WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:15.359 What is going on? Clippers fans, Welcome to the most 2 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:19.679 important speech you will watch today, April first, twenty twenty six. 3 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:24.280 I am Chuck Mockler. Will and Adam are unavoidably detained. 4 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:26.079 I do know where they are, but I will not 5 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:28.719 be telling you. So we're just doing a quick live 6 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:32.799 episode today. It is just me, possibly Joseph I Award 7 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:36.280 hopping on, but we are Clips and Dip. Thank you 8 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:38.240 for hanging out. If you're listening to the audio version 9 00:00:38.280 --> 00:00:40.399 of this after I've put it out and you missed 10 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:42.960 the video, you can always find us at YouTube dot 11 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:47.920 com slash at Clippers podcasts. And I am doing this 12 00:00:47.960 --> 00:00:53.240 pod today mostly just because yesterday was so frustrating. I 13 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.280 do want to open this by saying that going twelve 14 00:00:58.359 --> 00:01:01.840 and six over March was incredible. I had them going 15 00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:05.120 ten and eight. There were some highs, obviously with the 16 00:01:05.159 --> 00:01:07.799 Knicks and the Wolves wins. There were some streaks in there. 17 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:12.680 The Pels back to back sucked, But again, twelve and 18 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:19.359 six over March is fantastic. What's up? Punk's gone wrong? Yes? 19 00:01:19.920 --> 00:01:22.040 I don't know if that game was heartbreaking so much 20 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:26.239 it was frustrating, because that's how I felt watching the game. 21 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:28.319 Will and I were watching the game. It was incredibly 22 00:01:29.400 --> 00:01:32.319 just not fun. I was trying to pick out my 23 00:01:32.439 --> 00:01:35.959 least favorite part of last night and someone in the 24 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:41.400 chat is already asking about the offensive rebounds. Yes, dj 25 00:01:41.519 --> 00:01:43.599 D Flow, I think we might be the worst defensive 26 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:49.760 rebounding team. They had literally the worst. They gave up 27 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:54.640 the second most second chance points the Clippers have given 28 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:57.480 up in the play by play era. They gave up 29 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:04.159 thirty two second chance points, which is insane. It's crazy. 30 00:02:04.159 --> 00:02:06.120 We talked about it on the preview about how Portland 31 00:02:06.200 --> 00:02:09.960 is a really good offensive rebounding team. I'm going to 32 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.400 talk about the Spurs and a few We were also 33 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:16.039 a good offensive rebounding team. But that's incredibly frustrating. It 34 00:02:16.120 --> 00:02:19.560 was rage bait. Losing out on that many rebounds is 35 00:02:19.719 --> 00:02:24.520 rage bait exactly. Not having Isaiah Jackson is a killer. 36 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:28.759 He's out again for the Spurs game, which is unfortunate. 37 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:34.520 The rebounding was very frustrating. Kawhi's risk situation is very frustrating. 38 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:38.919 Heard it and a fall against the Raptors. He's fighting 39 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:42.759 through it. His risk got hit a few times and 40 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:46.639 I'm I don't no part of me believes that the 41 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:49.560 Blazers were trying to injure Kawi on purpose at all. 42 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.960 It's just the nature of the game which sucks. Oh, 43 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.639 Alex Webb nice Alex got to meet at him yesterday. 44 00:02:57.719 --> 00:03:00.000 Hell yeah, that makes sense. It was the highlight strictly 45 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:05.560 because the game was so bad. Alan's saying, if this 46 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:08.520 is how they perform in big moments, it's an I mean, 47 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.479 part of it was being exhausted, right, it was eighteen 48 00:03:11.680 --> 00:03:16.280 teams or it was eighteen games. Zorro saying we were 49 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:20.000 two steps behind. Went on defense, Yes, and now we 50 00:03:20.039 --> 00:03:24.719 are welcoming to the show. Joseph Fry Award. Joseph, first 51 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:26.240 of all, thank you for hopping on. It's gonna be 52 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:29.240 a quick worse. And I am being a little negative 53 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.199 because I'm gonna put it in the chat. Last night 54 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:36.280 was rage bait. The whole missing out on defensive rebounds 55 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.080 is rage bait. Kawhi being having the rist his rage bait. 56 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:44.479 One bench guy showing up offensively is frustrating. Drew Holiday 57 00:03:45.400 --> 00:03:47.599 Adam wanted me to remind you that you may have 58 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:49.759 mentioned something about Drew Holliday being washed. 59 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:52.319 I didn't say that that was you. I agreed with 60 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:56.520 you there. 61 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.240 Yeah, Drew was absolutely on fire. There was a stat 62 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.240 from Law where he said, in a game decided by 63 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:06.199 ten points, Denny and Drew Holliday outscored Kawhi and Darius 64 00:04:06.280 --> 00:04:07.719 Leonard fifty eight forty three. 65 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:11.800 It was an embarrassment. Like I've been kind of stewing 66 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:13.120 on it all day. 67 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.240 Dude, that's exactly the word. Like no one at work 68 00:04:15.280 --> 00:04:19.879 watches anything. So I was just like sitting there losing 69 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:21.920 my mind on this outline by myself. 70 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.839 It's not just mad, just remembering all of the shitty 71 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:28.639 things that happened. M No, that's not what happened. Bone 72 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.600 saw twenty eight. Don't don't start with the fake news. Okay, 73 00:04:33.800 --> 00:04:35.959 that's not nice. That's not nice. Shock, what what you 74 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:38.879 did to me? No? I you know, I'm trying to 75 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:41.120 be rational about it and like not throw the baby 76 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:44.800 out with the bathwater. Right the eighteenth game in March. Whatever, 77 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:48.360 they're tired, maybe I don't care. But the whole time 78 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:50.560 I was walking it, I think I pinpointed why I 79 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:54.319 was so mad. It reminded me of the two to one. 80 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.519 Three Clippers not showing up in an important game. 81 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:02.240 Just like like loafing and and not doing all of it. 82 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:05.879 There was no school, there was no effort. 83 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:09.759 It was it's a younger team that they're playing. Yes, 84 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:13.160 that was on very clearly on display, I think in 85 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:18.920 terms of the like snappiness of the effort, and it was. 86 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.279 Like from the jump, the Blazers very clearly. My daughter's 87 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:23.600 trying to get in on the pod, she's got some 88 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:28.879 thoughts too, but I think it was very very clear 89 00:05:29.600 --> 00:05:34.040 that the Blazers wanted to win the game, and yeah, 90 00:05:34.160 --> 00:05:37.720 see that's how I felt. And then it was very 91 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:40.800 very clear that the Clippers just were like, Okay, I 92 00:05:40.800 --> 00:05:43.000 guess they really want to win this one. And there 93 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.480 wasn't ever a match of the energy other than when 94 00:05:46.519 --> 00:05:49.639 Brook Lopez went to the floor that one time, Like 95 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.480 there was a very brief moment where there was some energy, 96 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.240 but then after that it just totally disappeared. 97 00:05:55.720 --> 00:06:00.639 The rotations were super weird, Brooke taking the third most 98 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:08.800 field goals. Still, yeah, there's a lot. This is the 99 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:14.759 dichotomy of Clippers podcasting right here, Tyler. You took because 100 00:06:14.759 --> 00:06:19.040 the small ball lineup was rough. Yes, it was an 101 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:26.399 eight man rotation, which I was surprised by. Yeah, I 102 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:30.240 was surprised that the team played four meaningful minutes, but 103 00:06:31.040 --> 00:06:33.319 he acknowledged. He was like, we're not very good at it. 104 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:36.399 We haven't done it all season long. Hey, accurate. 105 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:41.959 Mm hmm, it's true. But to me, like the lineups, whatever, 106 00:06:42.680 --> 00:06:45.920 it just kind of came down to they didn't try 107 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:51.160 hard enough. Like there just wasn't enough effort collectively. My 108 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:54.519 daughter is yelling at me, but there just wasn't enough 109 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:58.920 effort collectively. And you can kind of chalk some of 110 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:00.920 it up to like hot shoot. I mean some of 111 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:02.920 the shots that the Blazers were hitting was like, well 112 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:04.319 about that. 113 00:07:04.879 --> 00:07:08.720 But they still only shot from free Like it's not 114 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:11.399 like they like lit us up. 115 00:07:11.959 --> 00:07:16.279 Yeah. And I think another piece of it is too, 116 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:16.959 like there. 117 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:20.959 Were a lot of really weird bounces, like a ball 118 00:07:21.000 --> 00:07:23.120 would hit a guy's hand and then would bounce off 119 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:27.480 five other guys, and it just I think all of 120 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:29.920 that is to say, that's not an excuse and it's 121 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:31.720 not like, oh, we can just chop it up to variants. 122 00:07:32.199 --> 00:07:34.600 It felt like the Clippers allowed themselves to get defeated 123 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:35.279 by those things. 124 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:35.759 Dude. 125 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:37.480 By the end of the game, they were complaining to 126 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.199 the refs, they were slumping their shoulders and they just. 127 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:43.079 Got the tack. I was like, all right, like you're 128 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:45.680 getting the tech off the bench like this, that's that's 129 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:49.040 that's showing that you're frustrated. I'm not like, yeah, man, 130 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:52.800 some of those some of those turnovers in transition was 131 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:55.120 like stuff that we haven't seen in a long time, 132 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:58.879 like one like this was. 133 00:08:00.360 --> 00:08:00.439 Up. 134 00:08:00.480 --> 00:08:03.000 This is how much I stewed about it. Other than 135 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:06.680 his first game as a Clipper, this is the only 136 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:09.519 other time Darius Garlan has had a negative assist to 137 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:13.839 turnover Roustio. Yeah, and like bad luck. That's just crazy. 138 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:17.560 Yeah it again. They could win the rest of their 139 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:22.120 game somehow, and like we wipe this away right, nobody remembers. 140 00:08:22.279 --> 00:08:24.680 And so I'm hoping that they end on a good 141 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:29.240 run and we don't fall back. But to see them 142 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:33.039 not show up in a game that was big just 143 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.720 frustrates me. After all of the like, okay, we turned 144 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:37.600 it around from six to twenty one, we're gonna be 145 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:40.039 over five hundred. Maybe this team has a puncher's chance. 146 00:08:40.399 --> 00:08:42.639 And last night it was really hard not to think like, oh, 147 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:43.960 this team just isn't very good. 148 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:47.639 Well, they just look they looked tired, That was my 149 00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:50.559 biggest thing because it was like, again, we're we're in 150 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:53.679 another scenario where it's two weeks before the playoffs, but 151 00:08:53.720 --> 00:08:57.159 the Clippers have to play playoff level basketball. Yeah, and 152 00:08:57.200 --> 00:09:01.519 we got to play him again. We're a half game up. Yeah, 153 00:09:02.000 --> 00:09:05.120 if they win on the tenth, the second to last 154 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.600 game will be tied up rex season wise, and then 155 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:12.200 it goes to division record where the Clippers are eight 156 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.759 and six and the Blazers are seven and eight as 157 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:19.120 of right now, what is play that we get to 158 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:23.399 play the Kings, So like we're probably getting to ten 159 00:09:23.480 --> 00:09:27.879 and six for division. I think we're fine. 160 00:09:28.679 --> 00:09:33.679 What most frustrates me is like this was, as we 161 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:35.679 talked about the last time I was on, like this 162 00:09:35.799 --> 00:09:38.919 was the Handle of your Business game. Yeah, right, come 163 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.159 in handle your business at home, and now you don't 164 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:43.519 have to work, like you can kind of get maybe 165 00:09:43.799 --> 00:09:45.879 get a little rest, maybe you can try to like. 166 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:48.039 You don't have to worry as much about maybe being 167 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:52.000 in the extra planet game. Right, Just huge, Yeah, and this. 168 00:09:51.919 --> 00:09:56.279 Team can't afford if they even want to make it 169 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.879 a series, not even like oh they're gonna win against 170 00:09:58.960 --> 00:10:01.440 either of the top two, but like if they even 171 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:03.240 want to make it a series. 172 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:04.720 Put in some good reps. 173 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:09.519 Yeah, right, also the double and Denny King. I don't 174 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:12.320 know if I trust this team in rotation behind a double, 175 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:15.559 and it's been the plague of a Tylo team for 176 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:18.799 the last what five years, So yeah, I don't know. 177 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.679 This is just I would really it struck a nerve 178 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:25.480 with me because it just feels. 179 00:10:25.080 --> 00:10:33.840 Like, again, we have this Laisy Fair attitude when we 180 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:36.120 don't we don't have. 181 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:42.799 Anything to back up, like warranting that like Ylou hasn't 182 00:10:42.840 --> 00:10:45.799 won a playoff series since twenty twenty one. 183 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.240 Sure, there's been some extenuating factors there. 184 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.159 But also, oh, we just got to get healthy. Well 185 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:55.720 we got healthy, and you were in Beverly Hills saying 186 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:58.000 everything's fine, and. 187 00:10:57.919 --> 00:10:59.840 We wait Beverly Hill. 188 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:07.360 I'm saying, like we I think I'm just tradered. It's 189 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:08.399 really what I'm trying to say. 190 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.120 It was a frustrating game. 191 00:11:10.679 --> 00:11:12.600 I didn't that's it. 192 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:16.840 No, because it's hard to not go incredibly negative when 193 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:19.240 you do see all of the things that are frustrating 194 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:21.519 about this team happened over a forty eight minutes. 195 00:11:23.279 --> 00:11:27.799 It's a trauma response for what we've watched the rebounding 196 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:28.200 the team. 197 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:31.679 Yeah, the rebounding issues, the weird turn they only had 198 00:11:31.720 --> 00:11:34.639 fourteen turnovers. They tied in turnovers, but it felt like 199 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:35.080 it was. 200 00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:36.799 It'selt like they had five hundred. 201 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:42.759 Yeah, Math didn't show up. Math was rough last night. Yeah, 202 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:47.000 he couldn't get to the line. And if he doesn't 203 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:49.399 have it shooting, he kind of gets the tunnel vision 204 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:52.080 and if he's not getting the line, that's how you 205 00:11:52.120 --> 00:11:57.039 only get twenty two minutes in math. Like, I was 206 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:00.879 surprised that the rotation was so short. I thought Batom 207 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:05.679 would have gotten more time, like yeah, or Kobe. 208 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.200 Yeah, that's that's where I'm at at this point. Like, 209 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:14.240 if you're not gonna play Buttomb for whatever reason, right 210 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:17.960 right right, try Kobe saying we don't have enough shooting, 211 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.200 and you correct. 212 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.519 And if you're bad at small ball five because you 213 00:12:23.600 --> 00:12:29.080 haven't played it all year, try it. We'll probably see 214 00:12:29.080 --> 00:12:32.320 it tomorrow. A little more time with Batoomb as that 215 00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:36.879 small ball five a guy who's very level at playing it, 216 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:38.960 and that is good for this team. You're not a 217 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.600 guy you're not having Like Collins is good too, but 218 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:45.840 like he's kind of been in between. He shot great 219 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:50.639 obviously we needed he played well last night, but it 220 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:54.720 was just like the bench not showing up killed me. Man, 221 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:59.159 Like other than Jordan Miller, no one else two buckets. 222 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:03.039 Everything felt like it was here last night. Yea, everything 223 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:05.639 felt like it was here, Like it wasn't necessarily like 224 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:08.519 a fatigue thing or whatever. Sometimes you know, physical fatigue 225 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.639 at least some mental fatigue. But everything felt like they 226 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:15.399 lost up here. I don't think they expected the Blazers 227 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.120 to punch them in the mouth, which I think they 228 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.080 expected to come out, and just like. 229 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:24.919 Because they were, they were down guys. That's the other frustrating. Yeah, 230 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:31.399 Jeremy Grant didn't play like Shuddon Sharp was out. He's 231 00:13:31.440 --> 00:13:34.960 been out. But it's just like and man missing Isaiah Jackson. 232 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:37.399 It's rough, it's rough. 233 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:44.159 Yeah, and again he's out. Yeah, I don't know that. 234 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.519 It was just a very frustrating and I set it 235 00:13:46.559 --> 00:13:49.120 off top before you got on. I was like, twelve 236 00:13:49.159 --> 00:13:52.159 and six over March is great. That was incredible, Like, 237 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:55.919 hats off to them. I had them at ten and eight. Yeah, 238 00:13:55.960 --> 00:14:00.200 but like, hey, some horrible things happened, some good things happen, 239 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:03.000 and we got through the month. But we don't get 240 00:14:03.039 --> 00:14:07.399 a break, right, We're going straight. We're going straight into 241 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:15.720 playing the Spurs, who thankfully are playing tonight, so we 242 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.919 do get them. Hopefully they beat the Warriors and they 243 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:23.759 have to work so hard at that that they're time 244 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:27.360 that they're so sleepy. Forget that they beat us on 245 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:29.440 the second night of a back to back, already, get 246 00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:33.120 that out of your brain. As of this recording, they've 247 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:36.000 won nine in a row. They beat us twice last month, 248 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:38.320 and they've only lost two times since the All Star break. 249 00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:41.480 So cool. I mean, they're gonna get to ten and 250 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:42.440 then that. 251 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.200 This is the first time we've had our main guys 252 00:14:46.240 --> 00:14:50.039 healthy for a Spurs game, first time Garland Kawhi get 253 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.279 to go up against the Spurs, and. 254 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:55.320 Like you would hope, I really, I really do feel 255 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:57.440 like you would hope they're going to show up tomorrow. 256 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:03.080 Sure would hope that yesterday. 257 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:10.279 I think they're frustrated. Man. I thought of this is sorry, 258 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:12.480 this is such a hard pivot, but I almost wanted 259 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:19.000 to name this stream Trump e rob speech, just to 260 00:15:19.080 --> 00:15:22.799 see what how many like what seo wise that would 261 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:24.279 do for the numbers. But then I thought we might 262 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:29.360 just get the channel nuked. So I didn't. Sorry hard pivot, 263 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:33.080 but it's okay. It was. It was cracking me up 264 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:38.120 earlier thinking about that. But again, the rotation without Isaiah Jackson, 265 00:15:38.159 --> 00:15:40.679 who is going to be reevaluated over the next few days. 266 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:44.559 We don't really know when he's coming back. I have 267 00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:46.519 to assume Batoum and Kobe play. 268 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:50.679 More tomorrow, we would hope. 269 00:15:50.720 --> 00:15:59.720 So, I mean, I think the Clippers will more likely 270 00:15:59.759 --> 00:16:02.559 than not lose tomorrow. 271 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:05.440 Yeah, I want them. 272 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:08.279 They're playing again, They're playing against the best team in 273 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:10.759 basketball right now. It's not an on the Clippers. They're 274 00:16:10.799 --> 00:16:14.399 running into a team that they might see in the 275 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:18.039 playoffs depending how one and two go. But like they're 276 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:20.240 they're playing a buzz saw right now. 277 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:22.440 Yeah. 278 00:16:22.960 --> 00:16:27.399 But I just just good reps. Have some good reps 279 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:31.200 out there. Yeah, start professionally. 280 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:35.159 Yeah, I think we're at the point where Tie is like, oh, 281 00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:37.639 I gotta get ready for the play in playoffs, and 282 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:41.240 so we will see rotations shortened in terms of like, oh, 283 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:42.919 these are the guys I'm going to play. 284 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:45.799 I need to see what I have and Kobe are 285 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:52.000 out again because Batom before it became we're done with this, 286 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:54.879 We're waving the white flag. But you played four minutes 287 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:59.559 like it was early that I'm getting the nod. 288 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:05.400 I don't think Tye trusts Nigo the way that he 289 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:07.000 did anymore. 290 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:10.640 Yeah, I think that's a fair thing to think. 291 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:14.519 Which is also somewhat moarrented. Right, he's pretty old at 292 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.519 this point, Like it's not nigl Ba to him of 293 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.200 five years ago. 294 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.000 Right, we're trying to get on the stream too, say 295 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:21.319 what's up. 296 00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:24.200 Yeah, dude, all of our babies are just trying to 297 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:32.160 get on the stream. But I do think that kind 298 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:35.720 of hinders, which also I think frustrates us, right, Like 299 00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:37.839 we want to see the to him because we trust him. 300 00:17:38.279 --> 00:17:41.519 But I do think that there is some merit to Yeah, 301 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:44.160 I don't think I can write him as hard anymore. 302 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:46.480 Right, he's a vet. He needs he's to take games 303 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:48.880 off for rest. I get that someone brought up you 304 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.160 talked about how we don't have shooters, and someone brought 305 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:53.400 up Jordan Miller can't not being able to shoot it 306 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:55.799 through to save his life. Funnily enough, he did shoot 307 00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:59.680 two for three yeah last night, but he doesn't take 308 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:02.400 three ease is the issue, and I think that is 309 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.519 going to be more apparent in the playoffs. When teams 310 00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:09.759 don't respect him as much. Mone Like, that's what's tough 311 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:13.799 about Miller, His inside the his offensive game, inside the 312 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:16.839 three point line. I love it. Yeah, it has to 313 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:18.400 be so annoying to play against. 314 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:20.720 Yeah, I mean he travels on every possession and it 315 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.839 doesn't get all So. 316 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:27.039 Yeah, it's great, we love but behind the arc, that's 317 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:30.119 where the issue is. Like, but I don't know, we 318 00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:32.119 have they got to play the biggest thing I'm looking 319 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:37.079 for is Kobe in between playing more and Garland asserting 320 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:42.119 himself more, make everyone else play around you. If you're 321 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:43.400 Darius Garland. 322 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.079 I'm I'm curious how we approach tomorrow because I do 323 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:52.240 think if we if we see the Spurs, really our 324 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.119 only pathway to even getting a couple of games is 325 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:59.400 if we spam the three point line. 326 00:19:00.079 --> 00:19:01.039 That's my feelings. 327 00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:06.799 Like, yeah, so I was looking at some offensive rebounding 328 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:11.359 numbers for the Spurs. Yeah, over the last ten games. 329 00:19:12.160 --> 00:19:17.759 What do you think? So out of the five pillars 330 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:21.279 of rebounding stats for this show, which is offensive rebounds 331 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:25.480 per game, offensive rebound percentage, defensive rebounds per game, and 332 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:29.400 defensive rebound percentage and then just rebound percentage, what do 333 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:32.559 you think the lowest rank over the last ten games 334 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:36.319 is for the Spurs in one of those categories? What 335 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:38.640 do you think they're the what number do you think 336 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:39.119 they're at? 337 00:19:39.759 --> 00:19:43.079 Do you want me to play this game appropriately or inappropriately? 338 00:19:43.119 --> 00:19:44.759 Because I want to know what answer you? 339 00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.599 Whoever? You want? 340 00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:46.799 Seven? 341 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:52.160 Nope, their worst ranking is fifth in offensive rebound percentage. 342 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.119 That's crazy. 343 00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:59.279 Yes, they're first in defensive rebound percentage, rebound percentage, defensive 344 00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:02.640 rebounds per game third, and offensive rebounds per game fifth 345 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:06.839 and offensive rebound percentage over the last ten games. This 346 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:10.759 what's difficult is we are cut. We are possibly in 347 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:16.359 store for a more supercharged version of what we saw 348 00:20:16.440 --> 00:20:19.160 last night right on the glass. I'm not saying they're 349 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.079 gonna score thirty two second chance points. I'm just saying 350 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:26.079 the onslaught in the activity of the Spurs is even 351 00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:29.519 more so than the Blazers, which is a little worrisome. 352 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:37.920 Right yeah, I mean it's not having a positive rebounding 353 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:40.480 big In Brook Lopez is a problem. 354 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:44.480 Not that he's a bad presence on the boards. 355 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:48.480 Everybody walks about how good of a boxer outer he is, 356 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:54.279 which he is, but that box that means our forward's 357 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:57.640 gotta work that much more. Like that means Kawhi has 358 00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.720 to do that much more. 359 00:20:59.319 --> 00:21:02.559 I will say I had been super impressed with Derek 360 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:08.799 Jones Junior and his increased rebounding effort. Man, but last 361 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:11.640 night was not a good night for our boy. 362 00:21:12.119 --> 00:21:14.640 No, it was not a good night, don't I talked 363 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:17.000 about a little bit. But like the shot distribution needs 364 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:20.680 to be better against the Spurs. Yeah, I'm obviously Kawhi 365 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:24.279 and Garland one and two right there. Number three should 366 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:31.200 like probably be like Ben matherin Don Collins, anybody other 367 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:33.359 than brook Brook Lopus should not take the third most 368 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:37.799 field goal attempts. Yeah, in the game, I'm not saying 369 00:21:37.799 --> 00:21:40.680 don't take any, but if he is, he was like 370 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:43.839 tied with Garland, I think or Kawhi with attempts last night. 371 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:47.640 To me, last night that spoke more to the struggles 372 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:50.759 that Garland and Kawhi had. I think just getting anything 373 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:55.319 going than it did any functional issue with the offense. 374 00:21:55.400 --> 00:22:01.559 But I do think last night it was just it 375 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:03.880 feels like an alarm bell and I don't want it 376 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:06.640 to be. I want it to be a blip and 377 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:09.799 not like a harbinger of what's. 378 00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:14.519 To come yeah, I'm yeah. I'm hoping it's a blip too. 379 00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:18.359 It's it sucks that they have to play the Spurs 380 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:22.880 right after that particular loss, correct, because that is going 381 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:26.359 to be dom dot normal saying Brooks should be like 382 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:30.359 fifth or six in attempts. Absolutely if that, and at 383 00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:32.960 that point you're like you're taking ten a game or something, 384 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:35.039 you know what I mean, Like yeah, great, like, but 385 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:38.160 this is the rotation crunch issue, right, It's the issue 386 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:43.960 with having apparently eight guys right, how that rotation went 387 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:47.960 last night that can play. I just hope we don't 388 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:51.000 get murdered on the glass. Garland will be better in 389 00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:55.359 terms of assist to turnover ratio. I hope Kawai is okay, 390 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:58.119 and we need we need Math to. 391 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:04.039 Be better to be not diabolically bad man. 392 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:05.839 He had six assists the other day and I was like, 393 00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:08.799 holy shit, Like, I hope this is something they can 394 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.880 open up and build on. 395 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:14.160 It's funny, you know, Lucas and I were talking about 396 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:18.319 this actually the other day for the unoficiated Lucas Lucas 397 00:23:18.359 --> 00:23:23.720 Pam I believe is how he pounses it. It's very 398 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:26.359 clear when you watch him on a possession. You can 399 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:29.559 tell is he going to pass or is he going 400 00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:30.079 to shoot? 401 00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:33.400