WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:05.000 Welcome into a Clippers Talk Live. Kind of an imprompt too. 2 00:00:05.040 --> 00:00:07.000 I didn't give anyone a heads up on this, but 3 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:09.599 I did yesterday and we weren't able to do so 4 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:14.199 because of some technical difficulties. But now we are connected 5 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:18.440 to Honolulu, Hawaii. We are live with the radio voice 6 00:00:18.480 --> 00:00:21.760 of the Clippers in Carlo Jimenez for a little Clippers 7 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:24.800 Talk Live. Get into the chats. Let us know you 8 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.000 can hear this episode. And Carlo, it's good to see 9 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:30.239 your face. It's good to hear you. And the Wi 10 00:00:30.239 --> 00:00:32.719 Fi now is on that five G stuff or whatever 11 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:32.960 it is. 12 00:00:33.039 --> 00:00:33.920 It looks beautiful. 13 00:00:34.119 --> 00:00:36.880 We're crystal clear now, Adam. I know we were trying 14 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:40.439 to get it on yesterday. Sometimes Wi Fi doesn't want 15 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:42.079 to work, and I'll be honest with you, it didn't 16 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:44.560 even work this morning. But I came back from the 17 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:46.920 gym today and look at we got Wi fi so 18 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:49.880 right time, right plays, it all works out. And I 19 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:52.399 don't want to cloud the day that No Eagles on, like, 20 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:56.240 let's be honest, he deserves an entire day he does. 21 00:00:57.039 --> 00:00:57.359 No. 22 00:00:57.359 --> 00:01:02.200 Noah Eagle Day was October first, twenty twenty four. Now 23 00:01:02.200 --> 00:01:05.200 it's Carlo Jimenez Day. And he's caught in four K 24 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:08.400 because the Wi fi is looking that damn good people 25 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:09.239 are coming in here. 26 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:11.719 Jeffrey Beltrans says. 27 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:19.680 Carlo says, let's go. JM thirty twenty four says, what's up, guys, 28 00:01:19.760 --> 00:01:21.439 thank you for the advice from last week. 29 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:22.959 It was greatly appreciated. 30 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:25.040 Check out that show was the first one on the 31 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.920 YouTube side on Clippers Top with Carlo Jimenez as we 32 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:31.640 kind of talked about his early but already very successful 33 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:35.560 broadcasting career and also his social media impact that he 34 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:38.879 has with two hundred thousand followers on TikTok. He's like that, 35 00:01:39.079 --> 00:01:42.560 I'm trying to get there, Carlo. This is fun. It's 36 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:44.680 cool to be connected with you in Hawaii. Give me 37 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:48.840 the layout, the landscape. I don't know, a bird's eye 38 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:53.560 view of where you are hotel wise, in relationship to 39 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.200 the arena and anywhere else that are landmarks that you've 40 00:01:57.239 --> 00:01:59.439 been going to. Right now, just fill people in on 41 00:01:59.480 --> 00:02:01.359 what it's like to have the experience of being a 42 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:05.400 training camp in Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii with the Clippers. 43 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:09.360 Yeah, I mean, as you can't really be in a 44 00:02:09.400 --> 00:02:12.719 bad spot in Hawaii, you know, it's it's beautiful here. 45 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.639 You get off the plane that the breeze is It's 46 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:16.879 like the best thing ever. 47 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:18.080 Like I'll never. 48 00:02:18.240 --> 00:02:20.840 Not enjoy getting off a plane in Hawaii and hearing 49 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:24.919 that breeze and feeling it. But we're the Clippers have 50 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:27.120 it well set up. We're kind of we're by the water. 51 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:33.599 We're in like I think main area Honolulu. I couldn't 52 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:37.919 even tell you Waikiki. I believe wis where we're at. 53 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.879 And then the stand Sheriff Center where we're playing is 54 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:43.879 I want to say, fifteen to twenty minute drive away. 55 00:02:43.719 --> 00:02:46.560 So super close. There is a lot of traffic. 56 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:49.759 Here in Hawaii, which I I didn't know, but hey, 57 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:52.159 the more you know, we take a highway one which 58 00:02:52.159 --> 00:02:55.719 is an interstate highway, which I have since learned can't 59 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:58.560 be an interstate highway because what other state does it 60 00:02:58.599 --> 00:02:59.240 go to? Adam? 61 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:04.319 Oh, what's up? The more you know, Star just went 62 00:03:04.319 --> 00:03:09.039 across the screen fun tidbits and nuggets with Carla Jimenez. 63 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:12.039 It's good and that's yeah. 64 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:14.599 Dan Fitzpatrick, the video coordator, pointed out that out to 65 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:16.080 me on the bus on the first day, and I 66 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.319 was like, you know what, I'm gonna get that in 67 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:21.759 somewhere somehow and here we are in clipper stock, so 68 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:23.879 I had had to make sure I let the people know. 69 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:26.840 But yeah, it's been good. It's been good. It's it's 70 00:03:26.840 --> 00:03:28.599 super easy, super nice. 71 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.400 Like anything under Steve Bomber organization, things are set up well. 72 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:38.000 Slippers were made for this second year back since twenty 73 00:03:38.120 --> 00:03:41.120 nineteen when they first went with the two one three 74 00:03:41.199 --> 00:03:44.919 era kicking off. Now we'll post that it's the Kawhi 75 00:03:45.039 --> 00:03:49.520 James Harden one two punch era going on. But obviously 76 00:03:49.520 --> 00:03:53.719 we've talked about Kawhi. We have media Day Monday into 77 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:57.479 it Dome. I know he hasn't been doing any of 78 00:03:57.520 --> 00:03:59.800 the five on five or any of the drill stuff. 79 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:02.479 He was doing some foam roller stuff today. I heard. 80 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:04.639 I saw the video with him smiling hanging out with 81 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:08.719 coach Lou at shoot around earlier in the day yesterday. 82 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:12.919 Is there anything new on the Kawhi front, Carlow and 83 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.719 just overall, what are your thoughts after hearing straight from 84 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.600 the horse's mouth how he's doing with that right knee 85 00:04:18.879 --> 00:04:20.600 at media day on Monday? 86 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:25.279 Yeah, I mean, I think what Noah talked about yesterday. 87 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:27.000 If you haven't watched that on Clippers stock, I go 88 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.319 check that out. But it seems to be that people 89 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:32.079 are He's heading in the right direction. 90 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:34.439 The Clippers, he mostimistic. They's head in the right direction. 91 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:37.160 And I think that feels like the most important thing 92 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:41.480 to me too. I haven't necessarily seen anything that is 93 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:45.680 mind blowing or would change anyone's opinion, but yeah, I 94 00:04:45.680 --> 00:04:49.920 feel like Kawhi is taking the steps. So and I 95 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:52.519 thought was interesting Adam when James Harden talked about media day, 96 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:56.079 is we need Kawhi to be ready when playoff time 97 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:56.639 comes around. 98 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:57.720 That's what he emphasized. 99 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.800 And it feels like, just from the outside looking in, 100 00:05:01.199 --> 00:05:04.160 that's kind of the vibe around this the Clipper team 101 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:08.120 is we want Kawhi to not have to take games 102 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:12.519 off come April May. And so, yeah, it's all good, 103 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:18.199 all good signs. Everything, everything from the press conferences to 104 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:22.040 Kawhi actually talking to the media seems like he's he's 105 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:22.959 taking the right steps. 106 00:05:23.959 --> 00:05:28.519 Prioritizing the playoffs over everything seems to be the right move. 107 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:29.560 It's very important. 108 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:31.319 Of course, they'll need him along the way in the 109 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:34.600 regular season to get there. It's going to be a 110 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:39.879 very tough Western Conference. It is absolutely a Gauntlet evil Bot. 111 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.279 Adam wants to ask Carlo, do you think that's your mentor? 112 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:46.600 Noah had a point about you need a change of image, 113 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:49.959 your haircut, it's et cetera. I think he's just yellous 114 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:56.399 about all the peeps asking for picks. Are you gonna 115 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:58.600 have an extreme makeover? Are you gonna keep the middle 116 00:05:58.639 --> 00:05:59.160 park going? 117 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:01.079 Player is going strong? 118 00:06:01.240 --> 00:06:03.360 I know, I know it has told me that you 119 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.199 are more gelling it because if you ever watch a 120 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:09.519 game and you were watching us broadcast, my hair kind 121 00:06:09.519 --> 00:06:12.680 of goes like this. Once the fourth quarter comes around, 122 00:06:12.720 --> 00:06:14.600 I look a little mangled, look like I've been through 123 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:16.759 a little bit. And sometimes Adam, as you know, fourth 124 00:06:16.839 --> 00:06:19.439 quarter comes around. We've been through some stuff on that broadcast. 125 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:22.000 But no, I'm keeping the hair. 126 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:27.040 Hair's not going anywhere, middle part all day, consistency, good flow. 127 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:29.120 It's got some ocean water in it too, right now, 128 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:31.959 so it's feeling good. Don't worry about it, I know, 129 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:32.839 don't worry about it. 130 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.600 No one got to give you that much FuMO. It's 131 00:06:35.600 --> 00:06:38.319 got ocean water in it. My goodness. I know I'm 132 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:40.759 in Burbank and life ain't that tough, And it's ninety 133 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:43.319 degrees today and the weather's pretty denied. But my goodness, 134 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:44.360 you got ocean water. 135 00:06:44.199 --> 00:06:44.680 In your hair. 136 00:06:45.079 --> 00:06:50.439 Adam, Adam, you are the closest thing to Hawaii on 137 00:06:50.600 --> 00:06:52.879 planet Earth. I'd say so. 138 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:54.160 I don't know about that. 139 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:58.920 I'm in the island mindset at all times. We go right, 140 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:03.600 I put out the same the Hawaii vibes. Jeffrey Beltran 141 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:06.160 wants to know this, as do I. I didn't see 142 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:08.920 him at media day. I saw bones Hyland. There is PJ. 143 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:11.480 Tucker there. It sounds like what they got twenty one 144 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:12.439 guys in training camp. 145 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:14.720 Yeah, everyone's accounting for so. 146 00:07:15.759 --> 00:07:16.879 You've had eyes on PJ. 147 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:17.879 Tucker. We're good. 148 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:18.839 He exists. 149 00:07:19.160 --> 00:07:26.079 He exists, It does exist. I'm sure he brought a 150 00:07:26.120 --> 00:07:28.000 lot of shoes with him, maybe with some a lot 151 00:07:28.040 --> 00:07:32.240 of sandalwaar to Hawaii as well. That Mexican naar says, 152 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:35.959 favorite player. Do you have a favorite Clipper already? How 153 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:38.279 about just a guy that you love to do calls 154 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:40.519 for when he's cooking and getting into his bag and 155 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:42.600 that gets you into your broadcasting bag. 156 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:43.800 Tell you what. 157 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:46.879 Watching James Harden at the end of Game four in 158 00:07:46.920 --> 00:07:52.720 the playoffs against Dallas and in Indiana when they scored 159 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:56.199 one hundred and fifty one points on the road in 160 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:02.199 December contest. That thought when he it's going, it is like, yeah, 161 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:04.519 I mean, I thought Brian Seman did a great job 162 00:08:04.519 --> 00:08:07.560 of David Capsuling on TV. He threw up that last 163 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.040 three of Brian goes no way because it's just like, 164 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:12.160 there's no way this guy's inting this next shot. 165 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:17.199 Definitely definitely James Harden. James Harden is fun to watch. 166 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:21.600 Yeah, no doubt. Let's see evil bod Adam wils So. No, 167 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:24.839 this is a guy I've been kind of doing a 168 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.120 little bit more research on recently, a bit of a 169 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:29.839 profile on and I did put out you know what, 170 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:32.840 I'm gonna play the damn thing since we can share 171 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.200 screens here, and I am proud of this. And when 172 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:39.960 I'm going, when I'm with a social media mogul and 173 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:43.519 somebody like Carlo Jmenez who has two hundred thousand followers 174 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:46.440 on TikTok, I want to show off my editing game 175 00:08:46.600 --> 00:08:49.200 just a little bit. I know it's not much. I 176 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:51.600 know it's not as slick as what Carlo Jimenez can 177 00:08:51.639 --> 00:08:53.720 do with Final Cut Pro or whatever the hell you 178 00:08:53.799 --> 00:08:54.080 told me. 179 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:55.840 It was you used last week? 180 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:00.000 And I know there's a very divisive and polarizing community 181 00:09:00.080 --> 00:09:02.759 do when it comes to which editing machine and which. 182 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:04.279 Program or do you hues? 183 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:07.120 Yeah, I don't want to step on anyone's toes. It's coke, 184 00:09:07.279 --> 00:09:10.679 coke and PEPSI, But I want you guys to enjoy 185 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:14.039 this little edit I made yesterday for Chris Dunn after 186 00:09:14.120 --> 00:09:16.960 I heard him say this with Joey Lynn after practice. 187 00:09:17.240 --> 00:09:19.000 I can get a little chippy from time to time. 188 00:09:30.440 --> 00:09:43.799 Stop shop shut him down. Shock, No, stop Shop shut 189 00:09:43.879 --> 00:09:44.240 him down. 190 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:45.200 Shock. 191 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:52.159 I can get a little chippy from. 192 00:09:52.000 --> 00:09:55.000 Tom to notice here I also have get. 193 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.279 A little chippy from. 194 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:00.759 But if you notice you're at the beginning, check out 195 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:05.000 the ribcage, the little uh translucent rip cage with the 196 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:09.440 two dogs here because you know Chris Dund has that 197 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:13.200 dog in him. Carlo, give me your grade on that 198 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:17.279 little uh social media thirty second clip I put together. 199 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:20.559 You know people always talk about in social media the 200 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:23.720 most important thing is storytelling. Adam, he told the story. 201 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:26.399 I mean it's great you show you show Chris talking 202 00:10:26.399 --> 00:10:26.799 about how. 203 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:27.440 It can be a dog. 204 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:30.440 We get a little teaser on the chest with the 205 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:32.559 dogs in it. On the X ray and then we 206 00:10:32.600 --> 00:10:36.159 get into Chris being an actual dog, which we know 207 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:40.559 he is on the floor A plus A plus, Adam, 208 00:10:40.720 --> 00:10:41.399 it was excellent. 209 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:46.919 Ah, Carlo Jimenez approved content here on Clippers. Yeah, I'll 210 00:10:46.919 --> 00:10:49.720 take that. That's high phrase considering where he's at top 211 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:52.600 of the tote bull when it comes to TikTok's Chris 212 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:55.120 done to me? I don't think I've talked. 213 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:57.600 About him enough so far this summer, Carlo, and. 214 00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:59.559 Just what an impact he could make on a team 215 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:02.320 that's trying trying to lean into defense, that's trying to 216 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:05.360 have more of a defensive mentality. And while, like I 217 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:08.480 said in that little clip there, I don't want to 218 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:11.679 see anybody get hurt, but you do want to see 219 00:11:11.720 --> 00:11:14.279 guys play with passion and toughness out there and set 220 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:17.919 a tone on that end and make sure that everybody's 221 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:21.120 kind of held accountable for their responsibilities on the defensive side. 222 00:11:21.159 --> 00:11:23.799 And I think we're going to get that with Chris Dunn, 223 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:27.320 who has made a career and a living on making 224 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:31.120 other guys' lives hell in the NBA with his perimeter defense. 225 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:33.720 Yeah, I mean, this is someone who is one of 226 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:36.480 the best point of attack defenders in the league. It's 227 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:38.960 something the Clippers were looking for and they went out 228 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:42.200 and got them. And you know, Brian, Brian Seman, or 229 00:11:42.200 --> 00:11:45.039 TV broadcaster, has been tweeting out little recaps at the 230 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:47.679 end of every day, and today he tweeted in a 231 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:50.440 Second Bowl point, Chris Donn is a force of nature 232 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:54.799 on defense, strong, fearless, relentless. I would put all of 233 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.159 that in caps like one hundred percent agree. This is 234 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:02.000 someone who attacks every matchup like he is making a statement. 235 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:05.200 And I think that combo Adam. 236 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.639 When you have somebody like Chris Juhn and Derek Jones Junior, 237 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:11.759 the athletic ability, and then not only that, the effort 238 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:15.279 defensively because how often do we say defense. While it 239 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:17.720 is a lot to do with ability, but it's probably 240 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:21.360 more to do with effort, and then the mind of 241 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:24.600 somebody like Jeff Van Gundy. I mean, you're talking about 242 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:28.120 almost a perfect recipe of guys on the defensive end 243 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:32.039 who can make it hell for players on the offensive end. 244 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:35.440 I think this team is going to be a team 245 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:39.120 that when other guards roll in, they're going to be 246 00:12:39.279 --> 00:12:42.240 stretching a little bit longer, hydrated a little bit more, 247 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:45.879 and no buckets are coming a little scarcer than maybe 248 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:48.879 the rest of the regular season because there's just just 249 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:52.039 two guys on a defensive end who on at least 250 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.759 on the ball, can be some of the worst to be. 251 00:12:54.759 --> 00:12:56.159 On it as an offensive player. 252 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.639 Yeah, and Chris Dunn has an intimidation factor about him 253 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.200 when you know someone is about that life and you 254 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:06.840 try to push him around and he pushes right back 255 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:10.039 and is not backing down. That's kind of how this 256 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:14.919 Clippers team has to play because for them to meet 257 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:17.919 some of the top teams, the most talented teams in 258 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:21.720 the league at their level, you kind of have to 259 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:24.159 at times muck up the game and dirty up the 260 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:27.960 game and play stellar defense possession to possession. And I 261 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:30.320 always said this about Patrick Beverley, and I do think 262 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.159 Chris Dunn and him, there's a real comparison there in 263 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:35.879 the way they play and the type of edge they 264 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:39.559 play with. But Pat Bev could take any game during 265 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:43.080 the regular season, any one of eighty two, and turn 266 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:47.600 that game that night into a playoff like atmosphere with 267 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.399 just his ability to get under the other team's skin. 268 00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:54.679 And then once you raise that emotional level and get 269 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:57.799 the competitive juices going, out there, you get a higher 270 00:13:57.879 --> 00:14:00.399 level brand of basketball by everyone throughout the team. 271 00:14:00.440 --> 00:14:02.679 It just permeates, agreed. 272 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:05.399 I mean, when you watch someone go to war with 273 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:08.399 you on the defensive side of the basketball, how can 274 00:14:08.440 --> 00:14:11.879 that not become an inspiration. When they're diving on the floor, 275 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:14.240 when they're in passing lanes, when they're communicating on the 276 00:14:14.279 --> 00:14:17.639 defensive end, you see it. I mean that stuff permeates. 277 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:21.039 Some of the best teams defensively have some of the 278 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:24.799 best individual defenders on that side of the floor, which 279 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.039 seems obvious, but I also think there is something to 280 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:34.200 that kind of play inspiring bleeding into other players on 281 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:36.759 the team wanting to give that same sort of effort. 282 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:38.240 So one hundred percent agree. 283 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:42.240 I think this Chris Don could be somebody who you 284 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:44.279 know you're on the second nud of it back to back. Well, 285 00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:46.879 here's a guy who's going to play inspired for eighty 286 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:49.639 two games of this regular season, and that could help. 287 00:14:50.840 --> 00:14:54.360 Carlo Jimenez is live from Honolulu whoaii here on Clippers 288 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:57.120 stock Live. Appreciates all you guys here the chat. We'll 289 00:14:57.159 --> 00:14:59.720 try to get to all your questions. I want to 290 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:02.120 clear something up because we talked last night when I 291 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:04.879 sent you that Twitter post for Chris Dunn and that 292 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:09.120 little montage of him in some kerfluffles as you would 293 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:11.440 say as a broadcast or in some dust nuffs there 294 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:14.919 on the court. But you, as I had the music 295 00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:20.000 there from DMX rough Riders, you immediately texted back rough 296 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:23.960 Rider and I was like, yeah, light Bulb, that should 297 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.679 be the nickname for Chris Dunn. Where are you at 298 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.679 with that? Because I hear a lot of people saying 299 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:33.279 crash out Chris is another nickname that's going around that 300 00:15:33.399 --> 00:15:36.200 some people have used on him. I like that, and 301 00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:38.960 I just like the idea of as you're developing an 302 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:43.759 identity and a brand and a new culture with this 303 00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:47.159 Clippers team, with all these dogs, I like having some 304 00:15:47.279 --> 00:15:50.519 nicknames out there already as we're starting to workshop things 305 00:15:50.519 --> 00:15:51.440 here in the preseason. 306 00:15:51.720 --> 00:15:54.480 No, I can't wait for Saturday Adam and we get 307 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.639 to start put him to use. 308 00:15:55.679 --> 00:15:58.519 But yeah, I think crash out Chris. I like it. 309 00:15:58.519 --> 00:15:59.080 It sounds like. 310 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:02.759 Though he's a little out of con and Chris Dunn 311 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:07.080 from the film I've watched, is a disciplined defender. I 312 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:09.399 would say that's the thing that makes him different from 313 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:11.720 maybe those other guys who are high energy, high effort. 314 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.200 He's high energy, high effort. 315 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:15.440 But you're not gonna worry about him having you know, 316 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:18.559 five fouls with three minutes SCO in the third quarter. 317 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:21.279 So rough Rider. I like rough Rider. 318 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:23.759 I like because he is I mean, in all those 319 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:28.600 videos he is velk rode to the offensive player's hips. 320 00:16:28.679 --> 00:16:31.759 He's not going anywhere. He's gonna stay on you. 321 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:34.799 This is someone who is gonna fight every single time, 322 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:39.120 for every pass, for every over, every screen. A coach's 323 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:42.720 probably dream on the defensive end. So I don't know, 324 00:16:42.720 --> 00:16:44.799 we'll keep going. We'll keep going, but I think we 325 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:47.679 got a great base right now, a couple of good ones. 326 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:50.519 I'm sure something will come out during the season. I'm 327 00:16:50.519 --> 00:16:51.480 sure we'll make it happen. 328 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:56.679 Junkyard Chris says Jonathan Ing. That's not mad either, Milk 329 00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:59.960 yard dog out there. Is there anything else you've leaned 330 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.600 from what he's bringing to this Clippers team. With his 331 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:05.160 media session yesterday, I know you were in the scrum 332 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:05.720 there as well. 333 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:09.000 Yeah, I think it was really cool to see someone 334 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:14.519 like Chris be super appreciative of the moment and where 335 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:16.279 he is. I mean, this is a guy who was 336 00:17:16.319 --> 00:17:20.359 almost out of the league, gets to ten days with Utah, 337 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:24.119 gets on their roster as a two way, and then 338 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:26.960 earns a contract this past season and he's in Hawaii 339 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:29.680 with the Jazz and if people remember, he didn't miss 340 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:32.000 in Hawaii and had a team high seventeen points in 341 00:17:32.039 --> 00:17:35.920 their win at the stand Sheriff Center. And so he 342 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:38.359 kind of talked about how getting the contract this offseason 343 00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:39.240 felt full circle. 344 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.640 He was an Ontario Clipper. 345 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:43.480 People don't remember that, but he had a little stint 346 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.920 in Ontario at the G League. So I thought he 347 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:52.920 clearly very grateful, very appreciative. And then also you got 348 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:55.519 that feeling when he was talked about the new arena. 349 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:58.079 He said, I thought this was the best description I've 350 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.960 heard of into a dome and fit it perfect. But 351 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:03.640 he said, he's telling people, quote, it feels like I'm. 352 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:04.039 In two k. 353 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:08.440 I think that's exactly how it does feel. It's like, 354 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:12.160 oh my gosh, everything is perfect. They built this perfectly. 355 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.680 It's like a video game. 356 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:19.680 So it's like augmented reality to me, a little wearing 357 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:24.079 an oculus or something, and everywhere you look, Yeah, it's 358 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:30.240 so posh and perfect and optimized. It almost feels like that, 359 00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:32.000 like you got, what do you go? 360 00:18:32.079 --> 00:18:33.119 It's into it though. 361 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:36.440 There's no The thing is like sometimes you see places 362 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:39.839 and they're weathered, and whether that will happen or not 363 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:42.119 down the stretch, I'm not sure. But into a dome 364 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:46.119 has no scratches, it has no mistakes, like it is 365 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.359 as pristine as it as it could be. 366 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.279 Uh. 367 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:53.039 And then also the final thing on Chris dune Adam 368 00:18:53.119 --> 00:18:55.680 is he's like, I hang my hat on defense and 369 00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:59.920 that's my job. And I think that's you know, I'm not. 370 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:02.480 You've been around longer than I have. But to have 371 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:06.720 a clipper say that's what I do, I get stops 372 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:09.640 feels like a good step in the direction for a 373 00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:12.400 defense that when you take out the beginning parts of 374 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:17.359 the year, probably some people would say underperformed the rest 375 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.920 of the season. 376 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:21.759 I would say that twenty first after the first ten 377 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:25.319 games of the year, they were twenty first defensively last 378 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:28.480 year after they came to training camp saying the goal 379 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:31.839 is to be a top five defense. I'm positive they 380 00:19:31.880 --> 00:19:34.839 eventually ended up seventeenth overall last season, that they will 381 00:19:34.880 --> 00:19:36.839 be better than that. And I think there's a real 382 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:38.839 good chance they're going to have a top ten defense 383 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:41.640 this year, but they have to commit to it. You 384 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:46.519 mentioned Derek Jones Junior earlier, obviously, another big pickup for them. 385 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:49.640 Most believe he'll be at the starting lineup, and coach 386 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:53.960 Lou used an interesting phrase, a football parallel the other day. 387 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:57.279 It might have been earlier today, these days are running together. 388 00:19:57.279 --> 00:19:59.200 I'm sure for you too. But he called him his 389 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:03.400 shutdown Derek Jones Junior. I love that. Welcome to Derek 390 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:06.240 Jones Junior Island. It ain't Reeves Island anymore. 391 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.079 You put Dereck Jones Junior on. 392 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.799 A guy at the point of attack, he could also 393 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.640 lock you up. 394 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.440 One hundred percent. 395 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:13.799 I mean, one of fourteen guys in the league that 396 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:19.039 had nine threes blocked. We're talking he's getting a hand 397 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:22.079 on your three point shot. This is somebody who just 398 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:24.599 bounces off the floor. Feels like he has springs in 399 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:27.200 his shoes the way he jumps up and down. So 400 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:30.880 somebody's so excited to watch play on the defensive side 401 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:33.839