WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:01.520 Smitty Liven Studio. 2 00:00:01.639 --> 00:00:04.519 Tim McMahon's gonna roll by today NBA Daily Assist style, 3 00:00:04.599 --> 00:00:08.560 back to college football, Kevin Reynolds, Sam Bruckhaus will stop 4 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:10.359 buying to do some NFL. Then we'll get you ready 5 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:13.880 for a big RSL match tonight. As the playoffs are here, 6 00:00:14.320 --> 00:00:15.720 fall soccer is here, so. 7 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:18.679 We're gonna bring in Brian Dunsa coming up a little bit. 8 00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:22.679 But my guy, Richard Smith on a Tuesday, even though 9 00:00:22.719 --> 00:00:26.000 it's a Tuesday, I had a lovely weekend in Park 10 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:28.199 City at a wedding. It was a good time. Saw 11 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:30.039 some old friends. I hadn't seen it quite some time. 12 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:31.640 What what kept you busy this weekend? 13 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:32.039 Smitty? 14 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:36.359 See Spence, We we had divergent weekends going on. I 15 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:40.039 actually went to u LA to see an old friend 16 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:43.439 of ours, an old NBA colleague of ours down in La, 17 00:00:43.719 --> 00:00:46.479 and I got to uh, I got to take a 18 00:00:46.520 --> 00:00:49.200 moment out of the visit with him to go to 19 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:54.679 Game two Saturday night, and right here live on the 20 00:00:54.759 --> 00:00:58.200 radio that people can't see, I'm presenting Spence with his 21 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:00.759 own special world ball. 22 00:01:00.880 --> 00:01:03.439 What oh wow video? Are you serious? 23 00:01:03.679 --> 00:01:06.480 Because because that's the kind of guy I am, you 24 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:10.280 are a good guy. See that I appreciate this. How 25 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:13.239 about that? We found that? And I said, you got 26 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.200 to be kidding me. I said, I know exactly who 27 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:20.799 would appreciate something like this with an Otanian judge pictures 28 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:21.159 on the. 29 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:24.239 Ball, I had a decent curve back in the day. 30 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:25.599 That's a little curve. 31 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:28.400 See that that that goes with the line Spence. You know, 32 00:01:28.560 --> 00:01:31.000 the older I get, the better I was. 33 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:33.719 Oh for sure. Yeah, I'm learning that now in my forties. 34 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:36.280 And I should probably watch him tape to remind me 35 00:01:36.319 --> 00:01:37.400 of exactly who I was. 36 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:40.519 Hey, hey, to your left, I put a little holder there. 37 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:43.159 Oh sweet, the little thing you put the you put 38 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:45.680 the ball on, and uh, thank you bow to it 39 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:46.840 every time you walk by. 40 00:01:47.079 --> 00:01:48.200 So here's the real question. 41 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.799 Twenty year anniversary of the greatest comeback in sports history 42 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:55.480 that I know, can my Yanks get a little Bosox 43 00:01:55.560 --> 00:01:57.239 manage I can try to come back from the trio? 44 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.920 Well, anybody who remembers that, you know back in four 45 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:03.159 between the Red Sox and Yankees and the a l 46 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:08.080 Cs the year before it was Aaron Boone who had 47 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:13.120 the walk off home running. I know this is a 48 00:02:13.159 --> 00:02:19.400 family show and and uh, and that and that was 49 00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.479 off Tim Wakefield, the great Red Sox pitcher, rest in peace. 50 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:24.560 And and uh. 51 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:26.479 And then the next year they're playing again in the 52 00:02:26.520 --> 00:02:30.039 ALCS and the Red Sox were down the ninth inning, 53 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.560 down a run, and uh, the greatest reliever in history 54 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:36.000 is on the mount of the Yankees. It's all over. 55 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:38.439 This is this is a four game sweep. You gotta 56 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:40.919 be kidding me. And and then Kevin Molar, who has 57 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:46.759 made a living since then, off his rant before the game, 58 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:49.919 walking around anybody who would listen, and they got him 59 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:51.599 on camera right saying. 60 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:53.520 Saying, don't let us don't let us go tight. 61 00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:56.439 Let's go let us win tonight because then we got 62 00:02:56.439 --> 00:02:59.879 p D tomorrow, and then we got Shill in game six, 63 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:03.039 and then anything can happen in game seven, so they 64 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:05.240 better not let us win tonight. And then he's the 65 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:06.919 one who drew the walk in the bottom of the 66 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:10.080 ninth and Dave Roberts came in and ran for him 67 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.120 and stole second and blah blah blah. 68 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:14.800 So yeah, Yankees could. 69 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:16.240 Do something, you know, And they're at home right just 70 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.000 like the Red Sox were, so they have a chance 71 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:21.159 to do something, and you know, maybe try and claw 72 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.639 their way back in. But tell you what, the Dodgers 73 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:27.360 seemed to be just in one of those grooves that 74 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:30.000 you can get in in any kind of a playoff series, 75 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.240 in any sport, where all of a sudden you can't 76 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.400 plan it, and you can't you can't map it out, 77 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:39.879 but all of a sudden, things just start falling your way, 78 00:03:40.080 --> 00:03:44.159 one thing after another, and it starts snowballing, you know, 79 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.560 to wit the Freddie Freeman, I don't know, is he 80 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:49.599 gonna play? Is he not gonna play? He's got a 81 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:52.879 bum ankle, I don't know. Oh, home run, home run, 82 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:55.759 home run. Like you know, that's the kind of stuff 83 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.759 that you can't plan for and you can't make it up, 84 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:01.520 and that you that you're just in the middle of 85 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:03.680 right now for the Yankees and the Dodgers. 86 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.120 So it's funny because as I'm watching the playoffs, I 87 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:13.159 felt like the Yankees had a far superior roster as 88 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:15.879 they were making their way through, and now I feel 89 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:19.000 the same way about the Dodgers juxtaposed to the Yankee lineup, 90 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:22.000 Like there's no oxygen, there's no break for the Yankee 91 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:25.040 pitchers because even some of their you know, the batters, 92 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.959 at the end of the lineup. One just won the 93 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:31.000 MVP of the Conference champions. 94 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.000 Like when they won the Pennant. 95 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:34.839 Right, Yeah, so I thought the Yankees had a better 96 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:39.000 starting pitching, but clearly the Dodgers top to bottom have 97 00:04:39.040 --> 00:04:41.600 a much better lineup and all the momentums on their side. 98 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:44.800 I do think the Yankees have better pitching. They are 99 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:49.000 lined up better too, but again, look, it's one swing 100 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:51.319 in Game one right there. The Yankees are a pitch 101 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:54.120 away from winning Game one, and the series will still 102 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:58.120 have a different tone if Freeman doesn't connect on that. 103 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.160 And and but that that's what happens in a series, right, 104 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:08.279 one play, one one swing, one missed ground ball, you know, 105 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:11.319 one error here. I mean, how about the two plays 106 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:11.839 at the plate? 107 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.800 Yeah, last night, like chi Oscar, that throw was right on, 108 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.519 but like how close with both of those? 109 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:20.920 I mean they were, it was it was an inch 110 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:23.519 or two, Like you can't tell in a replay the 111 00:05:23.560 --> 00:05:26.439 guy was safer out. I mean, it's it's both of 112 00:05:26.480 --> 00:05:30.399 those and and but that's what makes baseball, uh, you know, 113 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:32.160 so exciting, especially this time of year. 114 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.279 You know, yeah, Otani's banged up, and they like don't 115 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.360 need them it's ridiculous. Yeah, that's right, all right, smitty. 116 00:05:38.519 --> 00:05:41.399 Uh fun night last night with so many things going on, 117 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:46.319 So flipping back and forth between Monday Night Football World Series, 118 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:50.279 Utah Hockey Club, and then I get a text saying, 119 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:53.319 did you see what just happened to Taylor? So I 120 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:56.120 switch over in time for the replay, which I did 121 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:59.399 not need to see. I don't like, like the Kevin 122 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:02.680 ware Kid Louisville injury back in March madness. 123 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:04.480 You know what I thought of? I thought of Joe Thysen. 124 00:06:04.360 --> 00:06:09.000 Joe Thaisman, Paul George, Gordon Hayward, right like whenever these 125 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:13.120 things happened, I don't enjoy watching it. So Taylor Hendrix, 126 00:06:13.199 --> 00:06:15.920 who according to people that I talked to over there, 127 00:06:16.920 --> 00:06:19.360 worked his tail off all summer, you know, got his 128 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:22.279 body in better shape. He looked bigger, he looked stronger, 129 00:06:22.920 --> 00:06:25.240 was off to a pretty solid start to the season, 130 00:06:25.399 --> 00:06:28.480 some good defensive minutes on John Morant opening night. He 131 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:30.439 played Luca pretty well last night in a couple of 132 00:06:30.560 --> 00:06:34.639 occasions as well, as you referenced. I don't know that 133 00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:36.439 Taylor is ever going to be a guy that's going 134 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:38.360 to drop forty on you. I'm not sure he's ever 135 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:40.519 gonna be like a twenty point a night guy. I 136 00:06:40.519 --> 00:06:42.920 don't think he has to because of his measurables, his 137 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.439 ability to guard, rebound, and also finish at the rim. 138 00:06:46.519 --> 00:06:50.199 But what does this mean now? As far as the 139 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:52.959 what's next for Taylor? As Will mentioned last night, the 140 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:54.600 development obviously is on hold. 141 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:56.560 It sucks, it really does. 142 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.560 But your thoughts on young Taylor Hendricks probably being out 143 00:06:59.560 --> 00:06:59.959 for the year. 144 00:06:59.879 --> 00:07:04.240 Now, Yeah, it's devastating injury, and the the freakish part 145 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:08.240 about it spendses all these injuries that you see that happened, 146 00:07:08.319 --> 00:07:12.240 whether it's football, whether it's on an NBA court, someone 147 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:14.879 and you know, sliding into a base in baseball and 148 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:19.040 jamming their leg whatever it is. This thing happened right 149 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:23.040 in plain view of everybody, with nobody around him. He 150 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:26.360 was just running down the court and went to stop 151 00:07:26.720 --> 00:07:29.600 and his leg just completely gave out on him. Just 152 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:37.199 a freak accident. He'll rehab, He'll get back. Uh. The 153 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:43.720 Jazz I think will be super ultra conservative in his rehab. 154 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:46.560 It's not like they need him back for any kind 155 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:50.279 of a playoff push in the spring. It's not like 156 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.639 they're depending on him, uh to to come and save 157 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:56.920 the day in terms of their season or what they 158 00:07:57.120 --> 00:08:01.759 their plans are currently with this, with this roster. So 159 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:04.480 they're gonna let him do the rehab he needs to. 160 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:08.000 They're gonna rely on the doctors who are involved. They're 161 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:11.279 gonna set the path. They're gonna set the schedule of 162 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:15.439 what he has to do, surgery wise, rehab wise, getting 163 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:20.279 back to playing condition, ultimately all that stuff. They're not 164 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.879 gonna rush it. They want to make sure he's okay. 165 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:26.360 He's only twenty years olds Bence, so they they realize 166 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:29.879 he's got his full career ahead of him, so they're 167 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:32.440 gonna do everything they can to make sure that he's 168 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:37.440 okay physically, that he's okay emotionally, which is a big 169 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:40.159 part that a lot of people don't take into account 170 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:42.879 with these things. He's a young guy who's never been 171 00:08:42.960 --> 00:08:47.000 hurt before. Now he has a devastating injury early on 172 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:52.279 in his professional career that in your mind you can't 173 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.080 help but start thinking, oh am, I am I ever 174 00:08:55.159 --> 00:08:57.720 gonna be as good as I thought I could be, 175 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:01.320 or as I even was at the moment that this happened. 176 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:04.960 Is this gonna set me back somehow? Is this gonna be. 177 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:07.600 Am I only gonna be eighty percent of what I 178 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:11.360 was before this happened. Am I gonna get back to 179 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:15.480 being better two years from now? All those things play 180 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.559 in your mind as a young man, And so that 181 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:21.799 that'll be one of the things that their staff with 182 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:28.879 Ron Kimmins, who's their their psychological player rep within the group, 183 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:31.960 he's gonna try and help him on the mental side 184 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:35.879 to make sure that he's okay during the rehab process. 185 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:39.320 And look, Speth's just because he can't play doesn't mean 186 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.960 he won't be working on his body. He'll be working 187 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.240 on his upper body. He'll be working on that kind 188 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:47.919 of conditioning. That'll give him time to add a little 189 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.399 bit more weight, to add some more strength, and to 190 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:53.279 do some of those kinds of things to along with 191 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:55.799 his rehab of his leg. To make sure that he's 192 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:59.639 he's okay, whether that's twelve months from now or fifteen 193 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.120 months from now, whatever it is, and try and get 194 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.759 him back on the floor when it makes sense for 195 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:08.840 him and when it makes sense for the organization. 196 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:11.799 And excuse me, I don't want to be over dramatic here, 197 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.279 so I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but 198 00:10:14.360 --> 00:10:17.039 this is not a sprained ankle, This is not a 199 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:18.000 jammed wrist. 200 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:19.240 This is a serious injury. 201 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:22.399 Yes, and Taylor's a really, really good athlete, so he 202 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:25.440 relies on his verticality and his speed side decide if 203 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:27.279 he's ever going to be an elite defender. He's got 204 00:10:27.279 --> 00:10:31.399 to move laterally. So look the fact that and you know, 205 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.120 the staff down there obviously a great reputation for caring 206 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:37.919 for their players, and the fact that he's twenty is 207 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:40.799 a good sign for long term recovery. But this is 208 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:44.120 an injury like Marquise Chris had it and that essentially 209 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.480 kind of knocked him out of the league. Like we 210 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:50.519 have seen, this injury essentially change the scope of careers 211 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:51.159 for players. 212 00:10:51.159 --> 00:10:54.360 So give me your thoughts on Jazz fans. 213 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:57.200 The hope that we do see Taylor back at peak 214 00:10:57.240 --> 00:10:58.200 potential at some point. 215 00:10:58.440 --> 00:11:02.879 Oh well, he's gonna everybody's Every individual is different. They 216 00:11:02.919 --> 00:11:04.039 all heal differently. 217 00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:04.960 Uh. 218 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:09.440 They all approach it supposedly the same way. Some guys, 219 00:11:09.480 --> 00:11:13.080 you know, cheat a little bit left and right depending 220 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:15.559 on what they're supposed to do along in the process. 221 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:18.159 Some guys are more patient than others. 222 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:18.919 Uh. 223 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:24.360 Some guys adhere to the strict rules of what they're 224 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:28.320 they're supposed to be doing along the way. A lot 225 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:31.080 of it is gonna be on how he approaches it. 226 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.320 And and again Spence, not just the physical part, but 227 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:38.639 the mental part of of how he how he thinks 228 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:42.279 about the process, how he goes about it, the people 229 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:47.080 around him, how they're coaching him to handle it on 230 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.279 both the physical and the and the mental side of it. 231 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:53.519 And and then then you just have to wait and 232 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:57.240 see how he comes out. You know, some guys get healthy, 233 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:00.519 uh the doctors say you're ready to go, Oh, you're 234 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.799 you're all mended, You're good, You're good, and the guy 235 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:07.879 just has a mental block about doing something because they're 236 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.759 afraid it's gonna happen again. And and that's that's that's 237 00:12:10.799 --> 00:12:13.480 a big thing, especially at the pro level. And so 238 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:16.879 that's gonna be part of it for him is a 239 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.639 maturing process as he is a young man, not only 240 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:23.240 dealing with the injury and the rehab part of it, 241 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:26.279 but as he comes back, how can he get his 242 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:29.399 frame of mind back to where it needs to be 243 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:33.720 to be able to at some point compete at the 244 00:12:33.799 --> 00:12:37.200 highest level in this sport. That that's gonna be the 245 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.879 thing that's gonna be for him, and and that's gonna 246 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:41.600 be something that's gonna take patience. 247 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:43.559 One more thing on this and then we'll move on. 248 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.759 You know, we were very spoiled by two of the 249 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:51.759 greatest iron men in NBA history when the Jazz were 250 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:55.320 at their apex with John carl And I'm wondering if 251 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:58.799 you could provide some insight because I was in I 252 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:02.120 intentionally went back to watch Will last night and then 253 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:05.960 interviews of the players Keyantay and Walker. 254 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:06.960 It sounded I couldn't see it. 255 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:08.879 I was only listening. It sounded like they were crying. 256 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.480 And if you go back and watch Will, he was 257 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:15.720 holding back emotion. So as far as the uh, you know, 258 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:19.080 the the effect that it has on his teammates, as 259 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:22.840 Kiante said, his brothers who he works shoulder by shoulder, 260 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:24.639 and and the effect that it could have kind of 261 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.360 on the rest of the group. What's the best way 262 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:28.240 to kind of try to traverse that space. 263 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.919 Well, again, that that's going to be a group effort 264 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:35.919 and and uh, their their mental preparation, UH is going 265 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:40.120 to be key. How they communicate with each other, how 266 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:43.320 the staff works through that with them. 267 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.559 It's not just Taylor. 268 00:13:44.600 --> 00:13:47.279 Of course, you know that that's a whole separate thing 269 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.159 that that that they'll be dealing with with him and 270 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:53.679 and giving him the priority of their of their efforts 271 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:56.720 and their their knowledge. But at the same time, you've 272 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:00.159 got a whole group of guys who witnessed it, and 273 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.000 they're now thinking, in the back of their minds, oh 274 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.600 am I the next guy, Am I gonna is something 275 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:10.440 weird gonna happen uh to me? And so the fragility 276 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:14.240 of the group, the mindset of of how they approach 277 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:19.600 their their task is UH is always interesting because you 278 00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:24.559 really need everybody focused together, but you need people around you, 279 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:29.159 whether it's coaches, whether it's the support staff, to be 280 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:33.720 able to help in terms of coaching them through the 281 00:14:33.759 --> 00:14:36.759 mental part of being able to deal with it. Not 282 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:40.840 just that Taylor's not here, he's not with us where 283 00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:44.039 we we can't count on him to help us. Now, 284 00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:47.039 we've got to be able to move forward with our group, 285 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:50.200 but we also have to do so in a way 286 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:53.279 that that where we can perform the way that we 287 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:56.840 uh that we want to, and sometimes the mental part 288 00:14:57.039 --> 00:15:00.639 holds you back. And so that's gonna be it's gonna 289 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:05.320 be interesting to see how they respond as a group. Look, 290 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:07.639 when you're in the middle of the game, guys are playing, 291 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.320 Guys aren't thinking about that stuff, but all the stuff 292 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.879 outside of the game. When you're on the road or 293 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:15.279 in a hotel room by yourself and you're sitting in 294 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:19.399 the locker room before practice or after a game or whatever, 295 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:22.120 those are the times when your mind can kind of 296 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:24.919 wander through those things, and you have to have the 297 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.399 people around you as a group to support you, to 298 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.080 make sure that you're all working on the same level 299 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:35.399 and all working in the same direction, to try and 300 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:38.200 get everybody together on the same page. 301 00:15:38.279 --> 00:15:41.679 So rotationally, what this does is really open up about 302 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:44.519 thirty minutes a night. So Taylor played twenty nine against 303 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:49.600 the Grizzlies. Against the Warriors, he played twenty five, and 304 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.679 then last night twenty one, but then he left the game, 305 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.360 So about twenty seven twenty eight minutes a night, probably 306 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:56.879 it opens up. So if we go off of what 307 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:01.080 they've been saying, it's development youth. You know, we want 308 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:03.679 to learn what we have with the young players. And 309 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:05.960 would you look at what Will has at his disposal. 310 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:09.480 He could bring in John Collins and that would be 311 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:12.120 a pretty big front court with Walker, John and Lowry. 312 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.240 He could bring in Bryce bry Senseiba, we could see 313 00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:17.519 a little bit more of Cody Cody Williams, and maybe 314 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:20.440 even a little bit more of Kyle Philipowski. So with 315 00:16:20.480 --> 00:16:23.960 about you know, twenty seven twenty eight minutes, now open up. 316 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:25.720 What do you think rotationally we see. 317 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.720 Yeah, well you just named all the options are going 318 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:30.559 to have and I think it's probably going to be 319 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:34.240 a rotating door depending on the matchups from night to night, 320 00:16:34.399 --> 00:16:37.559 the teams are playing, who the who the opponent is, 321 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:43.679 you know, they could go smallish with Sensible as a three. 322 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:47.519 They could go bigger with Philipowski, you know, and move 323 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:50.600 him and marking in around, depending on again, on who 324 00:16:50.600 --> 00:16:53.320 they're playing on any given night, like for example, tonight 325 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:58.759 they're playing the Sacramento Kings, who have a set rotation, 326 00:16:58.879 --> 00:16:59.639 a set lineup. 327 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:02.639 They have a starting five who are here early in 328 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.159 the season. 329 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:06.559 It's only been the handful of games, but there they're 330 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:10.400 guys are playing thirty four thirty six minutes a night, 331 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.599 so they're they got a regular group that's playing and 332 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:17.240 a group that's set to try and win this year, 333 00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:20.359 to try and get something accomplished for them, So they're 334 00:17:20.400 --> 00:17:23.039 a group that's that's gonna come in, you know, with 335 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.039 their own agenda. So every night the Jazz are gonna 336 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:29.119 be facing a different team that has a different approach 337 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:35.079 based on where they're at in their team development situation, 338 00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:39.839 whether they're competing for playoffs, whether they're competing for a championship, 339 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:42.640 whether they're just trying to get in the playoffs, whether 340 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:46.559 a developmental team like the Jazz are, say like Portland 341 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:50.480 is or something like that. So it's gonna it's gonna 342 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.079 be a rotating door. I think it's gonna be something 343 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:57.440 where they're gonna be giving different guys different looks with 344 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:01.119 different groups on the floor and to see who works 345 00:18:01.160 --> 00:18:04.000 well with each other. I don't think it changes a 346 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:06.720 lot spence in terms of the approach they're going to 347 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:10.839 take as the season goes along. In terms of rotation, 348 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:13.119 I think they're just going to be trying to find 349 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:17.759 out who we got, who plays well with who what 350 00:18:17.960 --> 00:18:20.680 makes sense on any given night, And it may be 351 00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:24.000 different guys. It may be sensible could play one night 352 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:27.319 as a starter and play thirty two minutes because he 353 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:29.000 because he gets on a little bit of a role 354 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:31.799 and then two nights later he doesn't even get in 355 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:35.039 the game because the matchup isn't right and they're trying to, 356 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:37.880 you know, take a look at somebody else, and so, uh, 357 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:40.480 that's what you're gonna see. That that's I don't think 358 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.480 a lot of that changes for what the Jazz is 359 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:45.640 overall approach going. 360 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.960 Into this season was gonna be. 361 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:50.359 So let's let's talk about some of the individual players 362 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.039 we've seen so. 363 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:52.480 Far and your thoughts. 364 00:18:52.559 --> 00:18:54.759 And I want to start with Keante, but I want 365 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:57.480 to start with a question at at what point because 366 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:01.839 I I oftentimes say, like comes to summer league, don't 367 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:04.079 worry about mak or miss. When it comes to rookies, 368 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:05.880 not many of them are going to shoot a very 369 00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:08.839 high percentage. But at what point do we worry about 370 00:19:08.839 --> 00:19:11.839 maker miss with Kyante? Because here are his college stats 371 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:16.920 at Baylor, he played thirty three games, he shot thirty 372 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:20.880 seven percent from the floor and thirty three percent from three. Okay, 373 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:23.400 So then we move over to his rookie year with 374 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:25.839 the Jazz, he shot thirty nine percent from the floor 375 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.799 in thirty three percent from three. And now we look 376 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:31.119 at what we've seen as far as this start goes 377 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:35.119 and Kyante right now is twenty seven percent from the floor, 378 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:40.039 twenty three percent from three. So college rookie start to 379 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:42.319 second year, the maker miss numbers. 380 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:44.599 We can't ignore them. 381 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:47.319 Like at this point he has shown that he is 382 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:50.759 a lead guard that can't shoot the basketball. I mean, 383 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:52.200 I don't know how else to say it, Like, at 384 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:53.640 what point does that become a concern. 385 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:58.759 Well, it's a concern the whole time. I mean, well, 386 00:19:58.799 --> 00:20:03.039 let's look at it this way. He in another another 387 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.000 ten days or so, he turns twenty one years old. Okay, 388 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:08.839 So he's a young guy. Played one year of college, 389 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:12.400 played one year professional last year. Now he's starting his 390 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:16.000 second year. You know, the thing with him with the Jazz, 391 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:20.279 from my perspective, is that they're still trying to figure 392 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:23.279 out whether he's a point guard or whether he's a 393 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:27.680 scoring two guard. And I think, you know, based on 394 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:31.480 what he's done so far for me, I think he's 395 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:34.640 gonna be He's gonna be best served long term in 396 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:39.119 his career being utilized as a as a Jordan Clarkson 397 00:20:39.319 --> 00:20:44.400 type or a Lou Williams type who's a smallish scoring 398 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:48.720 guard who's a volume shooter. He's I don't know if 399 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:52.759 he's ever gonna be a great shooter, but he can be. 400 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:58.839 I mean, look, he he I think his shot selection 401 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.079