WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.480 --> 00:00:04.480 Much camera. 2 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:09.519 Welcome in. It's the first Clippers Talk YouTube live. I'm 3 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:12.759 Adam Osland. If you missed the last show that was 4 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:16.559 just an isolated podcast or podcast. We had Brian Seman 5 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.800 on just yesterday for an hour, an entire hour, gave 6 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.440 away a new Clippers hat. Congrats to Alex Webb for 7 00:00:22.480 --> 00:00:26.120 putting in the three correct keywords. It was in the 8 00:00:26.160 --> 00:00:29.600 comment section of the Brian Seman episode. They were it's 9 00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:33.119 hot damn. Of course Brian Semo was on Why Not Programming. Note, 10 00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:36.679 we have a clips in Dip episode coming up very 11 00:00:36.759 --> 00:00:40.520 soon on the schedule release, which we will talk about here. 12 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.079 Chuck Mockler will Updike, the full crew will be in 13 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:46.880 effect for that on the C and D side. I'm 14 00:00:46.880 --> 00:00:50.719 Adam Osland. This is Clippers Talk, trying to turn it 15 00:00:50.759 --> 00:00:53.560 into more of a visual experience. It's been a podcast 16 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:56.479 for years, the official one for the Clippers for every 17 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:57.439 postgame show. 18 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.759 During the season. Of course, I'll be live. 19 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:02.520 Streaming postgame shows from here on Alan and you can 20 00:01:02.560 --> 00:01:04.959 find it on the channel currently it's called that Follow 21 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:08.120 Adam A on YouTube. Appreciate all the new subscribers. I 22 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:10.760 don't deserve this much love. I think they were just 23 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:13.040 there to see Brian Seaman, but I'll take whatever I 24 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:13.920 can get at this point. 25 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:15.599 U join the show today. 26 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:19.760 Is a man I met walking out of Crypto over 27 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:20.719 the past season. 28 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:22.159 I'm walking out. 29 00:01:21.959 --> 00:01:24.879 Of Crypto and all of a sudden, this tall, dark, 30 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:28.640 dashing nineties Bond villain type. Actually he looks a little 31 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:29.640 bit like Timothy Dalton. 32 00:01:29.879 --> 00:01:30.680 He's the hero. 33 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:34.519 A good looking guy says, how are the callers tonight? 34 00:01:35.079 --> 00:01:37.439 And I respond because the Clippers just got waxed. It 35 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:39.640 was during that two month lull they had from January 36 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.840 to February. How the hell do you think they were? No, 37 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.439 I didn't say anything like that, but he could be 38 00:01:45.480 --> 00:01:47.719 in on who he was, and we had a nice 39 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:49.920 conversation as we were walking into lot C. 40 00:01:50.200 --> 00:01:51.640 Won't have to do that anymore. 41 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:55.359 His name is Grant Mona, also known as Money Mona. 42 00:01:55.879 --> 00:01:58.599 He covers the Clippers for the Sporting Tribune. He's one 43 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:01.560 of Rosch Marczy's members of reporters. 44 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:02.719 They do great. 45 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:06.159 They do a great job covering every team in Southern 46 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.919 California and beyond. Grant, thanks for joining me here on Clipperstock. 47 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:12.919 Adam, thanks for having me on. It's kind of crazy 48 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:16.080 that we're here after one conversation walking back to a 49 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:19.759 parking lot after a disappointing Clippers loss. We talked a 50 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.759 lot after that. Been a big fan of your work 51 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.479 for a long time, so this is really cool to 52 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:27.680 be on And if anyone can see the video, I 53 00:02:27.759 --> 00:02:30.199 do not have a natural glow or aura to me. 54 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:33.120 That is just my camera. I promise once I get 55 00:02:33.159 --> 00:02:35.639 to a good setup here in the future, I will 56 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:37.879 look a little bit better than I am now. But again, 57 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:40.599 thank you for the kind words, and I'm ready to 58 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:42.599 talk some Clippers basketball with you. It's been a long 59 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:43.159 time coming. 60 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.120 The glow is making you look like you're in basketball 61 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:48.680 heaven right now with this Clipper schedule release or in 62 00:02:48.719 --> 00:02:51.199 the last Dragon or something like that. I like it. 63 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:53.159 It's a good look for you Gren. I appreciate you 64 00:02:53.240 --> 00:02:55.599 being here. Coming up, we're going to talk about his 65 00:02:55.879 --> 00:03:00.960 YouTube sensational video, A complete comprehensive look Get into It Dome, 66 00:03:01.000 --> 00:03:03.560 which is opening tonight. Of course with the concert with 67 00:03:03.639 --> 00:03:07.759 Bruno Mars, we'll discuss that. We'll also play new segment here. 68 00:03:08.439 --> 00:03:13.240 It's a AMA c ask Me anything, Clippers, so we'll 69 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.960 kind of do a freaky Friday Roll versal, even though 70 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:19.719 it Thursday, where Grant will ask me some questions regarding 71 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:22.039 the Clippers. We'll chop things up as we look forward 72 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:24.479 to this season, but starting with the schedule release here 73 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.560 just came out about two hours ago. The Clippers released 74 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.759 officially on their social media with some kids breaking into 75 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:36.360 crypt to excuse me, excuse me into it dumb now 76 00:03:36.919 --> 00:03:40.280 and taking a drone in there and shooting it that 77 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:43.439 way and flying around and going to all the different clubs. 78 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:47.960 The Lexus court side lounge where Steve Balmer was fun video, 79 00:03:48.400 --> 00:03:52.319 well done overall. The less fun part is that we 80 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.960 found out a little bit before the official schedule release 81 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.919 from Tomarazari. And I'm pulling a lot of these facts 82 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:01.080 about the schedule from our great report is like Grant Mona, 83 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:04.919 who's here, but also Tomarazzari, Joey Lynn, who's also been 84 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:08.800 part of the Sporting Tribune at times, justin Russeau Russo, 85 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:12.280 and uh what else am I thinking of here? Well, 86 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:18.800 we'll try to get everybody in that I have reference today. Yeah, 87 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:21.759 I want to show love to all the guys. Is now, 88 00:04:22.160 --> 00:04:23.759 how do I open the chat here? 89 00:04:24.160 --> 00:04:24.439 Yeah? 90 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:27.079 I just got the chat open so if anybody wants 91 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:31.639 to ask us any questions, Caesar Gamorrow says, let's go clips. 92 00:04:32.079 --> 00:04:33.279 All right, all right, we are. 93 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:36.240 Fully active here, So appreciate all the good work done 94 00:04:36.240 --> 00:04:39.240 by La Murray of the athletic and everybody giving some 95 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:42.240 of the highlights and things to look forward to or 96 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.920 things to uh dread as the season schedule is released, 97 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:48.160 and I guess we could start with this grant. The 98 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:53.759 Clippers have sixteen back to backs, So that's more than 99 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:57.519 they have had the last couple of years. Last season 100 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:59.839 it was fifteen. The season before that fifteen at Crypto, 101 00:04:59.920 --> 00:05:02.120 the season before that, the twenty one twenty two season, 102 00:05:02.519 --> 00:05:06.639 it was fourteen. I don't understand how they get a 103 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:09.360 new arena and end up with more back to backs 104 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:09.879 than ever. 105 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:12.040 And for reference, you could say. 106 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.399 Well, they're in the Pacific Coast, so West Coast team. Well, 107 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:18.680 the Warriors have fourteen back to backs, the Lakers have thirteen. 108 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:22.639 So that's not good enough of an excuse in this situation. 109 00:05:22.800 --> 00:05:25.560 I think even the Seattle SuperSonics have less back to 110 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:29.319 backs than the Clippers right now hashtag Sonics gate. But 111 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:32.680 how do you explain this grant? It's frustrating for Clipper. 112 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:36.839 Nation, Adam, I'm trying to decipher how this keeps happening. 113 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:39.800 I'm trying to decipher, like what kind of bone to 114 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:42.360 pick with the NBA and why they have such a 115 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:45.240 vendetta against the Clippers year in and year out, because 116 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.040 you know, I could understand maybe two years in a row. 117 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:50.680 I can understand maybe even three. I'll give them three 118 00:05:50.759 --> 00:05:52.800 years in a row of doing this. But you have 119 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:55.240 a brand new arena. This arena is going to be 120 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:57.720 hosting the twenty twenty six All Star Game, so you 121 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.360 know that the NBA is really invested in to this, 122 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:04.959 and they still find ways to give the Clippers the 123 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.800 most back to backs. They still find a way to 124 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:10.399 give the Clippers. And look, they will not have any 125 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.000 noon games, which is a good thing. I'm sure we'll 126 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.800 get to that, but the back to backs are probably 127 00:06:15.879 --> 00:06:17.839 I mean, I'm not going to say worse, because those 128 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:19.839 Newton games are brutal. The Clippers were ten and ten 129 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.680 and those Newton games last year, but it's really bad. 130 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:26.800 I mean, I understand, you know the logistics of it. 131 00:06:26.839 --> 00:06:29.000 I understand you got to make sure that the West 132 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:30.959 Coast gets what they get, and you got to understand 133 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:32.879 that some of these West Coast teams are going to 134 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:35.480 have some of these back to backs, like Phoenix and 135 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:37.920 the Lakers. The Clippers are going to have a stretch 136 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:40.319 where they do play the Lakers and Phoenix, and I 137 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:42.560 think a seven game road trip or something like that. 138 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.120 But again, it's local. It's closer than if they were 139 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.160 to having to go across the country. But these back 140 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:51.680 to backs are killer. And I, Adam, you asked me 141 00:06:51.759 --> 00:06:54.040 like why this is? I really wish I had an 142 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:57.160 inside source in the NBA to explain why, because we 143 00:06:57.240 --> 00:07:00.560 really don't have an explanation a Clipper fans are searching 144 00:07:00.879 --> 00:07:03.120 for an explanation for this. You would think, hey, they 145 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:04.959 have a brand new arena, all that stuff's going to 146 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.720 be gone, and no, it's the same type of stuff. 147 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:11.040 So again, NBA maybe missed the memo on the whole 148 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:11.399 end to it. 149 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:14.759 Don't No, I don't think so. Listen, Adam. They're tweeting 150 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:16.560 about it or xing about it. I don't know how 151 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:18.879 to say it now, but they are sending out a 152 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:20.959 lot of things on social media about the into a 153 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.720 Dome and like I mentioned, they've already been to the 154 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.959 Endo a Dome. Adam, Silver's been there to open the 155 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:29.480 twenty twenty six All Star Game kind of ceremony, So 156 00:07:30.279 --> 00:07:31.600 I don't know what's going on there. 157 00:07:32.279 --> 00:07:35.720 It's interesting because I saw this. I think this came 158 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:39.800 from to mar Azari as well. But according to Positive Residual, 159 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:44.160 the LA Clippers have the second toughest strength of schedule 160 00:07:44.800 --> 00:07:48.879 at a five to twenty two win percentage, behind only 161 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:53.360 the Portland Trail Blazers. This factors in everything from home 162 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:59.839 road rest advantage, travel and altitude. I just ooh, it's 163 00:08:00.720 --> 00:08:03.439 it's never ending. And I know it's consistently been like this, 164 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:05.480 but I think the first thing we all thought of 165 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:07.920 when the Clippers were getting a new stadium was they 166 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.959 won't get the short end of the stick anymore when 167 00:08:11.000 --> 00:08:14.720 it comes to scheduling conflicts because they will be the 168 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.439 first priority at their own arena for the first time ever. 169 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:19.720 It is their own, it's their new home. More on 170 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:23.120 that coming up. But I am, yeah, a little bit 171 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:27.639 dismayed by what we're seeing today because I thought for 172 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:30.759 sure they would be I don't know, at least comparable 173 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.279 to the Lakers having thirteen back to backs same city. 174 00:08:34.519 --> 00:08:37.320 What's the problem there? And you mentioned, you know, the 175 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:39.159 back to backs and some of the teams they could 176 00:08:39.159 --> 00:08:42.759 be facing, you know, both times they play the Boston Celtics, 177 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:45.559 the defending champs, those games come on the second night 178 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:46.279 of a back to back. 179 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:48.799 That's people can say. 180 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.080 You know, opposing fan bases will always spin this as 181 00:08:52.200 --> 00:08:55.879 whining and complaining, even when you have a legitimate gripe 182 00:08:56.200 --> 00:08:59.120 and their teams probably don't have the same issues, so 183 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:02.879 they're not having complaints like this. But I think it's 184 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:06.879 fair because there is a phrase out there called scheduled loss, 185 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:10.919 and it is real in sports. Your schedule matters, when 186 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:14.519 you play teams, who you play, all that stuff factors in, right. 187 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:18.039 Oh, absolutely, And a lot of times over the past 188 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.639 couple of years, Clipper fans were so used to these 189 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:24.200 back to backs and so used to the load managing, 190 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:27.080 which I expect the Clippers to probably do with Kawhi 191 00:09:27.120 --> 00:09:29.799 again this year, just based off of what I've heard, 192 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:32.720 what I've seen, and what we have all seen over 193 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:36.559 the past three four months with Kawhi's me. You know, 194 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.480 we've had so many instances of it just being a 195 00:09:39.519 --> 00:09:43.399 scheduled loss. We just go into games and you just say, hey, oh, 196 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:45.559 this is going to be a skilled Okay, we're supposed 197 00:09:45.559 --> 00:09:47.519 to lose this game. That's never how it should be, 198 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.519 right as an NBA fan, as anybody that covers the team, 199 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.080 anybody that knows basketball, that's really not fair. And over 200 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.919 the past four or five years. Look, I've been a 201 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:00.960 fan for fourteen fifteen years, but yeah, you know, even 202 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:03.159 past that, I'm not really sure what the number is. 203 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:06.759 I can't really say anything about before twenty one, twenty 204 00:10:06.799 --> 00:10:09.679 two or before the two one three era, But in 205 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:12.159 the two one three era, it was always a matter 206 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:14.000 of Okay, oh, hey we're playing a back to back. Oh, 207 00:10:14.039 --> 00:10:16.759 we're gonna lose that game. And that's really unfortunate. And 208 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:19.120 I thought that, hey, you get a brand new arena, 209 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:22.039 maybe you have things go your way, maybe the curses 210 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:25.159 are kept at Crypto dot com arena for whatever whatever 211 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:28.240 you may see. But it seems like that's not the case. 212 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.879 And again, the noon games are gone, which is a 213 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:34.200 good thing, but it's unfortunate, Adam, because on X like, 214 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:36.519 we get all this information right in sequence and in 215 00:10:36.600 --> 00:10:39.600 timeline order, and the first news drops like, hey, we 216 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:43.360 don't have any twelve thirty games, and everyone's like, oh, hooray, finally, nobody. 217 00:10:43.519 --> 00:10:45.320 We don't have to deal with this anymore. And obviously 218 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:47.600 the people overseas are like, oh, that sucks because now 219 00:10:47.679 --> 00:10:49.639 I have to watch it early in the morning. But 220 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.919 then right after that, all of our beautiful reporters out 221 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:55.080 there and everyone that covers the team are like, well, 222 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:58.399 actually the good news stops there. There's some bad news. 223 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.919 We have to play sixteen back to back. And I 224 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:04.080 think tol Mayor tweeted this out as well. Again, I 225 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.039 don't know if it's tweet or X. I'm just gonna 226 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:09.399 keep saying tweet. But in the second half of the season, 227 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:12.679 there's like seventeen of twenty nine of those are on 228 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:15.879 the road or something like that. So again, the strength 229 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:18.480 of schedule was very high. The back to backs are 230 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:22.720 very high. Again, as a Clipper fan and as somebody 231 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.159 that's covered the team over the past, you know, four 232 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:29.120 or five years, I'm not surprised at them. But again, 233 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:31.720 I would have loved to see a little bit of 234 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:35.200 help Adam Adam Silver as well. With both of the Adams. 235 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:36.639 I would like to see some help here. 236 00:11:37.159 --> 00:11:40.519 You may be thinking, well, they're next to Sofi. Maybe 237 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:43.279 there's a conflict there, and that's the reason well, guess what, 238 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:46.960 there's only two times where there's a conflict there, and 239 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.720 maybe working around this led to some of the back 240 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:53.279 to backs. I don't know, but November seventeenth, a gamement 241 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:55.639 so far Chargers and Bengals, Clippers take it on the 242 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.279 Jazz later that night, December eighth, Rams versus Bills, it's 243 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:02.519 so far Clippers taken on the Rockets later that night 244 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:08.320 into it Dome plan accordingly. I just I don't know 245 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:11.679 if there's enough excuses. It just doesn't seem like, you know, 246 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:16.000 they're prioritized. And it really hurts the Clippers because we 247 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:18.679 know going into this season, as you alluded to their grant, 248 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:23.279 as you so articulately mapped out exactly the issues here 249 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:27.440 Kawhi Leonard, We're all guessing. Even Brian Seman felt like 250 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:31.679 it yesterday on the Clippers Talk podcast. You know, Kawhi 251 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.000 is probably not playing back to backs this year, and 252 00:12:34.080 --> 00:12:36.840 you can't really blame the Clippers or Kawhi at this 253 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.759 point with what we've seen over the last four seasons 254 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:41.759 where he either hasn't been able to start a playoff 255 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:45.600 run or finish a playoff run. It has been extruciatingly 256 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:49.279 frustrating I know for Clipper Nation and especially for Kawhi Leonard, 257 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:51.240 but if anybody should get a little bit of a 258 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:53.879 pass in this situation, you would think it would be 259 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:57.039 him because of his injury history. It just I don't 260 00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:59.399 like saying it is what it is, But unfortunately his 261 00:12:59.440 --> 00:13:00.840 body has been betraying him. 262 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.639 So when you're the Clippers, and you already know. 263 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.159 Going into these sixteen back to backs, there's a real 264 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:10.120 good chance Kauhi is only playing in you know, none 265 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:12.480 of the back to backs, either front end or the 266 00:13:12.519 --> 00:13:14.799 back end. That's the only time you're gonna get him 267 00:13:15.120 --> 00:13:17.799 In a season where they don't have Paul George, it's 268 00:13:17.879 --> 00:13:20.039 him and James Harden trying to carry the load. That 269 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:21.799 just makes things that much more difficult. 270 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:24.440 Yeah, And that's the thing about it too, is that 271 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.759 I don't think fans really understand that you don't have 272 00:13:27.919 --> 00:13:31.600 the I guess supplemental firepower on the offensive end to 273 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:34.039 kind of sustain those back to backs like you did 274 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:36.919 last year. You know, last year, if Kawhi was out, 275 00:13:37.000 --> 00:13:40.120 you still had a big three of Russell Westbrook, James Harden, 276 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:43.000 and Paul George. You know, if Paul George is out, 277 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:45.639 you still had Kawhi, Harden Russ and Norm Powell. Now 278 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:49.120 I'm more high on the Clippers than a lot of people, 279 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:51.759 and I think there's a Bleacher Report article that came 280 00:13:51.799 --> 00:13:53.519 out today just saying that the Clippers would be the 281 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:57.039 twelve seed. I'm sure we'll get to that. But again, 282 00:13:57.519 --> 00:14:00.240 now this year, it's going to be more crucial than 283 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:03.279 ever to play better in those back to backs, to 284 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.399 make sure that when you go into these back to 285 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:08.480 back situations that the games before that you take care 286 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:11.679 of business. And especially in a Western conference where everyone 287 00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:13.720 I feel like is going to get better at them, 288 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.919 these back to backs really hurt. And you know, like 289 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:18.559 you mentioned, a lot of people are going to think 290 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:21.960 that we're complaining, we're whining as people that deal with 291 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:24.919 this all the time. But it is ridiculous. I mean, 292 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.799 like you said, the Lakers the Warriors have less back 293 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:30.480 to backs, and they are I mean, the Lakers are 294 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:32.440 sharing an arena with the Kings and the sparks and 295 00:14:32.519 --> 00:14:33.799 concerts and everything as well. 296 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.080 So Ryan Dodd is asking specifically about the Lakers. They 297 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:40.480 have thirteen instances of back to backs. The Clippers have 298 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:41.759 three more at sixteen. 299 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.720 Continue grand Yeah, So again I think This boils down 300 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.279 to if it was a full roster with Paul George, 301 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:50.679 where you can get that twenty points per game, you know, 302 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:53.559 score back in the lineup, and you could still have 303 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:56.320 a very good big three with those three guys without 304 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.080 one of your big stars, and I think we would 305 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.120 be kind of a little bit better on this. But 306 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.720 with the team right now as it's built, it's really 307 00:15:03.799 --> 00:15:06.639 defensive centric, and then the offense is going to have 308 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:09.440 to find a way. With Norm Powell, Harden and Kawhi, 309 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:11.399 I feel like those three are going to lead the 310 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:13.799 team an offensive output. Now. I know that a Vitza, 311 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.120 Zubats and Terrence Mann are going to pick up the slack, 312 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:17.679 and I think they'll be a lot better this year 313 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:20.559 in terms of volume. But these back to backs not 314 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:23.240 just hurt in terms of the fatigue in terms of 315 00:15:23.320 --> 00:15:25.480 what it means to the team going forward, but you know, 316 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:27.279 where are they going to get some of these scoring? 317 00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:29.559 Where are they going to get some scoring when there 318 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.360 are going to be drafts right There are going to 319 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.759 be scoring droughts, There is going to be tired legs. 320 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.600 And I think that's why the front office kind of 321 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:37.840 went out there and said, hey, let's get some athleticism, 322 00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:40.559 let's get some defensive guys. Let's bring in JVG and 323 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:43.679 kind of go based off that. Maybe they were predicting 324 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:45.399 that we would get a lot of back to backs. 325 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.120 I'm not sure, and stick it a little bit with 326 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:50.600 the schedule before we move it forward. I just want 327 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:53.240 to point out a couple other features during this eighty 328 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:55.480 to two game schedule for the Clippers. Now, obviously you 329 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:58.000 play everyone four times in your division. 330 00:15:58.039 --> 00:16:00.879 They're in the pactive as check. My Sckler would say. 331 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:03.519 They also play the Thunder four times. They also played 332 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:08.240 the Mavericks four times. They also play the Rockets in 333 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:14.639 Spurs and Blazers four times. So don't that's decently balanced. 334 00:16:14.679 --> 00:16:18.480 I would say Rockets, Spurs, and Blazers. They're probably fortunate 335 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.519 to get the Spurs and Blazers, although be careful what 336 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:21.000 you wish for. 337 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:22.840 Wemby could turn into the I. 338 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:25.080 Don't know, a top ten player by the end of 339 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:29.120 this season. He's that incredible. They played the Nuggets once 340 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:32.759 at home, two times away, the Timberwolves once at home, 341 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.679 two times away. 342 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.399 That's not great. 343 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:37.039 Pelicans once at home, two times away. We know how 344 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.559 it goes against the Pelicans, the Jazz, they get them 345 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:42.600 twice at home, once away. Grizzlies twice at home once away. Remember, 346 00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:45.600 the Grizzlies just are a season removed from being the 347 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.759 number two seed in the Western Conference. You expect them 348 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:50.440 to be much more in the mix of being a 349 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:53.200 top five team with joh healthy. Again, if you go 350 00:16:53.320 --> 00:16:55.919 games by month, just five in October, of course, is 351 00:16:55.960 --> 00:17:00.000 the NBA season is just tipping off sixteen games in November, 352 00:17:00.600 --> 00:17:04.200 ten in December, but then plus two for the NBA Cup, 353 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:09.920 fifteen games in January, tough, ten games in February, seventeen 354 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:13.119 games in March. Isn't that the exact same number odds 355 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:15.519 of March that they had over this past season that 356 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:19.519 everyone was fearful of going into the last year at 357 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.559 Crypto dot Cabareta. 358 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:23.599 Yeah, and exactly. And that's I feel like a little 359 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.559 bit of a reason why after that All Star Breaker, 360 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.200 after that Grammy trip, we saw kind of a slowdown 361 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.799 with the Clippers, or they had that stretch where you, 362 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:33.519 like we both mentioned, we were walking out of that 363 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:36.240 arena saying what is going on with this team? It's 364 00:17:36.279 --> 00:17:39.680 because of games like that, and again, the strength of 365 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:43.400 schedule behind the Portland Trailblazers is a little bit ridiculous too. 366 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.160 But again it's balanced enough to where you can throw 367 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:48.960 in some teams that we probably won't be doing very 368 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.039 well here and there. But again, in the second half 369 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:54.480 of the season, it's going to be a struggle. Again, 370 00:17:54.519 --> 00:17:58.599 it's going to be a long, long trip after the 371 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:01.400 All Star break. It's going to be tough after the 372 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:03.640 All Star breaks. So and that's where a lot of 373 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.359 these veteran players kind of wear down a little bit. 374 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:11.640 So again, they didn't make it easy for the in 375 00:18:11.680 --> 00:18:13.640 the for the second half of the season. 376 00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:15.519 And I believe your number was correct. 377 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:18.359 Seventeen of their last twenty nine games will be road 378 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:21.079 games for an older veteran team that could be on 379 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:24.759 the bubble of just trying to get out of the 380 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:28.960 plane and being a top six seed health permitted. And 381 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:32.200 that's just if you're saying Kawhi and James Harden are 382 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.680 both able to go sixty plus games. Yeah, this was 383 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:39.920 not great news for Clipper Nation. Unfortunately today it's not 384 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:44.319 exactly what we're looking for from the schedule release. We 385 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:47.720 won't belabor it anymore. Here's something good. 386 00:18:48.960 --> 00:18:49.319 Into it. 387 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:52.920 Dome opens up tonight, Bruno Mars is opening things up. 388 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:56.839 I'm not as familiar with his music. He did the 389 00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:59.960 Super Bowl a few years back. He is an incredible 390 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:04.240 live performance. When it comes to playing and singing at 391 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:07.880 the same time and staying in key. Bruno Mars is 392 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.920 a as elite as it gets, and I'm interested to 393 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:13.119 hear tonight. I don't know if you're going Grant, but 394 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:16.359 I'm interested to hear the reception how loud it gets, 395 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:20.200 because this is what interests me most. We're all gonna 396 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:23.119 find out together at the same time, how loud crypto 397 00:19:23.880 --> 00:19:25.160 into a dome can get. 398 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:28.039 How loud we know how loud. 399 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:31.839 Crypto could get Game six against the Utah Jazz Brian 400 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:35.240 Seman said this yesterday on the podcast. He said, when 401 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:37.480 they did that test display, I don't know if you 402 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:40.200 were there for this, with six thousand people scattered throughout 403 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:44.880 into a dome, it got up to one hundred and 404 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:48.720 twelve decibels. Now I'm from Norcaal, I'm from Sacramento. I 405 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:52.759 remember during NBC games they used to bring out a 406 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:56.240 sound meter to test the decibel levels and one ten 407 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:59.519 was loud. I think one twenty or one thirty is 408 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:03.640 a jet engines something like that. So just six thousand 409 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:08.720 people meaning three times that is when into it Doma's 410 00:20:08.759 --> 00:20:13.799 at full capacity. I can't imagine how loud it's going 411 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:15.559 to get and we're all gonna find out at the 412 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:17.000 same time exactly. 413 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:19.960 And I think that's what Steve in the front office 414 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:23.680 really put into account, is like, we want the acoustics 415 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:26.200 to be good, because trust me, I've been to concerts 416 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:29.319 at Crypto dot Com Arena. I've been to concerts at Sofi. 417 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:32.359 You know what about Crypto. I just want to say this. 418 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.599 You know this trick too. 419 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:36.880 If you're there early pregame, before the crowd fills in, 420 00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:38.799 the concerts sound great. 421 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.359 Oh the warm up. 422 00:20:40.279 --> 00:20:44.079 Performances, their sound checks are amazing. It's when the crowd 423 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:47.480 comes in that screws up the acoustics in the building 424 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:49.839 at Crypto dot Com Arena exactly. 425 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:52.720 And you know, I think that what they tried to do. 426 00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:54.160 And a lot of people are saying, oh, well, it's 427 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:55.960 a small arena. It's you know, it's not going to 428 00:20:56.000 --> 00:20:57.440 hold a lot of people. I think that was the 429 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.720 main point, right. You want it to be an intimate 430 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:03.839 ecit experience. You want it to have better acoustics than Sofi, 431 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:05.759 and I know Sofi is a huge stadium. You want 432 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:08.319 to have better acoustics and Crypto dot Kam arena. So 433 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:12.079 hopefully that's the case atom because you know, from when 434 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:13.880 I was there and I toured it and I did 435 00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:18.000 my whole video, it sounded really amazing. And again I 436 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:20.079 think that for these concerts it's going to be a 437 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:23.359 really fun experience because the lighting on the halo board 438 00:21:23.400 --> 00:21:25.240 is going to reflect on to the top of the dome. 439 00:21:26.160 --> 00:21:28.440 You're gonna have the use of the halo board because 440 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:30.160 Adam I mentioned this in a few lives that I 441 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:32.920 did for the Sporting Tribute, They're actually going to activate 442 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.480 the full halo board front and back at Sofi Stadium. 443 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:38.839 Initially they didn't do that. You could only use like 444 00:21:38.880 --> 00:21:41.880 your own screens or a portion of the screen. So 445 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:45.319 I'm pretty excited to see kind of the logistics of 446 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:48.680 it how it's gonna work with the concerts, because you know, 447 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:50.640 by what they're saying and by when I was there, 448 00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:53.039 every seat, even if you're at the top, even if 449 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:55.119 you get one of the cheap seats, it's gonna be 450 00:21:55.119 --> 00:21:57.319 a great experience because that halo boards right in your 451 00:21:57.319 --> 00:22:00.640 face and it's closer to the floor. So again, I 452 00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:03.720 think that the whole concept of this, with a better acoustics, 453 00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:06.960 it should play out good on paper. But again we're 454 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:08.799 just gonna have to wait and see. I'm worried about that, 455 00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:11.240 and I'm worried about the logistics of the parking because 456 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:13.599 I've been to many RAMS games. I go to almost 457 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:15.720 every RAMS home game, and I do the tailgates and 458 00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:18.119 all that stuff, and it is a mess down there 459 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:21.200 in Inglewood. So the free shuttle parking is gonna be key. 460 00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:23.799 And just the logistics of how they're gonna work all 461 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:26.839 that out for this concert, I'm I'm really excited to 462 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:28.680 see that part of it, honestly, And I know that 463 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:32.240 sounds really boring, but I'm just maybe that kind of person. 464 00:22:33.079 --> 00:22:36.519 Caesar Gamero says here on the Clippers Talk Live. Do 465 00:22:36.559 --> 00:22:39.319 you guys think pg would get booze or cheers when we. 466 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.440 Match up against him? 467 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:43.480 Well, he's returning November sixth, That's probably one of the 468 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:47.039 biggest games of note on the schedule. He will be 469 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:49.880 it into it, dumb his first time back in LA 470 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:54.359 since leaving the Clippers. On November sixth. I think the 471 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:59.720 majority maybe sixty forty of people will be booing it 472 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.079 this time because of what he said about the B 473 00:23:02.200 --> 00:23:06.720 team comments and those booze could be very loud considering 474 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:08.839 the sound set up there head into it. 475 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:11.920 Zoe Grant, Yeah, I agree with you. I think that 476 00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:14.519 especially with the wall too. You're gonna have the wall 477 00:23:14.559 --> 00:23:17.759 like right against the away team bench, and the the 478 00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:20.920 away team is gonna have to come through the wall essentially, 479 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:24.799 So I think that will probably be Adam, you put 480 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:28.160 it at sixty forty, it maybe seventy thirty. I mean, 481 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:31.440 I've seen a lot of Clipper fans on social media like, oh, 482 00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:33.559 I can't wait to boo this guy. There are people 483 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:35.839 that say I'm taking time off of work to go 484 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:38.880 to boo Paul George. So but in my opinion, Adam, 485 00:23:38.960 --> 00:23:41.519 this is how I feel about it. He was a 486 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:45.079 main part of why the Clippers got to a conference final. 487 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:47.160 He was a big part of that. He is a 488 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:50.519 Clipper legend in my opinion. He's a top three, four 489 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:54.960 or five Clipper player in history. So his tribute video 490 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:57.960 should be good. But the way it exited, the way 491 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:01.000 he exited, the way it went, and Round one of 492 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:03.880 the playoffs against the Mavericks. The way he talked about 493 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:07.519 the team after free agency, it leaves a bad taste 494 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:09.960 in a lot of Clipper fans' mouths. So I feel 495 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:12.200 like every time he touches the ball, he'll get booed. 496 00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:15.119 He'll probably get booed when he's introduced in the starting lineup. 497 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.279 That's if he plays that game. I know there's been 498 00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:19.240 a lot of talk about is he actually gonna play 499 00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:21.319 against Kawhi, Is he gonna guard Kawhi? Is he gonna 500 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:22.000 guard Harden? 501 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:25.680 But I think game winner over him before. 502 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:29.799 Exactly, Yeah, when he was on Indiana Paul George, So listen, 503 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:33.920 I think that you know, when that tribute video does play, 504 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.680 he should get around of a pause, he should get 505 00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:39.480 a standing ovation. But everything around that, Adam, it's gonna 506 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:42.559 be loud with booze, and it's gonna be very dome. 507 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.759 It's gonna be fair game. 508 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:48.119 Because he hurt himself. I think he was his own 509 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:51.039 worst enemy. I understand you have a podcast, you have 510 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:53.680 to talk a lot. Sometimes the stuff that comes out 511 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:55.960 of my mouth if I'm doing a really long episode 512 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:59.839 talking late night Clippers talk, it's ill advised and I 513 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.559 get a little bit loose with it, especially if it's 514 00:25:01.599 --> 00:25:02.720 safe harbor hours. 515 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:05.359 It happens when you're talking so much. 516 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:08.599 But it was just so unnecessary for him to take 517 00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:12.279 that shot at the Clippers. With the way I would 518 00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:15.440 say this, with the way Clipper Nation treated his podcast, 519 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:18.640 I don't know if it gets off the ground without 520 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:22.720 Clipper Nation support for his podcast. They had his back, 521 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:29.200 They helped the viewership, the listenership. So as talented as 522 00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:32.799 I think he is and can be as a broadcaster, 523 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:36.559 because he has humor to him, he's self deprecating. There 524 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:39.480 was a misstep with him calling them the B team 525 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:42.599 and buying the hand that fed him for so long. 526 00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:46.279 With Clipper Nation, who they were in the trenches defending 527 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:49.519 him after what happened in the bubble. Some of them 528 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:52.720 were defending him after what happened against Dallas this past season. 529 00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:55.640 I really couldn't anymore after that. It made things much 530 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:58.880 more difficult. But okay, we can move on from Paul George. 531 00:25:58.920 --> 00:26:01.640 We've talked about him extensively. I do want you to 532 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:04.319 plug your YouTube video of the into a Dome experience 533 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:06.680 you had because you got in about two weeks early. 534 00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:09.519 I just got in there on Sunday, I. 535 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:11.440 Did get a private tour, and there was some stuff 536 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:11.599 that I. 537 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:13.680 Couldn't show, and I turned it into more of a 538 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:17.319 quick four minute TikTok video with graphics and all these things. 539 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:19.400 But yours was very thorough. 540 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:22.960 You took the fans everywhere from your point of view, 541 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:25.880 did some nice narration too. Just tell them where they 542 00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:27.279 can find it, because I think it's got over one 543 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:29.920 hundred k views already. 544 00:26:30.440 --> 00:26:32.839 Yeah, you know, I went into that. I got an 545 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.880 email from the Clippers and they're like, hey, you have 546 00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:37.359 two dates to do this. It's either August eleventh or 547 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:39.359 it's July twenty seventh, and I said, I want to 548 00:26:39.359 --> 00:26:41.200 get in there as soon as possible. I've been waiting 549 00:26:41.240 --> 00:26:43.839 on this. So you can find it at money mo 550 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:47.519 Media on YouTube. I also have TikTok at money moow 551 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:50.559 Media TV, where I have a bunch of clips from 552 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:54.799 that long vlog that I did. But yeah, you know, essentially, Adam, 553 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:56.519 when I went into that, you know, and I knew 554 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:58.920 I was covering the Clippers this year full time as 555 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:02.279 a full season credential. But what I wanted to really give, 556 00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:04.400 and this is why I this is what my pages 557 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:07.279 are dedicated around, is just bringing a fans perspective to 558 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:09.440 media because a lot of the times, the way the 559 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:12.200 Clippers are perceived in media, the way it's you know, 560 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.119 told in media, the way you. 561 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.799 Give too much of a fan perspective, You're going to 562 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.599 get your potential. 563 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:19.160 That's all I'm saying. Don't good. 564 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:24.160 Yeah on the team though, so I don't you're okay. 565 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:26.640 I'm not going to do a stand perspective. I'm going 566 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:31.160 to do a fan perspective there. But in any case, 567 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:33.559 I just wanted to give fans like when you're at 568 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.720 the arena, when you just get there. I wanted to 569 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:38.720 I wanted to do it from the parking to across 570 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:40.599 the bridge, to get to the end. I wanted to 571 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:43.400 do all the intricacies because we all know about the 572 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:46.519 halo board, we all know about how it looks, we 573 00:27:46.599 --> 00:27:49.079 all know about a lot of that stuff what people 574 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.839 don't really know. And you put this on on your 575 00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:53.559 socials as well as the controllers at every seat, the 576 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:58.039 leg room, the plush seating, the high school uniform wall, 577 00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:01.200 how you can access that, how the zoom through is 578 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:03.920 going to work. You know what the concourses look like, 579 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:06.079 how you're going to navigate some of your seats and 580 00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:08.119 all that stuff. That's a lot of the things that 581 00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:10.960 people don't really know when they're going into a new arena, 582 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:13.839 and a lot of people may skip over. So I 583 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:16.319 just wanted to give it from that fans perspective, because 584 00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:18.599 when you're walking in for the first time, I wanted 585 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:20.920 you to be a little bit more familiar with how 586 00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:23.839 the concourse works, how the stadium works, how it looks, 587 00:28:23.839 --> 00:28:25.079 how you're going to get there, how you're going to 588 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:27.720 get out, the atmosphere. And obviously I went during the 589 00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:29.599 day and it's going to look awesome at night with 590 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:33.319 the lighting on the dome. So but yeah, I just 591 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:36.400 wanted to That's my main message with all my pages. 592 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:38.079 I want to make sure that you know, we have 593 00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:40.480 a fans perspective in the media. And look, I don't 594 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:43.079 want to make it a negative fans perspective, because we 595 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:45.440 have a lot of negativity in the Clipper fan base, 596 00:28:45.559 --> 00:28:48.519 but I think it's important for the fans to be heard, 597 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:50.680 and you know, especially look look at how the NBA 598 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:53.279 treats the Clippers. We kind of know how they're treated 599 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.200 in national media. 600 00:28:55.279 --> 00:29:00.480 All right, we'll close things out with this. I want 601 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.960 to chop it up with you a little bit, but 602 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:04.799 I want to turn things around where you can be 603 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:08.279 the interviewer. I'll be the interviewee, but then I might 604 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:10.279 come right back at you. But you can put out 605 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:12.680 the jumping off point with the question here. We're calling 606 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:17.599 it amac ask me anything, Clippers, and if you guys 607 00:29:17.640 --> 00:29:20.599 want to get involved in the chat, throw it on here. 608 00:29:20.880 --> 00:29:23.200 We could start with Luis Limos. 609 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.599 He said, I might be delusional, but I think Clippers 610 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:30.400 will be better than last year. Grant, if you want 611 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:33.759 to answer that question, since you are now the interviewer, 612 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.640 go ahead, my friend. 613 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.920 I am going to say no to that, just because 614 00:29:38.920 --> 00:29:41.160 they just lost a twenty point per game score. The 615 00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:43.359 West got better, The Grizzlies are going to be better. 616 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.319 You know, there's going to be a lot of teams 617 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:47.359 that are going to be fighting for those top four seeds. 618 00:29:47.359 --> 00:29:50.119 And if we remember, the Clippers almost lost that number 619 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:52.319 four seed to the Dallas Mavericks late in the year, 620 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:55.240 and that was with four stars. Now the Clippers have 621 00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:58.680 two guys plus a lot of depth, of course, but 622 00:29:59.039 --> 00:30:01.720 I just think I saw them more in the six 623 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:04.880 through nine slot. These six through nine spots, that's just 624 00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:08.079 where I have the team. So I'm not gonna call 625 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.839 Luis delusional, but I love that the positivity, but I'm 626 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:14.000 going to humbly disagree at them. 627 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:17.039 It's hard to make the argument that they're going to 628 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:20.799 be better than the four seed in at least heading 629 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:25.200 into this year one of the toughest Western conferences, a 630 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:28.039 gauntlet like I don't know. I know we say this 631 00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:32.200 going into every season, but this year, with young teams 632 00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:36.839 getting better like the Houston Rockets, like the San Antonio Spurs, 633 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:39.920 and then as you mentioned, with Memphis getting a job back, 634 00:30:40.279 --> 00:30:43.200 I just don't see many teams dropping off. In fact, 635 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:45.319 there could be an argument that if there was one 636 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:48.039 team that could drop off, I think the national media 637 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:50.480 and you spoke about this recently where somebody had them 638 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:52.799 ranked twelve, would say it's the Clippers because they lost 639 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.680 Paul George. 640 00:30:53.799 --> 00:30:54.920 So other teams may be. 641 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:58.079 Gaining on them while they're falling back to the pack 642 00:30:58.119 --> 00:31:00.720 a little bit more. And I agree with you, somewhere 643 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:05.279 between six and nine. Brian Seaman also nice. Brian Seaman 644 00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:09.039 also said on the podcast yesterday that he believes their 645 00:31:09.119 --> 00:31:12.160 ceiling is about the sixth seed with the current roster 646 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:17.000 construction that is, but you got an ammac for me? 647 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.359 Ask me anything. 648 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:22.119 Clippers I do. And I've been wondering about this for 649 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:26.240 a while. With the departure of Paul George, right and 650 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.880 we know that how good of a score he is. 651 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:30.880 You know, he's an All Star caliber player, Somebody's going 652 00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.960 to have to step up and take that role. And 653 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.559 I'm not going to say that they're going to match 654 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:38.000 the output of that. But Norm Powell, he's been a 655 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:41.960 mainstay in this team for a long time. Adam, what 656 00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:43.799 do you think his role is going to be? Because 657 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:46.200 on many occasions over the past two years, for whatever reason, 658 00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:48.079 he said, I'm trying to be an All Star, and 659 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:50.920 in my mind I was always like, not yet, buddy, 660 00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.559 You're probably going to be a six Man of the year, 661 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:55.759 but not All Star level. This year, I feel like 662 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:58.359 he's going to have to pick up the slack and 663 00:31:58.440 --> 00:32:01.680 be an eighteen to twel point per game score to 664 00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:03.720 kind of pick up the slack for what Paul George 665 00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:06.880 will be missing from this Clippers line, because what we 666 00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:09.839 all know, the defensive part of it is going to 667 00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:12.359 be a lot better. Jeff Van Gundy coming in is 668 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:15.160 going to change that. Derek Jones junior, being a great defender, 669 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:17.079 a guy who locked up Paul George in the first 670 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:19.759 round over the past playoffs, He's going to be a 671 00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:23.000 great part of this. Chris Dunn, who's replacing basically the 672 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:26.319 Russell Westbrook role, is one of the best guard defenders 673 00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:29.400 in the NBA. So Norm Powell on the offensive end, 674 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:31.559 I feel like there's a runway for him right at 675 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:33.880 him to kind of take another step. And I know 676 00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:35.759 that a Vitza Zubats is going to take another step 677 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:38.559 Terrence Man, but Norm Powell, this is kind of what 678 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.400 Norm has been waiting for, right. 679 00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:42.599 Yeah, this is green light Norm. I think it's a 680 00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:46.640 great observation because Norman Powell, I've always felt like has 681 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:49.519 more to his game than we've seen. This is somebody 682 00:32:49.519 --> 00:32:51.519 who dropped forty points in a playoff game for the 683 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:54.640 Clippers against the Phoenix Suns when they were down many men. 684 00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:57.839 No Kawhi, no Paul George in that series in twenty 685 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.599 twenty three, at least Kawhi after the first two games. 686 00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:05.799 He's capable of offensive explosions. It's really comes to me 687 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:08.519 with Norman Palett comes down to can he do enough 688 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:11.079 of the little things to not be a negative. Can 689 00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:12.759 he do enough of the little things when it comes 690 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:15.279 to guarding his man and I think, you know, he 691 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:18.359 has long arms, he has quick feet. He showed a 692 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:20.799 higher for pensity to play defense. I felt like when 693 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:23.240 he was on the Toronto Raptors and the stakes rated 694 00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:25.759 their highest at that time, I felt like, you know, 695 00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:27.160 he hung his hat on his defense. 696 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.119 Coming out of UCLA. 697 00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:31.920 Nobody expected him to turn into this high efficiency three 698 00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:34.119 point shooter like he has been in the league. But 699 00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:36.839 it's come maybe at the cost of his defense at times. 700 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:39.839 Now coming into last year, he did say that was 701 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:41.880 the first year he kind of put the All Star 702 00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:44.920 goal behind him, and I think it worked out. He 703 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:47.240 didn't finish top three and six Man of the Year voting. 704 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:51.000 I thought he should have easily because of I think 705 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:54.839 he ended up point total wise the leading scorer off 706 00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:57.920 the bench in the NBA. He shot forty four percent 707 00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:00.400 from three. They didn't put him in a three point test. 708 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:03.359 He's got all these chips on his shoulder to stack 709 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:06.079 up like a Las Potato can or make it a 710 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:10.719 pringals where I could see what you're saying that this 711 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:14.639 is Norman Powell's big opportunity if he wanted to gun 712 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:17.519 for an All Star Game spot in the Western Conference. 713 00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.679 He may get his shot because last year he only 714 00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:24.360 averaged around eleven points per game. So this year I 715 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:27.079 think Norman Powell make it, make it fourteen. 716 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.639 Excuse me. 717 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:30.280 I was looking at shot attempts where he was at ten, 718 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:33.400 which was actually for him last year. Just at ten 719 00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:36.960 shot attempts field goal attempts per game. That's basically a 720 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:40.119 career low at least since he turned in to a 721 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:43.079 more high level score. So he might be chomping at 722 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:46.639 the bit right now, practicing putting in extra work knowing 723 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:48.199 that you know what, I got to work out my 724 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:50.719 shoulders a little bit here. I got more shots to 725 00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:53.840 put up. Paul George was taken on sixteen per game 726 00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:57.559 in the playoffs, but those shots that that production that's 727 00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.840 missing from Paul George has to be redistributed throughout the 728 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:03.199 t Norm Powell, I would expect him to get up 729 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:07.480 to fourteen shot attempts per game now and maybe for 730 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:10.199 the Clippers to really be successful when you talk about 731 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:12.000 his impact and what they're going to need from him 732 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:14.679 if they're going to be a team that is trying 733 00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:17.000 to stay out of the plan. He probably has to 734 00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:19.679 average between sixteen to twenty points a game, right. 735 00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:22.480 Yeah, I agree with you. I think the next step 736 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:24.679 for him is stepping in. Now. Look, he's not going 737 00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:27.280 to have the games that Paul George did where it's 738 00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:31.840 like thirty five points on great efficiency, but he can 739 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:34.239 have eighteen to twenty points per game. He's shown, like 740 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:36.599 you mentioned, he's shown the willingness to be a good defender. 741 00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:38.760 When he was with Toronto, I always saw him as 742 00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:40.639 a two way guy, a guy that can play both 743 00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:43.199 sides of the ball. And obviously as his scoring went 744 00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.760 up when he went to Portland and when he came 745 00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:46.880 to the Clippers, he started to become more of that 746 00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:50.360 one dimensional guy with the scoring. But I've always thought, 747 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:52.159 like you mentioned, I was at that game where he 748 00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:55.880 scored forty plus points with Russell Westbrook without Kawhi PG, 749 00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:58.679 and that's the pure scorer that Norm is. We saw 750 00:35:58.760 --> 00:36:01.199 him last year in a lot of different games where 751 00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:02.639 you can just put him in the corner and he 752 00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:04.840 can shot fake you get to the rim, he can 753 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:06.800 put it up from three. He was one of the 754 00:36:06.840 --> 00:36:08.679 best three point shooters in all of the NBA. So 755 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:11.239 it's not out of the realm Adam that he can 756 00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:13.679 get to eighteen to twenty, especially now with the runway 757 00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:16.119 that he has. I'm just curious to see how they 758 00:36:16.199 --> 00:36:18.360 use him because a lot of people were saying that 759 00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:20.599 the Halo board gave away some things in terms of 760 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:23.119 what they want the starting lineup to be. Will they 761 00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:25.360 put him in the starting lineup? I don't think they will. 762 00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:27.360 I think they should stick with tea men in the 763 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:29.400 starting lineup. You've been a big advocate of that for 764 00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.199 a long time, just based off of what I've been 765 00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:33.679 listening to, and I completely agree with you. Terrence Man 766 00:36:33.719 --> 00:36:36.039 was one of the best shooters in the NBA in 767 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:39.760 the year twenty twenty four after it turned the calendar, 768 00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:42.519 so I think that he should be a mainstream lineups. 769 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:45.599 But I'm just curious to see how the team uses 770 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:47.239 norm because if he can be a little bit of 771 00:36:47.239 --> 00:36:49.760 a better defender, he doesn't have to be a great passer. 772 00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.760 I think that the runway is clear for him to 773 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.559 be eighteen to twenty. 774 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:57.239 He's never excelled as being much of a connector. He's 775 00:36:57.320 --> 00:37:01.159 excelled when he makes decisive decisions out there. What he 776 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:04.119 is making quick movements going to his right where he 777 00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:06.039 can be a blur or putting up shots from the 778 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:09.599 outside on catch and shoot threes. You got another amac 779 00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.639 for me, asking. 780 00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:13.960 Clippers, I got one more for you, And this is 781 00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:16.840 one that has been on my mind as well, the 782 00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:19.639 defensive aspect of this, because a lot of people are 783 00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:22.360 kind of I feel like overlooking how much better the 784 00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:26.039 Clippers will probably be on the defensive end. Yes, they 785 00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:27.840 lost Paul George. Yes he was a good defender, but 786 00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:30.199 he wasn't He really wasn't the same defender that he 787 00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:33.679 was in twenty nineteen and twenty eighteen with Oklahoma City Thunder, 788 00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:35.440 and I guess you could say even twenty twenty and 789 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:38.840 twenty twenty one. But the Clippers got Derek Jones junior 790 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:42.679 Chris Dunn. They still have PJ. Tucker, and I think 791 00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:44.360 that they're probably going to keep him at this point. 792 00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:47.480 But they got Jeff Van Gundi as the lead I 793 00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:49.159 guess he's going to be the lead assistant or the 794 00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:53.079 lead defensive guy to replace Dan Craig. So again, there 795 00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:54.599 are a lot of things to like in terms of 796 00:37:54.599 --> 00:37:57.480 the defense. Niko Batoum a guy that all Clipper fans love, 797 00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:59.840 a guy that I love, who in the Olympics, looked 798 00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:03.000 like he could guard anybody. You're gonna have all those 799 00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:05.639 guys around Kawhi, and I know James Harden has had 800 00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:08.960 his moments, but I really feel like the defensive ceiling 801 00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:12.239 for this team is top ten, maybe top five if 802 00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:16.840 everything goes well. Now, obviously that's being really really positive 803 00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:19.960 about the whole situation, but for you, do you see 804 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:23.239 a huge leap because for whatever reason, you had wings stop, 805 00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:26.360 you had, you know, those years of having so many 806 00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:28.760 wings on the team, and they were really never an 807 00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:31.960 elite defense. They were an elite defense for that whole 808 00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:35.039 January month where they went twenty six and five, but 809 00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:38.360 they were never really a top team throughout the whole year. 810 00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:40.880 I feel like this year, with the personnel that they have, 811 00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:43.880 they can probably be top ten the entirety of the year. 812 00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:45.800 So I just want to see where you kind of 813 00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:48.559 have them ranked in terms of the defense or do 814 00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:50.360 you think that it's probably just going to be middle 815 00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:51.320 to pack Again. 816 00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:54.039 It's felt like to me that they've had slippage on 817 00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:57.840 the defensive end. Basically coming out of training camp, they 818 00:38:57.840 --> 00:39:01.079 were locked in, laser focused on that end, and then 819 00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:04.599 things would deteriorate as the season would go along. You 820 00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:07.400 look at early on last year, the first ten games 821 00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:09.679 or so, because if you just go off the last 822 00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:13.440 seventy one games last season, they were twenty first defensively. 823 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.840 I mean, that's brutal. 824 00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:18.519 That is an alarming number for a team that did 825 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:20.960 say in training camp our goal is to be a 826 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:24.119 top five defense and to get back to playing defense. 827 00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:29.679 I think top five this year is still aspirational. I 828 00:39:29.719 --> 00:39:33.199 think it's not a bad goal to have. I just 829 00:39:33.239 --> 00:39:36.079 think about how Kawhi can still be an elite defender 830 00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:39.840 on that end when he's right, because I think last 831 00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:42.840 season may have been his best year defensively as a Clipper, 832 00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:46.800 just watching him possession to possession, his individual defense, shouting 833 00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:48.800 out a Visa Zubas for being out of position that 834 00:39:48.840 --> 00:39:52.000 one time. He seemed like he was really trying to 835 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:54.079 lead on that end. When he was off the floor, 836 00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:56.920 things typically fell apart there and that's how you end 837 00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:59.440 up with twenty first defensively over the last seventy one games. 838 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:04.199 My question is, as it always is, how many games 839 00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:06.480 is Kawhi Leonard going to play for them to be 840 00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:09.840 a top five defense. I think it would mean he's 841 00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:14.599 playing sixty five plus games at least, and that's hard 842 00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:17.440 to see at the moment with just the injury history, 843 00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:21.400 it's very difficult. Now, can they be top ten? Do 844 00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:23.880 they need to be top ten to have a chance 845 00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:26.320 to get out of play in? Of course, I would 846 00:40:26.360 --> 00:40:29.119 say they need to be somewhere seven or eight, and 847 00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:32.400 then offensively just be in the hunt of being I 848 00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:35.679 don't know, twelve or thirteen. If they could marry those 849 00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:39.599 two numbers and then your overall net rating is still 850 00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:42.800 top ten, that's how you make it to that sixth 851 00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:46.079 spot in the Western Conference. To me, it's a lot 852 00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:49.719 to ask. But defensively, they do have at least more 853 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:50.480 of an identity. 854 00:40:50.480 --> 00:40:51.559 They're building on that end. 855 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:53.280 One of the things I've really liked from Jeff Van 856 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:56.800 Gundy being here and what Lawrence Frank has done since 857 00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:59.079 they lost Paul George. As you mentioned, the move they 858 00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:01.960 make immediately is in Derek Jones Junior, so they kind 859 00:41:01.960 --> 00:41:04.719 of tip their hand, Oh, we're leaning into defense. We're 860 00:41:04.760 --> 00:41:08.880 going to try to surround Kawhi with great defenders like 861 00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:12.119 Terrence Man, like Derreck Jones Junior, like Chris Dunn. So 862 00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:14.320 there's less of a load on him to have to 863 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:16.880 guard the other team's best or second best player, or 864 00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:19.519 even third best player, because we have all these other 865 00:41:19.559 --> 00:41:22.000 guys that can supplement some of this less wear in 866 00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:25.159 Tarran Kawai's body. But also it just shows a direction 867 00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:27.840 that I don't know, you know, over the last couple 868 00:41:27.880 --> 00:41:30.159 of seasons, I don't know what their identity was. It's 869 00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:32.920 just a really talented team that one night could look 870 00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:35.280 like the best team in the NBA, and another night, 871 00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:37.440 when they don't put it all together or they don't 872 00:41:37.440 --> 00:41:40.039 have the same level of effort and intensity out there, 873 00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:42.079 they look like a bottom ten team in the NBA. 874 00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:44.159 That's what it's felt like at times, and it's a 875 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:46.840 given because of guys being in and out of the lineup. 876 00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:50.320 But I'm at least encouraged by the fact that the 877 00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:53.199 roster is being constructed in a way where you can 878 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:57.320 see there is some intelligent design going on with the 879 00:41:57.360 --> 00:42:00.920 way they want to play basketball now the Clippers, because 880 00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:02.599 I think this was mentioned on The Lab the Jam 881 00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:04.960 the podcast recently, But you could win a lot of 882 00:42:05.039 --> 00:42:07.519 games being a top ten defense in this league during 883 00:42:07.519 --> 00:42:09.920 the regular season. You hang your head on that end, 884 00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.719 and you consistently give that effort. 885 00:42:12.119 --> 00:42:12.920 Shots come and go. 886 00:42:13.039 --> 00:42:15.320 But if your defense is always there, you got a 887 00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:16.119 chance every night. 888 00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:19.039 Right, yeah, exactly, And I feel like that's the model 889 00:42:19.119 --> 00:42:21.320 now with a lot of teams, right, you see some 890 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:23.599 of the top teams in the league, and especially in 891 00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:25.800 the West, they had a great defense. Now the thunder 892 00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:28.119 were hovering around eight to ten, but they had a 893 00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:30.760 really good offense. But again, that was a recipe for 894 00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:33.039 success for them. That Minnesota Timber was one of the 895 00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:35.079 best defending teams in the league and they had a 896 00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:38.280 top seed. Right, So I feel like the Clippers saw that, 897 00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:40.400 they saw what happened in the playoffs, like, hey, we 898 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:42.400 have to have guys that can defend. We have to 899 00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:45.159 have guys that can switch. And I didn't even mention 900 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.519 Terrence Mann or of Viza Zubats and how good of 901 00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:50.079 defenders they are. I mean, Terrence Man, I know that 902 00:42:50.159 --> 00:42:52.320 Luca averaged a lot in the playoffs, but he did 903 00:42:52.360 --> 00:42:57.239 a very good job. Lucas shot scene exactly exactly. And 904 00:42:57.719 --> 00:42:59.960 if Vitza Zubats is one of the best defenders against 905 00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:02.159 kol Jokic in the league, I think maybe the best 906 00:43:02.159 --> 00:43:05.119 defender against Nikole Jokic in the league, and before his 907 00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:07.679 calf injury, he was one of the best rim protectors 908 00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:10.159 in all the NBA. So you put all that together 909 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:12.480 and you have a healthy season from Avitza Zubats, you 910 00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:14.920 have a healthy season from Terrence Man. Along with the 911 00:43:14.920 --> 00:43:17.239 pieces that they have. It's not out of the realm 912 00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:19.400 that they're top ten. It's not, you know, out of 913 00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:21.440 the realm that they'll probably touch a six or a 914 00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:24.400 seven in terms of defensive ratings. So I think Clipper 915 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:26.079 fin should be pretty excited about that, and I'm just 916 00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:28.719 glad that the front office kind of saw what's going 917 00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:30.840 on and like, this is the direction we want to take. 918 00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:32.719 This is the identity that we want to have. 919 00:43:33.199 --> 00:43:38.800 Yeah, he is Grant Mona Money Mona, as some know him, 920 00:43:39.159 --> 00:43:41.920 does it for the Sporting Tribune, does a great job, 921 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:43.000 really well spoken. 922 00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:45.280 You're a killer. I need to have you on more often. 923 00:43:45.280 --> 00:43:46.599 I don't know why I didn't have you all on 924 00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:49.440 after that conversation we had in the parking lot last season. 925 00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:51.760 But I really thank you for doing this, taking some 926 00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:54.360 time out of your day, especially because of the schedule release, 927 00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:56.760 so it makes it a little bit more of a 928 00:43:56.800 --> 00:43:59.000 priority to get some content up immediately. 929 00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.639 Thank you great. 930 00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:03.119 Yeah, of course, Adam, anytime. I'll look forward to our 931 00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:04.239 future conversations. 932 00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:06.920 Before we get out of here on Clippers Talk, I 933 00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:09.119 want to remind you guys, we'll have some more giveaways 934 00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:12.519 coming up. We'll play the keyword game again, probably next week. 935 00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:16.599 We'll giveaway another Clippers hat or lanyard or something from 936 00:44:16.599 --> 00:44:17.559 the flagship store. 937 00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:20.480 Future guests coming out, No Ego. 938 00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:23.199 At some point, Carlo Jimenez at some point, Big Brother 939 00:44:23.280 --> 00:44:26.159 Jake Warner at some point. The clips in Dip guys, 940 00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:31.239 I think they're coming on very soon here and programming note, 941 00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:35.480 we'll have a new CND podcast coming out regarding the 942 00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:38.840 schedule on the clips and Dip side as well. I'm 943 00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:44.000 Adam Oslin for Grant Mona. This has been another episode. 944 00:44:43.559 --> 00:44:47.840 Of Clippers Talk Alive. First time. Talk to you next time.