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Speaker 2: At follow Adam a Adam Ousley Well at Green Ranger.
Speaker 2: Candle still has some wax on it as Kawhi almost
Speaker 2: wax the Lakers with his thirty three on twenty three shots,
Speaker 2: his best performance of the season in Game twenty for him,
Speaker 2: but the Clippers still fall to the Lakers one o
Speaker 2: eight to one oh two in a miserable shooting game.
Speaker 2: From just about everybody else on the squad, welcome in.
Speaker 2: It's clipperstock. I'm Adam Moslin. Eight six six nine eight
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy eight six six ninety seven two
Speaker 2: five seventy is the phone number. This is not Clippers
Speaker 2: Talk after dark yet, So if you do call in,
Speaker 2: we're on the radio. Keep it PG. It is a
Speaker 2: loss at the end of the day, my man, it
Speaker 2: is a loss. Are there more important things that I
Speaker 2: saw in this game. To me, that tell you about
Speaker 2: the Clippers' long term health. Yeah. I saw Kawhi Leonard
Speaker 2: tonight for the first time this season. I really saw
Speaker 2: Kawhi Leonard, the version of Kawhi they need to have
Speaker 2: success moving forward. They played through Kawhi thirty three on
Speaker 2: twenty three shots is ridiculous efficiency. He outplayed Lebron, he
Speaker 2: outplayed Luca. The difference. The Clippers didn't have a Dalton
Speaker 2: connect who went five of eight unbelievably, They didn't have
Speaker 2: a guy like Shake Milton go two of two from
Speaker 2: three in his eight minutes timely shots. Niko goes two
Speaker 2: of three. I thought he played well. Bogdanovich ended up
Speaker 2: four for eleven after I think he started one of
Speaker 2: six from the outside. James Harden went two of nine
Speaker 2: after going five of twenty two Friday night, he goes
Speaker 2: four to fourteen. He shot twenty five percent on nine
Speaker 2: of thirty six shooting in these two games against the Lakers.
Speaker 2: That is inexcusable. That's not good enough, and it is
Speaker 2: brutal to watch a guy miss wide open three after
Speaker 2: wide open three late. Chris Dunn went one of five
Speaker 2: from three. But I'm not put place in any blame
Speaker 2: on him. He was incredible and gave him a chance late.
Speaker 2: That steel on Luka Doncic was insane. Avitza Zubats I'm
Speaker 2: not blaming him. He only got nine shots up, five
Speaker 2: of nine, twelve points. How does he get nine shots up?
Speaker 2: This is the game to me? The second quarter, Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm going back that far. Why do you think the
Speaker 2: Clippers got down? It could have been worse. Their defense
Speaker 2: was stellar, guys. I know a lot of people in
Speaker 2: here will just sum it up to a loss and
Speaker 2: say everything sucked, everybody sucks. No, there are good things
Speaker 2: and bad things that happen. There are good plays and
Speaker 2: good players and good performances. Even in losses. We're gonna
Speaker 2: actually go through the details of what happened. Because their defense,
Speaker 2: again was great. Some of those threes that Dalton connect made,
Speaker 2: guys were right there. One hundred and eight points is
Speaker 2: nothing to give up. Their defense kept them in the game,
Speaker 2: It got them back into it. It made things interesting.
Speaker 2: More than interesting, The Lakers almost blew it. There was
Speaker 2: a twenty five to nine run at one point in
Speaker 2: the second half over a seven minute, thirty second period
Speaker 2: where the Clippers outscore from twenty five to nine. But
Speaker 2: the seven thirty period I want to talk about. To
Speaker 2: be exact, seven thirty four was at the end of
Speaker 2: the second quarter. Kawhi hits a jumper. Kawhi had I
Speaker 2: want to say, nine points in the second. He was cooking.
Speaker 2: He was aggressive, he was assertive, he was moving well,
Speaker 2: he looked great, and I was on the edge of
Speaker 2: my seat, going, oh, this is the Kawhi Leonard I've
Speaker 2: been waiting for. We go as the joker would say,
Speaker 2: that's the koy I need to see. But he goes
Speaker 2: out of the ballgame after a timeout at the six
Speaker 2: twenty four mark. So he was out there during part
Speaker 2: of the period where they went iice cold. Where they
Speaker 2: went over the last seven minutes and thirty four seconds
Speaker 2: of the second quarter, That is hard to do, honestly,
Speaker 2: that is a rarity. They went over their last eleven
Speaker 2: shots with three turnovers in their last fourteen possessions of
Speaker 2: that second quarter, and a lot of those shots were
Speaker 2: missed by Bogey. Unfortunately. As much as it helped out
Speaker 2: late that he hit a couple of three pointers, he
Speaker 2: was brutal during this stretch. You go through the game log,
Speaker 2: you see Bogey miss Lebron turnover. Bogie miss time out.
Speaker 2: Now Kawhi is out of the game. Next shot by
Speaker 2: the Clippers, Bogie miss three. Next shot by the Clippers,
Speaker 2: Bogey miss three. He missed four straight shots after that.
Speaker 2: Kawhi jumper had him down one at forty four to
Speaker 2: forty three. They would not score another bucket, and Bogie
Speaker 2: took the next four shots, missed them all. He gets
Speaker 2: taken out for Jordan Miller. Niko Batoum gets taken out
Speaker 2: for Kobe Brown. Coach lou is looking for anything. Congrats
Speaker 2: again to Jordan Miller, four year contract, eight point three million.
Speaker 2: So who gets the next shot? Well, the Clippers have
Speaker 2: some turnovers, Big Zoo turnover, James Harden turnover. I mean
Speaker 2: they can't even get a shot up. Kobe Brown misses
Speaker 2: a layup going to his right. James Harden has a turnover.
Speaker 2: Kawhi comes back in around the three minute mark. Now
Speaker 2: Kawi's cold. He misses a twenty footer. Jordan Miller misses
Speaker 2: a three full timeout. It's fifty four to forty three.
Speaker 2: Clippers haven't scored out of timeout. James Harden misses a three.
Speaker 2: I think that was a good look. Kawhi missus a three.
Speaker 2: I don't even this is hard to look at this
Speaker 2: game log. Right now, Kawhi miss is another jumper that
Speaker 2: would end the first half, and the Clippers are down thirteen.
Speaker 2: They were down one at the seven thirty five mark
Speaker 2: when Kawhi gets a bucket. They don't score again in
Speaker 2: the last seven minutes and thirty four seconds of the
Speaker 2: second quarter. It's unbelievable. That's the game. I mean, the
Speaker 2: Clippers still had their chances late, and I will say
Speaker 2: that possession where Lebron hit a three after four opportunities
Speaker 2: late by the Lakers because Van do Do kept getting offensive rebounds.
Speaker 2: That was brutal. So even though I'm damn proud of
Speaker 2: the Clippers battling back and not giving in, that can't happen. Obviously,
Speaker 2: their comeback comes up short. Kawhi's best game of the
Speaker 2: season ends in a loss anyways, to the Lakers. I'm
Speaker 2: trying to see when that Lebron James three pointer happened,
Speaker 2: because it was truly incredible how many extra opportunities they got.
Speaker 2: It was ninety three to eighty eight. The Clippers are
Speaker 2: down five after a Vitza Zubats actually got a touch
Speaker 2: and made a hook shot. I think that was a
Speaker 2: spinning floater over Lebron. Lakers call a time out, Lebron
Speaker 2: miss jumper, Vanda offensive rebound, Lebron miss jumper. Jemison offensive rebound,
Speaker 2: Lebron miss three vand do offensive rebound. Lebron made three.
Speaker 2: Five point game goes to eight. That's at the seven
Speaker 2: minute mark of the fourth quarter. Clippers get battling. They
Speaker 2: get down eleven. After Luca goes to the line. Kawhi
Speaker 2: brings it back to nine. Hits a jumper, looks smooth
Speaker 2: with it. Aviatsa Zubats gets a dunk. They're down by seven.
Speaker 2: Dalton connect three. At the five thirteen mark, they're back
Speaker 2: up ten. James Harden gets one to go a floater,
Speaker 2: but then misses a three pointer. Was not his night,
Speaker 2: was not his weekend. Chris Dunn was better than him offensively.
Speaker 2: He got a floater to go and they're down eleven
Speaker 2: at the three to zero six mark after a Luca
Speaker 2: tough fallaway, and I thought that was it. I thought
Speaker 2: that was the game. But Bog hits a three, then
Speaker 2: Kawhi hits a three. It's a five point game with
Speaker 2: one forty left one seven, one o two. Vincent misses
Speaker 2: a three, Boge misses the three, Chris Donne missed a three.
Speaker 2: After Bogey got his own miss gave it to him
Speaker 2: and Done did miss a couple down the stretch. They
Speaker 2: left him open, and then you have the turnover by Luca.
Speaker 2: Chris Dune gets the steel is out in transition, and
Speaker 2: I thought it was a goaltet initially, and Carlo and
Speaker 2: I are both talking about it. I saw a goaltend.
Speaker 2: Now maybe I'm wearing Clipper's rose colored glasses, but we
Speaker 2: try to be honest about how we think the review
Speaker 2: is gonna go so we can get ready for the
Speaker 2: next play. Now, Kawhi came down with the rebound afterwards
Speaker 2: off of what apparently was a good block. They reviewed it,
Speaker 2: it took forever. They went to secaucas and Lebron apparently
Speaker 2: got the chase down on Chris Dunn, but it was
Speaker 2: Clippers ball because Kawhi ended up with it. He misses
Speaker 2: a jumper, Chris Dune gets the offensive rebound, Bogie misses
Speaker 2: a three. Lakers hold on to win one O eight
Speaker 2: to one oh two. Lebron was having an off game,
Speaker 2: Kawhi outplayed him. And Luca. It was right there for
Speaker 2: a classic Clippers comeback. James Harden has another miserable shooting
Speaker 2: game and the Clippers can't take advantage of the best
Speaker 2: game from Kawhi Leonard. It's like one thing. If it's
Speaker 2: not one thing, it's another. Kawhi looks like himself, looks great,
Speaker 2: and you can't capitalize on that. It was James Harden.
Speaker 2: Now what shot twenty five percent the last two games.
Speaker 2: It's not one thing, it's another. Their defense was really
Speaker 2: good again. Their offense seven and a half mint is scoreless.
Speaker 2: We'll take one call and we'll take a break. Demetrius
Speaker 2: and Manhattan beach here on Clipper stop without them Moussel
Speaker 2: after they lose one O eight to one O two
Speaker 2: to the Lakers.
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, Adam, I didn't get a chance to speak
Speaker 4: to you. I just wanted to hear your voice the
Speaker 4: last game. I just got two parts to this that
Speaker 4: I wanted to mention the last game I didn't get
Speaker 4: an opportunity to wanted to say the last game when
Speaker 4: we spoke about James Harden and it's brutal, brutal shooting.
Speaker 4: But I also want to talk about when they mentioned
Speaker 4: that Kawhi Leonard was just the role player. I just
Speaker 4: want to recap and let everybody know that Kawhi Leonard
Speaker 4: have been playing safeball, which is real safeball and kere football.
Speaker 4: This is the reason why he hasn't really pressed an
Speaker 4: issue because he really don't want to get injured. He
Speaker 4: really want to get to the playoffs. But the urgency
Speaker 4: is so high. Now you actually got the urgency from
Speaker 4: him tonight, which you would then get for the rest
Speaker 4: of the season. But again, he had been playing kereful
Speaker 4: ball all throughout his last what twenty games or so,
Speaker 4: so he's ramping it up now he knows the urgency
Speaker 4: is there, so now you will get Kawhi Leonard at
Speaker 4: his very best. Now moving to the game tonight, I
Speaker 4: thought Zubos with his only nine shots, I me and
Speaker 4: you on the same page there.
Speaker 2: For everybody is everybody's on the same page with the
Speaker 2: Vita Zubos, But apparently his teammates sometimes I know it's
Speaker 2: not as easy as dumping it into him, Demetrius, because
Speaker 2: the Lakers have been great defensively last fifteen games, best
Speaker 2: defense in the league. They're doing it while playing small
Speaker 2: guys are scrambling, they're collapsing on you. But nine shots
Speaker 2: is not good enough in a game where you can't score.
Speaker 4: And right, and let me just say this, kudos to
Speaker 4: the Lakers. Yeah, they have the plan. Give JJ Reddick
Speaker 4: all the credit in the world, but all they doing
Speaker 4: is boxing, botching, making you shoot shots but again and
Speaker 4: making threes.
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, it's a good point.
Speaker 4: They've been real good. But listen, it comes down to
Speaker 4: our tylu the st the coaching staff and everybody to
Speaker 4: get his guys ready to know. We've seen this over
Speaker 4: the last fifteen to twenty games with the Lakers. Okay,
Speaker 4: what I did like tonight, Like I said again, James
Speaker 4: Harden were acting a lot of him. We talked about this.
Speaker 4: He's thirty five, thirty six years old. I mean, what
Speaker 4: do you expect. I mean, the guy he has, He's
Speaker 4: got thousands and thousands phil them we break.
Speaker 2: I agree with you. His usage rating has been way
Speaker 2: too high. He's been over text. He plays fifty minutes
Speaker 2: on the second NIF of back to back. All that
Speaker 2: can excuse this, but it's back to back games with
Speaker 2: the day off in between, and he just he has
Speaker 2: to be better than this. He can't. He can't go
Speaker 2: nine to thirty six over two games. Oh yeah, he can't.
Speaker 2: So not against the Lakers if you're gonna win.
Speaker 4: And what I think again, Adam is with James Harden Yo.
Speaker 4: He has to be better. I mean he's he has
Speaker 4: to be better. But again, I would like to see
Speaker 4: the urgency. I love the fact, like I agree with
Speaker 4: you as a loss, you know, and since the urgency.
Speaker 4: But I'll bring some likes at the end of the
Speaker 4: tunnel here. I would like to see the urgency they
Speaker 4: had in the fourth quarter last game, the fourth quarter
Speaker 4: of this game, they've shown some urgency. They need to
Speaker 4: come out with that spart at the first of the
Speaker 4: game and again to go seven minutes. So whatever it
Speaker 4: was in the second quarter, I would like to see
Speaker 4: bot On. I think he's shooting the ball too much.
Speaker 4: I think, ty lwe need to have a come to
Speaker 4: Jesus moment with him.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, the problem is they have told him the
Speaker 2: exact opposite. They have told him. Here's the problem. Norman
Speaker 2: Palell goes out, I appreciate the phone call, Demetrius, and
Speaker 2: I'm with you, believe me, and we'll talk again on Tuesday.
Speaker 2: I'm sure but we gotta take a time out here.
Speaker 2: Here's the problem. You get ready for this game, and
Speaker 2: all the talk is Norman Pal's back. normOn Pal's back.
Speaker 2: He's their shooter. You look at the numbers they were
Speaker 2: heading into this game. I think I saw the last
Speaker 2: fourteen games without Norman Palell. There was something like five
Speaker 2: and nine. They were also shooting four percent lower from
Speaker 2: three without Norman Powell, he provides the spacing. Without him,
Speaker 2: you have to play Bogie. You don't have many options.
Speaker 2: So they're telling him, you got to figure this out.
Speaker 2: Bodn keep firing because we don't have anywhere else to
Speaker 2: go for shooting. This is it now. Mirror doesn't take
Speaker 2: a shot in twenty two minutes, which is wild to me.
Speaker 2: But Bogie at least I ended up going four of
Speaker 2: eleven from three. I'm gonna start off maybe one for six,
Speaker 2: maybe worse. But I'm telling you without Norman Powell and
Speaker 2: who now knows how long he's out with a hamstring injury,
Speaker 2: now they don't have options. Bogie has to get it going.
Speaker 2: They don't have anywhere else to turn. He's a shooter.
Speaker 2: This is what he does. But he's having a bad
Speaker 2: year like at times he's missing like it's like Steve
Speaker 2: Sack's trying to throw the first It seems so mental
Speaker 2: with him right now. Once again, he missed back to
Speaker 2: back three pointers at one point in the second half,
Speaker 2: wide open looks and he kind of like shrugs his shoulders,
Speaker 2: points at his head like he can't he can't get
Speaker 2: him to go. He at least made a couple after that.
Speaker 2: We'll see where it goes from here. Clippers still lose
Speaker 2: one away to one oh two to the Lakers. I'm
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Speaker 2: The Clippers came into this game shooting the worst percentage
Speaker 2: from three against the Lakers this season of any team
Speaker 2: in three games, at twenty nine point six percent from three.
Speaker 2: They shoot twelve of thirty nine this game thirty point
Speaker 2: eight percent from three. That's the difference. Lakers hit six
Speaker 2: more three pointers. They go forty three percent from three,
Speaker 2: Clippers go thirty one percent. But all this talk Bogey's trash.
Speaker 2: Get Bogie out of here. Bogey's thirty two. He's not injured.
Speaker 2: He's talked about postgame. That is in his head. That's
Speaker 2: what This is. A shooting funk, a shooting slump, and
Speaker 2: four to eleven from three is not abysmal, by the way,
Speaker 2: where he ended up at that's thirty six percent. Let's
Speaker 2: hope he can build off this because guys, there's no
Speaker 2: other option. There's nowhere to turn if Norm Pale is
Speaker 2: still out Ryan in Santa Anna, you're on Clipper side
Speaker 2: without a males one after they fall one away to one,
Speaker 2: o two to the Lakers.
Speaker 5: Hey, Adam, that eighties throwback of Steve Stats has been crazy.
Speaker 2: But I mean it's felt like that with Bogey. The
Speaker 2: funk is that deep.
Speaker 5: I agree with you. I go back and forth with
Speaker 5: Bogey Bogie. I love it because he doesn't he's he's
Speaker 5: he's nemo. He like forgets about it. He keeps on moving,
Speaker 5: And I love that because he's gonna get it right.
Speaker 5: It's gonna be okay. Sure, Yeah, looked great.
Speaker 2: I need to update something real quick my friend Justin
Speaker 2: Russo just put this out that Norm Powell left the
Speaker 2: arena after tonight's game with a noticeable limp. He only
Speaker 2: played those nine minutes. He left with right hamstring soreness.
Speaker 2: Continue on.
Speaker 5: The problems just got a little bit bigger. If Norm's
Speaker 5: going to be out for.
Speaker 2: Well, he's gonna be that. That's why they kept Bogie
Speaker 2: out there. The reason Bogie played the entire third quarter
Speaker 2: and they just kept imploring him shoot it. You have
Speaker 2: to shoot it. No, they don't have they.
Speaker 5: Don't have options. Yeah, I get it, like he needs
Speaker 5: to he needs to be in there. I mean, you're
Speaker 5: not going to do it. And Bogey that had to
Speaker 5: do it, and he's capable of doing it. It's just
Speaker 5: mental Kawi. Look vintage. I cooked him on the other night,
Speaker 5: but he looked great. I just wish that he had
Speaker 5: a little he had a bat he had a robin
Speaker 5: to his batman because done looked great. He did the
Speaker 5: defensive part. But we needed somebody else.
Speaker 2: You know what The other problem was in this game, Ryan,
Speaker 2: They were also missing Ben Simmons. I know we didn't
Speaker 2: play great Friday, but I wanted to see him in
Speaker 2: this game because Lakers go small a lot. This is
Speaker 2: a good opportunity for him. He's day to day with
Speaker 2: a knee injury, and we did find out till you know,
Speaker 2: earlier today that he was going to be out.
Speaker 5: We keep going Ben Simon to somebody who's Ben Simon
Speaker 5: to someone who's capable of Guardian Luca as well. So
Speaker 5: if you have Luca, I'm sorry. If you have Ben
Speaker 5: and you have Kawhi out there, they're capable of guarding
Speaker 5: Lebron and Luca. So it gives it a good, good
Speaker 5: defensive lineup. But yeah, I think our problems are bigger
Speaker 5: than this just this game, but.
Speaker 2: Because because the injuries. I mean, I'd feel a lot
Speaker 2: better if they were healthy. But now guys are going
Speaker 2: to be dropping life flies with But with norm Palell
Speaker 2: being out, they need more from both. With Ben Simmons
Speaker 2: being out, who they just got, Like what I said
Speaker 2: on X was Kawhi. It's time carry them. He did
Speaker 2: his part. He did his part, but James Harden had
Speaker 2: to be better than this. And I appreciate the phone
Speaker 2: call Ryan, and if he was, the Clippers likely win
Speaker 2: this game. I'm not putting it on one guy, but
Speaker 2: over two games, he went nine of thirty six shot
Speaker 2: twenty five percent and had a really good look late.
Speaker 2: I'm glad he kept firing. But look, the biggest takeaway
Speaker 2: from this game is not the loss.
Speaker 1: To me.
Speaker 2: It's not because the big picture is is Kawhi going
Speaker 2: to ever get back to being Kawhi?
Speaker 5: Well?
Speaker 2: Tonight he was in forty minutes thirty three on twenty
Speaker 2: three shots. Rick in Malibu before we take a break here, Rick,
Speaker 2: what's up here on Clipper stock with out of Mazland.
Speaker 6: Yeah, hey, Adam obviously disappointed tonight, but I've held off
Speaker 6: calling a bit of I grew up as a Lakers fan.
Speaker 2: During the cut, this guy off right now, Okay, I'm
Speaker 2: just kidding.
Speaker 6: I'm just kidding. And then I switched to the Clippers.
Speaker 2: Oh wow, Saul turned into Paul.
Speaker 6: I like it decades ago. But what I watched with
Speaker 6: the Clippers is it's about time that we all listen
Speaker 6: to college. We're not good enough. We just don't have
Speaker 6: the horses. We don't make the trades. We don't trade.
Speaker 2: What trade?
Speaker 6: Championship team? We trade?
Speaker 2: What trade? Give me the trade, Give me the actual trade.
Speaker 2: Don't talk about hypotheticals.
Speaker 6: What do you got we gave away Norman Pown. We
Speaker 6: gave a Norman Powell and pot and and Porter Junior
Speaker 6: got nothing for them, I mean.
Speaker 2: Give away normal. What are you talking about?
Speaker 6: What we get for Norman Powell? I'm not for I'm
Speaker 6: talking about Terrence Man. Excuse me, Terrence Man, excuse me.
Speaker 2: They got Bogie, three second round picks and a guy
Speaker 2: who's on a contract one less year than team Man,
Speaker 2: so they'll have more cap space in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 6: Let me reverse, right, do you think do you think
Speaker 6: that this team is built for a championship?
Speaker 2: I think with the Kolia saw tonight, they can compete
Speaker 2: if they get healthy against most teams in the Western Conference.
Speaker 6: We do you think they can compete? That's exactly my point.
Speaker 2: Oh I'm sorry, Rick, Do you think there's a guaranteed
Speaker 2: team with a championship?
Speaker 6: No, no, no, no, no, no no no, that's not
Speaker 6: what I'm saying. I'll be built for a championship. I
Speaker 6: mean I watched the Lakers. Lakers had a good team
Speaker 6: all year long. They couldn't win, but they constantly are
Speaker 6: making trades.
Speaker 2: They got lucky, Rick, They got Luca headed to a
Speaker 2: little silver platter to revive the franchise is the biggest
Speaker 2: trade history. That's not normal. And you're gonna criticize the Clippers.
Speaker 2: Why didn't they get a Luka dancs.
Speaker 6: Craziest, That's that's not what I'm saying. Of course it
Speaker 6: was a crazy trade. It was crazy.
Speaker 2: So you're in you're gonna give the Lakers credit because
Speaker 2: Nico Harrison handed them, because Nico Harrison handed them. No,
Speaker 2: they did get something. They got Chris Dunn, they got
Speaker 2: DJ they got Nico Batoum back, and they got under
Speaker 2: the the first apron. That's not nothing.
Speaker 6: Clippers don't. The Clippers aren't trading to win a championship.
Speaker 6: They just aren't Rick wrecked.
Speaker 2: You know what they're not doing. You know what they're
Speaker 2: not doing, Rick, Rick, how about this. I'll let you talk.
Speaker 2: I'll let you talk and then and then and I
Speaker 2: can respond. So, Rick, you got twenty seconds, go ahead,
Speaker 2: So what you want to say?
Speaker 6: I thought you were going.
Speaker 2: Okay, i'll go, I'll go, I'll go, I'll go. What
Speaker 2: they're not doing is quadrupling down on an era that
Speaker 2: has been disappointing because of injuries and things outside their control,
Speaker 2: with Kawhi Leonard not being able to stay healthy. Because
Speaker 2: if they went out there and made a big move
Speaker 2: right now, let's say if they had brought in Jimmy
Speaker 2: Butler or Zach Lavine, the guys that were available, the
Speaker 2: big names. Let's say they did that right and you'd
Speaker 2: be calling and be like, Okay, they're making moves, they're trying.
Speaker 2: But then let's say Kawhi's right knee swells up. Will
Speaker 2: did that big move do anything for him other than
Speaker 2: set them back even further. No, So you don't know
Speaker 2: if Kawhi can stay healthy from game to game, from
Speaker 2: day to day. So why would you go all in,
Speaker 2: trade more future assets, trade the last first round pick
Speaker 2: you have for something that the last four years we've
Speaker 2: seen over and over again. Unfortunately Kawhi can't stay healthy.
Speaker 2: You're gonna bet, like on bringing in guys that have big,
Speaker 2: bloated contracts, and then it takes away from you bringing
Speaker 2: in free agents in twenty twenty six when they're gonna
Speaker 2: have seventy million dollars to play with. Why would you
Speaker 2: do that?
Speaker 6: I disagree with nothing you just said, Well.
Speaker 2: Then you disagree with yourself, because that's the that's the
Speaker 2: game from this front office, that's.
Speaker 6: It I appreciate that. So when we started the season,
Speaker 6: I like the fact that we're building a team that's
Speaker 6: different the way the Lakers than the Lakers build their team.
Speaker 6: We're building a great defensive team and it's fun to watch,
Speaker 6: and our guys can defend, but every once in a while,
Speaker 6: they got to be able to hit a shot. Now,
Speaker 6: you had a great defender in Terrence Mann. I don't
Speaker 6: know what his problem was this year. He looked like
Speaker 6: he was just distracted. I don't know what was going
Speaker 6: on in his personal life. Maybe it was something, maybe
Speaker 6: it wasn't, but he was He's a great defender, lots
Speaker 6: of energy, and he can shoot and score. Chris Dunn
Speaker 6: is a tremendous pick up a bogey. I like his offense.
Speaker 6: We're not but we're not building to win a championship
Speaker 6: right build around there, and I understand that we have
Speaker 6: players who we have to put under museum glass. I
Speaker 6: get that Norman Palace fragile, Kawaiia's fragile, Paul George's fragile.
Speaker 6: We tend to get all the guys that you got
Speaker 6: to put under under the museum glass and protect them.
Speaker 6: And that's a problem. And I don't know how you
Speaker 6: you how you deal around that. You know, friends of
Speaker 6: mine and we've been talking for years, and I know
Speaker 6: you've been disagreeing with it years ago when Kawhi was
Speaker 6: still still valuable. You can't How does tylu coach a
Speaker 6: team when he never knows who is starting five? Is
Speaker 6: it's almost impossible.
Speaker 2: What was your solution because you just said, I don't
Speaker 2: know what we do. Yeah, but you're criticizing now.
Speaker 6: But okay, I'll tell you what I know. I'll tell
Speaker 6: you what I know. What I know is I watched
Speaker 6: the Lakers pick up Hashimura for nothing. I watched him
Speaker 6: then pick up gave Vincent. I watched him pick up
Speaker 6: a lot of ballplayers Lakers.
Speaker 5: Like.
Speaker 6: I understand, I understand anyone. And they wanted to get
Speaker 6: rid of the guy who's shooting. I understand that. But
Speaker 6: they do have eight or nine shooters.
Speaker 2: Gone until they just had Luka Doncic handed to them
Speaker 2: on a silver platter ring. So comparing them to the Lakers,
Speaker 2: I think is a little bit unfair because they.
Speaker 6: The reason why they do that over the Laker organization
Speaker 6: is because they they every year try to build for
Speaker 6: a championship team. So They're satisfied with nothing. You have
Speaker 6: their prima donnas. You have. They complain they're obno, most
Speaker 6: obnoxious fans in the NBA. They got the biggest cry
Speaker 6: babies in the NBA on that team. You know, you
Speaker 6: stand anywhere near Luca or Lebron to get called for
Speaker 6: a foul. I get that. But the point is that
Speaker 6: organization builds to win a championship, which is why they're
Speaker 6: satisfied with nothing less. We're happy when we hit sit.
Speaker 2: All I've heard, all I've heard the last two seasons
Speaker 2: is that the Lakers are being hoarders. They're not using
Speaker 2: their picks, they're not making big moves. That is all
Speaker 2: I have heard from Lakers fans who will confirm this.
Speaker 2: And then they just left into getting Luka Doncic out
Speaker 2: of nowhere.
Speaker 6: They're a pretty good team without Luca. They're pretty good
Speaker 6: team without Luca before Luca. They want to how many
Speaker 6: games that they went after they got rid of a
Speaker 6: d before Luca came in four games they.
Speaker 2: Got rid of ads for Luca.
Speaker 6: So I understand that, and and and there was a
Speaker 6: there was a lad A. He didn't play the last
Speaker 6: game when he was at the Lakers and the first
Speaker 6: three before Luca came in. The Lakers won four straight
Speaker 6: before Luca got on.
Speaker 2: The court, and they were going nowhere fast until they
Speaker 2: ended up getting a top five player in the league
Speaker 2: handed to them on a silver platter in the craziest
Speaker 2: trade that has happening four straight. Oh, I guess their
Speaker 2: championship contrade.
Speaker 6: Craziest trade ever. Lakers always neemed to get the trade.
Speaker 6: It's part of the NBA. It's it's why it's a corrupting.
Speaker 2: I appreciate you. I gotta take a time out. You
Speaker 2: haven't exactly offered a.
Speaker 5: Real solutions.
Speaker 2: I'm not an owner, but I mean I need a
Speaker 2: realistic solution. If you're going to criticize someone, can you
Speaker 2: offer a realistic solution.
Speaker 6: No, I'm not chrisy All saying we're.
Speaker 2: Not doing anything. I tell you what the game plan
Speaker 2: is from the Clippers and why they weren't making these
Speaker 2: big swing moves for guys when you don't know if
Speaker 2: Kawhi can stay healthy.
Speaker 6: I think I offered that out championship All right, Rick.
Speaker 2: I appreciate the phone call. We'll take a quick time out.
Speaker 2: We'll come back. Yeah, we'll probably do some Clippers stock
Speaker 2: after dark amount a Mouslin. Clippers lose to the Lakers,
Speaker 2: people freak it out. I'm sorry they didn't mortgage their
Speaker 2: entire future for guys that wouldn't be able to help
Speaker 2: them within a championship. I mean, it would have been
Speaker 2: cool if the Clippers and Nico Harrison called them about
Speaker 2: Luka Doncic, but that didn't happen. This is Sela Sports.
Speaker 3: Throws it up, goin no finishes in the fowl Los
Speaker 3: Angeles Slipper Nation.
Speaker 1: This is your home for the LA Clippers. LA Clippers.
Speaker 1: Take us with you on the Ihearts radioip.
Speaker 2: Clippers lose one O eight to one O two to
Speaker 2: the Lakers. Kawhi is thirty three and looks great. Some
Speaker 2: people just want to call in yell at the Clippers,
Speaker 2: oh we're not competing for a championship, but offer no
Speaker 2: on how that could happen. It's unfortunate. I know the
Speaker 2: Lakers got Luca out of nowhere, they got Lucky. Was
Speaker 2: that good process for them getting Luca?
Speaker 4: What?
Speaker 2: Because Rob Polenka had a relationship with Nico Harrison, he thought,
Speaker 2: you know what, that's not that crazy of an idea.
Speaker 2: Maybe I will tread you guys, Luca, I wish he
Speaker 2: did that to the Clippers who didn't happen. But you
Speaker 2: have to have actual solutions here if you're just going
Speaker 2: to criticize without any solutions, like and I gave. I
Speaker 2: gave Rick all the time in the world's let him
Speaker 2: talk like I literally had to say, Okay, I'll talk
Speaker 2: that you taught. We go back and forth, he keeps talking.
Speaker 2: It's difficult to have a conversation with a guy who
Speaker 2: keeps saying the same thing. I asked him the same
Speaker 2: question over and over again. What's your solution? He doesn't
Speaker 2: have any. I don't know what you want. I'll tell
Speaker 2: you a quick time out. I know it's frustrating. Two
Speaker 2: games lost to the Lakers, two games that were winnable
Speaker 2: over the weekend. Clippers lose by six this time. Good
Speaker 2: news is Kawhi Leonard looked much better. I mana ma's
Speaker 2: and you're listening to M five seven LA Sports.
Speaker 1: He throws it up.
Speaker 3: The window finishes in the fowl Los Angeles Slipper Nation.
Speaker 1: This is your home for the LA Clippers. LA Clippers.
Speaker 1: Take us with you on the Ihearts radio.
Speaker 2: AIP Clippers lose to the Lakers one to wait till
Speaker 2: one O two. We'll do Clippers Talk after dark at
Speaker 2: Clippers Talk on the YouTube side for you guys. There's
Speaker 2: still much to unpack here. Some are saying Rick was
Speaker 2: a plant. He was actually a Lakers fan trying to
Speaker 2: point how awesome their franchise is.
Speaker 6: Its great.
Speaker 2: They got Luca, they lucked out. I grass them. I'm happy.
Speaker 2: Kawhi Leonard had thirty three in his forty minutes on
Speaker 2: twenty three shots. He outplayed Luca and Lebron. Unfortunately, Clippers
Speaker 2: didn't get enough from some of the other guys. We'll
Speaker 2: see how they bounce back against Phoenix on Tuesday in Phoenix,
Speaker 2: tip off at seven pregame at six. Before we get
Speaker 2: out of here, I do want to thank the Clippers organization,
Speaker 2: Ralph Lawler, Brian Seemen, no Ego, Carlo Amenez, big brother,
Speaker 2: Jake Warner, Daniel Wess our producer.
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