WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:05.400 Unless it crashes again here momentarily, I'm trying to get 2 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:07.839 this thing to work. Then it tried to schedule it. 3 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:10.400 I didn't set anything up for a schedule. Why is 4 00:00:10.439 --> 00:00:15.279 technology failing me right now? Are we actually live or not? 5 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:19.160 That is what I'm here to do, is Harritt's manned 6 00:00:19.800 --> 00:00:23.559 got paid, So I'm trying to make sure we have 7 00:00:23.679 --> 00:00:27.960 coverage on that here on the first talk restream. Work 8 00:00:28.039 --> 00:00:31.960 with me, please, I still don't see the live up yet. 9 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:35.719 If anybody is out there seeing this, they can get 10 00:00:35.759 --> 00:00:38.439 it to the chat. They let me know if we 11 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:42.000 are in fact live or not, or if the stream 12 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:45.880 is dot. It's feeling like that right now. Some people 13 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:49.799 might feel like that typically anyways, Okay, I think we 14 00:00:49.880 --> 00:00:53.119 are good to hear, to go, good to go here, 15 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.039 I should say, let me see if I can get 16 00:00:56.039 --> 00:00:58.159 my ducks in a row. My words are the right places, 17 00:00:58.159 --> 00:01:01.000 and get out of tweet because we are alive now 18 00:01:01.200 --> 00:01:04.280 it's happening. I'm gonna put out the tweet as there 19 00:01:04.359 --> 00:01:08.079 was breaking news with Terrence Man. I will tell you 20 00:01:08.120 --> 00:01:13.200 the contract details on this Clippers Talk Live as I 21 00:01:13.359 --> 00:01:17.640 shout out and put out the tweet here Clippers Talk 22 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:21.640 Live Man gets paid, and I need a link for 23 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:25.359 it now and then I'll be good. Somebody's in here, 24 00:01:25.599 --> 00:01:30.319 they're saying, what's up, Adam Okay, excited about this. We 25 00:01:30.400 --> 00:01:33.319 are fully operational once again. As I was getting a 26 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:38.200 little bit flustered and frustrated with this live stream as 27 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:45.359 why has it tried to crash on me for me 28 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:50.760 going live? Now here it is? This is the live 29 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:53.840 link at follow Adam Ay, So I'm glad we got 30 00:01:53.920 --> 00:01:59.480 some people in here. Happy days. Yes, Terrence Man has 31 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:05.319 been paid. That Mexican says that's the screen name. I'm 32 00:02:05.400 --> 00:02:08.360 just reading it and what it says here. But we 33 00:02:08.439 --> 00:02:10.759 do have a live link out there now and now 34 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:14.080 I'm gonna shoot this bad boy over to our friend 35 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:17.319 Law Mrie of d N you who may drop by, 36 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:22.199 I'm not sure yet to discuss the Terrence Man contract 37 00:02:22.439 --> 00:02:29.439 details Man live stream emailing. Law would be nice to 38 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:33.639 have his expertise here. People already asking is he getting 39 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:39.159 traded or kept with Terrence Man. Let's start things right now. 40 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:41.919 You're listening to a Clippers talk live. I'm at a 41 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:48.800 Moslins frustrated with some of the live streams that for 42 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.879 whatever reason failed me earlier. But We're up and runner now, 43 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:55.639 and so is Terrence Man with your Los Angeles Clippers. 44 00:02:55.759 --> 00:02:58.080 As I do a little bit of a reset. Has 45 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.840 he disagreed to a three year, four twenty seven million 46 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:04.080 dollar contract extension with the franchise that came from Sham 47 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:09.520 Sharania about one hour ago. This ain't exactly a news 48 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:13.159 dump Friday now. Clipper Nation is very happy about this. 49 00:03:13.560 --> 00:03:18.039 In fact, Old Man Yen says, happy Friday, Clipper Nation. Uh, 50 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:21.800 here's David Gibson saying substance overflash. Unlike the Lakers, the 51 00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:26.039 Clippers have always done that. Terrence Man is certainly a 52 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:30.039 player of substance and one of my favorite Clippers of 53 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:33.639 all time. He is your longest tenured Clipper, and now 54 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:37.319 he is signed through the twenty seven to twenty eight season. 55 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:40.280 People are already speculating about whether or not he could 56 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:43.599 be traded summer reporting he is eligible to be traded 57 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:45.560 this season. We know it beats a. Zubats is not 58 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:49.639 he got his extension money. But this is good news 59 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:53.159 and I'm hoping he's gonna be around for some time 60 00:03:53.280 --> 00:03:56.360 because he has been a great ambassador for Clippers basketball 61 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:01.080 and has done whatever he has been asked to do, 62 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:03.479 does this put him in the running now to be 63 00:04:03.560 --> 00:04:06.479 the starting two guard next to James Harden in the backcourt, 64 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:09.000 since that was much of the conversation we had this 65 00:04:09.120 --> 00:04:14.240 week talking with La Murray, I think it was on Wednesday. Yes, 66 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:18.000 after the pressure on Tuesday with Lawrence Frank and coach 67 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:22.920 lou saying that, yeah, there's two starting spots up for grabs. 68 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:25.199 Guys are going to be competing. You have to earn it. 69 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.079 Earn it, Ryan, earn this. Sorry save a private Ryan reference. 70 00:04:31.160 --> 00:04:34.839 Not sure if everybody's into that, but I am very 71 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:40.639 much excited for the Clippers and for team Man, especially here. 72 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:44.160 This is a well earned contract gets him about sixteen 73 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:47.160 million dollars per year, so a bump of about six 74 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:49.600 million dollars up from what he was being paid on 75 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:53.519 his last extension. But this is one of my favorite players, 76 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:57.279 and yes, I thought he and Avitza Zubats, we're going 77 00:04:57.319 --> 00:05:00.800 to get paid this summer. Some people disagreed with that, 78 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:04.480 and they are taking an l and a receipt for me, 79 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:08.720 as I already posted something I said from a few 80 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:12.319 months ago regarding both of these players being very very 81 00:05:12.600 --> 00:05:17.519 likely resigned on extensions because I couldn't see the Clippers 82 00:05:17.560 --> 00:05:21.279 letting Big Zoo or Terrence Man go. It just didn't 83 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.279 make sense. You have two guys entering their prime, one 84 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:27.160 who just turned twenty seven in a visa zubots and 85 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.079 Terrence Man, I think is about to turn twenty eight 86 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:36.639 next week. Let me check on this, Terrence Man. Yes, okay, 87 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:39.160 so a couple more weeks, just before the season starts. 88 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:42.600 His birthday's October eighteenth, he'll be turning twenty eight. You're 89 00:05:42.600 --> 00:05:45.920 getting two young guys that you've invested so much in 90 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:49.639 in their prime. That's the way to do things. That's 91 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.439 the way to run a business. And the Clippers front 92 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:58.000 office hats off to them for getting this done. I 93 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:04.199 invited Will Updyke and check my on, but they're not 94 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:07.519 going to be able to make it. Unfortunately. Chuck does 95 00:06:07.560 --> 00:06:12.319 say he loves the extension. We had a pretty darn 96 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:16.079 good clips and dips show for you. I think it 97 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.439 happened last night. It's been a whirlwind for me. 98 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:18.720 Guys. 99 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:21.639 I gotta be honest with you, Lick, did it happen 100 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.720 last night? Did it happen Wednesday? I've been doing so 101 00:06:23.800 --> 00:06:27.800 many of these Clippers talk live shows recently that it's 102 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:33.800 been hard to keep track of what the last show was. 103 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.839 Who I talked about. I think we had Carlo Jimenez 104 00:06:36.879 --> 00:06:39.519 on your radio Voice of the Clippers just yesterday. As 105 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.720 I'm trying to organize my thoughts here, old man Yen 106 00:06:42.839 --> 00:06:45.240 says they had tea man and all the initial into 107 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:48.959 a Dome opening advertising. Yes, so they the organization must 108 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:53.120 think highly of him. They do. Borne Frank was asked 109 00:06:53.120 --> 00:06:55.920 about contract negotiations on Tuesday, so they're trying to get 110 00:06:55.920 --> 00:07:02.120 a deal done. We have a listener from hopone Japan. 111 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:08.120 This contract means he's getting starter, firm promise or not. 112 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.399 I don't know if anything's promised. We'll find out. The 113 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:14.240 good news is we'll have a little bit more clarity 114 00:07:14.360 --> 00:07:17.079 on Monday because it's media Day at into Dome for 115 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:18.720 the first time. Its gonna be a lot of fun. 116 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:22.040 Starts at about ten am. I'll be there. I'll have 117 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.000 all your media day coverage you could ever want. I'll 118 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:28.079 be live streaming things. I'll do probably a couple of 119 00:07:28.120 --> 00:07:34.199 shows afterwards right afterwards. I just I am excited for 120 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:36.800 Clippers basketball to get underway, and now I'm excited for 121 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.000 team man Jay says, I've been saying this since they 122 00:07:39.040 --> 00:07:43.680 all signed the last beam at into it. I don't 123 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.519 believe in curses, but Teman was the first to dunk 124 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:49.000 it into it. If we trade him, this is how 125 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:53.360 it starts. Let's go Clippers. Well hopefully that is not 126 00:07:53.519 --> 00:07:56.279 the plan. This doesn't look like anything close to he 127 00:07:56.360 --> 00:08:00.279 signed in trade situation, Roy says, how soon can he 128 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:04.480 be traded after this extension in theory. My goodness, guys, 129 00:08:06.040 --> 00:08:10.199 how quickly we turned on our own in Terrence Man. 130 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:15.240 Tim Bontemp says Man's deal is immediately eligible to be traded. 131 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:21.279 Sources told ESPN that's interesting. I just don't see it 132 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:24.439 happening right now. I'm not saying it wouldn't happen at 133 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:27.399 some point. You know there are going to be moves 134 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.360 and the rosters going to be fluid for the next 135 00:08:30.360 --> 00:08:33.840 couple of years. I think in very significant ways. It's 136 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:36.519 a very tradable contract. You can certainly make that argument 137 00:08:36.559 --> 00:08:40.039 with Terrence Man, but you can never, as my guy 138 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:43.960 Dime Dropper likes to say, you can never have too 139 00:08:44.039 --> 00:08:49.120 many wings three and d guys. In today's NBA Evilbot said, 140 00:08:49.240 --> 00:08:51.200 so you have time for clips and dips, but they 141 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.720 don't have time for Clipper stock. Come on, now, this 142 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.720 is just sprung on us. We planned out that clips 143 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.759 and dip. We didn't know Terrence Man was going to 144 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:03.600 be signed today to that extension. But we are all 145 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.480 happy about it. Roy says, just saying, Man plus PJ 146 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:10.320 plus Norm per a star if we are a top 147 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:18.240 three seed. Interesting thought. I don't think those three guys 148 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:21.639 are necessarily getting you a star. If you meet someone 149 00:09:21.679 --> 00:09:24.679 like Zach Levine, yeah, you'd probably be in the ballpark 150 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.960 trading those three. And we know how the money could 151 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:28.799 work out. We've been talking about this all summer long. 152 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:31.440 But the problem with Zach Levine is he has an 153 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:35.320 option in the summer of twenty twenty six on his 154 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:38.279 deal that's about fifty million dollars, which if he takes it, 155 00:09:39.600 --> 00:09:42.000 then that takes up a lot of the salary cap 156 00:09:42.360 --> 00:09:45.759 during an off season where some pretty significant guys could 157 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.960 be available. And we've been talking about this maybe shadow 158 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.360 plan that the Clippers have of reloading in twenty twenty six. 159 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:54.360 We have no idea if that's going to be the 160 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:56.480 case or who's going to be available. Then people keep 161 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.320 bringing up that Luka Doncis and sta can both be 162 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:03.559 free agent In theory, yes they can be, but we 163 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:07.000 don't know they could sign extensions. Before that, they were 164 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:11.320 good winning organizations. Luka Doncis was just in the NBA Finals. 165 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:14.759 They Oksey Thunder. They have most of the Clippers' picks. 166 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.200 They're set up for the future. They just brought in 167 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:22.840 Alex Caruso and their old friend Isaiah Hartenstein. So I 168 00:10:22.879 --> 00:10:25.720 suppose it couldn't be all positive right positives right now, 169 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:30.080 roy I wouldn't do that for Brandon Ingram. I don't 170 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.840 know if the Clippers would either. You have to pay 171 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:36.480 him immediately after this season. That's why nothing has happened 172 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:39.559 between him and the Pelicans in moving him yet, because 173 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.559 every team that brings him in knows he could be 174 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:45.159 a rental. You want to lose possibly tears Man and 175 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:49.000 Norn Powell for nothing because you bring in Brandon Ingram 176 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:53.679 and you're not able to resign him, or he just 177 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:55.639 doesn't have a great year and you don't want to 178 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:58.600 give him one hundred and fifty million dollars plus, which 179 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.799 is what it's going to take. Jeremy Grant not a star, 180 00:11:02.679 --> 00:11:08.519 but he is on a contract deal that is pretty hefty. 181 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.120 He just signed a five year contract extension for one 182 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:15.559 hundred and sixty million dollars with the Portland Trailblazers. But 183 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:18.480 we just review this for you. So this year he's 184 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.480 making thirty million, Next year thirty two, the year after 185 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:23.759 that thirty four, the year after that's a player option 186 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.399 for thirty six. So that also would not fit in 187 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:28.559 the timeline of having plenty of money available in the 188 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:30.519 summer of twenty twenty six. If you bring in Jeremy 189 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:35.799 Grant doesn't make a lot of sense. Yeah, I did 190 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.480 have to clown my guy on X even though I 191 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:43.440 love him. He was arguing with me, what was this 192 00:11:43.559 --> 00:11:47.039 back in July, talking about how much cap space the 193 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:49.919 Clippers could have, and I said, well, you know, they're 194 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.679 very likely extending if Heast, the Zubats and Terrence Man, 195 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:54.799 so I don't know if they're going to have one 196 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:57.559 hundred million dollars worth of cap space, which is what 197 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:01.519 he was saying late in August, and he was kind 198 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:04.120 of against. He said, there's a real possibility, especially with 199 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:05.679 the way t Man said we were talking about in 200 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:10.120 a contract extension last offseason, that things and feelings could change. 201 00:12:10.600 --> 00:12:14.720 And I said, bro, it's not that real of the possibility. Now, 202 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:18.080 to his credit, JD thirteen said, you could be right. 203 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:22.919 I said I am. Dear God, I said, I am. 204 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:30.240 I'm I'm ridiculous with the receipts. I will try to 205 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:33.639 do better. This is the conversation. Yes, I said I 206 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:38.960 am when he said he very well could be right, Adam, 207 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:43.240 stay humble. Stop being so cocky about it. I guess 208 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.039 it's too late, since I already retreated this thread to 209 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:48.799 prove that I was right about them giving contract extensions 210 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:52.720 to it beats the Zubats and to Terrence Man, I'm 211 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:55.840 just happy for them. Who cares about me being right 212 00:12:55.879 --> 00:13:00.480 about this? That's not what's important here, guys. Whoo, I 213 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:04.440 need to relax. Twitter does not bring out the best 214 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:08.799 at us and that was revealing. Ah, yes, Roy, you 215 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:12.200 forgot about that extension. Why did Portland do that? Because 216 00:13:12.240 --> 00:13:16.240 Portland has a very tough time enticing free agents. So 217 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:19.080 when they can get somebody like Jeremy Grant on their 218 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:22.919 team and they can keep them, they're going to It's 219 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:25.559 still a tradable contract. Someone might do it at some point, 220 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:29.200 so it's a good asset for them. Camis Mio says 221 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.120 eight points per game, not a lot as a starter 222 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.360 after five years, scared of his own shadow and won't 223 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:36.879 shoot three years guaranteed with no option is wild, And 224 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:40.159 that's wild, is your statement. I don't know if you 225 00:13:40.240 --> 00:13:43.399 realize this, but Terrence Man has been playing next to Kawhi, 226 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:47.320 next to Paul George, next to James Harden, and they 227 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:51.200 don't necessarily need a lot of scoring when you had 228 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.919 all three of those guys. That's not what he was 229 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:58.639 there to do. Let me try to explain the impact 230 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:03.480 of Terrence Man very simple. Since the end of the 231 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:05.799 twenty twenty three season when he got into that starting 232 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:07.840 lineup and they went ten and four right before they 233 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:12.639 brought in Russell Westbrook and that upended things. Terrence Man 234 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:15.159 was no longer starting. We know it's been Herkie's Jerkie 235 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:18.039 with him in and out of the lineup, playing different positions. 236 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:26.480 He has been an unbelievable person and player by the 237 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:33.159 way he's handled so many different shuffling lineups and rotations 238 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:35.399 and positions he's been asked to play over the years, 239 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:38.360 and he has done so like a good soldier. And 240 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:42.000 I'm glad he's been rewarded today because of things like that. 241 00:14:42.799 --> 00:14:47.919 But with the Clippers since that time end of the 242 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.919 twenty twenty three season, when they start off ten and 243 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:54.799 four with Team Man in the starting lineup, they have 244 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:58.440 been over thirty games over five hundred with him in 245 00:14:58.480 --> 00:15:00.559 the starting lineup. When you take it from that point 246 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:04.480 through all of this season, Terrence Man is a winning player. 247 00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:07.399 He does the little things that help you win. Like 248 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:09.679 I don't know, he gave him a chance to take 249 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.279 out the Dallas Mavericks that went to the NBA Finals 250 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:15.919 this past season without Kawhi Leonard for the most part, 251 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:17.679 and he wasn't right when he played in that series. 252 00:15:17.720 --> 00:15:21.200 He helped give them a chance even with Paul George's 253 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:23.519 only averaging nineteen points per game because he was getting 254 00:15:23.519 --> 00:15:26.159 locked up by Derek Joniors Jones Junior in that first 255 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:29.919 round series. Terrence Man gave them a chance because why 256 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:35.879 he held Luka Doncic to forty percent shooting in that 257 00:15:35.960 --> 00:15:40.759 first round series. His defense was stifling. It was clamp city. 258 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:46.440 He was fantastic. If you don't understand that type of 259 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:50.600 value when you're worried about him, well, only was getting 260 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:53.879 eight points per game in his career. It's like, that's 261 00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:59.120 not what Terrence Man is necessarily about does he need 262 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:02.039 to take ketch and shoot threes? Can he not shy 263 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:06.320 away from those? Yeah, he does. He needs to make 264 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.759 sure to put him up from the outside, and that 265 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:10.240 was emphasis of the press conference on Tuesday. Of course, 266 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:14.159 so is Derek Joes Junior. So do a few other 267 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:20.039 guys on this team win in this offense, especially right now. 268 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:25.399 James Harden finds you you need to put them up 269 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:29.600 from the outside because it helps with spacing. If you 270 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:32.080 are a threat from three, that's gonna help with spacing 271 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:34.919 everywhere and stretching the floor and creating space. For the 272 00:16:34.919 --> 00:16:37.679 two best ISO scores in the league last season Kawhi 273 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:41.320 by a wide margin, and then second was James Harden. 274 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:46.519 The role players, the contributors, they have to take and 275 00:16:46.600 --> 00:16:50.519 make those shots and make the opposition have to close 276 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:56.960 out on them. Conmissed Mio says he doesn't warrant a 277 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:00.279 bag on the open market. That's why he stayed. No 278 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:04.319 idea what his thinking was with his agent. Just stop man, 279 00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:08.720 take the L. Terrence Man haters take the L today, 280 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:14.119 stay in shambles. If you can't understand the value of 281 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:16.799 Terrence Man, you probably have a hard time with modern 282 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.680 basketball in general and understanding what wins you games. Terrence 283 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:25.559 Man is a winning player and has a ton of intangibles. 284 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:29.680 Thirty games over five hundred the last year and a 285 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:35.079 half with Terrence Man in the starting lineup, says it all. 286 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.960 That's how good he has been. I think it's actually 287 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:40.279 closer to forty. Haven't checked the number in a while, 288 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:46.039 but yeah, Oscar, he says, I don't get what the 289 00:17:46.039 --> 00:17:50.880 Clippers are doing paying a guy sixteen million per year 290 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:54.319 over three years that just entering his prime that plays 291 00:17:54.400 --> 00:17:57.720 multiple positions, is a three and D guy great in transition. 292 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:01.400 Let me let me point out something else. Terrence Man haters. 293 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.880 They just can't stop themselves and they can't help themselves. 294 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:06.400 Let me point out something else with Terrence Man. You 295 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.039 may not be aware of that. I'm sure was used 296 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:13.079 in contract negotiations, as it should be, because he is 297 00:18:13.119 --> 00:18:18.400 elite in an area that people don't realize. Of guards 298 00:18:18.720 --> 00:18:21.880 in this league this past season who took at least 299 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:24.880 one hundred and fifty shot attempts in the restricted area, 300 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:29.920 only Luka Doncic was better than Terrence Man. There, Lucas 301 00:18:29.920 --> 00:18:32.279 shot seventy five point nine percent in the restricted area. 302 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:35.279 Terrence Man was second at seventy five point seven percent. 303 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:41.039 Right behind him was only second to Luka Doncic in 304 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:43.519 guards when it came to fueld goal percentage in the 305 00:18:43.559 --> 00:18:46.359 restricted area. Not a fluke. How do I know this 306 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:50.880 because the year before, Terrence Man was third in the league, 307 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:55.200 only behind the Aaron Fox and Steph Curry, ahead of 308 00:18:55.279 --> 00:18:59.440 Luka Doncic when it came the fueld goal percentage in 309 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.559 the restricted area. He finishes. He's great in transition, he's 310 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:09.559 great at getting downhill, and some people are not great 311 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:14.559 at understanding how good he is for this team. Comess Meal, 312 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.759 this is the last time I'm putting you up. Probably 313 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:21.559 gonna ignore you after this. Hit the ignore button. I've 314 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:25.640 explained through stats like I just did advance once. I 315 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:27.359 don't know if they're going over your head. I hope not. 316 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:31.960 I've explained with the winning record that is absurd with 317 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:35.319 Terrence Man in the starting lineup. Here's another one for you. 318 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:39.359 He shot forty four percent the last fifty games from 319 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:42.839 three last season after getting off to a woeful start 320 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:48.440 from three. Terrence Man the first half of the year 321 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:51.799 where he couldn't figure it out from beyond the Arc 322 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:54.920 twenty five games in he was shooting twenty one point 323 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:57.000 four percent from three. The last fifty games in the 324 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.400 regular season, he shot forty four percent from three. He 325 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:03.759 shot forty five percent in the playoffs against Dallas from three, 326 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:08.720 while holding Luka Doncic to twenty percent from three and 327 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:16.319 forty percent from the floor. Are you just you just 328 00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:20.000 can't help some people like they just are too stubborn 329 00:20:20.119 --> 00:20:24.440 to listen and it's sad, Melvin Powell says the Clippers. 330 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:27.319 The Clippers are going to renegotiate Chris dun contract in 331 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.160 for a similar deal to Terrence Man. Melvin Powell is 332 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:34.680 a Chris Dunn disciple. I'm a big Chris dunfan too. 333 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:39.759 He's obsessed. He is someone that loves to talk about 334 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:43.200 him and is very optimistic. And I understand that part 335 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:46.319 of it, uh because I am too. And we'll see. 336 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:49.519 He may be in a battle with Terrence Man, or 337 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:53.039 that's starting two spot with Norman Powell. Hey, maybe KPJ 338 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:56.039 is in the mix. I don't know. The glowing things 339 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:58.640 that coach lu said about Kevin Porter Junior on Tuesday 340 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:03.680 made me feel different about the situation. I mean, Assan 341 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:09.359 says Terrence plays hard and is amazing on d Well. 342 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:13.640 He wasn't that series. I thought overall he was solid 343 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:17.240 during the regular season, but he could be better. He's 344 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:21.400 capable of more. Again, it's not easy when you're playing 345 00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:24.400 all these different positions all the time. You're filling in 346 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:29.119 at the two, the three, the four. He's guarded centers before. 347 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:36.400 It is a guy who is so versatile and is 348 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:41.039 so important to this team, and I'm hoping he stays 349 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:42.839 for a long time. And just because it's a very 350 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:45.519 tradable contract, and just because apparently he's eligible to be 351 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:50.200 traded immediately that doesn't happen. I'm guessing that is not 352 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:53.119 why they made this deal, because that's such good value 353 00:21:53.119 --> 00:22:00.640 for a player like Terrence Man. Huge. This is big. 354 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:03.960 This is big for the Clippers. It's big for Terrence Man. 355 00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:08.359 It's big for him having the inside track. As I 356 00:22:08.400 --> 00:22:13.400 said yesterday, for that starting two guard position. I'm trying 357 00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:17.920 my best, j am I thirteen twenty four. I've tried 358 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:24.839 my best. Some people just they can't be helped like 359 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:27.759 this guy. I hope you're willfully wrong for the sake 360 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:30.839 of the team. I'm guessing you're wrong a lot because 361 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:33.480 you probably never even thought they'd signed Terrence Man because 362 00:22:33.519 --> 00:22:36.240 you're probably been a hater for this long. You can't 363 00:22:36.279 --> 00:22:41.119 help some people, I'm telling you. Jay says no postgame 364 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:44.599 talks after preseason games, right, have you seen your seat 365 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:48.519 yet into it? Or do I need to call Steve Lol? 366 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:51.160 Whoever can't see the importance of Man is not a 367 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:54.359 Clipper fan. It's funny to me my guy Zach Low, 368 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:56.720 who got let go by ESPN yesterday, and I had 369 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:58.799 a big rant about that with Carlo Jimenez on the 370 00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:03.559 live we did yesterday. He has been a huge Terrence 371 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:08.000 Man guy for a long time. Those in the note 372 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:12.119 those who know ball and aren't just hoopers talking about 373 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:15.400 inefficient players that have a big bag but they don't 374 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:19.599 exactly score at a high rate. See the worth with 375 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:22.079 Terrence Man and how important he is being a glue 376 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:24.200 guy with this Clippers team, and how important it is 377 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:26.839 to have wings and three and D players in today's 378 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:30.079 league with all the three point shooting. Because as much 379 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:32.119 as you say, well, Adam, you just point out that 380 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:34.640 for twenty five games she only shot twenty one percent 381 00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:39.000 to start off last season from three. Yes, he turned 382 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:43.599 it around and shot forty four percent after the calendar 383 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:49.119 turned over in twenty twenty four. Here's the thing. I 384 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:53.880 can look back in his entire career, and he has 385 00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:57.039 been with the Clippers and was drafted forty eighth in 386 00:23:57.119 --> 00:24:00.440 twenty nineteen, so he's been with them through the entire 387 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:04.119 two to three era and he is the longest tenured Clipper. Guys, 388 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:09.839 make that a beat to Zubas. But Terrence Man, he 389 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:12.599 didn't start off Los Angeles laker. That is no fault 390 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:17.039 of Zuboses. I'm just saying he is technically homegrown. It 391 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:19.279 feels like that with the beats of Zubos though sometimes 392 00:24:19.279 --> 00:24:21.920 because he's at least been in La his entire career, 393 00:24:22.279 --> 00:24:24.839 and God blessed Magic Johnson for handing him over for 394 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:28.559 Mike Muscala. Oh it was a beautiful day. I still 395 00:24:28.599 --> 00:24:31.079 couldn't believe it. I'm Washington. The was it called the 396 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:34.079 chaion at the bottom of the screen ESPN, the little 397 00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:37.200 stat ticker scrolling by, and I saw the trade go 398 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:39.559 through at the very end of the trade deadline, and 399 00:24:39.599 --> 00:24:42.240 I said, there's no way that's that's accurate. There's no way, 400 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.920 there's no way there's got a beat to Zubas for 401 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:45.799 Mike Muscala. That couldn't have happened. There's no way. Oh 402 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.279 my god, Oh my god, oh my god, it did happen. 403 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:51.599 It did. My point about Terrence Man three point shooting, 404 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:54.599 though he's taken seven hundred and twenty one threes in 405 00:24:54.680 --> 00:25:00.880 his career, he is shot for his career thirty seven percent. 406 00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:04.160 So for those who are saying, well, you can't trust 407 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:07.920 the volume, I'm trusting almost a thousand shots. He's an 408 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:12.000 above average three point shooter that has had a season 409 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:17.039 where he shot forty two percent from three. That's what 410 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:22.759 I'm looking at. It's just it's difficult with these team 411 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:26.240 Man haters like this guy. I was initially a team 412 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:29.720 Man fan. Now I'm just using him as someone to 413 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:33.799 play off of. Here, I guess I'm having fun with it. 414 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:39.480 Back to the therapist talk here, I'm gonna need one 415 00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:44.400 after this. Melvin Powell admits to being a Doctor Schap 416 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:47.599 like disciple for Chris Dunn. Here's why. Facts I'm a 417 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:50.119 huge fan. Bro reminds me of old school defensive point 418 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:52.559 guards of the eighties and nineties. I could see that 419 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:56.759 I could see him as a Greg Anthony type, a 420 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:01.079 bulldog type, a great point of attack defender. That's who 421 00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:04.440 Chris Dunn is. He's better in that respect than even 422 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:06.599 Terrence Man is. And Terrence Man is very good. But 423 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:12.400 the way Chris Dunn navigates screens elite. Derek Jones Junior 424 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:16.920 also elite in that category. So now you have when 425 00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:21.279 you look at guys that can guard and shoot the 426 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:24.400 three ball that are role players and contributors. Terrence Man 427 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:28.160 is locked Terrence Man is locked up, Derek Jones Junior 428 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:31.359 is locked up. Chris Dun's on the team now, Nicholas 429 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:34.680 Patoom is back on the team. There's four guys. I'll 430 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:40.559 make it five a mere coffee. There's five guys that 431 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:43.000 and I know Derek Jones Jr. He needs to get 432 00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.960 his three ball shooting up and hopefully what happened in 433 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:47.160 the playoffs translates to the regular season now, because he 434 00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:49.039 only shot thirty four percent in the regular season for 435 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:52.240 the Dallas Mavericks before shooting thirty seven percent during the 436 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:56.000 playoffs for them from three. I need to be I 437 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:58.720 need Derek Jones Junior to be closer to forty percent 438 00:26:58.720 --> 00:27:01.319 from three than thirty percent from three this season. But 439 00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:05.440 that's five guys that can guard multiple positions, that will 440 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:11.799 hound you defensively hound you and also provides some offense. 441 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:14.240 And Derek Jones Jr. Is more than just obviously if 442 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:17.519 he can hit threes because of his bounce and athleticism 443 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:20.880 and the way he can get up. And the Clippers 444 00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:24.680 haven't had a guy like this since man. I don't 445 00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:27.599 know that can get up like this, obviously Blake, but 446 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:32.799 just a dunker like this since Tres. It's not like 447 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:37.519 Kawhi and Paul George didn't have crazy dunks, didn't have posters. 448 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:43.640 And Kawhi is a leagued left legged leaper in the league. 449 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:47.839 Kawhi jumps off his left leg. His surgeries have happened 450 00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.599 on his right leg, so he could still get up. 451 00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:54.559 That's not an issue. But someone who is a rim 452 00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:58.039 runner and a lobcatcher to this degree, Man, it's gonna 453 00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:03.559 be fun to watch with Derek Joe Junior. Oh, look 454 00:28:03.599 --> 00:28:07.480 at the hater. I wish I knew how to pronounce 455 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:10.720 his name. I was saying, Mayo, meo. 456 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:12.880 A mean. 457 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:19.279 Kawhi playing fifty to fifty five games max today, I 458 00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:23.640 would probably sign up for fifty five games. I would 459 00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:28.640 I probably would stephen A was right, Kawhi needs to retire. 460 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:33.799 He's stealing money, Louise, Louise. The season hasn't even hasn't 461 00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:37.839 even started yet, and I am hopeful that what the 462 00:28:37.880 --> 00:28:39.799 Clippers are doing right now, with what came out on 463 00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:43.160 Tuesday regarding his knee and the swelling being almost gone, 464 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.160 I am hopeful that them saying he's not going to 465 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:49.799 participate in drills, he's gonna be strengthening the knee during 466 00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:56.920 training camp is just them being overly cautious, airing on 467 00:28:57.000 --> 00:29:00.680 the side of caution, proceeding with an abundance of caution 468 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.400 because of what has happened and occurred the last four years. 469 00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:10.880 And it's not that he couldn't do it, it's why 470 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:13.960 risk it in training camp? My god? Do you think 471 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:16.960 a player at thirty three of Kawhi's skill level really 472 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:19.240 needs to participate in training camp like he's going to 473 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:23.359 learn something? I just oh, we got a Dumer. Look 474 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:26.599 at the Dumer Luis Sneeze Sneeze. Kawhi out for the season. 475 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:29.799 Just how about stay out of my chat the rest 476 00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:33.279 of the season, My guy. There's a lot of people 477 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:36.680 hating right now, and I don't like it. Amen says, 478 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:39.720 speaking of dunks, I remember that dunk Terrence had on 479 00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:44.240 ad Oh, he got Anthony Davis this past season. Terrence 480 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:48.880 Man good in the dunker spot. What I'm hoping is 481 00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:51.759 this flew under the radar a little bit this last season, 482 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:55.359 and it's only on twenty two attempts, so I don't 483 00:29:55.359 --> 00:29:57.920 know what to make of it. I'm just hoping he's 484 00:29:57.960 --> 00:30:01.759 turning twenty eight, he's entering his prime. Terrence Man gets 485 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:06.400 paid today on fadeaway's. Last year, it was just twenty 486 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:10.079 two of them on fataways. He shot fifty five percent 487 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:14.039 that little turnaround fade away. He has shown in the 488 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:18.480 mid range. There's been an improvement there. It's not a 489 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:20.680 big enough sample side to put a ton into, but 490 00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:25.039 it looked really good last season. So twenty two attempts 491 00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:27.839 last season on those fadaways fifty five percent. If he 492 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:33.119 could shoot anywhere close to forty seven percent on fadaways 493 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:36.039 like that there, that's another way he can attack and 494 00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:42.160 help offensively, because yes, he does need to score more 495 00:30:43.359 --> 00:30:46.880 because there isn't a Paul George on this team, but 496 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:52.240 you just want Terrence Man to grow and not necessarily 497 00:30:52.279 --> 00:30:54.880 even have to expand his game so much. Just what 498 00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:57.720 you do, do it a little bit better. That's progress, 499 00:30:57.759 --> 00:31:00.559 that's development. That's what you want to see from your players. 500 00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:07.400 Just continue to strengthen strengths. And he's really good at 501 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:11.200 a lot that helps you win ball games. Now some 502 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:16.160 people can't see that because they're haters and trolls and 503 00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:19.599 they just you know, they don't have a high basketball IQ. 504 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.400 I don't know how to tell you, no, Kawhi slander 505 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:26.440 is acceptable. I don't give an f says jm I 506 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:31.359 thirteen twenty four. Here's that Mexican. He says this about Kawhi. 507 00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:34.160 Worst case scenario, Kawhi is out for the first few games. 508 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:36.880 What's your starting lineup? Ooh, I like this question. I 509 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:40.759 like this. I'm interested in this my starting lineup. We'll first, 510 00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:47.000 I'll give you my starting lineup with Kawhi. I want 511 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.559 it to be this. I'm hoping for this and after today, 512 00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:53.279 it only strengthens my resolve or my confidence in this happening. 513 00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:58.160 James Harden, Terrence Man, Derek Jones, Junior Kawhi, Leonard to 514 00:31:58.200 --> 00:32:03.079 beatz Zubats. That's the deal starting lineup to me. Now, 515 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:06.079 could I see Norman Powell because he offers much more 516 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:09.440 scoring as the two guard. Yeah, but then what happens 517 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:13.480 to your defense? Probably getting shredded at the point of attack. 518 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:20.079 Unless Norman Powell reverts back to how he played defense 519 00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.799 with Toronto when they won a championship, he was a 520 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:25.640 much better defender than I don't know what bad habits 521 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:28.200 he picked up at his stop in Portland, playing next 522 00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:31.920 to Dame and CJ. McCollum, but it feels like that 523 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:37.000 has turned him into an average to minus defender, a 524 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:40.039 blow average to minus defender. That's who he's kind of been. 525 00:32:40.880 --> 00:32:45.680 So this question I will answer. I'm going to get 526 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:52.799 to it. Who's your starting five? If no Kawhi, it's 527 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:59.039 probably Niko Batoum playing the four, unless you slide guys 528 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:04.160 up like this, Derek Jones Junior plays the four, Terrence 529 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:08.279 Man plays the three. Norman Powell then plays the two 530 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:10.319 for more scoring. If Kawhi is not there in the 531 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:16.680 starting lineup next to James Harden, smaller team rebounding it's 532 00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:18.960 gonna have to be a priority as it is already. 533 00:33:19.319 --> 00:33:20.880 But if you don't have Kawhi at the four and 534 00:33:20.920 --> 00:33:24.480 you're sliding up Derek Jones Junior there, they're gonna have 535 00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:27.680 to get by collectively with their defense and rebounding, but 536 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:31.759 it's an option to get a little bit more scoring 537 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:38.200 juice in there. I think that's my guess. Now, let's 538 00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:44.559 say Kevin Porter Junior goes nuts in the preseason in 539 00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:50.519 training camp, he looks great, and that really changes the 540 00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:55.680 equation then in a way that I didn't see coming 541 00:33:56.160 --> 00:34:02.319 based upon what coach Lou said just the other day saying, 542 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:05.640 if they're gonna have basically on paraphrasing success this season, 543 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:07.279 he's gonna have to be a big part of it. 544 00:34:08.039 --> 00:34:17.039 Kpj hmm. If he's not suspended by the NBA and 545 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:20.000 we don't know what's gonna happen because of his off 546 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:25.719 the court transgressions, and he plays well in preseason and 547 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:27.760 he looks good in training camp, and by the way, 548 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:30.079 if he was suspended early enough, he wouldn't be available 549 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.599 in the preseason, even Lot Murray pointed that out the 550 00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:37.239 other day here on Clippers Talk Live. Then maybe I 551 00:34:37.280 --> 00:34:40.840 don't know, Kevin Porter Junior could start or get an 552 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:45.440 opportunity to if Kawhi's out, if other guys are out, 553 00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:52.320 I could see it happening. Evil Bot says this no 554 00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.960 matter what happens, the Clippers will get the succeed this season. 555 00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:59.960 Lets effing go, clips from your lips to the back 556 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:03.760 God's ears. If they could get the sixth seed and 557 00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:09.239 stay out of the plan, all right, we're in business. 558 00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:11.719 If they can do that while keeping Kawhi healthy for 559 00:35:11.760 --> 00:35:16.440 that first round series, they're in business. Nobody would want 560 00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:19.199 to see that team. Whoever finishes third in the West 561 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:21.119 would not want to see a healthy Clipper team in 562 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:25.360 the first round. Jay says, Terrence Man is going to 563 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:28.880 be my next jersey. That's that? What color you going with? 564 00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:32.360 You're gonna wait for the red? You get a blue, 565 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:36.639 a white, a lighter shit of blue with their city 566 00:35:36.800 --> 00:35:39.599 edition jerseys with the clips on the front. What are 567 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:48.960 you going with? Oh? Has Saul turned into a Paul chemist? 568 00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:53.199 Mio says, does Bone see minutes with the second unit? 569 00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:56.920 Or does Doune take those minutes? He says, he's done 570 00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:59.519 with the negativity. He's gonna ask some real ess now, 571 00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:03.960 h Does Bones see minutes with the second unit? Or 572 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:06.480 does Done take those minutes? Done takes those minutes, dude, 573 00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:13.480 Done takes those minutes, My guy, he's taking them. They 574 00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:16.960 didn't bring in Done and didn't bench Bones so many 575 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:20.199 times last season for Bones to all of a sudden 576 00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:23.960 get the starting role. See this is why I kind 577 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:29.320 of think unfortunately because of this question. It leads me 578 00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:34.360 to believe that Chemist Meal just doesn't know ball Chemist. 579 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:39.599 How on earth would Bones get an opportunity before Chris done? 580 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:41.760 When you look at the difference in defense between them 581 00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:43.480 and the other guys that are gonna be playing next 582 00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:48.320 to in the second unit. You can't play Bones next 583 00:36:48.360 --> 00:36:52.000 to KPJ and Norman Powell. Where's the defense? Chris Dunn? 584 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:58.079 Is that guy? Do you watch ball Man? And all 585 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:00.159 that hate and earlier makes a lot more sense now 586 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:07.360 now you are kind of out out to lunch, William 587 00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:10.239 Blast says Adam, I need your hats, the exact one. 588 00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:12.079 I don't want to give it away like that. I 589 00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:18.519 want Come on, man, I like this hat. Check out 590 00:37:18.519 --> 00:37:23.480 the Flagship store. You can get it there. Oh thank goodness, 591 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:28.280 he's leaving the chat, William Blast, I had a blast 592 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:31.360 out of here. He's not leaving with my hat. He 593 00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:36.400 ain't taking this what happens to Bones? Good question, good 594 00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:41.360 follow up? Not a casual here like miost Gicon wants 595 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:48.000 to know what's going to happen. And let me say this, 596 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:53.920 I've had questions this offseason regarding PG Tucker and Bones 597 00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:56.079 the entire time and whether or not they would be 598 00:37:56.159 --> 00:38:00.719 at training camp if they are speak the Clippers could 599 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:05.440 not find a partner to trade with because obviously they 600 00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:07.800 were on the outs. Now I know PJ. Tucker started 601 00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:12.599 the last game in the playoffs. That still perplexes me, 602 00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:15.679 and kind of, I don't know, bullied his way to 603 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:18.880 getting minutes somehow. Last season he got three different opportunities 604 00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:22.480 after coach Lou was like, yeah, he's seventy five, you 605 00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:27.239 know he's he's gotten paid. Uh, he was joking about 606 00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:30.320 his age, but it sure seemed like they gave him 607 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:34.559 a real shot. He didn't look good the minutes. Next 608 00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:37.639 two of eats, the Zobots was a different type of 609 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:43.880 death lineup, a self inflicted death. He uh, really bad, 610 00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:48.199 disorganized lineup that got killed minutes wise and made no sense, 611 00:38:49.159 --> 00:38:51.400 but they tried it just to give PJ Tucker minutes. 612 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:55.679 Then he complained. Then he got sent home along with 613 00:38:55.760 --> 00:38:58.880 Bones before the All Star break because they weren't traded 614 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:04.480 and they were just gruntled and upset, and the Clipper 615 00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:08.719 sent him home rightfully, So they're not gonna be team players. Sorry, 616 00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:13.360 we couldn't try and find trade partners for you. Sorry. PJ. Tucker, 617 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:19.000 who complained to various media outlets about saying that he 618 00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:21.639 never wanted to come to be a Clipper. He didn't 619 00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:25.559 sign up for this, I'm paraphrasing. So the guy they 620 00:39:25.639 --> 00:39:28.079 had to take on your contract, you think they wanted to. 621 00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:34.559 I like PJ. Tucker. I have defended him at times. 622 00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:40.400 I have said he can work in certain situations. A 623 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.760 couple of minutes here against Nikola jokicch a couple of 624 00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:46.280 minutes here against Zion Williamson, and we saw it a 625 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:53.599 little bit. But my god, he's thirty nine now. He 626 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:58.159 opted in to his player option for eleven million dollars, 627 00:39:58.920 --> 00:40:00.599 so he could have been a free agent if he 628 00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:03.719 wanted to, He could have gone anywhere. I just don't 629 00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:06.760 want to hear the complaining this season about minutes or 630 00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:09.760 anything like that. If he's still on the roster because 631 00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:13.559 he's getting his money, good for him. If he can 632 00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:15.400 find a role, if he can beat out somebody in 633 00:40:15.400 --> 00:40:22.960 training camp, good for him. That'd be great. But I 634 00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:25.039 don't want to see any bad vibes at training camp. 635 00:40:25.079 --> 00:40:27.519 I don't want to see guys who are already frustrated 636 00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:35.000 with their position. So if they're both there, that likely 637 00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:37.000 means the Clippers weren't able to get a deal done. 638 00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:41.960 There will be a competition. There will be an open competition. Hey, 639 00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:45.119 if they shine, I think coach lou Is gonna find 640 00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:47.719 a spot for him. I just think it's very unlikely 641 00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:50.719 for PJ because of his age, because of how he 642 00:40:50.719 --> 00:40:53.880 looked last season, for Bones, because of his attitude at times, 643 00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:56.039 and because now they brought in Chris Dunn. Now they 644 00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:59.800 have KPJ. Russ may be gone, but there's two other 645 00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:03.559 guys he has to fight for playing time with, and 646 00:41:03.639 --> 00:41:07.440 he is an offensive liability. He can work with certain lineups. 647 00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:11.400 And you know, I love Bones Highland. I am the 648 00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:16.760 holder of the skeleton key. But I just don't see 649 00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:18.440 a path to him playing on this team. 650 00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.719 Now. 651 00:41:19.079 --> 00:41:21.880 It's gonna be difficult. I hope I'm wrong, man, I 652 00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:25.719 really hope I'm wrong, because I would love for Bones Highland, 653 00:41:25.800 --> 00:41:30.280 who I think can thrive as a backup point guard 654 00:41:30.360 --> 00:41:34.599 in this league. I really do. I think he is 655 00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:39.400 good enough because of his three point threat, because of 656 00:41:39.400 --> 00:41:41.239 the pass where he is and last season he was 657 00:41:41.280 --> 00:41:43.159 able to get to the basket much better. He improved 658 00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:45.559 himself in that area and in training camp last season. 659 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:48.840 And whai who was the guy that everybody praised is 660 00:41:48.840 --> 00:41:51.199 making the biggest leap? It was Bones Highland. He impressed 661 00:41:51.199 --> 00:41:54.000 everyone and he had that job for a second, but 662 00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:56.400 then they brought in James Harden that moving back Russell 663 00:41:56.400 --> 00:41:59.440 Westbrook coming off the bench. You know my feelings about Russ. 664 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:01.880 I love him, but I think the Clippers probably are 665 00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:05.079 better served last season if they had Bones as the 666 00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:07.840 backup point guard and he had that time to show 667 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.280 what he could do. I think that would have been 668 00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:12.679 huge for them. But I understand it. Russell z Vett 669 00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:16.519 now he's with the Denver Nuggets. Lonzo Lopez says, can 670 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:18.880 Lawrence Frank turn Bones and PJ Tucker into something good 671 00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:21.760 for the Clips? Like someone from the Blazers maybe, like 672 00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:30.639 who who are you talking about? Who's that guy? Are 673 00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:33.760 you talking about? A certain backup center on the Portland 674 00:42:33.760 --> 00:42:40.920 Trail Blazers. I could see that if that's where you're leaning, 675 00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:46.760 I could see them swapping guys. And granted Robert Williams 676 00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:51.880 has been injury prone, but if they could get him 677 00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:54.840 for PJ Tucker. I do it in a heartbeat. I 678 00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:58.280 don't know exactly why Portland would. You're saying they throw 679 00:42:58.280 --> 00:43:02.800 in bones too, and that's what entices them. Maybe, But 680 00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:06.599 was scoot there, I don't know. I don't know if 681 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:09.119 that would be of interest to the Portland trail Blazers. 682 00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:11.679 William Blast says he should have been cut when he 683 00:43:11.719 --> 00:43:16.119 caused that distraction in February. Well, he still gotta eat 684 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:23.760 the contract and he did start. He must win game six. 685 00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:28.119 I don't know how. Evil Bod says, I like PJ, 686 00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:32.480 but not at his price. Evobod is using a picture 687 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:37.599 of me. He's looking to get banned. I've definitely not 688 00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:40.159 gotta go to him anymore. William Blast said, just eat 689 00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:43.079 the contracts what I just said. He already mentioned that, Yeah, 690 00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:49.320 cut him. You could just send him home. You could, 691 00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:52.920 but it'd be nice to get something. I don't know, 692 00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:56.119 And it would be nice if at thirty nine years 693 00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:59.079 of age, PJ. Tucker realized where he was in his 694 00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:02.199 career and was just a good vet and a good 695 00:44:02.239 --> 00:44:06.360 soldier and was helping young guys. Because I think he 696 00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:08.719 did some of that last season. But also he might 697 00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:11.199 have been a bad influence on Bones Highland because they 698 00:44:11.199 --> 00:44:20.480 were both sent home for insubordination around the All Star break. PJ. 699 00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:24.320 Tucker in his prime I would love on this team. 700 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:26.760 He was one of my favorite players. I love guys 701 00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:28.840 like that. He played like I used to and inter murals, 702 00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:36.880 hard nosed defense, could guard multiple positions. Yeah, in a 703 00:44:36.880 --> 00:44:39.480 few minutes here and there there, against the right matchup, 704 00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:42.800 he can still do some of it. But really, is 705 00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:46.159 he gonna be playing over I'd rather see Kay Jones 706 00:44:46.199 --> 00:44:48.920 getting opportunity because he's young and we don't know his 707 00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:56.280 ceiling Mobamba's the backup center. I just yeah, it is. 708 00:44:57.559 --> 00:45:00.760 It is a tough one. We'll see what happens during 709 00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:07.760 training camp. Bro, what does PJ even bring anymore toughness? 710 00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:12.480 I don't I don't know. He was turning down three pointers. 711 00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:14.960 He couldn't hit any more from the corner. That was 712 00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:19.280 his bread and butter. But I did see some toughness 713 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:23.519 against Jokic a little bit. We're talking, you know, a 714 00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:27.159 couple of minutes literally just to change of pace guy 715 00:45:30.559 --> 00:45:33.000 to guard some of the bigger bodies in the NBA. 716 00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:40.519 He's got shoes. JJ the boy points that out lots 717 00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:44.519 of them. This has come from Jay and Southgate, so 718 00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:46.119 you know, I'm a fan. Took my son and we 719 00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:48.760 couldn't get in because the facial identification wasn't working. My 720 00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:50.679 son was so mad at me. Week before the Usher 721 00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:53.760 concert drama got into it. You couldn't get into the 722 00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:56.840 flagship store because of that. Because I worked for me, 723 00:45:56.920 --> 00:46:00.480 it worked perfectly. Remember my name. I was able to 724 00:46:00.480 --> 00:46:03.199 walk out with some gear charge me right then. It 725 00:46:03.280 --> 00:46:12.559 was easy, uh, Aman says regarding to PJ Tucker, He's 726 00:46:12.599 --> 00:46:16.039 not respected out there offensively. No, so you're playing four 727 00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:18.519 and five on OFFENSI with PJ Tucker, and he was 728 00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:20.199 one of the main reasons they blew a twenty one 729 00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:24.800 point lead to the Lakers. That was true. Y'all better 730 00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:28.880 off with Marcus Morris over PJ, says Russ the builder 731 00:46:29.079 --> 00:46:31.519 who has a picture of Russell Westbrook in a Thunder 732 00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:35.960 uniform putting up a brick. No, not a basketball, he 733 00:46:36.000 --> 00:46:41.679 is shooting a brick. Uh who else do we got here? Adam? 734 00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:46.360 Should the Clippers consider trading Norman Powell? I say no 735 00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:50.000 until they know about KPg and what he's capable of. 736 00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:56.960 I'm a big Norman Palell fan. He's a bucket. He 737 00:46:57.440 --> 00:46:59.599 has had a forty point game in a playoff game 738 00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:02.199 for the Clips in Game three against Phoenix and gave 739 00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:05.239 them a chance to win without Paul George and Kawhi Leonard. 740 00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:08.440 Problem is he doesn't offer a lot more outside of 741 00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:10.280 his scoring. Now. I don't want to make the mistake 742 00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:13.800 of giving him the Chris Carter treatment. He only scores touchdowns. 743 00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:15.639 That's all you can do. All you can do is 744 00:47:15.639 --> 00:47:18.880 score and act like that's a bad thing or act 745 00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:21.960 like that's not Probably the most important skill set you 746 00:47:22.000 --> 00:47:24.199 can have, it is. But he's not a great passer. 747 00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:27.159 His defense hasn't been great, even though I think his 748 00:47:27.199 --> 00:47:35.239 potential is much higher. And there's just not a lot 749 00:47:35.360 --> 00:47:38.679 else there. If he's not being a bucket out there, 750 00:47:38.719 --> 00:47:40.800 if he doesn't have a shooting stroke now he shot 751 00:47:40.840 --> 00:47:43.719 forty four percent from three last season, guys he helped 752 00:47:43.760 --> 00:47:49.559 form the Powell Rangers the Clippers' best lineup. He forged it. 753 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:56.800 But if he's the sixth man again, and it looks 754 00:47:56.880 --> 00:48:00.199 like Kevin Porter's junior is available and not suspended and 755 00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:04.559 is also showing off scoring potential, like when he was 756 00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:08.800 getting nineteen per game for the Houston Rockets, and also 757 00:48:08.840 --> 00:48:11.079 as being a playmaker out there, and he has really 758 00:48:11.119 --> 00:48:13.519 high potential because he has a six to nine wingspan 759 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:16.320 to guard guys on the perimeter. In fact, I posted 760 00:48:16.320 --> 00:48:18.159 a video the other day I follow out of May 761 00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:19.800 if you want to check it out on x on 762 00:48:19.840 --> 00:48:23.639 Twitter of some of his defensive plays from the twenty 763 00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:25.679 one to twenty two season with the Houston Rockets where 764 00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:29.599 he's picking pockets left and right. And I'm not saying, 765 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:33.360 you know, those are highlights, they're not showing the low lines. 766 00:48:33.760 --> 00:48:39.000 But he does have a high defensive potential. I guess 767 00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:43.639 on the perimeter he does. I want to see it 768 00:48:43.679 --> 00:48:46.199 as a clipper like when he's focused there. I was 769 00:48:46.239 --> 00:48:48.679 listening to Dime Dropper earlier today. He had a guy 770 00:48:48.719 --> 00:48:52.079 on from Lockdown Houston Rockets talking about his potential on 771 00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:57.039 the defensive end and if you can get him motivated 772 00:48:57.079 --> 00:49:02.000 on defense, he can lock guys up. He pointed out 773 00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:04.719 a game where he was very good against Lebron James 774 00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:10.360 defensively Kevin Porter Junior. So his ceiling is higher than norms, 775 00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:14.079 I believe, But there's so much to be determined in 776 00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:16.360 training camp, and I don't think at this point you 777 00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:20.360 can really consider getting rid of Norman Powell when you're 778 00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:23.400 talking about needing to fill twenty four points that you're 779 00:49:23.400 --> 00:49:26.840 missing per game with Paul George gone, Norm Powle's a 780 00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:30.199 big part of that. Guys, I'm moving on from the 781 00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:32.920 PJ Tucker Norm Powell conversation, and I'm sorry to lose 782 00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:37.559 my voice because I've been screaming too much. Evil Bot says, 783 00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:40.599 why am I showing this guy used a picture of me? 784 00:49:40.719 --> 00:49:42.320 That's something I would have done back in the day. 785 00:49:42.360 --> 00:49:44.880 Trolling wise, I think for the front office wants to 786 00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:47.519 see if KPg and Kai Jones experiment works to trade 787 00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:49.719 Bones and PJ. If not, there is safe blanket. I 788 00:49:49.719 --> 00:49:52.880 don't think it has anything to do with that, be honest. 789 00:49:53.400 --> 00:49:55.880 I think if they could get rid of Bones and PJ, 790 00:49:56.280 --> 00:49:59.800 Lawrence Frank has talked about it. They've looked for deals. 791 00:50:00.000 --> 00:50:02.800 There's one that makes sense, they'd be gone by now, 792 00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:08.000 just hasn't happened. He brings an awesome shoe collection, Yes 793 00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:11.559 he does. PJ. Tucker definitely has that going for him. 794 00:50:11.800 --> 00:50:14.840 If you're a sneakerhead like Brian Seaman, you appreciate the 795 00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:19.320 shoe collection. William Blast will point out he's been done 796 00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:24.440 for two seasons. He's just physical. Well, okay, he has 797 00:50:24.519 --> 00:50:28.239 shown now for the Clippers, who probably doesn't make a 798 00:50:28.239 --> 00:50:29.920 lot of sense because if he's the Zubats might be 799 00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:33.639 the best defender against this particular player. But PJ. Tucker 800 00:50:34.119 --> 00:50:39.360 against Nikola Jokich for the seventy six Ers his last season, 801 00:50:40.360 --> 00:50:43.679 he has some really good possessions against Jokich, like there 802 00:50:43.840 --> 00:50:46.840 is something there. But he's so bad on the offensive end. 803 00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:49.679 If he's not gonna take threes anymore, he doesn't have 804 00:50:49.719 --> 00:50:52.039 confidence in his shot. He hurts you so much there. 805 00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:55.360 It's just it doesn't make sense. Yeah, it was game three. 806 00:50:55.880 --> 00:50:58.679 Norman Powell had forty two against Phoenix in twenty twenty three. 807 00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:03.239 William Blast says, you need as many scores as you 808 00:51:03.280 --> 00:51:05.400 can get keep Norm coming off the bench for the 809 00:51:05.400 --> 00:51:10.119 remainder of his prime. Norm's under contract for two more years. 810 00:51:10.119 --> 00:51:14.960 There's no team option, no player option. But I'm just 811 00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:19.119 paying attention to see if Kevin Porter Junior ascends and 812 00:51:19.239 --> 00:51:22.320 rises up here and doesn't get suspended. There is a 813 00:51:22.320 --> 00:51:26.880 lot of IF's going on, but I think he could 814 00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:31.440 at some point be a six man type for the Clippers. 815 00:51:32.079 --> 00:51:34.159 He has a two year contract. They believe in him. 816 00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:38.280 Coach lou spoke very highly of his talent, mentioned how 817 00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:40.360 you don't make twenty million dollars per year if you 818 00:51:40.360 --> 00:51:44.039 aren't talented. That's what he was getting before he blew 819 00:51:44.079 --> 00:51:48.320 it with his off the court mistakes and incidences that 820 00:51:49.360 --> 00:51:51.480 you know, I'm sure there's gonna be questions the media 821 00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:54.880 day about Kevin Porter Junior. It's a controversials, gonna be 822 00:51:54.920 --> 00:52:01.920 scrutinized type of decision because of the domestic violence stand it. So, 823 00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:05.679 I'm not going to shy away from discussing that stuff. 824 00:52:07.400 --> 00:52:10.400 Can't take it that much further than that. But I 825 00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:13.480 understand where people are coming from. Some fans, you know, 826 00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:16.840 you don't like it. You want everybody, You want to 827 00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:19.280 be able to root for everybody on your team, and 828 00:52:19.320 --> 00:52:25.039 that makes it difficult. You can be conflicted. Other people 829 00:52:25.199 --> 00:52:29.039 just see the basketball player and they just want to 830 00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:34.599 know if a guy has a high ability there. I don't, 831 00:52:35.960 --> 00:52:40.000 you know, look down upon either side of this type 832 00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:43.639 of argument. I think it's just personal decision and how 833 00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:47.320 you want to fan. Jaj the Boy says, how many 834 00:52:47.360 --> 00:52:49.079 minutes do you think Jordan Miller is going to play 835 00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:52.360 in these preseason games. Heavy minutes. Heavy minutes for Jordan Miller, 836 00:52:57.000 --> 00:53:02.119 I'll give them. Can I say heavy, I guess I 837 00:53:02.199 --> 00:53:04.280 mean relative to what he could get in the regular season. 838 00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:07.679 I think there's a good chance he plays around twenty 839 00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:11.079 minutes in a few of these preseason games. I believe 840 00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:13.199 they have five. I should know that since we're doing 841 00:53:13.239 --> 00:53:16.000 all of them on the radio starting October fifth and Honolulu, 842 00:53:16.039 --> 00:53:19.199 Hawaii Clippers and Golden State Warriors. I'm excited for that. 843 00:53:20.360 --> 00:53:23.639 Myself and Carlo Amenez will be on the radio side 844 00:53:23.639 --> 00:53:27.199 for you. I think pre game starts at three Clippers countdown. 845 00:53:28.400 --> 00:53:34.960 Jordan Miller, Guys, I want to see when he's gonna 846 00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:39.800 bump his head on the ceiling. You keep putting hurdles 847 00:53:39.800 --> 00:53:42.719 in front of this guy, Jordan Miller, and he keeps 848 00:53:42.760 --> 00:53:45.320 leaping over him. Now, the biggest hurdle is just playing 849 00:53:45.599 --> 00:53:48.039 and carving out a role in the NBA. But so 850 00:53:48.199 --> 00:53:50.559 far in the G League, where last season he was 851 00:53:50.599 --> 00:53:53.480 getting twenty two per game, was the eighth leading scorer 852 00:53:53.519 --> 00:53:58.039 in the G League, was dominating. That's too easy for him. 853 00:53:58.280 --> 00:54:00.800 Summer League, too easy for him. Should have been the 854 00:54:00.840 --> 00:54:03.800 Summer League MVP Let's see what he can do in 855 00:54:03.800 --> 00:54:07.119 the NBA. Let's see what he can do at this level, 856 00:54:07.719 --> 00:54:11.880 because there are levels to this. I just want him 857 00:54:11.880 --> 00:54:16.400 to be challenged because they're gonna bring out the best 858 00:54:16.400 --> 00:54:18.679 in him, and it's the only way he's gonna learn. 859 00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:20.880 And I don't know what he's capable at the NBA level. 860 00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:27.880 Was his hot shooting during Summer League from three an aberration? 861 00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:32.519 Was it an outlier? Or can he turn into a 862 00:54:32.639 --> 00:54:37.239 Nicholas Batomb type, a versatile defender that has a quick 863 00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:43.679 release on catching shoot threes. That's what I'm wondering. Who 864 00:54:43.760 --> 00:54:49.360 do you think is getting the last two? Way I'm 865 00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:53.199 I'm trying to think who has the first two? Is 866 00:54:53.239 --> 00:54:58.280 it Jordan Miller and Trenton Flowers? If somebody wants to 867 00:54:58.320 --> 00:55:02.840 hit me up there. As I read this text I 868 00:55:02.840 --> 00:55:07.239 got from Charles Mockler regarding Terrence Man, as we've kind 869 00:55:07.239 --> 00:55:10.880 of veered out into all these different areas, and I'll 870 00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:13.320 answer this question. We'll get to all your questions here. 871 00:55:13.599 --> 00:55:18.400 This Friday we got has to do just hanging out. 872 00:55:19.760 --> 00:55:22.519 It's good to be with you guys. But this all 873 00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:25.800 centered around Terrence Man getting paid. It was broke by 874 00:55:25.800 --> 00:55:30.039 the athletic and Shamsharania. He got a three year, forty 875 00:55:30.039 --> 00:55:32.679 seven million dollar contract extension with the Clippers. That's about 876 00:55:32.719 --> 00:55:37.119 sixteen million, or just under per year. Here's Justin Rousseau 877 00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:42.639 on this. He said, Man is slated Russo to occupy 878 00:55:42.719 --> 00:55:45.639 ten percent of the Clippers projected salary cap in the 879 00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:49.519 twenty five to twenty sixth season, while Zubos clocks in 880 00:55:49.639 --> 00:55:52.719 at eleven point seven percent of their salary cap. Adding 881 00:55:52.840 --> 00:55:56.360 Derrek Jones Junior's flat ten million dollars salary for that season, 882 00:55:56.679 --> 00:55:59.320 which comes in in a meager six point five percent 883 00:55:59.320 --> 00:56:02.079 of the cap, and you have three projected starters for 884 00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:05.280 the Clippers taking up a grand total of only twenty 885 00:56:05.360 --> 00:56:09.000 eight point two percent of the available salary cap. Three 886 00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:12.920 projected starters factoring Chris Dunn's five point four million for 887 00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:16.000 that season as well, and key rotation players see their 888 00:56:16.039 --> 00:56:19.440 cap percentage jumped to thirty one point seven percent, a 889 00:56:19.480 --> 00:56:22.800 figure most teams would be willing to live with. Guys, 890 00:56:22.800 --> 00:56:26.400 this is a team friendly deal for the casuals out there. 891 00:56:27.639 --> 00:56:29.239 Who was that one guy that was talking a little 892 00:56:29.239 --> 00:56:33.519 bit earlier, got too much windows jaws? Uh my guy 893 00:56:33.599 --> 00:56:38.000 right here for the casuals out there. I think this 894 00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:46.679 is somehow an overpay man learn the cap situation. It's 895 00:56:46.760 --> 00:56:50.519 not at all. Don't look at so much the number 896 00:56:51.320 --> 00:56:54.360 what someone's getting paid. Look at the percentage of the 897 00:56:54.400 --> 00:57:01.400 salary cap they are taking up. That's what's important. And 898 00:57:01.519 --> 00:57:05.679 Terrence Man is only going to be accounting for ten 899 00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:10.519 percent of the Clippers projected salary cap. Not this season, 900 00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:16.880 but next season. That's big. I've eats a zoobots at 901 00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:23.280 about twelve percent. Ooh, we got to pay in customer? 902 00:57:23.320 --> 00:57:26.719 Here is this somebody? Yeah, I got into the super 903 00:57:26.840 --> 00:57:30.920 chat gave me ten bucks. I don't deserve that. Thank you, 904 00:57:31.840 --> 00:57:35.880 Jolie Rowe Hope I pronounced that right. Please correct me 905 00:57:35.920 --> 00:57:38.840 if I was wrong, Adam. I want them to bring 906 00:57:38.920 --> 00:57:42.360 back our sixth man who gave great points production that 907 00:57:42.400 --> 00:57:44.880 play well with hardener bones, with a pick and roll play, 908 00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:56.280 Montres Harrel. You're talking about bringing back Montrez. Montrez is 909 00:57:56.280 --> 00:57:58.719 playing for the thirty six ers right now. I believe 910 00:57:58.719 --> 00:58:02.599 that is an Australian basketball team, the eight to l 911 00:58:02.599 --> 00:58:07.760 eight thirty six ers. I am a big Montrez Harral fan, 912 00:58:08.880 --> 00:58:12.360 big Montrez Harral fan, and yes he was one of 913 00:58:12.400 --> 00:58:16.639 the many players to wear a Clippers uniform and become 914 00:58:16.639 --> 00:58:19.119 a six Many of the Year winner. He won it 915 00:58:19.280 --> 00:58:22.400 in the twenty nineteen twenty twenty season, the COVID Year 916 00:58:23.159 --> 00:58:27.440 Bubbles Championship, and Montrez wasn't right for that run. He 917 00:58:27.480 --> 00:58:29.480 had to leave. He had a death in the family, 918 00:58:30.119 --> 00:58:32.960 and he never really got his basketball legs back in 919 00:58:33.000 --> 00:58:36.679 the Bubble. It was unfortunate. I don't blame him. You know, 920 00:58:36.760 --> 00:58:38.960 Doc Rivers was playing him when he didn't look right 921 00:58:39.320 --> 00:58:41.360 and they had a Beatza Zubas, so they probably should 922 00:58:41.360 --> 00:58:43.880 have been playing more against a Vista Zubas. There's no 923 00:58:43.920 --> 00:58:47.320 problem about it. He should have been Zubas should have 924 00:58:47.360 --> 00:58:51.400 been playing against the oak Excuse me. That was the 925 00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:53.119 guy who should have gotten more minutes in that series 926 00:58:53.119 --> 00:58:55.079 against Denver and then I think the Clippers win it. 927 00:58:55.920 --> 00:58:59.119 But Tres was lethal in the pick and roll, and 928 00:58:59.159 --> 00:59:05.840 that's what Julie rolled Row is referring to lethal. Those 929 00:59:05.840 --> 00:59:09.280 guys mastered it in the twenty eighteen twenty nineteen season 930 00:59:09.559 --> 00:59:12.119 before the two to three connection came, and they kept 931 00:59:12.119 --> 00:59:16.559 it going off the bench for the Clippers. I just 932 00:59:16.639 --> 00:59:21.880 don't know. Because of all the knee injuries, Montrez Harral 933 00:59:21.960 --> 00:59:24.519 has had where he's at physically right now. It was 934 00:59:24.519 --> 00:59:30.559 actually watching highlights from him from just a few days ago. 935 00:59:31.320 --> 00:59:35.559 And we can watch this together with the Adelaide thirty 936 00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:40.039 six ers. Montrez Harral, this is where he's at right now. 937 00:59:42.119 --> 00:59:46.199 I will share the screen because this is almost nostalgic 938 00:59:46.239 --> 00:59:47.719 for me. It's kind of weird. It's not like he 939 00:59:47.800 --> 00:59:52.599 has been a Clipper, not been a clipper that recently. 940 00:59:52.679 --> 00:59:56.000 We're talking about four or five years ago now. But 941 00:59:56.239 --> 01:00:03.239 here is Montrez Harrel with the Adelaide seventy six ers, 942 01:00:03.320 --> 01:00:06.239 just from three days ago. I've been keeping an eye 943 01:00:06.280 --> 01:00:09.320 on him. And when you pay in the super chat, 944 01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:13.119 this is the type of treatment and premium treatment you 945 01:00:13.119 --> 01:00:17.199 will get here on Clippers Talk Live highlights from Montrez Harrel. 946 01:00:19.000 --> 01:00:21.880 I love Tres. I used to love saying Monsta Trez, 947 01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:25.599 his energy, his emotion that he would play with. Look 948 01:00:25.679 --> 01:00:30.000 at this guy letting out primal screams as Brian Seman 949 01:00:30.039 --> 01:00:35.800 would say, ooh, he got up there much of the floor. Afterwards, 950 01:00:37.679 --> 01:00:41.119 I'm guessing somebody's gonna pick him up at some point. 951 01:00:41.440 --> 01:00:43.400 And this is his opportunity to prove that he can 952 01:00:43.440 --> 01:00:51.280 still play by playing international ball right now. He's a grinder. 953 01:00:51.559 --> 01:00:53.639 He was someone who used to play year round during 954 01:00:53.639 --> 01:00:56.320 the summer all the time. He and Lou Willett runs 955 01:00:57.039 --> 01:01:02.239 like that was a constant for this Clippers. Harrow was 956 01:01:02.480 --> 01:01:08.400 a dog on offense. I say that affectionately. I used 957 01:01:08.440 --> 01:01:13.760 to call him the Dennis Rodman of offense because of 958 01:01:13.800 --> 01:01:20.039 his motor and his energy out there, so infectious, so contagious. 959 01:01:20.800 --> 01:01:23.440 Montrez came into the game, gave him a jolt immediately. 960 01:01:24.519 --> 01:01:31.320 So depending on where he's at health wise, of course, 961 01:01:31.360 --> 01:01:36.320 I'd love to see Montrez Harrol return. The problem is 962 01:01:36.320 --> 01:01:39.039 he's just about a year away from tearing his acl 963 01:01:39.199 --> 01:01:44.639 and meniscus. Usually that's a two year thing to get 964 01:01:44.719 --> 01:01:47.960 back to where you were. He's still relatively young enough. 965 01:01:48.000 --> 01:01:50.440 I want to say he's about thirty thirty one. Yeah, 966 01:01:50.480 --> 01:01:53.440 he just turned thirty in January, so you know he's 967 01:01:53.440 --> 01:01:57.280 getting closer for being thirty one. But I like the thought. 968 01:01:57.960 --> 01:02:01.880 Joey Row. Appreciate the super I appreciate the love here, 969 01:02:02.760 --> 01:02:09.119 appreciate everybody that's in here. Right now, here's somebody asking 970 01:02:09.199 --> 01:02:11.559 a question about this. Is one of our listeners from 971 01:02:11.599 --> 01:02:19.039 Japan honored. Do you think KPJ. Defense over role is overrated. 972 01:02:19.719 --> 01:02:22.000 Not sure what you mean, but I'll say this about 973 01:02:22.039 --> 01:02:25.239 Kevin Porter Junior and his defense. I don't know why 974 01:02:25.239 --> 01:02:29.400 I didn't bring it up earlier. I should have. I 975 01:02:29.440 --> 01:02:33.280 tweeted this out the other night because we were talking 976 01:02:33.320 --> 01:02:36.840 about him and his defensive potential and how he can 977 01:02:36.880 --> 01:02:40.280 project on that end yep in one of our most 978 01:02:40.920 --> 01:02:46.480 recent episodes, and I think Will said jokingly, does he 979 01:02:46.559 --> 01:02:49.039 have a defensive highlight tape or something like that? And 980 01:02:49.400 --> 01:02:51.360 I wasn't sure if he did either, so I went 981 01:02:51.400 --> 01:02:55.840 on YouTube, and yes there was one. Here is that 982 01:02:55.960 --> 01:03:05.280 tape with Kevin Porter Junior playing some pretty darn good defense. 983 01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:12.159 Quans were a good defensive team. That doesn't mean an 984 01:03:12.159 --> 01:03:14.800 individual defender couldn't have been good though. As he gets 985 01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:18.599 the block there, last line of defense defense from k 986 01:03:18.760 --> 01:03:24.039 p J. He's a very good athlete. Harry gets the steel. 987 01:03:25.400 --> 01:03:33.320 That's good. And this is the pick pick pocket with 988 01:03:33.440 --> 01:03:35.199 the little two headed rim rocker there at the end 989 01:03:35.239 --> 01:03:39.199 that was on steph Curry just picked his pocket lint 990 01:03:39.320 --> 01:03:43.480 and all. Now this is him getting back in transition 991 01:03:45.280 --> 01:03:47.559 and taking it away after he had I think he 992 01:03:47.559 --> 01:03:50.639 grew up an air ball some three there here's Steven Adams. 993 01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:54.400 So he comes in on the double team and creates 994 01:03:54.400 --> 01:03:56.559 a little bit of havoc and creates a turnover there. 995 01:03:57.159 --> 01:04:01.159 Here he is on the perimeter once again, just taking 996 01:04:01.239 --> 01:04:06.880 candy from a baby. So I don't think look and 997 01:04:06.880 --> 01:04:10.880 we end the highlights here with the block against the Lakers. 998 01:04:11.119 --> 01:04:16.719 I don't think you know, you can say there's definitely 999 01:04:16.840 --> 01:04:21.280 not something to what he can do defensively because he's 1000 01:04:21.320 --> 01:04:22.920 only listened to six to four. But guys, he has 1001 01:04:22.960 --> 01:04:27.679 a six to nine wingspan, and that's what intrigues me. 1002 01:04:28.840 --> 01:04:31.480 That's what leads to him having the length to be 1003 01:04:31.559 --> 01:04:34.119 a wing and play great defense on the perimeter if 1004 01:04:34.159 --> 01:04:36.719 he wants to a lot of it. I think Pat 1005 01:04:36.719 --> 01:04:41.039 Bevis said this before, defense is ninety effort and want 1006 01:04:41.079 --> 01:04:46.360 to and drive. Does he have it? Does he have 1007 01:04:46.400 --> 01:04:49.320 something to prove? Coach Lou said he's gonna coach KPJ 1008 01:04:50.239 --> 01:04:54.719 hard JJ the Boys says, I'm very interested on the 1009 01:04:54.760 --> 01:05:01.880 defensive upside lineup of Harden, Dunn, Jones, Leonard and Zuba. Yeah, 1010 01:05:01.920 --> 01:05:06.559 and you could swap in Man for Done. They're still fine. Guys. 1011 01:05:07.679 --> 01:05:10.559 I've been saying all off season. They have to be 1012 01:05:10.800 --> 01:05:15.639 a top eight defense at worst last season. They finished 1013 01:05:15.639 --> 01:05:19.159 seventeenth defensively this season with the personnel they have, with 1014 01:05:19.199 --> 01:05:22.199 the guys they brought in top eight at worst. If 1015 01:05:22.199 --> 01:05:23.960 you want a chance of staying out of the play 1016 01:05:23.960 --> 01:05:27.119 and that is and I think they want that chance. 1017 01:05:30.639 --> 01:05:33.679 Mark Jack says DJJ will be the starting four. He 1018 01:05:33.760 --> 01:05:35.440 used to play the five in some lineups when he 1019 01:05:35.440 --> 01:05:42.039 played with the Bulls. I think when Kawhi is available, 1020 01:05:42.079 --> 01:05:45.039 he'll be at the four. He'll be guarding fours. Fours 1021 01:05:45.079 --> 01:05:47.360 will be guarding him more than Derreck Jones Junior, just 1022 01:05:47.400 --> 01:05:51.000 because he's so slight a frame. Yeah, those Bulls teams 1023 01:05:51.280 --> 01:05:54.840 were very good. But he can play some four, There's 1024 01:05:54.880 --> 01:05:57.360 no doubt about it. Look, I think he could slide 1025 01:05:57.400 --> 01:06:01.199 up to four on nights where Kawhi not available. If 1026 01:06:01.199 --> 01:06:03.920 they're not putting the toom in the starting lineup, maybe 1027 01:06:03.960 --> 01:06:08.000 you just slide up Derrick Jones Junior, slide up Terrence 1028 01:06:08.039 --> 01:06:11.400 man To to the three spot behind him, with DJJ at 1029 01:06:11.400 --> 01:06:14.039 the four, and then have Norman Powell at the two 1030 01:06:15.119 --> 01:06:17.760 next to James Harden for more scoring because you're lacking 1031 01:06:17.880 --> 01:06:22.760 Kawhi Leonard. That could be an option. Jay says I 1032 01:06:22.800 --> 01:06:26.079 called Dibbs on any giveaways, Adam, I know you there's 1033 01:06:26.159 --> 01:06:28.760 early enough to ask for one and stay late enough 1034 01:06:28.760 --> 01:06:30.960 to get any left behind. Lol. I'm ready for the 1035 01:06:31.000 --> 01:06:37.760 Clippers basketball. Same underdog, new dog house. Any dogs with 1036 01:06:37.800 --> 01:06:42.000 the house. Yeah, I don't know if I'm giving anything away. Oh, 1037 01:06:43.280 --> 01:06:47.920 the hater raid apparently is running thin. Someone's saying there 1038 01:06:48.039 --> 01:06:52.000 Jordan Miller fan hopefully he develops. Todd Tait says, watch 1039 01:06:52.000 --> 01:06:54.960 the role players play in the Ricohines B ball at UCLA. 1040 01:06:55.039 --> 01:06:58.320 They look decent. Tell me more about this, Todd, Who 1041 01:06:58.320 --> 01:07:00.320 did you see? Who were the guys there? I think 1042 01:07:00.400 --> 01:07:02.920 kpj was there. I know James Harden has been there. 1043 01:07:03.760 --> 01:07:05.719 I think Kyle Jones has been there. JJ to the 1044 01:07:05.760 --> 01:07:08.159 Boys says, to be honest, I'm mostly interested in these 1045 01:07:08.239 --> 01:07:14.079 upcoming preseason games in Jordan Miller's performance. Me too. I'm 1046 01:07:14.119 --> 01:07:16.679 telling you they won't be able to stop him from 1047 01:07:16.679 --> 01:07:20.519 getting minutes. If he plays well in training, camping in 1048 01:07:20.559 --> 01:07:23.480 the preseason, they will have to give him an opportunity. 1049 01:07:23.840 --> 01:07:28.639 He's knocking on the door. That ain't my door, Dash, 1050 01:07:29.079 --> 01:07:32.800 that's Jordan Miller. He wants an opportunity. He's starving for one, 1051 01:07:33.079 --> 01:07:36.639 and it looks like by all accounts, he could be 1052 01:07:36.679 --> 01:07:40.239 earning one soon. Big r R sixty four says Miller 1053 01:07:40.239 --> 01:07:42.119 did a good job in Summer League. He should have 1054 01:07:42.159 --> 01:07:46.199 been the damn MVP of Summer League easily. He beat 1055 01:07:46.280 --> 01:07:51.280 who was it? It was Wilson from the Brooklyn Nets 1056 01:07:51.360 --> 01:07:56.599 who was granted a higher draft pick, Jalen Wilson, but 1057 01:07:56.920 --> 01:08:01.519 the Clippers beat them head to head Jordan Miller outperformed 1058 01:08:01.599 --> 01:08:07.800 him in that game. The Clippers went to the final 1059 01:08:07.840 --> 01:08:10.920 four last four playoff system they have in Summer League. 1060 01:08:11.280 --> 01:08:14.159 His team went farther, so we had more individual success 1061 01:08:14.239 --> 01:08:17.439 with stats, with head to head record against Jalen Wilson, 1062 01:08:18.039 --> 01:08:21.680 and with team success going further. And somehow he didn't 1063 01:08:21.680 --> 01:08:24.279 get Summer League MVP. They gave it to Jalen Wilson. 1064 01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:28.800 What because he was a Jayhawk? Was this Kansas bias? 1065 01:08:28.960 --> 01:08:33.000 Brian Seman, No, you're not the Harvard of the Midwest. 1066 01:08:34.800 --> 01:08:38.680 Clipcher Diace is probably Kai. Not sure what that's referring to, 1067 01:08:43.319 --> 01:08:46.560 my guy Jay. We traded Miller to the Spurs. No, 1068 01:08:46.720 --> 01:08:50.359 Brandon Boston is with the Spurs. Slow your damn role. 1069 01:08:51.119 --> 01:08:53.319 You're about to get Clipper Nation in a panic here 1070 01:08:53.600 --> 01:08:58.720 they didn't trade Brandon Miller. Chill Lord, spare me from 1071 01:08:58.760 --> 01:09:00.960 the casuals. Clipser Di said his Flowers and Miller are 1072 01:09:00.960 --> 01:09:02.760 the two ways. That's what I said. That's what I said, 1073 01:09:03.119 --> 01:09:07.399 trendon Flowers and Jordan Miller. I don't know. Is it 1074 01:09:07.439 --> 01:09:15.319 going to be Kai Jones? Is that who uh clips 1075 01:09:15.399 --> 01:09:18.960 or Die was referring to. Yeah, Kai Jones has basically 1076 01:09:19.000 --> 01:09:24.319 a camp invite, non guaranteed contract. He has everything to prove. 1077 01:09:24.439 --> 01:09:26.720 And I know there's a lot of Kai Jones lovers 1078 01:09:26.760 --> 01:09:29.119 out there, and I am intrigued by him and I'm 1079 01:09:29.199 --> 01:09:31.000 rooting for the young man. He went through some mental 1080 01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:35.840 health issues and I'm hoping that part of his life. 1081 01:09:38.039 --> 01:09:40.560 You know, he's more well grounded now and he's doing 1082 01:09:40.600 --> 01:09:44.399 well because there is a ton of potential there. But 1083 01:09:44.479 --> 01:09:47.039 I just want to say this, He's only averaged at 1084 01:09:47.079 --> 01:09:49.239 two and two so far in the NBA. I mean, 1085 01:09:49.239 --> 01:09:51.479 when the Clippers picked him up at the end of 1086 01:09:51.560 --> 01:09:54.600 last season, there were seriously people out there saying kai 1087 01:09:54.680 --> 01:09:57.159 Jones was going to get playoff minutes, this was the 1088 01:09:57.199 --> 01:10:04.039 missing piece, Like y'all are crazy. I'm sorry, but he's 1089 01:10:04.079 --> 01:10:06.680 average at two and two. He hasn't proven anything outside 1090 01:10:06.680 --> 01:10:08.920 of a dunk against Victor Wemba Yama in the NBA. 1091 01:10:10.000 --> 01:10:12.880 Potential is there. I want to see him fulfill it. 1092 01:10:14.119 --> 01:10:16.319 I would love to see him compete for the backup 1093 01:10:16.399 --> 01:10:22.239 five with Mobama. I think that'd be great. We'll see 1094 01:10:22.279 --> 01:10:25.239 what happens. William Blast points this out. I thought he 1095 01:10:25.319 --> 01:10:29.920 was leaving. Does Tyler let young guys play if they 1096 01:10:30.039 --> 01:10:33.039 earn it. I don't think he's afraid to play young 1097 01:10:33.079 --> 01:10:36.039 guys if they're not gonna look like young guys out there, 1098 01:10:36.039 --> 01:10:40.199 if they're not gonna be liabilities out there. They gave 1099 01:10:40.359 --> 01:10:44.520 Kobe Brown a ten game sample size last season. He 1100 01:10:44.600 --> 01:10:50.279 wasn't good enough. Now he got better and progressed, and 1101 01:10:50.359 --> 01:10:54.760 I felt like was better his last game during that 1102 01:10:54.840 --> 01:10:58.319 stint than his first game, where the game sped up 1103 01:10:58.319 --> 01:11:00.600 for him. You could see. I remember he had a 1104 01:11:00.680 --> 01:11:03.000 close out on Klay Thompson on a three pointer. He 1105 01:11:03.119 --> 01:11:05.840 was fouling a lot. That's been an issue for Kobe Brown. 1106 01:11:06.880 --> 01:11:10.319 That's something to monitor. But they gave him a shot 1107 01:11:10.600 --> 01:11:15.000 on a team that had four Hall of Famers, So 1108 01:11:15.159 --> 01:11:17.159 there's gonna be more of an opportunity this season to 1109 01:11:17.159 --> 01:11:20.600 play some of the young guys. Big R sixty four. 1110 01:11:20.640 --> 01:11:23.239 I never disagreed with you, but check out my receipts 1111 01:11:23.279 --> 01:11:26.479 at follow Adam A evil Bot. Speaking of Adam A, 1112 01:11:26.920 --> 01:11:29.880 I really think that besides Miller, Christy will be a 1113 01:11:29.920 --> 01:11:34.520 menace in due time evil Bot Adam in due time, 1114 01:11:36.680 --> 01:11:42.920 Cam Christy guys kill a Cam Cam, I am Christy. 1115 01:11:43.920 --> 01:11:46.880 I'm so hyped for him. I don't know if this 1116 01:11:46.920 --> 01:11:49.119 is going to be the season though he breaks into 1117 01:11:49.119 --> 01:11:53.239 the NBA or plays anything close to significant minutes just 1118 01:11:53.279 --> 01:11:56.159 because there's a surplus of guys in front of him. 1119 01:11:56.439 --> 01:12:01.000 It's really hard to do. And he's nineteen, he only 1120 01:12:01.039 --> 01:12:04.800 had one year of college. But he has a real 1121 01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:09.279 NBA skill already. I've identified it. I believe in it. 1122 01:12:09.640 --> 01:12:12.439 His three points shooting is real and spectacular, and I 1123 01:12:12.439 --> 01:12:18.479 think it's already there. It is impressive as hell. I've 1124 01:12:18.479 --> 01:12:21.800 compared it to somewhere in between. His shooting stroke is 1125 01:12:21.840 --> 01:12:25.720 somewhere in between these two players, Michael Porters Junior and 1126 01:12:25.840 --> 01:12:28.079 Devin Booker. Doesn't mean he's going to be as good 1127 01:12:28.079 --> 01:12:30.960 as either of these two guys, high likelihood he won't be, 1128 01:12:32.119 --> 01:12:35.319 but his shooting stroke, his form on his shot, his 1129 01:12:35.439 --> 01:12:39.880 elevation is insane. He can get that up over anybody today. 1130 01:12:41.000 --> 01:12:42.560 But I don't know about all the other little things 1131 01:12:42.600 --> 01:12:45.239 you gotta do as a young player. That's the problem. 1132 01:12:46.039 --> 01:12:49.880 Jay Bo's asks when would Terrence be trayed eligible? Some 1133 01:12:49.960 --> 01:12:54.000 are reporting he already is. But you guys need a 1134 01:12:54.079 --> 01:12:58.000 chill on that stuff. You're upsetting me. This is about 1135 01:12:58.119 --> 01:13:02.720 praising and celebrating Terrence Man. He got paid. The age 1136 01:13:02.720 --> 01:13:05.880 of Man is upon us. I've said it once, I'll 1137 01:13:05.920 --> 01:13:08.319 say it again. Clips or Die says the capit will 1138 01:13:08.359 --> 01:13:10.800 only continue to go up. Thank you, Johnny. No, I 1139 01:13:10.840 --> 01:13:13.239 mean that. It's a good point. It's an obvious one, 1140 01:13:13.239 --> 01:13:16.399 but it is a good point. Mark Jack says, Adam 1141 01:13:16.479 --> 01:13:20.319 so humble. He must be mocking me or he doesn't 1142 01:13:20.359 --> 01:13:24.880 know me. Todd Tait jbos eighty four. He is eligible 1143 01:13:24.880 --> 01:13:27.680 for trade now, that's why I just said. That's according 1144 01:13:27.680 --> 01:13:31.840 to people from ESPN. I mean, Ashan says Adam. Stats 1145 01:13:31.840 --> 01:13:34.840 predictions for each Clipper starter and the percentage from the field, 1146 01:13:36.479 --> 01:13:39.920 effective field goal percentage, free throw percentage, and three point percentage. 1147 01:13:40.279 --> 01:13:42.359 I ain't got enough time for that. I want quicker 1148 01:13:42.439 --> 01:13:47.199 questions here. We'll do that individually with more player profile 1149 01:13:47.399 --> 01:13:51.039 like shows Andy eighty one two ninety three says saw 1150 01:13:51.039 --> 01:13:53.720 a tweet that said Terrence contract can immediately be traded, 1151 01:13:54.319 --> 01:13:58.279 but why can he be but Zoo can't be for 1152 01:13:58.359 --> 01:14:01.520 the rest of the season. For that, I will try 1153 01:14:01.560 --> 01:14:05.640 to find something from maybe my guy Lucas Hand don't 1154 01:14:05.680 --> 01:14:10.119 call him Han. He's been really good with salary cap 1155 01:14:10.479 --> 01:14:13.800 stuff like this and why one guy could be eligible 1156 01:14:14.319 --> 01:14:17.439 another guy couldn't be. But unfortunately he's not helping me 1157 01:14:17.479 --> 01:14:20.560 at this time. I don't know. I don't know the 1158 01:14:20.600 --> 01:14:25.359 intricacies and the idiosyncrasies all the time when it comes 1159 01:14:25.359 --> 01:14:30.640 to an evolving salary cap structure and CBA. I don't 1160 01:14:30.640 --> 01:14:34.520 know why man on an extension would be trade eligible. 1161 01:14:34.600 --> 01:14:37.079 But if he's the Zubats is not for this season. 1162 01:14:37.119 --> 01:14:39.840 He's got the Lori marketing thing where he's just he's 1163 01:14:39.840 --> 01:14:45.720 out of the equation. Can't trade for him. This is interesting. 1164 01:14:47.079 --> 01:14:50.039 Here's a quote from Terrence Man, according to Mark Spears, 1165 01:14:51.159 --> 01:14:53.960 about getting the three year, forty seven million dollar extension. 1166 01:14:54.039 --> 01:14:56.880 Forty seven million dollar extension to Terrence Man happens today. 1167 01:14:57.359 --> 01:14:59.720 Terrence Man says, quote, super excited to re sign with 1168 01:14:59.760 --> 01:15:01.920 the t who has been with me from the beginning. 1169 01:15:02.319 --> 01:15:04.920 It's been a great five seasons with this organization, and 1170 01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:08.800 I'm excited to see where it goes from here. Awesome. God, 1171 01:15:08.840 --> 01:15:11.720 I love Team Man. How can you not love Team Man? 1172 01:15:12.479 --> 01:15:16.039 You probably do. There's only one guy in here. There's 1173 01:15:16.039 --> 01:15:20.439 a couple of haters. There's one guy who I may 1174 01:15:20.439 --> 01:15:22.840 have kept a receipt on said take the l today, 1175 01:15:23.159 --> 01:15:25.279 who's always talking about a mere coffee who I love 1176 01:15:25.319 --> 01:15:32.039 to But it's a Terrence Man who's gonna get that 1177 01:15:32.720 --> 01:15:35.560 starting spot before a mere Coffee would, who really struggled 1178 01:15:35.640 --> 01:15:38.439 unfortunately in that series against Dallas. Amr is almost the 1179 01:15:38.479 --> 01:15:40.479 forgotten man right now with this Clippers team, by the way, 1180 01:15:41.359 --> 01:15:45.039 really really is. We haven't talked about him nearly enough. 1181 01:15:45.600 --> 01:15:47.800 Maybe a mirror could be the odd man out and 1182 01:15:47.920 --> 01:15:53.880 be moved. I don't know. I hope not. Uh. I 1183 01:15:53.880 --> 01:15:56.399 don't want to deal with that. Rafa meant to a 1184 01:15:57.640 --> 01:16:00.600 Tres Collin, Luca Punkass white boy was out of line. 1185 01:16:01.279 --> 01:16:04.359 Yeah maybe you felt like that. He apologized, they squashed it. 1186 01:16:05.279 --> 01:16:09.880 I get it. That happened in the bubble in twenty twenty. 1187 01:16:11.279 --> 01:16:13.760 It was like five years ago, four years ago. Man 1188 01:16:13.960 --> 01:16:16.479 big R sixty four says, I miss watching Lou Williams 1189 01:16:16.520 --> 01:16:22.600 and Mantrez Harold pick and pool, pick and roll, Yeah, 1190 01:16:22.840 --> 01:16:26.560 we all do. I want them to retire sweet Lou 1191 01:16:26.600 --> 01:16:29.760 Williams's number at some point. And I don't know why 1192 01:16:29.760 --> 01:16:32.920 he spelled Harold Harold. Maybe because he could dunk like 1193 01:16:32.960 --> 01:16:38.399 Harold Minor. He's getting those guys confused. Our friend from 1194 01:16:38.439 --> 01:16:42.720 Japan says Treads hates too many, but Doc is responsible 1195 01:16:42.720 --> 01:16:47.359 for that. I don't know what that means. Uh. I 1196 01:16:47.600 --> 01:16:50.319 moved by a lot of comments here from a mean 1197 01:16:51.119 --> 01:16:53.399 into thoughts on Trent and Flowers. I don't know much 1198 01:16:53.439 --> 01:16:55.359 about him. He was playing in Australia, I think with 1199 01:16:55.479 --> 01:16:59.640 thirty six ers, and he has a broken wrist which 1200 01:17:00.199 --> 01:17:02.199 is going to keep him out of training camp. We 1201 01:17:02.359 --> 01:17:05.279 just heard that from coach Lou or his recovery from 1202 01:17:06.000 --> 01:17:08.960 the injury. And there are other guys with minor injuries 1203 01:17:09.000 --> 01:17:11.880 we'll find out about probably on Monday or Tuesday or 1204 01:17:11.920 --> 01:17:16.720 sometime next week. Someone's just giving me five dollars. Oh 1205 01:17:16.720 --> 01:17:19.880 that's jam I thirteen twenty four in the super chat. 1206 01:17:20.079 --> 01:17:26.560 My guy, thank you, blessings. Appreciate everybody in here, regardless 1207 01:17:26.600 --> 01:17:29.720 if you donate to the costs or not, And I 1208 01:17:29.760 --> 01:17:31.520 don't know if this is the Human Fund or the 1209 01:17:31.520 --> 01:17:35.479 people Fund, whatever. George Costanza said, Evil Bob Adams says, 1210 01:17:35.800 --> 01:17:37.840 who you rather have Kawhi at the three or the four? 1211 01:17:38.520 --> 01:17:42.439 This is something I asked Don McLain, Clipper's analyst on 1212 01:17:42.479 --> 01:17:44.960 ballet sports, when he came on, if there's a difference 1213 01:17:44.960 --> 01:17:50.880 in physicality or workload or taxation on the body and 1214 01:17:50.920 --> 01:17:54.920 that right knee, and how taxing it is if you're 1215 01:17:54.920 --> 01:17:56.800 playing the three verses of the four in today's NBA, 1216 01:17:56.880 --> 01:17:59.840 which is pretty much positionless, and it really just means 1217 01:18:00.359 --> 01:18:02.960 more positionless than it's ever been. I don't want Lot 1218 01:18:03.039 --> 01:18:04.720 Murray to come after me unless he wants to come 1219 01:18:04.720 --> 01:18:08.239 into the chat, because I didn't invite him here. That's 1220 01:18:08.239 --> 01:18:14.039 what it means. But my thinking is if he's playing 1221 01:18:14.079 --> 01:18:16.279 the four, he's guarding more fours, and he's closer to 1222 01:18:16.319 --> 01:18:19.800 the basket, and there's probably less movement and running around 1223 01:18:19.880 --> 01:18:22.760 in less explosive movements with him having to chase guys 1224 01:18:22.800 --> 01:18:26.800 around the perimeter. Now you could say, well, he still 1225 01:18:26.880 --> 01:18:28.359 ended up with a knee injury by the end of 1226 01:18:28.439 --> 01:18:33.079 last season. He did swelling after sixty eight games, but 1227 01:18:33.159 --> 01:18:35.640 those sixty eight games, most he had played since twenty 1228 01:18:35.720 --> 01:18:39.039 seventeen with San Antonio. So maybe there is something to 1229 01:18:39.119 --> 01:18:41.640 him playing the four and not having to cover as 1230 01:18:41.720 --> 01:18:45.319 much ground because they have these sport Bu cameras in 1231 01:18:45.319 --> 01:18:48.640 every arena now and they track and they also have 1232 01:18:49.520 --> 01:18:53.079 you know, digital technology and new jerseys that track everything, 1233 01:18:53.640 --> 01:18:57.880 so the Clippers know exactly how many more miles or 1234 01:18:57.880 --> 01:19:01.119 how many more feet you have to cover ground you 1235 01:19:01.119 --> 01:19:04.239 have to cover per game playing the three versus playing 1236 01:19:04.279 --> 01:19:09.079 the four for Kawhi Leonard, so I think they're you know, 1237 01:19:09.439 --> 01:19:12.439 exhausting every avenue to make the best decision possible. So 1238 01:19:12.439 --> 01:19:14.439 there's less wear and tear on the right knee. Guys, 1239 01:19:15.199 --> 01:19:19.159 it's not lost on them, trust me. Mark Jaggs says, 1240 01:19:19.159 --> 01:19:20.840 I didn't know Tres was that young. Yeah, he's still 1241 01:19:20.880 --> 01:19:23.880 just thirty. He can recover from that injury. I want 1242 01:19:23.920 --> 01:19:27.479 to see it. William Blast, I don't know who he's 1243 01:19:27.520 --> 01:19:31.880 saying this about, says he has great hands, he's a 1244 01:19:31.960 --> 01:19:34.119 quality defender, very fast and quick. I think he's talking 1245 01:19:34.119 --> 01:19:38.680 about Mantrez Harral. Tres isn't a great defender, he said quality. 1246 01:19:40.720 --> 01:19:49.239 I'd say he's slightly below average. There's the hater KPg 1247 01:19:49.439 --> 01:19:52.439 needs a solid vet to keep him locked in. Yes 1248 01:19:52.479 --> 01:19:55.680 he does. There's plenty of those guys on this Clippers team. 1249 01:19:56.000 --> 01:19:58.960 Mark Jagg says KPGA has so much potential. I'm going 1250 01:19:59.039 --> 01:20:00.960 rapid fire through these comments. Now we got to catch 1251 01:20:01.000 --> 01:20:02.359 up a little bit, so I'll try to be quicker 1252 01:20:02.359 --> 01:20:04.439 of some of the answers. JJ the boys said, if 1253 01:20:04.439 --> 01:20:07.520 PJ Washington can become a menace on the defensive end 1254 01:20:07.840 --> 01:20:15.079 for meaningful basketball games, why not KPJ. Why not? He 1255 01:20:15.520 --> 01:20:18.760 expanded on that or Mark Jag expanded on that point, 1256 01:20:18.800 --> 01:20:23.760 saying KPJ is explosive to we know big R sixty four, Adam, 1257 01:20:23.760 --> 01:20:25.720 they're going to be top three in defense. Don't worry 1258 01:20:25.760 --> 01:20:32.159 about it, doubtful. I'm sorry to burst your bubble. They 1259 01:20:32.199 --> 01:20:34.680 could be. It's not out of the realm of possibility. 1260 01:20:34.920 --> 01:20:37.960 Here's the reason I say they won't be top three. 1261 01:20:41.359 --> 01:20:44.439 We don't know if Kawhi is playing Game one yet. 1262 01:20:46.439 --> 01:20:49.159 What I would venture to guess is that he's playing 1263 01:20:49.239 --> 01:20:51.560 none of the sixteen back to back, so therefore he's 1264 01:20:51.560 --> 01:20:54.800 missing your Game one. On that a first half or 1265 01:20:54.920 --> 01:20:57.399 second half of back to back. There's sixteen of them 1266 01:20:57.600 --> 01:21:01.239 that means he's missing sixteen games at that puts him 1267 01:21:01.239 --> 01:21:04.159 at sixty six games. I don't think Kawhai is going 1268 01:21:04.279 --> 01:21:08.079 to be necessarily available enough for their defense to be 1269 01:21:08.239 --> 01:21:11.920 that good consistently to be a top three defense in 1270 01:21:11.960 --> 01:21:16.840 the league. That's my logic. Top eight will take. Amen 1271 01:21:16.960 --> 01:21:19.159 said we lost a twenty two point per game score. 1272 01:21:19.199 --> 01:21:21.119 That doesn't grow on trees and it's not easy to 1273 01:21:21.199 --> 01:21:26.840 acquire accurate that. Mexican said, what's the preseason lineup? It's 1274 01:21:26.840 --> 01:21:32.239 gonna fluctuate. That's not exactly something that's in the game 1275 01:21:32.279 --> 01:21:36.279 notes already. Jam thirteen twenty four, who was in the 1276 01:21:36.319 --> 01:21:40.279 super chat give me five bucks? Oh, he's guessing of 1277 01:21:40.359 --> 01:21:47.680 guys who could play interesting a chat within the chat. 1278 01:21:48.000 --> 01:21:50.600 There's a question for me, I mean, says Adam. Last season, 1279 01:21:50.640 --> 01:21:52.800 which wins were you most proud of and which losses 1280 01:21:52.880 --> 01:21:55.399 haunted you the most? For me, it's not lost with 1281 01:21:55.439 --> 01:21:57.520 the Timberwolves won eighteen to one hundred. That lost of 1282 01:21:57.560 --> 01:21:59.319 the Bucks won thirteen to one oh six, and that 1283 01:21:59.399 --> 01:22:03.479 lost the lay The twenty one point fourth quarter blown 1284 01:22:03.560 --> 01:22:07.199 lead to the Lakers, by far is one of the 1285 01:22:07.199 --> 01:22:11.119 worst losses in the two to three era, maybe the 1286 01:22:11.119 --> 01:22:14.399 worst regular season loss. They're the team that would always 1287 01:22:14.399 --> 01:22:19.279 come back on you. Then that happened to them. That 1288 01:22:19.479 --> 01:22:24.239 was disheartening. That was hard to see. To have a 1289 01:22:24.279 --> 01:22:27.680 team come back on you in nine minutes when you're 1290 01:22:27.760 --> 01:22:34.359 up twenty one points is insane. I hated that. That 1291 01:22:34.479 --> 01:22:37.399 was really frustrating. It felt like a turning point in 1292 01:22:37.399 --> 01:22:40.359 the series between the Clippers and Lakers, and the regular 1293 01:22:40.399 --> 01:22:44.239 season series they've had that has been dominated by the 1294 01:22:44.239 --> 01:22:47.359 Clippers the last ten years. In fact, they ended up 1295 01:22:47.399 --> 01:22:51.119 winning the all time Hallway Series in the regular season 1296 01:22:51.520 --> 01:22:55.279 by a couple of games. They beat the Lakers more 1297 01:22:55.319 --> 01:22:59.479 times at Staples Center and Crypto than the Lakers beat them. 1298 01:23:00.119 --> 01:23:03.039 Leave it or not, I'm gonna grab a gator right here. 1299 01:23:03.039 --> 01:23:05.760 I'll be back in two seconds. My voice is failing me. 1300 01:23:22.760 --> 01:23:26.239 Hey you guys still here? All right? Cool? Who's this? 1301 01:23:26.800 --> 01:23:27.520 I'm they talking? 1302 01:23:27.640 --> 01:23:27.800 Oh? 1303 01:23:28.239 --> 01:23:30.439 I give you, s Adam. But I really do appreciate 1304 01:23:30.479 --> 01:23:33.199 you doing these pods. As a Clippers fan, We've never 1305 01:23:33.239 --> 01:23:36.000 had this type of coverage attention. Thanks for taking the time. 1306 01:23:36.159 --> 01:23:43.279 Real talk my guy, ghost fist Bump Virtual fist Bump. 1307 01:23:45.159 --> 01:23:47.479 I have committed and I said this yesterday on the 1308 01:23:47.520 --> 01:23:50.840 podcast on a Clipperstop Live with Carlo Jimenez, your radio 1309 01:23:50.880 --> 01:23:53.880 voice of the Clippers. I've committed to this. When the 1310 01:23:53.880 --> 01:24:00.680 regular season starts, there will not be a day where 1311 01:24:00.720 --> 01:24:03.840 I don't have some new content here on this channel, 1312 01:24:03.840 --> 01:24:06.840 on YouTube at Clippers Talk. There will not be a day. 1313 01:24:07.119 --> 01:24:08.800 If there's a day I don't have something new up 1314 01:24:08.840 --> 01:24:12.560 for you, it's because of two things. I'm dead or 1315 01:24:12.560 --> 01:24:16.680 I got fired. It's only one of those two things. 1316 01:24:17.399 --> 01:24:19.399 Even if I do lose my voice like I do 1317 01:24:19.520 --> 01:24:22.800 routinely during the season, and this might be good for 1318 01:24:22.800 --> 01:24:24.960 me to get some preseason reps in with my voice, 1319 01:24:25.000 --> 01:24:27.479 because it is starting to fail me. Only an hour 1320 01:24:27.520 --> 01:24:30.039 and a half in here, as I've been talking a lot, 1321 01:24:31.600 --> 01:24:36.079 but I got your content right here. As bTB would say, 1322 01:24:36.600 --> 01:24:38.920 I want to have so much for you guys this season. 1323 01:24:38.960 --> 01:24:43.119 I promise you. I'm committed. I love Clipper Nation, even 1324 01:24:43.159 --> 01:24:46.000 the haters, even the guys giving me s, even the 1325 01:24:46.000 --> 01:24:49.560 guys using me as their avatar in this live Currently 1326 01:24:50.359 --> 01:24:54.960 that Mexican says that's his name. I assuming KPJ goes off, 1327 01:24:55.000 --> 01:24:58.640 which you trade norn Bones and Tucker the deadline for 1328 01:24:58.720 --> 01:25:03.039 who I mean the name they've traded him for and 1329 01:25:03.079 --> 01:25:05.640 then I'll tell you a lot of stuff's gonna be 1330 01:25:05.640 --> 01:25:10.079 it on the table. What's the record that near the deadline? 1331 01:25:10.720 --> 01:25:12.640 You got to add a few more things in there. 1332 01:25:13.159 --> 01:25:15.720 Give me a little bit more context of this hypothetical. 1333 01:25:17.680 --> 01:25:21.960 Christy can also play defense, Joey Rowe, who is a 1334 01:25:22.000 --> 01:25:28.239 super chatter Joe Lee. I picked up on that too 1335 01:25:28.640 --> 01:25:32.039 in Summer League. That was one of the most heartening 1336 01:25:32.079 --> 01:25:35.720 things because the knock on Cam Christie was that he's 1337 01:25:35.760 --> 01:25:39.760 too slight a frame. He doesn't have an NBA body yet, 1338 01:25:40.079 --> 01:25:43.399 he's not physical enough. Guys are gonna punk him. And 1339 01:25:43.479 --> 01:25:47.199 I saw him give great effort defensively. I put up 1340 01:25:47.279 --> 01:25:49.960 multiple highlights at follow out of May on Twitter during 1341 01:25:50.000 --> 01:25:54.359 Summer League of him locking guys up, getting steals. I 1342 01:25:54.359 --> 01:25:59.520 couldn't believe the defense Cam Christie played, but it's still 1343 01:25:59.560 --> 01:26:02.279 just summer defense. Those aren't NBA players. He was guarding 1344 01:26:02.640 --> 01:26:06.960 for the most part, still encouraging though the effort was there. 1345 01:26:08.520 --> 01:26:12.640 Adam thanks this long stream. Although he looks tired, I 1346 01:26:12.720 --> 01:26:16.359 get that a lot. Not tired, trying to stay awake. 1347 01:26:16.720 --> 01:26:19.880 I got my diet mountain dew like I'm skip Bayless. 1348 01:26:23.159 --> 01:26:26.239 You guys give me energy. Yeah, that's just how Adam 1349 01:26:26.279 --> 01:26:29.760 looks due to Zee, Like fifty calories a day JJ 1350 01:26:29.920 --> 01:26:34.079 the boys out lying I met about. I don't know 1351 01:26:34.159 --> 01:26:37.800 five hundred calories in so far today? Will I have dinner? 1352 01:26:37.800 --> 01:26:45.640 Who knows? I Just what UH sustains me is Clippers basketball. 1353 01:26:45.640 --> 01:26:48.520 That's what I run off of that Mexican nars As. 1354 01:26:48.560 --> 01:26:51.359 Does Kawhi guard the second or third best player in 1355 01:26:51.439 --> 01:26:56.000 the starting lineup? He's gonna be guarding the third best 1356 01:26:56.000 --> 01:27:00.800 player if any combination of team man Derek Jones Jr. 1357 01:27:00.840 --> 01:27:04.319 And Chris Dunner out there, any two of those three 1358 01:27:04.560 --> 01:27:08.119 are in the starting lineup with him, who'll guard the 1359 01:27:08.119 --> 01:27:11.680 third best guy until there's big moments like we saw 1360 01:27:11.760 --> 01:27:14.039 last season where he guards Steph late in the ball game, 1361 01:27:14.199 --> 01:27:17.199 or Jamal Murray in wreck that pick and roll like 1362 01:27:17.279 --> 01:27:20.880 he and Zubats did with Murray and Jokic and clamp 1363 01:27:21.720 --> 01:27:23.800 Steph Curry like he did late in the ball game. 1364 01:27:25.760 --> 01:27:29.279 Save him and his spectacular all world defense that he 1365 01:27:29.319 --> 01:27:33.840 still has in him for big moments. That's something Lawrence 1366 01:27:33.880 --> 01:27:36.880 Frank made a point of at the Press are on Tuesday, saying, 1367 01:27:37.399 --> 01:27:40.479 you know, this is something where you're trying to build 1368 01:27:40.520 --> 01:27:43.199 a team that can insulate Kawhi a little bit more, 1369 01:27:43.279 --> 01:27:45.479 save him from himself, save his legs a little bit 1370 01:27:45.520 --> 01:27:47.840 more because he doesn't have to run around and guard 1371 01:27:47.920 --> 01:27:50.279 the other team's best player, second best player. He can 1372 01:27:50.279 --> 01:27:52.880 guard their third best player now because they have so 1373 01:27:52.960 --> 01:27:56.279 many good defenders with the way this Clippers team is constructed, 1374 01:27:56.359 --> 01:27:58.760 Sky says Adam. Who you think is Garden book and 1375 01:27:58.840 --> 01:28:03.760 Durant on opening Night? I think Derek Jones Jr. On KD. 1376 01:28:04.399 --> 01:28:06.720 I think Terrence Man will be on Devin Booker's start 1377 01:28:06.800 --> 01:28:08.640 because I think that both those guys will be in 1378 01:28:08.640 --> 01:28:11.479 the starting lineup for the Clippers. That's a perfect example. 1379 01:28:11.800 --> 01:28:14.960 So Kawhi doesn't have to start guarding either of them now. 1380 01:28:15.000 --> 01:28:18.359 Of the moments, yeah he will, but for the most part, 1381 01:28:19.279 --> 01:28:23.800 let those guys sick. Those guys on the other team's 1382 01:28:23.840 --> 01:28:27.640 best players because less is asked of them on the 1383 01:28:27.680 --> 01:28:30.600 offensive end, so they have fresher legs. They're also younger, 1384 01:28:31.079 --> 01:28:33.399 Derek Jones Junior and Terrence Man. They're not having to 1385 01:28:33.439 --> 01:28:36.199 do so much on offense like Kawhi is, so let 1386 01:28:36.239 --> 01:28:39.760 them expend more energy on defense. JM. Thirteen twenty four 1387 01:28:40.840 --> 01:28:43.239 says those were the guys who are at the Rico 1388 01:28:43.359 --> 01:28:46.199 Hines run. Oh he was pointing that out earlier. Let 1389 01:28:46.279 --> 01:28:50.439 me see if I can find that PG was there 1390 01:28:52.920 --> 01:28:58.600 this past season. A dem Bona out of UCLA, gotcha, 1391 01:28:58.920 --> 01:29:04.159 Kobe Brown was there? Got you? Yeah? That Lakers loss, 1392 01:29:05.159 --> 01:29:07.920 You know, it haunts me a little bit, not too much, 1393 01:29:08.000 --> 01:29:12.880 but other people don't want to remember that either too much. 1394 01:29:12.920 --> 01:29:19.239 PTSD cannot let Lakers fans win. Frank you boy nine man. Adam, 1395 01:29:19.840 --> 01:29:23.279 you know some Clippers channels talk bad about Kawhi or 1396 01:29:23.399 --> 01:29:25.920 our front office. You're the only channel that is always 1397 01:29:25.920 --> 01:29:29.760 positive with our team. Thanks Adam. I wouldn't say always positive, 1398 01:29:29.840 --> 01:29:34.960 Like I have things I've criticized plenty. I've had frustrations 1399 01:29:35.039 --> 01:29:38.399 here in this episode. I've criticized PJ. Tucker starting a 1400 01:29:38.479 --> 01:29:43.760 must win game plenty of times. I don't know if 1401 01:29:43.760 --> 01:29:46.880 anyone should be criticizing like Kawhi he doesn't want to 1402 01:29:46.920 --> 01:29:51.199 be injured. I always say this, but what is he 1403 01:29:51.279 --> 01:29:54.600 supposed to do? Scream at his knee? Don't be injured knee? 1404 01:29:55.039 --> 01:29:57.560 What do you want the guy to do? He's injury prone. 1405 01:29:57.600 --> 01:30:00.960 It sucks if you're mad about the contract. Was he 1406 01:30:01.039 --> 01:30:04.680 not supposed to take it when they offer it. How 1407 01:30:04.680 --> 01:30:08.239 can you blame Kawhi for this? He gave his ACL 1408 01:30:08.439 --> 01:30:10.920 trying to win the Clippers a championship in twenty twenty one. 1409 01:30:11.800 --> 01:30:14.920 They likely do if he doesn't tear his ACL in 1410 01:30:14.960 --> 01:30:21.880 a Clipper's uniform. I feel terrible for the guy. It sucks. Yeah, 1411 01:30:21.920 --> 01:30:25.680 I know you say, well, he's still getting paid. How 1412 01:30:25.680 --> 01:30:28.720 bad can you feel? Guys, he loves playing. That's what 1413 01:30:28.760 --> 01:30:30.880 he loves to do. He obviously doesn't have many other 1414 01:30:31.319 --> 01:30:35.119 hobbies outside of recording skateboarders and stuff like. He is 1415 01:30:35.159 --> 01:30:38.640 a basketball junkie. Kawhi, he loves it. It's his passion. 1416 01:30:38.720 --> 01:30:41.640 He wants to play. He wants to win a championship 1417 01:30:41.680 --> 01:30:44.680 for the Clippers. He doesn't want to be remembered as 1418 01:30:44.680 --> 01:30:47.720 an injury prone player, which is unfortunately, that's what he's 1419 01:30:47.760 --> 01:30:53.600 being defined by right now. His injuries through no fault 1420 01:30:53.640 --> 01:31:01.000 of his own from playing hard on both ends. Evil 1421 01:31:01.000 --> 01:31:03.680 Bought Adam says, like and subscribe if you're a real 1422 01:31:03.720 --> 01:31:14.960 Clippers fan. Facts, I'm starting to like this guy. I 1423 01:31:15.000 --> 01:31:17.119 thought it was a troll at first, but I'm kind 1424 01:31:17.119 --> 01:31:22.119 of getting into it. Jay keeps asking me, have I 1425 01:31:22.119 --> 01:31:24.199 seen my seat? Yet. No, I have not seen my seat. 1426 01:31:26.079 --> 01:31:29.000 I have been to into it dome. I have seen 1427 01:31:29.000 --> 01:31:35.920 the glory, I have seen the Promised Land, but I 1428 01:31:36.039 --> 01:31:39.239 wasn't getting a tour of the broadcasting section at that time, 1429 01:31:39.760 --> 01:31:41.840 so it'll be new to me once we're there for 1430 01:31:41.880 --> 01:31:45.000 a couple of games during preseason. We're also going to 1431 01:31:45.039 --> 01:31:48.880 be at a game in Oceanside where the Jilligue Clippers 1432 01:31:48.880 --> 01:31:53.640 are now. They have a preseason game there. I'm sure 1433 01:31:53.640 --> 01:31:55.840 it's a nice seat, because there isn't a bad seat 1434 01:31:55.840 --> 01:31:57.720 in the house. It into a dome. You don't have 1435 01:31:57.760 --> 01:32:10.399 to call Steve Chill. Don't worry, guys, zero calories. JJ 1436 01:32:10.520 --> 01:32:17.319 the Boy says, I hate Joe Ingles. I don't even 1437 01:32:17.680 --> 01:32:21.880 I've watched that play many times. I don't think there 1438 01:32:21.920 --> 01:32:24.399 was anything that dirty Joe Ingles hot take. I don't 1439 01:32:24.399 --> 01:32:29.680 think there was anything that dirty that Joe Ingles did. Honestly, Yeah, 1440 01:32:29.720 --> 01:32:34.399 the game was out of hand, you can. I don't 1441 01:32:34.399 --> 01:32:36.000 want to revisit this. I don't want to go down 1442 01:32:36.000 --> 01:32:40.279 this road anymore. My god mk x l n T 1443 01:32:40.560 --> 01:32:43.039 says what up at him and Clippers fans Nice Friday 1444 01:32:43.079 --> 01:32:48.319 surprise surprise. Terrence Man forty seven million dollar three year extension. 1445 01:32:48.880 --> 01:32:53.079 Congrats to team Man you love to see it. Haters 1446 01:32:53.079 --> 01:32:55.479 and shambles, clips or die says people that act like 1447 01:32:55.520 --> 01:32:58.640 Kawhi doesn't want to play and is scamming the team 1448 01:32:58.680 --> 01:33:01.560 as a ridiculous take, as if he has control of 1449 01:33:01.640 --> 01:33:06.840 him getting hurt. Just bad luck, Thank you, facts, preach, 1450 01:33:08.239 --> 01:33:16.479 go on more. Who's this becance? I mean? Says bro 1451 01:33:16.640 --> 01:33:23.279 Macant's called Kawhi overrated? L m a O. What you 1452 01:33:23.319 --> 01:33:31.840 know who's not overrated? Kawhi or this man? Lave Murray 1453 01:33:33.560 --> 01:33:38.000 on the Athletic oh swinging in like Superman out of 1454 01:33:38.079 --> 01:33:39.600 no or is it a bird, it's a plane? No, 1455 01:33:39.720 --> 01:33:42.560 it's it's La Murray here to save my voice because 1456 01:33:42.600 --> 01:33:44.800 I've been talking for a damn hour and a half 1457 01:33:44.840 --> 01:33:48.760 on this Terronceman contract. Everybody in the chat show La 1458 01:33:49.000 --> 01:33:52.560 Murray some love, my friend. 1459 01:33:53.520 --> 01:33:57.279 I figure, I figure, you know what, you must be 1460 01:33:57.359 --> 01:33:59.119 crazy if you're still talking about. 1461 01:33:58.840 --> 01:33:59.560 This John. 1462 01:34:01.439 --> 01:34:04.239 Well, you know I am so like. 1463 01:34:06.800 --> 01:34:10.760 I picked the wrong day to get a cut, I. 1464 01:34:10.680 --> 01:34:12.640 Picked the wrong day to stop sniff and glue the 1465 01:34:12.680 --> 01:34:15.439 wrong week. Well, air Flane shout out for you. Lat 1466 01:34:15.560 --> 01:34:18.800 Murray is with us at La Murray the U is 1467 01:34:18.840 --> 01:34:21.319 where you finds him low. Did you just drop an 1468 01:34:21.399 --> 01:34:23.119 article or are you still working on that with a 1469 01:34:23.239 --> 01:34:24.199 Terrence Man extension. 1470 01:34:24.479 --> 01:34:26.479 I've done my work first, man, I wasn't trying to 1471 01:34:26.560 --> 01:34:27.239 mess around with that. 1472 01:34:28.720 --> 01:34:30.880 Uh so shout out, shout out to. 1473 01:34:30.880 --> 01:34:35.079 Sean's shout out to the athletic as as always and 1474 01:34:35.119 --> 01:34:40.079 as usual. But you know, someone got a right the 1475 01:34:40.119 --> 01:34:46.239 damn thing. So so yeah, I was. I was on 1476 01:34:46.319 --> 01:34:50.159 that piece. But you know what those like, I've written 1477 01:34:50.159 --> 01:34:54.880 a Terrence Man extension story before, so you know, Uh. 1478 01:34:54.720 --> 01:34:57.479 It's not like I ain't know what I was doing. 1479 01:34:57.960 --> 01:35:01.479 I've been here before, to me as a copy paste job. 1480 01:35:01.520 --> 01:35:04.000 It just means law wasn't surprised by this happening. 1481 01:35:04.159 --> 01:35:06.960 Honestly, I probably should have been a copy paste shop 1482 01:35:08.279 --> 01:35:12.399 like it was damn near the same month three years ago. 1483 01:35:13.319 --> 01:35:16.119 I remember I was dealing with the worst toothache ever 1484 01:35:18.199 --> 01:35:23.159 and I was coming from Ontario, California. Horrible trip, horrible game. 1485 01:35:23.199 --> 01:35:25.960 I was in so much pain I didn't even bother driving. 1486 01:35:26.479 --> 01:35:28.960 The night after the game, I booked a hotel just 1487 01:35:29.000 --> 01:35:33.119 so I could sleep, and on my way back to 1488 01:35:33.279 --> 01:35:36.840 LA from Ontario, that's when Terrence signed his new deal. 1489 01:35:37.039 --> 01:35:39.399 So that was three years ago. 1490 01:35:39.279 --> 01:35:41.880 And you know, a lot of a lot of a 1491 01:35:41.920 --> 01:35:45.279 lot of people, look, criticism is criticism, you can say, 1492 01:35:45.279 --> 01:35:48.039 which I won't. A lot of people think that Terrence 1493 01:35:48.039 --> 01:35:52.760 hasn't grown at all since that deal that he signed 1494 01:35:53.199 --> 01:35:56.560 three years ago, And that was pretty much what I 1495 01:35:56.600 --> 01:35:59.279 wrote about. It's like, I ain't the case. 1496 01:35:59.359 --> 01:36:02.640 I ain't even you know, he tears. 1497 01:36:02.399 --> 01:36:04.279 Has had to deal with a lot of role changes 1498 01:36:05.000 --> 01:36:08.239 and he's I think he's he's handled them well and 1499 01:36:08.319 --> 01:36:11.239 he's gonna have to handle another one this up coming 1500 01:36:11.319 --> 01:36:15.399 season because the talent is different, expectations are different. But 1501 01:36:16.840 --> 01:36:20.359 it's it's great for him that he doesn't have to 1502 01:36:20.359 --> 01:36:23.479 worry about this contract decision hanging over his head anymore. 1503 01:36:24.680 --> 01:36:28.520 Do you believe? And I want you to expand a 1504 01:36:28.560 --> 01:36:31.159 little bit on that thought when it comes to people 1505 01:36:31.199 --> 01:36:35.159 saying his game has not evolved, he hasn't developed further. 1506 01:36:35.760 --> 01:36:39.720 What I just saw in that series against Luka Nancic 1507 01:36:39.920 --> 01:36:42.119 where he held him forty percent from the floor about 1508 01:36:42.119 --> 01:36:46.319 twenty percent from the outside, to me, that is the 1509 01:36:46.359 --> 01:36:49.880 pinnacle of his defense so far, and in a high 1510 01:36:49.880 --> 01:36:53.560 pressure moment, that's the best defense he's ever played. To me, 1511 01:36:53.920 --> 01:36:55.960 like that was huge. 1512 01:36:57.000 --> 01:37:00.920 Yeah, I mean, you know what I'm won't say though, 1513 01:37:01.000 --> 01:37:06.359 like Terrence has to do more on that end of 1514 01:37:06.359 --> 01:37:06.720 the floor. 1515 01:37:07.439 --> 01:37:11.119 I agree, He's got to be more consistent, not just. 1516 01:37:11.039 --> 01:37:14.600 More consistent, just more more impactful, you know what I mean. Like, 1517 01:37:15.359 --> 01:37:20.279 I think that the team has addressed something and we 1518 01:37:20.359 --> 01:37:24.000 saw that earlier this week. Uh, they addressed on them 1519 01:37:24.000 --> 01:37:27.800 that they felt like was an issue last year, the 1520 01:37:27.880 --> 01:37:30.560 year before that, the year before that. You know, I 1521 01:37:30.560 --> 01:37:32.760 don't think they felt good about their point of attach 1522 01:37:32.840 --> 01:37:36.079 defense since Patrick Beverley was last on the roster. So 1523 01:37:37.760 --> 01:37:41.720 now you've got three guys who are not named Terrence 1524 01:37:41.760 --> 01:37:45.640 Man that can hopefully handle more of those responsibilities Derrick 1525 01:37:45.720 --> 01:37:50.960 Jones Junior, Chris Dunn, Nikola Batoom. That means that Terrence 1526 01:37:51.039 --> 01:37:54.960 is already He's Terrence is into Paul George Row in 1527 01:37:55.079 --> 01:37:57.800 terms of you're off the ball more, you're guarding up, 1528 01:37:58.439 --> 01:38:01.439 you need to you know, he needs to do two things. 1529 01:38:02.000 --> 01:38:05.079 He needs to rebound more, and I think he is 1530 01:38:05.119 --> 01:38:07.560 capable of doing that, especially if he's starting at the 1531 01:38:07.560 --> 01:38:12.279 guard spot. But he's just got to make more splash plays. 1532 01:38:13.279 --> 01:38:16.439 I don't question terrence effort defensively. It's about effectiveness. It's 1533 01:38:16.439 --> 01:38:20.199 about impact. He can he's got the length, he's got 1534 01:38:20.199 --> 01:38:23.399 good hands, he can do he can do those things. 1535 01:38:23.640 --> 01:38:27.279 But now you know he's in a competition for his 1536 01:38:27.319 --> 01:38:31.520 starting job like that is a that that's a real thing, 1537 01:38:32.520 --> 01:38:33.880 and so we got to see how it goes. 1538 01:38:34.840 --> 01:38:38.720 Does this deal I don't know tip the hand of 1539 01:38:38.760 --> 01:38:40.920 the Clippers at all when it comes to that starting 1540 01:38:40.960 --> 01:38:43.600 two guard spot. To me, Terrence Man does have the 1541 01:38:43.600 --> 01:38:46.399 inside track. So so you know, he started seventy one 1542 01:38:46.479 --> 01:38:49.079 games last season for the Clippers. Does this tell you 1543 01:38:49.119 --> 01:38:53.399 anything with what happened today regarding if he has I 1544 01:38:53.399 --> 01:38:57.119 don't know, a little bit more of a margin of 1545 01:38:57.279 --> 01:38:58.640 error for holding on to it. 1546 01:38:59.119 --> 01:39:02.079 Yeah, I think that t Lou gave him a very 1547 01:39:02.159 --> 01:39:04.840 nice compliment. He outlined. 1548 01:39:05.680 --> 01:39:12.079 What he wants from that starting job next to James Harden. 1549 01:39:13.279 --> 01:39:15.920 You know, he's very detailed about it in a way 1550 01:39:15.960 --> 01:39:17.279 that he usually. 1551 01:39:16.960 --> 01:39:18.840 Waits to be detailed about things. 1552 01:39:19.119 --> 01:39:22.680 You know, he said, he wants someone to make shots, 1553 01:39:23.039 --> 01:39:28.560 someone to attack the basket, someone who's going to consistently guard, 1554 01:39:29.000 --> 01:39:32.880 and someone who's going to make plays. And so that's 1555 01:39:32.960 --> 01:39:35.600 that's that's a lot of things. And and one of 1556 01:39:35.600 --> 01:39:38.960 those things that he didn't say that Lawrence. Frank said 1557 01:39:39.560 --> 01:39:44.079 was they need rebounding from Terrence specifically, but in general, 1558 01:39:44.359 --> 01:39:50.680 Tilu's looking for a slasher, a playmaker, a shooter, a defender. 1559 01:39:51.119 --> 01:39:53.279 And then he said Terrence has been great at all 1560 01:39:53.319 --> 01:39:58.520 those things. So the incumbent is Terrence Man, the favorite 1561 01:39:58.560 --> 01:40:02.239 is Terrence, and Terrence just got is deal. So in 1562 01:40:02.279 --> 01:40:06.359 other words, it's Terrence's job to lose, not any other 1563 01:40:06.439 --> 01:40:07.000 way around. 1564 01:40:08.600 --> 01:40:10.640 How much of a team friendly deal do you view 1565 01:40:10.680 --> 01:40:13.159 this as? Because to me, when I see our guy 1566 01:40:13.279 --> 01:40:16.960 Justin Russo point out that next season, with cap projections, 1567 01:40:17.119 --> 01:40:19.880 Terrence Man's contract will only take up, you know, ten 1568 01:40:19.960 --> 01:40:23.399 percent of the salary cap, I thought maybe he'd get 1569 01:40:23.600 --> 01:40:27.680 eighteen million. Outside chance he got twenty million per season 1570 01:40:27.800 --> 01:40:30.640 or closer a Zoo got around nineteen million, and it's 1571 01:40:30.760 --> 01:40:34.680 just below on average sixteen million. Yeah per year. 1572 01:40:35.479 --> 01:40:37.199 Yeah, I feel like. 1573 01:40:38.760 --> 01:40:42.479 I feel like, you know, talking to people close to Terrence, 1574 01:40:43.840 --> 01:40:46.359 they know that they probably could have got more money 1575 01:40:46.399 --> 01:40:49.039 if he would have went into the open market next year, 1576 01:40:49.560 --> 01:40:53.239 but they also feel like Terrence isn't really you know, 1577 01:40:53.399 --> 01:40:54.039 concerned with. 1578 01:40:54.039 --> 01:40:57.279 That that that the. 1579 01:40:56.399 --> 01:40:59.239 Difference between what he's going to make and what he 1580 01:40:59.319 --> 01:41:04.239 probably that have maxed out on his VALUEES is relatively 1581 01:41:04.880 --> 01:41:09.680 you know, negligible. You know, Terrence's was entering free agency, 1582 01:41:09.760 --> 01:41:13.199 and we just saw a very strange free agency period 1583 01:41:13.239 --> 01:41:13.840 this past. 1584 01:41:13.680 --> 01:41:16.880 Year with the new CBA. We saw guys. 1585 01:41:16.560 --> 01:41:19.800 Who are going to start for teams next year who 1586 01:41:20.520 --> 01:41:23.680 didn't get paid, who are really good players. You know, 1587 01:41:23.760 --> 01:41:26.960 I think of a Gary Trent junior. Gary Trent junior 1588 01:41:28.199 --> 01:41:30.840 was traded for Norman Powell. What team just Norman Powell 1589 01:41:30.840 --> 01:41:31.199 played for? 1590 01:41:33.720 --> 01:41:36.920 That would be, uh, well, currently the Los Angeles Clippers. 1591 01:41:37.119 --> 01:41:40.920 Exactly right, So two guys who played the same position, 1592 01:41:42.039 --> 01:41:43.600 the same position at Terrence plays. 1593 01:41:44.479 --> 01:41:45.920 Norman is older than Gary. 1594 01:41:46.319 --> 01:41:49.800 Now, obviously the Blazers gave up more than the Raptors 1595 01:41:49.800 --> 01:41:52.880 did in the trade to get Norm, and then the Raptors, 1596 01:41:53.319 --> 01:41:56.119 I mean, and the Blazers wind up paying Norm, the 1597 01:41:56.239 --> 01:42:00.000 Raptors wind up paying Gary. Right, those contracts, you know, 1598 01:42:00.479 --> 01:42:06.520 not exactly the same. Norm got a little more, but 1599 01:42:06.560 --> 01:42:09.239 the Blazers got out of that deal quick. He wound 1600 01:42:09.279 --> 01:42:12.319 up getting traded to the Clippers once they kind of 1601 01:42:12.359 --> 01:42:16.680 saw that they weren't looking like a playoff team. The Raptors, 1602 01:42:17.359 --> 01:42:21.079 you know, deal that Gary just signed, just expired, and 1603 01:42:21.119 --> 01:42:26.199 Gary could have extended while before that contract inspired but 1604 01:42:26.279 --> 01:42:30.119 they didn't reach a deal, reach free agency. That dude 1605 01:42:30.159 --> 01:42:35.680 was stuck without a chair when the music stopped, and 1606 01:42:36.039 --> 01:42:39.560 he winds up in Milwaukee, and shit, that's a great 1607 01:42:39.680 --> 01:42:43.000 situation as far as the team, the players that he 1608 01:42:43.039 --> 01:42:46.199 gets to play with. The role that he'll probably be 1609 01:42:46.239 --> 01:42:48.119 in is very close to the role that he was 1610 01:42:48.199 --> 01:42:52.119 up there in Toronto. But he's on a minimum on 1611 01:42:52.159 --> 01:42:54.880 a one year deal. He's got to try again next summer, right, 1612 01:42:55.760 --> 01:42:59.239 And so like when you look at those kinds of situations, 1613 01:42:59.279 --> 01:43:01.600 you go, Okay, I got. 1614 01:43:01.399 --> 01:43:04.319 Something on the table here. Do I want to mess 1615 01:43:04.359 --> 01:43:04.920 it up next year? 1616 01:43:04.960 --> 01:43:08.279 And again? Next year's Clippers roster is bulletile. I can 1617 01:43:08.319 --> 01:43:11.159 see a number of Terrence is the best example. He 1618 01:43:11.199 --> 01:43:14.279 could tell you. You never know what the hell is gonna happen, 1619 01:43:14.359 --> 01:43:17.119 especially in his role. A guy like him, he could start, 1620 01:43:17.319 --> 01:43:19.039 he could come up the bench, he could have the 1621 01:43:19.079 --> 01:43:21.279 ball in his hands a lot. He could have his 1622 01:43:21.319 --> 01:43:24.800 ball in the hands. Very little injuries could happen. He 1623 01:43:24.880 --> 01:43:27.800 got hurt last year, right. He won the starting job 1624 01:43:27.880 --> 01:43:30.760 last year coming out of camp, but right before the 1625 01:43:30.800 --> 01:43:35.159 season open against the Blazers, he brings his ankle. It's 1626 01:43:35.239 --> 01:43:38.680 not a garden variety spring. He misses two weeks by 1627 01:43:38.720 --> 01:43:42.079 the time he comes back healthy. That wasn't the same 1628 01:43:42.159 --> 01:43:45.479 team that he won the starting job from. Okay, he 1629 01:43:45.520 --> 01:43:48.399 won the starting job against guys like Nikolotoom and Robert Covington. 1630 01:43:48.600 --> 01:43:51.039 By tell him he came back, James Harden's on the 1631 01:43:51.079 --> 01:43:53.640 team and then trying to start Russell Westbrook next to 1632 01:43:53.720 --> 01:43:56.840 James Harden, which meant Terrence had to play his first 1633 01:43:56.840 --> 01:44:02.159 score games last season coming off the bench. Anything can happen, right, 1634 01:44:02.680 --> 01:44:07.720 and so Terrence, I feel like you understand these situations. 1635 01:44:08.119 --> 01:44:10.560 And I felt like it was more valuable to Terrence 1636 01:44:11.000 --> 01:44:13.840 to take the money and take the deal now than 1637 01:44:13.880 --> 01:44:17.760 to mess around for a few extra dollars to leave somewhere, 1638 01:44:18.159 --> 01:44:19.000 you know, elsewhere. 1639 01:44:21.119 --> 01:44:23.399 We got Lt. Murray from the Athletic joining us here 1640 01:44:23.439 --> 01:44:26.159 on another Clippers Talk Live for the third time in 1641 01:44:26.199 --> 01:44:29.239 a couple of weeks, and I am happy to have him. 1642 01:44:29.600 --> 01:44:29.800 Law. 1643 01:44:30.000 --> 01:44:32.079 The door has always been open for him. I mean, 1644 01:44:32.079 --> 01:44:33.920 he's the Law. He can just kick it in himself 1645 01:44:33.960 --> 01:44:36.520 if he needed to. But I want you guys right 1646 01:44:36.560 --> 01:44:41.439 now to open a tab, go to the athletic sign up. 1647 01:44:41.680 --> 01:44:44.760 It's well worth it. You'll probably get some introductory trial 1648 01:44:44.840 --> 01:44:47.279 run for seven days if you don't like it, but 1649 01:44:47.399 --> 01:44:51.079 you will, you can, you know, cancel your membership, but 1650 01:44:51.199 --> 01:44:55.039 you want this type of coverage all season long? 1651 01:44:55.279 --> 01:44:56.199 From really got me. 1652 01:44:56.520 --> 01:44:59.399 Here telling people cancel shit, Come on at them. 1653 01:44:59.600 --> 01:45:02.520 No, No, I'm just saying, like, there is no risk. 1654 01:45:03.159 --> 01:45:06.079 You've got time to give it a try, see if 1655 01:45:06.079 --> 01:45:09.079 it suits you, and it will. I'm so damn confident 1656 01:45:09.920 --> 01:45:13.800 that you will stay all season long because things start Monday. 1657 01:45:14.119 --> 01:45:16.720 Media Day starts. That's like the first day of school. 1658 01:45:16.720 --> 01:45:19.119 We all get to see our friends long. I'm guessing 1659 01:45:19.159 --> 01:45:21.199 you'll be in Hawaii with the squad. 1660 01:45:21.399 --> 01:45:22.079 Oh yeah, I'll be. 1661 01:45:22.680 --> 01:45:25.800 I'll be in Hawaii, I'll be in Seattle. 1662 01:45:26.560 --> 01:45:28.279 If I if I, if I. 1663 01:45:28.319 --> 01:45:31.119 Hook up a ride, I'll be everywhere I need to 1664 01:45:31.119 --> 01:45:33.479 be before week one. 1665 01:45:33.640 --> 01:45:35.399 So that's that's the plan. 1666 01:45:36.359 --> 01:45:40.039 So Law's gonna be there, boots on the ground covering 1667 01:45:40.079 --> 01:45:44.359 this team in Hawaii, Seattle, ocean side throughout the preseason 1668 01:45:44.399 --> 01:45:47.479 and throughout the entire regular season and hopefully into the 1669 01:45:47.479 --> 01:45:50.479 playoffs with this squad. And there's no better read and 1670 01:45:50.560 --> 01:45:53.039 no better rider in the game. He is well sourced. 1671 01:45:53.039 --> 01:45:56.039 He and Shams have been breaking news left and right 1672 01:45:56.520 --> 01:46:00.720 as of late for the Athletic so Law. We've talked 1673 01:46:00.760 --> 01:46:03.640 about Terrence Man not only having the inside track. I 1674 01:46:03.760 --> 01:46:06.800 like the way you put it, it's his job to lose. 1675 01:46:08.079 --> 01:46:11.520 Do you think Derek Jones Junior is the guy playing 1676 01:46:11.720 --> 01:46:15.479 next to him with the two three in the starting lineup, 1677 01:46:15.520 --> 01:46:18.520 because most people are just assuming that, but Coach Blue 1678 01:46:18.560 --> 01:46:21.640 made it very apparent that there is competition for spots 1679 01:46:21.680 --> 01:46:23.800 and Paul George is no longer here, so there is 1680 01:46:23.880 --> 01:46:24.960 one other slide open. 1681 01:46:25.479 --> 01:46:25.720 Yeah. 1682 01:46:25.840 --> 01:46:28.560 I mean that's that's why I've been sliding. 1683 01:46:29.680 --> 01:46:30.840 For now. You know. 1684 01:46:30.960 --> 01:46:35.880 I think Kawhi's status makes things challenging on that front, 1685 01:46:35.960 --> 01:46:42.119 just because I think a lineup with Derek and Terrence James, 1686 01:46:42.199 --> 01:46:46.760 Kawhi and Zoo, I think that makes sense. I think 1687 01:46:46.800 --> 01:46:49.800 that if Kawhi is not available, that's where things get 1688 01:46:49.840 --> 01:46:53.800 a little tricky, because then I feel like you need 1689 01:46:53.840 --> 01:46:58.079 more juice offensively, and whether that means you slide nor 1690 01:46:58.119 --> 01:47:02.479 them in that school, but that makes you that that 1691 01:47:02.640 --> 01:47:07.039 legitimately makes you kind of kind of small because then 1692 01:47:07.079 --> 01:47:11.399 you're talking. I'm not worried too much about Norm, Terrence 1693 01:47:13.399 --> 01:47:18.039 and and James playing together. It's it's the fact that, like, 1694 01:47:19.520 --> 01:47:23.079 especially if Derek's your point of attack, guy, like your 1695 01:47:23.159 --> 01:47:25.680 your your wings are little, You're a little small there. 1696 01:47:26.239 --> 01:47:29.720 But I won't be surprised if that's what t WU does. 1697 01:47:30.079 --> 01:47:30.720 I feel like. 1698 01:47:31.760 --> 01:47:34.479 Earlier I said, they'll just slide up Derek Jones Uter 1699 01:47:34.560 --> 01:47:36.680 to the four, tars Man to the three, put In 1700 01:47:36.760 --> 01:47:38.239 Nor next to James Harden. 1701 01:47:38.800 --> 01:47:41.239 Yeah, Like, I feel like that's one way they could 1702 01:47:41.279 --> 01:47:44.880 do it. You know, I think offensively it could work. Defensively, 1703 01:47:45.199 --> 01:47:47.760 I'd have concerns. The flip side to that is a 1704 01:47:47.800 --> 01:47:51.880 guy like Nicholas Patum him coming in if Kawhi is 1705 01:47:51.920 --> 01:47:55.560 not there, and then it's like but if you start Terrence, Derek, 1706 01:47:55.600 --> 01:47:59.760 and and and Nicott, I feel like that's Defensively, I 1707 01:47:59.760 --> 01:48:03.199 think that's a that's a pretty decent lineup. I'd have 1708 01:48:03.680 --> 01:48:06.640 very little concerns about guys being able to guard in 1709 01:48:06.720 --> 01:48:09.960 that kind of setup. I think offensively it would be 1710 01:48:10.760 --> 01:48:13.640 it would be a mess. That's just too many guys. 1711 01:48:14.720 --> 01:48:17.840 That's just too much pressure on James. You know, let's 1712 01:48:17.920 --> 01:48:21.920 Terrence is really about that life handling the basketball, which 1713 01:48:21.960 --> 01:48:22.840 I think he could be. 1714 01:48:22.920 --> 01:48:26.720 But that's where everyone needs to see it. The most 1715 01:48:26.920 --> 01:48:27.840 growth from Terrence. 1716 01:48:27.880 --> 01:48:31.720 It's not about his ability to play on the ball. 1717 01:48:31.920 --> 01:48:37.920 It's being in a higher volume role and he's scaled. 1718 01:48:38.000 --> 01:48:40.439 He has shown he can scale up Like. 1719 01:48:40.880 --> 01:48:46.039 That January February run in twenty twenty three, people were 1720 01:48:46.159 --> 01:48:49.119 very excited about what Terrence was able to do in 1721 01:48:49.159 --> 01:48:52.000 that spot. I was only telling people two things. One, 1722 01:48:52.720 --> 01:48:55.600 Paul's doing most of the playmaking, you know, even though 1723 01:48:55.680 --> 01:48:59.319 Terrence was the nominal point guard, and two the Clippers defense, 1724 01:48:59.439 --> 01:49:02.039 and actually the third the Clippers defense was not very 1725 01:49:02.039 --> 01:49:04.520 good during that stretch, even though they won games and three. 1726 01:49:04.960 --> 01:49:08.239 The other thing that wasn't very good was their ability 1727 01:49:08.399 --> 01:49:13.640 to operate in fourth quarters offensively. Like Paul was dragging. 1728 01:49:14.319 --> 01:49:16.920 Reggie was the more effective player in a lot of 1729 01:49:16.960 --> 01:49:21.319 those fourth quarters compared to Terrence, just because you know, 1730 01:49:22.199 --> 01:49:25.399 all game long ball handling the basketball, if you're not 1731 01:49:25.479 --> 01:49:28.279 if you're still in a close game, you could see it. 1732 01:49:28.239 --> 01:49:29.159 Impact those guys. 1733 01:49:29.199 --> 01:49:33.279 But the point is, if Terrence is an all where 1734 01:49:33.279 --> 01:49:34.880 he doesn't have to be the point guard, but he 1735 01:49:34.920 --> 01:49:37.279 gets to handle the ball more, touch the ball more, 1736 01:49:37.760 --> 01:49:40.199 that dude is shown that he can produce and that's 1737 01:49:40.520 --> 01:49:44.760 the team that is going to resemble itself next year. 1738 01:49:44.920 --> 01:49:47.279 It was the same thing in the twenty one to 1739 01:49:47.279 --> 01:49:50.159 twenty two season, Like he came off the bench, but 1740 01:49:50.239 --> 01:49:53.279 the main bench pieces for that team, especially in the 1741 01:49:53.279 --> 01:49:57.000 second half of the year after the trade deadline, was Terrence, 1742 01:49:57.199 --> 01:50:01.800 Luke Nard, Robert Covington, Isaiah Hartenstein. Isaiah was the guy 1743 01:50:01.840 --> 01:50:04.840 that they were playing through as far as a offensive hub, 1744 01:50:05.439 --> 01:50:08.479 but the guy who was hitting on the ball a 1745 01:50:08.520 --> 01:50:12.159 lot more was Terrence. So that's the team that you 1746 01:50:12.199 --> 01:50:16.000 should expect to see, or at least the role from 1747 01:50:16.000 --> 01:50:18.159 a touch perspective, that you should expect to see from 1748 01:50:18.239 --> 01:50:19.039 Terrence next year. 1749 01:50:19.920 --> 01:50:24.640 If he is starting as we believe he will be, again, 1750 01:50:25.840 --> 01:50:28.039 how many minutes per game is he going to be 1751 01:50:28.159 --> 01:50:31.119 up from where he was this past season, because there 1752 01:50:31.159 --> 01:50:33.840 are a lot of guys that could be getting opportunities. 1753 01:50:33.880 --> 01:50:36.640 We talked about KPJ and when coach lew said about 1754 01:50:36.680 --> 01:50:40.159 him effusive with his praise Tuesday at the press conference. 1755 01:50:40.159 --> 01:50:42.399 But last season, Terrence, man was it twenty five minutes 1756 01:50:42.439 --> 01:50:44.680 per ball game? Do you see that going up? 1757 01:50:46.520 --> 01:50:50.039 Yeah, not much, but I do see it. I do 1758 01:50:50.119 --> 01:50:54.640 see it going up some. It kind of has to. Like, 1759 01:50:54.680 --> 01:50:59.880 there's just there's a lot of minutes like Russell Westbrooke, 1760 01:51:00.000 --> 01:51:01.960 Paul George is not on the team. It's just a 1761 01:51:02.000 --> 01:51:04.680 lot of minutes that I need to be accounted for. 1762 01:51:05.039 --> 01:51:07.680 And you know there's a lot of guys who have 1763 01:51:07.760 --> 01:51:10.760 to play those minutes who were on the team last year. Right, 1764 01:51:11.399 --> 01:51:14.000 you didn't bring in that many high minute guys. You 1765 01:51:14.039 --> 01:51:17.319 brought in Derek Jones Jr. Derek is not going to 1766 01:51:17.399 --> 01:51:20.159 play as much as Paul did last year. You brought 1767 01:51:20.199 --> 01:51:23.039 in Chris Dunn. I don't see Chris Dunn playing a 1768 01:51:23.039 --> 01:51:28.199 whole lot more than Russell Westbrook played last year. Sot Nikolabatune. 1769 01:51:28.479 --> 01:51:32.079 I think Nico winds up taken pretty much the bulk 1770 01:51:32.079 --> 01:51:34.239 of the minutes that guys like Amir Coffee and Daniel 1771 01:51:34.239 --> 01:51:38.239 Tice played. Mobama is going to play, not very much, 1772 01:51:38.520 --> 01:51:41.079 but like he's going to play the minutes where you 1773 01:51:41.199 --> 01:51:42.840 got to stay with a center on the floor and 1774 01:51:42.920 --> 01:51:43.960 Zoo's not on the floor. 1775 01:51:44.600 --> 01:51:47.119 That opens everything up. And I don't think you can 1776 01:51:47.159 --> 01:51:50.800 increase James Harden and Kawhi Leonard's minutes. If anything, you 1777 01:51:50.800 --> 01:51:53.640 should be looking to decrease those guys minutes that means 1778 01:51:53.640 --> 01:51:56.039 that the three guys who have to get ready to 1779 01:51:56.239 --> 01:52:01.920 play more are Zoo, who we talked about before. I 1780 01:52:01.960 --> 01:52:04.840 don't see him getting that anymore, but he's got to 1781 01:52:04.840 --> 01:52:10.000 play a little more. But also Norman Terrence and Norman 1782 01:52:10.079 --> 01:52:13.239 Terrence nominally they played the same position, but it's not 1783 01:52:13.279 --> 01:52:16.680 like those guys can't play together. But Terrence is more 1784 01:52:16.880 --> 01:52:19.680 versatile than Norman's. So I think Terrence has to be 1785 01:52:19.720 --> 01:52:22.680 in a position where, yeah, like he's gonna have to play. 1786 01:52:22.479 --> 01:52:25.359 More minister than he did last year easily. 1787 01:52:26.119 --> 01:52:28.680 Is there something too, because it has happened two years 1788 01:52:28.680 --> 01:52:31.119 in a row, maybe for different reasons. Last year you 1789 01:52:31.119 --> 01:52:34.479 mentioned the ankle injury he was dealing with, But is 1790 01:52:34.520 --> 01:52:38.079 there something to these slow starts from three from Terrence 1791 01:52:38.159 --> 01:52:42.560 Man or is it just fluky shooting variants and there's 1792 01:52:42.600 --> 01:52:45.720 no reason he can't start the season off hot this year? 1793 01:52:46.399 --> 01:52:48.960 Yeah, he's just gotta I mean, he's been working. 1794 01:52:50.279 --> 01:52:54.000 I do think that the ankle definitely messed that dude up, 1795 01:52:54.239 --> 01:53:00.880 so hopefully for his sake, he's over it. But I 1796 01:53:00.920 --> 01:53:03.159 think when it comes to when it comes to Terrence 1797 01:53:03.239 --> 01:53:08.479 Man like, he just gotta be confident his shot, Like 1798 01:53:09.520 --> 01:53:14.199 the the three point percentage is one thing, but I 1799 01:53:14.239 --> 01:53:18.840 mean everyone has seen Terrence shoot good percentages from everywhere 1800 01:53:19.159 --> 01:53:22.920 the field, from three, the frea throw line. It's the volume. 1801 01:53:23.680 --> 01:53:29.760 Like Terrence can't shoot for percentage anymore. Like they need 1802 01:53:30.159 --> 01:53:34.800 shots up like they were dead last. We talked about 1803 01:53:34.840 --> 01:53:38.279 this dead last and catch and shoot threes attempted last year. 1804 01:53:38.760 --> 01:53:42.000 I mean, that's one of the biggest criticisms you can 1805 01:53:42.079 --> 01:53:45.079 have from Terrence to season. Last year, I don't I 1806 01:53:45.119 --> 01:53:47.199 can't tell you how many times we saw that dude 1807 01:53:47.399 --> 01:53:51.439 pump fake drive kick just because he thought, you know, 1808 01:53:51.840 --> 01:53:53.840 he could create a better shot for someone else, and 1809 01:53:53.880 --> 01:53:56.359 you know what, sometimes he did. It's a nice mindset 1810 01:53:56.359 --> 01:53:59.319 to have as a pro basketball player to you know, 1811 01:53:59.600 --> 01:54:02.000 pass up a good shot for a great shot. But 1812 01:54:02.079 --> 01:54:04.640 this year, the best shot that that team might take 1813 01:54:05.319 --> 01:54:08.479 will be Taran shooting at the first stand time. So 1814 01:54:10.720 --> 01:54:13.880 that that's what it is. It's about volume, need more 1815 01:54:13.920 --> 01:54:18.399 attempts from everywhere. You're a good percentage shooter. You've been 1816 01:54:18.439 --> 01:54:22.319 a good percentage shooter year over year over year. No 1817 01:54:22.319 --> 01:54:25.039 one's worried about that anymore. People want to see Terrance 1818 01:54:25.039 --> 01:54:27.399 shoot the dan ball with confidence. 1819 01:54:28.720 --> 01:54:32.199 Completely agree with you. He's a thirty seven percent career 1820 01:54:32.239 --> 01:54:35.039 three point shooter on just over seven hundred attempts so 1821 01:54:35.079 --> 01:54:37.399 far in his career. It's kind of proven, so he 1822 01:54:37.479 --> 01:54:39.800 needs to take more. He started the first twenty five 1823 01:54:39.840 --> 01:54:42.640 games last season shooting just twenty one percent from three, 1824 01:54:42.880 --> 01:54:44.800 but the last fifty games he was at forty four 1825 01:54:44.800 --> 01:54:47.840 percent and then shot forty five percent in the playoffs. 1826 01:54:48.239 --> 01:54:49.840 An element to his game that I think is a 1827 01:54:49.840 --> 01:54:53.159 little bit underrated. I know you're very much aware of it, Law, 1828 01:54:53.680 --> 01:54:56.479 but speak to this guy in the restricted area. Because 1829 01:54:56.560 --> 01:55:00.079 last season he was only second to Luka Doncic in 1830 01:55:00.079 --> 01:55:02.399 in guards when it came to guys who at least 1831 01:55:02.439 --> 01:55:04.560 took one hundred and fifty tempts in the restricted area, 1832 01:55:04.680 --> 01:55:07.159 Terrence was at seventy five point seven percent, and the 1833 01:55:07.239 --> 01:55:09.560 year before he was third in that area, only behind 1834 01:55:09.600 --> 01:55:12.239 the Aaron Fox and Steph Curry. He is a finisher 1835 01:55:12.279 --> 01:55:12.720 out there. 1836 01:55:13.359 --> 01:55:16.680 Yeah, I mean back to back years and I just 1837 01:55:16.720 --> 01:55:20.279 wrote about this, back to back years where uh, he's 1838 01:55:20.439 --> 01:55:24.199 made better than seventy percent in that restricted area. So 1839 01:55:25.119 --> 01:55:27.760 I mean, and if you watch Terrence play, like you 1840 01:55:27.800 --> 01:55:30.840 see why that dude comes to the basket with force. 1841 01:55:31.359 --> 01:55:32.680 He dunks the basketball. 1842 01:55:34.479 --> 01:55:34.800 He is. 1843 01:55:34.920 --> 01:55:40.399 He is capable of getting downhill and punishing. Uh. 1844 01:55:40.640 --> 01:55:43.560 He just needs to do more of it, damnit. Like 1845 01:55:43.760 --> 01:55:48.199 that's really what it comes down to, what you really 1846 01:55:48.239 --> 01:55:50.560 want him to. If there is an area that he 1847 01:55:50.640 --> 01:55:53.680 needs to improve when it comes to finishing, it's on 1848 01:55:53.800 --> 01:55:56.680 the break. Like the Clippers can be a real adventure 1849 01:55:56.720 --> 01:55:59.279 on the fast break in Terrence's that, I'm part of that, 1850 01:56:00.800 --> 01:56:05.840 a part of that adventure. So again though, like just 1851 01:56:06.600 --> 01:56:08.800 I think Terrence is at his best when he's mad, 1852 01:56:09.239 --> 01:56:14.079 when he's playing furious basketball, and he needs to play 1853 01:56:14.119 --> 01:56:19.159 with that chick on his shoulder offensively more often. He 1854 01:56:19.279 --> 01:56:23.560 needs to play like the team is down when they're 1855 01:56:23.640 --> 01:56:26.359 up more a little more often. I remember when we 1856 01:56:26.439 --> 01:56:30.720 came home from Dallas after game for Serious Tide of 1857 01:56:30.800 --> 01:56:34.039 two and people reminded him it's like, I mean, you're 1858 01:56:34.079 --> 01:56:38.199 two wins away from advancing, and Terrence was like, I 1859 01:56:38.279 --> 01:56:40.159 like to look at it as two wins away from 1860 01:56:40.159 --> 01:56:40.880 our season. 1861 01:56:40.640 --> 01:56:45.039 Being over, which you know, we know how the story 1862 01:56:45.119 --> 01:56:45.560 ended there. 1863 01:56:45.600 --> 01:56:49.199 But like he's just got to have that mindset of, 1864 01:56:50.479 --> 01:56:54.720 you know, just tear the damn rim down, and I 1865 01:56:54.760 --> 01:56:55.960 think he can get there. 1866 01:56:56.920 --> 01:57:02.319 As the great Geeter McGee once said, let's rage Terrence Man. 1867 01:57:02.800 --> 01:57:05.680 I think he was. He was talking about Andre Drummond 1868 01:57:05.720 --> 01:57:09.560 coming to the Lakers. But this is lot murray on 1869 01:57:09.720 --> 01:57:11.560 with me here on a Clippers talk live as we're 1870 01:57:11.560 --> 01:57:14.760 approaching the two hour mark after the breaking news with 1871 01:57:14.840 --> 01:57:19.560 Terrence Man getting a three year extension at forty seven 1872 01:57:19.600 --> 01:57:24.920 million dollars just under sixteen sixteen million dollars per season annually, 1873 01:57:25.439 --> 01:57:27.880 so we had a question here for you Law and 1874 01:57:27.960 --> 01:57:33.960 this kind of ties in, but Amen was asking how 1875 01:57:34.000 --> 01:57:36.880 do you think the Clippers can do in the absence 1876 01:57:36.960 --> 01:57:39.640 of Kawhi Leonard? And he clarified and was asking how 1877 01:57:39.640 --> 01:57:42.880 do they try and remain over five hundred if they 1878 01:57:42.960 --> 01:57:45.439 are missing him him for a chunk of time and 1879 01:57:45.479 --> 01:57:47.239 we know throughout the season on back to backs they 1880 01:57:47.239 --> 01:57:48.760 will be How does this team get by. 1881 01:57:50.319 --> 01:57:53.479 Defense? You just they have to defend. 1882 01:57:53.479 --> 01:58:00.960 It's it's not it's not negotiable like that's it like that? 1883 01:58:01.600 --> 01:58:04.039 How did they get to forty two and forty three 1884 01:58:04.119 --> 01:58:08.760 years ago? They defended the ass off with with with 1885 01:58:08.840 --> 01:58:11.880 a team that didn't have, you know, splash defenders. I 1886 01:58:11.880 --> 01:58:14.720 don't think anybody on that team was close to an 1887 01:58:14.720 --> 01:58:19.920 All Defense Award nom or anything like that. So that 1888 01:58:20.039 --> 01:58:24.439 team defended smart and they defended with urgency because it 1889 01:58:24.520 --> 01:58:26.560 was the only way they're gonna win win games. 1890 01:58:26.640 --> 01:58:29.680 So that's the only way it gets done this year. 1891 01:58:30.199 --> 01:58:34.760 They no matter how much harder than Kawhi played, like like, 1892 01:58:34.920 --> 01:58:36.880 I can see a soon area where James Harden and 1893 01:58:36.960 --> 01:58:39.840 Kawhi play, and if they play lazy ass defense with 1894 01:58:39.920 --> 01:58:40.720 those guys. 1895 01:58:40.439 --> 01:58:42.119 Playing games, they're not going to win. 1896 01:58:42.239 --> 01:58:48.079 So no matter who's playing, they have to defend. And 1897 01:58:48.159 --> 01:58:52.520 how do you defend. I'm a Dean Oliver guy. I'm 1898 01:58:52.560 --> 01:58:57.159 a four factors guy, so I'm always looking at five things. 1899 01:58:57.399 --> 01:59:00.880 I'm looking at. Are you fortune turnovers, your on ball 1900 01:59:02.560 --> 01:59:07.920 miss forcing misshots, your off ball forcing misshots, your rent protection, 1901 01:59:08.000 --> 01:59:12.000 and your rebounding? In other words, can you stop guys 1902 01:59:12.000 --> 01:59:14.000 from getting to the free throw line? Can you limit 1903 01:59:14.640 --> 01:59:20.279 the amount of threes teams take? You know, there's so many. 1904 01:59:20.359 --> 01:59:23.079 You can't take everything away, but you have to understand 1905 01:59:23.119 --> 01:59:26.000 what you're taking away and be consistent about it. And 1906 01:59:26.039 --> 01:59:30.039 I've already heard the Clippers they want to be consistent 1907 01:59:30.439 --> 01:59:33.560 about getting back on defense, getting into their half court sets, 1908 01:59:33.640 --> 01:59:38.920 making teams take tough shots, and ending possessions with rebounds. 1909 01:59:39.079 --> 01:59:41.439 And that's my biggest concern with this Clippers teams going 1910 01:59:41.439 --> 01:59:43.920 in the next year. They have a lot of subpar 1911 01:59:44.119 --> 01:59:49.520 rebounders there. Jones junior subpar rebounder Terrence Man. We've already 1912 01:59:49.840 --> 01:59:52.720 heard the call to action with him. 1913 01:59:53.159 --> 01:59:53.800 Norman Powell. 1914 01:59:53.840 --> 01:59:56.359 One of the bigger concerns about Norm. I actually thought 1915 01:59:56.439 --> 01:59:58.920 Norm was good defensively last year. If you don't believe me, 1916 01:59:59.399 --> 02:00:01.800 look at all the Power Rangers lineups that you kept 1917 02:00:01.840 --> 02:00:05.640 talking about, Like one reason that was effective is because 1918 02:00:05.840 --> 02:00:10.800 Norm was effective defensively with with those guys out there. Yeah, 1919 02:00:11.000 --> 02:00:14.880 Like no, I don't think Norm's issue is sitting down 1920 02:00:14.920 --> 02:00:15.479 and guarding. 1921 02:00:16.079 --> 02:00:19.880 It's the splash plays. Are you forcing turnovers? Are you 1922 02:00:20.079 --> 02:00:23.600 are you ending possessions with rebounds? Look at Norm's rebounding 1923 02:00:23.680 --> 02:00:26.640 numbers like that's they have to all be better there. 1924 02:00:27.520 --> 02:00:31.079 And so that's the question. I have a concern there. 1925 02:00:31.119 --> 02:00:34.479 But Jeff van Gundy, his priorities have always been to 1926 02:00:34.520 --> 02:00:37.479 take away the paint. Look at who jeffvan Gundy's disciples 1927 02:00:37.520 --> 02:00:40.840 have been. His disciples. You know Tom Thibodeau is on 1928 02:00:40.920 --> 02:00:44.319 Jeff van Gundy's bench. Well does Tom Thibodeau defenses look 1929 02:00:44.399 --> 02:00:47.239 like every season you're they're you're You're more likely to 1930 02:00:47.279 --> 02:00:50.039 get an open shot than you are to penetrate the paint. 1931 02:00:50.159 --> 02:00:53.840 So that's that's just what it comes down to. I 1932 02:00:53.840 --> 02:00:56.720 think that team has to sit down, guard with urgency, 1933 02:00:56.760 --> 02:00:58.840 get back on defense so that you're not giving up 1934 02:00:58.840 --> 02:01:01.840 easy shots. But when you force missus and I think 1935 02:01:01.880 --> 02:01:04.399 this team can force misshuts, they have to end the 1936 02:01:04.399 --> 02:01:07.640 possessions with rebounds. And because I don't think they'll rebound 1937 02:01:07.680 --> 02:01:09.800 that well, I do think they have to be more 1938 02:01:09.800 --> 02:01:12.720 active in passing lanes and force some more turnovers, even 1939 02:01:12.760 --> 02:01:15.960 if it means they are allowing some more free throws. 1940 02:01:15.960 --> 02:01:18.680 They have to just defend with urgency next year. 1941 02:01:19.520 --> 02:01:21.399 Yeah, I agree with you. They just don't have the 1942 02:01:21.439 --> 02:01:26.680 personnel to be very good to great rebounding team. Could 1943 02:01:26.720 --> 02:01:29.359 they be above average, that'd be nice, but they got 1944 02:01:29.359 --> 02:01:31.239 to do it collectively and guys have to be more 1945 02:01:31.279 --> 02:01:34.439 mindful of it. But you mentioned that team from the 1946 02:01:34.439 --> 02:01:37.960 twenty one to twenty two season, they were eighth defensively 1947 02:01:38.359 --> 02:01:42.399 top ten. Yeah, they were less talented than this team. 1948 02:01:43.000 --> 02:01:45.600 I'm saying this team has to be at least top eight. 1949 02:01:47.439 --> 02:01:50.439 What do you think their full potential could be defensive 1950 02:01:50.520 --> 02:01:53.239 rating wise this season, somebody was saying they're going to 1951 02:01:53.279 --> 02:01:55.800 be top three Adam and I kind of pushed against 1952 02:01:55.800 --> 02:01:57.359 that because I don't know if Kawha is going to 1953 02:01:57.399 --> 02:02:00.119 play enough games for them to be top three. He 1954 02:02:00.199 --> 02:02:03.039 is still one of their better defenders. If we're already 1955 02:02:03.079 --> 02:02:05.560 assuming he's missing sixteen games with the back to backs, 1956 02:02:05.560 --> 02:02:07.439 that puts him in sixty six. I don't know about 1957 02:02:07.439 --> 02:02:11.359 top three, but could they be fifth defensively? Because last 1958 02:02:11.359 --> 02:02:13.800 season you look at Minnesota. Carlo Jimenez was on with 1959 02:02:13.840 --> 02:02:15.960 me yesterday and brought this up. It was a great 1960 02:02:15.960 --> 02:02:20.239 point I forgot about this Minnesota was they were below 1961 02:02:20.319 --> 02:02:23.039 average on offense all season long. They were a bottom 1962 02:02:23.079 --> 02:02:25.600 ten offense throughout much of the season. The difference was 1963 02:02:25.880 --> 02:02:29.319 they were number one defensively by a pretty wide margin, 1964 02:02:29.800 --> 02:02:32.319 and that got him to fifty six wins. So where 1965 02:02:32.319 --> 02:02:35.000 do you think this Clippers team could end up ranking defensively? 1966 02:02:37.079 --> 02:02:42.920 Honestly, I don't see a top ten defense in this team. 1967 02:02:43.359 --> 02:02:45.439 I think they can approach it, though. I think they 1968 02:02:45.479 --> 02:02:48.359 can be better than they were last year, Like I 1969 02:02:48.359 --> 02:02:49.119 think they can be. 1970 02:02:50.279 --> 02:02:52.119 You know, on the better. 1971 02:02:52.560 --> 02:02:56.520 I think they can be in the low teams. You know, 1972 02:02:57.479 --> 02:03:01.640 I think they can approach eleven, twelve, thirteen. What numbers 1973 02:03:01.680 --> 02:03:03.640 are you looking at for Minnesota's offense. By the way, 1974 02:03:03.720 --> 02:03:08.760 I don't recall them being bottom ten like they. 1975 02:03:10.159 --> 02:03:13.319 Finished seventeenth. I think they were bottom ten through a 1976 02:03:13.319 --> 02:03:14.039 lot of the season. 1977 02:03:14.520 --> 02:03:21.600 Yeah, yeah, yeah, seventeen sounds about right. I mean, it's 1978 02:03:21.760 --> 02:03:24.560 it's it's below average, but you know it ain't in 1979 02:03:24.600 --> 02:03:26.600 the twenties, you know, That's what I'm trying to say, 1980 02:03:26.800 --> 02:03:27.359 you know what I mean. 1981 02:03:27.439 --> 02:03:30.079 There were points where they were, but you're yeah, yeah, 1982 02:03:30.399 --> 02:03:31.600 it wasn't twenty fifth. 1983 02:03:31.680 --> 02:03:33.119 Yeah, yeah. 1984 02:03:33.159 --> 02:03:36.520 And I mean the thing with Minnesota is too, they 1985 02:03:36.560 --> 02:03:38.359 tricked a lot of games off. They were one of 1986 02:03:38.359 --> 02:03:41.159 the worst fourth quarter teams in basketball. I mean we 1987 02:03:41.239 --> 02:03:44.039 saw that play out in the Western Conference finals, Like 1988 02:03:44.840 --> 02:03:49.520 they had multiple games where better fourth quarter execution offensively, 1989 02:03:50.039 --> 02:03:53.680 and that's a different series against the Mavericks. You know, 1990 02:03:53.840 --> 02:03:56.319 it put their defense in a spot where I don't 1991 02:03:56.319 --> 02:03:59.960 care how good you are defensively, that team didn't execute 1992 02:04:00.439 --> 02:04:04.760 and good defensive performances through three quarters put them in 1993 02:04:04.760 --> 02:04:07.039 a spot where game's turning in the point coin flips 1994 02:04:07.279 --> 02:04:09.119 and I don't really want to coin flip with Luka 1995 02:04:09.199 --> 02:04:12.760 Dante's Okay, that that three that he made over Rudy 1996 02:04:12.840 --> 02:04:18.600 Robert that might replace the Reggie Jackson montage that. 1997 02:04:18.760 --> 02:04:20.880 John was so that Jones was so bad. 1998 02:04:21.279 --> 02:04:24.680 It had people thinking that the Mavericks won that series. 1999 02:04:24.960 --> 02:04:28.960 Uh for for a time. But nah, I don't think. 2000 02:04:29.079 --> 02:04:31.840 I don't think the Clippers are going to be a 2001 02:04:31.920 --> 02:04:33.920 top seven defense, but I think they can be better. 2002 02:04:34.680 --> 02:04:38.159 Just like I don't think the Clippers offense, you know, 2003 02:04:38.359 --> 02:04:40.439 is going to be top five like it was last year. 2004 02:04:40.520 --> 02:04:41.520 It's going to fall off. 2005 02:04:41.560 --> 02:04:44.039 But I do think that there's a chance that the 2006 02:04:44.039 --> 02:04:47.760 Clippers offense could be where the Clippers defense is. I think, 2007 02:04:47.960 --> 02:04:50.840 you know, I think top ten is a stretch giving 2008 02:04:50.880 --> 02:04:54.479 the talent, but I think given the execution, they can 2009 02:04:54.560 --> 02:04:56.920 be in the in the top half of the league. 2010 02:04:57.119 --> 02:04:59.920 You know, I do think that the Clippers net rating. 2011 02:05:00.199 --> 02:05:06.399 Will be around zero to one, but you know, I 2012 02:05:06.439 --> 02:05:09.000 think that there's a there's a pathway for them to 2013 02:05:09.039 --> 02:05:11.840 be on the positive side of that and to be 2014 02:05:12.960 --> 02:05:15.159 a decent team. 2015 02:05:15.319 --> 02:05:18.279 That scares me a little bit, only because my theory 2016 02:05:18.359 --> 02:05:21.159 is for them to have a chance to get out 2017 02:05:21.159 --> 02:05:24.439 of the plan, they got to be top eight. Defensively, 2018 02:05:24.520 --> 02:05:26.560 I just don't see another way because I don't think 2019 02:05:26.600 --> 02:05:29.079 their offense. Their defense to me might be ahead of 2020 02:05:29.079 --> 02:05:35.079 their offense this year, which isn't great. I but you know, 2021 02:05:35.279 --> 02:05:37.640 I've kind of come around and thinking that if James 2022 02:05:37.640 --> 02:05:39.840 Harden is healthy, he is a system. 2023 02:05:40.119 --> 02:05:40.640 That's the thing. 2024 02:05:40.720 --> 02:05:44.640 It's James Harden that we're talking about. You have to 2025 02:05:44.640 --> 02:05:47.199 look at it like this. The defense is going to 2026 02:05:47.279 --> 02:05:50.199 come down to the coaching. Are you putting the right 2027 02:05:50.279 --> 02:05:52.840 guys in position? Do they know what they're doing? Are 2028 02:05:52.880 --> 02:05:55.640 they going to consistently buy in? Are they going to 2029 02:05:55.800 --> 02:05:59.439 get off the plane in winter when you know your 2030 02:05:59.439 --> 02:06:02.920 bones in a little different and you're still going to 2031 02:06:03.000 --> 02:06:05.119 want to, you know, get those stops on the second 2032 02:06:05.199 --> 02:06:07.439 night of the back back on the road. That's what 2033 02:06:07.640 --> 02:06:11.079 defense is to me. You know, they had the personnel 2034 02:06:11.359 --> 02:06:13.880 to defend pretty will. I don't think they have the 2035 02:06:13.880 --> 02:06:16.479 personnel to rebound, but I think they have the personnel 2036 02:06:16.520 --> 02:06:22.079 to defend and get those things done offensively. There's a talent, 2037 02:06:22.920 --> 02:06:25.920 you know, they're not working at the talent margin that 2038 02:06:25.960 --> 02:06:29.920 they were in the years past. However, they have outstanding 2039 02:06:30.000 --> 02:06:34.000 coaching and they have James Harden. James Harden is not 2040 02:06:34.119 --> 02:06:37.279 only good for himself, but James Harden is good for 2041 02:06:37.359 --> 02:06:40.479 the team, the teammates that he has on that on 2042 02:06:40.520 --> 02:06:44.960 that end of the floor he's going to I just 2043 02:06:45.000 --> 02:06:48.960 feel like there's there's a floor that comes with James 2044 02:06:49.319 --> 02:06:52.520 on that side of the ball, So like they're going 2045 02:06:52.560 --> 02:06:57.199 to understand Here's Like, for example, one of the things 2046 02:06:57.199 --> 02:07:03.880 that always makes me mad is when people hate on isoball, 2047 02:07:04.880 --> 02:07:08.600 like because it's not the quote unquote beautiful game shit 2048 02:07:08.720 --> 02:07:10.479 that they got used to seeing from the twenty. 2049 02:07:10.279 --> 02:07:11.560 Fourteen Spurs or whatever. 2050 02:07:12.159 --> 02:07:15.640 And I would say I would be right there with y'all, 2051 02:07:15.640 --> 02:07:20.800 except that the Clippers had elite isolation players. 2052 02:07:20.800 --> 02:07:23.079 So like too, the top two guys. 2053 02:07:23.560 --> 02:07:27.760 So I mean, now your issue is, you know, I 2054 02:07:27.800 --> 02:07:31.640 think your issue is there are a lot of shot. 2055 02:07:31.439 --> 02:07:33.000 Clock violations for the Clippers. 2056 02:07:33.039 --> 02:07:35.119 Like if I go back and look, I think that 2057 02:07:35.199 --> 02:07:38.359 the Clippers were among the top teams in the league 2058 02:07:38.399 --> 02:07:41.680 and shot clock violations, like they can't be that stagnant. 2059 02:07:41.720 --> 02:07:44.439 They can't, you know, rely on it. But god damn, 2060 02:07:44.560 --> 02:07:48.399 like they were a top five offense last year even 2061 02:07:48.439 --> 02:07:52.760 with the laziness of their offense for the most part. 2062 02:07:53.880 --> 02:07:57.560 I know, you flashed some bullshit about me hating on KPJ, Like. 2063 02:07:59.279 --> 02:08:01.760 I didn't even Rea. I just saw. I just saw 2064 02:08:01.960 --> 02:08:05.079 a few verbs, and I'm like, now. 2065 02:08:06.800 --> 02:08:13.960 There's a difference. There's a difference between hate and. 2066 02:08:12.159 --> 02:08:14.319 And being realistic about a situation. 2067 02:08:14.479 --> 02:08:16.119 We can get to that, but let me just finish 2068 02:08:16.199 --> 02:08:19.720 this point about ISO, Like if the the thing that 2069 02:08:19.720 --> 02:08:22.479 the Clippers do is they get matchups and they're like, 2070 02:08:22.600 --> 02:08:25.159 we're just gonna beat you with the same matchup over 2071 02:08:25.199 --> 02:08:28.479 and over again. You know, it's like eating beans and rice. 2072 02:08:28.840 --> 02:08:30.800 You're not gonna have a commercial about it, but it's 2073 02:08:30.800 --> 02:08:34.399 probably gonna be good for you to win games depending 2074 02:08:34.439 --> 02:08:37.600 on your personnel. The personnel's different, so you're not gonna 2075 02:08:37.600 --> 02:08:40.520 see as much isoball, You're gonna see a lot more 2076 02:08:40.560 --> 02:08:44.199 picking rolls this year. But I think that's what TLU 2077 02:08:44.319 --> 02:08:49.000 does Telu offensively. His philosophy is where are the mismatches 2078 02:08:49.079 --> 02:08:51.840 on the floor, and how can we exploit them to 2079 02:08:51.880 --> 02:08:54.600 the point where you can't have those players on the 2080 02:08:54.640 --> 02:08:57.960 floor anymore. Like if you got a big on the floor, 2081 02:08:58.159 --> 02:09:00.560 we're gonna go small and punish your big. If you 2082 02:09:00.640 --> 02:09:04.239 got a tiny guard on the floor, we're gonna go small, small, 2083 02:09:04.279 --> 02:09:07.520 pick and roll until that guy is stuck guarding a 2084 02:09:07.520 --> 02:09:08.760 guy he can't defend. 2085 02:09:10.680 --> 02:09:14.119 I have also found the ISO hating to be a 2086 02:09:14.119 --> 02:09:15.920 pet peeve of mine because it's like. 2087 02:09:15.880 --> 02:09:17.720 Look at who's in the finals. 2088 02:09:18.079 --> 02:09:19.800 Yeah, in every. 2089 02:09:20.279 --> 02:09:21.399 Those are ISO teams. 2090 02:09:21.399 --> 02:09:25.800 Bro Every playoff game often resorts to a lot of 2091 02:09:25.920 --> 02:09:28.760 ISO ball at the end. And the Clippers had the 2092 02:09:28.840 --> 02:09:32.359 two top ISO guys in the league last season Kawhi, 2093 02:09:33.159 --> 02:09:35.439 then down the list, it's Paul George. There was a gap. 2094 02:09:35.520 --> 02:09:37.840 Kawhi was so spectacular in ISO. When it came to 2095 02:09:37.920 --> 02:09:42.399 pois per possession. Oh yeah, he was second, only second 2096 02:09:42.399 --> 02:09:44.560 to Kawhi. So if you have the top two guys, 2097 02:09:44.880 --> 02:09:48.680 you better do some ISO. And they finished fourth offensively, 2098 02:09:48.760 --> 02:09:51.159 How can you complain with the results if you don't 2099 02:09:51.239 --> 02:09:54.399 like the style of play. I understand dime dropper Darian 2100 02:09:54.439 --> 02:09:57.239 Visieri doesn't. He doesn't like the ball pounding, but you 2101 02:09:57.279 --> 02:09:59.880 can't say it's not effective. I don't think he does. 2102 02:10:00.399 --> 02:10:04.600 All right, Uh, lot of we can talk about Kevin 2103 02:10:04.600 --> 02:10:06.279 real quick. I want to see I want I want 2104 02:10:06.279 --> 02:10:08.560 to see this and I want to address it because 2105 02:10:08.720 --> 02:10:11.479 I feel like I'm repeating the same shit and people 2106 02:10:11.479 --> 02:10:12.199 aren't listening. 2107 02:10:12.600 --> 02:10:14.920 Let me read this because people could listen to this 2108 02:10:15.039 --> 02:10:17.680 later on the podcast side, they won't see it. Jordan says, 2109 02:10:18.239 --> 02:10:20.840 lost a haten, hating on the defense, hating on our 2110 02:10:20.920 --> 02:10:23.680 role players, hating on KPJ. Even went straight out of 2111 02:10:23.720 --> 02:10:25.479 the head of the coach, straight out of the head 2112 02:10:25.479 --> 02:10:29.000 coach's mouth to lie, says kJ O. KPJ is going 2113 02:10:29.079 --> 02:10:32.039 to have a huge part in this team hating non 2114 02:10:32.119 --> 02:10:34.960 Kawhi Law correct this. 2115 02:10:35.000 --> 02:10:36.840 Man, I mean, I'm not hating. 2116 02:10:37.560 --> 02:10:42.640 I'm a realist about situations when it comes to how 2117 02:10:42.680 --> 02:10:46.399 a season plays out, how a rotation gets put together, 2118 02:10:47.039 --> 02:10:50.000 how a team is going to try and start a 2119 02:10:50.159 --> 02:10:54.760 year like you come out Week one and we hear 2120 02:10:54.800 --> 02:10:57.159 it every year from t Lou Like this, dude, t 2121 02:10:57.279 --> 02:11:01.199 Luke started Eric Bledsoe and Reggie Jackson together over and 2122 02:11:01.279 --> 02:11:07.800 over and didn't change it until like ten games or 2123 02:11:07.840 --> 02:11:10.920 whatever it was, you know, I mean, just because he 2124 02:11:11.039 --> 02:11:13.319 felt like that's what he was sticking to, that was 2125 02:11:13.319 --> 02:11:13.720 his fit. 2126 02:11:14.159 --> 02:11:15.560 I thought Terrence was starting that year. 2127 02:11:15.600 --> 02:11:19.439 It's like, now we're gonna start Eric, Reggie, Paul Marcus, 2128 02:11:19.479 --> 02:11:22.760 except Marcus's knee never got right. Sounds familiar with another 2129 02:11:22.840 --> 02:11:25.479 power forward they're dealing with this year and zoom. So 2130 02:11:26.720 --> 02:11:30.760 you know, with Kevin's situation, people keep thinking I'm talking 2131 02:11:30.800 --> 02:11:34.920 about the talent, and that's why I'm like downplaying expectations 2132 02:11:34.960 --> 02:11:40.159 early in the season. I don't know, Like if he's 2133 02:11:40.199 --> 02:11:43.359 going to be available to play in Week. 2134 02:11:43.239 --> 02:11:44.920 One, I don't know. 2135 02:11:45.199 --> 02:11:48.720 It seems important, it seems for especially for a guy 2136 02:11:48.720 --> 02:11:51.119 who wasn't on the team, especially for a guy who 2137 02:11:51.119 --> 02:11:54.159 didn't play NBA games last year, Especially for a guy 2138 02:11:54.319 --> 02:11:56.920 who is on a team with a bunch of dudes 2139 02:11:56.920 --> 02:12:00.640 who sound like you're going back to the Piston or 2140 02:12:00.680 --> 02:12:04.960 the Hornets or the twenty twenty three Houston Rockets, one 2141 02:12:05.000 --> 02:12:07.079 of the worst teams in the basketball you know what 2142 02:12:07.119 --> 02:12:10.239 I'm saying. We're talking about a team that made the playoffs, 2143 02:12:10.840 --> 02:12:13.239 you know, the last couple of years, and a team 2144 02:12:13.279 --> 02:12:17.319 that has real dudes competing for spots now. So I 2145 02:12:17.319 --> 02:12:20.239 mean Kevin's going to compete. He's going to probably show 2146 02:12:20.279 --> 02:12:23.359 out at some point. I just don't think it's happening 2147 02:12:23.439 --> 02:12:27.600 early because there's some extenuating circumstances that still need to 2148 02:12:27.640 --> 02:12:28.680 be determined. 2149 02:12:29.399 --> 02:12:31.199 That's it. That's all I'm saying about that. 2150 02:12:33.279 --> 02:12:36.359 I think it's completely fair. I've agreed with you the 2151 02:12:36.520 --> 02:12:39.840 entire time. I was a little bit surprised how much 2152 02:12:40.199 --> 02:12:42.399 Coach Lou made it a point to say, hey, he's 2153 02:12:42.439 --> 02:12:45.279 really talented. He wouldn't make twenty million dollars if he 2154 02:12:45.399 --> 02:12:47.159 wasn't having a coach on ball on. 2155 02:12:47.119 --> 02:12:49.159 The team, if he wasn't if Kevin. 2156 02:12:50.359 --> 02:12:53.039 Not to be Again, this is kind of disrespectful, but 2157 02:12:53.199 --> 02:12:54.760 it is what it is. We just got to say 2158 02:12:54.760 --> 02:12:58.520 it for what it is. If Kevin Porter Junior wasn't 2159 02:12:58.600 --> 02:13:02.720 talented with what you know we're talking about off the court, 2160 02:13:03.039 --> 02:13:05.079 we're not talking about them period. 2161 02:13:05.680 --> 02:13:07.239 You're not getting other opportunities. 2162 02:13:07.279 --> 02:13:10.840 If you're not this talented, dull Coursey talented, that's not 2163 02:13:11.560 --> 02:13:12.520 that's not the issue. 2164 02:13:13.560 --> 02:13:19.319 Yeah, I know, I'm totally with you. Oh, I think 2165 02:13:19.359 --> 02:13:24.560 we just got a Sham's bomb. You're a coworker. I'm 2166 02:13:24.560 --> 02:13:27.119 gonna I'm gonna go to this and you can read it, 2167 02:13:27.680 --> 02:13:32.159 and this is a this is interesting here Shamshrania up 2168 02:13:32.159 --> 02:13:41.960 the athletic where Law Murray works, law breaking news the fire. 2169 02:13:43.359 --> 02:13:44.760 That's all I will say about that. 2170 02:13:46.079 --> 02:13:49.720 Well, Shap's is saying the Minnesota Timberwolves are nearing a 2171 02:13:49.840 --> 02:13:53.319 trade to send All star Karl Anthony Towns to the 2172 02:13:53.359 --> 02:13:58.239 New York Knicks. Sources tell me I was wondering what 2173 02:13:58.279 --> 02:14:02.039 would happen with him. I don't see how this affects 2174 02:14:02.079 --> 02:14:05.000 the Clippers anyways, but we knew the Knicks need some 2175 02:14:05.039 --> 02:14:06.079 help in the front court. 2176 02:14:06.119 --> 02:14:09.640 Where there's smoke, there's fire. I gotta I gotta mix 2177 02:14:09.680 --> 02:14:12.439 some I gotta do some things. So you have a 2178 02:14:12.439 --> 02:14:13.199 good night at them. 2179 02:14:13.760 --> 02:14:16.159 All right, lall, you got work to do. The bat 2180 02:14:16.159 --> 02:14:19.079 signal went up, Go get it. I appreciate you coming on. 2181 02:14:19.520 --> 02:14:23.359 There goes a lot Murray, Carl Anthony Towns going to 2182 02:14:23.520 --> 02:14:29.079 the New York Knickerbockers. That is interesting. Yes, the Knicks 2183 02:14:29.319 --> 02:14:33.000 are a problem. The Knicks were good before this. They 2184 02:14:33.039 --> 02:14:34.760 had a little bit a hole of a hole in 2185 02:14:34.800 --> 02:14:40.479 the front court. This helps them in that area greatly. Wow. 2186 02:14:40.800 --> 02:14:44.439 Now the question is what are they giving up? Is 2187 02:14:44.479 --> 02:14:48.560 it going to be a net positive if they have 2188 02:14:48.680 --> 02:14:50.680 to give up a lot? And we just found out 2189 02:14:51.640 --> 02:14:56.640 the trade package is centered around Julius Randall Dante de 2190 02:14:56.800 --> 02:15:04.119 Vincenzo for Carl Anthony Towns, Randall and Dante DiVincenzo. So ooh, 2191 02:15:04.239 --> 02:15:07.560 they're losing one of the Villa Nova guys to get 2192 02:15:07.680 --> 02:15:12.159 Carl Anthony Towns, but I would say that is a 2193 02:15:12.279 --> 02:15:16.880 nice fit for the Knicks. I like that fit. I've 2194 02:15:17.079 --> 02:15:19.840 said for a while, I don't know about Julius Randall 2195 02:15:19.920 --> 02:15:26.119 with this team, but now the Minnesota Timberwolves have him. 2196 02:15:27.199 --> 02:15:31.119 All I know is I think nas Reed I like 2197 02:15:31.239 --> 02:15:34.600 him more in the starting lineup in some ways than 2198 02:15:34.680 --> 02:15:39.680 Karl Anthony Towns for the Minnesota Timberwolves, I do. I 2199 02:15:39.680 --> 02:15:42.399 think it makes it makes sense, and it could make 2200 02:15:42.479 --> 02:15:45.439 both teams better a little bit of addition by subtraction, 2201 02:15:46.159 --> 02:15:49.279 because while Towns did step up in the playoffs and 2202 02:15:49.439 --> 02:15:52.000 proved his worth, there were a lot of questions all 2203 02:15:52.039 --> 02:15:54.159 season long if they could be better without him because 2204 02:15:54.199 --> 02:15:59.079 of how good nas Reed has gotten. Nas Reed he's 2205 02:15:59.119 --> 02:16:03.600 one of my favorite player. He is really good. I 2206 02:16:03.640 --> 02:16:07.560 don't know if the Clippers won that trade mkx l 2207 02:16:07.800 --> 02:16:11.199 n T. If you're assuming that Minnesota got worse because 2208 02:16:11.199 --> 02:16:15.319 of this, I don't know if that is a fact. 2209 02:16:15.520 --> 02:16:18.840 Minnesota was the three seed last season in the Western Conference. 2210 02:16:19.239 --> 02:16:23.239 There's still gonna be a top three seed. And I 2211 02:16:23.279 --> 02:16:26.279 think it was an odd fit with Carl Anthony Towns. 2212 02:16:26.800 --> 02:16:29.680 I think it could be better if they have Julius 2213 02:16:29.760 --> 02:16:33.680 Randall coming off the bench maybe, or even him instead 2214 02:16:33.680 --> 02:16:37.159 of Karl Anthony Towns next to Rudy Gobert. But Nas 2215 02:16:37.200 --> 02:16:39.399 read to me, this opens up more playing time for 2216 02:16:39.520 --> 02:16:43.040 him and that is a positive for them. Karl Anthony 2217 02:16:43.079 --> 02:16:44.959 Towns in New York. I think it makes a lot 2218 02:16:45.000 --> 02:16:47.799 of sense. They get back to having more of a 2219 02:16:47.840 --> 02:16:51.040 stretch big like they have with Kris STAPs Porzingis, you know, 2220 02:16:51.520 --> 02:16:55.120 six years ago or whatever it was. But him next 2221 02:16:55.159 --> 02:16:59.399 to Mitchell Robinson. Whether or not Karl Anthony Towns is 2222 02:16:59.399 --> 02:17:01.719 playing the five or they're going Robinson at the five 2223 02:17:01.719 --> 02:17:05.799 and him at the four, it's interesting. They're big, they're tough. 2224 02:17:06.879 --> 02:17:10.680 I like the fit for both teams, honestly, I do. 2225 02:17:10.879 --> 02:17:13.399 Jordan says Kat is so good they should have to 2226 02:17:13.399 --> 02:17:16.280 give up that bum Gobert. There's a reason France benched 2227 02:17:16.280 --> 02:17:20.959 his ass all of the Olympics. Nasty ass player. Ruddy 2228 02:17:20.959 --> 02:17:24.399 Gobert pretty much makes you a top ten defense just 2229 02:17:24.440 --> 02:17:27.799 having him on your team. Does he have limitations along 2230 02:17:27.879 --> 02:17:30.200 the perimeter? Are there certain teams that can play him 2231 02:17:30.239 --> 02:17:35.079 off the floor. Yes, But to call him a bum 2232 02:17:37.079 --> 02:17:40.079 it likely means you're a casual. I'm sorry, Jordan, you 2233 02:17:40.120 --> 02:17:44.440 said that earlier that mess you were talking with Law 2234 02:17:44.559 --> 02:17:49.799 Murray didn't like that. Rudy Gobert, yes, he has his limitations. 2235 02:17:49.799 --> 02:17:53.639 That doesn't make him a bum. He automatically makes you 2236 02:17:53.680 --> 02:17:56.719 a top ten regular season defense and he's still is 2237 02:17:56.920 --> 02:17:59.200 very good at times in the playoffs. There's just certain 2238 02:17:59.239 --> 02:18:03.600 times against teams where the matchups don't work. Evil Bot 2239 02:18:03.639 --> 02:18:05.479 says that they playing Kat at the four the five. 2240 02:18:05.600 --> 02:18:09.639 I'm sure he'll get opportunities at both because he can 2241 02:18:09.680 --> 02:18:12.719 stretch the floor. He can play the four next to 2242 02:18:12.760 --> 02:18:15.000 a big like Mitchell Robinson and not clog up the 2243 02:18:15.040 --> 02:18:20.959 paint too much on offense. I think he'll probably start there. JM. 2244 02:18:20.959 --> 02:18:23.079 Thirteen twenty four says, I got to deal with the 2245 02:18:23.159 --> 02:18:25.399 Knicks and seventy six or eight times this year. He's 2246 02:18:25.440 --> 02:18:30.319 a Celtics fan. Can we be serious? What is life 2247 02:18:30.360 --> 02:18:37.639 f This stuff is not Clippers related outside of Minnesota. 2248 02:18:37.680 --> 02:18:41.360 I think just got slightly better. Honestly, I think so 2249 02:18:41.559 --> 02:18:45.799 Nasried is like that him getting more playing time is 2250 02:18:45.920 --> 02:18:49.040 meaningful for them, and that's what this does. So I 2251 02:18:49.040 --> 02:18:51.360 think it's addition by subtraction for them. It's a edition 2252 02:18:51.479 --> 02:18:55.920 by addition for the Knicks Dante DiVincenzo. That's a loss. 2253 02:18:56.360 --> 02:19:00.079 That's I don't worry at all about losing Julius Randall 2254 02:19:00.120 --> 02:19:02.280 like that fit and he didn't show up in multiple 2255 02:19:02.319 --> 02:19:05.520 playoff series for them. I don't trust him. People said 2256 02:19:05.520 --> 02:19:07.600 it didn't trust Cap, but he actually played pretty well, 2257 02:19:07.639 --> 02:19:10.399 and they don't. They do not win that series against 2258 02:19:10.399 --> 02:19:15.600 Denver without Karl Anthony Towns. But overall, I think they 2259 02:19:15.680 --> 02:19:19.600 might have a slightly higher ceiling. Now we'll see. They 2260 02:19:19.680 --> 02:19:22.760 still got to the conference finals. They got beat up there. 2261 02:19:22.799 --> 02:19:30.079 But it's it's interesting. I I I first blush. I 2262 02:19:30.079 --> 02:19:34.920 think both teams got a little bit better. Jordan says 2263 02:19:34.959 --> 02:19:37.719 respect either way, even though he's calling guys bums and 2264 02:19:37.799 --> 02:19:40.840 saying laws of hater. We love this talk on the podcast. 2265 02:19:40.879 --> 02:19:43.959 Is great keeping all of us basketball fans in our team. Blessing, 2266 02:19:44.639 --> 02:19:49.559 blessings up, y'all. I'm way up. I feel blessed. All right, Jordan, 2267 02:19:50.159 --> 02:19:52.760 we'll squash it. We'll leave it at that. Respect, respect 2268 02:19:52.799 --> 02:19:56.000 all the way around. I've appreciate you guys. This is 2269 02:19:56.079 --> 02:19:59.840 the longest Clippers Talk Live I have done, especially because 2270 02:19:59.879 --> 02:20:03.719 the majority of it I was going solo. It was 2271 02:20:03.760 --> 02:20:07.040 great to have Law Murray in here to clean up 2272 02:20:07.239 --> 02:20:11.079 any inaccuracies when it came to the Terrence Man conversation, 2273 02:20:11.440 --> 02:20:14.559 and once again, I just want to say, because he 2274 02:20:14.680 --> 02:20:19.719 is such a great ambassador and reliable player for the 2275 02:20:19.760 --> 02:20:23.639 Clippers and a great young man who's now turned twenty eight, 2276 02:20:23.639 --> 02:20:27.040 I guess not so young, but a true pro. Congrats 2277 02:20:27.040 --> 02:20:32.040 to Terrence Man. Really happy for him. Three year extension, 2278 02:20:32.079 --> 02:20:35.959 forty seven million dollars. It's still team friendly, it's still 2279 02:20:36.000 --> 02:20:41.200 a great deal for the Clippers, and it's burning the 2280 02:20:41.239 --> 02:20:44.719 hand over two in the bush for Terrence Man. You 2281 02:20:44.760 --> 02:20:48.079 waited out you could not have a chair when the 2282 02:20:48.120 --> 02:20:51.639 time the music stops. By the time the music stops, 2283 02:20:51.639 --> 02:20:54.440 that's what happens with Gary Trent juniors. Law Murray so 2284 02:20:54.600 --> 02:20:58.040 eloquently pointed out, Terrence Man was not going to let 2285 02:20:58.040 --> 02:21:02.280 that happen to him. Take the money, get it done, 2286 02:21:02.680 --> 02:21:08.600 a little more certainty, clarity, knowing that you're the guy 2287 02:21:08.639 --> 02:21:12.159 that has the inside track and is the favorite to 2288 02:21:12.200 --> 02:21:17.680 win that starting two spot. I think Terrence Man is 2289 02:21:17.760 --> 02:21:22.959 going to prove haters wrong this season. However many and 2290 02:21:23.079 --> 02:21:26.360 they are the vocal minority. I think he is going 2291 02:21:26.399 --> 02:21:28.360 to shoot a higher percentage from three than he did 2292 02:21:28.399 --> 02:21:34.559 last year. Overall, he's going to average, I'm gonna say, 2293 02:21:35.319 --> 02:21:38.879 at least ten points per game, and there are going 2294 02:21:38.920 --> 02:21:41.120 to be Knights where he shows off a lot more 2295 02:21:41.159 --> 02:21:45.520 in his bag because it's necessary because they need him to. 2296 02:21:46.959 --> 02:21:49.479 And he's coming off a playoff series against the Dallas 2297 02:21:49.479 --> 02:21:55.200 Mavericks where if you forgot, he held Luca to forty 2298 02:21:55.239 --> 02:21:57.319 percent from the floor. Oh you want to point out 2299 02:21:57.399 --> 02:21:59.680 Luka Doncic was a little bit banged up. Well, he 2300 02:21:59.719 --> 02:22:03.000 got more banged up as the playoffs went along and 2301 02:22:03.079 --> 02:22:06.159 still shot a higher percentage against guys like Lou Dort. 2302 02:22:06.840 --> 02:22:09.639 Terras Man did the best job against him that anyone 2303 02:22:09.680 --> 02:22:13.280 did while getting nine points per game, shooting forty five 2304 02:22:13.319 --> 02:22:17.879 percent from three, getting five boards, so the rebounding was 2305 02:22:17.959 --> 02:22:21.280 nice in the playoffs. He needs to do a little 2306 02:22:21.319 --> 02:22:22.879 bit more than what he did in his thirty one 2307 02:22:22.959 --> 02:22:24.959 and a half minutes per game against Dallas in that 2308 02:22:25.000 --> 02:22:27.120 six game series in the first round last season. In 2309 02:22:27.159 --> 02:22:32.520 this regular season, That's what I'm saying. Someone did bring 2310 02:22:32.600 --> 02:22:35.479 up evil bod Adams said if it could be related 2311 02:22:35.600 --> 02:22:37.760 Julius Randall coming to the Clippers and the clip sitting 2312 02:22:37.799 --> 02:22:41.280 players to the Wolves, there's no indication of that. Guys 2313 02:22:41.799 --> 02:22:44.479 that would be I've talked about that. A little bit 2314 02:22:44.520 --> 02:22:46.600 has been brought up. I think Julius Randall will be 2315 02:22:46.600 --> 02:22:49.639 an interesting fit. Obviously you'd have your four, then you 2316 02:22:49.639 --> 02:22:51.840 wouldn't have to worry abou Kawhi playing the four. But 2317 02:22:51.959 --> 02:22:55.159 as I kind of point out earlier, I don't know 2318 02:22:55.200 --> 02:22:58.920 if that's really more taxing or not than playing the three. 2319 02:22:58.959 --> 02:23:03.879 It's kind of arbitrary. It might be less movement, less 2320 02:23:03.920 --> 02:23:07.840 miles traveled per game, less feet traveled on the floor 2321 02:23:07.879 --> 02:23:10.479 per possession. On the defensive end, if he's playing the ford, 2322 02:23:10.479 --> 02:23:12.840 it might be better for Kawhi that way. I don't know. 2323 02:23:13.319 --> 02:23:15.479 I can't figure it out either way. But there's no 2324 02:23:15.559 --> 02:23:18.399 indication that he's being re routed or something, or any 2325 02:23:18.440 --> 02:23:22.479 of these players are being re routed to the Clippers. 2326 02:23:23.040 --> 02:23:26.680 He didn't hold Luca, Oh he didn't. He didn't hold Luca. 2327 02:23:27.079 --> 02:23:30.079 Luca didn't shoot forty percent in that series, and terrace 2328 02:23:30.120 --> 02:23:32.760 Man wasn't his primary defender. Do you need me to 2329 02:23:32.799 --> 02:23:34.639 bring up these receipts? Is this how we're gonna end? 2330 02:23:34.639 --> 02:23:39.600 Thanks tonight? You want to see the proof in the pudding? 2331 02:23:40.879 --> 02:23:44.479 I got it. For you. Here's Lukadocch. Since some people 2332 02:23:45.200 --> 02:23:49.159 are non believers and still hating on Terrence Man. I 2333 02:23:49.159 --> 02:23:51.079 don't know why you all try this. I don't know 2334 02:23:51.120 --> 02:23:54.159 why you try this, Luka Doocich. Yes, he got his 2335 02:23:54.239 --> 02:23:58.920 thirty points per game. That's here. It took him twenty 2336 02:23:58.959 --> 02:24:01.319 five and a half shots to get there. Why because 2337 02:24:01.360 --> 02:24:04.319 he shot forty percent from the floor and twenty four 2338 02:24:04.399 --> 02:24:08.319 percent from three and Terrence Man was his primary defender. 2339 02:24:08.399 --> 02:24:10.879 Don't come at me with this stuff. You know I 2340 02:24:10.920 --> 02:24:14.120 got the facts here. Don't even try it. Luca was hobbled. 2341 02:24:14.200 --> 02:24:18.319 I just brought this up. He was more hobbled Chico 2342 02:24:18.440 --> 02:24:21.719 Johnson as the playoffs went along, Yet he was shooting 2343 02:24:21.760 --> 02:24:25.079 a higher percentage against other defenders than he was Terrence Man. 2344 02:24:25.600 --> 02:24:29.000 He was moving worse and playing better against Luke Dort 2345 02:24:29.000 --> 02:24:31.520 and abusing him at times, something he wasn't able to 2346 02:24:31.559 --> 02:24:39.239 do against Terrence Man. That's not a good point. My goodness. 2347 02:24:40.959 --> 02:24:44.360 Too many casuals in here today. Oh A means got 2348 02:24:44.399 --> 02:24:49.079 my back? Yeah, I'll show it to you. I'll do 2349 02:24:49.159 --> 02:24:54.360 it in real time. I don't care. I will embarrass 2350 02:24:54.440 --> 02:25:02.079 myself like this. Terrence Man was healthier, healthier, in the 2351 02:25:02.120 --> 02:25:05.520 first round against Excuse me, Luca dontons was healthier in 2352 02:25:05.600 --> 02:25:08.600 the first round against Terrence Man than he was as 2353 02:25:08.639 --> 02:25:11.000 the playoffs went along, as he continued to get more 2354 02:25:11.040 --> 02:25:14.840 and more banged up, Yet he shot his worst percentage 2355 02:25:14.879 --> 02:25:21.000 against the Clippers and Team Man. Against OKC he was 2356 02:25:21.040 --> 02:25:24.000 shooting forty five percent from the floor and thirty nine 2357 02:25:24.040 --> 02:25:29.000 percent from three, and was going right at loudor against Minnesota. 2358 02:25:29.159 --> 02:25:32.399 Against all there are good defenders, lucat doncon shot forty 2359 02:25:32.440 --> 02:25:36.000 seven percent and forty three percent from the outside while 2360 02:25:36.000 --> 02:25:38.840 being more banged up, and then shot forty seven percent 2361 02:25:39.239 --> 02:25:43.120 against the Boston Celtics. You can't use injuries as an 2362 02:25:43.120 --> 02:25:46.079 excuse for why you only shot forty percent against Terrence 2363 02:25:46.159 --> 02:25:48.920 Man when he ended up getting more and more injured 2364 02:25:49.079 --> 02:25:51.600 while his shooting percentage was going up against other teams 2365 02:25:51.600 --> 02:25:55.520 of the playoffs, win along, sorry facts, get out of here, 2366 02:25:56.760 --> 02:26:04.079 Get out of here, Chico Yeah, thirty points on twenty 2367 02:26:04.079 --> 02:26:09.040 five shots. The reason the Clippers were in that series 2368 02:26:09.319 --> 02:26:14.200 is because of how inefficient Uka Doncic was. Terrence Man 2369 02:26:14.360 --> 02:26:19.200 gave them a chance. He gave them a chance because 2370 02:26:19.239 --> 02:26:22.079 of how good he was defensively. Do you not understand this. 2371 02:26:24.200 --> 02:26:28.680 You can't deal with some people too emotional, not me, 2372 02:26:28.799 --> 02:26:33.959 though level headed. You can tell fact hammer and it 2373 02:26:34.040 --> 02:26:40.639 wasn't a velvet hammer boom. Mkxcel nt said it. I 2374 02:26:40.680 --> 02:26:44.319 gotta get out of here. My voice is shredded. I 2375 02:26:44.360 --> 02:26:47.200 appreciate all you guys for coming in tonight, and I 2376 02:26:47.239 --> 02:26:50.639 appreciate the Clippers rewarding Terrence Man and for him being 2377 02:26:50.719 --> 02:26:53.520 signed on a three year extension. I am happy for him. 2378 02:26:55.719 --> 02:26:57.879 It is good to see Terrence Man in the Clippers 2379 02:26:58.000 --> 02:27:05.120 uniform and that continuing. This has been a long ass 2380 02:27:05.159 --> 02:27:09.000 almost two and a half hour. We're almost entering Lord 2381 02:27:09.000 --> 02:27:13.639 of the Rings extended edition of a Clippers Talk Live 2382 02:27:13.760 --> 02:27:17.440 here because of the breaking Terrence Man news. But it 2383 02:27:17.520 --> 02:27:19.479 was important to do because I want to remind you 2384 02:27:19.520 --> 02:27:22.040 when this stuff happens, I will be going live. You 2385 02:27:22.079 --> 02:27:24.120 can count on me for that. I'll be reliable and 2386 02:27:24.159 --> 02:27:27.680 I will have during the season when the regular season starts, 2387 02:27:27.760 --> 02:27:32.520 new content for you every single day on this channel 2388 02:27:32.920 --> 02:27:35.719 at Clippers Talk on YouTube every day. I'll have new 2389 02:27:35.760 --> 02:27:38.719 content once the Clipper season starts October twenty third, add 2390 02:27:38.719 --> 02:27:41.680 into it Dome against the Phoenix Suns. So I would 2391 02:27:41.719 --> 02:27:47.159 subscribe I'm gonna be consistent. I don't care how shulder 2392 02:27:47.239 --> 02:27:49.719 my voice gets during the season, I will be here, 2393 02:27:50.479 --> 02:27:53.159 believe that. Thanks a lot Murray for jumping in and 2394 02:27:53.200 --> 02:27:58.799 coming on. We need a trilogy, Sol says, No, the 2395 02:27:58.840 --> 02:28:01.520 Hobbit trilogy. That didn't need to be a trilogy. They 2396 02:28:01.520 --> 02:28:02.920 didn't need to extend that out. 2397 02:28:03.840 --> 02:28:03.959 Uh. 2398 02:28:04.360 --> 02:28:08.000 Oh now Chico Johnson, Oh, he's spiraling. Oh, the Clippers 2399 02:28:08.040 --> 02:28:10.879 will get eliminated for the plan because he didn't like 2400 02:28:10.959 --> 02:28:14.239 the fact that well, the facts hit him square in 2401 02:28:14.280 --> 02:28:16.920 the face and he looks bad now, so now he 2402 02:28:17.000 --> 02:28:20.879 has to move those goalposts. Evil Bot Adams says, fact slap. 2403 02:28:20.959 --> 02:28:24.959 I like this guy good looking too. I will see 2404 02:28:24.959 --> 02:28:27.719 you guys and talk to you guys next time Monday, 2405 02:28:28.040 --> 02:28:30.600 I will have at least one show for you. It's 2406 02:28:30.719 --> 02:28:34.319 media Day. I will be there. I can't wait to 2407 02:28:34.399 --> 02:28:37.760 reconnect with a lot of people from the Clippers organization. 2408 02:28:38.079 --> 02:28:40.040 I'm going to see all our friends and talk to 2409 02:28:40.079 --> 02:28:42.840 the Clippers. I'll have some live streams for you. You 2410 02:28:43.000 --> 02:28:44.840 also want to make sure that you get to me 2411 02:28:45.600 --> 02:28:49.040 on Instagram and follow me there because during the season. 2412 02:28:49.719 --> 02:28:52.000 During the season, I will be doing a lot of 2413 02:28:52.040 --> 02:28:57.680 live streams. Also on the Instagram side, the Instagram handle 2414 02:28:57.840 --> 02:29:01.840 is clippers Talk Follow Adam A. That's my Instagram handle. 2415 02:29:03.760 --> 02:29:06.840 My handle on x would be at follow out of May. 2416 02:29:07.159 --> 02:29:09.479 My handle here on YouTube is that Clippers Talk. My 2417 02:29:09.520 --> 02:29:13.040 handle on TikTok is that Clippers Talk. But on the 2418 02:29:13.079 --> 02:29:16.879 gram it's Clippers Talk Follow Adam A and I will 2419 02:29:16.920 --> 02:29:20.719 be doing a lot of live streams, pregame and postgame. 2420 02:29:20.879 --> 02:29:23.239 Oh more questions. Clips er Die says, are you going 2421 02:29:23.239 --> 02:29:24.959 to live stream when you do Clippers Talk before and 2422 02:29:25.000 --> 02:29:28.559 after games of this season? Yes? Just answered it, Just 2423 02:29:28.600 --> 02:29:33.200 answered it. Yes, this channel is super underrating, Terrence Man, 2424 02:29:33.319 --> 02:29:38.559 I agree with you. Our friends from Japan faker fans 2425 02:29:38.559 --> 02:29:42.040 are something coming here and getting slapped by at them 2426 02:29:42.079 --> 02:29:47.399 with facts cook the frauds. Yeah, maybe that's all I'll 2427 02:29:47.399 --> 02:29:53.799 eat for dinner tonight. Uh, you all are well done cooked, 2428 02:29:53.840 --> 02:29:57.479 Chico Johnson. All right until next time, likely on Monday, 2429 02:29:57.520 --> 02:30:00.959 unless there's more breaking news. This this has been another 2430 02:30:01.159 --> 02:30:03.159 edition of Clippers Talk. I love you all.