1 00:00:09,640 --> 00:00:13,240 Speaker 1: What is going on? Clippers fans? Welcome to season three, 2 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,679 episode forty of clips and Dim. I am Chuck Lockley. 3 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:21,280 We got the full crew today. Adam osn Will Updike 4 00:00:21,359 --> 00:00:24,160 is here. We hope everyone is being safe. We hope 5 00:00:24,199 --> 00:00:29,079 everyone is doing everything they can to feel Okay, We're 6 00:00:29,079 --> 00:00:30,480 gonna keep it a little short for you all to day. 7 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:33,280 We're talking the Clippers versus the heat and kind of 8 00:00:33,280 --> 00:00:36,679 some of the Clippers issues right now. Adam and Will, 9 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:38,920 we haven't spoken all three is a unit on the 10 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:42,200 show in a while. The Clippers game was delayed on Saturday. 11 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:47,240 I think we all understood why. Uh Will, Adam, how 12 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,520 are you? How are you? Fellas doing doing good? 13 00:00:49,679 --> 00:00:51,799 Speaker 2: I mean it's been a wild It's been a wild 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,799 five days. If you live in southern California, it's been 15 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,079 kind of a lot. So Uh, yeah, I'm doing I'm 16 00:00:58,079 --> 00:00:58,719 doing all right. 17 00:00:59,679 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 1: Adam in the car ready to go at a moment's notice. 18 00:01:03,399 --> 00:01:05,359 Should he have to? If you're missing If you can't 19 00:01:05,359 --> 00:01:06,719 see out of in the car, check us out at 20 00:01:06,719 --> 00:01:10,079 YouTube dot Comm Sacklippers Podcast. Adam, how are you? How's 21 00:01:10,079 --> 00:01:12,239 the new cat? I'm sure that's nice to have in 22 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:13,879 this kind of stressful time. 23 00:01:14,439 --> 00:01:17,200 Speaker 3: Hanging in there. It has been nice have a little 24 00:01:17,239 --> 00:01:20,719 cat companionship while I'm hanging out at home a lot. 25 00:01:21,719 --> 00:01:24,640 I had someone come over yesterday because there's no way 26 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,200 I could figure this out in a suitable amount of time. 27 00:01:27,719 --> 00:01:31,400 So I went on a task rabbit and had someone 28 00:01:31,439 --> 00:01:35,640 build me this huge cat tree. And this guy got 29 00:01:35,719 --> 00:01:38,439 done at like forty five minutes with all his you know, 30 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:41,439 power tool stuff that would it's probably taken me all day. 31 00:01:42,359 --> 00:01:47,439 So the cats like to climb the cats in heaven? 32 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: Is the cat tree larger than your home? Because power 33 00:01:50,519 --> 00:01:53,239 tool sounds intimidating for how large of a cat tree. 34 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 3: I mean, it's I think it's over seven feet tall. 35 00:01:57,079 --> 00:02:00,319 It's like eighty inches tall. It's got all these little 36 00:02:00,359 --> 00:02:03,480 swinging you know, little cat balls or a mouse they 37 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:06,480 can play with, and a rope, and it's just it's 38 00:02:06,519 --> 00:02:07,719 like it's a cat mansion. 39 00:02:07,799 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: It's crazy, all right, Adam's a full on cat dat 40 00:02:11,199 --> 00:02:17,000 Now that's fantastic man. Okay, So before we talk about 41 00:02:17,039 --> 00:02:19,240 Clippers versus heat and a little bit of the nets game, 42 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:21,719 we kind of have to talk about how the Clippers 43 00:02:21,719 --> 00:02:27,120 have not been very good over the last fifteen games. Well, 44 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:29,120 they're gonna look at five games sample sizes for these 45 00:02:29,159 --> 00:02:32,680 upcoming games. But over the last fifteen games, Clippers are 46 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:35,800 seven and eight. They've slipped in a lot of things 47 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,319 that I think kind of just show some fatigue. Right. 48 00:02:38,479 --> 00:02:43,560 They've slipped in every rebounding stat total, rebounds and percentages. 49 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:47,280 They've slipped in three point percentage. They've slipped in defensive 50 00:02:47,319 --> 00:02:52,080 rating still top ten, they've slipped an offensive rating. Will 51 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:54,599 what do you think you see? Is it just fatigue 52 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:56,479 or the guy? Is it really the dog days of 53 00:02:56,479 --> 00:02:58,800 the season, as Tyler has talked, and we're just kind 54 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,159 of like burn in the last of the oil before 55 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:07,360 Kawhi gets fully fully back into playing the full slate 56 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:07,960 of what he does. 57 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:13,199 Speaker 2: Means That's That's what I hope it is, right because 58 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,039 if not, the answer is that this is a regression 59 00:03:16,039 --> 00:03:18,639 to the means from where the Clippers had over exceeded 60 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:20,960 early in the season, and maybe this is a little 61 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,439 bit closer to what this team is, which would be very, 62 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,199 very disappointing. So yes, I'm hoping, I'm optimistic that this 63 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:30,639 is just kind of thedulgence of the season. It's difficult 64 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:33,599 to maintain that sort of energy on the boards. It's 65 00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:37,560 difficult to maintain that sort of defensive intensity, especially when 66 00:03:37,639 --> 00:03:40,439 you get around, you know, that post holiday stretch, pre 67 00:03:40,639 --> 00:03:42,840 All Star break. I feel like it's a very weird. 68 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:45,960 It must be a very weird time to play. It's 69 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,520 a very weird time, like just in the regular workplace 70 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:50,520 for an average human being. So I, you know, I 71 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,439 can't imagine what the vibes are like, you know, on 72 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:56,560 the team, but I think that that's been clear on 73 00:03:56,639 --> 00:03:59,560 the court too well. I still feel like, you know, 74 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:06,360 this team, last couple of losses, aside they largely are 75 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:08,879 in most of these games, we have seen more double 76 00:04:08,919 --> 00:04:11,759 digit losses in this last fifteen game span two, which 77 00:04:11,759 --> 00:04:14,800 is a little bit more concerning, whereas the margin of 78 00:04:15,479 --> 00:04:19,959 loss wasn't as large earlier in the season. So I'm 79 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,560 hoping that it is just it's something that just needs 80 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,519 a reset and to sort of re establish those habits. 81 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:28,839 The good thing is, right, is that they had them, 82 00:04:28,879 --> 00:04:30,680 and we've seen it, and we've seen the identity, and 83 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,319 we've seen it consistently enough that we know what this 84 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:35,000 team is and we know what they're going to do. 85 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:38,000 It's not like years past where it's like yeah, are 86 00:04:38,079 --> 00:04:39,160 they this? Are they this? 87 00:04:39,399 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 1: Now? 88 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,519 Speaker 2: They need to find a new thing. Oh this is 89 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,519 who we are blah blah blah blah. So that is encouraging, 90 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:48,800 right that they at least know the they know where 91 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,639 to course correct too, Like they're not, you know, they're 92 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:54,920 not navigating this in the dark. But I think if 93 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:56,720 if you're a Clipper span and you're looking at this 94 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:58,519 roster and you're thinking about the age, and you're looking 95 00:04:58,519 --> 00:05:01,759 at the competition in the West, let's just keep our 96 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:03,480 fingers crossed that this is just a little bit of 97 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:05,120 fatigue in thedulgrums of the season. 98 00:05:06,319 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: I like what you said kind of about the regression 99 00:05:08,759 --> 00:05:10,480 to the mean, because Adam, you kind of brought up 100 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:13,040 the rebounding last week a little bit, and we've all 101 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:16,120 praised and kind of been pleasantly surprised at how good 102 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:19,160 the Clippers rebounding has been kind of up until this 103 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,720 last stretch. Do you think the rebounding is going back 104 00:05:21,759 --> 00:05:23,040 to the mean? I don't you know what? 105 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:29,439 Speaker 3: A yeah? I like, well, yeah, the rebounding to me, 106 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:33,639 the rate at which they were rebounding at wasn't sustainable 107 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:38,560 based upon personnel, but it's gotten so low now this 108 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:42,959 isn't sustainable either. Somewhere in the middle between these two things, like, 109 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,160 I don't think they're a bottom five They basically went 110 00:05:45,199 --> 00:05:47,399 from like a top five rebounding team to a bottom 111 00:05:47,399 --> 00:05:50,639 five rebounding team over the last fifteen games, and that's 112 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:53,000 too much of a swing for me to believe that 113 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,959 they can keep rebounding this poorly. I think they're better 114 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:02,879 than this. But also, you know what, they've lost four 115 00:06:02,959 --> 00:06:05,920 or five. They are two and four of their last 116 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:08,560 six games, and over the last six games, their defensive 117 00:06:08,639 --> 00:06:12,040 is their defensive ranking is twentieth the last six games, 118 00:06:13,079 --> 00:06:16,360 so and if you go back seven now it's tenth. 119 00:06:16,439 --> 00:06:19,120 So it's really just the last six games where it's 120 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,959 been really bad on the defensive end. And they've started 121 00:06:22,959 --> 00:06:25,800 off a couple of those games well, obviously the Atlanta 122 00:06:25,879 --> 00:06:28,240 games in there where they blew them out, they had 123 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:31,720 the big early lead in ok See in Minnesota, they 124 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,439 let go of both of those, and they got crushed 125 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,560 by Denver the other night, which I think was, you know, 126 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,439 some really unique circumstances. That's kind of an outlier. But 127 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,759 even before that, the defensive numbers were down over this 128 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:50,519 recent stretch here, So your point of talking about fatigue, 129 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,839 I think that's it for the most part. I think 130 00:06:52,879 --> 00:06:56,639 fatigue dog days, getting Kawhi Lehnaback a lot of moving 131 00:06:56,720 --> 00:06:59,000 parts at once for this team to try to figure out. 132 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,959 But but as Will was saying, they know what they 133 00:07:04,079 --> 00:07:06,759 need to do, they know the way to play, They've 134 00:07:06,759 --> 00:07:09,240 done it the majority of the season. It shouldn't take 135 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:13,480 a herculean effort for them to get back to basics 136 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:16,040 and get back to having that defensive identity, which is 137 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:17,959 a lot of what they talked about today of practice. 138 00:07:18,879 --> 00:07:20,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought it was interesting to your point about 139 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,000 just that Wednesday game against the Nuggets, Niko Batoomb talking 140 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,639 about that about how he was checking his phone up 141 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,839 until like three minutes before tip off and you know, 142 00:07:30,959 --> 00:07:34,839 planning the I can't I mean that it was crazy 143 00:07:34,839 --> 00:07:37,399 they played that game. I think we can probably all agree. 144 00:07:37,759 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, Team Man basically said, yeah, I didn't want to 145 00:07:40,639 --> 00:07:41,160 play that game. 146 00:07:41,399 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: No, it was yeah, come on pregame, Tye. Yeah, Tyleru 147 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,680 was like, we're going to try, like I'm going to 148 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,759 try and get something out of these guys, but none 149 00:07:50,759 --> 00:07:55,120 of us really into it right now. Yeah, and the 150 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:58,959 Kawhi it's tough too, because like we've had two games 151 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:02,839 back with Kawhi and the way that they're managing his 152 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,240 minutes right is, for the long run, it makes sense 153 00:08:06,279 --> 00:08:08,720 he plays the longer stretches he gets to his twenty minutes. 154 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:11,199 He's not gonna be closing games. That's that's just how 155 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,439 it goes. But that also is making kind of course 156 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:17,439 correction I think a little more difficult, right because it's 157 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,879 kind of the in game rhythm. You're going from kind 158 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:26,480 of the full rotation in the first half to the 159 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,480 full rotation for like six and a half minutes of 160 00:08:29,519 --> 00:08:31,879 the second half, and then you're shortened again. So like 161 00:08:31,879 --> 00:08:33,879 there's some rhythm issues that I get to. 162 00:08:33,879 --> 00:08:36,159 Speaker 2: Disagree with this a little bit. I gotta bush back 163 00:08:36,159 --> 00:08:37,840 on this a little bit. Kauai has been in two 164 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:40,320 of these fifteen games like that, you know this isn't 165 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:41,240 a Kauai issue. 166 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, no, I wasn't blaming Kawhi. I met it. 167 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:46,639 As far as like the course correction, it seems like 168 00:08:46,720 --> 00:08:49,600 that seems like it's just throwing an extra thing they 169 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:52,720 have to deal with in terms of like Kawhi ramping up. No, 170 00:08:52,799 --> 00:08:55,879 it's not sure, it's never a problem, and sure we. 171 00:08:55,840 --> 00:08:58,519 Speaker 2: Haven't even seen Kawi at like seventy five percent I 172 00:08:58,519 --> 00:09:03,360 would say of his capacity, but like he very meaningfully 173 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:06,240 improves the Clippers as a team in every single one 174 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:07,960 of these metrics that we've seen slide. 175 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, he was minus eleven and I think for that 176 00:09:12,039 --> 00:09:14,039 one stretch in the mini game. But again he's coming 177 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:18,320 back and they do have that blueprint. Is this next 178 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,399 slate of games kind of what they need. Like their 179 00:09:20,759 --> 00:09:26,200 their schedule isn't incredible, right we have I mean, whenever 180 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:29,840 they're gonna play the horn, Yeah, it's heat nets Blazers. 181 00:09:31,159 --> 00:09:33,879 That's a stretch where they can kind of figure at 182 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,159 least the defensive stuff out, because we're gonna get into 183 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:37,639 some of the heat stats of the last five games 184 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,320 they've been bad. But like this feels like a part 185 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,360 of the schedule, schedule they can kind of get right 186 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:45,080 a little bit. I would hope. 187 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 3: They should. They need to go at least when two 188 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:53,679 of those next three, uh, if not win the next 189 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:57,960 three altogether, because it is a back to back Wednesday, Thursday, 190 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,200 Wednesday at home against Brooklyn, Thursday a night up in 191 00:10:02,279 --> 00:10:05,639 Portland against the Blazers, So that's not easy. An they're 192 00:10:05,639 --> 00:10:11,120 back to back. They need to be able to kind 193 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,840 of write the ship before taking on the Lakers, because 194 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:15,440 I think that's gonna be a really tough game. Like 195 00:10:15,519 --> 00:10:17,840 these four Lakers games coming up within the span of 196 00:10:17,879 --> 00:10:21,519 a month and a half, it feels consequential, it feels 197 00:10:21,639 --> 00:10:24,399 very meaningful to how both these teams end up finishing 198 00:10:24,399 --> 00:10:25,080 in the standings. 199 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:30,639 Speaker 2: I mean, these teams are half a game, and it 200 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,120 could be and like it could come down it could 201 00:10:33,159 --> 00:10:35,279 come down to that. Who knows, but yeah, I would 202 00:10:35,279 --> 00:10:38,679 agree it's it's again, no team is a tune up 203 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,480 team unless this, unless we are fully healthy. But this 204 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,960 is an opportunity on the schedule after you know, it's 205 00:10:46,039 --> 00:10:48,039 understandable if they hit a wall, and I do think, 206 00:10:49,879 --> 00:10:51,519 you know, like I said, I worry that it's a 207 00:10:51,519 --> 00:10:54,440 reggression of the means, but it's also understandable that they 208 00:10:54,440 --> 00:11:00,320 were kind of losing focus and losing some of like 209 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,279 the vigor and intensity at the same time is taking 210 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,679 on a pretty rough stretch of games. 211 00:11:07,159 --> 00:11:11,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, and when you overachieve too, like every I think, 212 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:13,600 I don't. We don't use a lot of blanket statements 213 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,840 on this pot, but I think most people would agree 214 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:18,840 that the Clippers overachieved with Kawhi Leonard out of the lineup. 215 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:25,000 Right to overachieve kind of by just lodgely, you have 216 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:29,519 to over exert yourself compared to right like, so I 217 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,879 think that has something to do with it. And so 218 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:34,360 this Spur we talked about the Lakers game being important, 219 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,919 the Spurs game is important for the standings. We're two 220 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,039 games ahead of the Spurs coming up like that, and 221 00:11:42,639 --> 00:11:45,960 that is like, these are crunch time games. The seating 222 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:51,240 is so jammed up right now. So I think, out 223 00:11:51,279 --> 00:11:52,960 of my agree, they got to get two out of 224 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:56,919 three here for me to feel like pretty good, you know, 225 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,559 not as stressed I guess about the seating, because yeah, 226 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:03,399 that Laker game, that's gonna be a lot. I think. 227 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,200 Speaker 3: One thing that stands out most just the easiest answer 228 00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:10,120 to a lot of the problems going on on the 229 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:13,919 offensive vent at least obviously Kawhi Leonard can fix what 230 00:12:14,399 --> 00:12:18,600 ails them there. But they started off the season the 231 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:23,039 first twelve games they were seventeenth offensively, and that was 232 00:12:23,080 --> 00:12:26,919 pretty solid for a team without Kawhi Leonard. But the 233 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,480 reason that happened is because they were third and three 234 00:12:30,519 --> 00:12:33,600 point shooting during that time. They were shooting thirty nine percent, 235 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:38,320 and as soon as Derek Jones Jr. And Chris Dunn regressed, 236 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,039 as they have, well now the last thirteen games, they're 237 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,320 twenty fifth on the offensive. Vent is I gets as 238 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:47,039 simple as just some of the three point shooting from 239 00:12:47,159 --> 00:12:52,639 them has dramatically shifted back to guys you know career averages. 240 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I wonder if it's gonna be like we're kind 241 00:12:58,080 --> 00:13:01,240 of dealing with, you know, some of the Terrence Man effect, 242 00:13:01,279 --> 00:13:05,360 but times three now because we have done and Derek Jones, 243 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:07,279 who like the outside shooting for Terrence Mann. Last year, 244 00:13:07,279 --> 00:13:09,559 it was very bad to start and then it kind 245 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:11,879 of evened out and we were good. It feels like 246 00:13:11,879 --> 00:13:13,559 we're maybe getting a little bit of the opposite with 247 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:16,639 dun and Derek Jones Junior. But I'm hoping they start 248 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:19,799 falling because well, we were talking about this last time 249 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:22,320 we watched the game together. Teams are funneling the ball 250 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:25,399 to Chris Dumb. Teams are standing there and borderline just 251 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,360 holding their arms like this on defense. So Chris duncan 252 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,799 if he just gets into another rhythm. I don't know. 253 00:13:31,919 --> 00:13:34,240 I hope it can. It can come back soon. 254 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:37,799 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, Well I mean, we'll see it can't be 255 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:38,600 this bad. 256 00:13:39,039 --> 00:13:44,360 Speaker 1: Right because I think Justin Rousseau tweeted it out. Also, 257 00:13:44,399 --> 00:13:46,919 for those of you who don't know, Justin Russo is 258 00:13:46,919 --> 00:13:49,840 a wonderful reporter. We refer to him as Rousseau because 259 00:13:49,879 --> 00:13:52,600 Adam does so. He sounds like a French Canadian fir dropper. 260 00:13:52,639 --> 00:13:55,399 It's very funny, but he's a wonderful reporter and you 261 00:13:55,440 --> 00:13:59,559 should subscribe to. Russo writes. He had a tweet that 262 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:04,200 I'm trying to find where like Done is shooting something 263 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,480 like twenty six percent from corner threes or something like 264 00:14:08,519 --> 00:14:12,360 that recently, and he's not that bad. We know that 265 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:15,039 he's not, you know, a lights out shooter, but he's 266 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:21,360 not twenty Yeah, it's real bad, Like it's got to 267 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,279 come back at some point. 268 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 3: He and DJ are both career thirty two percent three 269 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:29,559 point shooters, and Done over his last thirteen games is 270 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,159 about thirty two percent, So it's not as bad as 271 00:14:32,240 --> 00:14:34,720 it was for a while. He's gotten a little bit better. 272 00:14:35,519 --> 00:14:38,240 But if either of them could catch a little bit 273 00:14:38,279 --> 00:14:40,120 of a hot streak, that would be pretty big for 274 00:14:40,159 --> 00:14:42,080 this team. 275 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,559 Speaker 2: Like a little bit of a who do you put 276 00:14:43,559 --> 00:14:46,639 your bet on who who's more likely to snap into 277 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:47,279 a hot streak. 278 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 3: I bought the numbers DJ, but. 279 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 2: Take that to the bank. Adam Osley at the over. 280 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:58,559 That the over on DJ. 281 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:06,600 Speaker 3: Threes he's been he's been really bad lately, so he's 282 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:08,799 the one who should probably start progressing more to the 283 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:13,879 mean more drastically. But uh, I neither guy has proven 284 00:15:13,919 --> 00:15:16,039 it at this level. Like DJ is what at thirty 285 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,559 five percent from three now in the season, after I 286 00:15:18,559 --> 00:15:21,159 think the first twelve games he was shooting like forty eight. 287 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:21,679 Speaker 1: Percent from three. 288 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:29,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's gotten. It's gotten pretty dramatically down for him 289 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,440 over the last couple of weeks. 290 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 2: And it may Yeah, it's wild because it looks so 291 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,679 much worse. I didn't realize that he. I figured he 292 00:15:36,759 --> 00:15:39,879 was probably like ten percent below his career average from 293 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:42,399 watching it. But he's just hovering right around there. 294 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:48,159 Speaker 1: He's doing a thing. And the stuff that's what makes 295 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:51,480 it hard too is like Done and Derek Jones Jr. 296 00:15:51,519 --> 00:15:55,759 Are effectively competing for the last starting spot. I know 297 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,320 we're doing this rotating thing for a while, but the 298 00:15:58,399 --> 00:16:00,720 starting lineup is going to solid ay at some point. 299 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:04,600 We're not going into the playoffs. The last five games 300 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:07,200 before the playoffs, aren't gonna play with the rotating starting lineup, 301 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,720 is all, don't. I don't think that's gonna happen. So 302 00:16:09,799 --> 00:16:11,279 this I think makes it hard a little bit harder 303 00:16:11,279 --> 00:16:13,000 for ty Lu too. He's like, both these guys are 304 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:18,519 shooting poorly, like great, Like this doesn't really help him 305 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,360 figure out who's gonna start. I don't think maybe I'm 306 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:24,080 blowing it too much out of proportion with the starting 307 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:26,320 lineup stuff, but like it's gonna settle at some point, 308 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,159 or has to me. 309 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,000 Speaker 3: It's destiny for DJ to stay in the starting lineup, 310 00:16:31,039 --> 00:16:33,879 because the whole logic of he needs Chris Dunn out 311 00:16:33,879 --> 00:16:36,559 there for another ball handler is gonna go by the wayside. 312 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:39,000 Once Kawhi Leonard gets up to thirty minutes again, then 313 00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:41,960 you have the other ball handler. So I would think 314 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:45,080 that means DJ, by the end of the season will 315 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:46,440 be the more consistent starter. 316 00:16:47,799 --> 00:16:50,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, and will you're on team start Derek Jones Junior. 317 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:54,960 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I've been on record. I just think it 318 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,399 makes I just think it makes more sense. I obviously 319 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,080 things change if if Done goes on a hot streak 320 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:02,720 from three or something, because I do see that being 321 00:17:02,799 --> 00:17:06,640 very valuable, especially with how slow the offense has been, 322 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,359 at least until Kawhi rams back up. But assuming like 323 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,400 assuming full health, which I know is saying a lot. 324 00:17:14,640 --> 00:17:16,000 It just makes a lot more sense for me to 325 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:18,319 for Derek Jones junior and there. And I've talked about 326 00:17:18,319 --> 00:17:20,240 it before, but I just like the athleticism, I like 327 00:17:20,279 --> 00:17:23,839 the versatility and just having some more size. I just 328 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,119 don't with the type of guards that we have on 329 00:17:27,160 --> 00:17:30,000 this team, I just don't really see the argument for 330 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:34,359 having three of them in your starting lineup. I don't 331 00:17:34,400 --> 00:17:34,720 see it. 332 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:41,599 Speaker 1: I don't see Yeah, and we'll know. I don't know 333 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:43,839 when we're gonna know what the starting lineup solidifies too, 334 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,839 But it has to happen at some point. Anything else 335 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:51,480 on the Clippers woes. Before we get into a breakdown 336 00:17:51,519 --> 00:17:54,319 of a team that very much could help them get 337 00:17:54,319 --> 00:17:56,119 out of some of these offensive. 338 00:17:55,680 --> 00:18:02,319 Speaker 3: Woes, get back to the defensive identity. 339 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:07,839 Speaker 1: Guys, be better be We got be better play better defense? 340 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,880 All right? Coming up, we are going to be talking 341 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:14,200 the Clippers versus Heat game, which as of four fifty 342 00:18:14,279 --> 00:18:18,359 seven PM on January twelve, is happening. It's obviously a 343 00:18:18,359 --> 00:18:20,799 fluid situation. I want to give a big old f 344 00:18:20,920 --> 00:18:24,319 you to the Santa Ana wins because they're not making 345 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,880 anything easier. We're gonna be breaking that game down. There's 346 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,519 gonna be a quick audio break coming up in three two. 347 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:32,799 Speaker 2: What hey, welcome back into clips and Dip. You're just 348 00:18:32,839 --> 00:18:36,039 seeing us in real time. Do an ad break for 349 00:18:36,079 --> 00:18:37,920 no reason. If you're watching this on YouTube, which you 350 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:39,640 should be, that's over at YouTube dot com Slash That 351 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:42,039 Clippers podcast. But anyways, we talked a little bit about 352 00:18:42,079 --> 00:18:45,680 the Clippers and the wall they're hitting. Could this next 353 00:18:45,799 --> 00:18:49,119 little stretch of games be the remedy to get things right? 354 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:54,799 TB tvd Uh, Chuck, where are you at? What do 355 00:18:54,839 --> 00:18:57,640 you see as the uh, the easiest game here to 356 00:18:57,640 --> 00:18:58,079 get a win? 357 00:18:58,759 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: Okay, so they got the heat on Monday. The nets 358 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:05,160 they play on Wednesday. The nets are so bad. I 359 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:10,319 think it's it's gotta be the nets. Call me crazy, Adam, You're. 360 00:19:10,279 --> 00:19:12,799 Speaker 2: More so than the heat, even with like how dysfunctional 361 00:19:12,839 --> 00:19:13,279 the heat are. 362 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:18,039 Speaker 1: Right now, Yeah, because over the last five games, here's 363 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,799 the nets. Here's what the nets are twenty ninth in 364 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,640 They're twenty ninth in the three categories over the last 365 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:27,440 five games. Offensive rating points per game and plus minus 366 00:19:28,839 --> 00:19:31,880 that you know, like if there was a team. 367 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 3: Hey, the Nets are trying to make up for winning 368 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,599 too many games earlier in the season. Right now they 369 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,039 are trying to get back into the capture of the 370 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:44,720 flag hunt, especially after Cooper just dropped forty the. 371 00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:47,400 Speaker 2: Tail of two course corrections. Really, between the Clippers and 372 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:48,279 the Nets. 373 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: This is some Potti coom. These are two teams who 374 00:19:50,519 --> 00:19:52,200 they should just say, Hey, this is what we're trying. 375 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,240 It's gonna be like a preseason game how Doc Rivers 376 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,200 talked about. You tell each other what you're gonna run. 377 00:19:56,480 --> 00:20:00,480 That's what we should get from this Nets game. The 378 00:20:00,519 --> 00:20:07,359 defense should look better versus the Nets on Wednesday. Their 379 00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:10,240 offense has been so bad. For what it's worth, the 380 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,559 Clippers have been twenty sixth in points per game over 381 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:15,599 the last five games. But I believe in our offense 382 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:19,039 more than the Nets offense. The heat might be difficult though, 383 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,480 injury report wise, Kawhi will be available, his family everything. 384 00:20:26,559 --> 00:20:29,160 He seems good to come back after checking on his family, 385 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,359 which if you had a problem with I don't know, 386 00:20:33,039 --> 00:20:35,960 go fuck yourself. I guess this is a battle of 387 00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:40,599 two really wonky offenses. Over the last five games, Heat 388 00:20:40,599 --> 00:20:44,920 are twenty fifth, Clippers are twenty eight, So this might 389 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,319 be a bit of a rock fight. And the Heat's 390 00:20:47,359 --> 00:20:50,640 defense has been good over the last five games, so 391 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:53,960 it might be a little frustrating tomorrow. 392 00:20:56,839 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, they have won three in a row after losing 393 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,920 the first two without Jimmy Butler with the suspension. I 394 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:04,880 was looking at the on off numbers on the season 395 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:08,279 when Jimmy's on the court versus off. When he's on 396 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:12,079 the court, they have basically a top five offense. When 397 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,759 he's off, they got a bottom five offense. It's it's 398 00:21:15,759 --> 00:21:18,720 a huge drastic swing from one way to the other. 399 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:23,000 So offensively they're struggling, but they're leaning into their defense 400 00:21:23,039 --> 00:21:25,319 even more right now to try to get victories. 401 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:28,319 Speaker 1: And leaning into the defense more against the Clippers teams 402 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:33,720 offense has slipped is a little scary. Will I know 403 00:21:33,799 --> 00:21:39,640 your big bugaboo assist a turnover ratio. Clippers are twenty 404 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,920 fifth and that over the last five games. 405 00:21:43,119 --> 00:21:47,319 Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's it's looked at it, Loo, it's looked 406 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:48,440 a little it's. 407 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: Past both the Itechs and the best. 408 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's looked a little disjointed. 409 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,799 Speaker 3: What are they on the season, Chuck, I'm curious. 410 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,799 Speaker 1: Let me pull those Is it that much more than 411 00:21:57,839 --> 00:22:03,440 what they have about teams traditional? Excuse me have to 412 00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:14,359 go to the advanced stats assist a turnover ratio twenty third. 413 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,079 Speaker 2: WHOA not bottom five? 414 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: Hey, not bottom five? But they have slipped two spots, 415 00:22:22,039 --> 00:22:26,200 so I guess they're just playing their usual careless brand 416 00:22:26,319 --> 00:22:27,440 of basketball. 417 00:22:27,480 --> 00:22:29,559 Speaker 2: Over It's always been kind of a Clippers thing, right, 418 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,839 Like it was in the last iteration of two and three, 419 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,240 it was like, if we can keep it to like 420 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:39,160 like fourteen turnovers a game, we're probably we're giving ourselves 421 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:40,039 a chance to win. 422 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, and we saw it like, I mean, we got 423 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,880 lucky last year too, right, Harden had one game with 424 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,920 five turnovers or more and it was five, which we 425 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,640 would all be pretty happy with. Like gone on those days, 426 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:57,759 I think, Yeah, I don't know, the heat, it's wonky. 427 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,079 They're always a team that, like the guys who want 428 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:04,640 to play for the heat at the current moment, always 429 00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,039 play hard and stuff like that. So this is a team. 430 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,680 I'm not going to talk about, you know, heat culture 431 00:23:10,799 --> 00:23:13,400 or whatever, but they they've got a. 432 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 2: Chip on their shoulder. They always got kind of a 433 00:23:15,039 --> 00:23:17,279 chip on their shoulder, and now with the Jimmy Butler stuff, 434 00:23:17,279 --> 00:23:20,119 it's kind of doubly so it's not exactly yeah, it's 435 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,759 it's not a matchup to take lightly despite sort of 436 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,759 you know, again we'm talking about how this team doesn't 437 00:23:25,799 --> 00:23:29,799 play to other teams records, but it is they're in 438 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:32,680 a spot right now where, you know, like they have 439 00:23:32,759 --> 00:23:36,519 no incentive to not win. They could have, you know, 440 00:23:36,599 --> 00:23:40,279 a wealth of picks coming their way potentially on what 441 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,319 goes down with this, or at least a couple or 442 00:23:42,319 --> 00:23:45,279 at least a first rounder, so you know, there's there's 443 00:23:45,279 --> 00:23:47,400 no need for them to lose games. And if anything, 444 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,279 they're trying to audition for the next you know, whoever 445 00:23:50,319 --> 00:23:53,079 they end up getting in there or if they're able to, 446 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,039 you know, transition to the next phase of the you know, 447 00:23:57,160 --> 00:24:00,160 they're sort of dominance because this is a team that's know, 448 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,160 like a year of what two years removed from a 449 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:04,880 finals run. I mean, it's not like. 450 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,119 Speaker 1: In a finals run that everyone was kind of like. 451 00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 2: It's i mean, like say what you want to say, 452 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,599 like you still gotta make I mean, you gotta made 453 00:24:12,599 --> 00:24:14,480 it the finals. You play the teams in front of 454 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,799 you and I don't know what you want to say. 455 00:24:16,559 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: They did, but I mean that kind of plays into 456 00:24:18,519 --> 00:24:20,640 the fact of like they're not you know that was 457 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,039 that was a finals run that a lot of people 458 00:24:23,079 --> 00:24:25,319 didn't see coming. Let's just say so, it's like they 459 00:24:25,319 --> 00:24:28,079 were doing more with less. That that plays more into 460 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,880 the like the new identity type thing. 461 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,720 Speaker 3: They're gritty and they're gonna have something to prove right 462 00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:39,960 now without Jimmy Butler, so I'm sure they're extra motorvade. 463 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,319 Speaker 1: It does feel like, I don't know if it's a 464 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,559 trap game because the Clippers haven't been playing well enough 465 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,000 for it to be considered a trap game, you know 466 00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:51,480 what I mean, there should be no track game. Yeah, 467 00:24:51,799 --> 00:24:52,519 that's fair. 468 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 3: That for people thinking that Miami has just totally falling off. 469 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,000 They're twenty and seventeen, just like the Clippers. 470 00:25:02,079 --> 00:25:07,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're playing bombs, playing pick up with a bunch 471 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:08,119 of plumbers. 472 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,839 Speaker 3: Yeah, Okay, there is something to that, but I still 473 00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:12,839 think there's two good. 474 00:25:12,640 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 2: Teams in the East and everybody else. 475 00:25:17,079 --> 00:25:19,039 Speaker 1: They're all old. They're all guys who play in the nineties. 476 00:25:19,079 --> 00:25:20,680 They're playing a bench a bunch of sixties and seventy 477 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:25,000 year Olds over there. Yeah, it's gonna be I think 478 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,519 it's gonna be too close for coming. 479 00:25:26,319 --> 00:25:28,720 Speaker 2: Twenty and seventeen in the West. Hits different, all right, 480 00:25:28,759 --> 00:25:29,920 it's all I. 481 00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:33,880 Speaker 3: Mean, I agree, I think the Keeppers are better, but 482 00:25:34,759 --> 00:25:37,799 Miami's defense could make this a hellish type of ball band. 483 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:42,680 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, if they get And we've seen kind of 484 00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:46,519 the blueprint to make Norms life difficult, which is be 485 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,519 physical with him. Right. We saw the Nuggets really put 486 00:25:49,519 --> 00:25:52,680 that on display with Jamal Murray on him. We lout 487 00:25:52,759 --> 00:25:58,559 Dort obviously, and I'm interested, like, this is a tough 488 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,799 test for Coo too, right, because we've seen him, we've 489 00:26:02,799 --> 00:26:06,160 seen him shoot threes. Well, he hasn't been as willing 490 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,200 and I don't mean that with any negative connotation to 491 00:26:08,279 --> 00:26:11,400 drive the ball. He's getting back into basketball shape. It 492 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,599 makes sense. The lift on that one reverse layup was 493 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:19,799 a little So this is a this is this is 494 00:26:19,839 --> 00:26:23,079 a difficult game. I've now veered into being more worried 495 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,440 about this game because I want I want Kawhi's twenty 496 00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:29,240 minutes to be good for Kawhi and selfishly, well that 497 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:31,799 means they're good for the team anyway. But this is 498 00:26:31,799 --> 00:26:32,839 gonna be tough for Kawhi. 499 00:26:36,079 --> 00:26:38,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, I wonder who they're gonna have on him. It's 500 00:26:38,079 --> 00:26:42,759 gonna be Haimi Hawkes out of U. C. L. A. Rosier, 501 00:26:43,279 --> 00:26:45,599 or if they're gonna put Bam on him. He did 502 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:48,400 have one of his best dunks of last season was 503 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,359 on Bam who tried to guard him on the baseline 504 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:51,799 and Kawhi blew by right. 505 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: Yeah, or. 506 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,599 Speaker 3: They're gonna muck up the game. It's gonna be a challenge. 507 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,440 And you know that's if the Clippers. It's still gonna 508 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,799 be tough to focus in. I know where days removed 509 00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:13,960 from what happened in Den, but now they're back home 510 00:27:14,039 --> 00:27:16,079 in their own backyard. How are you not going to 511 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:17,000 be thinking about it? 512 00:27:18,839 --> 00:27:21,279 Speaker 1: And like we mentioned, or we we didn't mention, we 513 00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:23,480 were talking before this, we're not out of this yet 514 00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:27,039 for the people like the Santa Ana Wins are still 515 00:27:27,839 --> 00:27:32,240 being their rude, unhelpful selves, seemingly earlier in this week. 516 00:27:32,279 --> 00:27:33,720 So that's why we kind of talked about the game 517 00:27:33,759 --> 00:27:38,119 being played as of now, we'll see what happens. Then 518 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,119 they played the Nets Wednesday, who again horrendous basketball over 519 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:45,480 the last five outings. Anything else to say before we 520 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,720 pick our player of the games game. We're just gonna 521 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:59,000 do game for the Heat game tomorrow night. I'm good, Adam. No, 522 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:00,759 We're gonna go with Will because I think Adam went 523 00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:05,480 first last time. Well, you're Kawhi, Leonard Avitza Zubats, Norm Powell, 524 00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:12,279 James Harden, Jordan Beller honorary player of the game. 525 00:28:16,079 --> 00:28:23,160 Speaker 2: Oh man, uh, I'll go with Chris don Let's say 526 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,480 I'll contradict Adam even though I agree with him that 527 00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:31,119 I do think that DJJ is due. Let's say Chris 528 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,440 Dunn has a has a solid shooting. 529 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,559 Speaker 1: Name, Okay, and we know the defense will be on point. Yeah, 530 00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:40,519 Adam your player of the game pick. 531 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,119 Speaker 3: I took that as a challenge, and I'm gonna go 532 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:49,559 with Derek Jones Jr. Against his former team, against his 533 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:50,119 former two. 534 00:28:50,119 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, do you think he's starting? 535 00:28:55,720 --> 00:29:01,839 Speaker 3: I thought he was gonna start against Minnesota. It's possible. 536 00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:02,799 It's possible. 537 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,519 Speaker 1: Okay, it's possible. That is that is as true as 538 00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:08,119 you can get with this quick. The one thing we 539 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:10,720 know for sure is that it is possible that Derek 540 00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:15,680 Jones Junior will maybe start home Monday. I'm gonna go. 541 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:18,680 We're gonna need to spark off the bench. I'm gonna 542 00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:21,440 go with mere coffee. A mere coffee is gonna have 543 00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:26,880 one of those nights where timely three here scrapping for 544 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,279 a loose ball gets the foul call or something like that. 545 00:29:29,359 --> 00:29:33,279 I think a mere coffee is gonna be incredibly helpful 546 00:29:33,279 --> 00:29:34,640 for the Clippers. He kind of has to be. I 547 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,000 think tomorrow, and I hope Terence Mann has a good 548 00:29:37,039 --> 00:29:39,680 game because they're still trying to figure out his minutes, 549 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:45,200 which makes things wonky too. Okay, So I got I 550 00:29:45,519 --> 00:29:46,359 have one A one B. 551 00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 2: All right. 552 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: That about wraps it up for this little condensed clips 553 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:55,160 and dip. We hope everyone is doing okay. We're gonna 554 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:58,200 be doing a postgame live either after the Hornets or 555 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:01,640 the Nets game. Not entirely sure. If you're able to 556 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,839 help anyway with these fires. I'm sure there's some local 557 00:30:03,880 --> 00:30:06,119 volunteer things near you. Check it out. Check out Ktown 558 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,480 for all. A lot of good stuff going on there 559 00:30:08,799 --> 00:30:12,640 will Where can these people recommend to listen to this 560 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,440 podcast if people need something to just forget about what's 561 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:16,839 going on outside. 562 00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, you can listen to this podcast wherever you get 563 00:30:19,720 --> 00:30:22,079 your podcasts of course, if you happen to listen over 564 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,319 on Apple, Apple Podcasts or Spotify, you leave a little 565 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,880 rating and review that help us out. You also watch 566 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,960 this if you don't just want to listen, and you 567 00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:31,920 can do that over at YouTube dot com slash at 568 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,960 Clippers podcast. But hey, however, if you're listening, if you're watching, 569 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,160 however you're consuming us, we appreciate you. 570 00:30:38,799 --> 00:30:42,480 Speaker 1: We very much appreciate you. Thank you for listening, Adam, 571 00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:45,480 as you always do. We need one positive thing to 572 00:30:45,519 --> 00:30:47,160 send these Clippers folks into their week. 573 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,400 Speaker 3: With dips in the season like we're seeing from the 574 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:55,319 Clippers right now, we have lost four or five happen 575 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,880 and they can help you refocus and they can help 576 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:03,240 you get back to your identity, your foundation to what 577 00:31:03,359 --> 00:31:06,599 got you to being over five hundred. And I think 578 00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:10,440 they're gonna have a locked in attention and detail on 579 00:31:10,519 --> 00:31:13,599 the defensive end tomorrow night like we haven't seen in 580 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:14,640 a couple of games here. 581 00:31:16,319 --> 00:31:19,160 Speaker 2: These dips are also not even close to the kind 582 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,599 of dips you can catch on the show in the 583 00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:21,119 off season. 584 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:24,599 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, if you if you guys brought some food 585 00:31:24,599 --> 00:31:26,640 insro check out the off season episodes. A little something 586 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:29,559 special for you out there, Thank you all for hanging out. 587 00:31:29,599 --> 00:31:31,759 I'm Chuck Walkler. This is Adam Os and Will Uptyke 588 00:31:31,799 --> 00:31:33,759 and as always, let's go clickers.