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

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episode nineteen of Clips and Dip. I am Chuck Mackler,

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joined by William Updyke and Adam Austlin. Willis back from Japan.

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Speaker 2: I sign his name. His name is a fall out

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of may I Clippers Talk. It says it right there.

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Speaker 1: You know where to find him. If you want to

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send trade ideas, they go directly to Adam. That is

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our trade idea department. Will's back from Japan. We are

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back to talk the top ten Clippers rotation, what the

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heck to expect from the game on Thursday, or I

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don't think any starters are gonna play, and whatever else

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comes up. If you're watching, thank you so much. If

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you're listening, you can watch us on YouTube at YouTube

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dot com slash at Clippers podcast. Before we get into

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all of the starters and bench stuff, Well, how was Japan?

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How many Clippers fans did you see? Was it less

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than five? More than one? Uh?

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Speaker 2: It was more than one. Like weird, I saw somebody

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with the cap and then what was the other piece

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of gear that I saw? I think it was just

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a shirt. It was just like a straight up it

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wasn't the clearly not it wasn't the newest one. It

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also wasn't the like the terrible c l A rebrand.

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Speaker 3: It was.

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Speaker 2: It was the previous, the ster like the ster sterling

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errant t shirt.

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Speaker 1: Okay, that is genuinely more than I thought you would see.

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Speaker 2: Uh two. I was surprised. I mean, and both times

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I try to be like, you know, clippers with my

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Japanese I know nothing. I know. If it's not like

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Arigato or y I have, I'm lost. I'm completely lost.

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They were like this large white man offered to clip

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my hair.

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Speaker 1: I I walked away. He was shouting click, well.

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Speaker 2: And like just pointing. It's kind of like it's you know,

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it's a it's a weird, it's a weird vibe. So

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I can understand why people weren't exactly trying to chop

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it up with me.

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Speaker 1: That's fair. I wouldn't either in their situation. Yeah, get away,

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get away from me, Adam. I don't believe you were

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in Japan. How how's your week going? You've been busy?

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Speaker 3: I mean I felt like I was in another world

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last night.

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Speaker 1: Into it thought, but I mean everything that, all the

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footage and everyone who was there said it was just.

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Speaker 3: Amazing, incredible, incredible opening eye. Even though it was just preseason,

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it was still the first basketball game ever played there,

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and things went off. I think, I don't want to

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say without a hitch, but I was listening to fans

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talk about the face recognition stuff and videos of people

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doing that, and it looked to be going pretty smoothly

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as opposed to the lead up and the concerts and stuff.

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They may have smoothed out a lot of kinks right now,

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So that was cool to hear.

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Speaker 1: Nice, that's great. Yeah, it's like there's also some stuff too.

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They did, like preseason video stuff, so the stuff that

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was like kind of some like the animations or whatever

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the new I feel like saying that for the Halo

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Board is disrespectful to what the Halo Board can do.

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But like all those packages are gonna be way different

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next week for the actual regular season, which is pretty interesting.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's more to unleash with the Halo Board.

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But they did a couple things that were pretty cool.

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They did something called the Mentalist where you use the

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controller on your seat and it's like green, blue, yellow, red,

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and so they would say, guess what the next color

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on the Halo board is going to be, So you

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press one. If you get that right, you move on

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to the next round, and you keep going, and it

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gets to the point where the fastest person who has

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gotten it right the last four times in the arena

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and they're telling you how many people are still in

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the game, how many people are still in the game.

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The fastest person to get the last color right, they

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can find them in the arena, and I guess they

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want to prize somebody last night, whoever it was. So

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that's pretty You're gonna go from eighteen thousand people to

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one with this game when they play it at full capacity.

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Speaker 2: Do you think they could perhaps pour up a Donkey

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Kong sixty four and everyone could just watch me play

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for a few minutes.

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Speaker 3: Dude, Yeah, we'd be so lucky. I mean, let's go

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esports or games going on there.

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Speaker 1: Esports at the on the Halo board would be I'm

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sure they will rent it out in the next couple

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of years for like a Doda tournament or something insane.

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Speaker 3: Halo on the Halo Board original Xbox Halo.

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Speaker 1: Come on, did you see this is the one thing

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on Did you see the like remote T shirt guns

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in use. Were they using the.

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Speaker 3: No that'sachs they didn't go with yet, no whatever from

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Battlestar Galactica those robots. No, we didn't get that experience.

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They definitely were holding some stuff back and it was

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still just awe inspiring being there.

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Speaker 2: Well, it wasn't even a capacity they had. They have

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sold out though the concerts right like it has been

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at capacity. We just haven't seen an act capacity for

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a game yet.

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Speaker 1: Slipcots sold out two nights in a row. I believe

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it into it though, makes sense one of here, dig dude,

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that's mud Van. Oh yeah, sorry, you can tell my

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my metal or new metal. I don't want to offend

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anybody's knowledge. I didn't. I did some. I did see

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some people complaining about the halftime show. It was sugar free.

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Give him a break, he's an old Oh.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Adam, what were your thoughts on the halftime show?

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I didn't hear you chime in.

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Speaker 3: I kind of wasn't paying that close attention that it

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was just background. Yeah, I don't know. I I God,

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I wasn't paying that close attention. What were they saying

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about it? Was there a mic issue?

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Speaker 2: I was just seeing a lot of like awful on

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the timeline, not even like I didn't personally even see

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like a lot of descriptors. It just seemed like a

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lot of people were unhappy.

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Speaker 1: I watched the clip of sugar Free performing at halftime.

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He's for those of you who, oh no, if your

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listen to this, sugar Free is an older rapper who

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raps very quickly, and he wraps off a beat, so

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it's not the easiest thing to do live. Look, it

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didn't seem like his best performance, but at the same time,

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it's preseason. Give sugar Free a break. I'm sure when

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they bring him back for the Western Conference Finals, he's

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gonna absolutely crush it.

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Speaker 3: It's his year too.

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Speaker 1: Oh every year is sugar freeze? Yeer, I don't think that.

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Speaker 2: I don't think it is it confirmed yet that Fat

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Man Scoob has like a lifetime seated into it.

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Speaker 1: That is that they're going to keep it empty. Yeah,

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they're going to keep it empty for him. They should, Man,

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that was genuinely You don't hear a lot of pops

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in a stadium as loud as the pop was when

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Fat Man Scoop came out. Oh yeah, during that playoff game,

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all right, p fat man scoop, all right, let's get

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into it. We're talking the Clippers ten man rotation, which

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does not include Kawhi Leonard right now. I mean, there's

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no real update, right there's no timetable for.

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Speaker 2: His return snuff practice with the team, so no change

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Speaker 3: I think it's slicking pretty unlikely he's playing in game one,

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considering he was talking about a ramp up and a

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build up to playing in that first game. He's not

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playing in the preseason game on Thursday, and he's yet

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to practice with the team. You just expect, like, Okay,

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he moves on to practice five on five contact stuff

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and then you play in a game and that stuff

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hasn't happened yet. How long that stuff would need to happen? Like,

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does that happen for two weeks before he plays in

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a game or is that just like a week long

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thing you need. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: Charles and I were saying that, like, if you're a

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Clippers fan, be I in December. I think like I think,

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in all likelihood, at the at the earliest, you're looking

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at a December a December premiere for Kuhi. I mean,

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I hope I'm not even saying that's the most probable scenario.

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I'm saying I think that that's the soonest, like I would,

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I would be shocked if we see him in November.

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Speaker 3: Really, I mean, I'm hopeful for earlier November. But the

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only thing I could think is you look at the

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early schedule and there's two back to back right away.

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Speaker 1: Bingo, so stupid.

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Speaker 3: But that's still you know, it doesn't take you all

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the way December. I mean getting past that could be

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like the first week in November, second week of November.

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I don't know, I but you know if it all

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depends on how is Ny responds to everything he's doing

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right now. Clear this hurdle. Did Denise swell yes or no?

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I mean, like that's what I'm thinking is going on.

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Speaker 2: I think in post games will be allowed to ask

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the me questions, no, are you cam and are you

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responding so far?

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Speaker 1: And that's what's funny, is the first hurdle for him

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to clear as an actual hurdle. They want to see

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if he can really get over it. There's no there's

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no swelling or anything. So the ten man rotation right now,

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Tyl you said last night he's going to start the

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season with a ten man rotation doesn't seem that crazy.

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We got the starting five, James Harden, Norm Powell, Terrence Man,

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Derek Jones, junior A Vitza Zubats. We have the bench five,

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which is I'm putting I'm We've talked about the percentages

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of his time played in the NBA at certain positions.

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KPJ is the backup point guard right now, just based

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on what he's familiar with. Chris Dunn back up two,

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Coffee be two, three and four, Kai Jones at the five,

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who has been getting better in all the preseason games.

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Adam Will, What are the kind of the immediate strengths

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and weaknesses can we think of for the starters we

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can start? Should we start positive? Should we start negative?

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Speaker 2: Let's go negative in the silver lining?

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Speaker 1: Okay, cool, negative right off the bat. It's gonna be

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a common thing that we hear fans talking about and

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already have talked about. Is kind of like the spacing right.

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You have Harden and Norm who can shoot, and then

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everyone else is going to kind of have to earn

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that right from other defenses. I think the half court

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offense is going to be maybe a little rough to start.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm glad Norm's starting. I thought this was

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going to happen, and like it made sense to me.

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You can't just lead into defense and be like, hey,

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we're gonna hold into ten points in the first quarter

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and we're going to score eleven.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if that. I understood everybody's concern with

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Norm Powell defensively, but he has played pretty well the

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preseason and in the past. He was an above average

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defender before Portland. I don't know what happened there.

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Speaker 1: We talked about it. We think it was bad habits

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from David Cjay.

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Speaker 3: It could have been that. Like, it mitigates a lot.

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If he just gets back to playing slightly above average defense,

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that's all they need from him. Like, I think he's

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still capable of that, and so far in the preseasons

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looked pretty good. So his spacing and gravity when he

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shot forty four percent from three last season, Like, yeah,

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they have to respect that. That's huge for this team.

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I still have concerns about the half court at times,

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but Norm, it's a necessity to have him out there.

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I think without Kawhi Leonard, I just don't see another

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way to do it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they're kind of I mean, you're right, they're pigeonholed

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into doing this, right, Like the the score eleven give

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up ten, I think is a great way to fuck Well,

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what are you worried about with this starting five other

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than the spacing and.

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Speaker 2: Just I mean, I still think the size is just

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gonna it's just gonna be an issue. I you know,

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I we kind of had conflicting thoughts. I mean, I

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agree with Adam. I think the effort has been there

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for Norm Powell. We know that James Harden can be

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used effectively in some defensive scenarios. Obviously, we know about

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the strips which are I mean, we saw and we

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saw in a huge order in the in the last

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preseason game that he'll end up playing. And but I

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just still think there's there's a clear ceiling to how

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this backcourt can kind of defend. Uh and then it's

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going to kind of fall on the other three guys

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who are you know, all sound all very versatile. Uh

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So it's not impossible, but I I do think the

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size is going to be an issue. I just don't

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see how it couldn't be.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, it is not ideal, Like, there's not

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a perfect guy to bring in as that fifth guy

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and say we're balanced on offense and defense, just like

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we want to be. But then I look at Opening

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Night and the team they're playing in the Phoenix Suns,

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and it's like, oh, Norm's probably gonna guard Bradley Beal, Katee,

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Kevin Porter Junior is gonna be on KD, Terrence Man

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is gonna be on Devin Booker. I don't hate that, Like.

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Speaker 2: James Harden's not defending Kevin Porter Jr.

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Speaker 3: Any of those guys.

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Speaker 1: Sorry, Oh, I'm sorry. I thought we were talking starting

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fives against the sun starting five. Yeah, you're putting KPJ

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in the starting five on Opening Night?

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Speaker 3: No? No, no, let's say that Derek Jones Jr. I

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keep going DJJ, KPJ, Jeff Van Gundy, jbg J. All

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the abbreviations with this team recently, that.

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Speaker 1: Too many Breeves, too many breves bro Yeah, okay, yeah,

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so you got.

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Speaker 3: Norman Bradley Beal, yes, Derek Jones Junior on KD, and

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Terrence Man on Devin Booker.

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Speaker 1: Cool. Yeah, okay, for sure.

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Speaker 3: I'm comfortable with that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean, but that's not every team they're playing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the season borderline.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. They do get him twice pretty early.

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Speaker 2: And there's just I mean there's some tough covers in

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the Western Conference at the guard position. I mean, he's

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not thoughise, you know, not tall, I mean, very strong,

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very tough to deal with Luca Donchez. I mean, it's

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gonna tower over both of that backcourt.

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Speaker 3: But I think what they're gonna do is they're gonna

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hide him on Jade McDaniels, Yeah, or put him on

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Mike Conley and hide James Harden on Jade McDaniels, like

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they could hide him on some threes that aren't scores,

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you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And I like too the chemistry between Terrence and Zoo,

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just in terms of Terrence knowing how to funnel guys

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and things like that, is going to be huge for

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that has to be locked in lockstep for the starting five.

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Derek Jones, Junior, Terrence man In, Zoo all have to

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be which I'm sure j Van Gundy is getting them on.

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I'm not. I don't mean to say it like that.

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We've seen them be good at defense in the preseason,

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so seeing that all come together with those like that

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bottom three of the starting five is crucial for the Clippers,

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not you know, getting in these situations where if the

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shooting is not really there with the starting five, then

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it's there's even more pressure on the bench and even

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more weird lineup stuff to happen. We do have a

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strength and that we have a top ten, top five

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defensive center in the league angling the starting five.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a good backbone and.

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Speaker 2: Chuck you haven't heard from you haven't heard years.

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Speaker 1: Biggest concern. I think it's streakiness. I think we're gonna

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get nights where you know, Norman James Harden are gonna

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combine to shoot like sixty five percent or something. It's

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just gonna be an unreal you know, first eight minutes

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or something like that. And then I'm I'm just worried

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that we're not We're only talking to starting five, so

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I'm not gonn talking about Harden off the floor yet.

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But if Norma Harden are both kind of in jail

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or whatever the kids are saying by their defenders, things

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become very difficult for the Clippers to score the ball.

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Speaker 3: Slow down Harden to slow down the Clippers offense completely.

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Kind of like it seems like they're prepared for this

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like he's going to play more off ball than we

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have seen. Yeah, it's great because he can't just do

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everything and run everything all the time at thirty five totally.

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Speaker 1: And we saw will and I talked about this a

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little bit last night. Derek Jones Junior brought the ball

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up quite a bit to like initiate things and stuff

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like that. So I've been wanting to see more like

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small small screens and stuff like that. We've talked about

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Kawhi as a screener, we talked about Terrence as a

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screener and stuff like that. So I think they're gonna

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wrinkle some of that stuff in. But yeah, man, if

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you I mean early in the season, the first month

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and a half, they're just gonna throw everything at James

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Harden to the opposing team defensively, because why shouldn't they

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You have to prove that everyone else can play without

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the system kind.

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Speaker 2: Of And there's just I mean, this is kind of

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like a double sided thing because I think the most

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exciting and scary thing about the Clippers is like how

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many sort of unknown quantities there there are? Right you know?

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Is DJJ is shooting that he enjoyed in the playoffs,

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is that going to be sustainable? You know? Can he

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open the floor up?

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Speaker 1: You know?

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Speaker 2: Is are we going to see more offense run through zoo?

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Speaker 3: You know?

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Speaker 2: Like we you know, there are steps and things that

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you can see the ceiling of, but it just remains

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to be determined how that is all going to work.

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So yeah, I don't know. Like I said, it's a

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double edged thing because it is very exciting, but at

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the same time, like if it's you know, if we're

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getting bad answers to those questions, it's gonna look really

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really bad.

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Speaker 1: And the defense I feel way better, Like, like I

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feel better about the defense seeing Derek Jones Junior buy

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in to the new stuff, seeing the older Clippers vets

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by into what Jeff and Gundy is bringing.

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Speaker 2: How about Kai as a backup? I came away pretty

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impressed with that with that performance last game.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I mean he was up against Gafford at times.

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He actually had a real big man on the other

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side to go up against for once.

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Speaker 1: Mm hmm like that. I mean, it's a great segue

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into the back five because there's gonna be a bunch

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of weird lightups. Tyler. We thought Tye has been tinkering

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Tie before ten man rotation opens, We've used to usually

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he plays like an eight or something like that. With

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what con version of the Clippers have been, I.

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Speaker 2: Mean, and it kind of begs the question like how

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often can this team, like how long can they tread

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water if you have a full bench unit out there,

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because you know, we don't enjoy the same that we've

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had in previous seasons. And Charles and I were talking

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about this a little bit last night, but a lot

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of our depth is actually kind of relegated to like

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two positions maybe three as tween or small forward. So yeah,

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I think that that is gonna necessitate a lot of

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ingenuity from Tie. But he is the guy to do it,

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you know, like if there if there was one guy

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that you want in that situation, it has to be him.

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And I just hope, I mean really, I just hope

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that he can be react without overreacting. And also, you know,

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maybe we we can't afford any ten game sample sizes.

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Speaker 1: Some inguluity is what we need from the head coach.

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Thank you. I love point today a little bit.

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Speaker 3: I do have some hope that I don't think we're

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going to see any five MANI line changes or anything

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like that. After the second preseason game when he tried that,

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he was like, yeah, that was my fault when we

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started to turn the ball over over and over again.

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And then he had the quote there regarding and this

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is when people start to thinking, oh, Norm Powell is

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definitely gonna be the starter, taking him out early with

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a viatza zoo bots to then get him back in

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later in the first quarter. Like, I think those two

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are going to come out after the first six seven

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to eight minutes, maybe six or seven minutes, and come

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back in towards the end of the first when Harden

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takes a seat, and then they'll bridge the end of

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the first into the first five minutes of the second

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quarter before James Harden comes back. So I think it'll

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be those two paired with a lot of bench guys.

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I think it's three guys next to Norman Powell, and

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it beatsa zoobots a lot of the time. Three bench guys,

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that's a good call.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, And then you can have you know, you put

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Doune out there with Norm, that's not you know, you

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got him to cover defensively, he can take he can

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take cover in the one or the two or whoever's

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the toughest cover, which is nice. What do you think

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of Dun's preseason so far?

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Speaker 3: I thought it was everything I needed to see. Like,

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that's Chris Dunn. I think he's nuts defensively. The start

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of the fourth quarter was pretty crazy last night. I

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don't think Dallas made a basket till the seven and

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a half minute mark, and the Clippers got like eight

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turnovers the first like five minutes of the fourth quarter

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and just said we're not letting his score ever right now,

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and they had it felt like wing stopper clamp City

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was going on. They had a tomb out there. Dunn

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was out there for some time, a mere Coffee was

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out there. KPJ was out there and was playing good defense.

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Williams then came in later in the fourth Like, I

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don't know, Chris Dunn has had some incredible defensive plays

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so far the preseason. It's his offense that you worry about.

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And is he gonna make threes? Like, I don't know

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what's real with him. I don't think what has happened

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the last eighty eight games, which is the last two

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years in Utah where he shot over forty percent from

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three overrides everything else in his career from distance, which

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has been below average.

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Speaker 2: That's fair, that's a yeah, it's I mean it's going

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to be really interesting too, you know, assuming that KPGA

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is a really solid part of that ten man rotation.

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I mean having him shifted off ball so much more

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is going to make that all the more crucial.

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Speaker 1: What are his off ball numbers? Do we have any

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of those for KPJ. He hasn't really been ad.

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Speaker 3: Three point shooting. Yeah, I've set him here a few times.

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Forty eight percent from three in the twenty one twenty

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two season and forty four percent from three the twenty

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two to twenty three season. That's that's pretty crazy. Actually,

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the forty eight percent might have been like ninety nine

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point nine percentile.

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Speaker 1: I mean it has to be. Yeah, I don't know how.

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Speaker 3: Many I but it had. I mean he was playing

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heavy minutes, he was a starter. It's got to be

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something significant, totally. Yeah, I think you can shoot it

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off ball, But does he want to play like that? Sure?

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Speaker 2: And what I was saying done is going to be

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shifted more off ball. But oh that Hey, I love

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this segment. Hey, I'm talking about completely different things.

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Speaker 3: We're here, numbers are trash. I'm sorry, I don't know

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you started the anti done.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, because KPJ and Doune is interesting too, right,

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because you kind of have it's kind of similar in

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terms of like what they bring not ability wise to

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kind of Norman Chris Dunn being out there. Right, you

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have a guy who's very clearly the offensive guy being

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helped on the defensive end by Chris Dunn. So Chris

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Dunn has a pretty big role, like a very important

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role on this Clippers team for mitigating some of what

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may pop up with the backcourt defensive issues, which is

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exactly what we signed up. And I like what you said,

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like his preseason, that's Chris Dunn, chunky stat lines, nothing

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crazy diving for I think someone said on the chat

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last night that I loved he's like doing the dirty

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work without talking about it, like he's just doing it,

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like this is what I'm here to do. I fully

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know my role.

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Speaker 3: I don't think he can help himself, like he only

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knows one way to play. It sounded like one of

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his other nicknames was smoke, like he wants all the

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smokes because of the fights and stuff and the chippiness and.

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Speaker 1: Me look it up on Basketball Reference, the mecca of nicknames.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if it's mainstream enough for Basketball Reference,

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but he says something it was an interview recently or

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like one of the Clippers little montage things. Oh yeah,

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where they were asking him what is your name and

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what are your teammates call you? I think this made

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the rounds on the Instagram side for the official Clippers account,

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and I think he mentioned smoke was with the names

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he gets, It's like, oh, I think I know what

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that means.

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00:23:42,799 --> 00:23:46,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, no official nickname on basketball. They gotta get on

473
00:23:46,319 --> 00:23:49,119
that over there with that seven people who run that

474
00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:54,640
website or whatever. Crazy. All right, Well, give us, give

475
00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:59,440
us a strength of this bench unit and how they

476
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:02,240
can work in to games. What are you looking forward

477
00:24:02,319 --> 00:24:03,039
to seeing?

478
00:24:04,279 --> 00:24:06,839
Speaker 2: I mean, I think it's a really interesting blend of

479
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,480
youth and athleticism with some really solid, uh you know,

480
00:24:10,599 --> 00:24:13,720
consistent league veterans that you know, we know what we're

481
00:24:13,759 --> 00:24:16,640
going to get. Uh. You know, everybody loves Patum. Couldn't

482
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:18,279
be happier that he's back. You know what you're gonna

483
00:24:18,279 --> 00:24:20,640
get from him, Chris Dunn. I mean, you know, like

484
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:22,960
while he might not pop out or jump off the page,

485
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,480
you know what you're going to get on a night in,

486
00:24:24,599 --> 00:24:27,440
night out basis. There's just a lot of extreme consistency

487
00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,079
there and mixed with sort of like the high ceiling

488
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:32,720
upside of some of these younger guys. I mean, I

489
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:35,480
think it's pretty it's pretty damn exciting. And again I

490
00:24:35,519 --> 00:24:37,839
think there's gonna be great nights and probably some really

491
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,880
terrible ones, but I do I do enjoy that mix

492
00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,960
of having having you know that the sort of known

493
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,240
quantities and just consistent guys with that sort of athleticism.

494
00:24:48,279 --> 00:24:51,799
I mean, that was a shock to the system to

495
00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:54,640
watch the like the athleticism and the dump everything on

496
00:24:54,680 --> 00:25:00,319
this night, and that was not watched basketball that in

497
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:02,400
a long time. I mean, that's pretty damn exciting.

498
00:25:02,839 --> 00:25:06,200
Speaker 1: I loved to your point. There is a pass that

499
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:09,440
Batoom hit KPJ with off the elbow when KPJ was

500
00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:11,799
cutting and Batum just hit a little just you know,

501
00:25:12,559 --> 00:25:16,359
a very simple veteran NBA play which has hit the

502
00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:17,880
cutter right where they need it and it was an

503
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,079
easy bucket for KPJ. So totally agree with you on

504
00:25:21,079 --> 00:25:23,000
that point, Adam, What are you most looking forward to

505
00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,119
other than Kai Jones, maybe taking Zubat's starting spot.

506
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Zubos didn't played great last night. I'll

507
00:25:30,319 --> 00:25:30,720
say that.

508
00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:35,200
Speaker 2: Uh, eleven and sixteen coward, he sucks.

509
00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:36,279
Speaker 3: Did he end up with that?

510
00:25:38,319 --> 00:25:41,519
Speaker 1: Let me look it up. He had a ton of boards.

511
00:25:41,599 --> 00:25:45,160
Speaker 3: He had eleven and twelve he got. He was five

512
00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:47,720
of ten though, from the field, and he's been missing

513
00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:51,240
Like coach Luce thought, he was rushing it post game

514
00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,599
with some of his post moves, and the game before that,

515
00:25:54,759 --> 00:25:57,000
they weren't getting it to him enough or getting it

516
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,000
low enough in the posts where then they're forcing him

517
00:26:00,079 --> 00:26:01,720
to have to dribble to get to his spots, which

518
00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:03,359
you don't want. You want him deeper in the post

519
00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,200
when he catches it. So it's kind of been hit

520
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,279
and miss. I mean, I'm not overly worried about it.

521
00:26:08,319 --> 00:26:10,440
And Kai is not taking his job. We'll see if

522
00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:15,240
he can take Obama's job. Let's start there, guys. Way huh,

523
00:26:15,599 --> 00:26:16,480
I was just gone.

524
00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:21,119
Speaker 1: I was absolutely he deserves it too, I was. I

525
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,960
was just looking at zoos statline from last night, eleven

526
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,119
and twelve fifty shooting for steals.

527
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:28,240
Speaker 3: I gotta be honest.

528
00:26:28,279 --> 00:26:29,200
Speaker 1: It looks crazy.

529
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,720
Speaker 3: Well, that third quarter run the starters made to start

530
00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:37,640
the second half was everything, because they lost all the stars,

531
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,359
lost their minutes in the first half, they did not

532
00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:42,039
play well in the first half, and against the Dallas

533
00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:46,160
team without their two top players, kind of curious, like

534
00:26:46,519 --> 00:26:48,079
they didn't look and sync at all.

535
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was the turnovers, like.

536
00:26:50,839 --> 00:26:55,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, but Dallas had in twenty nine of them. We're

537
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,119
never gonna see that all season long. It was insane.

538
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,920
And it makes sense because they're missing the ultimate offense guy,

539
00:27:04,079 --> 00:27:06,440
the new James Harden and Luka Doncic who has the

540
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,440
ball in his hands all the time, and another ISO

541
00:27:08,519 --> 00:27:10,759
guy and Kyrie Irving, So how are they going to

542
00:27:10,839 --> 00:27:13,200
run their offense at all without either of those guys

543
00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:15,240
out there? And you saw it, and the Clippers took

544
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,160
advantage of it, and it was great. And thirty six

545
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,039
points in transition. Yeah, we're not going to see that

546
00:27:19,079 --> 00:27:23,839
this season. That's not going to happen. But they had

547
00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:28,839
sixteen the Friday night in Seattle against the Portland Trail Blazers,

548
00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:31,839
and they had all these long outlet passes and it

549
00:27:31,839 --> 00:27:34,759
felt more repeatable or sustainable with the way they were

550
00:27:34,759 --> 00:27:37,160
doing things in that game versus what we saw last

551
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:40,319
night maybe, and you could see there it's a point

552
00:27:40,319 --> 00:27:42,920
of emphasis. They're really doing it. They are getting it

553
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,079
to their athletes because if you've got all these guys,

554
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:48,839
you better use them now. So you have to construct

555
00:27:48,880 --> 00:27:51,880
an offense that works. That means you got to run more.

556
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:54,960
And they are doing it. They are intent on doing it,

557
00:27:55,039 --> 00:27:56,799
so I appreciate that aspect of it.

558
00:27:57,240 --> 00:27:59,519
Speaker 1: There was the Harden quote from last night about how

559
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,680
like I can't remember the term they use, not explosive

560
00:28:02,759 --> 00:28:04,440
passes or something like that, but like he's like, I

561
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,680
need to get these guys out in space basically, like

562
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:09,920
almost talking about it like it was soccer, Like guys

563
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,599
need to get these guys in space or they can

564
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,799
run because that's where Derek Jones junior, that's where Kai

565
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,680
Jones is at their best is when they're in transition.

566
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 3: Oh me, man, they have so many guys that can

567
00:28:21,759 --> 00:28:24,799
do it now. Yeah, just like Will said, it's weird watching,

568
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,079
like you're not used to seeing this brand of basketball

569
00:28:27,079 --> 00:28:28,880
from the Clippers, Oh.

570
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,880
Speaker 1: Not at all. And we have to imagine that Jordan

571
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:33,799
Miller is going to work in at some point and

572
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,799
like he'll be the eleventh guy. But like he's looked

573
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,960
really good in terms of getting offensive shit done in.

574
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:48,559
Speaker 3: The Yeah, so what we call get her done? Jordan Miller.

575
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:54,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, oh yeah, he's a big Larry the cable guy Miller. Okay, So,

576
00:28:55,079 --> 00:29:02,279
per ESPN's Basketball Power Index, one of the aisle disnamed things,

577
00:29:02,359 --> 00:29:05,880
I think you could make. The LA Clippers project to

578
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,559
be forty two and forty nineteen percent chance of winning

579
00:29:09,559 --> 00:29:13,000
the Pacific Division, some say the hardest division in basketball,

580
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,400
fifty one point five percent chance of making the playoffs,

581
00:29:16,799 --> 00:29:20,160
thirty two percent chance of finishing top six, forty percent

582
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,240
chance of making the plan. Their projected seed is eight

583
00:29:23,319 --> 00:29:27,920
point one. William Haggle, No Haggle that from ESPN's Ultra

584
00:29:28,279 --> 00:29:30,440
Superpower Index.

585
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 2: Oh man, I mean they're not winning the Pacific Division

586
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:41,359
this year.

587
00:29:43,319 --> 00:29:45,000
Speaker 1: I mean I thought I see over as far as

588
00:29:45,039 --> 00:29:47,640
I'm conider, I even fucking roll the ball out.

589
00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:50,319
Speaker 3: Amazing how it's still gonna end up their year?

590
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,319
Speaker 1: Well, sure, you know things.

591
00:29:52,599 --> 00:29:54,319
Speaker 2: I didn't say anything about seating.

592
00:29:55,599 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was the point we had to reiterate

593
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,240
yesterday too. It is just because it's our You're a

594
00:29:59,279 --> 00:30:02,039
seeding don't matter, dude.

595
00:30:01,759 --> 00:30:05,799
Speaker 2: I don't get so they have a fifty one. They

596
00:30:05,839 --> 00:30:08,720
have like a nearly fifty two chance of making the playoffs,

597
00:30:08,839 --> 00:30:11,039
but only a forty chance of making the plan.

598
00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:15,559
Speaker 3: Okay, I heard from Russo earlier. This same formula has

599
00:30:15,599 --> 00:30:21,559
the only winning forty games, Like, what are legally winning

600
00:30:21,599 --> 00:30:22,240
forty games?

601
00:30:22,279 --> 00:30:23,839
Speaker 2: We're gonna win fewer games.

602
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:24,880
Speaker 1: I don't know about that.

603
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,480
Speaker 3: The same formula has some other weird projections out there.

604
00:30:28,519 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 1: I guess, hmmm, I wonder if this formula was created

605
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:35,160
by I don't know. That doesn't make any damn sense.

606
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:36,920
Speaker 3: It ain't Tim Legler.

607
00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:41,119
Speaker 1: So maybe it is our year. Then maybe we actually

608
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:42,079
have an eighty percent.

609
00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:44,559
Speaker 3: Unstatable team unstatable formula.

610
00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:49,359
Speaker 1: Okay, the Clippers might be unstatable this year. There's gonna

611
00:30:49,359 --> 00:30:51,160
be an that arena.

612
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:53,359
Speaker 3: Even wins and losses and that, oh they don't.

613
00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: That's not a team stat I'm this guy now, Wins

614
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:57,400
and losses aren't a team stat.

615
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:57,519
Speaker 2: Man.

616
00:30:57,559 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: That's a horrible way to judge a team. We shouldn't

617
00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:04,519
base our judgments on that. Okay. Well, if it has

618
00:31:04,599 --> 00:31:07,759
the Knicks only winning forty games in this formula, white people.

619
00:31:07,559 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 3: Shit, that's what Russa said.

620
00:31:09,559 --> 00:31:13,079
Speaker 1: He's our favorite French Canadian reporter. All right, so throw

621
00:31:13,119 --> 00:31:13,559
that out.

622
00:31:14,119 --> 00:31:19,640
Speaker 3: No, I kind of like it though for the Clippers.

623
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 1: Like forty two and forty high playing team with where

624
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,319
we're at, there's uncertainty around Kawhi. We have, like Will said,

625
00:31:26,319 --> 00:31:29,920
some unknown quantities. Forty two and forty doesn't feel bad

626
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,920
for as of October fifteenth, six eighteen p. He's love

627
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:37,039
to see him get to forty five. You would love

628
00:31:37,039 --> 00:31:39,319
to see him get to forty five and avoid the

629
00:31:39,359 --> 00:31:41,680
play in. But I'll tell you what's going to be

630
00:31:41,759 --> 00:31:43,960
rock and during the plan into it dumb?

631
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 3: Oh yeah?

632
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:47,960
Speaker 1: Is it our year for the n Season Tournament too?

633
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:51,839
Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm not going to any vibes on

634
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:52,359
that one.

635
00:31:52,720 --> 00:31:55,279
Speaker 3: It's not the NBA's year for the n Season Tournament.

636
00:31:55,319 --> 00:31:56,440
It's just a bad idea.

637
00:31:56,759 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 1: It's just a bad idea. That's fair. Before we you

638
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,359
a quick little audio break to talk about the final

639
00:32:02,359 --> 00:32:05,160
preseason game, Adam, what soda are you drinking?

640
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:09,039
Speaker 3: Oh? One that? Unfortunately I got somebody else addicted to

641
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,279
hell Yeah, I got the doctor pepper zero cherry. Somebody

642
00:32:13,359 --> 00:32:15,400
hit me up earlier today and said, you got me

643
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:21,680
addicted to this? Yeah, Raoul said that on X it's good.

644
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,039
I'm sorry, I don't know if it's your welcome or

645
00:32:24,079 --> 00:32:25,039
I'm sorry, I don't know.

646
00:32:25,599 --> 00:32:28,759
Speaker 1: Yet again, another product advertise on Clips and Dip that

647
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,279
sells crazy how that works? So doctor Pepper, if you're listening,

648
00:32:32,319 --> 00:32:35,519
we would love to advertise your product. All right, coming up,

649
00:32:35,519 --> 00:32:37,400
we're gonna be talking what the heck do you expect

650
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,599
from this final preseason game? And then that's kind of

651
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,119
it because we're just itching to get to this regular season.

652
00:32:43,559 --> 00:32:45,200
If you're watching us, there's not going to be an

653
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,440
ad break. If you're listening to us, which you can

654
00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:49,599
do every you get podcasts for me a quick little break.

655
00:32:49,839 --> 00:32:52,839
Then we're talking the final preseason game at Into it

656
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:55,079
Dom coming up in three two one.

657
00:32:55,519 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 2: All right, we're back in the Clips and Dip. We

658
00:32:58,759 --> 00:33:01,640
talked about your starters, talk about the bench. I'm to

659
00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:04,400
look ahead to the last preseason game, which you know

660
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,279
we we already kind of have the heads up we're

661
00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:10,599
not going to be enjoying the starters in so you know, what,

662
00:33:10,599 --> 00:33:13,240
what do we do with this? Charles, what's one thing

663
00:33:13,279 --> 00:33:14,480
you want to see from this game?

664
00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:18,400
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna echo a pretty popular sentiment from

665
00:33:18,519 --> 00:33:21,839
other Clippers fans. Jordan Miller, get him in the starting lineup,

666
00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:24,720
just see what happens. It's a I don't want to

667
00:33:24,759 --> 00:33:29,839
say this game is inconsequential, but if the starters aren't playing,

668
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:35,839
let Jordan Miller show out a little bit, right, we

669
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:39,759
don't start? Yeah, are the Kings playing their main guys

670
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,200
or not all of that?

671
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:44,359
Speaker 3: That's a good question. Not everybody is already at their

672
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,839
last preseason game, right.

673
00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:51,359
Speaker 1: I like, DeMar gonna play, I don't know, but start

674
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,240
Jordan Miller Like, well, there's no reason not to. I

675
00:33:54,279 --> 00:33:56,599
don't think. I mean, maybe, you know, maybe start the

676
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,480
normal second unit whatever. If they're all going to play, sure,

677
00:33:59,559 --> 00:34:02,279
start the of that last five we talked about, but

678
00:34:02,359 --> 00:34:03,599
get Jordan Miller some minutes.

679
00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,279
Speaker 3: So that will be the Kings fifth preseason game as well,

680
00:34:07,559 --> 00:34:10,280
and they are zero and three so far and are

681
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:14,639
currently in a context or a contest with Utah, and

682
00:34:14,679 --> 00:34:16,440
they're down fourteen to thirteen in the first.

683
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 2: Quarter, so they're definitely losing that game an insurmountable league.

684
00:34:21,599 --> 00:34:24,079
Speaker 1: If you're playing the Clippers defense, that does sound like

685
00:34:24,119 --> 00:34:25,039
a first quarter score.

686
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 3: Can I see something maybe alarming about the defensive rating

687
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,840
that's being thrown around right now for the Clippers in

688
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:31,440
the preseason.

689
00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:34,679
Speaker 1: Go for it, man.

690
00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:38,199
Speaker 3: I don't mean to bring any negativity in here, but

691
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,679
I know we're kind of riding high on this, and

692
00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:42,239
then it looked it up last night. It's like, do

693
00:34:42,239 --> 00:34:44,000
you know the two teams? So the Clippers have the

694
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:47,039
second best defensive rating right now in the preseason, and

695
00:34:47,079 --> 00:34:51,119
it'll change later tonight after these Gripper games are done.

696
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:52,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, they'll be first.

697
00:34:53,159 --> 00:34:57,239
Speaker 3: The team in front of them and behind them would

698
00:34:57,239 --> 00:35:01,079
be the Portland Trailblazers and the Detroit piss Oh no,

699
00:35:02,119 --> 00:35:03,719
does that change anything for you?

700
00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 1: I don't think it changes the fact that it's our year.

701
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:13,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, it doesn't. It doesn't change anything for me. I mean,

702
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:16,119
I wasn't putting a lot of stock into the actual

703
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:17,440
defensive rating.

704
00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:20,239
Speaker 1: There's dang is who it changes?

705
00:35:20,559 --> 00:35:24,079
Speaker 2: Really no point in that. But it's more about I mean,

706
00:35:24,119 --> 00:35:26,599
it's more about just seeing the process. And I think

707
00:35:26,599 --> 00:35:30,159
that we've seen enough on that too. You know, at

708
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least to start of the season, they are going to

709
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,119
lean into the defensive identity like we heard it looks

710
00:35:34,159 --> 00:35:38,480
like that can be effective. So yeah, I'm not too

711
00:35:38,519 --> 00:35:39,239
worried about it.

712
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:44,199
Speaker 1: That is hilarious though, I think, yeah, Like I wasn't.

713
00:35:44,519 --> 00:35:46,679
I did. There were some people after the game against

714
00:35:46,679 --> 00:35:48,679
Words were like, hey, we held the Warriors to ninety one,

715
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:50,519
and I'm like, who gives a.

716
00:35:50,559 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 2: Ship like not to sound like I keep saying we

717
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:55,320
were holding we held clay.

718
00:35:55,199 --> 00:35:59,159
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, may it's something there, dude, Bill, we got

719
00:35:59,159 --> 00:35:59,840
the clay stop.

720
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 3: They might have a lot of nines this year.

721
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 1: I don't know I agree with that, but that is

722
00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:09,519
but I think that's good. That's great context though, to

723
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:16,760
show like on the whole preseason maybe not the most indicative. Hey,

724
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,679
the Browns went on defeat of the preseason proceeds have

725
00:36:19,679 --> 00:36:21,719
followed up with one win for the next two years

726
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:26,280
in the regular season. And I think the Patriots went

727
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,280
defeated in the preseason the year that they lost to

728
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,199
the Giants in the Super Bowl being their only loss.

729
00:36:33,679 --> 00:36:36,599
Speaker 3: Is there something though, to bad teams want to show

730
00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:39,519
this time it's different in the preseason and they're just

731
00:36:39,559 --> 00:36:42,320
playing harder than other teams that know what they have

732
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:43,400
and know they're gonna be good.

733
00:36:43,639 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 1: I think you're right because that like that's what lost

734
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:47,599
about the regular season, right, Like you don't really know

735
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,440
who like a bad team is until like all those

736
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,519
teams are starting out fighting to try and win.

737
00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:54,840
Speaker 3: I know who a bad team is.

738
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:59,079
Speaker 1: Well, sure, yeah, that's and Detroy. But in terms of effort,

739
00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:00,199
you know what I mean, like you know what and

740
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,679
being like, hey, let's not play scoot twenty five minutes.

741
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,880
Let's let's give him twelve or something like that, like

742
00:37:05,159 --> 00:37:07,199
you can get snuck up on earlier in the season

743
00:37:07,199 --> 00:37:11,119
by fair. Yeah, but I think he might be right

744
00:37:11,119 --> 00:37:13,800
because if I played for Portland or Detroit, which I

745
00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,159
was not close to doing, I would be like, let's

746
00:37:16,199 --> 00:37:19,000
maybe let's get out all of last season's bullshit, let's

747
00:37:19,039 --> 00:37:21,880
make the preseason a little better, and then they would

748
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,119
tell me to shut up and wash the towels or whatever.

749
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,719
So you're hoping for it sounds like what you want

750
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,920
to see is a shootout on Thursday. You want to

751
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,480
see one forty eight six Clippers just to show.

752
00:37:36,119 --> 00:37:39,800
Speaker 3: SEV five against the Kings again. Double overtime?

753
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,159
Speaker 1: How many overtimes would a preseason game have to go

754
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,199
to before the refs were like, we're done, we's not

755
00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:47,719
doing this anymore.

756
00:37:48,159 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 3: Is there overtime of the preseason? I don't even know.

757
00:37:51,079 --> 00:37:53,440
I was asking Carlo this on the air, because remember

758
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,559
the Summer League overtime was like first to three or

759
00:37:56,599 --> 00:37:59,559
something like that. It was a different format. It wasn't

760
00:37:59,559 --> 00:38:00,559
a five minut o'clock.

761
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Speaker 1: I don't know.

762
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:05,440
Speaker 3: I don't know if anyone does, I don't know. I

763
00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:06,679
Adam Silver knows.

764
00:38:08,039 --> 00:38:09,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, the reps are like, we have shit to do,

765
00:38:10,559 --> 00:38:13,320
Like we're not We're not gonna do five more minutes

766
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:13,519
of this.

767
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:16,199
Speaker 3: It's like nobody knows what that button does, but nobody's

768
00:38:16,199 --> 00:38:21,199
gonna press it. Do you believe the.

769
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 2: Tie has never happened in preseason? They've never They've never

770
00:38:24,039 --> 00:38:26,199
even they've never even had to reach this subject.

771
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, that would be How could there not be a tie? Right? Okay,

772
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,679
I'm looking. Toronto just beat Boston by one one nineteen

773
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:39,719
to They didn't go to overtime.

774
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Speaker 1: By design, Bro, they don't want us to go to

775
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:44,760
overtime on the preseason.

776
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,559
Speaker 3: Now, if Sacramento in Utah don't score again, they're tied

777
00:38:48,639 --> 00:38:50,639
up at twenty two in the first quarter, we might

778
00:38:50,679 --> 00:38:52,840
find out they don't score.

779
00:38:52,599 --> 00:38:57,320
Speaker 2: Again for the rest the following three quarters. They want

780
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:57,880
to go again.

781
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Speaker 3: I never know preseason your offensive ratio defensive, Adam.

782
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Speaker 1: Other than lockdown defense, what are you looking for in

783
00:39:07,519 --> 00:39:09,960
this in the preseason.

784
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:11,679
Speaker 3: Game, I'd like to see Kobe Brown play better. To

785
00:39:11,679 --> 00:39:14,280
be honest, guys, he didn't take a shot last game.

786
00:39:14,519 --> 00:39:15,280
Speaker 1: I'm okay with that.

787
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:19,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, he didn't play many minutes, but a reason for that.

788
00:39:20,199 --> 00:39:26,079
Kobe Brown, his play has been up and down. I

789
00:39:26,119 --> 00:39:30,639
wouldn't call him a jump I would like to see

790
00:39:30,679 --> 00:39:35,280
a good chunk of minutes go his way. Maybe he's

791
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,599
in the starting lineup with Jordan Miller. They get the

792
00:39:37,599 --> 00:39:41,119
summer league guys out there and some run and I

793
00:39:41,239 --> 00:39:43,280
just want to see him be more aggressive with his

794
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:48,400
offense because he's not putting him up enough from downtown.

795
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,800
I think he's taken like less than ten threes in

796
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:56,239
the preseason, and I don't know, like he has both

797
00:39:56,239 --> 00:39:58,360
these guys at Turney twenty five, he and Jordan Miller

798
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,119
by the end of this year. Somebody has to show

799
00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:03,639
something now. I don't know if he's going to get

800
00:40:03,679 --> 00:40:06,679
his ten game sample size if he doesn't show a

801
00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:09,440
little bit more right now in the preseason, it hasn't

802
00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,960
been awful, but it just he hasn't popped at all,

803
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:13,119
and I have.

804
00:40:13,039 --> 00:40:16,079
Speaker 1: To imagine that. But Tom is not playing Thursday. Hell no,

805
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:19,119
So Kobe has a chance to maybe start at that

806
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:24,360
four spot. Yeah, I don't know, Will, what are you

807
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,639
most excited about? What are you dreading?

808
00:40:27,679 --> 00:40:31,559
Speaker 3: Then the defensive rating going up?

809
00:40:33,159 --> 00:40:35,039
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm putting a lot. I'm putting all my stock

810
00:40:35,119 --> 00:40:35,400
in that.

811
00:40:37,159 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 1: This was our year based on the preseason defensive rate.

812
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:45,440
I think KPJ. I mean KPJ is going to get

813
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:49,960
a chance to Yeah, I hope I'll look offensively, it's like, yeah,

814
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,960
he can he can make difficult shots watching KPJ. If

815
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,639
he can come in and kind of like make good decisions,

816
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:58,800
watch the fouls, that kind of stuff, that he's gonna

817
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:01,960
get a chance to showcase that. Because again, what about Christy.

818
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:04,920
Speaker 3: I like that he hasn't played much.

819
00:41:05,519 --> 00:41:08,119
Speaker 2: Yes, this is gonna be Yeah, this is gonna be

820
00:41:08,159 --> 00:41:10,719
his biggest stint of the preseason.

821
00:41:10,960 --> 00:41:14,320
Speaker 3: So yeah, he's never afraid to shoot. I love that.

822
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:16,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, get him like fifteen three point attemps.

823
00:41:17,519 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 2: I mean, I get I don't know. I could see

824
00:41:20,039 --> 00:41:22,679
him being a rotational player, maybe not this season, but

825
00:41:23,199 --> 00:41:26,199
he's the potential, is there unquestionably?

826
00:41:26,559 --> 00:41:29,760
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, gain some weight, get some time in the

827
00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:33,239
G League. When do they announce? Because okay, so yeah. Also,

828
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,159
Kai Jones we talked about little bit. Kai Jones has

829
00:41:35,199 --> 00:41:40,039
the other two way wrapped up. That's fully his, not

830
00:41:40,159 --> 00:41:42,639
why is it not done yet? That's what I'm confused about.

831
00:41:42,639 --> 00:41:45,840
Are they waiting for his because he's on a ten

832
00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:48,159
right now? Right? No possible.

833
00:41:48,559 --> 00:41:50,559
Speaker 3: I think it is an exhibit ten.

834
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: But hasn't it been more than ten days?

835
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:57,639
Speaker 3: Since other guys are also on days. I don't know.

836
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:02,519
Is the ten a literal ten? Is this some grandfather?

837
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:04,519
Speaker 1: I think he swear at each other after day ten.

838
00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:07,239
They're like, dude, don't worry about it.

839
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 3: It's just like, you know, honorable men, handshake deal.

840
00:42:11,519 --> 00:42:18,039
Speaker 1: They're doing this handshake. Yeah, it'll be very weird. I

841
00:42:18,119 --> 00:42:21,079
don't want anyone to read too much into the final

842
00:42:21,159 --> 00:42:24,880
preseason game, I guess would be what I hope for.

843
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,599
What I do want to see. If you're not following

844
00:42:28,679 --> 00:42:30,840
law Murray on Twitter, which if you're watching the show,

845
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:35,519
you probably should be, Law Murray is trying to organize

846
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:40,280
a pickup game at the outside court before the Thursday game.

847
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:43,039
He tweeted out, Thursday fans coming into it, let's who

848
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,719
quite outside? Is nice? I'm serious.

849
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:49,079
Speaker 2: He's also been doing some phenomenal content on how long

850
00:42:49,119 --> 00:42:51,880
it takes to walk up the stadium. Yeah, I'm loving it.

851
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:52,639
Speaker 1: Good stuff.

852
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 3: He did the fifty one rows at the wall.

853
00:42:54,679 --> 00:42:56,079
Speaker 2: It's very it's important.

854
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,320
Speaker 1: He did it like a minute twelve and he said,

855
00:42:58,360 --> 00:43:01,920
but he's in shape. They gotta do wall races.

856
00:43:03,559 --> 00:43:05,079
Speaker 3: To steep fall if you mess up.

857
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't think they'll be officially sanctioned, but it'll

858
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:08,800
happen for sure.

859
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: I think so. I think if they did officially sanction,

860
00:43:11,599 --> 00:43:13,280
then we're like, hey, it's a quarter break, we have

861
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:16,199
two you know, you got the two staircases, And like,

862
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:18,199
I think if they sanction it makes it safer.

863
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:21,400
Speaker 2: No, there's no way someone There's just no way they

864
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:22,679
would take on that liability.

865
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,159
Speaker 1: What if it's Chucked the Condor versus of another mascot?

866
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, and.

867
00:43:28,599 --> 00:43:31,519
Speaker 1: That we're cooking with cast. How is Chuck the Condor's

868
00:43:31,519 --> 00:43:35,199
performance on into It? Is he instill in pre season mode?

869
00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 3: Gotta be honest, I don't even remember seeing Chuck yesterday.

870
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,480
Was that that locked in? Did he bail or did

871
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:41,840
he have a day off?

872
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 2: Bro Chuck the Condoor, you're saying he's out completely out

873
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:46,599
of the conversation for Mascot of the Year.

874
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 1: Who was the mascot of the year last year? Was

875
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:50,880
it Chuck?

876
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:51,840
Speaker 3: Who votes?

877
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:57,280
Speaker 1: Now? The other mascots, mascots, past mascots who were in

878
00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:57,800
the Hall of Fame?

879
00:43:58,400 --> 00:43:58,480
Speaker 2: Uh?

880
00:43:58,639 --> 00:44:01,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, Chuck the Condor was oh twenty one, twenty two? Yeah,

881
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:02,840
was Struck the Condor?

882
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:03,599
Speaker 3: Well?

883
00:44:03,639 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 1: Obviously did Harry the Hawk?

884
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:13,239
Speaker 2: Oh yeah. The voters seem to like birds.

885
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: Well, in twenty twenty one, it was clutch for the

886
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:23,199
Houston Rockets, as we know, bear because the Rockets because well,

887
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:25,360
of course, but you think of rocket you think of

888
00:44:25,480 --> 00:44:30,559
rockets in Houston, you think of gigantic gray bears. All right,

889
00:44:30,639 --> 00:44:33,960
score prediction for the real freaks? What are we? What

890
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:39,400
are we saying for the final score for this game?

891
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:41,599
Speaker 2: Eight five Clippers?

892
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:48,320
Speaker 1: Oh another another defensive master class from the Clipper. Adam,

893
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:52,199
what do you got? I'm going one to fifteen seventy

894
00:44:52,239 --> 00:44:53,800
five Clippers?

895
00:44:55,079 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 3: I'll go d.

896
00:44:59,079 --> 00:45:00,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're pouring it on, dude.

897
00:45:02,159 --> 00:45:04,159
Speaker 3: Well, you got to show them what's up in the preseason.

898
00:45:04,199 --> 00:45:09,039
That's that's good for your division rivals. Oh yeah, inspiring

899
00:45:09,119 --> 00:45:17,119
play for the pactiv Uh one twelve to ninety eight Clippers. Okay,

900
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:19,679
I love how we are to hold them under one hundred.

901
00:45:20,199 --> 00:45:23,360
Speaker 1: Umm, anything else you want to go over? Clippers Wise,

902
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:26,960
before we send these wonderful folks out on this ball

903
00:45:27,039 --> 00:45:30,719
me Tuesday evening, did.

904
00:45:30,679 --> 00:45:33,280
Speaker 3: I tell you guys Portland has the best defensive rating

905
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:34,239
in the preseason?

906
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:35,280
Speaker 1: Who has the worst?

907
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:37,800
Speaker 3: Actually, that's a good question.

908
00:45:40,079 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 1: It's probably like Boston or something stupid.

909
00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:45,559
Speaker 3: You'll never guess. You'll never guess.

910
00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,280
Speaker 1: Who is seventy six ers, Lakers.

911
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,280
Speaker 3: Fly the Concourds is not going to like this. It

912
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:58,119
would be the New Zealand Breakers.

913
00:45:57,840 --> 00:45:58,400
Speaker 1: That makes sense.

914
00:45:58,519 --> 00:46:02,760
Speaker 3: Garbage at twenty nine points for one hundred possessions.

915
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,159
Speaker 2: Oh yike, God damn.

916
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:07,280
Speaker 3: The next closest team, so that's thirty one. The next

917
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:10,639
closest team the NBA teams would be thirtieth, and that's

918
00:46:10,679 --> 00:46:13,280
the Indiana Pacers at one hundred and sixteen. So they

919
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:18,159
are fifteen points worse dan an NBA team.

920
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:24,880
Speaker 1: All right, that's that's very bad, thinks. So I don't

921
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:26,920
think we're gonna be doing Uh. I will not be

922
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,519
doing a postgame live on Thursday. Unfortunately. Maybe we'll be

923
00:46:30,519 --> 00:46:33,679
on Clippers Talk. That's up to to comrade Adam over

924
00:46:33,719 --> 00:46:37,800
there driving that back Clippers talk ship. We will be

925
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:39,960
back on Friday to talk. Whatever happened in the game

926
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,119
would be in a regular season game one preview on

927
00:46:43,199 --> 00:46:47,280
Monday night because Clippers basketball is just over a week away.

928
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:51,960
If you're listening to this today, it comes out, Yeah, Will,

929
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,639
where could people you know? They're around the water cooler,

930
00:46:54,639 --> 00:46:56,679
and of course all you hear at the water cooler

931
00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,519
is preseason NBA basketball. Who's got the best defensive rating?

932
00:46:59,559 --> 00:47:03,280
Who's what's the vorp situation for the Clippers? Where could

933
00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:05,119
people tell their coworkers to listen to us?

934
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:07,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you'd like to hear more about the sham

935
00:47:07,639 --> 00:47:10,920
Clippers defensive rates and join to Adam Oslin, you should

936
00:47:10,920 --> 00:47:13,320
follow this podcast. Tell your friends to follow this podcast.

937
00:47:13,559 --> 00:47:16,800
You can do that over on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

938
00:47:17,079 --> 00:47:19,159
I think there's like a new thing on Apple podcast

939
00:47:19,199 --> 00:47:21,960
where you can leave comments on the episodes. It's not

940
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:27,199
just limited to ratings and reviews. I believe that's correct anyways,

941
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So check that out. Let me know if I'm wrong. Hey,

942
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leave a one star review. I don't know, don't.

943
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Speaker 1: You can also watch Don't leave a one star review.

944
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Speaker 2: You can also watch this show over over on YouTube,

945
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and there I can confirm that you can comment on

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every single episode. Yeah, Charles and Adam will read your

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comments and definitely respond to them very nicely.

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Speaker 1: For the most part. Someone said that we needed to

949
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treat Kai Jones like giantis. I didn't respond to that one.

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I don't even know what that means.

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Speaker 2: What does that mean?

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Speaker 3: He definitely ain't playing on Thursday.

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Speaker 1: That Yeah, Adam, one positive thing to send these Clippers

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fans out on.

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Speaker 3: You know, Kyle Jones and k KPJ fans were right, Okay.

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Speaker 1: Let's not. I don't know if they're right. It's October fifteen.

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Speaker 3: We are getting bodied boys. Uh. I agree with what

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Will said. Despite the defensive rating truth or investigation like,

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it's the principles, it's the traits. It's the habits they're

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building right now that you can see. They have the

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personnel and they're leaning in to using them and not

962
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doing round square peg, round hole type of stuff. They're

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actually trying to, uh play to their personnel and get

964
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the right guys that can play this Jeff fan and

965
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gone to the aggressive attacking defense where we'll see maybe

966
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less drop this season. I think and less switching this season,

967
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going to Justin Russo. I love it. I love defensive

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guys like this because Patrick Beverley was one of my

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favorite Clippers of all time, one of my favorite players.

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They got a new one now and Chris Dunn, and

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they got a guy in Derek Jones Junior who he's

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intimidating just the way he talks. He's such a low talker.

973
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He's like, damn, this guy serious, Like he wants Defensive

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Player of the Year. He wants to be first or

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second team All Defense. This guy is not resting on

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his laurels just because he got paid a real contract.

977
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It isn't on a veteran's minimum anymore. He's a badass.

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So I'm excited for this group's defensive potential, not just

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because we're going for.

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Speaker 1: All the defensive Clippers heads out there, this is your year,

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and funnily enough, it is the Clippers year as a whole.

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We'll be back for y'all on Friday night, and as always,