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Speaker 1: We're gonna spend ten minutes right now with i May Joka,

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Rockets coach. It's always fun to talk to him after

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big Victoris are good runs of things and a little

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more difficult when you have a disappointing loss.

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Speaker 2: You may thank you for the time. How do you

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want to explain last night?

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Speaker 1: That had to be a very frustrating night for you

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and the entire squad going against that Golden State team.

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They came together and put together fifty three minutes of

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good basketball in a game that came down to a

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literally the last couple of seconds.

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Speaker 3: You know, been a problem with us this year, I

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think is playing up and down to the level well

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competition and not a good trend obviously, but.

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Speaker 4: Had our chances.

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Speaker 3: A lot of areas that have heard us in the

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past really came out to hurt us last night. And

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giving up you know, eighteen offensive rebounds to that team

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is way too high, and then the turnovers as usual.

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You know, I'm scoring twenty four points off for our

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eighteen points off, our eighteen turnovers is way too high.

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And so you know, had some good looks in this

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in the fourth quarter, defended a high enough level, holding

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them to one on one in regulation that if we

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make some those shots, it obviously masks that. But the

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areas that have hurt us a lot of times have

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heard us last night as well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, unfortunately too, they got to the paint sixty points.

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Speaker 1: That's got to be way too high a number for

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your squad, I'm assuming, right, Yeah, definitely.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, you look at the team they

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had out there and some of the players that you know,

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they've had injuries and guys have been extra aggressive Podzemski, Milton,

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and you can't let certain role players get get that

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loose and have that much of an impact just because

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some starters are out and so point paint points way

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too high. You know. Offensive rebound is a big part

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of that, and when we don't defensive rebound at a high,

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high enough level, that always comes back to bite us.

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Speaker 1: Give me an update if you can. Look, Jabari had

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an off shooting night. I don't know if the ankle's

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still bothering him. You you used a lot of guys

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for a lot of minutes yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Where are you right now?

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if you've had a chance of

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Gaboy troops are just kind of going through text ruads,

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but how is Jabari feeling right now?

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Speaker 4: He definitely had some soreness.

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Speaker 3: You know that that the ankle is not gonna be

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one hundred percent after you know, a game or two.

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Speaker 4: But you know, he had some really good looks as well.

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Speaker 3: I think, uh, he'll be better as games go on,

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and so we'll get some guys we'll get going back tonight,

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you know, expand the rotation a little bit with the.

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Speaker 4: Back to back and get a spark from some other people.

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Speaker 3: But I expect Alpering and Jabari and everybody to be better.

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Speaker 4: Than they were last night.

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Speaker 5: Rocketed coach Imidoka was here on a Sports Talk seven

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ninety read Shepherd was a bright spot for you, and

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really I was impressed by the versatility of the offense,

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with his passing, with the pull up shots. I mean,

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have you seen him make a right handed running hook

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shot like he did in the game too.

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Speaker 3: He's had a few this year where he's got into

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his right hand. This is a little sleeping.

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Speaker 4: Hook, a high layup, whatever you want to call it.

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Speaker 3: But I think he's expanding his game and it's scared

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to see him take this jump in the second year

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and something we're gonna need just a different look for us.

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He adds another dimension to us out of obviously the

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shooting is there, but handling in the pick and roll

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and starting to make those reads like you mentioned in

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the pocket and skid passes, and so great to see

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him take the step that he's taking.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I played a lot of minutes for you as well.

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Play it all of overtime. What is it like for

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you as a coach weighing thriving in that bench role

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and possibly being inserted into the starting lineup or being

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good where he is.

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Speaker 4: For us? I mean, Reid is great in both roles.

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Speaker 3: He's started at times this year and has come off

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the bench majority of the time. But I think he's

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he's good in both. You know, whether you take it

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to last year or even Kentucky. You know him and

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Dillingham's you know, didn't didn't start and play with the

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starting lineup at all of Kentucky and they go number

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three and number eight in the league and so in

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the draft, and so those guys are, you know, very

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good at whatever role. I think we've had a rotating

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ft fifth starter most of the year, and you know,

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we're still trying to zero in on what's going to

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work best for him going into the playoffs, and Reid

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is definitely in consideration for that, Steven at times when

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he was here, and Josh early in.

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Speaker 4: The year Atari.

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Speaker 3: So based on what you need defensive, defensively or offensively,

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it's good to have those options.

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Speaker 1: Emay, you are a smart man for avoarding social media.

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Your fan base, including people that call this show, have

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been frankly fixated on why Reid does not start. And

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my philosophy has been, and it's always been this way,

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no matter who the player is, regard it's off, it's reader,

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somebody else, it's about who finishes as compared to who

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necessarily starts. But my number one argument has been I

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love a six man I think six man and scoring

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fifteen seventeen points a game, which Reid has now become

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accustomed to, is needed, and you just don't have the

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link with your bench with the injuries that.

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Speaker 2: You had even before the start of the season.

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Speaker 1: So when you consistently hear that, you get still questioned

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about it on occasion, What is your general response tobit?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean people see the scoring in the highlight

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plays and then trying to get fixated with that, but

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there's a balance to a team, and whether you're looking

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at it from a defensive standpoint with the starting lineup

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or an offensive standpoint, you know you lose certain things

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with Fred being out and Dylan being gone, and so

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we want to replace that and maintain your identity as

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far as that. And then to your point, Fred being

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gone this year and our two main handlers being out

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there together at the start of the game, I'm in

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and Read it's easier to stager those guys, but definitely

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a consideration for us, And like I said, he started

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at times, but I'll take it to a guy like

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Manu Ginobli, who is obviously who I've been around, played with, coach,

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and whether it's Jamaal Crawford, Lou Williams, all those guys

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are valuable for that specific reason.

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Speaker 4: And Read is fine with whatever.

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Speaker 3: And so if Reid was as concerned as the rest

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of the world, I don't think he'd.

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Speaker 4: Be where he's at right now. And so we'll look

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at everything.

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Speaker 3: And then to your point, as always since I've been here,

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I think whoever finishes and who's playing well is going

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to be in there at the end.

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Speaker 4: And that's honestly more important to us.

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Speaker 1: Got a scrappy Portland team coming in tonight and then

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San Antonio on Sunday. So this is, uh, we knew

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this stretch was coming up. You got Denver next week.

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This is we're down about twenty games or so. The

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standings are changing. What's the mindset right now with your

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squad is we now officially can can start really watching

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the scoreboard here between now and the end of the

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regular season.

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Speaker 3: Be consistent, that's the main thing, and play the way

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we play regardless of the opponent. You know, we want

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to be healthy and playing your best basketball this time

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of the year and going into the playoffs, and that

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hasn't met us lately, and so getting back to that,

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we still have time to do it.

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Speaker 4: But the talk is ticking and you need to zero

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in on that and.

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Speaker 3: Get our focus and in the right places. And so

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for us, I think zeroing in on those things and

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being a consistent offensive, defensive team. You know, that's something

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that we've had ups and downs with this year, and

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it's it's reflective in some of our wins and losses.

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And so the more you can be solid in those areas,

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I think it gives us a great chance. We know

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who we are as far as that, but the ups

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and downs is frustrating at times.