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Speaker 1: What is going on? Clippers fans, Welcome to season three,

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episode twenty five of Clips and Dip the Election Special. No,

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I'm just kidding. We're only gonna be talking about the

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Clippers and some former Clippers. I am Chuck Mockler, joined

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by Adam Oslin and William Updyke. We got the full

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crew here for you tonight. Thank you for listening, Thank

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you for watching. If you watching us on Clippers dot

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com slash or YouTube dot com Slash at Clippers podcast,

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We're gonna be talking what happened last night against the

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Spurs some trends were noticing, and then this week of

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ex Clippers returning with Paul George coming in on Wednesday night.

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But before we get into that, it's a very easy

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going day for all of us. Adam and will how

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the heck are you doing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, man, it's to uh brave the lines at the

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polls and uh yeah doing good. Ryan high still off

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that win from last night. Got to talk with Adam

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on the radio a little bit. It was a good time.

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Speaker 1: It was a win. You're contractually obligated to be on

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Clippers Talk. I'm happy that hasn't been avoided yet. Adam

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how are you.

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Speaker 3: I'm good. I'm still happy about the victory in the

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fashion that they got it last night. Uh, that just

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felt like a classic Clippers win and to do that

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into it Doom to get their first win was pretty special.

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Speaker 1: I'd like it was it Tylo who called it getting

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the gorilla off their back. They couldn't even call it

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a monkey. They were like, this is too big right now.

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Speaker 3: Apparently Steve Vaumer came into the locker room pregame and

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was joking that maybe this building's cursed and I'll have

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to I'll have to to break it down and build

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another one, or something like that. It was all jokes,

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that's what James Harden said.

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Speaker 1: I mean they could have just played in the forum

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for a bit while they remodel the into It Dome

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to get the spirits out of there. I think that

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would have worked out. Okay, that's a nice We have

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to talk. And now that we're all three together, who'da thunk?

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Twenty six point comeback led by elite three point shooting?

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Will and I were on the live people were pretty excited,

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shouting out in your coffee all that kind of stuff. Adam,

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what was your favorite part of that win? If you

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had to pick one thing.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of fact that everybody was killing Coach

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Lou and saying you have to stagger James hard and

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Norman Powell at all times. And what was the lineup

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that won the game for him? Yeah, they went plus

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nineteen and nine minutes. I've been talking about it since,

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like game three, like they've been good and they had

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one bad stint and the media the first question I

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think he got that night was did you ever think

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about putting James Harden or Norman Powell back in? And

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it was a rough one for Coach Lou. That was

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an unbelievable question after that lost to OKAC, So I

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was very happy to see that he's stuck to his

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guns and that's the line up that won it for him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was a really good TAILU game. I thought overall,

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he rode the hot hands when he had to, you know,

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stick with him. Will has anything changed? What was one

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of your favorite things now that we're one day removed

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from such the thrilling victory.

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Speaker 2: I mean just the bench overall, but Coffee obviously and

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in particular was absolutely incredible. There's no way we win

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that game without him and that's kind of going to

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be the formula if this team is going to beat

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is going to continue to win games, Like, you're going

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to have to have some outlier performances, I think in

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addition to you know, getting getting consistent stuff out of

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your stars, and we got less than consistent stuff at

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James Harden, and like we were able to like turn

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our fortunes in the in the second half, which I

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think is kind of the opposite of what we've seen

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thus far in the season, like a lot of strong

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first halves and then sort of not great execution. So yeah,

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it was great, but specifically the bench for me was

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what really got it done.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the building of the lead and then kind of

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trying to keep our legs formula did not work last night.

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We got smuck. That first quarter was terrible, literally, probably

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the worst first quarter they'll have. They're not gonna score four,

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I don't think knock on woodkeptical skeptical.

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Speaker 3: This offense is uh out of struggles at times. I mean,

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I don't know that's fair. They won't do that while

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giving up forty Maybe on the other end, that's that's

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Speaker 1: That was the most surprising part. The offense. You're like, wow,

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the offense isn't playing well. The defense looked a little

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sloppy in that first quarter.

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Speaker 3: I thought they were really bad defensively to start off

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the game. Like finally, my worry was, uh, oh, the

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offense has broke the defense, Like they're giving into the

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fact that they can't score on the other end, and

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now it's really affecting their defense. Because that's always been

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a concern of mine that you know, it's easy to

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start the season like that and have all these principles

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and say we're gonna be the hardest playing team ever.

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Then you start to get a little bit tired, shots

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continuing not to fall. It just becomes a grind on

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offense and it can get to your defense. And that's

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what it looked like in the first.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that they were they were resilient. They did the

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old Clippers thing right that the people missed, which was

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fight back. As the kids say, will you mentioned kind

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of Harden having a spotty night. This kind of goes

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into the trends. I think we're noticing Harden is doing

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all he can for this Clippers team.

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Speaker 2: You wish it was a little more efficient, but yeah.

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Speaker 1: Right, twenty one ten on thirty eight percent from the

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floor in twenty nine percent from three.

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Speaker 3: The word the season legs are coming, guys, I heard

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we're casuals for not realizing the season legs just got

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to kick in. They're coming a day now.

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Speaker 1: Highest usage rate since twenty fourteen, twenty fifteen? Are we

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how are we feeling about this? Just in general?

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Speaker 2: What's the what's the minutes slowed? Like fourteen fifteen to.

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Speaker 1: Nommm because the defense. We saw some flashes of really

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good defense last night. That one sequence specifically that everyone

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was losing.

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Speaker 2: Oh, where he had where he had like six deflections possession,

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like he was like a cat when they like start

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batting at something.

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Speaker 1: I still though, sorry the minutes per game thirty five

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point one, which puts him at pretty low. I mean

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it's not in the top one two, three, four, five, six, seven,

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eight ten seasons he's had.

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Speaker 2: Okay, great, so still keeping the minutes low, usage high,

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that's understandable. Tell me away, tell me away that his

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usage can't be high when he's on the court without

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Kawhi Leonard, like with with no Kawhi Leonard on this

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team because I can't think of one. If you've got

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a better idea, I'm I'm all ears all years.

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Speaker 1: We just stick him in the corner.

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Speaker 3: No, I had an idea from a guy last night

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in the chat who said they should bench him and

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he should be coming off the bench and that'll keep him.

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Speaker 2: That was the only downside of the bench performances. We

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were getting some questions too, like does this team look

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a little bit better when it's on the bench.

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Speaker 3: No, It's like, guys, it really doesn't you all realize

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that as much as I'm praising that second unit with

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Big Zoo, they're going up against the other team second unit,

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not the other team starters. Hard's going up against the

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other team starters. There's a little bit of a difference there.

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Speaker 1: So how is it Do we just have to hope

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that it kind of keeps going? I would say exactly

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like it is. With the efficiency being a little spotty,

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the assists being there, we're having to live with the

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second most turnovers per game of his career so far,

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Like this is kind of what it's gonna be.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I expect the efficiency to pick up. I mean,

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you know that's always been sort of a knock on James.

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I just feel like every single year we hear, oh,

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he's in the best shape of his life, and then

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at some point in the season it's like, oh, I

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was playing my way into shape. So I I you know,

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I think it's a mixture of both things and well,

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and like I'm just like, like, I'm not even trying

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to like, I'm not even trying to bag on the guy,

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because it's it's different when you're in your thirties, man,

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Speaker 1: Can't sit the thirties.

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Speaker 2: You can't like you can't stay ready at the same

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like at the same level of performance that you could

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when you know when he was like contending for MVPs.

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It's it's completely different. So I'm definitely not bagging on

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him here. It's totally understandable, but it is also a

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very real thing, like he is going to play his

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way into shape a little bit more, and I do

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think that when that happens, we will see an increase

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in that efficiency.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's something to season legs kicking in

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because even he mentioned it, But I don't know if

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it's going to get significantly higher. Like, Okay, he went

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three of six from three. I think last night. I

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do think his three point shooting will go up and

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he'll end up this season like around thirty five percent

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from three. Yeah, So for that to happen, I guess

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he's got to get on some peters here and there.

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It's still only a seven game sample size. That will

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also bring up his fuel goal percentage when he starts

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knocking down more threes too. I just don't think it's

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gonna be you know, crazy efficiency or some of the

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stuff we saw last season during the thirty one game

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stretch where he was playing great and everything was about

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efficiency with him and Kawhi and Paul George. Because he's

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got to do so much more right now without Kawhi

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and Paul George. It's just too much to ask. And

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even though I do think, I mean the leanness that

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he came into this season with how trim he looked,

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he's still thirty five, Like you could be in great shape,

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but you're still older. Like it helps, but it can

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only do so much, I think.

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Speaker 1: And he's a party in thirty five, you know what

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Speaker 2: He's oh yeah, I mean he's got some city mind.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got some sitting miles on well, and you

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you look. You mentioned his three point shooting. He was

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three or five last night the game for that, he

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was two of nine, which is like absolute stinker. He

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was two of twelve versus the Warriors. Every other game

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he's been at thirty or percent or above. So it's

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like the variance hopefully evens out. But I think those

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two two twelve is nuts.

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Speaker 2: Though. Was horrible.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was that was bad. But we won that game.

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Speaker 2: So you're saying when he's worse, the team is better.

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Speaker 1: Volume King, I've fallen into the trap. How much longer

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do you think can Norm keep this up?

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Speaker 2: The longest streak is this, it's the longest streak of

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twenty plus point games in his career.

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Speaker 1: Correct, yes, twenty five or twenty five points per game

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on sixty four percent true shooting, which if you're not

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familiar with that stat that is combining their field goals,

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three point shots, and free throws into a single percentage.

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It's very good. He's never averaged twenty points per game

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in his career. The most these average was nineteen point six,

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which is very close.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he's so close. We talked about I

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just feel like We talked about this all season last year,

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Like Norman is a guy who can waltz into twenty points, Like,

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it's not it's not that surprising. Just you know, his

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usage and minutes are completely different, and like with down

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Too All Stars, it's so much more necessitated. So I

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think that it's possible for him. I mean, he's been

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close enough before nineteen point five. I'm round enough on that.

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Speaker 1: Baby, he's even better.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's to me, he's had a twenty point average season,

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so I do expect that to be Yeah, I expect

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it to be at least that. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: My only concern is, you know, I don't expect the

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efficiency to be this high all season long. Or he's

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at forty five percent from three right now, fifty one

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percent from the floor, but it could be high. I

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think over forty one percent from three is very possible

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from him. He was at forty four percent coming off

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the bench. It just for now being a starter going

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up against starters. So I mean, I'm good with everything

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I'm very happy for Norm and the production that he's

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given this team, and he is backing up the addition

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by subtraction talk that he had at media day.

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Speaker 2: Yes, well, the starting rule is new, closing is nothing new.

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Speaker 1: For this is true, hell is true.

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Speaker 3: Yes, playing more defense also new.

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Speaker 1: But had some good free safety work last night.

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Speaker 3: He has. It feels like he's always had a bit

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of a I don't know, standout defensive play in every game.

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Like he may not be great all the time there's

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down moments, but he makes a play here and there

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that can really help you out and get you in transition.

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Speaker 1: Timely plays dime dropper. How to tweet? He said, what's

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funny is Norm is averaging twenty five points per game.

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Almost none of it is off of him creating his

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own shot. It's just like all like, it's just incredible efficient.

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He's here to go.

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Speaker 2: That's perfect too, right like with the increased defensive uh like,

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roll like, that's great. Having him do less to get

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to get to that twenty plus points, I think is

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what more can you ask for?

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Speaker 3: And that's why it's so efficient. If he had to

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create for himself, you wouldn't get the efficiency lines that

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you're getting right now. It's Norm curling to his right,

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it's Norm on a catch and shoot. It's Norm crossing

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the lane and putting up the little floater like a

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lot of it, Yeah, is generated through offense or from

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looks from others, and Norm just I don't know, playing

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within within himself. I love seeing it. And Jack is

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frozen as hell. He's he's back, He's back. But now

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I can't hear Willll What the.

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Speaker 2: Hell he's back? Everyone's back? Everything is fine?

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Speaker 3: Oh flying here?

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Speaker 1: How are you? I was just wondering. They mentioned, like

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the pick and roll talk earlier in the season. Have

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we seen Norm much of the pick and roll yet?

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I don't not say an he needs to. I don't

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mean it like that, but that was mentioned in the preseason.

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Speaker 2: Again though, that's kind of the opposite of him not

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having to do a lot to get his own shot.

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Speaker 3: Right, his best pass seems to be the kickout or

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wrap around once he gets to the basket and instead

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of going up with it for a layup out to

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a three point shooter or to a big and zoo like,

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he's capable of that, but he's just still not a

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great playmaker.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it didn't need to be, because again, he's here

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to score the bucket. He's in a heightened lou Williams

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scoring wise role Lou again, wonderful pass from the pick

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and roll.

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Speaker 2: But another one of those things, though, like like you know,

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like the Kai Jones thing, another one of those things that,

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like the Clippers can mitigate some of these issues with motion,

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and so if you can get if you can get

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Norm downhill in situations where he has to create, obviously

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that's going to be a lot better. But you know,

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how sustainable is that over a two game season. You know,

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it's probably better. It's probably better to stay the where

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says constructed right now.

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Speaker 3: Do what you do best. Please just do that. They

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do it a lot.

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Speaker 1: I felt the please on that. Speaking of doing things

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that people do the best. I know Adam is going

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to be excited to talk about this. The KPJ done

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a mere Nico Zoo lineup that we talked about a

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couple episodes ago, and we were talking about the most

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played lineups. Second most minutes of any lineup has forty minutes.

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The next highest is twenty two. It's a plus nine.

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This is a plus nine with Nico shooting sub thirty

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percent from the floor and KPJ shooting a ghastly thirty

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four percent.

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Speaker 3: And with them going minus ten in one game in

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that stint against OKC in five minutes. If they don't

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get shelled there, it's even better. It's been good. It's

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won all three games that they have won. That lineup

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has had a huge impact, and they won the damn

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game last night plus nineteen and nine.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, absolutely, that run was that the third They.

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Speaker 3: Had a run at the end of the third quarter

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where they went plus six in the last two minutes.

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But they had a run to start the second quarter

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that got him back into the game. It was a

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sixteen to two run.

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Speaker 1: I think, yeah. I think Norm was supposed to check

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in during that run and Ty was like, I can't,

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we can't do this. What do we think? Do we

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just stay the course with this? I know, because the

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bugaboo in this lineup that fans have talked about is

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KPJ shooting. If he's going to have that high usage

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out of you run up the usage stats from him, well,

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what do you think?

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Speaker 2: Like, I mean, I think last game I really liked

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the way he was able to elevate people around him

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and initiate offense, which is kind of like, you know,

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if you were on the KPJ, if you were banging

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the KPJA drum coming into this season. I feel like

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there was a lot made of of his playmaking in

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addition to just his like high volume on boss scoring,

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which you know hasn't worked out so far. I guess

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I think it would. I think it would improve Flee

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from where it is, uh but getting getting into that

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sort of a role where he's able to where he's

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able to be a floor general, especially as they have

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Chris Donn playing off Balmore and uh, yeah, I think

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that that I think that that is the best way forward.

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But this lineup is kind of an encapsulation of what

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I thought made this roster really interesting this year. Despite

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not having the same ceiling of talent, you have this

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really interesting mix of like solid vets who you basically

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you know what you're gonna get out of them, and

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then some younger guys that are kind of wild cards,

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but they're like established enough in their position if that

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makes sense, Like you you know, you they have a role,

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they have an identity, and I think like the combination

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of those two things is really interesting. It's just like

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kind of a blend that we haven't really had, right,

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Like generally things are like so vet heavy through the

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two one three era, which makes sense when you're a

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championship contending team, you want guys that you know exactly

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what you're going to get out of. But this was

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a little bit of like spontaneity and a degree of

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uncertainty while still not having like having to worry about

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the floor falling all the way to funk out because

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you still have these nets on the floor.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you still got a Nico out there to help

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on the defensive side of the ball. Chris Dunn has

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been I mean.

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Speaker 2: As advertised, well, I just feel like as advertised.

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Speaker 3: Everybody who's watched Chris done, this is Chris done. Like

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I know a lot of people are falling in love

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with him, and it's awesome to see. We said he'd

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become a fan favorite immediately, like this is what he does.

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He's the new Pat Bev.

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Speaker 1: Do we think, because again there's just a lot of

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chatter out there, is it is TI just gonna keep

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this going. I know, Adam, you just said keep doing

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what you're good at. I think Ty's is going to

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keep this lying. I don't think there's a change for

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KPJ coming, not saying that I'm pro that but if

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you've watched Tyler's coach teams, if things are working, he

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doesn't usually change.

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Speaker 3: Them, Like why would he? That's why I was so

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bewildered by the criticism he got and all of a

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sudden people being outraged for him not aggering James Harden

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with Norm Palet. It's like, guys, have you been watching?

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He hasn't been doing that, and it's been working. That's

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how they won two games. So when I heard that

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question from the reporter after the OKC game, I was

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just like, and Coach lu got kind of irritated. He

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even asked at one point, have you been watching? Like

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he pushed back a little bit. I forget, I don't

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remember the gentleman's name. I wouldn't ask. He's there for

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a lot of games. And while I understood why he'd ask,

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I'm thinking in my mind, wait, guys, he's been starting

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with this and fourth quarters every game, like they have

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played in every game this lineup, and they have been good.

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And they were you know after that first weekend, after

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three games, they were a plus ten and fourteen minutes

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and they were huge against Denver and Golden State, So like,

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why would he not go back to it would be

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the question it blew up against OKC because Isaiah Joe

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went off for some three pointers and Zoom missed some

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chip shots against chet Holmgren. It's like, so I asked

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him pregame before the game yesterday, like that lineup had

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been good for you, How do you go about it now?

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Do you make an adjustment or you say this line's

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been good for us, will we try it again? And

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he basically said, yeah, let's flow the game type thing,

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and he went back to it in their darkest hour

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down twenty six. Had he gets to the second quarter

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and they went on a sixteen to two run and

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they won them the damn game. They have no chance

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getting back into that one if it's not for that five.

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So I don't understand, Like I think it would be

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bad coaching not to keep going to it until you

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get a healthy sample size of it not working. Right now,

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it's a somewhat small sample size of it working, So

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how do you not keep going back to it until

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it breaks?

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Speaker 1: Like I don't know, small sample size? But also the

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second most played lineup, so it's like he's using it.

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Speaker 3: Forty minutes in seven games. Isn't necessarily like, well, it's

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a small sample size because the season's early. Forty minutes

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in seven games so far, it's not nothing either, know, right,

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And I think how Will put it, like, there's almost

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like guardrails. You got KPJ out there as the wild card,

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and then you have a bunch of these stable guys

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around him, including a guy you can feature now in

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Visa Zoo Boss that they're finally doing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. That wow, fantastic segue. I think Adam read the

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breakdown Big Zoo. Big Zoo is having a career year.

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I really liked Adam what you said last game about

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the field goal percentage was not there for Zoo last game.

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Speaker 3: But nobody else liked it. In the half when I

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was like, he's four or fourteen and this is awesome.

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I'm telling you guys, it's awesome.

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Speaker 1: But he got offensive boards, he had, you know, like

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he was making effort plays, he cashed in his free throws.

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Zoo top five center in the league right now.

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Speaker 3: Uh, he's leading in boards, top twelve. I think, well

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he is, Like I've gone through like there are nine

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guys that are definitively obviously better than a Visas in

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this league. When you actually go through. It's like, but

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by the end of the season, who knows. Like a

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lot of this is because of past experience and what

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those guys have done. Compared to Vitza Zubats, He's at

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seventeen and thirteen right now. I thought coming into this

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season the floor has to be fifteen to ten and

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at best he could be eighteen eleven by the time

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the Averagers come out at the end of the season,

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because I'm still expecting Kawhi to play at some point

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and therefore Beata Zubots will get less touches when Kawhi

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is out there. But my point with last night's game

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and in that first half, and why I liked it

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so much, is they didn't give in to going away

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from a Vicha Zubots just because he was missing some

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gimmes when they were doubling and tripling. And then it's

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just wemb Yama and he's otherworldly and there's not much

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you can do about some of those hooks shots he blocked,

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like stay the DM course, this is the blueprint. There

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are no other options. You have to play through a

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Viza Zubas. This is what we've been saying coming into

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the season. Why he's the most third, most impactful guy

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on this team. Like, you have to roll with him

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now because going away from him probably means you're going

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to lose the ball game. Going to him doesn't guarantee

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a victory, but it gives you a shot. And so

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even though he was struggling, I guess even though some

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of those you know, all those offensive rebounds, a lot

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of it at the time, it eventually led to him

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making the bucket. But four or fourteen looks really bad,

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of course, but it's like, no, he's battling, he's fighting

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through it. He's not at his best. He's going up

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00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,920
against a tough defense right now, and let him work

475
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,920
through it. Show confidence in Visa Zubas, because this is

476
00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,279
what you need out of him moving forward. He's not

477
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,279
going to be perfect all the time, but you can't always.

478
00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,599
It always felt like you got this rookie treatment before,

479
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:40,200
wherever Viza Zubats doesn't play well early, they go away

480
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,160
from him right away. Now you can't do that anymore.

481
00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,839
So I was so happy for him, and he shined

482
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,359
late dunking on a Wemby like they kept him in

483
00:23:49,559 --> 00:23:51,079
that he was part of the lineup that won the

484
00:23:51,079 --> 00:23:53,480
ball game and turned the game around it. And I

485
00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:56,000
just think it's a blueprint for success for this team.

486
00:23:56,079 --> 00:23:58,359
You have to play through Visa zoobots, even if he's

487
00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,440
struggling early, and he has to know that even if

488
00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:03,839
because there's always felt like also over the years that

489
00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:06,519
Visas about struggles early, has a hard time pulling himself

490
00:24:06,519 --> 00:24:09,240
out of that and it continues to be a bad game.

491
00:24:09,599 --> 00:24:11,759
He's got to have that belief also that hey, I

492
00:24:11,759 --> 00:24:14,400
can turn this game around. There's still plenty of time left.

493
00:24:14,599 --> 00:24:15,640
So I love that game.

494
00:24:16,079 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, well you brought up too and kind of outam

495
00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:20,160
what you're saying, like he was going against Wemby on defense,

496
00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:21,119
Like he's not going.

497
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:24,640
Speaker 3: Against oh my, oh my god.

498
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 1: Uh Wemby's so tall. That poster that Zoo had on

499
00:24:28,039 --> 00:24:31,400
him looks like Wemby's posterizing him. That photo the posted,

500
00:24:31,839 --> 00:24:35,319
it looks like Wemby's dunking up. It's like, so weird.

501
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,720
Will Zoo top five center currently? Not all not like

502
00:24:41,839 --> 00:24:42,759
legacy wise.

503
00:24:43,319 --> 00:24:46,119
Speaker 2: What you're saying. I still think there's some guys out

504
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:46,440
of him.

505
00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:52,720
Speaker 3: You got you got Zooy Davis.

506
00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:57,079
Speaker 1: Yeahs having her ear what availability the bonus?

507
00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,759
Speaker 3: Uh I put.

508
00:24:58,599 --> 00:25:03,279
Speaker 1: Zoo over some bonus. I was not. I'm homering right now,

509
00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,680
all right, haggle, No haggle. The defense has been what

510
00:25:08,759 --> 00:25:11,279
we were sold in the offseason so far.

511
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, haggle.

512
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 1: Would get a hot take. Sometimes you throw up a

513
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,839
hot take thing and no one buyes. I was happy

514
00:25:24,839 --> 00:25:29,000
about it. I was, unfortunately watching the Spurs broadcast, uh

515
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:35,119
last game, very very complaining broadcast. They talked a lot

516
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:39,440
about JVG and they were actually praising Van Gundy, which

517
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:41,559
it's nice to hear the opposing team give credit to

518
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:43,920
an assistant coach who I think is the most talked

519
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:49,559
about assistant coach on broadcast in any by any other margin.

520
00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:52,799
Speaker 2: But it's a Van Gundy. I mean, like, like the

521
00:25:52,839 --> 00:25:56,720
guy's kind of a legend, like and every and broadcasting career,

522
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:57,880
Like you know.

523
00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,240
Speaker 1: At every shot where they panned to the he looks funny.

524
00:26:01,599 --> 00:26:02,960
No matter well, for sure.

525
00:26:03,079 --> 00:26:04,839
Speaker 2: He's always doing something hilarious.

526
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,079
Speaker 1: He looks funny.

527
00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:06,359
Speaker 2: Like.

528
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 1: I don't mean that this was a character. He's absolutely

529
00:26:09,519 --> 00:26:10,039
a character.

530
00:26:10,519 --> 00:26:12,559
Speaker 2: It just I don't know. I do think that it's

531
00:26:12,599 --> 00:26:16,400
really cool to seeing him be like completely reinvigorated. It

532
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,920
seems like for the sport and how involved he is,

533
00:26:20,039 --> 00:26:22,480
because you know, when they when they initially announced this,

534
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,240
I was, you know, like I I was kind of excited,

535
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:28,839
you know, I wasn't like off the charts. But then

536
00:26:29,079 --> 00:26:31,920
I realized there was some article I can't remember if

537
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:33,599
it was ESPN or who did it that talked a

538
00:26:33,599 --> 00:26:35,920
little bit more about what his consulting was like with

539
00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,440
the Celtics and sort of what he was looking for

540
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,920
and how involved he wanted to be. And I don't know,

541
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,519
I think that's pretty inspiring for a guy who's been

542
00:26:43,559 --> 00:26:45,440
around the game for as long as he has to

543
00:26:45,839 --> 00:26:49,519
have this sort of you know, third wind, I guess,

544
00:26:49,559 --> 00:26:52,319
like to his career and to his love of the sport.

545
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:53,279
I think that's pretty cool.

546
00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:58,079
Speaker 3: It is Wind, It kind of I don't know, drops

547
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:01,359
down the caricature or whatever. He was as a broadcaster

548
00:27:01,599 --> 00:27:04,359
having fun with Mark Jackson and he realize, oh, this

549
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,319
guy is also a basketball genius. Still, like there is

550
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,599
plenty of substance here to him, because sometimes the further

551
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,960
you get away from the game, like Shack, I think

552
00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,559
he's hurt his own legacy in some ways by the

553
00:27:17,599 --> 00:27:20,039
way he acts on a broadcast that we forget how

554
00:27:20,079 --> 00:27:23,880
dominant he was even Charles Barkley to an extent. Yeah,

555
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,960
and I think people start to feel like that about

556
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,160
Jeff Van Gundy, where you know, it's almost a cartoon

557
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,400
watching him do the broadcast thing with Mark Jackson, and

558
00:27:33,799 --> 00:27:36,720
this guy was coaching during a different time, but it's

559
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:41,240
like no, no, no, no, this guy is a defensive stalwart.

560
00:27:41,319 --> 00:27:43,799
He is a defensive savant. This is what he does.

561
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:47,440
So I love seeing the old school succeed in the

562
00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:48,759
new school as well.

563
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,519
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think it makes things easier for Tie

564
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:56,119
to just have as good and vocal of an assistant coach,

565
00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:57,960
you know what I mean? In that role? Is there

566
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,839
an assistant Coach of the Year award? Is there like

567
00:28:01,839 --> 00:28:03,480
a specialist coach of the year?

568
00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:07,319
Speaker 3: Not doing aware? But maybe I feel.

569
00:28:07,079 --> 00:28:09,279
Speaker 2: Like you gotta come over to my apartment to pick

570
00:28:09,279 --> 00:28:09,559
it up.

571
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 1: I just want to kick it with Van Gundy. Dude,

572
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:14,839
you go on a match bro to a dumb rock?

573
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:15,400
Speaker 2: Yeah?

574
00:28:16,759 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 4: Uh was it?

575
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 1: Will? Do you remember when the old Agua Caliante Clippers

576
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,279
were just like making up awards and oh yeah, it

577
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,680
was a good time. There was like best handles on

578
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,400
the team. I can't remember what year that was, but

579
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,400
I hope they give Van Gundhy a fun made up

580
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:33,880
award for the Clippers this.

581
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,920
Speaker 3: Year, and I hope he puts a chain through it

582
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:37,920
wears around his neck.

583
00:28:38,319 --> 00:28:42,279
Speaker 1: He would. He loves the bit, all right, Any other

584
00:28:42,319 --> 00:28:44,240
trends you guys want to talk about before we get

585
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,799
into this tour of exes that the Clippers are going

586
00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:48,480
through this week.

587
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,200
Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's worthwhile. I was looking this

588
00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:57,319
up the other day and teams through the first six games,

589
00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:02,319
we're shooting forty from three on open threes against the Clippers,

590
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,400
which was the highest rate against any team. And it's

591
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,240
a stat where it's open threes against everyone, and yet

592
00:29:09,279 --> 00:29:12,279
the Clippers are getting hit the hardest by like four percent,

593
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:15,480
worse than anybody else. And I think some of that

594
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:20,720
is wonky fluky shooting variants that will come down because

595
00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:24,119
actually on wide open threes, they're shooting worse against the Clippers,

596
00:29:24,119 --> 00:29:27,279
which doesn't make sense. It's just something that can happen

597
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,240
over a smaller sample size, like let's say six games

598
00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,279
to start off the season. So coming into yesterday's game,

599
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,759
the Clippers are shooting thirty three percent from the three

600
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:41,119
from three and opponents are shooting forty percent overall from three,

601
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,960
and it's like that, that disparity. It is very tough

602
00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:47,000
to win ball games in today's league when you're shooting

603
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:50,359
thirty three percent, everybody's shooting forty percent against you. I

604
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,559
assume that is going to even out a little bit here.

605
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,440
And San Antonio was very bad from three last night,

606
00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,559
and they're not a good three point shooting team. And

607
00:29:58,599 --> 00:30:01,240
then the Clippers shoot what fIF ffty one percent from three?

608
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,079
So now there are almost thirty six percent on the season.

609
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,920
Just they went up three percent on one game. So

610
00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:10,759
I do think some shooting and some numbers have just

611
00:30:10,799 --> 00:30:14,920
been against them, shooting variants, and that can really alleviate

612
00:30:15,039 --> 00:30:18,680
some of the pressure on their defense. Like even late

613
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,319
in games, the three point shooting has been falling against

614
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:23,119
them at a rate that just isn't sustainable.

615
00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:25,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's fair. I like that. Well, I don't like

616
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:28,000
it currently, but I like it when it will even out.

617
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,720
Will any other trends fashion or basketball wise that you

618
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,759
would like to discuss in relation to the Clippers?

619
00:30:33,319 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 2: Nah, I'm good, all right?

620
00:30:34,759 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 1: Fair, coming up, we are going to be talking the

621
00:30:37,759 --> 00:30:40,599
return of the X's week and into it, don't we

622
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,160
brought the Clippers a win against the Spurs and CB

623
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,279
three coming through. But before that, if you're listening on audio,

624
00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,400
we do have a quick break. We got ads coming

625
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,440
up and then talking the x'es and three two one.

626
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:56,759
Speaker 2: All right, welcome back into Clips and Dip the Scott

627
00:30:56,799 --> 00:31:00,000
Pilgrim Clips are taking on a bunch of x's this week.

628
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:04,920
They've already spoiled the CP three's debut at into it.

629
00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:09,680
Now you got Paul George returning. What do you guys

630
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,039
think this second would be? Like, what are you expecting

631
00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:15,480
from this? Because I think it's gonna be I think

632
00:31:15,519 --> 00:31:18,119
it's gonna be a little bit divided. You know that

633
00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:20,400
obviously there's gonna be a lot of love for Paul George,

634
00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:25,440
but it is It wasn't the most amicable of splits,

635
00:31:25,519 --> 00:31:29,160
especially given some of his statements afterwards.

636
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 1: That's what gets me is that it's this thing where

637
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:36,839
it was a very open secret that I'm not even

638
00:31:36,839 --> 00:31:39,119
gonna call it an open secret. Philly was gonna give

639
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,759
him the Max. We everyone knew that from the beginning

640
00:31:42,759 --> 00:31:45,880
of the season that that offer was probably on the table.

641
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:50,440
Him having a podcast and like saying his side of

642
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,559
things does not help the fan perception of.

643
00:31:53,519 --> 00:31:57,839
Speaker 3: It, mischaracterizing they offered me sixty million. Was no, that's

644
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,079
an extension on top of the fifty. So you started at.

645
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,039
Speaker 1: Right like he does like that, It's like, come on, like,

646
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,039
I mean, classic Paul George right putting, put his foot

647
00:32:06,039 --> 00:32:07,079
in his mouth.

648
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,559
Speaker 3: Well, talking out of both sides of it.

649
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:14,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's very hard to do. I would say, I

650
00:32:14,319 --> 00:32:19,519
think there's gonna be one of those things where when

651
00:32:19,559 --> 00:32:22,000
you're watching Paul George get introduced, if you want to

652
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,279
hear booze, you're gonna say the crowd was booing. If

653
00:32:24,279 --> 00:32:26,240
you want to hear cheers, you're gonna say the crowd

654
00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:28,160
was cheering. I think I think it's gonna be pretty split.

655
00:32:30,519 --> 00:32:33,039
I am worried about on court though, because he had

656
00:32:33,079 --> 00:32:37,680
a stinker of a game the other night, bricked a long,

657
00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:41,440
too horrible shot selection. I'm a little worried for what

658
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:48,640
he might do on Wednesday, just from a clipper's luck perspective, Adam,

659
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:51,559
what do you think, dude, if he hits the side

660
00:32:51,559 --> 00:32:54,720
of the backboard, the top of into it, dumb will

661
00:32:55,359 --> 00:32:56,200
will come off.

662
00:32:57,079 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 3: Did I look at the wrong video or just listen

663
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,440
to too many people that are hating on Paul George,

664
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:04,720
because I'm pretty sure that game winner or tied and

665
00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:07,759
shot just rimmed in it out right, in it out,

666
00:33:08,039 --> 00:33:09,160
like it's really.

667
00:33:09,079 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: Good brick from Paul George.

668
00:33:11,759 --> 00:33:15,519
Speaker 3: Okay, that's a brick. Now he's not a Clipper, you

669
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:16,359
might as well.

670
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 4: Dude, yeahatch your head boys, Adam, what do you think?

671
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: What do you think the reaction is going to be?

672
00:33:26,519 --> 00:33:29,559
Speaker 3: Oh, I think it's gonna be seventy or eighty percent

673
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:32,440
booze to cheers, Like, I don't think it's going to

674
00:33:32,519 --> 00:33:35,720
be a situation where people can decide how they heard it.

675
00:33:35,759 --> 00:33:36,440
I think they're.

676
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:36,839
Speaker 1: Gonna hear it.

677
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,039
Speaker 3: And because he dug his own grave, it's his own fault.

678
00:33:40,119 --> 00:33:42,519
I mean, I'm just going off of what everyone is saying,

679
00:33:43,119 --> 00:33:45,519
of what Clippers fans, you know, the pulse of the

680
00:33:45,559 --> 00:33:49,599
people right now that have been waiting for this game.

681
00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 2: You know.

682
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:53,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, this ain't a gallup poll, but I'm pretty sure

683
00:33:53,559 --> 00:33:56,599
that they are upset with Paul George because of how

684
00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:59,920
he left. Everyone could get behind seventy billion dollars different

685
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:01,960
Oh my god, yeah, you gotta take that money like

686
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,920
that's crazy. Everyone can understand that part of it. What

687
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,239
we can't understand is burning bridges on the way out

688
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:11,519
for no reason, calling them the B team, and then

689
00:34:11,559 --> 00:34:14,079
his dad saying we felt like we were stabbed in

690
00:34:14,119 --> 00:34:17,119
the back, and Paul George basically co signing on that,

691
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,599
and Paul George within like, I don't know, thirty seconds

692
00:34:20,599 --> 00:34:23,119
of saying, just give me what Kawhi got. Then he

693
00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:25,719
goes on and says on his podcast like right after that,

694
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,119
so they offer the one fifty and I'm like, all right,

695
00:34:28,159 --> 00:34:30,079
now we're in the ballpark. It's like, wait, you just

696
00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:32,280
said give me what Kawai got, and now you're saying

697
00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:33,760
they gave it to you, and now you're saying we're

698
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,960
in the ballpark, you're not just gonna take it. I

699
00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:39,159
just I think there's too much frustration built up. Should

700
00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:41,880
he still get some cheers? Sure? Like I might share

701
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:46,840
him video coolah, Like he still was a big part.

702
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 2: Of one playoff series.

703
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,639
Speaker 3: He still is a big part of this team getting

704
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:53,960
further than they ever gone. Now, if Kawhi doesn't go

705
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:56,199
for forty five in a must win situation in Dallas,

706
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:57,840
then they don't even get to the second round. But

707
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,559
a little inconvenient truth there, Uh, he's a top five clipper.

708
00:35:01,599 --> 00:35:04,360
I think ever though, still I think that's I think

709
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,159
it's easy easily as top five clipper. So I don't

710
00:35:07,159 --> 00:35:09,079
I don't know. I think there are going to be cheers,

711
00:35:09,079 --> 00:35:11,840
but I still think it's gonna be seventy seventy percent boos.

712
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,679
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say I'm switching now, I'm on Adam and Wilson.

713
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,280
I think it's gonna be more booze.

714
00:35:16,519 --> 00:35:19,599
Speaker 3: Also, the wall is so much louder than anywhere there,

715
00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:22,159
and I don't think the supporter section is gonna be

716
00:35:22,199 --> 00:35:26,760
supporting Paul supporting Paul George, Like that's gonna overwhelm whatever

717
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:28,800
cheers are happening the people at the wall.

718
00:35:29,079 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 1: That's a good point too, because if this were at Staples,

719
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,159
I think there would be also a lot more Philly fans.

720
00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:41,000
I think that there would be some more traveling Philly

721
00:35:41,039 --> 00:35:42,760
fans or something like that. You're I think it's gonna

722
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,239
be seventy percent booze. It is the election special, so

723
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:47,119
we are doing some internal polling on this.

724
00:35:49,079 --> 00:35:49,519
Speaker 2: War room.

725
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: Do you think they'll put the misfree throws against Phoenix

726
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:57,599
in the tribute video? That was a low blow last thing, dude,

727
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,280
A beautiful tribute video and then just.

728
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:03,519
Speaker 2: Like comical noises like a.

729
00:36:06,599 --> 00:36:10,760
Speaker 1: Slide whistle or just just unedited footage of it, just

730
00:36:10,840 --> 00:36:13,719
the straight like just everyone just like what the.

731
00:36:14,559 --> 00:36:17,000
Speaker 3: I just hate the fact that we do have to

732
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:20,239
think so much of the negative stuff right now with

733
00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:23,239
Paul George when we think of him, and it's his

734
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,320
own doing. It didn't have to be like this. I

735
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:27,599
don't think people are chomping.

736
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:31,559
Speaker 2: This is who he is though, Like truly, I like

737
00:36:31,679 --> 00:36:34,920
and I am so grateful for him coming here. You know,

738
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,719
he brought a different, different level of legitimacy, I guess

739
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:42,079
to a certain extent, uh in that trade and when

740
00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:45,280
he resigned. But at the same time, man, I'm really

741
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,559
glad to not have to defend this guy on a

742
00:36:47,559 --> 00:36:48,480
weekly basis.

743
00:36:48,639 --> 00:36:51,519
Speaker 1: He called his own play in Phoenix or in Philly

744
00:36:51,559 --> 00:36:54,280
that a bonehead and play. You're like, you can't say that,

745
00:36:54,639 --> 00:36:57,320
Like that is not humility. If you if every single time,

746
00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,679
you if you mess up so many times but you

747
00:36:59,679 --> 00:37:02,719
would to it, that's not humility. You're just messing up

748
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,000
and not giving a shit.

749
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 3: Because he thought they were down one and they were

750
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,199
down two, so he went for a two instead of

751
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,280
a three, right, That was the situation last night in Phoenix.

752
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:14,679
Speaker 1: And he went for a two instead of a three,

753
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,920
maybe the smallest margin you could possibly go other than

754
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,519
KD shot a two for a three. He was he

755
00:37:23,599 --> 00:37:30,320
was six inches inside the line. Yeah, what an idiot.

756
00:37:31,119 --> 00:37:33,280
They're not gonna have Embiid though. There's gonna be no

757
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,639
Embiid because he is suspended, which I think is kind

758
00:37:36,639 --> 00:37:40,360
of unfair. That guy wrote some wild shit about him.

759
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:40,559
Speaker 2: Beid.

760
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we can all understand why EMBID did that.

761
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,760
Speaker 1: I think I don't know if they took his credentials,

762
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,559
the press credentials away, but I have to imagine that

763
00:37:49,559 --> 00:37:52,840
guy's not welcome in that locker room.

764
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,000
Speaker 3: I'd be annoyed, honestly if they took it away. Now

765
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,719
it's like, wait a second. The article came out like

766
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,239
two or three days before the incident happened. You saw

767
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:03,760
what he wrote. It was bs. If you're going to

768
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,920
do something about it, you should have done it immediately,

769
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:07,920
like it was out a line.

770
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,159
Speaker 2: Howard, have you heard of freedom of speech? It's called

771
00:38:11,199 --> 00:38:12,840
freedom of speech Fellas.

772
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 3: Oh my god, thought this was America.

773
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,760
Speaker 1: How are we feeling about clippers verse seventy six.

774
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:26,599
Speaker 3: Ers better after hearing I guess MB's not playing sure, Yeah.

775
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,760
Speaker 1: That's fair. MAXI was playing well that other game. People

776
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,199
were upset he didn't get the ball.

777
00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:36,119
Speaker 3: He's averaging thirty. Paul George went four or fourteen in

778
00:38:36,159 --> 00:38:40,159
that game. Uh, he was worried about he was rough.

779
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:42,159
I guess he was a plus three in a game

780
00:38:42,159 --> 00:38:45,760
they lost by two, but you know, individual game plus minus.

781
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,159
I'd have to watch the game and see if he

782
00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:49,360
actually should have been a plus three or was that

783
00:38:49,599 --> 00:38:51,039
positive out there.

784
00:38:51,639 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 1: That's a good call.

785
00:38:52,719 --> 00:38:53,679
Speaker 3: I guess they were close.

786
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,199
Speaker 1: They were in the game, and they've started off horribly.

787
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:00,679
They're one in six, one in five.

788
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 3: Ooh, I didn't know. I thought they had two wins.

789
00:39:03,079 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 1: Damn No, they are one in five.

790
00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:09,519
Speaker 3: So they're desperate, which is not great. I'm a little

791
00:39:09,519 --> 00:39:12,599
worry about that, but the Clippers are desperate to beat

792
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,000
Paul George. James Harden post game last night was asked

793
00:39:16,039 --> 00:39:18,360
about it, and you know, they were asked about his

794
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:21,360
feelings of PG returning and what he's looking forward to,

795
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,840
and all he said was something like, to try and

796
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,159
get a win. That's it. Like that rule. I really

797
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:30,719
wonder guys. I brought this up last night because we

798
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,559
kind of speculated on this with some of the stuff

799
00:39:32,559 --> 00:39:36,800
Paul George was saying before he even left, before it

800
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,079
was even official, just right after the season, talking about

801
00:39:40,119 --> 00:39:42,960
how it went and disappointments, and then he got into

802
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:47,079
that reasoning of my decision will be about playing basketball

803
00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:50,039
the right way, not so much about a championship. I

804
00:39:50,119 --> 00:39:52,119
just want to play the game the right way. And

805
00:39:52,159 --> 00:39:54,880
everybody kind of thought, is he talking about James Harden here?

806
00:39:55,119 --> 00:39:57,280
Did he not like playing off ball even though he

807
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,719
was spectacular in that role? I mean, relished in that role,

808
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,400
and he should like that role is basically what he's

809
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,800
been asking for half of his career. But I wonder

810
00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:08,239
if there's something between those two.

811
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,519
Speaker 1: Russ said the same thing when he got to Denver.

812
00:40:11,679 --> 00:40:13,960
He had the exactly like the exact same quotes about

813
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,320
playing basketball the right way.

814
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 3: He and PG your side.

815
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the Philly Basketball reference page. Maxie's playing

816
00:40:22,039 --> 00:40:27,960
forty one minutes a game, bro Like, so if our

817
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,679
defense can be annoying to start, I like that they're

818
00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:34,719
gonna be starting Audrey Drummond, which is kind of weirdly,

819
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,519
I think historically not a tough matchup for Zoo, But

820
00:40:38,559 --> 00:40:40,440
not the easiest match. He's a big fella.

821
00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:42,880
Speaker 3: You gotta guard around the perimeter. He hits those.

822
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:47,559
Speaker 4: One of the worst, one of the worst. Carl Tart,

823
00:40:47,599 --> 00:40:51,519
take shout out, Carl Tart. We absolutely love you. That

824
00:40:51,679 --> 00:40:57,480
was hilarious. It's gonna be interesting. I'm not really sure.

825
00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:01,239
Kyle Laurio, Kyle Harry Off. The inch is a little troublesome.

826
00:41:03,519 --> 00:41:04,559
It's gonna be weird.

827
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,599
Speaker 3: I'm looking at some of Phillies offensive and defensive ratings

828
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:11,800
and man, they're worse than the Clippers. On offense, They're

829
00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:17,440
twenty sixth in that area so far. Defensively they are

830
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:22,239
going going twenty first. They have not been playing good

831
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:25,000
basketball at all. Feels like Doc is still there or something.

832
00:41:25,039 --> 00:41:25,920
What's going on?

833
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:31,760
Speaker 1: Hey? All right, all of that said, I now I

834
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:34,360
have a new thing where we've again lengthened the name

835
00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:38,639
of the player of the game Award Adam and will

836
00:41:38,719 --> 00:41:40,960
Who are your picks for the Kawhi Leonard James Harden

837
00:41:41,039 --> 00:41:46,000
vitza Sebox Norman Powell player of the game picks against

838
00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:49,960
the Philadelphia seventy six ers. Will you get to go first?

839
00:41:50,199 --> 00:41:52,320
I made you pick PJ. Tucker last time when Adam

840
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,400
and I did the episode just by ourselves.

841
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,639
Speaker 2: Great. Great, Uh. I'd love to see him her Coffee

842
00:41:58,679 --> 00:41:59,599
have another good one.

843
00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 1: Let's do it. I love it.

844
00:42:03,519 --> 00:42:06,679
Speaker 2: I think that it's possible. I think that it's definitely possible.

845
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:08,639
And like I said, we need these kind of outlier

846
00:42:08,679 --> 00:42:11,440
bench performances. I'm not saying he'll go for nineteen again,

847
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,559
but I would love a double digit scoring performance and

848
00:42:13,599 --> 00:42:16,440
the same type of just overall effect on the game

849
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,519
as he had in that in that showing versus the Spurs,

850
00:42:19,519 --> 00:42:22,199
because we know that he's a high impact player. We've

851
00:42:22,199 --> 00:42:25,079
seen it, We've already talked about the lineup and that data.

852
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:28,639
I'm excited for Coffee to have a good game and

853
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,440
maybe even maybe even shut down Paul George on a

854
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:33,199
couple of possessions.

855
00:42:33,159 --> 00:42:35,440
Speaker 1: A couple of one of a couple of those after

856
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,599
the possession, Can I may buckets from a mirror?

857
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,440
Speaker 3: Can I make a quick point about a mirror? After

858
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:45,800
yesterday's amazing game, and everyone immediately flip flopping back to

859
00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,679
saying a mere Coffee should be starting, And now they're

860
00:42:48,679 --> 00:42:51,000
not saying Jordan Miller should be playing over him, which

861
00:42:51,039 --> 00:42:53,519
they just were after his last two games before last night.

862
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:56,400
Speaker 1: Yes, but you can't pick him as your Kawhi leonard

863
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:58,400
A Vitza Zubat, James harden Orm power player in the

864
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,000
game because Will has already picked him as head.

865
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 3: I have one of those guys instead. Now I'll dig in.

866
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:08,960
We did go with two guesses since you were out

867
00:43:09,039 --> 00:43:11,400
last time, Will, we were like, hey, we get two guesses.

868
00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:15,119
Will start here. I went with Jordan Miller and Bose Hyland.

869
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:20,039
Uh So, all this talk about a mere coffee and

870
00:43:20,079 --> 00:43:22,800
I understand Terrence Man has not been good guys. I

871
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:26,079
was watching him closely. He was not after the first

872
00:43:26,119 --> 00:43:28,000
couple of minutes where he hit a three pointer right

873
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,079
away and got them started, he wasn't looking at the

874
00:43:31,159 --> 00:43:35,440
basket to even think about taking a shot. Like, it's real,

875
00:43:35,559 --> 00:43:36,960
the funk he is in right now.

876
00:43:37,199 --> 00:43:40,519
Speaker 2: We we kind of glossed over this in the game weekend. Yeah.

877
00:43:40,639 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: Russo pointed out that I think eighty five percent of

878
00:43:43,519 --> 00:43:45,599
his points are in the first quarter this season. He

879
00:43:45,679 --> 00:43:47,599
scored five all game and they were all in the

880
00:43:47,599 --> 00:43:48,599
first quarter last night.

881
00:43:49,079 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 3: That's a hell of a stat and it makes sense like, hey, well,

882
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,519
how are we going to start this game? Tonight's the night,

883
00:43:54,519 --> 00:43:56,440
things are gonna change. For Terrence Man, let's get it

884
00:43:56,519 --> 00:43:59,280
going early, and then he resorts right back to where

885
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:02,760
he was after the first five minutes. It's been brutal.

886
00:44:03,199 --> 00:44:05,320
And when you have Chris Dunn and when you have

887
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,320
a mere Coffee, I can certainly understand why you'd want

888
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,280
those guys starting. I also think Will makes the great

889
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,519
point that why are we so fixated on who's starting

890
00:44:14,559 --> 00:44:16,920
all the time, because it's not going to determine who

891
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,880
plays the most minutes anyways. It almost is starting to

892
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:25,320
feel like, you know, uh, tired versus wired, tired, who's starting, wired,

893
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,760
who's finishing? Or like, if you care so much about

894
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:29,559
who is starting, you might be a casual. If you

895
00:44:29,639 --> 00:44:32,960
care about who's finishing, then you're a high level NBA expert.

896
00:44:33,519 --> 00:44:38,639
So I'm not too overly fixated on it, but I

897
00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:40,840
understand where people are coming from just with his play

898
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:44,840
right now. However, I do want to say this, like saying,

899
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:47,559
obviously a Mere Coffee should be starting over him because

900
00:44:47,559 --> 00:44:49,480
of this one game, when the same people the last

901
00:44:49,519 --> 00:44:51,199
two games were ready to take out a mirror for

902
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:53,880
Jordan Miller, It's like, guys, do you remember what happened?

903
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:57,599
In that playoff series against Dallas, a mere coffee got

904
00:44:57,639 --> 00:45:00,679
benched in a must win Game six for p Tucker.

905
00:45:01,079 --> 00:45:04,920
That's how bad he was in that series. Meanwhile, Terrence

906
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:08,079
Man was their third best player. Meanwhile, Terrence Man shot

907
00:45:08,119 --> 00:45:10,360
forty four percent from three the last fifty games of

908
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:13,840
last season. So we probably should put it in perspective

909
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,599
and go, Okay, it's happy again where he's getting off

910
00:45:16,639 --> 00:45:18,719
to a slow start, but we also have this data

911
00:45:19,119 --> 00:45:21,599
that shows us that he eventually pulls out of it

912
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:24,320
and becomes a better player than some of these guys

913
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:27,199
were trying to replace him with for the majority of

914
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,679
the season. So would I be shocked if there was

915
00:45:29,679 --> 00:45:32,360
a move that was made. No, I think Terrence Man

916
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:35,360
has been really bad, but I don't think it's critical

917
00:45:36,159 --> 00:45:40,840
and he's this fatal flaw that is keeping is he losing.

918
00:45:40,519 --> 00:45:41,559
Speaker 2: Best games right now?

919
00:45:41,599 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 1: Like?

920
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:44,360
Speaker 2: Can you look? Can you like look yourself in the

921
00:45:44,360 --> 00:45:46,599
mirror and say, Terrence Man is the reason why're losing

922
00:45:46,679 --> 00:45:47,239
games right.

923
00:45:47,159 --> 00:45:50,360
Speaker 1: Now, pointing at the mirror, pointing at yourself. It's so mad.

924
00:45:51,039 --> 00:45:55,320
That's such a funny visual to me. So he is

925
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:56,840
he your pick for the player of the game?

926
00:45:57,320 --> 00:45:59,199
Speaker 3: Oh? Hell no, that was.

927
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:02,679
Speaker 1: That was just a that was that was taking a left.

928
00:46:02,960 --> 00:46:07,320
I'm getting back on course, like he needs a break out? Right,

929
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:08,280
why not against PG?

930
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:11,760
Speaker 3: All right, I will go with him after saying that,

931
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,559
why not, I'll go with you man, and you know

932
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:15,760
going to be your pick?

933
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:17,519
Speaker 2: Who was going to be your Yeah? Who are you

934
00:46:17,559 --> 00:46:18,239
really going to pick?

935
00:46:19,679 --> 00:46:21,599
Speaker 3: I was gonna go with Big Zoo, but I couldn't,

936
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:28,280
so I will revert back to Terrence Man. I'm getting

937
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:31,159
somebody in the starting lineup in here. I picked.

938
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,719
Speaker 1: I picked Derek Jones for the game against the Thunder

939
00:46:34,800 --> 00:46:36,400
and who did that not work out?

940
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:41,039
Speaker 3: He's had a rough couple of shooting games.

941
00:46:39,960 --> 00:46:43,599
Speaker 1: His start to the season. I think Terrence Man is

942
00:46:43,639 --> 00:46:45,360
helping him out. He's also he's just shooting a lot

943
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:51,519
better from three to shooting, and he's willing to take him.

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00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:57,119
I think I gotta go with Nico and that's gonna

945
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be the Nico version of a good game. You know what?

946
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Speaker 3: This is a great pick, you know what I mean?

947
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,119
Speaker 1: Like he's gonna hit two threes, He's gonna have one

948
00:47:05,159 --> 00:47:07,000
of those. He's gonna have a deflection maybe when the

949
00:47:07,039 --> 00:47:10,719
team really needs something to happen. George, He's gonna get

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00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,639
a stop on Paul George. He's gonna throw oop to

951
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:14,360
Kai Jones.

952
00:47:14,599 --> 00:47:16,719
Speaker 3: It's a revenge game for him against Philly.

953
00:47:17,039 --> 00:47:20,360
Speaker 1: Ooh good call. Oh wait No, in that case, I'm

954
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:22,440
picking PJ. Tucker. He's gonna come back from his house

955
00:47:22,519 --> 00:47:26,800
ready to play clear eyes, smooth brain. Can't lose two

956
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:28,920
for twelve. He's getting twelve.

957
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 3: Two four point plays.

958
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:37,519
Speaker 1: Bro, he's putting up an efficient eight. No, I think

959
00:47:37,519 --> 00:47:41,880
it's gonna be I think it's gonna be Nico's. Hey,

960
00:47:42,039 --> 00:47:45,000
he was right there.

961
00:47:45,079 --> 00:47:46,400
Speaker 3: I thought you said I couldn't have No.

962
00:47:47,559 --> 00:47:50,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't. If Nico has a good game, we'll

963
00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:52,800
extend it so we can only choose between like kai Jones,

964
00:47:53,400 --> 00:47:55,639
uh and the mirror.

965
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,079
Speaker 2: Guys who aren't in the rotation. We're gonna get down

966
00:47:58,119 --> 00:47:58,960
to Boots.

967
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:02,880
Speaker 1: I think this is gonna come in all right. Anything

968
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,719
else we want to talk about before we go watch?

969
00:48:05,599 --> 00:48:06,039
Speaker 4: Uh?

970
00:48:06,079 --> 00:48:07,519
Speaker 1: Whatever else is happening tonight?

971
00:48:09,639 --> 00:48:10,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, what is happening?

972
00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:13,400
Speaker 1: I don't know. I hope if you people should take

973
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:17,679
a break from what's happening tonight, tonight's.

974
00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:18,800
Speaker 3: The perfect night to take a break.

975
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, if you have If you're just getting into this podcast.

976
00:48:21,800 --> 00:48:23,639
Speaker 2: But of course there's no basketball tonight.

977
00:48:24,199 --> 00:48:27,719
Speaker 1: I know the line there should be. There should be

978
00:48:27,760 --> 00:48:29,599
one game tonight, and it should be at noon.

979
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:34,840
Speaker 3: Presidential Cup dude, Yeah, through the end season tournament.

980
00:48:36,159 --> 00:48:38,159
Speaker 1: Also a rule change I think we've discussed. I think

981
00:48:38,199 --> 00:48:40,400
if you play on Halloween you should have to wear costumes.

982
00:48:41,079 --> 00:48:42,840
Absolutely makes the fun.

983
00:48:42,880 --> 00:48:45,880
Speaker 3: I mean KPJ was that was insane.

984
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 1: That makeup was still on his face. I feel like

985
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:49,960
that was barely washed off.

986
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:53,159
Speaker 3: Can I say, would it surprise you if I told

987
00:48:53,199 --> 00:48:56,719
you with KPJ the last four games he's seventeen to

988
00:48:56,800 --> 00:49:00,880
forty from the floor. It's like here a couple shots

989
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,119
away from being fifty percent from the floor. Like, it's

990
00:49:03,159 --> 00:49:06,880
not for three. It's been bad from three, it's been bad. Right,

991
00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:12,559
It has been coming a little bit around his offensive game,

992
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:16,000
and I think he's averaging like six rebounds over that time.

993
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:18,559
Speaker 1: Someone on the YouTube pointed out as boards, which is

994
00:49:18,599 --> 00:49:21,760
something that Tyler mentioned just in general of needing more

995
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:22,559
guys to rebound.

996
00:49:22,679 --> 00:49:24,440
Speaker 2: So yeah, I have thought he was.

997
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:31,280
Speaker 3: Like, yeah, last four games, last four games, seventeen to forty.

998
00:49:31,519 --> 00:49:32,719
Speaker 1: Hey, we'll see how he is tomorrow.

999
00:49:32,840 --> 00:49:36,199
Speaker 3: I mean I still thought if they got pulled out

1000
00:49:36,199 --> 00:49:38,159
by the spurs. Don't get me wrong, this could be

1001
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,639
uh tylu has all the evidence he needs and makes

1002
00:49:40,639 --> 00:49:41,719
some time. A lot of them changed.

1003
00:49:42,199 --> 00:49:44,400
Speaker 1: True, he's hanging out by a thread, per Adam Oslin.

1004
00:49:45,159 --> 00:49:51,320
Speaker 2: All right, no, no, no, well, bones on the floork gets suspended.

1005
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:54,039
Speaker 3: That is that is why they're holding on a bone.

1006
00:49:54,599 --> 00:49:57,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, and again no news on that. We have no

1007
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:58,639
idea that that investigation.

1008
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,679
Speaker 3: Keep asking, though, keep asking, Adam, We're close to getting

1009
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:03,000
the news.

1010
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, So possibly going to do a live

1011
00:50:07,039 --> 00:50:10,760
tomorrow night, depending what happens, full episode on Thursday to

1012
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,519
preview yet another Clippers back to back. This one's kind

1013
00:50:13,519 --> 00:50:15,280
of brutal. It's a way to the Kings than home

1014
00:50:15,320 --> 00:50:18,039
to the Raptors, who are a very fast team who

1015
00:50:18,039 --> 00:50:20,039
I would not want to play after traveling the day

1016
00:50:20,079 --> 00:50:23,760
before will where can these people? The hottest topic at

1017
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the office after tonight Favorite Clippers podcasts? Where I mean,

1018
00:50:28,559 --> 00:50:29,800
we'll tell their coworkers.

1019
00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,880
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, the most important decision you have to make

1020
00:50:32,920 --> 00:50:35,800
tonight is which Clippers podcast to listen to, And the

1021
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:38,800
choice is pretty clear. It's Clips and Dim and you

1022
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:41,199
can listen to that over on YouTube. You can even

1023
00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:43,440
watch it. That's YouTube dot com slash at Clippers podcast.

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00:50:43,599 --> 00:50:45,519
You can listen to it anywhere you get your podcasts.

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If you happen and listen over on Apple Podcasts or Spotify,

1026
00:50:48,239 --> 00:50:50,239
go ahead leave a little rating to review. They also

1027
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,000
let you comment on episodes now on Spotify, so go

1028
00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:56,159
ahead check that out. And uh yeah, however you consume

1029
00:50:56,159 --> 00:50:57,920
this show, you know we appreciate it.

1030
00:50:58,559 --> 00:51:02,480
Speaker 1: We absolutely do. Adam one positive thing for these Clippers

1031
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:05,599
fans before they head out to whatever tomorrow brings.

1032
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:08,480
Speaker 3: You know, if you don't want to be a cash,

1033
00:51:08,559 --> 00:51:11,119
work about the worry about the closing lineups and not

1034
00:51:11,239 --> 00:51:13,639
the starting lineups. Don't be a cash. Worry about the

1035
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closing lineup.

1036
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Speaker 1: So I don't be a cash.

1037
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,719
Speaker 3: I'm excited for everyone to uh make their voices heard

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00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:24,880
tomorrow against Paul George, because if you bought a ticket,

1039
00:51:25,039 --> 00:51:27,599
you got the right to cheer or boo, do whatever

1040
00:51:27,679 --> 00:51:30,920
you feel is appropriate. Just you know, don't take any

1041
00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,559
further than that, because there is that whole fan clause

1042
00:51:33,639 --> 00:51:36,480
when you buy a ticket to a Gabe. Oh yeah,

1043
00:51:36,639 --> 00:51:41,519
be respectful, but cheering, jeering, all that is in play.

1044
00:51:42,239 --> 00:51:45,599
And I expect tomorrow night to be the loudest and

1045
00:51:45,679 --> 00:51:49,280
the most packed uh experience so far into it.

1046
00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:52,480
Speaker 1: Don't couldn't agree more, love the positivity.

1047
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:54,719
Speaker 2: We will get the George Paul chant going.

1048
00:51:55,039 --> 00:51:57,599
Speaker 1: Yep, get the George Paul chant going. We'll be back

1049
00:51:57,639 --> 00:51:59,960
for y'all, either on Clippers Talk or a live tomorrow,

1050
00:52:00,199 --> 00:52:01,840
and as always, let's go Clips.