:16:19.879 --> 00:16:21.879 Ten to nine guys or third best player. 275 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:23.360 Yikes. 276 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:31.720 Hmmm, Well, first of all, that's somewhat inaccurate if eats 277 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:33.799 a zoobas and his numbers. 278 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:35.200 Were higher than that. 279 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:43.320 Overall, he was last season twelve and nine, but that 280 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:48.360 doesn't tell you represent the entire picture. He only got 281 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:53.279 twenty six minutes per game, actually less than he got 282 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:57.080 the year before. I don't know why. 283 00:16:57.279 --> 00:16:58.639 I know he got injured at one point. 284 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:04.119 I sure that was it. It just seems like he almost 285 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:06.200 has been getting a rookie treatment or is on the 286 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:10.079 shortest leave possible. When he messes up, he doesn't get 287 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:13.519 the same opportunities to fail. I think that's about to change. 288 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.039 I do. 289 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:17.200 I think coach lu trusts him he did in the 290 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.759 playoff series, and that's how his numbers went up, because 291 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:21.799 if you look at his per thirty six numbers throughout 292 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:26.519 his entire career, well, if he gets thirty six minutes 293 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:31.319 last season, he's likely putting up sixteen and twelve. That's 294 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:35.200 where he's at. Has to watch out for foul trouble. 295 00:17:36.119 --> 00:17:39.759 But he's been okay overall in that area. I know 296 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:41.960 he filed out before he got to thirty thirty against 297 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.519 the Indiana Pacers a couple of years ago, and that 298 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.519 was unfortunate. 299 00:17:47.200 --> 00:17:51.440 He should have had that bilestone. Still a crazy game. 300 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:56.440 Showing off just how amazing he can beat, how incredible 301 00:17:56.440 --> 00:18:00.960 he can beat, how much potential there is for this. 302 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:01.599 This center that is coming into his own. 303 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:06.079 I believe right now, age of twenty seven, athletically stole 304 00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:08.799 in his prime and things are gonna start slowing down 305 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:16.279 even more. I think I made a meme one time, 306 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:20.759 or a photoshop edit of Keishawn Johnson give me the 307 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:23.720 damn Ball his book, and I put Aviatza Zubots's face 308 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.039 on it. 309 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.400 That's how I feel about it. Beatza Zoobots. 310 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:32.400 It's so simple, guys, instead of settling for jumpers, and 311 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:33.160 tough shots. 312 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:35.759 You need to get easier shots. 313 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.599 That is something the Clippers of needed to generate for 314 00:18:37.640 --> 00:18:42.880 a long time, and it's no longer an option to 315 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:47.839 do so, it's a necessity because no Paul George. 316 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.880 So how do you make up for some of that production? 317 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.279 Big Zoo's going to be a part of that. 318 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.480 And he's coming off a series where he just outplayed 319 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:59.079 Paul George and Average sixteen to nine against the Dallas 320 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:04.200 Mavericks and showed great footwork, awareness. 321 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:05.960 Heart. 322 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.359 I've always trusted him in big games, in big moments, 323 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.079 seems like he embraces them. There's a level of almost 324 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.640 cockiness to Big Zoo that I like, Like remember this 325 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:21.880 clip on Podcast P. I know, I know, but for 326 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:24.119 the sake of this Vista Zoobots quote, I want you 327 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:30.160 to hear it. He's been like this. He has been 328 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:35.799 someone that has wonted a larger role going back to 329 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:39.880 his Lakers days and by the way, he's had some 330 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:41.000 of his best games. 331 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:43.839 Against the Lakers, some of his best games against Anthony Davis. 332 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:45.599 He had last season a. 333 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:48.039 Twenty two to nineteen game where they lost by three. 334 00:19:48.640 --> 00:19:51.279 Mounts it to come back late and I thought he 335 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:55.599 outplayed ad I thought he did. He got thirty seven 336 00:19:55.599 --> 00:20:01.880 minutes in that game. More Zoo for the opposition. That's 337 00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:06.440 typically how it works, Coach Lou. Part of it is 338 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:11.200 he likes to play small sometimes. If you have the personnel, 339 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:14.480 I'm all for it. They certainly had it in twenty 340 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:17.319 twenty one in the playoffs and it worked beautifully. And 341 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:20.200 at that time, Big Zoo's coming off. You know that 342 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:22.720 series against the Golden State Warriors in twenty nineteen where 343 00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:24.160 he got played off the court at times. 344 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:28.400 But he's not that guy anymore. 345 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:32.440 He has progressed so much further since then, and they 346 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:35.200 kept him on the court against Luka Doncic, who he 347 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.559 still hit some incredible tough shots against. Zoo also blocked 348 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:41.559 him on one of his patented step back fadeaways this year, 349 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.480 showing some growth there, just saying step per step with 350 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:50.359 Luka Doncic, you could just see he's not the same player. 351 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:59.880 He's progressing. He is arriving, and I don't know what 352 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.160 his ceiling is. I think all Star with the front 353 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:06.559 court players we have in the West, it goes backcourt 354 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.079 front court. 355 00:21:07.119 --> 00:21:08.880 I think with voting and. 356 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:11.039 Just all start voting, you never really count on anyways, 357 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:15.599 I mean, Yaoming still getting voted in probably uh SASA. 358 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:21.480 But can he forget All Star? 359 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:24.319 Can this season or these realistic expectations get to me 360 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:25.119 in the comments section? 361 00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:28.799 Can he make an All Defensive team? I think so? 362 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:32.119 Can he be in the hunt for most improved player? 363 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:35.960 There's going to be more of a spotlight on him. 364 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:43.200 He's going to be more of a focal point. People 365 00:21:43.200 --> 00:21:47.319 are gonna be watching him, and there's a chance if 366 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:51.599 he really shines, he starts off the year averaging fifteen 367 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:57.680 to ten the opening month, people are going to take notice. 368 00:21:58.440 --> 00:22:00.680 And I think he's capable of that. In fact, I 369 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:06.720 think he's capable of averaging seventeen and ten seventeen and 370 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:11.559 eleven this season. It's just dependent on minutes, and I 371 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:14.319 don't know why he wouldn't be playing more. If he 372 00:22:14.359 --> 00:22:15.960 gets the minutes, he'll get the numbers. 373 00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:23.240 He'll give you the production period. Fully believe that he's 374 00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:24.039 my favorite Clipper. 375 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:27.279 I should say full disclosure because I feel like he's 376 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:31.559 been overlooked and undervalued, and those are the guys I rootfore. 377 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.799 It's close to home. No, it's just. 378 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.839 I like his style. 379 00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:42.720 I like his effort and energy I know. 380 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:45.160 He wasn't drafted as a Clipper, but he's been here 381 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:47.240 for a while now. I've been in southern California in 382 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:53.720 his entire career, and we see him play internationally. 383 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:56.039 I tend to gravitate. 384 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:58.880 Towards those guys. My dad, we always like the international 385 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:02.759 guys back of the day, different skill set as as 386 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:08.799 martial Iwness, Drazen Petrovitch, guys like that. And now you 387 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:12.039 see it at the highest level with what we saw 388 00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:19.200 from Dirk and now Jokic and Luken Dancic. But his 389 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:22.519 potential is tantalizing. It fascinates me to think about what 390 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:25.079 a Beats's Zubas could do if they really give him 391 00:23:25.079 --> 00:23:28.720 a green light, if they give him the keys, if 392 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:31.400 they show the confidence in him that I think he 393 00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.319 has in himself. 394 00:23:34.519 --> 00:23:36.480 I don't think he's lacking any confidence. 395 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:43.720 I think he knows that this is his time. 396 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:46.200 There's a few guys right. 397 00:23:46.039 --> 00:23:51.160 Now that have a chance to prove something. Terrence Man 398 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:53.839 is another. I'd expect him to get an extension too. 399 00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:56.440 We'll see what happens with that. But I wasn't surprised 400 00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:59.400 at all seeing this news with the beats of Zubas today, and. 401 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:00.319