WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:10.359 Welcome into a live edition of Clippers Talk. I'm Adam Osland. 2 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:12.560 It's good to be with you guys. Just opening up 3 00:00:12.560 --> 00:00:18.320 the chat here live on YouTube at clippers Talk is where. 4 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:18.719 You can find me. 5 00:00:18.800 --> 00:00:21.399 The good thing now about having this YouTube channel is 6 00:00:21.879 --> 00:00:24.320 I've always had the podcast for Clippers Talk and doing 7 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:27.920 it for about seven years. But now if something breaks, 8 00:00:28.640 --> 00:00:31.679 if something spicy is out there, interesting, something I just 9 00:00:31.719 --> 00:00:33.359 want to get off my chest. Even if it's late 10 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:35.280 at night and I can't sleep after a Clippers game, 11 00:00:35.600 --> 00:00:38.159 I may just go live. I may just rip off 12 00:00:38.240 --> 00:00:41.600 a podcast quickly and get it out there. And the 13 00:00:41.640 --> 00:00:45.799 reason I'm doing this one today, well, it is centered 14 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:48.280 around this article that just dropped. 15 00:00:49.479 --> 00:00:52.880 Picked up some traction. Clippers reporter for. 16 00:00:53.079 --> 00:00:59.679 Espin om Young Massouk did a great piece regarding coach 17 00:00:59.759 --> 00:01:04.359 lou and his summer and how things went working with 18 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:10.480 Team USA. As I'm trying to also navigate things here 19 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.319 and make sure I have this up on the Twitter 20 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:16.359 side so everybody knows where to find it. As we 21 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:19.840 just went live a second ago. If you can hear 22 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:22.760 me get in the chat, I'm looking for a little 23 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:27.280 bit of confirmation here to make sure everything is a go. 24 00:01:27.560 --> 00:01:30.120 Just give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down 25 00:01:30.239 --> 00:01:33.000 here if you're a voyeur and watching this right now. 26 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:36.840 And I know it is a new habit to get 27 00:01:36.840 --> 00:01:41.599 into now with these YouTube lives in here, but this 28 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:44.640 is clipper Stock. I'm out of Molesland, and I gotta 29 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.480 discuss the excitement going on right now because this article 30 00:01:48.879 --> 00:01:52.400 that Om Young Masouk did for what I typically would 31 00:01:52.400 --> 00:01:55.439 call it evil four letter although I love Oh, he's 32 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.040 one of my favorites. All Right, we got confirmation here. 33 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:02.640 Thank you, thank you you me, he says, Hi Adam, 34 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:03.280 we can hear you. 35 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:04.079 We're good to go. 36 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:06.640 So I'll get into the meat and potatoes of this 37 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:10.360 article now. The quote that stuck out to me the 38 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:13.319 highlight of this, and there's a lot of them. I'm 39 00:02:13.400 --> 00:02:15.840 going to underscore some of the bigger points here in 40 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:18.039 the article, but I want you to read the entire 41 00:02:18.080 --> 00:02:21.960 thing because OHM does some such great work. I certainly 42 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:24.039 just don't want to read the entire thing for you 43 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:27.280 and do some AI I don't know narration here that 44 00:02:27.360 --> 00:02:29.319 you could do on your phone. Uh. 45 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:33.240 I want to give you this quote from coach lou. 46 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:37.919 Last week. He said this, I guess to OHM quote 47 00:02:37.960 --> 00:02:41.879 when you lose a guy of Paul George's stature, instantly 48 00:02:41.960 --> 00:02:45.680 people think, oh, they can't win or they're not going 49 00:02:45.759 --> 00:02:51.039 to be competitive. But that just challenges me even more. Okay, 50 00:02:51.319 --> 00:02:54.120 people are counting us out, or people don't think we're 51 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.800 going to be good. That right there just gives me 52 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:57.759 an extra. 53 00:02:57.520 --> 00:02:58.479 Dose of motivation. 54 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:04.479 I can wait to prove everybody wrong. Ooh, that just 55 00:03:04.520 --> 00:03:06.319 got me fired up, right. 56 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:07.199 To run through a wall. 57 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:10.599 And I think about coach lew and who he has 58 00:03:10.680 --> 00:03:13.039 been throughout his career, who he was as a player 59 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.280 and who he's been as a head coach. He has 60 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:19.000 had to deal with doubters and detractors. He was a 61 00:03:19.080 --> 00:03:21.960 role player that got into an NBA Finals specifically to 62 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:24.360 guard Allen Iverson and get stepped over. We know the 63 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:27.560 play back in two thousand and one for the Lakers. 64 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:34.759 This is somebody that wasn't thought of as being even 65 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:35.639 close to a star. 66 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:37.199 He was a contributor. 67 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:41.639 He always had to prove it. It continues as a 68 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:45.680 head coach. He took over for David Blatt mid season 69 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:49.879 in twenty sixteen for the Cleveland Cavaliers and got them 70 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:52.560 to win a championship after everyone doubted them being down 71 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:55.599 three games to one to Golden State, the seventy three 72 00:03:55.719 --> 00:03:58.360 win Golden State Warriors team. 73 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:01.199 This is who he is. He's built like this. Guys. 74 00:04:01.240 --> 00:04:05.960 I'm telling you, if there's somebody that would take it 75 00:04:06.039 --> 00:04:10.199 personally that Paul George left his team, it's coach Lou. 76 00:04:12.680 --> 00:04:15.919 The Michael Jordan and I took that personally meme who 77 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:20.199 he played next to with the Wizards, that's Coach Lou. 78 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:23.800 Do not think for a second it's lost on him 79 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:27.759 that Paul George decided to leave him and his coaching staff. Also, 80 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.519 that's just the players, that's just the organization, Kawhi, everybody, 81 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:35.839 Steve Balmer, they took care of Paul George and he 82 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:38.560 decides to go to what he thinks is greener pastures 83 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:42.480 with Joel Embiid. But he's leaving someone who coached him 84 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:50.879 the last four seasons. He's leaving someone that had at 85 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:54.800 times to adjust his game plan to how Paul George 86 00:04:55.279 --> 00:04:58.279 was feeling that night on whether or not he was 87 00:04:58.360 --> 00:04:58.800 going to. 88 00:04:59.480 --> 00:05:01.720 Be a certain him, be a superstar. 89 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:07.639 Or kind of fade into the background a little bit 90 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.360 and just blend in and be a role player. Coach 91 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:13.399 Lou was the one that had to set him straight 92 00:05:13.519 --> 00:05:19.160 multiple times. Paul George says, he's not just the one 93 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:24.800 A or one B to Kawhi. He was second fiddle, 94 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:28.439 he was the second player, he was the number two. 95 00:05:29.879 --> 00:05:32.079 Coach Lou I had to correct that. No, no, no, 96 00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:35.160 you're a bad boy. You're a bad man, your bad 97 00:05:35.199 --> 00:05:35.839 mother effort. 98 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:37.879 Believe that is what he told him. 99 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:45.439 After last season, where Paul George also said he was 100 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:46.759 going to try to be the blue guy and do 101 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.199 the little things. After they had lost four games in 102 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:51.879 a row with them trying to make it work in 103 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:57.680 the backcourt with James Harden and Russell Westbrook, Coach lou 104 00:05:57.720 --> 00:05:58.439 did all he could. 105 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.600 You want to be more on ball, cool. 106 00:06:02.879 --> 00:06:04.839 I'll give you more on ball reps. Oh, now you 107 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:06.839 want to be off ball. Don't like being picked up 108 00:06:07.199 --> 00:06:13.199 ninety four feet by Drew Holliday. They would bend and 109 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:19.199 adjust the game plan for Paul George plenty, and he left, 110 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:23.759 and that's fine. Seventy two million dollars more. I understand 111 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:26.319 that part of it. The B team comment. We've talked 112 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.839 about that at nauseum wasn't great. Bad luck sealed his 113 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:35.160 fate with now likely being booed when he returns into 114 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:38.160 a on November six. If you guys want to get 115 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.879 in the chat here, please do. This is Clippers Talk. 116 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.600 It's Clippers Talk Live. Just the second one I've done 117 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.079 since putting up the YouTube channel about three weeks ago. 118 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:49.959 We've been doing a ton of episodes. Is I'd just 119 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.319 like to work and talk about this team. I am 120 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:58.800 most interested in Clippers' basketball more so than anything else 121 00:06:58.839 --> 00:07:01.240 really in my life right now out even during the 122 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:04.639 off season, I'm like this, I can't stop thinking about 123 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:05.600 the Clippers. 124 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:07.439 This is what I care about. 125 00:07:08.240 --> 00:07:14.199 So even when something as innocuous there is, I guess 126 00:07:14.279 --> 00:07:20.560 secondary as an article like this that doesn't seem to 127 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:22.879 have anything too inflammatory. 128 00:07:23.839 --> 00:07:27.759 Or too juicy. Maybe for some, but to me, this 129 00:07:27.839 --> 00:07:30.920 is big time. This is important. 130 00:07:31.439 --> 00:07:33.720 This gives a lot of insight into coach Liu and 131 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:35.839 who he is and how this season could go for 132 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:39.560 the Clippers. And again, Olm Young Masouf did it for 133 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:44.160 espen he is the Clippers beat reporter for ESPN. Here's 134 00:07:44.199 --> 00:07:47.319 a few more as we kind of go through this, 135 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:49.519 and I just wanted to start with that quote from 136 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.120 coach lu saying I can't wait to prove everybody wrong, 137 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:58.800 because I believe that is what fuels him. There is 138 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:03.720 a fire burning in his belly. Former players are often 139 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:08.680 like this. You know, eventually they can't stay on the floor. 140 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:11.079 They still want to compete, they get into coaching. 141 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:16.240 Coach Lou he is somebody that is very. 142 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:19.800 Passionate about the game, and you can see it on 143 00:08:19.879 --> 00:08:20.800 the sidelines. 144 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:22.000 He gets after it. 145 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:24.399 What happened in Golden State right before the All Star 146 00:08:24.439 --> 00:08:26.319 break where he was kicked out of that game shouldn't 147 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:31.480 have been mentioned the referee post game. There is an 148 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:34.879 interesting video out there about that he has an edge 149 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:38.480 to him and it goes back to being doubted as 150 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:38.879 a player. 151 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:39.519 I think. 152 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.759 Coach Lou is somebody that has had to deal with 153 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:49.120 this for so long that I think it is his 154 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:52.919 main motivation of just knowing they're trying to count us 155 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:56.639 out again. They're trying to count me out again, and 156 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:58.600 he stacks another chip on his shoulder. 157 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:02.799 Shari or shar. 158 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:08.720 Silly A CEO, Hope I got that right? Probably didn't, 159 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:12.360 says hoping we get to see DJJ Derrek Jones Junior 160 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:16.679 lockdown PG again in the finals this year. 161 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:20.440 What mind seeing that? Would mind seeing that? A meet up. 162 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:24.879 Against Philadelphia in the finals. Here's a few more excerpts 163 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.320 here from this wonderful. 164 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:28.759 Article by Ohm. 165 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:32.480 A lot of it is centered around coach Lou and 166 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:36.159 Jeff Van Gundy also being on the Team USA staff. 167 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:40.480 Not just getting ready because coach Leu was the defensive 168 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:44.799 coordinator during the Olympics for Team USA to get them 169 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:47.919 prepared each and every night, as they did going on 170 00:09:47.960 --> 00:09:50.960 to win goal down seventeen to Serbia. Coach Lou was 171 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:54.279 out there making the adjustments and they eventually clamped him 172 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:56.440 down in the second half. Some of that was just 173 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.360 really hot shooting from Serbia. It wasn't even so, you know, 174 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:01.960 a lot of attention and going towards Jokic letting guys 175 00:10:02.440 --> 00:10:05.759 get open. As Bogie had himself a game, i think 176 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:09.600 with five to three pointers at least, but it was 177 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:12.840 hot shooting that he really just couldn't slow down. There 178 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:17.080 was good perimeter defense and it didn't matter for Serbia. 179 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:21.320 But coach Lou and Jeff Van Gundy, Yeah, they were 180 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:25.759 talking behind the scenes about the Clippers, specifically over four 181 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:29.080 dinners in France. They were viewed quote play sets, pick 182 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:34.759 and roll coverages, transition, defensive schemes and Van Gundy was 183 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:37.320 crunching in the numbers and researching how to improve the 184 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:41.240 team's rebounding been a bugaboo for the Clippers for some time. 185 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:44.080 Team rebounding. We know of Eats Zubats is good in 186 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:48.600 that area, but he's not playing thirty plus minutes per game, 187 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:52.080 which we do expect him to be at this season. 188 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.679 Hopefully needs to be as a decision for coach lou 189 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:58.919 and also beat the subots. Has to stay out of 190 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:02.320 foul trouble, but they had to do it by committee. 191 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:05.360 With Kawhi Leonard playing power forward. Still looks to be 192 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:08.440 this season as well, they just don't have the decide 193 00:11:08.480 --> 00:11:10.919 to compete on the boards with the best teams in 194 00:11:10.960 --> 00:11:16.519 that area. Excited to see that from Van Gundy, kind 195 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:20.559 of honing in on some of those deficiencies and some 196 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.360 of the details that the Clippers just have to pay 197 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:26.159 attention to next season when it comes to rebounding and 198 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:29.480 getting better defensively overall, because I forget, if they finished 199 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:34.360 seventeenth or sixteenth defensively this season, that number is inflated. 200 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.000 As much as you would say, oh, you know, that's 201 00:11:38.000 --> 00:11:42.960 still bad, it was worse defensively for the Clippers, and 202 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.399 I'll get you the exact defensive rating for them. They 203 00:11:46.519 --> 00:11:50.039 end up finishing seventeenth. Let me tell you this. I've 204 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.200 been pointing out this number for some time because it's 205 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:56.559 so damning and alarming and shocking and surprising. And we'll 206 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.080 leave your mouth agape when you hear this. If you go, oh, 207 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.120 based off of just the last seventy one games in 208 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:07.440 the regular season, the Clippers were twenty first defensively last year, 209 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:12.200 twenty first, twenty one Deon Sanders number. 210 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.759 I don't know how that could happen. 211 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:18.960 When you come into training camp saying you want to 212 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:24.600 be a top five defense. That is extremely disappointing. You 213 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:27.039 take out the first two weeks, two and a half 214 00:12:27.039 --> 00:12:31.120 weeks of the season and you're twenty first to bottom 215 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.200 ten defense of the rest of the way. That can't happen. 216 00:12:34.840 --> 00:12:36.799 Old Dirty Dasher wants to know. Can we get some 217 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:39.440 clues on Friday's guest? Okay, I have to come forward 218 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:40.519 with this and clear this up. 219 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:41.519 I jinxed it. 220 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:45.279 I guess we're moving Friday's Special super secret guest. 221 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.080 Back to next week. He will be on. 222 00:12:48.799 --> 00:12:53.159 I gave a hint there, but I can't go any 223 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:55.000 further with it because I don't want to jinx it again. 224 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:56.720 I shouldn't have talked about it at all. I shouldn't 225 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:59.000 even brought this up. Why I'm old dirty dasher. Come on, 226 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:01.159 why would you make me answer that? No? Programming, No, 227 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.720 we still have coming up later tonight, Chuck Macklin will 228 00:13:04.799 --> 00:13:05.519 Updyke will be on. 229 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:07.639 We'll do some clips and dip here on Clippers Talk. 230 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:10.600 I will talk origin stories of how they became a 231 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:14.879 fan of the Clippers. Myself included. It's not just because 232 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:18.440 I work for them now, there's a deeper story to that. 233 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:21.960 And then tomorrow Justin Wilson will be on the show. 234 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:25.919 But this is a live here on Clippers Talk because 235 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:29.120 of this article. Evil four Letter put it out. 236 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.440 Olm had it. 237 00:13:30.840 --> 00:13:35.000 Coach Lou extra motivated if he wasn't already. This is 238 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:39.120 somebody that just thrives when you doubt him. This is 239 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.480 somebody that got a winning season out of the Clippers 240 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:43.639 in the twenty one to twenty two season without Kawhi 241 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.159 Leonard the entire year and with Paul George only playing 242 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:49.559 thirty one games. It's not like Coach Lou hasn't already 243 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:53.000 been through something like he's going to face next season. 244 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:59.240 With Kawhi being limited, we expect there's multiple back to 245 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:02.360 backs right the start of the season. I don't know 246 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:04.600 how they're going to treat him. I don't know how 247 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:07.480 they're gonna do it. After four straight years with him 248 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.720 not being able to finish the season healthy because of 249 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:13.559 his right knee. I would imagine he's not playing back 250 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:15.799 to backs, and his coach Lou alluded to at the 251 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:18.480 end of last season, after losing that game six to Dallas, 252 00:14:18.679 --> 00:14:23.039 he jokingly said, we're going back to load management. May 253 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:26.879 have been tongue in cheek, maybe the reality of the 254 00:14:26.919 --> 00:14:32.000 situation too, And so you go back to that twenty 255 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:35.120 one to twenty two season where they still had a 256 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:38.559 winning record twelve straight years, having a winning record longest 257 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:42.919 street currently in the NBA in that respect, he had 258 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:45.799 to do it with thirty one games from Paul George 259 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:48.519 and zero from Kawhi out the entire year coming off 260 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:53.799 the ACL tear. He's seen worse situations. I think this 261 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:58.679 team is better. I think this team has more talent. 262 00:14:59.039 --> 00:15:02.080 And of course, if you swap out Paul George only 263 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:04.399 playing thirty one games for whatever you get from Kawhi 264 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:07.519 Leonard this year, we're expecting more than thirty one. I'm 265 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.440 hoping it's sixty plus. They're not in a bad spot, 266 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:16.519 not as bad as it looks. Elgony said this, We 267 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:20.399 still have hardened in Kawhi didn't have Harden that year, 268 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:24.840 and we got younger, more athletic in a defensive minded squad. 269 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:27.080 Had the squad the quote. 270 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:30.000 From Van Gundy about getting better at rebounding exactly what 271 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:33.120 we need. How do you improve in all these other areas? 272 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:39.480 You lose Paul George, you lose a lot offensively, a 273 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.600 guy who averaged twenty three per game last season with 274 00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:44.120 a high level of efficiency, one of the most if 275 00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:46.240 not the most efficient season of his career. How do 276 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:51.000 you replace that guy? Get more possessions through offensive rebounds 277 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:58.360 and keeping the opposition off the glass on the other end, 278 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:02.879 and then also soh clamping down and getting back to 279 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:06.519 a clamp city mindset after what happened last season and 280 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:11.639 really the season before too, where they were sixteenth overall defensively, Guys, 281 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:14.840 they haven't been good defensively since that twenty one to 282 00:16:14.840 --> 00:16:17.399 twenty two season without Kawhi, with Paul George playing thirty 283 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:19.159 one games where they were eighth defensively. 284 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:23.600 How do they do that? That season? The hole was 285 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.159 greater than. 286 00:16:24.200 --> 00:16:26.360 Some of his parts, and they really zoned it and 287 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:29.159 keyed in and had a defensive mindset from the outset 288 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.600 and knew they had to be good on that end 289 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:34.159 because the offense wasn't gonna be as good without as 290 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:38.960 much firepower, without the star power, without the star power 291 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:41.440 of Paul George. They should be in that same spot. 292 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:44.320 They have to be a top ten defense. They have 293 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.799 to be a top eight defense. I'm gonna say, if 294 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:48.879 they want a chance of staying out of the plan, 295 00:16:49.919 --> 00:16:53.120 gain the sixth spot, maybe the five spot, if you're 296 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:57.519 really optimistic, they have to be at least a top 297 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:01.200 eight defense. And yes, they do have the guys to 298 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:04.480 do it, the personnel, the roster construction. I said it 299 00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:09.160 right after they brought in djj oh we're losing Paul George. 300 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.400 Here's Dereck Jones Junior. 301 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:12.880 That was Laurence Frank in the front office tipping their 302 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:14.839 hand and saying, this is how we're building this team. 303 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:19.359 This is how we're going to do it. It's a 304 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:24.880 defensive identity. Now, a defensive makeup defensive DNA you bring back, 305 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:29.240 but Tom, you bring in Chris Dunn. They have the 306 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:32.480 guys I want to see in that starting lineup. Still 307 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:35.119 Tearnce Man in there, because there were thirty games over 308 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:39.960 five hundred, basically going back to January of twenty twenty 309 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:44.440 three when he had that brief fourteen game stint before 310 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:46.960 they brought in Russell Westbrook of being in the starting lineup, 311 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:48.440 and with Terrence Mann in there. 312 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:52.279 They went ten and four from that point throughout this 313 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.440 next year. 314 00:17:54.920 --> 00:18:00.799 They were I think fifty eight and twenty eight with 315 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:04.720 Terrence Man in the starting lineup. Keep him in there 316 00:18:05.119 --> 00:18:08.519 next to James Hard in the backcourt, djj at the three, 317 00:18:09.039 --> 00:18:11.720 Kawhi Leonard at the four, of Easa Zubats at the five. 318 00:18:12.400 --> 00:18:16.039 That's the defensive orients is starting five right there. You 319 00:18:16.119 --> 00:18:18.839 can insulate and make up for the deficiencies of James 320 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:21.839 Harden by having Terrence Man next to him. By having 321 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:28.079 those other guys, they can do it. Here's some more 322 00:18:28.599 --> 00:18:34.119 positive news from that article. Mark Few, another head coach 323 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:37.960 next to Eric Spolstra, next to coach lou next to 324 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:41.319 Steve Kerr with TMOSA said they were obviously so dialed 325 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:44.440 into into helping us talking about ty Lou and Jeff 326 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:47.839 Van Gundy with Tmosa basketball. But then they'd be meeting 327 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:50.680 on the side, eating or riding together somewhere. Sometimes I 328 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:54.920 would sit in and listen to them. Top Clippers, Top 329 00:18:54.920 --> 00:19:03.200 Clippers Basketball. They're both just basketball grinders, big time. Sporlzer 330 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:06.079 said this about Coach Lou. He's like Russell crow in 331 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:11.559 a Beautiful Mind, comparing him to the Academy Award winning 332 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:16.079 Oscar winning performance from Russell Crowe in that movie. He's 333 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:21.480 got papers, diagrams, notes all over the place. In fact, 334 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:28.319 after Paul George was out, apparently Coach Lou was scribbling 335 00:19:28.400 --> 00:19:32.920 sets and diagrams on anything he could note, pads, napkins, 336 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:36.119 and he's got three hundred plays stored in his iPhone 337 00:19:36.839 --> 00:19:40.400 photo album, his iPhone photo album, I'm a Android guy. 338 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.319 And notes. 339 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.680 Knowing how the Clippers will play differently now than they 340 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:50.160 did with Paul George, three hundred plays already seems good, 341 00:19:50.599 --> 00:19:53.880 seems very encouraging. Coach Lou said this, My mind's always going. 342 00:19:54.680 --> 00:19:56.839 When you lose an important piece like Paul, you gotta 343 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:59.680 do it by committee. He's a very huge defensive player, 344 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:04.200 for us. He was handling the ball, scoring the basketball. 345 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.319 Making plays. 346 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.640 So losing him is going to be tough. They know 347 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:12.799 the task at hand, they're aware it's not easy to 348 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:15.279 replace a guy like that. You got to do it collectively. 349 00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:18.960 But he's been good at doing more with less, getting 350 00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:25.759 the most out of guys, overperforming and outperforming expectations when 351 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:29.160 they have had teams that are limited talents wise, talent wise, 352 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:33.480 or when their backs are against the wall. It's twenty 353 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:36.759 one to twenty two season. It's not like that's an 354 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:39.640 isolated thing where that was the only time coach lou 355 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:41.720 didn't have his stars. 356 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:43.960 Yes, it was extreme that year, but. 357 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:48.279 We're talking about overall during their Clippers' tenure two to 358 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:52.680 three era, Kawhi and Paul George missed I think over 359 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:55.599 three hundred games combined. Nay Gee said, if they didn't 360 00:20:55.599 --> 00:20:59.359 trade for Harden, they would have been better defensively. Losing 361 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:03.559 Roco but and kJ is a big deal. AJ Martin 362 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:08.000 who hasn't really proven anything yet, not a huge deal 363 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:10.119 written for the guy. But uh Roko who wasn't playing 364 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:14.759 that much. No, but to im sure, Uh, there's a 365 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:19.559 trade off. They also went to an elite offensive place 366 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:22.119 like we've never seen with the Clippers winning on twenty 367 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:24.200 six to five run because they traded for Hard and 368 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:26.440 I think it was the right move, especially now that 369 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:29.640 you get But tune back anyways, Old Dirty Dasher says, 370 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:34.240 can you ask your guests about their Clippers origin story 371 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:37.680 if they have one. I know some media can't or won't, 372 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.799 but other mine. Well, Chuck Mocklan will Updyke tonight we 373 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:44.079 will talk about Clippers origin stories. 374 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:48.079 How you became fans. Uh coach lu said. 375 00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:54.000 This speaking of James Harden, it'll be it will make 376 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.920 quote a huge difference having him the entire training camp. 377 00:21:58.319 --> 00:22:01.279 It will You have to consider that there were growing pains, 378 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:04.640 there was a learning curve. It took a little bit 379 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:08.839 of time before they eventually hit the ground running, and 380 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:12.759 their offense was a well oiled machine with him, he 381 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:15.599 said quote. Having to learn how to best use him 382 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:18.039 on the fly was tough. What he's shown us is 383 00:22:18.079 --> 00:22:21.119 that we could run a pick and roll, scoring the basketball, 384 00:22:21.200 --> 00:22:23.599 making plays for each other, making it easy for everybody 385 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:27.440 to play. Harden's so critical for this season with elevating 386 00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:33.680 guys around him. That is one of the keys to 387 00:22:33.759 --> 00:22:37.759 getting more out of contributors and role players like Terrence 388 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.119 Man and Vitza Zubots have to be huge. Big Zoo, 389 00:22:40.119 --> 00:22:42.640 I think is the third most important player on this team, 390 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:46.000 behind Kawhi and James Harden. Now and James Harden, I 391 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:50.160 think we'll be able to get the most out of him. 392 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:55.720 Speaking of Kawhi Leonard, coach lou said this quote, I 393 00:22:55.839 --> 00:23:00.160 speak to him all the time. He'll be ready for 394 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:03.920 training camp. He's feeling good, and I know he'll be 395 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:07.559 ready for training camp. That might be the most important 396 00:23:07.599 --> 00:23:10.759 quote in this article, or at least right up there 397 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.640 with coach Luce saying I can't wait to prove everybody wrong. 398 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:21.519 We haven't heard much outside of we had the report 399 00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:25.920 from Kelly Johnson, brought her on, talked about Mobamba at 400 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:28.319 opening night for Into It Do. I'm saying he had 401 00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:30.920