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

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episode twenty one of Clips and Dip, the first actual

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regular season preview of the year.

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Speaker 2: Cannot feels good.

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Speaker 1: It feels so good. Clippers basketball is back on Wednesday.

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I am Chuck Mockler joined by Adam Lauson and William

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Updyke to all the new listeners, come hang out. We're

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gonna be doing you know, three episodes per week usually

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if you've been with us hanging out in the off season,

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we love you so much. You can find us anywhere

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you find podcasts and on YouTube at YouTube dot com

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slash at Clippers podcast. We're talking Clippers versus Suns. That's

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about it today. Very excited for Clippers basketball to be back.

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But before we get into it, Adam, will how the

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hell are you two doing on this beautiful Monday evening

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in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: I'm good. Few people weren't happy with me last night.

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I feel I mean like one or two, but uh,

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I will not give in to the uh the mad

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men screaming at me that Kahi is gonna play on Wednesday. Dumbass.

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Speaker 1: He'll be back. He was a practice today.

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Speaker 3: You watched you know, you see talking with Dante Jones.

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That's the same thing, right, Well, it's all good.

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Speaker 1: How are you are you being attacked on Reddit?

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Speaker 2: I'm about the same. A lot of people are mad

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at me. I left like a full steak at a

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restaurant last night. Uh and yeah, a bunch of people

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were yelling at me.

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Speaker 1: You paid for it though, So that's let's get into it.

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Clippers versus Suns. No pun intended. I did not mean that.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: It is the regular season opening for the Clippers new Arena,

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which is very exciting. Starting five for the Clippers, in

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case you've missed it, James Harden, Norm Pylell, Terrence Man,

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Dirk Jones Jr. I eats the Zubots. The Sons will

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be starting Tyas Jones, Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant

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and Nurkic who never heard of those guys? Couldn't tell you? Then?

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Adam Will? What do we see going right? We're gonna

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talk about the bench at a bit too. What do

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we see going right? For the starters on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: It's time to clamp down, Baby, clamp down? What do

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you mean? Is this the test? Is this the test

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that this clip? This new defensive identity for the Clippers' needs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're gonna find out if it's our year. Right

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off the bat is the test. It's a pretty stiff test,

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I think defensively, it's asking a lot, but they're up

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to the challenge. I was listening to audio from Terrence

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Man earlier today at practice, and I thought it was

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interesting that he said he's gonna be the guy picking

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up the ball most of the time, or being the

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head of the snake defensively, not Derek Jones Junior. That

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was kind of of note since Derek Jones Junior typically

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was thought of as the better on ball defender. But

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Terrence Man was asked by La Murray about what he

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can improve on from last season. He would obviously really

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good in that series against Luca Dontris, but overall it

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was a little bit up and down with his defense

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at times last year. Sure, and he said he learned

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a lot, So I mean he's a good defender. I

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just I guess that means he's gonna pick up Tyas Jones,

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who is a pretty darn good addition, by the way,

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from the Phoenix Suns. Montay Morris coming off the bench,

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I think is also a sneaky good acquisition if he

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can stay healthy. So for a team that was looking

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for more playmakers and guys to handle the rocks so

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they could just get it and into the hands of

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their stars and let them create from there, that's that's

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not a bad It's not a bad roster for this

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Phoenix Suns team. It's just about health with them a

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lot of times. So similar stuff with the Clippers.

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Speaker 1: Sure, I like how Charence Man was talking about how

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him and Derek Jones Junior might kind of be switching

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off at picking up at ninety four feet. I like

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the multiple look possibilities there for our defense. Well, what

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do you most I guess excited about to see for

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the defense because like I mean, like Adam said, this

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is a brutal test to start uh the season off

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of without Kauai and with a new guy and a

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whole new defensive scheme going on.

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean I think the scheme is is like

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hoping that the you know, like energy on the defense

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beend that we saw from Norm Powell is going to

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carry over. Uh, certainly we're gonna see what Van Gunny

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has been able to do to uh you don't get

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there are ways he can be an effective defender. It

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expect a whole lot on that end, with all that

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he's going to be doing for this Clippers offense, which

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but uh, it's something you gotta do. You got to

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get him in those in those spots, you know, especially

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like in the post. He's got to have active hands,

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get in deflections, getting that you know, getting that transition

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offense running. But I'm curious to see how they're how

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they're gonna make it work because as we have talked

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about this is this is kind of a small team luckily,

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you know, the Suns smaller back court as well, so

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that they can't punish you in the same way that

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that I envisioned some other teams uh in the West

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being able to kind of punish the smaller lineup. So

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uh yeah, really excited just to see that that energy,

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uh and and effort sort of carry over from what

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we saw and you know, we'll see we talked about

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it so many times last year it became like a cliche,

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like what the identity of this team is. They're still

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finding it, they're still building it. We know this year right,

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like it's been talked about. They've they've leaned sort of

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one way, which you know, I'm I'm I'm excited to watch.

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But we're gonna know opening night, like if if the

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money is where their mouth is, I suppose.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we need the James Harden strip club. As Justin

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Russo points out, it was very active hands in the preseason,

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which is awesome. Yeah, like we mentioned, you know, Adam,

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you're just talking about Terrence guarding Tias Jones, so hardens.

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Speaker 3: Who are Nobody's on Booker? Somebody's on Bradley Beal. Now

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I'm guessing Booker brings the ball up a lot. KD

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brings it up. Sometimes it's not just gonna be Tias Jones,

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and maybe he'll pick him up and then switch onto

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one of the three top guys scoring wise on their team.

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I don't know. Norman Pal's definitely gonna get tested early on.

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to pick on him. Maybe early in the season with

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James not being run down much because he's had to

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do so much on the offensive, vent is a better

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opportunity for him to show off some of the quick

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hands and just better defensive instincts like we saw when

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they went twenty six and five during the thirty one

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game run. Like he was, he was better. He can

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be better. So normOn Pal has been challenged all off

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season by the coaching staff coach who talked about that

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again the other day, saying like you can't hide it anymore.

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We know it's there. We saw it against Phoenix in

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the twenty twenty three playoffs series. He keeps going back

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to that, saying Norm Powell is really good defensively there

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and obviously the last three games of the series, no

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Kawhi Leonard, no Paul George throughout it. So they have enough.

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guards that are looking to get in the mid range,

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and they're not so much explosive scores with getting downhill

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and driving past you. With Bradley Beale anymore and Devin Booker,

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it's over the top jump shots and the Clippers size

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it last season too, like we like the matchup against

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Phoenix overall. Of course we're talking more about Kawhi Leonard

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being available, but it's still well, it's a tough task.

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It's certainly not impossible. Opening that it into it, don't

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for the Clippers to get a victory against them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Lot's gonna be on Zoo too, right Like

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I mean, they're gonna a lot. I think they're gonna

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try and make Zoo work out a lot too. Because

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we mentioned the the fatigue or not the fatigue, the

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is he able to do it on both ends type things.

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I think the Sons are gonna at him. Adam thinks

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Zoo is soft. We've established that in case you're new

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to the show. Offensively, I'm curious. I think that is

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my word of the first couple of weeks of the

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season for the Clippers offense is I'm curious is what

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the offense is going to look like? Hard and Powell

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or plus nine point one per one hundred possessions when

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they shared the floor last season. Something fun that I

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learned Powell and Man minus two uh in their per

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one hundred possesions, which was interesting, But yeah, I guess

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I'm hoping for a really efficient pick and roll and

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that Terrence Man takes more threes.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I want to see Visas Zubats touch the ball

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in the post three out of the first five possessions. Honestly,

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go to it right away because that is a matchup advantage.

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While he hasn't had spectacular games against Nurkic, feel like

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that just means he's due. Urkics is not that great

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of a defender. Zoo can win that matchup against him.

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And obviously Mason Plumley coming off the bench or Bull

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Bull or whatever else they try feature beats the Zoo

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on them last season was physicality, and it always kind

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of has been with Kevin Durant, which why I always

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felt like Kawhi Leonard is the better player in a

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playoff series because it gets more physical. I'd rather have him.

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Katie's still great, But if you're nitpicking a little bit,

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you can say they're more finesse than physical, So lean

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on them a little bit, push them around, get big

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Zoo going high, pick and roll. He and James Harden

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start things off that way. I'd love to see it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Zoo averages ten to eight against uh NERK in

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his career.

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Speaker 3: I think, what's his high, like nineteen points and it.

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Speaker 1: Was I is nineteen and that was in the last

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game against Phoenix. He had nineteen and eight and three times.

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Speaker 3: I need twenty plus from Zoo Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: The blueprint to me is what they did in Game

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one against Dallas. And they have better guys to guard,

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to beat to Zubots, but they went to him early

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and often and he had that twenty and fifteen game.

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What was the best player on the floor for the

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Clippers in that blowout?

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Speaker 1: Well, who are you most looking forward to starting wise?

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a lot to do to see offensively on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think this is a really big opportunity

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for Norm. And this is a really big opportunity for Norm.

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So I'm excited to see what he can do with this.

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And you know this is what you want, you know,

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he he We know what he can do in that

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six man sort of score first sort of role. We

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know how good he is, how lethal he is off ball,

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So I'm really excited for him to step in into

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this lineup and be what we need, you know, like

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were there's no two ways around it, you know, with

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no Kauahi obviously you know, never of Paul George again.

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Speaker 1: Which never of Paul George gas pleasant minuses in consistent

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wind that Paul George.

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Speaker 2: We're we are gonna need, I mean, we are gonna

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need every bit of Norm Powell. So I'm really excited

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for this opportunity for him and see to see what

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he does with it.

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Speaker 1: And he can be a tone setter too. Norm can

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come out and just make his first three threes type thing,

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you know what I mean, Like he can be a

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bit obviously it's you know, Harden's offense and stuff like that.

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that just gives that helps the spacing issue right that

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we're all so worried about. So your hot start from

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Norm would be great.

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Speaker 3: It's rough obviously not having Kawhi Leonard because all off

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season we're like, how do we make up for the

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twenty two or twenty three points per game from Paul George.

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Now it's like how do you make up for the

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forty seven points per game that are being missed, Like,

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he's been getting over twenty points. He's been efficient. Like

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that is the quickest path to making up for some

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of the production loss from Paul George on the offensive

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end at least. Yeah, I do have hope for that

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enormous ready for this moment. He's been asking for it

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for a long time as the coaching staff keeps reminding him.

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You got to play defense though now too, if you're

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gonna do all this on offense and start.

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Speaker 1: I liked that they were doing. We saw some footage

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from the one on ones that practiced today from Law,

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which was cool. It was like hardened and Norm going

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at it. So they're they're working at it like they

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are working on the defense. What do we see maybe

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not going well with the starting fives for the Clips

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starting five excuse me for the Clippers.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what their turnover numbers ended up being,

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but obviously James Harden probably had an inordinate amount of

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turnovers in the preseason and that.

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Speaker 1: Can happen per game or something like that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I don't expect that to continue, of course, but they

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were a little bit clunky at times with the turnovers,

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and I think it was covered up by the fact

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that they were getting so many defensively that we forget

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they also outside of one game the preseason, we're averaging

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twenty turnovers per game themselves.

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Speaker 1: That is a good call, and you can't turn over

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against this Phoenix offense. We don't want to give the

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four man lineup of Booker, Bill Duranton Dirk outscored opponents

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by nine and a half points per one hundred possessions

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last season. We can't give them free field goal attempts,

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especially when, if you're me, you're worried about how the

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Clippers are going to get up enough field goal attempts

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to kind of compete with the Suns team will what

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are you worried about for about the Clippers and the

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Suns or in.

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Speaker 2: General just in life? Oh man, don't even get me

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started on the unbearable lightness of being anyways, What am

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I worried about in this one? I mean, you bring

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up the turnovers. I think that that's really I think

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that that is one of those things to look up

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for this This team cannot shoot themselves in the foot.

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The thing that's so difficult is the way this team

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has to execute is unlike any other year, you know,

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since the two one, since the two and three era,

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like that, we have zero margin for error anywhere. So

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so the way that this team like has to execute,

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if you know this is in fact our year, like

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many of us believe a lot there's there's many of us.

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There's many of us. I was falling people, uh while

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I was out there in Vegas. It seems like a

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lot of people are convinced this is a year. Yeah,

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big Clippers, Big Clippers sports book was u they were

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saying to hammer that over, but like, we're just gonna

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have to say, like, there's not gonna be We've already

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talked about this, but there's not gonna be any ten

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games sample sizes like there's you know there there's very little,

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uh margin for error. And so I'm like, I'm so

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happy that we got a full training camp with James

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Harden and in the majority of a season under his belt.

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We know now that he has the keys and and

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and uh to the offense. So I I think that

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they can do it, Like I think that it's possible.

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It's it just is a very tall order, the first

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game out the gate and the first game in a

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new arena where you know so many fans are paying

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so much more money and are so excited. But there

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is you know, there's kind of a lot on the

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line game one, and I do think that that is

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something that I'm worried about, Like this, you know this,

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this ain't just a regular This ain't your normal regular

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season game, I guess, is what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: So that has me nervous. Yes, that's a good call. Yeah,

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it's gonna Man, it's the crowd. I'm so excited to

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see the crowd, the full capacity, the full volume of

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into it. Rebounding another thing not going to be easy.

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The Clippers. I think they were in the twenties and

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their defensive and offensive rebound percentage in the preseason which

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is not ideal. So they got I.

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Speaker 3: Don't know if they're gonna like, I don't know. I

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don't think they can be top ten rebounding team, and

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I don't.

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Speaker 1: Think really hard. They need Derek Jones Junior and Terrence

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Vanda essentially, like double their career outputs at boards for

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the most part.

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Speaker 3: Like that's a real deficiency I think on this team

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that could be glaring immediately. Although Phoenix was not a

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very good rebounding team last season. They were last and

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offensive rebounding percentage, oh wow, last in the league. They

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they were kind of brutal there, and I think you

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know what that was actually during this preseason. But overall,

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I want to say the Phoenix Suns, even with Frank

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Vogel last season, they weren't a great rebounding team. In fact,

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they were let's say twentieth. Now, the Clippers were twenty

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fourth and defensive rebounding percentage overall rebounding percentage, Phoenix Suns

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were a little bit better than that. Damn they were seventh.

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Scratch it all. Shit, they didn't have Ties Jones there

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trying to get boards.

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Speaker 1: Sure, yeah, it's I mean it's gonna be yeah, we

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Terrence Man, it's just more right. We just need more

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of everything from Terrence Man is kind of who I'm

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looking at, Derek Jones junior, because he's new. I think

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we'll get a bit of a let him figure it out,

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get used to it. From the fans, specifically, I think

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there's gonna be a lot of pressure on Terrence to

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grab more boards and shoot more threes. But yeah, the boards,

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And that's what freaks me out about the field goal

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attempt discrepancy. If we're giving the Phoenix Suns an entire

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extra quarter of field goal attempts, this one's gonna be

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difficult to win. And how you do that is you

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don't get boards and you don't give yourself extra possessions.

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Right offensive rebounds are huge for this Clippers team. Are

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going to be huge again because we don't we don't

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have a super clear idea of what the offensive looks like.

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So being able to get ourselves second chance opportunities is

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going to be so important. Yeah, I'm a little terrified

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for this game, but I'm very excited.

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Speaker 3: I think that's one of the keys of the season

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right there. Offensive rebounds with this Clippers team, that may

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tell you a lot about their win loss record. Just

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where were they at in offensive rebounds that night. It

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could be a true tell of how they're competing out there,

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because it is going to be difficult. I just like,

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why is a good rebounder, But even when he's back

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and playing the four that's still not ideal. It's still

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not perfect. Each A Zubat's a good rebounder, but right now,

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playing next to Darris Jones Jr. You're not going to

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be able to out rebound most teams. You're just not.

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Terrence Man has to crash the last And it was

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an emphasis and we saw it especially. I remember we

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were watching the game in Honolulu against the Golden State

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Warriors and we were kind of keying in on whether

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or not Terrence Man was making that more of a

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focal point, and he was. He was boxing out really well.

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He's capable. If he makes an emphasis in that area,

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I guess improves, then they could be okay. But I

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don't think they could be much better than okay honestly

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on the boards this year, just with the it's a

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roster issue. It's not like there's a trade off. You

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bring in all these guys that are good point of

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attack defenders on the perimeter, that doesn't necessarily mean they're

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good rebounders. Chris Dunne, Darris Jones Junior. But toomb's okay,

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but that's not what they do.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and we can't be we can't be looking to

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seventeenth year on the NBA Nico to be our rebounding Yeah, Spark,

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no disrespect to Nico.

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Speaker 3: It's gonna have to be pj.

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Speaker 1: Hey still on the team, baby, will one anything else here?

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Maybe worry about the starting five before we get into

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the bench talk, which is kind of interesting now.

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Speaker 2: I hope the facial recognition stuff where it's it seems

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like they've gotten that smooth out just for everyone entering

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and exiting into it. I just want everybody to have

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a good time, Okay, all right, that's yeah, I'm the

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bad guy.

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Speaker 1: I hope people aren't getting charged for extra hats or

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anything like that on opening day. All right, Coming up,

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we're gonna be talking the rest of the Clippers rotation

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versus the rest of the Sun's rotation. Maybe some weird

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lineups we're gonna see Tyler try. If you're watching us

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on YouTube dot com Slash at Clippers podcast, we're still

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gonna be here. If you're listening to us on audio,

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we got a quick audio break, then more Clippers for

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Suns talk coming up in three two.

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Speaker 2: What hey, welcome back in the clips and dip. My

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mic was muted, so that was pretty cool. So sorry

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if there was a weird pause. If you're watching this

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on YouTube, there was definitely a weird pause because we

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never go away, So you should follow this show, subscribe,

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slash at Clippers podcast. Anyways, we're looking forward to the

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first Clippers game of the season. It's here, fellas, it's

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actual basketball time. We talked a little bit about the

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starting lineup, of our concerns, some things we're most excited about.

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Now it's time to move on to the which, as

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I alluded to in the last segment, you know, this

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is not the depth we've become accustomed to, uh as

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Clippers fans, this is not the the the wealth of

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riches that that that we've known in past years. But Charles,

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what is something that you aren't looking forward to from

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this uh from this metrotation? What who could be a standout?

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What are you hoping to see? Game one?

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Speaker 1: We talked about the rebounding. We've talked about Zoo being important.

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Kai Jones has weirdly kind of a lot on his

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shoulders as the Clippers backup.

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Speaker 2: Meki where you're going, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I'm feeling nicey about kai Jones, But John Green Kai

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verse what I'm assuming is going to be Mason Plubly

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uh in this game. I I want him to run

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him off the court. But I I just I don't

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know about excited to see Kai Jones. I don't mean

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that disrespectfully. He improved a bunch of the preseason. This

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is the test, Like.

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Speaker 2: I'm Adam, your retort, he just has a.

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Speaker 1: Lot to sorry, Charles, he just has a lot to

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take care of when Zoo's off the floor, and it's

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different than preseason basketball. We'll see what happens. Adam, how

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are you feeling about the center situation?

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Speaker 3: So we got to work with like and I feel

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much better than I did Game one with him in

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the preseason. But the lights are gonna be a lot brighter.

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He's gonna be going up against more consistently better competition,

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like he did get some of the last couple of

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games against Dallas, against the Sacramento Kings. But even Mason

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Plumley was a guy he wasn't seeing early on in

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the preseason. That Brooklyn game, they had nobody available and

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Kyle was dunk it all over. Can't take a lot

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away from that, But yeah, I agree with you, Like,

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he's got to do what he does best, not get

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outside of himself, beat his man down the floor, get

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some tough rebounds, being better position to do that and

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set better screens. He said something interesting yesterday. He gave

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a really good, I don't know, a high level basketball

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answer to Justin Russo talking to him about screens and

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basically getting at you know why or she being more

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physical with them, because Kay has talked about how some

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coaches are like, as soon as you see the man

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being behind the ball handler, you get to the rim.

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So it's not just because he's you know, watching every screen.

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It is by design some of the time why he's

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rolling there so fast, because he is that quick and

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could get behind his defender. So I'm intrigued. I'm excited.

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You know, it may only be ten minutes at most

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in the game, might be less a lot less. I

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don't know. I can't wait.

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Speaker 2: Tell me, is gonna play thirty eight minutes?

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Speaker 3: I think they may play some small ball if bull

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Bull's out there some. I think they can definitely play

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some small ball. Yeah, because he plays a lot on

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the outside like he doesn't typically punish you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good call. Well, how are you feeling

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about kind of our backup guards. We got KPJ, we

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got Done, we got Coffee is half of a backup guard.

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Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I kind of as half of a backup guard,

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half and half coffee.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. See, there we go.

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Speaker 2: I'm very excited for Don. Like, like we talked about,

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I think something that's really interesting to me about this

473
00:24:36,799 --> 00:24:40,119
manch Uh is sort of the mix of like of

474
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:44,359
youth and athleticism with some really solid, like consistent vets,

475
00:24:44,599 --> 00:24:46,359
and like, we know what we're gonna get from from

476
00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:49,279
from Chris Don. I'm not, you know, like expecting anything

477
00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:51,480
too crazy there, but at the same time, I mean

478
00:24:51,519 --> 00:24:55,359
it's gonna be very It's gonna be very needed that

479
00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,880
defensive presence. I'm curious to see how much they use

480
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,039
him off ball, because they did that a lot in

481
00:25:01,079 --> 00:25:03,319
the preseason. I don't know if they're gonna let him

482
00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:06,000
initiate a little bit. It depends, you know, on how

483
00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,160
the rotations work and how often KPJ's out there with him.

484
00:25:09,839 --> 00:25:13,359
But I'm I'm excited for Done and for all of

485
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,079
the Done heads out there in Clifford and who have

486
00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:19,000
been clamoring for this move for i mean what feels

487
00:25:19,039 --> 00:25:22,240
like forever. But at least the last like three seasons.

488
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,480
I don't know, it's been a really long time that

489
00:25:24,519 --> 00:25:25,759
people have wanted done on this team.

490
00:25:26,039 --> 00:25:29,279
Speaker 1: It's been a minute. Yeah, and the Suns, it's.

491
00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:31,640
Speaker 2: Felt like a done deal for a long time.

492
00:25:32,839 --> 00:25:34,839
Speaker 1: All Right. We are in mid season four here on

493
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,000
Clipson Dam, which I do appreciate it for all of us. Yeah,

494
00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:42,400
the rest of the Sun's rotation, Adam. He brought up

495
00:25:43,319 --> 00:25:45,759
Monty Morris. I got Josha Koge, who's a guy that

496
00:25:45,799 --> 00:25:47,799
I like, who could be really annoying to play against

497
00:25:47,799 --> 00:25:50,400
in terms of getting buckets. Grayson Allen, who is very

498
00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,519
annoying but very good at basketball.

499
00:25:52,799 --> 00:25:55,279
Speaker 2: They're a lot like your typical pop heavy team. Like

500
00:25:55,279 --> 00:25:58,720
they actually kind of got some dudes now in the

501
00:25:58,759 --> 00:25:59,519
death department.

502
00:26:00,319 --> 00:26:02,440
Speaker 3: I think he gets up with a second apron. It's like,

503
00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:04,480
wait a second, how they do this right?

504
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:07,400
Speaker 1: It's a pretty well constructed team.

505
00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:12,400
Speaker 2: Adam's gonna pour through those tax returns. Some's not I

506
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:13,599
don't know about.

507
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:16,839
Speaker 3: This real component situation, boys, U.

508
00:26:17,079 --> 00:26:19,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, KPJ is going to be interesting also for those

509
00:26:19,759 --> 00:26:24,799
of you I'm sure wondering about the KPJ investigation. As

510
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,480
long as the league's investigation is happening. He is eligible

511
00:26:28,519 --> 00:26:30,640
to be on the Clippers roster, so he will he'll

512
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,000
be off the team or whatever. That's gonna be ruled

513
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,480
when that's over with, So he's I mean, unless something

514
00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,279
gets announced between six ten pm on Monday the twenty

515
00:26:39,319 --> 00:26:43,079
first and seven on the twenty third, KPJ is gonna

516
00:26:43,079 --> 00:26:46,440
be needed to get some buckets quickly from the bench,

517
00:26:46,559 --> 00:26:47,720
is my best guess.

518
00:26:48,160 --> 00:26:51,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, I was told last night, I'm alive that the

519
00:26:51,680 --> 00:26:54,079
investigation's over and you don't have to worry anymore. But

520
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:55,319
I just don't think that's true.

521
00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:56,680
Speaker 1: Who told you that? Who told you that?

522
00:26:56,839 --> 00:27:00,279
Speaker 3: Just just somebody in the chat like guy would have

523
00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:03,599
been suspended by now Bro, No, I don't think that's

524
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,480
the case. I think there's an investigation and they're not

525
00:27:06,599 --> 00:27:10,480
up against any deadline here. I don't get that. So

526
00:27:11,039 --> 00:27:15,279
it feels like it's almost on KPJ watch with what

527
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:19,319
is going to happen. But as long as he's playing,

528
00:27:19,799 --> 00:27:21,920
as long as he's available to play, he will play,

529
00:27:22,559 --> 00:27:25,400
and he needs to give them a lift. I think

530
00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,519
there are some positives with this bench unit. I mean

531
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,880
last season when they traded for James Harden, we talked

532
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,319
about how depleted it was. You lose Roko, you lose Batoomb.

533
00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,440
They already were without Marcus Morris didn't care about that.

534
00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:43,279
But they have more guys, but more unknowns. Maybe now

535
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,839
like it could work out that they turned into a

536
00:27:45,839 --> 00:27:48,880
decent bench unit. But there's a lot we don't know.

537
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,920
I love Chris Dunn, we all do a mere coffee

538
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:55,000
look great in the preseason, but Tom didn't play a ton.

539
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,240
I wonder how they treat him coming off the Olympics. Yeah, no,

540
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,359
one's too worried abot. He still has a couple of

541
00:28:01,599 --> 00:28:08,440
crazy chase down blocks like connect Yeah. Yeah, uh. But

542
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:11,119
this Sun's bench is better than I thought. I gotta

543
00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:11,599
be honest.

544
00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,240
Speaker 1: I know, man, When I looked at the roster and

545
00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:15,359
like looked all that, I was like, oh shit.

546
00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:18,599
Speaker 3: They still have Royce O'Neil too, right, Yes, I believe

547
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,160
they do. Yeah I don't. I don't like that. But

548
00:28:22,559 --> 00:28:25,880
if you got Batoma out there, you often feel like

549
00:28:26,039 --> 00:28:28,039
we can win these minutes. We're gonna do all the

550
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,079
right things and the little things, and he's going to,

551
00:28:30,839 --> 00:28:34,279
you know, make up for some of the disorganized basketball

552
00:28:34,319 --> 00:28:37,039
with doing those batumb things. Because it's the first game,

553
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,400
and some guys are playing next to each other, but

554
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,400
maybe he didn't even play on the court with one

555
00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:47,079
another during the preseason. So I'm hopeful. But there is, yeah,

556
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:48,920
a lot that's gonna have to be worked out on

557
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,240
the fly.

558
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, on the fly is key. And thankfully we have

559
00:28:52,519 --> 00:28:54,799
the coach who was voted best at in game adjustments

560
00:28:54,839 --> 00:28:59,200
in Tyler. Well, what do you hype for in terms

561
00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:02,559
of like the mix bench and starters lineup? So Tyler

562
00:29:02,759 --> 00:29:04,880
is going to throw out what this ten man rotation

563
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:05,640
we got? Oh?

564
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,400
Speaker 2: Man, I'll tell you, Like, I just don't want to

565
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:09,960
see too many guards at one time.

566
00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:13,119
Speaker 1: I just I'm sorry, man, I think that's I think

567
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:15,319
that I want to get that out.

568
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:20,319
Speaker 3: There against the Suns is not as bad if you

569
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:25,680
got you know, ty If they have Jones and Booker

570
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:29,640
and Beale out there, it's like those are smaller guys. Yeah,

571
00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,799
but overall, yeah, Olive Gardens shut it down.

572
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,039
Speaker 1: You don't want the Olive Gardens board it up. Yeah,

573
00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:40,359
we don't. When you're here, you're not family, not into it.

574
00:29:40,799 --> 00:29:45,480
You're not into it, don't man. Yeah, Like I think, uh, yeah,

575
00:29:45,519 --> 00:29:47,880
I mean I would like to avoid a norm and

576
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:52,440
KPJ pairing. I just don't see that functioning well against

577
00:29:52,519 --> 00:29:58,039
the Sun's lineup offensively. Hey maybe for sure, but was

578
00:29:58,119 --> 00:29:59,079
so good off ball.

579
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,519
Speaker 3: But uh yeah, I bet it happens.

580
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,319
Speaker 1: Oh, I bet it happens.

581
00:30:05,359 --> 00:30:06,319
Speaker 2: It's definitely gonna happen.

582
00:30:06,559 --> 00:30:09,039
Speaker 3: Kp j's defense, guys in the pre season was good

583
00:30:09,279 --> 00:30:11,359
like it was. People can say whatever they want. It

584
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,279
was good. Like everybody bought in. And he actually is

585
00:30:14,319 --> 00:30:17,519
capable if he buys in because he's got, you know,

586
00:30:17,599 --> 00:30:20,839
a long wingspan. And there's actually a defensive highlight mix

587
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,160
on YouTube with him, believe it.

588
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:22,559
Speaker 2: Or not.

589
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 3: Ripping it away from Steph Curry like taking candy for

590
00:30:26,839 --> 00:30:28,519
her baby. It's kind of wild to watch.

591
00:30:28,799 --> 00:30:32,240
Speaker 1: We'll need it against against this Suns team. Adam, what

592
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,480
mixed kind of two or three man lineups? Are you

593
00:30:34,519 --> 00:30:35,440
most excited about?

594
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:38,440
Speaker 3: Mixed two or three man lineups?

595
00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 2: Just between I want to see Norm. Sorry I didn't

596
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:42,680
really answer your question.

597
00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:48,079
Speaker 1: But let's circle back. Let's circle back Dunn and Norm's

598
00:30:48,119 --> 00:30:48,599
a great call.

599
00:30:49,759 --> 00:30:53,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that'll work all day that If the

600
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,680
idea is to take Norman Powell out early.

601
00:30:56,839 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 1: Which yeah, Tys talked about.

602
00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:00,160
Speaker 3: Who do you think is coming in for him in

603
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:04,319
that situation, if he's the first to go out, who's

604
00:31:04,359 --> 00:31:04,839
coming in?

605
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 2: Is that Zoos will be the first stub out?

606
00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,519
Speaker 3: Like you think Zoo before Norm?

607
00:31:10,839 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 2: I mean, wasn't that what was happening in the preseason.

608
00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:17,359
Speaker 3: I don't. I mean, I don't care.

609
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 2: In the in the game, in the in the last

610
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,319
game that they played all their starters, it was the

611
00:31:21,319 --> 00:31:23,079
first stub out for Jones.

612
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,839
Speaker 3: Okay, so against Dallas, well, I mean it's what it's

613
00:31:28,079 --> 00:31:29,440
either war or both.

614
00:31:31,079 --> 00:31:35,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's going on. I think who comes on for Norm?

615
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,960
Speaker 3: We know who's coming in for Zoom, most likely with Kai.

616
00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:42,759
Speaker 1: Sure, I think it's coming in for Norm is probably done?

617
00:31:43,079 --> 00:31:46,119
I would say, does it depend on what is happening

618
00:31:46,119 --> 00:31:48,119
in the game. If we're getting killed on defense, it's

619
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:48,960
probably done.

620
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,359
Speaker 2: Is KPJ? I mean, like Adams talked about his off

621
00:31:52,359 --> 00:31:55,759
ball shooting numbers, I mean, is that insane? It's I

622
00:31:55,839 --> 00:32:00,319
think it might be it's insane. I was like, even

623
00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:01,440
for the biggest.

624
00:32:01,119 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 3: KPJ, look, Coach lew said for us to be successful,

625
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,480
he's gonna be a big part of this. I don't

626
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,000
know what that means exactly, but.

627
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,559
Speaker 2: KPg, I think don't. I think don is the safe

628
00:32:13,559 --> 00:32:15,759
bet though, Like I mean, like you know, like I said,

629
00:32:15,839 --> 00:32:18,079
he's the sure hand. He's the NBA vet you know

630
00:32:18,119 --> 00:32:20,440
what you're gonna get. Like I think that that would

631
00:32:20,519 --> 00:32:25,680
make that that makes a lot of sense. Is him

632
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:27,359
next to Harden? Like I don't, I don't know that

633
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:31,200
I'm that wild about that. Like Chris Dunna is he's

634
00:32:31,559 --> 00:32:32,799
okay off ball, he's not.

635
00:32:34,559 --> 00:32:39,359
Speaker 3: They still have man in like he can guard up.

636
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,160
I'm not worried about Chris Dunn there. It's just offensively,

637
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:43,279
That's what I'm talking about.

638
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:46,559
Speaker 2: I don't. I don't know that. I don't know that.

639
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:50,039
Speaker 3: I love that his three point shooting right now is

640
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:54,400
on suspect watch. He wasn't very aggressive in the preseason,

641
00:32:55,079 --> 00:32:57,400
and we're going off of just an eighty eight game

642
00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,759
sample size in Utah where he ended up shooting forty percent.

643
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,920
He was never like that before those last eighty eight games.

644
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,400
He's older, he's.

645
00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 2: What like a thirty six he's what like a thirty

646
00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:09,240
six percent career three point two or something like that.

647
00:33:10,079 --> 00:33:12,039
Speaker 3: I mean, if you take out the last eighty eight,

648
00:33:12,039 --> 00:33:16,519
it's probably even lower. Like he hasn't been great there, Uh,

649
00:33:16,880 --> 00:33:18,920
if he was, I don't think he would have been

650
00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:20,720
on the fringe of being out of the league. That's

651
00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:21,880
been a problem for him.

652
00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:24,079
Speaker 1: He's a career thirty two percent.

653
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, oh y, you take out the last eighty eight

654
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,279
over forty percent.

655
00:33:28,039 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying, like him next to Harden, I

656
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,759
don't Yeah, I love it.

657
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 1: And there's some wonky numbers in that too. So in

658
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:40,519
twenty twenty to twenty twenty one, he only played four games,

659
00:33:40,960 --> 00:33:43,640
so that doesn't really count. Twenty one twenty two he

660
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,759
played fourteen games. I'm kind of throwing those were years

661
00:33:46,759 --> 00:33:51,799
where he shot zero percent and point zhe nine percent

662
00:33:51,839 --> 00:33:54,319
from three, So those if you take that out, you

663
00:33:54,359 --> 00:33:58,039
got twenty eight percent, thirty two, thirty five, twenty six,

664
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,240
forty seven seven. So it is.

665
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:04,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll call it a gentleman's we'll call it a

666
00:34:04,799 --> 00:34:05,680
gentleman's thirty six.

667
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,800
Speaker 3: Oh man, that's gentleman lee of you.

668
00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that is very kind of you, mister Updyke.

669
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:18,159
Speaker 3: But like he could be better now, he could like

670
00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,760
I don't know what his catch and shoot stuff is,

671
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:22,880
and will he get more of those shots? I mean,

672
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,119
I would imagine he got plenty of that because guys

673
00:34:25,159 --> 00:34:28,239
probably weren't guarding him a lot, even in Utah, even

674
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,119
with the lack of talent there. He's you know, because

675
00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:33,159
he will be on a more talented team now, even

676
00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:36,480
without Kawhi Leonard. But they're gonna test like they're gonna

677
00:34:36,519 --> 00:34:39,639
make him. Derek Jones Junior and Terrence Man prove that

678
00:34:39,679 --> 00:34:42,920
they are knocking down three pointers and that is huge

679
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,199
for this team. They got to prove it, and to

680
00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:47,440
prove it you actually have to put them up. And

681
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:50,280
there've been times with all of them in the preseason

682
00:34:50,559 --> 00:34:53,000
where they've kind of shot away from taking those shots.

683
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:54,840
That has me a little bit worried.

684
00:34:55,599 --> 00:34:57,119
Speaker 1: That's a good call. So I'm trying to find his

685
00:34:57,159 --> 00:34:58,079
catching shoot stuff.

686
00:34:59,039 --> 00:35:00,679
Speaker 2: Not feeling nice about that.

687
00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 1: Not feeling nice.

688
00:35:02,159 --> 00:35:04,280
Speaker 3: So okay, let's say it's not Chris Dunn first in

689
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:06,920
for Norman Powell. Then are we saying KPJ.

690
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think if the shooting, if the shooting is

691
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:12,920
not going how it needs to go, I think Tyler

692
00:35:13,039 --> 00:35:14,079
will put KPJ in.

693
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,639
Speaker 2: So, I mean, it's not a mirror, you know, like,

694
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:18,320
who else could it be?

695
00:35:18,559 --> 00:35:22,719
Speaker 1: Really? Bones? Fucking blow everyone's minds and have Bones be

696
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:23,440
the first.

697
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:27,519
Speaker 2: My head would maybe explode if Bones was the first

698
00:35:27,559 --> 00:35:30,320
Like if Bones was the first sub in for Norman Powell,

699
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,320
I think my head might explode. But yeah, not that

700
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,400
I'm opposed Like not that I'm opposed to it. It

701
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:37,039
would just be so surprising and.

702
00:35:37,079 --> 00:35:40,639
Speaker 3: Throw us off for a loop. What what about KPJ

703
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:45,199
comes in plays a few minutes like two with James Harden.

704
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,039
Then Harden gets his sub out, So therefore KPJ is

705
00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:52,039
now running the second unit or a lot of second

706
00:35:52,119 --> 00:35:54,840
unit guys in there, and it's that transition from the

707
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,119
end of the first quarter hardens out till the six

708
00:35:57,159 --> 00:36:00,719
minute mark. Maybe the second quarter. That could be the plan.

709
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:01,639
I don't know.

710
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,280
Speaker 1: Chris done last year thirty eight and a half percent

711
00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:05,679
on catching shoot threes.

712
00:36:09,199 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 3: So he shot thirty seven percent to total on all

713
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:15,360
threes and thirty eight percent, so he was taking some

714
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:18,360
off the bounce and hitting those, like I guess or

715
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,800
what it probably was just the majority were catch and shoot,

716
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,320
so then the number goes down. Maybe his off the

717
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:28,880
bounce was like, you know, thirty Yeah, he was probably

718
00:36:29,039 --> 00:36:29,440
even that.

719
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:32,800
Speaker 1: According to NBA stats ont Ama dot Com, it was

720
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,199
one and a half three point attempts from the catch

721
00:36:36,199 --> 00:36:41,480
and shoot variety last year per game. Yeah, which kind

722
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:42,519
of lines up with this total.

723
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 3: He's got to take them regardless.

724
00:36:45,039 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: He has to take them. To take them, he has

725
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,559
to take them. Okay, so we got we've talked first U.

726
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:54,000
Second sub is probably gonna be Zoo, just fatigue wise.

727
00:36:55,559 --> 00:36:58,840
I would have to assume he could be first like Wilson.

728
00:36:58,920 --> 00:36:59,280
Speaker 2: I don't know.

729
00:36:59,519 --> 00:37:02,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, but he's he's one or two. So it's a

730
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,760
guard and then Zoo. I'm interested to see what the

731
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,519
two minutes look like to you. I think a Mirr

732
00:37:08,639 --> 00:37:12,760
is gonna play a ship ton of minutes. I like

733
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:15,239
that tomorrow maybe just or on Wednesday. Just again, they

734
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:16,840
are a smaller team we have. We have a mirror

735
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,519
kind of can be that tweeer.

736
00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:21,639
Speaker 3: He can guard all three of their stars.

737
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:22,159
Speaker 2: He can't.

738
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 3: That's not a problem.

739
00:37:25,559 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, has some interesting stuff, nothing light work.

740
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:34,760
Speaker 3: I'm excited for a mere a mir could be you

741
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,760
ever know. Maybe he's the first guy he's shot it well,

742
00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:39,840
I think so far in the preseason. He had eighteen

743
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,800
in their last game. Uh and he shot thirty eight

744
00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:46,239
percent from three last season. Once you got in the

745
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,880
rotation the bench, maybe it is a mere coming in.

746
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 1: So this this plays perfectly into the we have a

747
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,079
bunch of non you know, we have a bunch of

748
00:37:57,119 --> 00:37:59,079
like what are these guys gonna be? Who the hell

749
00:37:59,159 --> 00:38:02,639
is the first up gonna This is like such a

750
00:38:02,639 --> 00:38:03,800
good microcosm of this.

751
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,159
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, like I've been talking about this

752
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,199
entire offseason, like I mean, if you're a real sicko,

753
00:38:09,519 --> 00:38:11,920
like this is the year to watch Clippers basketball. There

754
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:15,760
are so many questions. There are so many questions. There's

755
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,960
good questions, there's bad questions, but there's I mean, there's

756
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,599
a lot of unknowns this season and I so like,

757
00:38:22,599 --> 00:38:24,480
to me, it's a double edged sword. It's scary, but

758
00:38:24,519 --> 00:38:28,719
it's also very exciting. Uh. This is just not this

759
00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:31,320
is just not the team that you know, that we've known,

760
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,519
that we've come accustomed to, and it's you know, it's

761
00:38:34,519 --> 00:38:35,679
a brave new world.

762
00:38:36,639 --> 00:38:38,880
Speaker 3: It is a new world because normally it's like, well

763
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:45,360
who's the first sub? It's norm right, it's easy. Uh yeah,

764
00:38:45,519 --> 00:38:51,000
I don't know of probably KPJ. But I don't know,

765
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,039
it could be christ done. It could depend on what

766
00:38:53,079 --> 00:38:55,360
Will said. How is the game going? Do they have

767
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,519
a lead? Are they down by seven?

768
00:38:57,960 --> 00:39:02,840
Speaker 1: If they're down the field goal look like like yeah.

769
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:06,079
Speaker 3: But there is probably that's probably not game dependent in

770
00:39:06,119 --> 00:39:09,400
game one. Honestly, there's probably guys knowing what their role

771
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,920
is heading in, Like I'm coming off the bench first

772
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,119
and this is who I'm coming in for. So I

773
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:17,280
don't know coach all the tough decisions to make. Glad

774
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:17,840
he's doing it.

775
00:39:18,639 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's the one, not coach Oslin out there. Yeah, Yeah,

776
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:26,719
I'm excited. Uh that, Uh what what was it done?

777
00:39:27,519 --> 00:39:32,480
A mirror and kp J was a three man lineup

778
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:36,119
in the preseason that I was quasi intrigued by. There.

779
00:39:36,199 --> 00:39:38,440
There could be some fun stuff there.

780
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:41,159
Speaker 3: Like that, give me a B two with the four

781
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:42,599
with Kai and I can get with it.

782
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,920
Speaker 1: Like there's that. We'll probably see it. But yeah that

783
00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:50,599
I'm worried that. I'm honestly, I'm looking at the central

784
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,039
I'm worried at Kogi's for some reason gonna go off.

785
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 3: I don't know why he had some Clipper killer life games.

786
00:39:58,199 --> 00:40:01,599
Speaker 1: It feels like it has stupid bull Bowl again. Bull

787
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,400
Bowl will just randomly make four threes against us.

788
00:40:05,199 --> 00:40:09,280
Speaker 3: He's as good as Yeah, he's as good as Wemby.

789
00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be interesting. I'm I like what Will said,

790
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,280
this is a good year for for Clippers fans. You

791
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,840
can really there's a lot of guys you can argue

792
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:20,920
for right there's no.

793
00:40:20,880 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 2: Certain Clippers fans. Very if you're listening to this show,

794
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,440
you're probably the exact type of Clippers fan that's gonna

795
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:33,840
enjoy or I mean possibly be incredibly frustrated by this season.

796
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,320
But like there, you know, there's just a lot of

797
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:38,480
stuff to think about. There's a lot of stuff to process.

798
00:40:38,559 --> 00:40:41,639
I I kind of love that to a certain extent.

799
00:40:41,880 --> 00:40:44,280
Speaker 1: And the back end of the rotation, this back five

800
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:48,159
that we're talking about, it's pretty even right like there,

801
00:40:48,159 --> 00:40:50,599
it's not like, oh, the first two subs are like

802
00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:57,400
obviously maybe they could even start like everyone is is

803
00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,239
a bench guy. And I don't mean that disrespectfully, So

804
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:03,039
be like you could argue that almost anyone could be

805
00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:05,880
the second or third sub on just based on how

806
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,360
this roster is constructed good I mean a good and

807
00:41:08,519 --> 00:41:09,199
bad one.

808
00:41:09,239 --> 00:41:13,119
Speaker 3: Well like the Wrinkle or the ranch in their plans

809
00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:16,480
is Derek Jones Junior picks up two fouls right away

810
00:41:16,519 --> 00:41:18,719
and then but two has to come in. Fuck, that's

811
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,039
that's the first could be the first sub. You never know.

812
00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:22,920
Speaker 1: That is a good call, and I've wondered about that

813
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:24,639
because if he's going to guard up, he's going to

814
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:28,639
have to be more physical. The whistle's gonna really dictate

815
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,320
how effective Derek Jones Junior is. I don't mean that

816
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:32,920
as a knock on Derek Jones Junior, but if he's

817
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,719
having a guard up and like you said, he gets

818
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,320
those two fouls or Zoo gets two fouls and then

819
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,760
Kai Jones has to come in with like eight minutes

820
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:43,719
left in the first quarter or something like that.

821
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:48,840
Speaker 3: The whistles interesting an interesting subject and something to watch

822
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:51,440
early on. How are the officials calling it to start

823
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,480
off the regular season because we've seen them go through

824
00:41:54,519 --> 00:41:57,719
waves over the past two years of letting stuff go.

825
00:41:57,920 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 2: That is a great point. That is a great point.

826
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:02,920
Speaker 3: Like are they going to carry over from what we

827
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,679
just saw in that playoff series against Dallas where anything

828
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:11,119
goes Streetball Volume five? Like, yeah, I don't know what

829
00:42:11,199 --> 00:42:13,360
we were looking at the first two games of that series,

830
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,800
but that could Like obviously it favors the Clippers if

831
00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,119
they let them play a more physical brand of basketball,

832
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:23,920
especially against a team like the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday.

833
00:42:24,559 --> 00:42:26,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Clippers have to muck this game. I mean

834
00:42:26,639 --> 00:42:29,519
every game the Clippers. This offense without Qui Land right

835
00:42:29,559 --> 00:42:32,360
now and when James Harden was off the floor, you

836
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,719
gotta make it gross. It's gotta be not aesthetically pleasing

837
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:39,320
basketball for some of it. And the Clippers were. They

838
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,039
were fourteenth and personal fouls last year, so they weren't

839
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,400
bad at fouling last year. They were quite literally average

840
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:49,760
at it. But with this new you know, pre renewed

841
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:52,960
preference on blocks and steals and all this stuff. Yeah,

842
00:42:52,960 --> 00:43:01,760
the whistle, we'll see I like Scott Foster, three of

843
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,079
them Tony brothers, dude.

844
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, the whistle could dictate a lot.

845
00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:09,760
Speaker 2: Uh.

846
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:12,159
Speaker 3: It is the first home game for the Clippers add

847
00:43:12,159 --> 00:43:13,800
into it Dome. Are they gonna get the benefit of

848
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:15,400
the whistle of their first game or are they gonna

849
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,880
set the toet earlier that the Clippers still are not

850
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:19,320
getting the benefit of the whistle.

851
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,800
Speaker 1: Ever, Hey, you're still the Clippers. The reps are still

852
00:43:23,039 --> 00:43:26,800
the rep still want us to know that we're the Clippers. Yeah,

853
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:31,000
and also anytime norm is it against like a second

854
00:43:31,119 --> 00:43:33,079
rotation because we've heard about the pick and roll with

855
00:43:33,159 --> 00:43:35,159
you know him and Zoo running the pick and roll

856
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,239
or whatever that's going to look like against the second

857
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:41,320
you know, against subs. They need to build that chemistry

858
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:44,559
up James Harden against anyone on the bench. I have

859
00:43:44,679 --> 00:43:51,119
no I have no worries about Yeah, there's We're gonna

860
00:43:51,199 --> 00:43:54,960
get nothing answered on Wednesday and have a lot more questions,

861
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:56,119
which will be fun.

862
00:43:57,199 --> 00:44:00,519
Speaker 3: It is going to be probably a season where a

863
00:44:00,519 --> 00:44:03,280
lot of people are saying, I cracked the code. I

864
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,679
found the five man lineup. Coach lou play these guys together,

865
00:44:06,719 --> 00:44:09,519
and this is it right here, I found it. It's

866
00:44:09,559 --> 00:44:12,039
in five minutes so far, a month into the season

867
00:44:12,079 --> 00:44:13,960
that these five guys have been on the court together.

868
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,880
But this is it, this is what works.

869
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:17,679
Speaker 1: Plus twenty three. Are you kidding me?

870
00:44:18,159 --> 00:44:20,119
Speaker 3: It just seems like there's gonna be so many different

871
00:44:20,119 --> 00:44:22,440
combinations that you might be able to make an argument

872
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:23,719
for Yeah.

873
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:27,400
Speaker 1: Absolutely, all right, coming up, we are gonna give our

874
00:44:27,519 --> 00:44:32,960
picks for the first of the season newly named Kawhi

875
00:44:33,079 --> 00:44:36,039
Leonard James Harden Player of the Game picks because we

876
00:44:36,079 --> 00:44:38,840
can't just pick James Harden, because obviously, if James Harden

877
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:41,920
plays well, the Clippers will win. If you're watching us

878
00:44:41,960 --> 00:44:43,639
on YouTube, we're still gonna be here. If you're listening

879
00:44:43,679 --> 00:44:45,880
to us, We've got a quick audio break, and then

880
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,079
Kawhi Leonard James Harden picks and then we're talking one

881
00:44:48,079 --> 00:44:50,960
of our favorite composers coming up in three two.

882
00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 3: What welcome back in It's Clips and Dip Season three,

883
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,639
episode twenty one, as we get you ready for game

884
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,800
one of the regular season here in this twenty twenty

885
00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:05,159
four twenty twenty five NBA year, and we just previewed

886
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,440
as much as we could think of with all the

887
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:11,800
different matchups and configurations and bench lineups and starters. But

888
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:17,039
now it's the important part. The James Harden player of

889
00:45:17,079 --> 00:45:20,039
the game selection. Chuck, do you want to start?

890
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:25,079
Speaker 1: Damn? I have to start the Kawhi Leonard James Harden player, the.

891
00:45:25,079 --> 00:45:27,519
Speaker 3: Kawhi Leonard James start out of side on him.

892
00:45:27,559 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 1: You know I'm gonna go because we need it. I'm

893
00:45:33,039 --> 00:45:39,840
going meaty double double from Avitza Zubots. I'm talking twenty

894
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:42,920
two and thirteen to open up the end to it, Doom.

895
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:45,840
He gets the game ball, James Harden obviously probably with

896
00:45:45,880 --> 00:45:46,639
like nine assists.

897
00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:50,400
Speaker 3: It's total bullshit, man, I had that.

898
00:45:50,719 --> 00:45:53,679
Speaker 1: Well, who are you picking? Take whatever Adam is gonna

899
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:54,119
say for a.

900
00:46:00,679 --> 00:46:15,880
Speaker 4: Man, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Derek Jones Jr.

901
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:18,679
I'm gonna say.

902
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 2: Talking here, I'm saying, I want to see the three

903
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,639
point shooting be real. I want to see him be

904
00:46:24,679 --> 00:46:27,360
able to contribute to the floor spacing. I want to

905
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:31,320
see uh, the athleticism obviously, want to see him finish

906
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:35,719
a couple above the rim. And we're just gonna need

907
00:46:35,760 --> 00:46:38,559
his defensive presence. So I'm gonna go with him. I'm

908
00:46:38,599 --> 00:46:42,800
not gonna predict the stat line, but I need him

909
00:46:42,800 --> 00:46:44,639
to pop, and I need him to pop, and I'm

910
00:46:44,639 --> 00:46:47,679
gonna feel I mean, I'm gonna feel even more like

911
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:49,920
this thir here somehow double are you?

912
00:46:50,039 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 1: Yeah? This has to be killing you, knowing what's gonna

913
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:53,679
happen at the end of the season and still having

914
00:46:53,679 --> 00:46:56,239
to go through the regular season in playoffs, you know

915
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:57,239
you might just.

916
00:46:57,119 --> 00:46:58,760
Speaker 2: They say the weight in is the hardest part.

917
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:02,599
Speaker 1: Sure, all right, Adam your pick for the Kawhi Leonard

918
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:08,000
James Harden regular season Game one Clippers versus Suns Player

919
00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:09,719
of the Game selection.

920
00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,199
Speaker 3: So do we have to pick a starter? Because I

921
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:15,280
don't know. That's where you guys went. Okay, okay, I'm

922
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:18,000
gonna go a little bit deeper than here. Uh, I'm gonna.

923
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:20,760
Speaker 1: Go this was. This was for the real clips that's

924
00:47:20,760 --> 00:47:21,159
out there.

925
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:30,280
Speaker 3: I'm going a mere coffee. Hell yeah, I've seen from

926
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:34,199
a mire. He's being pushed right now. He knows about

927
00:47:34,320 --> 00:47:37,320
Jordan Miller and everybody talking about him, which we didn't

928
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:42,519
talk about so far. You never know why Jordan gets

929
00:47:42,599 --> 00:47:45,000
five to ten minutes. I don't know it. He shines,

930
00:47:45,039 --> 00:47:49,840
you can't take off the floor. A mir is holding

931
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:54,039
on to his spot for now. And we'd love Amra coffee.

932
00:47:54,559 --> 00:47:57,199
I want to see some of that sweet heat from

933
00:47:57,199 --> 00:48:01,519
Amre coffee from three and just being a menace defensively,

934
00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:05,519
just patching up different holes in the ship and figuring

935
00:48:05,559 --> 00:48:08,960
out how to keep this Clippers team afloat against a

936
00:48:09,079 --> 00:48:11,199
potent offense with the Phoenix Suns. I like him here

937
00:48:11,239 --> 00:48:12,800
in this one. I like him. Here do we all

938
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,400
we get stat line? I'll give out I'll give out

939
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:26,480
twelve four boards to assist a couple of threes. Impactful, impactful, twelve.

940
00:48:26,559 --> 00:48:29,199
We're talking plus minus like a thirty.

941
00:48:29,159 --> 00:48:32,199
Speaker 1: Plus plus minus. Wow, this game is going great for

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the Clippers. It's gonna be in. It's gonna be awesome again.

943
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So excited to see just the full into it, just

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the full production of everything where they're also going to debut.

945
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Hans Zimmer is is riding the track for the Clippers,

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which is gonna be awesome.

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Speaker 3: My favorite composers is probably my favorite.

948
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Speaker 1: Honestly, what are your top ten composers?

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Speaker 3: Uh, Danny Elfin, Hawns, Zimmer.

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Speaker 2: John Williams.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, John Williams is up there.

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Speaker 3: I'm trying to go deeper, guys. You guys pick all

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the starters. I'm going with the bench.

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Speaker 1: I went with the deep cuts.

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Speaker 3: Liked well, he's already given. The Clippers are using him,

956
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and he did the Dark Knight. What else do you need?

957
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I think I did Leisures will Fall too.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good time, all right. I think

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that about wraps everything up. I want to do a

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quick disclaimer for this season for Clippers fans. Let's just

961
00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:38,000
have fun. Let's just have fun.

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Speaker 2: Let's just have let's have some fun out there.

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Speaker 1: It's some of us. Don't think it's our I'm not

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on team. It's our year. I'm team. We're gonna be

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a high playing team. I know Will didn't mention seating,

966
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but it's gonna doesn't matter. But but it's gonna be

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a fun year. You're gonna be able to find some

968
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guys you like. Maybe Jordan Miller gets five minutes and

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shines maybe yeah. Oh, and you will with a roster

970
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:06,960
like this for the Clippers, You're gonna find some guys

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you don't like in terms of how they fit on

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the basketball court. Yeah, I mean, Will, Oh, we need

973
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one positive thing from Adam Oustlind.

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Speaker 3: We get to find out how loud into a dome's

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gonna get because I'm quite certain it's gonna be full,

976
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and there's going to be a moment that generates a

977
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loud roar from the crowd. And it's already been loud

978
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in the preseason. Guys, I'm telling you, at sixty seventy

979
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percent full maybe probably not. I think they had thirteen

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thousand was one of the games. I forget if that

981
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was Dallas or Sacramento. Okay, it should be eighteen thousand

982
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or seventeen five hundred or whatever. It is close to

983
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that close to Max's capacity, full capacity Wednesday night, and

984
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I can't wait to hear it.

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Speaker 1: There we go, will Where can these people now that

986
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basketball is back and people have things that talk about

987
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:04,039
it at work other than their jobs. Where can people

988
00:51:04,679 --> 00:51:08,119
tell their coworkers demand that their coworkers listen to this show?

989
00:51:08,599 --> 00:51:12,800
Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah, you should definitely drop the drop the link

990
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in the slack to YouTube dot com slash at Clippers podcast.

991
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I'm sure your coworkers would love to hear about this.

992
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:20,519
Speaker 1: If you're not.

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Speaker 2: Into the YouTube thing, if for whatever reason you don't

994
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want to enjoy the best version of this show, you

995
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can also enjoy it as audio only while you're driving

996
00:51:27,480 --> 00:51:31,639
your car or doing some aforementioned work. Wherever you get

997
00:51:31,679 --> 00:51:34,719
your podcasts. If you happen to listen over on Apple

998
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:37,679
Podcasts or Spotify, go ahead, leave a little ratio to review.

999
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We'd love to know which thing to the show. Also,

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there's a new thing on Spotify where you can comment.

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You leave comments on per like a per episode thing

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that I could see it. So yeah, leave us a

1003
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couple of comments. We'd love to know what you think.

1004
00:51:49,519 --> 00:51:51,840
But however, you can send the show. You know, we

1005
00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:55,440
appreciate you. I love the people listening to this show

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and we love making it, so thank you.

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Speaker 1: There we go. We will be bad with a will

1008
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and I are going to be driving back from the game.

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We'll probably be doing a stream after the game on

1010
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the car ride home, So if y'all want to hang

1011
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:11,719
with that, maybe we'll be on Clippers Talk. I don't know.

1012
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I don't pull the strings over there.

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Speaker 3: Well, we got a full Clippers talk show. Now the

1014
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preseason's over, so who's coming on with me?

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Speaker 1: There we go, it'll be better. We know my rule, Yeah,

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only come on, have it well, book this season. I

1017
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got about sixty five things I have to do this

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season regular season. We will be back with y'all this week.

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Clippers basketball is back. We are back to what our

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usual schedule is, which is around three episodes a week. Yeah,

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thanks for hanging out, and as always, let's go clips.