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

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are over five hundred? Happy hour hang. Usually we do

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these on Fridays, but the Clippers play tomorrow, so we

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are doing it on a Thursday. I am Chuck Mockler.

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William Updyke might be unavoidably detained. Adam Osland unclear he

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was TVD. But the Clippers were over five hundred for

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the first time since I think Game three. Adam Oslind,

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how the heck are you? Bud?

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Speaker 2: I'm good? Can you hear me? All right? Gool cool?

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Speaker 3: Are we live?

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Speaker 1: Yes, we are live.

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Are we feeling?

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Speaker 2: Man?

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Speaker 1: We're over five hundred. We beat our bitter rivals? Uh,

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the Wolves last night? How are we doing? Of course

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he's driving, Oh all right, go ahead.

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Speaker 2: He saw me and left. You know that like infomercial

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or commercial with the guy who's doing the inverted back

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thing and he's like, and I feel great and he

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jumps up at the end. That's how I feel right

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now with this Clippers team. I haven't felt this good

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in a while.

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Speaker 1: It's been a very long time, and I don't was

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it the third game? Has it been? Were we two

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and one and that's the first. That was the only

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other time we've been over five hundred.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The last time was when Kawhi hit the game

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winner against New Orleans on Halloween.

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Speaker 1: That's insane.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's pretty it's it's historic. It's never happened before.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was saying I was just doing the dishes

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before coming on this stream, and I was like, I

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will always refer to this year as the record break,

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as a record breaking year.

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Speaker 2: This is our record breaking year.

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Speaker 1: Joseph, Hello, he's there.

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Speaker 3: I am.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling. We're over five hundred.

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Speaker 3: Dude, Okay, look, it's pretty pathetic to be this excited

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about this. But even though I.

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Speaker 1: Was, yeah, we can finally use this organically.

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Speaker 3: Okay, listen at six and twenty one, I thought they

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could do this. I didn't think it would be with

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as many games left as there are, and like as

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many times as I can text back and forth with

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Lucas about well they could go fifteen to three over

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this stretch or maybe they'll go sixteen and two during

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this stretch. To actually do it is really impressive.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I think that's fair. And we're also seeing

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part of the reason why it's so cool too. Is Yes,

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the new pieces of they're getting their footing. Garland looks

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like the fit is great obviously, right, Like Kawhi is

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the best offensive player in the league right now. He's

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the second.

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Speaker 3: His his play right now at this age. Honestly, I

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think the aspiration thing is a cover for the steroids

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he's taken because the guy looks awesome.

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Speaker 1: Pablo's listening, dude, Pablo is an avid listener. He's gonna

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that can of worm next.

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Speaker 3: Oh good now, I'll have a personal vendetta against me.

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Speaker 1: Adam. When is is Kawhi getting some MVP vote? Stan

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Varrett mentioned that, I think yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's getting some. I don't think he can't. He

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can't win unless like Ky Cunningham is no longer eligible,

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so SGA could still miss five more games, and if

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they finished top in the West, he's probably gonna win again.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's probably gonna be shy. Yeah, that's fair.

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Speaker 2: And he's about to break Wilt Chamberlain's record for most

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games with twenty points for four in a row.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Kawi's gonna break Kwile break it next.

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Speaker 2: He's right there, I think, so he is right there.

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Speaker 1: So forty five five and five last night with two steals.

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I kind of made a joke about this off top,

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But Joseph, would you agree that Wolves Clippers is a

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pretty fun rivalry between Like it's kind of I like

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that the organic hate has kind of grown between these

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Speaker 3: I I think it's interesting. I mean, obviously there's been

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good battles over the last three years. I find it

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interesting that we've kind of owned them this year. They

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look flat bad against the Clippers this year.

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Speaker 1: They have a Clippers problem.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what that is. It doesn't mean make

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any sense to me on paper, it doesn't make any

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sense watching the game. It doesn't make any sense. It

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almost feels like they just don't care to play. I

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don't know. I don't know what's going on. I think

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the Wolves have a Chris Finch problem. But if that's

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the threat, Like if we somehow got to six and

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that was the three six, I'd go into that probably.

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Speaker 1: We are six and a half games out of the

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sixth seed.

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Speaker 3: So there's a chance they're not a good one. Not

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a good one.

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Speaker 1: There is a chance that something terrifying happens, which is

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the Nuggets falling to seven, and then it's Clippers Nuggets.

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Oh god, in that game, they're a game and a

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half out of being the seventh seed.

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Speaker 3: All of the positive momentum I had about the Nugget

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like beating the Nuggets left last season, not because not

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because of the series, but because Russ is no longer

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on the team. If they still had Russ, I'd be like, yeah,

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we could beat them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, except he was like one of the reasons they

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lost that series. He shot like forty from three.

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Speaker 3: No, he he was actively costing them the series. Like

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over the course of the series. He was not a

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good player.

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Speaker 2: He won.

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Speaker 3: They were okay, whatever, We could talk about that the Clippers.

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The Clippers should have gone up every one. If if,

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if James Harden had bought they win that series. If

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Aaron Gordon doesn't get that tip, Doug or you make

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us up, but either.

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Speaker 2: I agree that they still could have won.

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Speaker 3: I don't think Russ, hold on, hold on, Russ lost

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them more games than he won them. I don't care

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about Game one. Overall.

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Speaker 2: He was terrible.

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Speaker 3: He was terrible in that series, so much so that

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even the Nuggets, who relied on him so much decided

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he couldn't play anymore by the end of it.

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Speaker 2: See, you're thinking about the Oklahoma City Series where he

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was awful. After he helped beat the Clippers of the

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first he.

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Speaker 3: Had a hot shooting start, but he was still bad.

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Whatever I'm not I'm not doing this. I know you

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love him, I know you want him back.

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Speaker 2: That's the thing. I just don't know where you're going.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna cracked. I'm gonna crash right now. I don't

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want John Wall back. He won wants Rondo back, he wants,

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he wants.

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Speaker 2: I don't want any I don't want any of this.

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All I want is for you to take back that

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shot you took a coach, Lou last time, you're on

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with us saying that he forgets how to coach whenever

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they bring in new players.

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Speaker 3: At first he has appsbsolutely locked in in a way

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that he has not the last five seasons.

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Speaker 1: You're saying it was a James Harden problem.

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Speaker 3: No, I think he just he frequently has given up

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when when players are at a minutes restriction. He's talked

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about it, he's admitted it. Oh, it's really hard to

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coach when I got a coach off a card. It's

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your fucking job, bro, figure it out.

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Speaker 1: Figure it out.

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Speaker 3: As the argument, Oh Jock, now now you're against me.

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Speaker 1: Wow, figure it out. It's hilarious. The Clippers have figured

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it out. They have their job perfectly.

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Speaker 3: This is this is a very positive stretch of the season. Season.

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I'm very excited about the team. I know, we just

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got myired in a negativity conversation because Adam likes to

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take no Adam, Adam provoked me. I just wanted to

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be seen and heard that Adam provoked reality. I just

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I just want to say, Adam provoked me. I was calm.

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Nobody's been calmer than I was.

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Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, way for the epic gun around.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you have the gun out, dude, Oh.

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Speaker 3: My god, I didn't know.

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Speaker 2: Can we talk about coach lou and for years people

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saying all you can do is have his guys run

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eyes so and he doesn't know how to play any

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other way. And now they're playing this up tempo, fast

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paced team. Cohi's adjusted to the speed they're playing at.

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He doesn't care like I love it.

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Speaker 3: They don't. They don't play it. Running out transition isn't

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an offense. It's responding to defensive possessions going your way.

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I just want to throw that you.

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Speaker 2: Intentional hit ahead are absolutely part of their offense.

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Speaker 3: I love this team. I just want to say again

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to all the listeners out there, I'm very excited about

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this team. There's so much fun to watch. This has

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been such an incredible stretch. I am positive about this team.

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I just Adam. Adam brings out the Marsta.

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Speaker 2: Did you have to park to get these takes off?

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Speaker 3: I parked. I parked. My wife and my family are

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anxiously awaiting my return home, and I have sat here

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for the last two minutes to argue with you, Adam.

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I don't know why you do this to me.

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Speaker 1: Go see your family.

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Speaker 2: You're in ISO mode.

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Speaker 3: I miss being on podcasts. I also miss my friends,

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so that's why I'm here. Okay, his friendshipone.

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Speaker 1: Wants to pot again. You know that's good.

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Speaker 3: Hold on, I am hold on.

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Speaker 2: Let me tell you.

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Speaker 3: Go ahead.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't the friends we made along the way. It

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was the historic turnaround. Yeah, less about the friends right now.

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I needed the historic turnarounds.

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Speaker 3: I started. I started thing about coming back into the

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podcast space at around eight and twenty one. Okay, so

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it wasn't the whole run. I got really excited really fast.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: As soon as those two games happened, he was like,

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we're back, baby, I'm in.

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Speaker 2: How excited were you though where they traded your son?

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How are you feeling that day?

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Speaker 3: So that was that was okay. That was a complicated

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day for me because obviously I wanted Zoo to retire

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There's a lot of things I stand for him anyway, whatever.

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Looking at the deal, I was like, how could anyone

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have said no? How could anyone have said no to

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that deal? It positions you, It gives you optionality. You're

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like ready to go for the future. We got a

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flyer on another player I really loved, Benedict Mathern, and

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I was like, you just can't say no to that.

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Speaker 2: We were team athletes before. It was cool Joseph, you

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and I talk behind the scene, and he was our

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he was our other kaminga.

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Speaker 3: I kept trying to trade Norm for him.

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Speaker 2: They found a way. I was Indiana gave up on him,

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to be honest.

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Speaker 3: After after having watched him play, I am not I'm

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not saying he's a bad player. But I'm not surprised

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why they said, we're not paying you twenty five to

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twenty eight million dollars a year. You think I am

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that if they do, it's a mistake.

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Speaker 1: Damn, what would you go twenty?

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Speaker 3: I think twenty is my cap.

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Speaker 1: He probably wants to be a starter or two. This

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is something that people are already worrying about. Or what's

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is he going to start next year? I think he

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probably will.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I I I don't think that's a good idea either.

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you know what I mean? Absolutely, But based on what

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I have seen, his process is so poor and like

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his fundamentals are so sloppy that I think I texted

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you this most of the times where he's playing well

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at this point, I'm like, is he just like getting

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lucky out there? Like, I don't know what's going on.

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game in terms of like his willingness to attack the

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rac draw fowls, get to the line. All that is great.

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His defensive intensity has been way better, way better than

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I anticipated.

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Speaker 4: But just in terms of like a process perspective, he's

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not playing the game at a high enough level to

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where I feel like, Yeah, that guy should be starting

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on a team that I would have high expectations for.

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Speaker 1: I think he's really excited, if that makes sense. Yeah,

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I think he's looked really excited to be on this team.

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I think that's helped him be better at defense. He's

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around guys who are all trying on defense every single possession,

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and that's right. And I think Adam you talked about this.

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I think if he would have made that game winner

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against the Magic, I think he's still a little which

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if you want to frame it as a good way,

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like still bummed he didn't complete that.

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Speaker 3: I definitely.

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Speaker 2: If if his three point shooting just gets back to

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where it has been, and he knocked down a couple

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in the fourth quarter last night, I couldn't believe Kawhi's

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got forty and he has an open look and he

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passed it to Ben on the right wing to take

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that three. It was pretty awesome with seeing he made it.

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But you mentioned the little stuff he's been doing out there,

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because he's been doing enough of that. The basketball IQ

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stuff hasn't been hurting them that much yet. But it

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does need to improve the process.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I need to go see my family, so I

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just ill, I will, oh, all right, all right by.

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Speaker 1: I think Kawhi likes Matt in two. Yeah, not like

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like that he disliked other young players, but I think

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he actually enjoys being mathines.

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Speaker 2: Vet Matherne caught him after the Grizzlies game with the

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walk off interview with Lorn Roseen, and Matherne came by

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and he did the clothing with him. I think he

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he really looks up to Kawhi Leonard and you know,

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he said he he thinks he's the best player in

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the game, and he knows that there's so much he

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can learn from him. And that was one of his

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comps coming out of Arizona.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the player comps. Yeah, I'm higher on him

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than than Joseph Is. We've needed every We've needed every

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single one of his points that he's given us.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely been some helter skelter or chaos theories.

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You say, it's definitely been up and down. He's had

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some really good second halves recently to make up for

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four first halves, some good second and third stance to

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make up for the first stint.

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Speaker 1: I think he needs structure. I think once the rotation

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settles down and we're not and I don't mean this

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disrespectfully to Kobe Sanders, when we're not starting Kobe Sanders

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because Collins is out, you know what I mean, like

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when we're not having to shuffle. Yeah, like because if

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you've been on the Clippers for two years, you've had

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to play at least three positions in a week usually.

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And I don't know if Matherin's kind of used to

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that chaos yet he.

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Speaker 2: Is twenty three. He is still very hump.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a very good point. But in Ski's asking,

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what what are our thoughts? First of all, thank you

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for saying great work. We appreciate it. What are your

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thoughts on trading Kawhi this offseason to any desperate team

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that would give up lots like Golden State or Philly.

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Speaker 2: Man, I don't even feel like talking about that right now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I can't think about that. We're over five hundred.

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That's what we're here to celebrate.

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Speaker 2: We've had three months of the best play of Kawhi

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Leonard's career. I don't want to think about trading him

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right now. Guys, I saw the reports too out there,

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and I don't know how substantiated they really are, how

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close they were to make you that move. It seems

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like clickbait type stuff or attention stuff, just like Frank

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I Sola today.

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Speaker 1: I was just about to say, like everything now is

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just like vibes, Like all the reporting on what's gonna

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happen to the Clippers is like, oh, maybe this will happen,

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and it's the aggregate. It's a goddamn mic.

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Speaker 2: Vibes is kind Honestly, that's like charitable I see it is.

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You know, this will get some circulation if I say this,

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even if I say right beforehand, I don't know if

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any of this is true, but I'll still say it

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to get clicks and subs out of it. I have

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no idea if any of this is true attention. Just

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talk about the Clippers a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I guess Stump gave us five dollars, thank you. They said,

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tinfoil hat Kawhi is showing Benedict Mathern how to play

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team basketball when he made that pass last night. I

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like that tinfoil hat theories.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's that's far fest at all.

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Speaker 1: I think a fitted tinfoil hat.

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Speaker 2: I think for the first time maybe in his career,

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Kawi feels like a mentor. He said when they first

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made the trade, or around the trade deadline, something like,

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you know, maybe I can ride their coat tails sometimes jokingly.

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I think he knows this is that point of his

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career and the maturity is there to bring these young

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guys along and help them excel. And I think Ben

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mcmatherin he knows how good he could be.

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Speaker 1: And he's certainly already leading by example with how he's

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playing basketball. We haven't talked about him very much this episode,

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but Garland is fitting in so well to this Clippers team,

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in this new faster version of the Clippers. There was

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a three pointer last night where I think Lopez battled

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for the board and got it to Jordan Miller, and

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Garland curled around so Miller could make kind of an

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awkward pass easier so he could have the open three.

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And it's just like it looked. It didn't look like

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I don't know, it looked like a move that you

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would see I guess later in a player's tenure, you

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know what I mean, with a new team and stuff

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like that, Like the fit has been borderline seamless, like

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the transition period. I mean, having a real point guard helps,

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but like, I think it's a testament to Garland's ability

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to like he looks like he's been playing with the

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team longer than seven games.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he had thirteen the third doesn't even

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have to play in the fourth last night, hit the

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big step back three on go bet. He was out

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there with the rest, with backups, and they held on

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to that double digit lead when Kawhi went to the bench,

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even when Garland went to the bench, like the last

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two minutes of the third quarter, they held on. Yeah,

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I was so impressed by that. I really thought that

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might have won on the game, just still being up

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by eleven heading into the fourth because Minnesota was making

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their push. They had Ant on the floor or next

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to Julius Randall, uh Dante DiVincenzo Bones and who else

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Na's reed and Bones was hot and they kind of

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went all in, Okay, Clippers, don't have anybody out there,

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this is it. We're gonna We're gonna get down to

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five points right now, and they couldn't do it.

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Speaker 1: Garland was great, and he's he's again very fun to watch. Yeah,

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guys you talked about, you talked about in the transition

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before Joseph started yelling at everybody about.

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Speaker 2: How do we not mute that guy? What's so funny?

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Got some order?

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Speaker 1: Usually he's so chill. He came in hot today. I'm

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glad he got that out before the famn time.

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Speaker 2: I believe myself, if you bring up Russ like I

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talk about Russell Wilson, that's still would have triggered him.

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Speaker 1: Like one of the thing that I've liked is like,

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there was that game, I think it was Garland's second

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game where Done made a cut and Garland threw a

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fastball and Done it went. It was a turnover, went

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straight past his face. He was like, oh, I'm not

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used to getting I haven't seen that pass in a while.

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And we're seeing guys figure that out now. We're seeing

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guys kind of get these like half transition breaks and

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stuff like that, and we're seeing the cuts and everything

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because they know that Garland is looking for it. So

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it's like, yeah, I'm so excited for I'm obviously I'm

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feeling great during this insane run we're having, but it's

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making my excitement for next season elevate.

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Speaker 2: Well, and it reminded me of a play I think

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it was in the third quarter where they open things

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up a little bit and Done cut behind the defense

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and Garland found him for an easy dunk and there

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was a time out right afterwards. And yeah, they're catching

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up to his play style, speed tempo, where he's dropping dimes.

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He's he's extremely talented. He also you know, in some

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ways we talk about Benedict Mathern and I'm like, is

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he really high level six man type or can he

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be more than that? We don't know yet. There's still

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more to Darius Garland with a different coaching staff and

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coach Lou and the Kyrie Irving stuff where they could

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still get more out of him. He's only twenty six.

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We don't know what player he could turn into or

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as he already scraped his ceiling, or is the best

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still yet to come. It's very possible.

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Speaker 1: And if his you know where he's at right now,

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if his ceiling is starting point guard in the All

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Star Game, we'll take that. Yeah, that's great.

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Speaker 2: Uh, not for to make it in the West, but still.

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Speaker 1: Sure we got someone from Brazil. Hell, yeah, appreciate you.

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Jimmy Williams giving a shout out to Don Done is

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playing so good. Done, And we talked about it a

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couple episodes ago, like people were kind of like souring

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on Chris Dunn, but everyone was hurt and he was

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having to be the starting point guard. Now you see

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see what Chris Done is supposed to do when there's

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an actual point guard on the team. No disrespect to

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Chris Done, but he's playing out of his mind because

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Tyler is good at playing the guy's strengths, and guys

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are healthy.

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Speaker 2: And I think he did more than an adequate job.

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Even when he did have to run point and they

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didn't have anybody else, the assistant turnover ratio was there.

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He still was playing great defense. There were times where

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maybe he just didn't have any legs left to take

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three pointers and he just stopped taking them. But yeah,

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Chris Done five million dollars a year. I don't know

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if there's better value anybody's getting out of a guy

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for that amount in the league. Right now, he's so critical.

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Speaker 1: How many more years does he have?

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Speaker 2: I think one not enough?

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Speaker 1: Seven team options. They're picking that up. Another speaking of

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people who don't take threes, Jordan Miller had two posters

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last night, and Lot Murray had the tweet that, like,

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he had eight dunks all of his first three years,

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and he's got eight dunks this season, two of them

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incredibly huge posters against or impact full posters against the Wolves.

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Speaker 2: Like that was one of the plays the end of

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the third quarter that help had them holding on to

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the double digit lead, the crossover on Dante Tavia Chenzo

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to the dunk. I could not believe that. I thought

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I was watching a different player because he hasn't showed

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off hops like that. Those were the two highest birch

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we've seen from him, and they happened within like five

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minutes of each other.

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Speaker 1: And the second one when it you could see it happening,

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and you were like, he's gonna get a second one,

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Like this is happening. Shout out Jordan Miller. You should

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maybe start taking some threes though at some point he

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has really stopped. Yeah, the Clippers, the offense has been

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phenomenal since the All Star Break. The offense is great.

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The Clippers are first and true shooting percentage since the

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All Star Break. The defense has been eighteenth in defensive

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ratings since the All Star Break. Albrety Games, Let's call

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it seven let me check, maybe eight with guys in

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and out of the lineups. I don't I think it's

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better that it obviously needs to be better than that,

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But I don't I don't think they're completely transforming into

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like the best true shooting team in the league. I

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still think the defense obviously needs to get a little

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bit better.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, tighten up a bit, I should say I. I

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think Jordan Miller said this the other night, but he

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didn't feel like they put it together for forty eight minutes

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and the game against thing goes. So the game against Memphis,

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you know, Memphis had ten three pointers in the first quarter.

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It was ridiculous, and then and the Clippers started to

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slow them down.

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Speaker 1: Eleven games since the all Start break. Sorry, so eleven

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games at eighteenth in defensive rating.

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00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 2: Okay, uh, yeah, it's something worth monitoring, But I'm not

474
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:19,519
overly concerned because, as you mentioned, too much roster makeover

475
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:22,720
and guys in and out. Man, it'd be nice to

476
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:25,160
have John Collins back, and it's incredible they're doing this

477
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:29,519
without him. But speaking of threes and a guy to

478
00:26:29,519 --> 00:26:32,079
throw on, Julius Randall, they were trying to play through

479
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,440
him to start the third quarter because he's like too

480
00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:37,119
quick for the big guys they put on him and

481
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,759
too strong for the smaller guys like DJ putting on him.

482
00:26:39,799 --> 00:26:41,559
But they did a good enough job in the end.

483
00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:42,559
He got a couple buckets.

484
00:26:42,599 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 1: But yeah, I like the question.

485
00:26:45,319 --> 00:26:46,440
Speaker 2: Efforts definitely there.

486
00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:48,599
Speaker 1: Yes, the effort is there. I like this question from

487
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,519
Andy what happens when Collins returns? Who goes to the bench.

488
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,400
Speaker 2: It'd be DJ, probably, it's probably DJ.

489
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,720
Speaker 1: Someone in the chat is saying they got sixteen skills.

490
00:26:58,799 --> 00:27:00,799
I don't know how a better defense you can get

491
00:27:00,839 --> 00:27:02,880
them that they did also give up one hundred and

492
00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:07,160
twenty eight. Well, they did also give up one hundred

493
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:07,559
and twenty eight.

494
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,200
Speaker 2: Part of that is pace you score one fifty three.

495
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,920
There's a lot of possessions you're getting.

496
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, but the I mean, the defense it has it's

497
00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:20,920
not been bad, but there's a regression to the mean coming.

498
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,920
Shout out to the YouTube user who gave us guidance

499
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,720
on that last video for both things. I think there's

500
00:27:27,759 --> 00:27:31,240
some evening out that's going to happen. That's not a

501
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:32,559
negative thing. It's just.

502
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 3: Wait.

503
00:27:34,519 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 2: So I can't say if you're below the mean, you're

504
00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:38,440
progressing to the mean.

505
00:27:38,599 --> 00:27:40,839
Speaker 1: It's still regressing to the mean, is what the We

506
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,920
got to comment from a I believe it. Yeah, we

507
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,039
got to comment on YouTube that it's still even if

508
00:27:46,079 --> 00:27:51,039
you're doing better, it's still regression to the mean. Let

509
00:27:51,079 --> 00:27:53,000
me pull Let me pull it up, because I thought

510
00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:53,720
about it a lot, and.

511
00:27:53,720 --> 00:27:57,799
Speaker 2: I appreciate both. Maybe one's a little bit more exact

512
00:27:57,880 --> 00:27:59,839
for the Albert Einstein that is, I.

513
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:02,480
Speaker 1: Want to get it right.

514
00:28:02,599 --> 00:28:04,559
Speaker 2: No, I'm interested.

515
00:28:06,319 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 1: Let me see if I can find it. That's so funny.

516
00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:10,839
But yeah, so I think there's some evening. I had

517
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,519
some notes here that I that I've noted as believable. Stats,

518
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:17,480
stats that I believe in since the All Star Break

519
00:28:17,519 --> 00:28:21,960
that I think represent the Clippers well. Fourth and turnover percentage.

520
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,599
I believe in that stat because Garland is back.

521
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,839
Speaker 2: It's been I don't think it's quite sustainable. I'll be honest,

522
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,039
I don't think that is.

523
00:28:33,079 --> 00:28:34,880
Speaker 1: But I'm like they could be top.

524
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,839
Speaker 2: Ten sure, sure, yeah, if that's the standard. Yeah, because

525
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,359
I can't believe how well they've kept the turnovers down.

526
00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:44,720
We mentioned the different lineups and that hurting their defense.

527
00:28:44,759 --> 00:28:46,880
It hasn't hurt the turnover department.

528
00:28:47,839 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 1: Okay, I found it. They commented because we were talking

529
00:28:52,279 --> 00:28:56,319
about Benedict Mathern's three point percentage getting back to normal,

530
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,559
and they said, I know what you mean. You're trying

531
00:28:58,559 --> 00:29:00,920
to make it sound positive, but I'm not sure. Progression

532
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,440
to the mean is a thing. Regression to the mean

533
00:29:03,559 --> 00:29:06,640
is for both increase and decrease, depending on where you

534
00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,160
are relative to the met m.

535
00:29:10,759 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 2: I don't know. I found this reddit post. Isn't positive regression,

536
00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:15,319
simply progression.

537
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 1: We're not taking Reddit as a source on this show.

538
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 2: It's Clippers Reddit though that stuff never goes around.

539
00:29:23,119 --> 00:29:25,759
Speaker 1: Oh ray j and T said, how's the guy who

540
00:29:25,839 --> 00:29:28,440
started dating during the losing streak? Are they married yet?

541
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,160
So they did say I love you, and she has

542
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:34,200
met his friends and they're going to a wedding. Recently.

543
00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:38,160
We updated on the last episode. Actually, they seem to

544
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:43,839
be doing great like the Clippers. Exactly like the Clippers.

545
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:50,440
They're also second in free throw attempts since the All

546
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:55,759
Star break. I think, yeah, Math is e laite at

547
00:29:55,759 --> 00:29:58,960
this Jordan Miller's helping Kawhi is taking his highest free

548
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,359
throw attempts per game, and like six seasons, this one

549
00:30:02,839 --> 00:30:05,240
maybe not second, but I could see being top five

550
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:06,279
in free throw attempts.

551
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, like that.

552
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: That feels like a believable stat to.

553
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:16,039
Speaker 2: Me because what Kawhi has been doing volume was his

554
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:21,400
level of aggressiveness spandic Mathren feels like he can almost now.

555
00:30:21,559 --> 00:30:23,759
He wasn't getting some free throws in the first half

556
00:30:23,799 --> 00:30:27,160
and that got him frustrated. Didn't he get a tech yesterday?

557
00:30:27,359 --> 00:30:28,440
Speaker 1: Yes, he did get a tech.

558
00:30:28,599 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 2: He definitely got into it with Julius Randall and then

559
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:36,319
they got into it afterwards. Was it still Jaden McDaniels again,

560
00:30:36,759 --> 00:30:39,279
he was trying to get who is the game ball?

561
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: Yeah? For that guy that I think a lot of

562
00:30:43,079 --> 00:30:44,640
us were like, who is this guy?

563
00:30:48,039 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 2: Hit two three pointers?

564
00:30:50,119 --> 00:30:53,359
Speaker 1: No fear like at all like that dude came in

565
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:54,799
and was like, I'm going to score.

566
00:30:54,880 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 2: But Padullah he hit his first shot, Yeah, and the second.

567
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,799
I think he almost got them the record for most

568
00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:07,240
points in four quarters for a Cliffers team.

569
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 1: And of course we know the record for most points

570
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:15,960
in a game. Yeah, here's a stat that I don't

571
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:19,640
believe since the All Star Break, twenty seventh and assists

572
00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,279
per game, I think that changes.

573
00:31:23,759 --> 00:31:26,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, even after last night, didn't they have thirty six?

574
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:30,480
Speaker 1: Still twenty sevenths per stats on NBA.

575
00:31:30,119 --> 00:31:33,960
Speaker 2: That that could be tied in with the lack of

576
00:31:34,039 --> 00:31:36,759
three point shooting for a good section there. This is

577
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,559
yeah and a lot of misses.

578
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's what I like. Yeah, like that's going

579
00:31:43,559 --> 00:31:47,319
to be higher than twenty seventh, especially with Garland. Yeah,

580
00:31:47,519 --> 00:31:51,279
like that that's just going to be that's just going

581
00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:57,160
to be higher. I think some chatter has been like

582
00:31:57,240 --> 00:32:01,319
the playoff rotation, the end of the playoff rotation is

583
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,720
kind of part of the discourse now between Kobe and Batoo.

584
00:32:05,359 --> 00:32:09,240
There's been no negative stuff, but people are like, should

585
00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:12,960
it be Kobe? Should it be Batoom? I was looking

586
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,920
at their stats and they're pretty even right now. Like

587
00:32:18,839 --> 00:32:21,720
guys have been out, but since the All Star Break,

588
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,359
Kobe's averaging more minutes per game, not by a lot.

589
00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:27,960
They're basically taking the same amount of threes per game

590
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:32,079
two Kobe shooting sixty one percent, Toms at forty four

591
00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:36,519
per but like, obviously sixty one percent is gonna regress

592
00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:37,039
a little bit.

593
00:32:37,519 --> 00:32:39,599
Speaker 2: The Toom has some nice plays in the second half

594
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,720
last night, those threes and the defense on end. He

595
00:32:42,839 --> 00:32:44,680
was one on one on the right wing and he

596
00:32:44,759 --> 00:32:45,480
claimped him.

597
00:32:45,599 --> 00:32:53,279
Speaker 1: He has the track record because John Collins has been out. Uh,

598
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,119
Kobe Sanders is in the most played lineup since the

599
00:32:57,160 --> 00:33:01,960
All Star Break with uh, why done Jones and Lopez?

600
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:07,720
They're plus thirteen. But that's fifty five minutes. And if

601
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,440
you look the next lineup, five man lineup that Kobe's played,

602
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:13,640
and then that Kobe's played in since the All Star Break,

603
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:18,759
he has played eight minutes together. So like, Batum's playing

604
00:33:18,799 --> 00:33:24,000
more consistent minutes, but Kobe's getting these spots starts. Yeah,

605
00:33:24,359 --> 00:33:27,519
where how are we feeling about that? No definitive decisions, obviously,

606
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:31,200
but I don't think you can go super wrong. I

607
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,160
don't think the Clippers are in a position to a

608
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:39,519
say it's only Kobe or Batum, because I think Batom's

609
00:33:39,599 --> 00:33:42,119
experience helps a lot against a team like the Spurs.

610
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,519
Let's say in the first round.

611
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:47,079
Speaker 2: I would say definitively if they play San Antonio, because

612
00:33:47,079 --> 00:33:49,920
of Wemby and his experience with him, Batum will be

613
00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:52,559
playing just like we saw the other night, and he

614
00:33:52,599 --> 00:33:56,400
had some possessions guarding Wemby and got him coming up Monday.

615
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,759
Speaker 1: And the like the threes are there, like batumah shooting

616
00:33:59,759 --> 00:34:03,079
well well, I believe batoombs forty four percent from three

617
00:34:03,559 --> 00:34:10,760
more than I believe Kobe's sixty one from three. Paul

618
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:15,239
Thomas might have a big night on Sunday says long term,

619
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:19,039
you need to play Kobe long term. Yeah, obviously, but

620
00:34:20,679 --> 00:34:24,159
I think right now in the for the playoffs specifically,

621
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,119
I think Kobe will still get reps, but I think

622
00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:29,079
Batoombs out of that first option.

623
00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:33,519
Speaker 2: I've been having one battle after another with this. Paul

624
00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:35,960
Thomas here in the chat because earlier he said some

625
00:34:36,079 --> 00:34:39,199
bs like Adam said he wanted to trade Kawhi. Leonard

626
00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:42,519
at the deadline said what I've been consistently saying around

627
00:34:42,559 --> 00:34:44,639
that time was I'm open to trading anyone.

628
00:34:45,039 --> 00:34:46,199
Speaker 1: Yeah, I have the offers right.

629
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:51,280
Speaker 2: Including bos and they got the Godfather offer we kind

630
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:51,880
of talked about.

631
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:57,800
Speaker 1: Yeah. I like that both Kobe and Nico been playing

632
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,199
so well, like that this is a This is not

633
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:04,280
as big of an issue as I think. Yeah, some

634
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:07,400
fans are maybe freaking out, Like I think it's still

635
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:08,079
a good thing.

636
00:35:10,159 --> 00:35:12,320
Speaker 2: People are looking at stuff song like they have to

637
00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:15,039
get in a playoff series. They're they're not going to

638
00:35:15,039 --> 00:35:17,079
get the six seed with seventeen games left.

639
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:21,639
Speaker 1: No, that's that would take a force masure.

640
00:35:23,039 --> 00:35:25,519
Speaker 2: I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see it happening.

641
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 1: They'd have to like win out. They're like pretty damn

642
00:35:30,599 --> 00:35:32,559
to make up six games, six and a half.

643
00:35:33,039 --> 00:35:37,320
Speaker 2: Like just catching the Suns for the seventh spot is

644
00:35:38,599 --> 00:35:40,320
almost asking too much.

645
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,360
Speaker 1: And because we are going to have this is a

646
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,079
great joke. We're good.

647
00:35:47,159 --> 00:35:53,320
Speaker 2: Kawhi here uh ron wekay hey.

648
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 1: Garland is out for the game tomorrow, which is not

649
00:35:59,079 --> 00:36:02,079
a surprise first night of a back to back. He's

650
00:36:02,079 --> 00:36:06,000
still managing the toe. It is against the Bulls and

651
00:36:06,039 --> 00:36:09,239
then the Kings are on Saturday. This is one of

652
00:36:11,199 --> 00:36:13,320
we had a very forgiving back to back to start

653
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:17,800
this month. This is a more forgiving opponent wise back

654
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:19,360
to back to start this month.

655
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:22,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, they should win both.

656
00:36:22,679 --> 00:36:27,760
Speaker 1: We started with what pels Warriors. Both these are at home,

657
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:33,079
and both these teams are now fully interested in fucking losing.

658
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:38,000
Like both of there's no like. Both of these teams

659
00:36:38,039 --> 00:36:42,039
are fully trying to lose. The Bulls are also going

660
00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:43,880
to be on the second night of a back to

661
00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:46,400
back because they're playing the Lakers tonight.

662
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:51,679
Speaker 2: Yeah, another scheduling boon for the Clippers.

663
00:36:52,039 --> 00:36:55,760
Speaker 1: This is a fair question from Paul Thomas. This actually

664
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,679
opens up a good question. Are we now no longer

665
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:02,400
the trap team? Are we the ones who will be trapped?

666
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,320
Speaker 2: I don't know, kau I keep saying job not done.

667
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:10,719
Speaker 1: I think job's not done. But the way the Clippers

668
00:37:10,760 --> 00:37:14,639
are playing, I think we are the to be trapped team.

669
00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 2: They are due for a letdown. They are no Garland,

670
00:37:19,559 --> 00:37:23,880
don't let it happen. But there's gonna be a first

671
00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:27,599
like what happened early on against Memphis. And I don't

672
00:37:27,639 --> 00:37:32,519
think it was honestly lack of effort. I think they

673
00:37:32,559 --> 00:37:35,639
were just hot. But there could be a flat first

674
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,760
quarter coming where they take an opponent for granted a

675
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:44,039
little bit. It just happens. It's a long season. You

676
00:37:44,119 --> 00:37:47,079
can't stay locked in all the time. It's going to happen.

677
00:37:47,679 --> 00:37:49,800
Do you still have enough of a margin of error

678
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:51,960
to recover from that based upon what we've been seeing

679
00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:53,440
with this Clippers team, Yes.

680
00:37:53,840 --> 00:37:56,159
Speaker 1: And I think against these two opponents. The Bulls are

681
00:37:56,159 --> 00:37:58,679
three and seven since the All Star break, and they're

682
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:01,000
not They're like getting blown out when they lose.

683
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,119
Speaker 2: And taking three and seven.

684
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 3: Hey, they're bad at taking or pick it up.

685
00:38:07,639 --> 00:38:12,920
Speaker 1: And then the Kings on Saturday, a team that Matt George,

686
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:15,679
who has been covering the Kings for a very long

687
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,719
time and a Kings fan for a very long time,

688
00:38:19,119 --> 00:38:22,239
has said multiple times this is the worst Kings team

689
00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:26,519
he's ever watched. Yeah, which is saying something so like

690
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:31,119
they thankfully on paper if they show up to one

691
00:38:31,159 --> 00:38:34,559
of these quarters. This is a good point as well.

692
00:38:34,559 --> 00:38:37,119
By Dexodus, Westbrook is gonna pull some b ass. Will

693
00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:38,400
never count that dude out fair?

694
00:38:40,119 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 2: What if they take him out in the fourth quarter

695
00:38:42,079 --> 00:38:45,119
like they did the other night and one probably because

696
00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:45,639
of it.

697
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: So like this, I'm fine if they split here. We

698
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:57,440
have been on cloud nine for March, me personally and

699
00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,639
I but I still think I think there's a strong

700
00:38:59,719 --> 00:39:00,719
chance they can go to and.

701
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:04,840
Speaker 2: Though yeah, and I think about Matt George's he's also

702
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,079
the guy that said going into last season the Clippers

703
00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:08,960
would finished last in the act.

704
00:39:09,079 --> 00:39:12,519
Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't live that one down. And we as

705
00:39:13,039 --> 00:39:17,320
listeners of us know the division holds a lot of

706
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,039
weight with these three guys over here at this pot

707
00:39:20,519 --> 00:39:26,320
you too, It's really just but yeah, I want to

708
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,880
see and Garland will be fresh against the Kings it's

709
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,440
a chance for him to you know, take a little

710
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,559
more brunt of the offensive load and stuff like that.

711
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:42,079
I was feeling. I stopped myself from sending out some

712
00:39:42,119 --> 00:39:44,360
tweets last night, but I was feeling very confident with

713
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:45,440
how the Clippers were playing.

714
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,639
Speaker 2: I may get smoked by that guy on Twitter, and

715
00:39:49,719 --> 00:39:52,000
I'll own it and I'll retweet it. That was said

716
00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:55,079
fifteen three in March, and I was like, whoa eleven

717
00:39:55,079 --> 00:39:58,599
and seven, my guy, Like, I may have to pull

718
00:39:58,599 --> 00:40:01,400
a receipt on myself. Happens, fair man.

719
00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:04,599
Speaker 1: I was terrified for this month. I think all of

720
00:40:04,639 --> 00:40:09,960
us were. I'm also like, as these things go in

721
00:40:10,039 --> 00:40:14,280
the Clippers universe, they can change quickly. So I'm trying

722
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,960
to keep myself in check a bit because there is

723
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:27,440
you know, things can change. Right now. They're six and one,

724
00:40:27,599 --> 00:40:32,960
Like they got bulls Kings. They play the Spurs. This

725
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,599
is another five and seven by the way they play this,

726
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:39,119
so they go bulls Kings. They play the Spurs on Monday,

727
00:40:39,199 --> 00:40:43,360
and then they're at the Pels the eighteenth and the nineteenth,

728
00:40:46,159 --> 00:40:47,679
which again like.

729
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:53,599
Speaker 2: Pells not taking just bad, but they've they've been a

730
00:40:53,639 --> 00:40:56,880
little bit better. They're a little healthier that they might

731
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:57,920
lose one of those games.

732
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: They could end up nine and three. Yeah, they really

733
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:08,480
could after the first twelve games, Like that's unreal.

734
00:41:11,119 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, san Antonio is gonna be tough, but they're due

735
00:41:16,559 --> 00:41:20,519
for a letdown. Actually, the fact that san Antonio came

736
00:41:20,559 --> 00:41:23,039
back on them, first of all, the fact that this

737
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:26,000
just happened less than a week ago. The Clippers blue

738
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:30,280
age twenty five point lead, and nobody remembers that or

739
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:34,880
the worst ever in the regular season. That was so

740
00:41:35,559 --> 00:41:38,599
last week apparently because we have moved past it quickly,

741
00:41:38,639 --> 00:41:40,639
because now they're above five hundred and they.

742
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,320
Speaker 1: Well they've had like six games since then.

743
00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 2: That's that's the type of season it's been. But maybe

744
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,840
there's some added fuel to get them back, even though

745
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:56,480
san Antonio was technically getting them back from the Clippers

746
00:41:56,519 --> 00:41:58,280
coming back on them with the first went into a

747
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:02,239
Dome last season down twenty six. Slippers turn though, Monday.

748
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:05,599
Speaker 1: Alfonso Lopez is saying, I remember when you guys were

749
00:42:05,639 --> 00:42:08,480
all about losing with dignity, just saying we all were

750
00:42:08,599 --> 00:42:10,000
we were six and twenty one.

751
00:42:11,119 --> 00:42:15,320
Speaker 2: That was first of all, that was Chuck's phrase, And why.

752
00:42:15,159 --> 00:42:17,159
Speaker 1: Would you not want to lose with dignity. If you're

753
00:42:17,159 --> 00:42:20,719
gonna lose, don't lose like an idiot. Why would you

754
00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:23,920
want to lose like a dope, drop a soda on

755
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:28,760
your pants and lose like you want to lose with dignity.

756
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,760
I don't want to were We watched the Slippers Seam

757
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,320
lose without dignity, and that is not fun.

758
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:36,519
Speaker 3: Yeah.

759
00:42:36,559 --> 00:42:39,559
Speaker 2: Look, guys, let's be honest. I don't know if any

760
00:42:39,639 --> 00:42:41,480
of us thought when they were six and twenty one

761
00:42:41,519 --> 00:42:43,920
they would get back to this point. Even Joseph Ria

762
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:47,519
Award and whatever he was texting about at that time.

763
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:48,920
Speaker 1: Was sending mixed messages.

764
00:42:49,119 --> 00:42:51,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was all over the place. So I don't

765
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:54,360
want to hear that. Like if you take, if you

766
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,800
take both sides, you're bound to be right. You can Clay.

767
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, I hope he's showing his family thisss. I hope

768
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:03,039
they're watching the stream.

769
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,800
Speaker 2: Right now now. I'm gonna have to pull that if

770
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:09,000
they go fifteen and three in March, I will be

771
00:43:09,039 --> 00:43:11,679
pulling that receipt because I did book I did BOOKMARKT

772
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,079
and you know we can all smoke that good Adam

773
00:43:14,119 --> 00:43:16,119
pack on those predictions.

774
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 1: I will also when when coach Lou was like, they

775
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,719
got to go thirty five and twenty and then Zoo

776
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:23,760
got hurt. I was like, I've said it. I was like,

777
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:24,239
I don't know.

778
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, people thirty five and twenty big time.

779
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 1: I did. And then Zoo got hurt and it was like,

780
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:33,559
well shit, and then we just.

781
00:43:33,679 --> 00:43:34,079
Speaker 3: I don't know.

782
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,599
Speaker 2: They've They've been better than I would have thought without

783
00:43:37,599 --> 00:43:39,840
a beach zoobot so far. God admit that.

784
00:43:40,079 --> 00:43:46,800
Speaker 1: Oh shit, shout out Brook Lopez. Isaiah Jackson, Man, I

785
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:50,760
am becoming more of I'm just a fan of watching

786
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:54,159
him play. There's there's peaks and valleys, obviously, but the energy,

787
00:43:55,599 --> 00:43:58,800
the energy sometimes the energy from a bench center is

788
00:43:58,840 --> 00:44:01,119
like yeah, okay, the energy very high, but you're just

789
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:04,760
kind of running around out there. He's affecting play. Yeah,

790
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,000
and I appreciate that.

791
00:44:07,119 --> 00:44:09,599
Speaker 2: I thought he was really good. They actually played through

792
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:11,760
him a little bit when they didn't have Garland or

793
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:14,559
Kawhi on the floor last night, because they put like

794
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,000
Dante on him and like just dumping in, just dumping

795
00:44:17,039 --> 00:44:19,119
into Isaiah Jackson. They had to foul and he went

796
00:44:19,199 --> 00:44:21,119
five or six of the sierity stripe.

797
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,599
Speaker 1: Right like he's he's filling in these gaps where he

798
00:44:24,679 --> 00:44:28,159
needs to like perfectly within the role. So and we've

799
00:44:28,159 --> 00:44:30,840
talked about it. Brook Lopez is doing traditional center stuff

800
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:35,079
really well. Like he's he's been so quiet, but he is.

801
00:44:36,519 --> 00:44:39,360
It's been really not everyone is playing elevated. We're hitting

802
00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:42,599
that one of those stretches where everyone is ten to

803
00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:45,559
eighteen percent better than they usually are, and it's they

804
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:46,679
care fantastic.

805
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:50,199
Speaker 2: I think part of it is they feel like, oh

806
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,800
my god, look at what Kawhi Leonard is doing. We

807
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:56,679
cannot let this guy down. I honestly think Kawhi is

808
00:44:56,719 --> 00:45:01,159
inspiring everyone. And yes, Bradley Beal, Bradley Bueble, we have

809
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:02,000
this ahead.

810
00:45:02,519 --> 00:45:04,679
Speaker 1: We're gonna announce we're gonna do a giveaway. Next week

811
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,079
We're giving away this Bradley bilbobblehead.

812
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 2: Seeing out to giveaway for the Bradley bilbobblehead. I like it.

813
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:16,400
Speaker 1: It's a size medium, that's nice. Yeah, it is a

814
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:23,239
nice shirt. Details details next week. This is yeah, And

815
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:27,480
I'm not I just want to get to the play in.

816
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:29,599
That's where I'm at. I'm like, I'm trying not to

817
00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:30,480
think about the PLAYO.

818
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:33,679
Speaker 2: Well, I'm ready to go to Phoenix for the seven

819
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:42,159
eight matchup. I think it's happened. I'd love to chase

820
00:45:42,199 --> 00:45:44,000
them down and get it into it. Don't but we're

821
00:45:44,079 --> 00:45:46,480
they're five games behind them with seventeen to play. It's

822
00:45:46,639 --> 00:45:48,599
it's just not that realism.

823
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:52,280
Speaker 1: Beat them in that hole of a city they call Phoenix, like,

824
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:58,159
get in, enjoy the air conditioning, get the hell out, Like, yeah,

825
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,239
I'm fine, I'm fine. They're five games back of the

826
00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:00,800
seventh seed.

827
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:01,360
Speaker 2: There you go.

828
00:46:03,960 --> 00:46:05,840
Speaker 1: It's a lot of games, and they're a game up

829
00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:07,800
on the ninth seed. But the Warriors are trending.

830
00:46:07,679 --> 00:46:09,599
Speaker 2: And they went to and two against Phoenix, right, so

831
00:46:09,639 --> 00:46:13,440
head to head was even first time breaker, Yes.

832
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:14,280
Speaker 1: I believe.

833
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:14,400
Speaker 2: So.

834
00:46:15,159 --> 00:46:18,440
Speaker 1: Reminder, the second to last game against the season is

835
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,880
against the Trailblazers and the last game of the season

836
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:25,840
is against the Warriors. Like there's at that point.

837
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:31,599
Speaker 2: Let me tell you that's true. Step doesn't get back soon.

838
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:32,679
He's out another week.

839
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:36,760
Speaker 1: So yeah, that Mexican Nara is saying, I'll hop on

840
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,400
for the shirt. You can keep them ahead, you get both,

841
00:46:40,159 --> 00:46:47,679
you get negotiable. Yes, we're having some trouble thinking of

842
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:49,639
ideas on how to give this away. So there'll be

843
00:46:49,639 --> 00:46:53,519
more details on Tuesday. There may be a special email

844
00:46:53,519 --> 00:46:59,079
account that you have to email anything else before we

845
00:46:59,159 --> 00:47:02,119
let these these fell and ladies and whoever else go.

846
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:06,280
Speaker 2: I think Miles Johnson brought up something interesting here. It's

847
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,159
a fun ride, but I wonder how the fan base

848
00:47:08,159 --> 00:47:10,079
would take a destroyed by okay, see in a one

849
00:47:10,079 --> 00:47:13,679
to eight. Here's the thing, guys, this is why it's okay.

850
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:15,760
Somebody last night got in the chat was like, who

851
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,760
cares about being above five hundred. It's like, it is

852
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:22,320
okay to celebrate along the long journey of an a

853
00:47:22,519 --> 00:47:26,000
two game season and ride the wave when things are

854
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,320
going well because you don't know how it's going to end.

855
00:47:29,360 --> 00:47:31,119
If you just wait to see how it ends, to

856
00:47:31,159 --> 00:47:33,159
decide what your emotions are going to be on the

857
00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:35,800
entire season, that's a terrible way to a fan. I

858
00:47:35,840 --> 00:47:37,679
don't want to tell anyone how to have but that's

859
00:47:37,679 --> 00:47:38,519
not how I would do it.

860
00:47:39,679 --> 00:47:42,440
Speaker 1: That's why we're having a happy hour hang to celebrate

861
00:47:42,599 --> 00:47:46,480
going one game over five hundred. I was just as

862
00:47:46,519 --> 00:47:49,840
I was making this tequila soda, I was like, oh,

863
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:55,119
this is if you were a negative person, you would

864
00:47:55,199 --> 00:47:57,360
not care about this at all, and you would say

865
00:47:57,360 --> 00:47:58,880
it doesn't matter. They're just going to get killed in

866
00:47:58,920 --> 00:48:02,800
the playoffs. We're not the players. We don't have to

867
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:07,960
have a championship bus mentalent. Yes, we can enjoy a

868
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:13,920
historic for maybe not the best reasons season right now. Like,

869
00:48:14,199 --> 00:48:16,679
we don't have to go to work and be like,

870
00:48:16,719 --> 00:48:18,480
I'm a Clippers fan. You know, they just got to

871
00:48:18,519 --> 00:48:21,599
win the championship. I didn't do my job, have fault.

872
00:48:21,840 --> 00:48:25,159
Speaker 2: I'm glad Kawhi has that hard ass in him where

873
00:48:25,199 --> 00:48:29,079
he's like, cool, job not done. I love that. That

874
00:48:29,159 --> 00:48:31,880
doesn't mean we all have to be like that as fans,

875
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,280
because they may need that for the locker room, and

876
00:48:35,599 --> 00:48:39,320
we may need to be on fire for this team

877
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:43,559
no matter what to help them add into adult Right.

878
00:48:44,079 --> 00:48:46,639
Speaker 1: I'm a Dolphins fan. I can't get it. I can't

879
00:48:46,639 --> 00:48:49,239
pretend like it's Super Bowl or bus like you gotta

880
00:48:49,280 --> 00:48:52,360
find things, you gotta find things. You're a Panthers fan,

881
00:48:52,639 --> 00:48:53,760
like you're a lunatic.

882
00:48:53,920 --> 00:48:56,159
Speaker 2: Are we building? Are we trending in the right direction

883
00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,559
or not? They certainly are not the Panthers the Clippers.

884
00:49:01,679 --> 00:49:04,519
Speaker 1: We're feeling good. We're gonna be back with a full episode.

885
00:49:04,639 --> 00:49:08,079
I think Tuesday, whatever day that the Clippers are not playing,

886
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,719
we will have a full episode for y'all. Adam, can

887
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:14,119
we get one positive thing? I'll put this out on audio.

888
00:49:14,199 --> 00:49:16,239
If you missed us on the video, you can find

889
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:19,360
us at YouTube dot com at Clippers Podcast. Adam, let's

890
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:20,760
get a positive thing going into.

891
00:49:20,559 --> 00:49:21,199
Speaker 3: This back to back.

892
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:23,559
Speaker 2: I think it's I don't think it is like some

893
00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:26,960
dubious record to pull off what they just did. Plenty

894
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,599
of teams have been in this spot, and one in

895
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:32,760
NBA history has held onto the rope long enough to

896
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:36,079
get back above five hundred. And it's so emblematic of

897
00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:38,800
who the Clippers have been over the years where you

898
00:49:38,840 --> 00:49:41,280
talk about I always do the hashtag comeback clips thing

899
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:45,440
when they're down, and they've had more comebacks I think

900
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:48,039
still than anyone else over the last six seven years.

901
00:49:49,039 --> 00:49:51,760
And now they're having like a comeback season where they

902
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:55,119
were basically like in an O and three or twenty

903
00:49:55,159 --> 00:49:58,519
eight to three type of hole in the regular season

904
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:01,960
and they came back to get their head above water. Yes,

905
00:50:02,039 --> 00:50:05,760
there's work to be done, but it is fine to

906
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:09,320
say this is really cool. This is really special still,

907
00:50:10,039 --> 00:50:14,400
and I'm fine with celebrating it and nobody else done it,

908
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:18,159
so it can't mean nothing. Everybody else. It's easy to

909
00:50:18,199 --> 00:50:20,360
give in. It would have been so easy to give

910
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:23,519
in for this team, and they didn't. And oh yeah,

911
00:50:23,559 --> 00:50:26,039
it kind of feels like, you know, they don't go

912
00:50:26,159 --> 00:50:30,480
six and twenty one? Is Darius Garland? Here is part

913
00:50:30,519 --> 00:50:32,599
of the future? Here? Do they have two more first

914
00:50:32,679 --> 00:50:33,280
round picks?

915
00:50:33,360 --> 00:50:33,480
Speaker 1: Like?

916
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,239
Speaker 2: Is all this happening for a reason? I don't know

917
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:38,119
what I want.

918
00:50:37,880 --> 00:50:39,920
Speaker 1: To talk about that next week, because that's a great point.

919
00:50:40,159 --> 00:50:43,519
I don't. I don't think that happens at all. I

920
00:50:43,519 --> 00:50:45,280
don't think we trade for I don't think we trade

921
00:50:45,360 --> 00:50:48,559
Zoo and Harden. If we're the battling for the four.

922
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:53,559
Speaker 2: Seed, Harden doesn't want to leave then, right, So I

923
00:50:53,559 --> 00:50:57,199
don't know. Things have worked out. And thank goodness they

924
00:50:57,199 --> 00:50:59,760
didn't make any rass decisions with the front office or

925
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,880
cochlu because they clearly are the right guys for the job.

926
00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: You mean the Clippers reddit was wrong? Okay, we gotta

927
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,320
get out of here. Thank you for hanging out. Everybody

928
00:51:09,559 --> 00:51:11,480
Clippers read it. You're great and the Clippers need all

929
00:51:11,519 --> 00:51:14,320
the fans support they can get. Have a great rest

930
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:17,239
of your weekend. Here's the going. Let's split the back

931
00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:21,119
to back and uh, we'll talk to you guys next week,

932
00:51:21,239 --> 00:51:24,880
probably on Tuesday. Stay safe and thanks for hanging out

933
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:26,480
and as always,