Full Transcript for The Wizards are a Strange Team

I do now that the effort is something you can control. 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:45.680 The hustle is something you can control. 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:50.079 There was no effort trying to get offensive and defensive boards tonight. 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:53.519 They're just how the O boards they gave up to the Hornets? 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:54.159 Was it 15? 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:54.560 What was it? 00:01:54.879 --> 00:01:55.920 They gave up 20. 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:56.959 Oh my god! 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:58.799 They gave up 20 offensive boards. 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.760 Because it was over half of them were from Musa Diabate. 00:02:03.920 --> 00:02:04.239 He had 11. 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:05.359 Diabate had 11. 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:06.799 Oh my god! 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:08.800 11 by himself, so that's more than the other. 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:18.560 The Wiz had 10 offensive boards as a team, and Diabate had 11 himself. 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:20.000 That's just bad. 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:20.719 That's just bad. 00:02:21.039 --> 00:02:22.800 Actually, like the opponents are not that big of a team. 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:24.400 And the Wizards, like, what did Dawkins say? 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:25.680 They're like the longest team in the league or the second. 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:30.879 A third of the rotation is seven feet tall. 00:02:31.039 --> 00:02:36.800 And just if we can dive into it, I mean, they've how many times have we heard them say that defense is about effort and that it's about mindset? 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:37.680 So, how do you explain? 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.000 The defense, the defense effort is there. 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:42.159 They're actually playing really good defense. 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:48.400 But but that's not just like if it's about effort, then it's just not in the right place or it's not being diluted properly. 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:53.120 And that's the kind of thing that you can attribute to, like, you know, how prepared are they are they for these games? 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:54.639 To me, yeah. 00:02:54.719 --> 00:03:02.639 I mean, it's like no, because it to me, it's like it's not even like this complex preparation of like box out. 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:10.800 You know, I don't understand, like, you know, it's not like this thing where it's this like you gotta drop a crazy scheme so you can like box out and get a defensive rebound. 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:13.680 Like, I don't understand, especially when they you have the height that they have. 00:03:13.840 --> 00:03:15.680 I mean, you're you're playing a too big lineup. 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:17.280 I don't understand how this even happens. 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.479 Champagne goes down early in the game, and that's it. 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:21.360 They can't get aboard. 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:27.360 Like, I I never have seen, I was just saying um off camera, I've never seen a wing go down and then the rebounder just evaporates. 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:29.840 Champagne had to love this. 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:35.039 I I've been watching basketball for like, I don't know, like 17 years now or something. 00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:36.080 First time I've ever seen that. 00:03:36.479 --> 00:03:38.800 It's not like Champagne's like a really big wing either. 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:40.319 He's not a Will Riley where he's 6'10. 00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:41.919 He's like 6'6, right? 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:45.759 Like, yeah, and he he's I he might be leading the team in rebounds. 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:48.319 That checks out. 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:50.400 He had 14 in the game against Chicago. 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:51.520 You oh my god, yeah. 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:56.479 That's probably the way you are Alex Sarr and Anthony Davis, you should not be getting out rebounded by Justin Champagne. 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.919 Like, just you guys are both seven foot tall, right? 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:03.919 You are the big men down low. 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:13.120 Like that, like I'm like, you should feel like some sort of pride as big man of getting the board, but you're letting 6'6 Justin Champagne outshine you there. 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:14.879 And not to say Champagne's bad. 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:20.480 I I used to be low on him when I got on the B, and I'll admit now I was wrong about my opinions on him. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:22.720 He is the most impactful player on this team right now. 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:24.079 It's a shame he got hurt. 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:25.279 I I will admit that. 00:04:25.439 --> 00:04:26.800 I was very wrong, right? 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:32.959 But like Alex Sarr, you should not be averaging 6.5 rebounds to start the season. 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:34.560 Oh, he's had a weird season. 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.240 I wish I prepared for this. 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:39.680 You know how on Letterman they used to do like the top 10 blank whatever? 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:51.600 I feel like I should have done like top 10 wizards things this week that's stuck in Bryson's craw because last time we released a podcast, I believe there was the Raptors loss, the Bulls win that I know you hated, and this loss. 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:58.720 And I'm really wondering how high the rebounding from tonight would be on the individual moments from a game or individual trends you've seen that this is. 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:05.040 This is one of the most like, and I had to take like real moments like breathe and calm down coming into this. 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:06.720 Or games, or not even a week. 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:11.920 This was like the most like pissed off and angriest I've ever been watching a game. 00:05:12.079 --> 00:05:18.800 And then that's including like my time in the past two years of you know, like being locked in on the Wizards as like, oh, I'm really liking this team. 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:19.920 I really like what they're building. 00:05:20.000 -->

00:05:22.160 I love Will Dawkins, the front office that they have. 00:05:22.399 --> 00:05:26.879 Like, like this pissed me off more than the BAM 83-point game. 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:29.360 Because a lot of like sad. 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:34.720 Like it was, yeah, that game was just sad, and it was like, hey, we're like, you know, like we all knew what was going on. 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:39.759 You know, Bub Bub said it in you know, media day stuff, you know, like we knew what was going on, right? 00:05:39.920 --> 00:05:42.319 Like, you know, we like you're gonna have moments like that. 00:05:42.399 --> 00:05:45.680 Now, hopefully, you don't have a moment where you give up multiple 83-point games. 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:47.519 No, that was like a caricature basketball game. 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:49.120 That was like barely, that was a spectacle. 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:54.160 But like I said, rebounding, like, majority of it is just effort and like you know, hustling. 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:57.920 That's majority of rebounding, being physical, not being scared. 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:00.560 And that's why I was so annoyed with this game. 00:06:00.639 --> 00:06:06.560 It's like, like we we talked about it, and Henry, you mentioned it to us before when you're like you're at the practices of media day. 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:08.560 Uh, we talked about it like a month and a half ago. 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:12.720 You mentioned that Alex Tarr, he does look like he's put on some muscle. 00:06:13.040 --> 00:06:21.519 He looks like he gained some you know real strength to him, but it isn't showing at all on the court besides maybe his on-ball screens, and that's really it. 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:26.240 And even then, there's times I think it's like, is he really that much better of a screener this year? 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:42.160 I mean, if we're if we're gonna dive into some individual performances, I'm glad we're talking about Saar first because he's someone who I think has had maybe the toughest hand dealt to him so far of anyone, in terms of throwing him out there and saying, like, we're gonna have to figure out on the fly because they wouldn't say what his role was before the season started. 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:46.079 Um, I asked Saar, I asked Keith, and they wouldn't, like last season they were quite open. 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:53.360 They were saying, you know, we're getting rid of the the the fadeaway jumpers, we're getting rid of the high three-point rate, we're gonna go to the rim, where I'm most efficient. 00:06:53.439 --> 00:06:56.399 They were pretty, pretty uh vocal about that. 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.600 And this year they're not really being quite as expressive on that front. 00:06:59.759 --> 00:07:02.160 And I'm wondering if it's just because they hadn't figured it out yet. 00:07:02.399 --> 00:07:08.560 Because you look at when he's out there with AD or Aiden, and when Ayton's there, they have everyone else go to the perimeter. 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:14.079 Like who, if he's with AD or if he's with SAR, they're just hanging out in the corner or they're just having the ball at the top of the key. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:18.639 Um, and Sarge ends up spending a lot of time outside, and it's hard to be impactful. 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:23.600 And he's found he's found some success as this sort of cutting, passing, using his field. 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:26.319 They've leveraged his field pretty well that he he understands the moment. 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:33.759 He understands when to work off with someone else and cut to the basket, he understands when to do those little dump offs to 80 in the in the in the paint, point blank alley oops. 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:38.399 He's had a few of those this season, but it it's felt like they don't really know how to best utilize him. 00:07:38.480 --> 00:07:42.959 And I think this is a game where it's easy to fall through the cracks if you don't have this clearly designated role. 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:48.480 It's like, yeah, getting rebounds would be great as seven footer, but I just don't think they're really a hundred percent how to utilize him yet. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:53.120 Part of it is I think he's never played double big in his time with the Wizards either. 00:07:53.439 --> 00:07:55.279 It's because they've never had multiple bigs. 00:07:55.360 --> 00:07:58.720 It's been it was Alan Chunis for like the first 30 games, and that's really it. 00:07:58.879 --> 00:08:03.120 Yeah, and then you know, like Marvin Bagley, but he didn't start and they rarely played alongside each other. 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:07.759 The occasional Vuksevich minutes as well, but like they didn't play alongside each other either, really. 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:18.240 Where it's like he's never been in a double big situation, so I still think it's a learning process, but even then, that doesn't mean he shouldn't be boxing out guys on the defensive end. 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:21.279 If you guys understand what I'm saying, that that's the thing. 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:28.000 It's like, yeah, I understand if he's like a little bit more passive on offense than given that AD is right next to him, like doing taking so many shots. 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.759 That's one thing, but just like getting boards as a seven-footer, I don't understand. 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:33.519 Like, that shouldn't AD shouldn't affect that. 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:34.879 Like no, you know what I mean? 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:36.159 It doesn't make any sense. 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.559 Like, and I'd put Sartre's effort this season up there with anyone. 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:42.639 I think in transition, he's been like one of the guys hustling more than almost anyone. 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:48.320 He's been super helpful when Trent has the ball just getting downhill and finishing and just being in the right place. 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:49.279 So I don't know.

00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:51.200 Maybe this is I think we just got to see. 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:53.279 I wanna I want like I want I just want to like make it clear. 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:56.159 When I say effort, I don't mean like general buy into the game. 00:08:56.240 --> 00:09:02.799 I'm specifically talking about like effort to like put your body on someone to like generate more defensive rebounds. 00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:04.480 Like that's the effort I'm looking for. 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:08.639 It looks like, and to me, it almost looks like he's scared of getting injured again. 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:13.039 I was gonna I was gonna mention that he's still coming off the foot injury. 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:17.679 I I'm I I feel like there might be because it he just he did look a lot more aggressive last season. 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:22.159 Yeah, and you know, that he doesn't look as entirely aggressive as he was. 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:28.480 And I get that he's still working back up, but it's like with this kind of rebounding issues, it's just like geez, you know. 00:09:28.960 --> 00:09:29.840 There's uncertainty there. 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:31.919 There's a great point about the injury, is that it might be playing a role. 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:35.600 It's why he looks a bit uncertain sometimes, it's why he doesn't have the ball as much. 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:38.080 He his usage rate this season is like 13%. 00:09:38.559 --> 00:09:39.120 That's nothing. 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:45.600 And he's still averaging like the highest assist rate of his career so far, just because he's at least knows what to do with the ball when he gets the ball, not that it's that often. 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:47.759 So I it's we're four games in. 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:55.360 This is this is such an important point not to freak out, because they've given us a lot of reasons to be unsure of the long-term product they've built. 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.799 Granted, you know, we're still figuring out how everyone fits, still haven't seen AJ yet. 00:09:58.879 --> 00:10:07.919 There's still a ton of moving parts that have to be calibrated, but you you do have to point out when when when some players just aren't really in the position to succeed right now. 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:17.679 Yeah, and not it's also like um, yeah, and I get that like there's there's four games in, they're trying to figure out like Alex, you know, coming off the injury, yada yada. 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:22.000 I just think like we're talking at the game at its most base level, right? 00:10:22.080 --> 00:10:23.120 Just like boxing out. 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:30.399 That that I'm just kind of stuck on that because it's like we can talk about all these things, like, yeah, there's like adjustments, this season's a lot different, yada yada. 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:35.200 But how do you explain just getting killed by Diabate like that over and over again? 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:37.200 You know, it's just it's just kind of weird. 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:41.200 Like I just I just think they just gotta be more intense on the boards. 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:42.320 That's all it that's all it is. 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:46.000 It doesn't matter your roster makeup or or your new scheme or whatever. 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:49.200 That's more, I think, you know, that's that's other things. 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:50.879 I think everyone boxes out. 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:52.960 It doesn't matter what you're doing, yeah. 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:53.919 Like, yeah. 00:10:54.240 --> 00:11:07.039 So no, like it's and like I said, uh a lot of it is, you know, I look at him playing, and part of me is thinking to myself, is like he looks a little scared trying to play out there. 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:12.080 And I don't know if it's partially like you know, the injury he's worried about getting injured again. 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:28.720 Like, I don't know if that's what the case is, but if even if it is, like you just can't play scared at all, you know, when you're playing this sport, because then like even as like let's say you start going 50% for some reason, those are how injuries happen a lot of the time. 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:35.120 It's because like you take a play off and then you're trying to make a quick explosive play, but you're not paying attention, then boom, something pops, something snaps, right? 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:40.159 It's just you need to give 100% on every end and just not be scared about anything. 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:41.840 I like that's my thing when I watch. 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:48.399 Like it's and to me, when I watch him, and I don't know what the case is, like I said, he just looks very timid. 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:49.600 He looks very scared. 00:11:49.919 --> 00:11:53.919 It looks like he's second guessing out there, and that's just not gonna help anyone out. 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.320 I'm gonna try to just give grace. 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:58.480 I mean, there's just so much they're trying to do at once right now. 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:00.559 Like this, this they don't know what they are. 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:12.399 Like, we still don't really know what this team's identity is on either end, which is funny because you look at the defense, and we talked a few times just about how this team is just has length everywhere, and yet they're just I feel like they're just not in a place to succeed. 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:13.600 But that was always the point with this team. 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:24.399 That was our job, was we have tried all summer to sort of slow the brakes on how exciting it can be, even though we're talking about win counts, we're talking about them winning 40 plus games, but it was always gonna be a process. 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.240 So we're we're seeing how how the sausage gets made. 00:12:28.320 --> 00:12:36.480 You know, you're gonna need to have games like this where they they learn, all

right, if we're playing Musidi Bate, which they do eight times a year because there's 10 Hornets games for the Wizards every year. 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:38.320 You know you're gonna have to get ready to box out. 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:39.360 You know, you're gonna have to rebound. 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:40.399 You've got to show up for this game. 00:12:40.480 --> 00:12:42.000 You're fully healthy on the front court. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:45.840 They weren't, um, and they just they just got sort of punked in Charlotte. 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:46.720 So you got it right now. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:47.600 Then we got a Friday. 00:12:47.759 --> 00:13:06.159 Yeah, just speaking on the rebounds, like right now, they rank 19th in the NBA in total rebounds, but they rank 10th in defensive rebounds, where it's like, you know, defensively, like they do, but they could be generating a lot more, like we saw tonight, where they had like, you know, 30 defense, like 35 defensive rebounds, which is where they sit, you know, on average at the moment. 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:10.960 But they could be generating so many more because they do give up a ton of offensive rebounds. 00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:20.720 It was even in that bulls game we noticed it, where like they gave up a ton of offensive rebounds, and that's why the Bulls were able to get back in it late in the game, was because they were just giving up a ton. 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:24.559 And they also have to become better offensive rebounds themselves as well. 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:30.399 They're only averaging nine offensive boards a game, and so like the rebounding is a key issue, right? 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:41.279 We saw tonight the offense sometimes isn't going to be on, but they are a good enough defensive team now where you don't need them to shoot 40% from three and 55% from the field to win games now. 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.600 You don't need them to generate 30 free throws to win games now. 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:52.720 They're that good defensively where they can get 110 points and still pull off a win because that defense, it doesn't matter though, if they don't rebound as well as we know they can. 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:55.600 Like Keyshawn George tonight, he only had four rebounds. 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:59.519 We expect Keyshawn George to be able to give you six to eight rebounds a night. 00:13:59.919 --> 00:14:00.799 We expect that. 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.440 He also didn't crash the glass all too well. 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.039 So just a few guys like that. 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:07.200 And like here's the thing that really surprised me. 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:11.279 All right, and this is the last thing I like want to say on Alexar, because we do have more guys to talk about. 00:14:11.600 --> 00:14:14.080 Trey Young had the same amount of rebounds as him tonight. 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:19.919 That should like six two Trey Young should not be getting the same amount of boards as

you. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:23.279 Yeah, no, that's that's that's crazy. 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:24.000 It's crazy. 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:26.960 I mean, it it just shows you that something obviously is wrong there. 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:33.039 Like, you know, whether whether it's the foot, whether he's just you know not sure about being in the new system or whatever. 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:36.159 Um, yeah, but that obviously can't continue. 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.320 That's like the most obvious thing in the world. 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:43.440 You know, he's like SARS like what like 10 10 inches taller than Jordan. 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:47.360 So, you know, that's yeah, that's that's not gonna fly, obviously. 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:54.480 But yeah, I I do think part of it probably is um just in general, just getting used to playing next to another big, like you were saying, Bryson. 00:14:54.639 --> 00:15:01.279 Like, obviously, I think A D is taking up a lot of you know time on you know on offense. 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:05.440 And I think you know, it's it probably does affect Alex somewhat just because it how would it not? 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:12.720 You know, he's like a young player, he's he's used to being one of the main focal points, and then all of a sudden, like this other big comes in and is you know taking up most of the oxygen. 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:17.600 So if you think I can see how that would take him out a little bit, but you you just you still gotta box out, you know what I mean? 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:25.600 If if you think about how like the offense is geared of who's prioritized with the ball in their hands right now, he's like number seven on the list of cores we're gonna look out for. 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:28.000 Like, there's just a lot he's doing with right now as far as fit goes, sorry. 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:29.919 Which is which is a lot different than last season. 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:31.120 Yes, exactly. 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:35.440 When he was like the main guy outside of like the older fellas like CJ and Middleton. 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:36.480 Um that's what I mean. 00:15:36.559 --> 00:15:40.159 Like I like I'm I'm fine with him getting 12 points for six shooting. 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:43.279 Like that's fine, but it's the it's the rebounds. 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:48.480 Like, I like I don't I I don't like I'm I'm I'm still not convinced that one has to do with the other entirely, you know what I mean? 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.039 Exactly. 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.840 Makes sense. 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:56.960 I'm glad you mentioned the Bulls game, by the way, because the Bulls were a weird matchup on paper because they do some things, even though they're not supposed to be very good. 00:15:57.039 --> 00:16:04.480 Um they do some things the Wizards don't, where they are really good on the boards, and you wouldn't know it by their percentages, but they shoot a lot of threes. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:07.360 And the Wizards just haven't really done that so far. 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:09.120 Like, have they had any games shooting more than three? 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:11.039 I have that pulled up right now. 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:16.320 They're taking 31 threes a game, but they're shooting 29% from three. 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:20.960 And like part of this is like some guys have not had a good start to shooting three ball at all. 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:25.600 Like Keyshawn George, he went two of 15, I think, in his first three games from three. 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.639 And we know Keyshawn George is a much better three-point shooter than that. 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:29.679 We saw that last year, right? 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:34.799 Trey Johnson and I, it took him until a minute 30 left in the fourth quarter to make his first three of the game. 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.320 Oof, he's gonna have tough games. 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:38.799 Um, like it's like and that yeah, that's going to happen. 00:16:38.960 --> 00:16:48.399 Like I mentioned, you know, like the team is good enough defensively now where you don't need these, you know, insane offensive games from everyone, even though there are good offensive players on the team. 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:55.519 It's just in this era of the NBA, you can't take less than 33s a game and think like you're gonna be able to hang in there. 00:16:55.600 --> 00:17:02.879 They made nine of them, but I mean, every team is you know sitting around, you know, at least 38 threes a game. 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:07.359 You know, I wonder how it's gonna change when AJ's back because he's not exactly a high three-point volume. 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:19.039 But if you think about it, like, even though you think of Trey as this guy shoots a ton of threes, even though we know that he's not as efficient as we once thought he was gonna be, most of the main offensive options are not creating threes. 00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:25.599 Like AD is not there to shoot threes, he's there to just do pick and roll off of Trey Young and maybe some bag work from 20 feet out. 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:31.519 Trey Young is there to maybe he'll create a three, but he's also there to, as we said, create some pick and roll, keep the ball moving. 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:35.279 Um, Keyshawn is perfectly happy to drive. 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:39.599 So most of their top options aren't three-point first kind of guys. 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:40.160 You know what I'm saying? 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:42.480 Like Trey Young is there to pass, not just shoot. 00:17:42.559 --> 00:17:46.079 So this might be the sort of thing that nags them the whole year as far as volume goes. 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:56.079 It's just a matter of how the bench guys, who we've pointed out, have had really good impact numbers so far, how they do, and what kind of percentage they can keep on a lower than the Celtics kind of volume. 00:17:56.160 --> 00:18:01.279 They're not

shooting 53s a game, but if you can hit like 35% of them, then you will happily that that's fantastic. 00:18:01.759 --> 00:18:03.599 Yeah, and you know it's pretty good for a whole team. 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.519 35%, that's actually really good now that I say that. 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:09.200 Yeah, that's that's what I was saying, where it's like, and I'll let you go in just a second. 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:14.559 Like, my only thing is like, you know, if you don't want to take a lot of threes, that's fine, but you can't be taking, you know, like 31 a game. 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.079 Like you can't hit it with that. 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:24.400 Yeah, you can't expect to, you know, take 31 a game and you know only knock down eight of them or seven of them and think, yeah, we have a chance to win this. 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:39.119 Yeah, no, but also it's a good point, Henry, about like with AJ, you know, I mean, that's why I with the offense, I don't even want to fully like judge anything yet, just because like obviously a lot of it's a lot of it's been the trade and uh trade and ad show. 00:18:39.440 --> 00:18:44.000 But when AJ comes back, if he's not, I don't think AJ is gonna take like six shots in a game. 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:44.559 You know what I mean? 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:46.160 I think he's gonna get his shots up. 00:18:46.240 --> 00:18:49.839 Yeah, and you know, that's obviously gonna change the change the dynamic there too. 00:18:50.079 --> 00:19:04.559 So I feel like what we're watching right now is sort of just like this is just really like them kind of seeing how things are, but just with without one of their main guns, where it's like, you know, I I feel like it's like you were saying, it's too early, and we don't even have one of the main guys. 00:19:04.640 --> 00:19:10.480 So them not shooting a lot of threes, maybe AJ drives and like you know, sprays out and they get more threes that way. 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:14.880 Maybe maybe the more paint touches are gonna generate more outside looks of a classic offense. 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.920 And so I think that's it. 00:19:16.000 --> 00:19:16.880 Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:18.960 I'm that's a good point to bring up. 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:28.559 Yeah, because it's like you know, they have guys who can shoot, like you said, like Keyshawn and Bub, like they've proven they can shoot threes, but it's like they need to like consistently generate the looks. 00:19:28.640 --> 00:19:33.839 Right now, it's just like A B and Trey taking a lot of shots and they're not really generating anything for other guys. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:36.240 So it's also just an IQ thing, it's a feel thing. 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:42.160 Like there's times where like Balal gets the ball with two seconds left and he drives, and it's like ah, you really should have done something a little different there. 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:46.160 Or uh I don't like and I don't want to blame like Bilal completely on those situations. 00:19:46.400 --> 00:19:47.680 No, that was just an instincts I thought of. 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.880 Yeah, no, I I get that. 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:54.960 There are also a lot of times where like I'm watching here, we see a lot of isolation ball for Anthony Davis. 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.359 And yes, that is a fantastic point you make. 00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:58.799 I don't like that at all. 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:13.759 I think, and uh that is a key thing where like he needs to have this team run more set plays, especially when you have good catch and shoot guys like Trey Johnson, Bub Carrington, Trey Young, even though he hasn't taken a thousand catch and shoot threes in his career. 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:21.279 He is a like, I remember the stat, but he's above 40% catch and shoot three-point shooter, where it's like you have the catch and shoot guys that can make it. 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:35.119 Why not run set plays to potentially set them up instead of going isolation ball where Anthony Davis takes off 16 seconds on the shot clock and either takes a bad shot with four seconds left or tries to pass it out and then they get in, you know, even worse lookup. 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:37.759 Like, I just I'm not I'm not a fan of that whatsoever. 00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:41.519 And I think like that is something that has to stop going forward. 00:20:41.680 --> 00:20:45.200 Um I'm fine with isolation like every now and then. 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:47.359 It can't be something you do four plays in a row. 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:49.039 Yeah, you need to throw off a defense sometimes. 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:53.119 We have to talk about this because it's one thing to have these like no one's involved. 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:55.279 It's just four guys looking around standing there. 00:20:55.680 --> 00:21:00.880 And it's just if you think if you close your eyes right now and you think of the best plays the Wizards have to run, thank you, Brest. 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:06.559 And it you're probably not imagining an AD uh uh face up from 20 feet out where he's just doing it. 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:11.200 Right now I'm right now I'm seeing a Trey taking it down. 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.000 That too. 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:14.799 Um Champagne crashing on offensive board, no. 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:21.680 Um I'm seeing Trey Young taking it down, and I'm seeing Anthony Davis, Alex Tsar setting screens on one side of each other. 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:28.960 Um Trey Young is going to use Alex Tsar's screen, boom, star's gonna roll, AD's gonna pop out to the mid-range. 00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:38.240 Uh with AD and popping out to the mid-range, it's going to open up an opportunity for Keyshawn George to come off there, potentially get an off-ball screen and get a wide open look. 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:44.559 You have Alex Sarr in the lob, Trey Young on the drive, AD mid range, Keyshawn on the three, and you have

Bilal just in case you need help. 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:47.279 You're describing an action with four guys and they're moving. 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:48.480 That just doesn't happen right now. 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:51.279 We're talking about a bunch of guys just watching one guy dribble. 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:54.640 They're all spaced out, which is cool, but the space is only good if you do anything with it. 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:59.759 And I think we are so much happier if there are those those elevator screens with SAR. 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:12.480 Davis just setting staggers or just doing anything outside to free up Trey Young, who, as we've seen, could probably use a bit of help just getting free 25 feet from the basket, where guys are actually going downhill. 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:13.119 There is space. 00:22:13.200 --> 00:22:20.640 The fact that there are a bunch of bench players who can actually shoot this season and they're giving you this wide open real estate down low. 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:33.279 And there's there's just so much more you can do than than watch AD, who has his moments, but I just I would rather roll the dice with with actions with multiple players than just watching the AD show for extended periods like this. 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.240 It was a lot of ISO, man. 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.279 It was a lot of mellow ball. 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:47.359 It was him and you know, or kicking out to you know hardway. 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.240 Right. 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:56.880 Like it was like, and that's why it's I think I have been surprised by how much AD ISO they've been doing, considering you know how many young guys are trying to develop and everything. 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:01.359 I know it's only four games in, but it's like the first game, it was like one like AD was hot. 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.920 That's one thing. 00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:08.160 Uh he got hot uh tonight too against Charlie towards the end, but um you gotta sit through a lot first, yeah. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:14.799 But and it's like what I just feel like it's strange, like it kind of goes against what they generally generally preach. 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:24.319 Because the game is slowed down, they're all in on pace, and they're they're all in on just using that youth and length and zipping around opponents, and here you're just stopping everything to a halt, and that's just not what they do well right now. 00:23:24.400 --> 00:23:25.839 They're not developed enough for that kind of thing. 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.160 Yeah, and it's like why, but also like why are you why? 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.279 Like, I just don't understand. 00:23:31.359 --> 00:23:34.559 Like, it's just like what like because like why are you doing this with AD? 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.759 And it's like I get that. 00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:39.680 He's not even the second guy in the starting lineup I would want going ISO. 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:42.640 I'd rather have Keyshawn George go ISO before him. 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:49.039 I mean, it's not even like I agree if we're talking about where he's because AD's setting up at the three-point line. 00:23:49.119 --> 00:23:51.440 That I see what you're saying from there, because they're just they're not. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:57.279 And I was looking at his stats as well, like you know, like shooting chart so far this season. 00:23:57.519 --> 00:24:00.960 He is shooting horribly from the mid-range and three-point range right now. 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.400 Like, those are not his shots. 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:05.440 He's doing really well right at the rim and in the painted area. 00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:14.720 But when he does this isolation, it's very rarely resulting in him getting a paint touch, it's always resulting in a mid-range shot, which just that's like he's not efficient from there. 00:24:14.799 --> 00:24:15.440 And that's the issue. 00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:19.839 If he was backing down and getting in the paint more, maybe I'd be fine with that because he's more efficient there. 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:22.640 The mid-range just hasn't been falling for him whatsoever. 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:25.359 So it's like, why are you continuing to do something that doesn't work? 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:28.480 That's just that's the definition of idiocracy, is what it is. 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.240 That hasn't been his game since the bubble. 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:33.119 Just that means it's not it hasn't been there for a while. 00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:36.400 That's what I mean by like why, like, what's the reason? 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:38.240 Like, what I don't understand why you're doing it. 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.880 Great question. 00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:43.279 Because it's just like, okay, one or two games, but it's like they're doing this all the time now. 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:51.200 Where and it's like if it's fine if you want AD to be one of the top three guys with the most shots, but you don't have to do it with the so much ball stopping, right? 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:56.640 Like it's and there's times you see glimpses at such more productive avenues at scoring. 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:07.599 Like, there's there's times where some of these games where they just do anything in transition and they just give it a Trey Johnson, and he just he didn't do it tonight, but he just hits this graceful looking three from so deep and it looks just effortless. 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:09.440 And you're like, why aren't we using that guy? 00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:14.640 There, there's so many more options to turn to, and so many more we're gonna keep saying it, so much more that's worth developing. 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:19.279 And it's it seems like just a strange use of resources right now. 00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:21.359 This this much, we knew there'd be a lot of AD. 00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:23.039 He's the one who just got there. 00:25:23.119 -->

00:25:25.359 He's the name on the marquee without AJ. 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.720 He wants the extension. 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:29.920 We're we were always gonna get a ton of AD after game one. 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:31.839 It looked like he was totally warranted for that. 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:34.640 34 points immediately off the bat MVP chance. 00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:43.279 But ever since then, it's like we we gotta mix in a little bit something else, just because this this at this volume at this age in this situation just is not working in mass. 00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.880 You know, you you know what I think too. 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:46.799 Like this goes back to AJ coming back. 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:51.279 Like, first of all, I just don't think there's any way AJ just sits there while AD does his thing once he comes back. 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:53.200 And you're not gonna do that with the first overall pick. 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.720 The guy who's gonna just you know, supposed to be a good thing. 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:56.160 That's not how he plays either chess now. 00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:58.079 Yeah, it's just never gonna it's not gonna happen. 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:08.960 Number two, I do think um this is kind of like their fallback thing, like without AJ there, and like they're they're kind of not sure the offense without AJ, because I guess they're for that. 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.559 It it does look like plan B. 00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:19.599 Like it just looks like, all right, well, we know A D's good, so just you know, if we don't have any other ideas, just give them the ball, and then obviously Trey Young does floaters, and then that's that's pretty much it, you know. 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:21.200 It's like they're burning clock right now. 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:29.039 Like they they were hoping AG would be back by now, and it's like, you know, we showed you this, we we thought it would only be like for like two games right now, but I guess I guess we're still doing this. 00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:38.640 Because like it it just looks like something that was like their like not their main thing, like they're just kind of like it doesn't look it doesn't look hammered out yet. 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:42.000 It's just we're we're seeing so many loose ends right now, right? 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:45.680 Yeah, it's yeah, like there are a lot of loose ends. 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.480 Um, I also do want to say like there have been a lot of positives. 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:50.960 There truly has been a lot of positives. 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:56.960 Um, I think the defense is a lot better than what a lot of people thought it was gonna be. 00:26:57.039 --> 00:27:02.480 And I know some people I know some people going into the season thought the offense would be better than the defense. 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:04.880 Um, after watching preseason, I actually thought the opposite. 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:07.519 I thought the defense

was gonna look much better than the offense. 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.960 The players agree with you. 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:10.799 Yeah, it's it's shown so far. 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:19.200 I mean, like their uh defensive rating right now is uh 111.2, which you know, you look at them last season, that is much better. 00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:20.160 The defensive rating last year. 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:21.680 It was probably like 125 last season. 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:34.400 Yeah, and so like it's stuff like that where it's like looking at us like, man, like they truly do look a lot better as a defensive team this year, where it's like it's it really is impressive watching him play like this. 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:39.759 If you just think about the fact that they don't have AJ, who will be a really fun energizer when he comes back. 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:44.799 You you have Sarr who's awake, he didn't have a block in the first two games, then he had three against Chicago. 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:49.680 Um, AD's probably helped by by the lack of weight on his shoulders compared to last year. 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:57.519 You have other guys on the bench like Bilal, you have Trey Johnson and Bub, at least just giving it their all with active hands and these quick feet. 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:06.720 So I think in a way the the minimized roles and usage for people may have really helped out in this platoon defense setting, even though they're still, you know, you're still gonna have Trey on getting burned sometimes. 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.920 That's just sort of part of the deal. 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.039 You signed up for that. 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.599 Right. 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:15.279 So you were saying off camera um Bub's uh um uh advanced rating on defense, right? 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:18.000 Defensive rating, it's like what below 100 or something? 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:23.279 Uh I can pull up, I can pull up because like I had a net rating of like all the main guys that I've been playing so far. 00:28:23.519 --> 00:28:25.920 Uh it's a lot better than expected, that's for sure. 00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:28.480 Right now, his defensive rating it's uh 113. 00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:34.799 And if you look at how bub played defense past few years, like you would know this is a great improvement from him. 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:39.279 Um he has the fourth highest net rating right now on the team at plus four point three. 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.079 That's crazy. 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:43.839 Which his whole career he's been a negative net rating kind of guy. 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:50.000 Especially like he he had the best, he had the worst plus minus ever or something, or what back to back seasons or something like that. 00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:52.079 He had the worst plus minus in league back-to-back seasons. 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:58.400 I mean, Toronto, you want to take a guess what his defensive rating was against the Raptors? 00:28:58.880 --> 00:28:59.599 108. 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:01.359 95.8. 00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:10.720 That checks out because in both the first two games, they brought him in at like the start of the second, and he just immediately just brought this this like life to the offense. 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:12.400 He was just bailing them out with shots. 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:17.119 He's just giving some other look to the perimeter besides whatever they were doing with Trey Young because that the Trey. 00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.160 But that's all offensive. 00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.079 That's that's not talking about his defense, though. 00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:21.759 Like I think they benefit each other. 00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:22.319 You're right. 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.359 I think they benefit each other. 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:25.839 I think that pace that gets they want to play with. 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:30.079 Then the Chicago game, 108.9 for his defensive rating. 00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:33.839 Like Bub Carrington, you'll take that from Bub Carrington. 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.319 Certainly. 00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:38.160 You'll take 113 defensive rating from Bub Carrington. 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:40.160 We know he has some limitations defensively. 00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:44.720 We know he still has a lot to prove, you know, as much as he has improved on defense. 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:48.319 It's the fact that he has like he's staying in front of guys now. 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:51.920 He's not getting blown by, he's not getting broken, right? 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:55.599 He's staying in front of guys and actually contesting shots. 00:29:55.839 --> 00:30:01.440 What matters to me more than that is that he's situationally aware because you never drafted him to be a point of attack defender. 00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:05.519 You're you're hoping that he's a really fun offensive player who has some defense to give. 00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:07.599 That that was never gonna be the selling point on Bub. 00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:25.279 And the fact that was it the Toronto game, I believe, that he I just remember who he was guarding shed or someone, but he was just having to scamper around a ton of off-ball actions, and I was watching him just look like a productive team defender, and and you're watching the the communication, and that's that's really what you want out of him. 00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:28.160 It's like, is this guy gonna be helpful when he's not in the action? 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:45.519 And that that's that's and like like bringing up Bob and his defense is a good point because it was gonna mention something I was gonna mention next, whereas like the primer defense does look a lot better, and the stats are showing that right now, where um right now Washington they're giving up the 10th most amount of three-pointers a game at 39.3. 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:51.359 However, they are holding opponents to 29.3% from three so far this season.

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:53.200 That is fifth best in the NBA. 00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.480 Like that's that's impressive. 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:06.000 Like the printer defense is actually contesting shots and affecting these long distance shots, where like now teams aren't able to make as many attempts against the Washington Wizards because of that. 00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:09.440 You wonder how they're gonna hold up soon because they've played some goofy teams so far. 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:13.599 They've played two Patries teams and the Raptors who their offense was sort of a mess. 00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:18.319 Yeah, but like, you know, their eighth and opponent field goal percentage at 43.7. 00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:20.559 Yeah, not to poo-poo your stat. 00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:21.440 No, that that's real. 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:24.480 Yeah, no, like that, like that, like this stuff is like real stuff. 00:31:24.640 --> 00:31:35.759 Is you know, not like they're you know, not giving up a ton of attempts, like, you know, like the um, you know, Raptors, for example, that you know, giving up 80, you know, field goal attempts a game and they're holding up guys to 41%. 00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:44.880 The Wizards, I mean, they're giving up the third most field goal attempts per game at 95.5, yet they're eighth in opponent field goal percentage. 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:47.279 Second chance points just have to be playing a huge role. 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:48.720 That was the next thing I was gonna mention. 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:54.400 It's the second chance points and fast break points that are killing them because they just don't rebound well at the moment. 00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:59.519 That like that is the biggest thing that will kill this team if it doesn't improve, is the rebounding. 00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:07.759 They fixed the rebounding all of a sudden, they are probably 4-0 at this point because all these games have been close. 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:13.200 I mean, you know, I'll say tonight they could have won. 00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:17.119 I think like the Raptors is the one where I'm like, I feel like the Raptors are gonna win. 00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:21.920 I I love your hypothetical, but I was at the Raptors game, and I I was at no moment was that like they're they're gonna win this. 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.720 Like that their offense was a complete disaster against the game. 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:26.319 But still, like, yeah, but you're you're right. 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:35.279 Yeah, but no, like it's the fact like that's what I've been saying, where it's like, even though the offense, like, you know, last year, if they wanted to win, the offense had to be perfect, basically, right? 00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:39.279 Yeah this year, the offense can struggle, but the defense is so good now. 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:42.640 You're still in these games, like this raptor, like the Raptors game, for example. 00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:46.720 Like I said, you know, the offense really struggled 38% from the field. 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:49.119 You should not be winning a basketball game doing that. 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:55.680 So you should not even be close to winning a basketball game, shooting 38% from the field and only making 30 shots. 00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:58.079 Um, but they only lost by 10. 00:32:58.160 --> 00:33:00.079 And part of it was the rebounding. 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:05.680 They got out rebounded by 13 in that game as well and gave up 19 offensive rebounds to the Raptors. 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:10.400 Their defensive rating was ranked 12 or 13th in the league uh entering this game. 00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:13.839 I doubt it moved that much because it's now like the the 110. 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.599 Shot the cover off the ball. 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:16.559 I doubt it's gonna move. 00:33:16.640 --> 00:33:20.720 And again, that's not actually healthy with starting lineup, and that just has to be mentioned here. 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:22.960 They're doing all this while they're trying to develop on the fly. 00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:26.400 So you take the positive where you can find them in this kind of situation the Wizards are doing. 00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:30.079 Yeah, they're they're right in the middle of the pack at 16 up under 11.2. 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.880 You'll take that. 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:33.440 There's they're they're against considering where they were last year. 00:33:34.880 --> 00:33:40.400 I've never seen Keith hear it like he is right now, which is funny because he was two and one yesterday and people were still just letting him up online. 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:43.519 But he's not an easy task ahead of him. 00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.599 People are still up on him right now online. 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:46.079 Don't don't. 00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:52.160 Yeah, of course they are, just because you know, the as as we started the podcast, we spent the first 10 minutes talking about how can you get out rebounded like that. 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:55.519 Like you ask players how you ask players themselves, you're like, how can you get a rebound? 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:58.400 And then they all they all quote the Victorian Prince rebounding clip. 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:00.559 Like to them, it's it's it's all mental. 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:08.159 Yeah, and like I get people like want to be upset about Keith at some of this stuff, and like there are things that Keith does have to be better at. 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:11.199 Keith is not the one out there boxing out and rebounding. 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:15.920 Let's no, but but the preparation does have to go back to the coach. 00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:19.760 The preparation does have to, you know, it doesn't come down to him, but and accountability. 00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:26.239 If the players are just messes in games, we have to just change rotations and like in-game adjustments just aren't a negotiable here.

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:33.199 Yeah, and so like I will I will say the thing I really like about Keith is I think he has great sideline and baseline out of bound plays. 00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:35.360 I think I think he does a good job with those. 00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:45.039 Everything else, I am questionable on it, and I'm gonna, you know, be skeptical, of course, because it is our job to you know, you know, ask these questions and be skeptical and figure out this sort of stuff. 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:46.000 It is our job. 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:50.800 Um, but I will say there are areas he does well in, there are areas that he doesn't do well in whatsoever. 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:59.360 And so, but at the end of the day, like you know, tonight, for example, all right, he's not the one shooting nine of 28 from three, right? 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.400 Like, you know, we we you have shooting coaches for a reason and trainers to help out these guys, all right. 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:09.679 You know, like and some a lot of these are open misses, like Trey Johnson missed four wide open attempts tonight. 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:14.079 Like you're yeah, no, it's it's not like all on Keith. 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:24.719 It's just I think my issue with Keith Moore is like he could have been more creative after AJ went down, like, all right, let's just not just do AD ISOs or whatever. 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:32.320 And that I agree with that that is, you know, like like I said, that is on Keith to you know draw up actual offensive plays and not let ISO ball take over. 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:37.599 I'm saying, like, you know, like the rebounding stuff, you know, a lot of it is just being physical. 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:39.519 He does have to help better prepare. 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:48.079 And end season, it is going to be difficult because you don't want to go too physical, and then all of a sudden, hey, Anthony Davis got injured in practice because we were doing a you know diving drill. 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:48.719 Yeah. 00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:52.559 So I I understand that thought process of it as well. 00:35:52.639 --> 00:36:06.000 And so, but like, you know, a lot of like, you know, the like I said, the effort stuff, it does come down to the players, not just you know, like we can't you like I see people that put it all on key if that the about the rebounded night where it's like you can't just say it's all on key for that. 00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:08.000 No, it's not, it's it's a little of both. 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:11.679 Yeah, and and again, I I I you know I hate arguing with you. 00:36:11.760 --> 00:36:12.159 That's not true. 00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.039 I actually love arguing with you. 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:20.800 We argue every day, just not on the podcast very much, but um I think if we're talking about the the shots they're getting and their their percentages aren't great. 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:29.840 We just said a few minutes ago that

that 80s ISO ISO style is sort of a three-point like repressor, like they could just be setting their players up for better looks. 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:34.000 The fact that they're not getting schemed anything open does matter. 00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:37.360 Yeah, that that the way they're playing just isn't very three-point friendly right now. 00:36:37.519 --> 00:36:41.440 And some of these guys are just be not meant to be taking these kind of three-point shots. 00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:43.760 Like, this is just when we have to look at process over results. 00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:49.679 Like that these the players right now, like there's just a lot of sitting, watching, waiting, and then spotting up. 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:52.880 And it's just it's this is not the flow the team wants to play in, I don't think. 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:55.760 Yeah, and it's like the guys can't really get in a rhythm. 00:36:55.840 --> 00:37:00.320 The one time they finally got into rhythm was at the very end of the game when they were trying to come back and they actually hit it like two feet. 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.440 Yeah, 40 minutes in. 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:03.679 Like, yeah, it's that that's not enough, you know what I mean? 00:37:03.760 --> 00:37:09.360 Like, like we know that Trey, like Trey Johnson, Bub, like Keyshawn, we know they can shoot threes when they get in rhythm. 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:11.679 It's just you have to get them in rhythm, you know what I mean? 00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:15.679 And and it was easy during the tank years when they were when that that was all that the team had. 00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:21.519 But now it's like with these, you know, you got big big time vets on the team and everything, you have to be able to balance that. 00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:26.000 And I think that's that's what I was interested in in Keith this season is how he's gonna balance those two things. 00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:29.519 And I think it's just gone way too much towards the the vets so far. 00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:35.519 The thing I am most looking at for Keefe is this is gonna be the kind of season again. 00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:37.199 We didn't think we're gonna win 50 games, I don't think. 00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:38.480 You know, the mods can go into that. 00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:41.840 I'm at like I'm at like 40 to 42, like you know, for being realistic. 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:47.519 I had them at 40, I think, at the highest, but you knew there was gonna be a hard season and there's gonna be a lot of lessons. 00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:53.280 I want to see just how they deal with those lessons and how Keith, as a coach, is has his message heard. 00:37:53.519 --> 00:38:00.320 When he's gonna media, yeah, he's gonna talk to media about the things he wants to see differently, and he's gonna talk about the times that they're punched in the gut. 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:01.119 It's gonna happen. 00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:05.599 It's a matter of do you change your process later and do you learn to adjust on the fly in games. 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:09.360 Yeah, you know, in games things have to change. 00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:15.440 Like, not if Keyshawn has had these moments, I hate to use him here, but like there's just times when he looks like he gets in his head sort of fast. 00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:27.440 He has like a few good threes, he has a few good drives, and then he throws like a one-handed skip pass that gets picked off by three different guys, and then he just like loses the ball, and then it it's like all collapsing, then he's fouling. 00:38:27.599 --> 00:38:32.400 I I think there has to be just a bit more in-game maintenance beyond whatever you're doing before the game. 00:38:32.639 --> 00:38:42.639 Yeah, and it's it's also clear they really need to AJ right now because like that 10th guy that they're trying to use at the moment, it just isn't working between Chris Middleton and Will Riley. 00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:52.079 Um, as much as the fan base and us included love Will Riley, um, he's had a very rough start to the season when he's gotten his opportunity. 00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:54.159 Yeah, it's been too old, it's too young. 00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:55.599 It's it's it's quite that simple. 00:38:55.840 --> 00:39:03.199 Yeah, and so it's he he needs, you know, like and usually you don't want to see second you know year players go to the G. 00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:07.280 He would really benefit getting a lot of reps in the G. 00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:09.199 He he would really benefit. 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:13.920 I mean, but honestly, though, like he he cooks every time he goes down, so it's yeah, would it help? 00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:16.000 He's almost like a quadruple A player in baseball. 00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:21.280 It's it's like Bobby Dahlbeck when he was with the you know, yeah. 00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:22.159 Bobby Dahlbeck, exactly. 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:22.960 That's a great example. 00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:27.440 He is the world's greatest quadruple A player, but he is horrible at the majors. 00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:30.559 Yeah, we have Dylan Cruz in DC for for that sort of ego. 00:39:31.280 --> 00:39:46.800 I mean, look, we we saw him be good in like the the the you know fake tank games last season, so that was something and the preseason, but in the preseason, so it's like and we know that he has raw talent, like we know he's really you know, he can he has a lot of moves on the ball and everything, yeah. 00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:51.920 Um but it's just hard for him to find any kind of rhythm on in the in these conditions where there's so much. 00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:54.000 Yeah, and I get that. 00:39:54.159 --> 00:40:02.239 And um, you know, I I can get that where it's like, you know, like he didn't start off the year playing and he's been put into some tough situations as well. 00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:07.840 Um, I also just think the team in general does not handle pressure whatsoever,

like on you know, from defenses. 00:40:08.159 --> 00:40:17.519 You're correct, especially the ball handlers, because the way they use him today was they they figured out extremely quickly that Chris Middleton right now just doesn't quite have the legs for what they want to do. 00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:23.840 Um, and they tried to just quietly ease Riley in little by little um to eat a little bit of those minutes. 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:26.639 Um, and today they had him guard Brandon Miller. 00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:27.599 That didn't work at all. 00:40:27.679 --> 00:40:29.599 Um, there wasn't really any defense being played out there. 00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:31.119 No one, no one could guard guard. 00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:32.480 We haven't said this name once yet. 00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:34.960 Brandon Miller just gave a half dozen guys, they're welcome to the league moment. 00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:36.960 Congratulations, Brandon Miller and the Charlotte Hornets. 00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:41.199 Listen, man, look, he he he just got like a$209 million contract. 00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:42.880 So there you go. 00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:44.079 Oh my god. 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:50.800 Yeah, this is like I remember Peyton Watson did the same thing last year when the Nuggets came to town, and he just he he fried Keyshawn's face off. 00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:56.000 That was sort of everyone after this game and I be in like, what's up with everyone getting career highs against the Wizards? 00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:58.159 Yeah, no, that's literally what I thought when one game was. 00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:01.840 Caleb Wilson gave him 30 as a rookie, man. 00:41:02.000 --> 00:41:02.960 That was his second freaking game. 00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:04.480 Of course, that's his career high. 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:06.400 And and that's and okay, so I was talking about Riley Saving. 00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.320 Like a month. 00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:15.119 So Riley gets cooked, and then on the next time out, it's Riley save us. 00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:23.679 He gets the ball, faces that pressure immediately, throws like that that panic, pass out, falling out of bounds. 00:41:23.840 --> 00:41:27.760 And of course, we all know we all knew it was gonna get intercepted, that checked out. 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:34.000 Um, and then you're like, wow, this guy just doesn't really look ready because that's the role they're putting him in as just another wing guy. 00:41:34.079 --> 00:41:35.280 And that's not really what he is. 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:37.760 He's he's he's just a little bit raw right now. 00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:42.159 Yeah, yeah, no, it's it's yeah, and and that's the thing. 00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.960 It's like I know what Bryson means by going down in the G. 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:47.760 It's just that it it really is like a middle ground. 00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:52.480 Like when he goes to the G situation for him, he's gonna he's gonna fry, he's gonna fry the G Leakers up. 00:41:52.559 --> 00:42:00.400 Yeah, but then but then in this, the problem is in the in the NBA club, it's like there's just too much else going on that he's not really gonna get. 00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:12.800 Unless, unless, you know, the only way I could see something working out in the next few days is if they just completely sit Chris Middleton down and give Riley like 15 or 20 minutes and just actually let him do some stuff and see if it's gonna be. 00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:25.199 Yeah, I mean, I think the only way to get him going is like he needs some time on the ball a little bit. 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:25.760 100%. 00:42:26.239 --> 00:42:34.079 Yeah, that's why you got to use like an on-ball sort of wing, just because he's at his best when he's actually doing things besides spotting up and you know hoping for defense. 00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:39.360 Well, the issue the issue with that is he's you know, when he's coming off the bench, look at who he's sharing the court with. 00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:44.000 He's sharing it a lot with Bub Carrington, and we know Bub Carrington's a guy who needs to be on ball as well. 00:42:44.159 --> 00:42:56.800 And it's like, you know, it's like it's and I I hate to say this, but like it's almost set up like you know, when he does play, he's set up for failure because he can't quite play to his role um that he's you know really exceeds in. 00:42:56.880 --> 00:43:10.480 Like and it sucks, and because we know the potential is there, because you know, like you mentioned, Josh, like you know, the the tank games last year, like he looked really good in them when he was playing on ball, given his specific role that he thrives in. 00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:17.760 It's just off the bench because he's gonna either be splitting with minutes with Trey Young, Bub Carrington, Aja Devons, or Keyshawn George. 00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:24.800 And at the moment, are you telling, you know, will Riley to take the ball over out of any of those guys' hands at the moment, from what we've seen? 00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:27.280 No, yeah, and and that's the thing. 00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:42.480 It was like it was easy to to give him the ball, you know, in March, right, last season, but now this is a whole different thing now where he's just like they they might try to give him the ball a little bit next couple games if they want, but it's it's never gonna be the main thing this season, like it was for that whole stretch last year. 00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.280 Yeah. 00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:59.599 So and like we we we have no we we we don't have anything that shows that he can just be good in in a way like like Bub has been this year, where he's not he's not on the ball all the time, but he's just a lot, you know, he he impacts the game without having to have the ball that I don't think Riley's there yet, and that's what you were saying, Henry, without Raw. 00:43:59.679 --> 00:43:59.840 He is. 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:06.400 Yeah, it's it it is

unfortunate because I want to see see him succeed. 00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:13.039 It's just I I just don't know if he has like off ball skills that can really set him apart in the rotation at the moment. 00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:21.199 And maybe yeah, maybe that's where the G can work where it's like, hey, we understand you can do on ball, we want you playing off ball in the G. 00:44:21.599 --> 00:44:23.360 We want you to learn how to be an off ball player. 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:25.760 And so like and it's just gonna take some time. 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:27.760 He's still young, he's 21 years old. 00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:30.159 All right, like it's you know, yeah. 00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:36.480 If we got 78 more games to experiment, exactly, and a whole G League season to have him play off ball and develop those skills. 00:44:36.719 --> 00:44:38.559 The season started less than a week ago. 00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:38.960 I know. 00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:39.679 Is that crazy? 00:44:39.760 --> 00:44:40.559 That feels sort of crazy. 00:44:41.039 --> 00:44:42.000 So much has happened. 00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.559 Oh, yeah. 00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.440 So much has happened. 00:44:43.519 --> 00:44:44.960 The Thunder are already done. 00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:45.760 Yeah. 00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:47.360 It's so weird. 00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:51.119 It's it's so like injuries just plaguing the league right now. 00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:52.239 Yeah, the magic too. 00:44:52.400 --> 00:44:53.599 Yeah, the magic are done. 00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:56.079 The magic just need uh it's yeah, but they never start. 00:44:56.159 --> 00:44:56.800 Where do they start? 00:44:57.039 --> 00:45:00.159 They're but their their injuries aren't as bad as OKC, let's be real. 00:45:00.320 --> 00:45:01.440 And the magic do this every year. 00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:02.719 Yeah, they get hurt every year. 00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:04.159 That's good. 00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:11.360 Hollow and Prawns have like restraining orders against each other, but instead of like 300 feet, it's like 10 consecutive games. 00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:16.639 Yeah, no, it it is crazy how how how they don't spend any time on the floor together. 00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:25.039 Um do we want to talk about um the the news with um Koolibali and the Mark Stein thing? 00:45:25.280 --> 00:45:26.639 We we can real quick. 00:45:26.800 --> 00:45:30.480 Um just a quick recap because we have gone on for 45 minutes. 00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.599 Well, a lot's happened. 00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.880 There's actual basketball we played. 00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:34.880 We're not just talking about some summer league extension. 00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:37.760 It's like when we always come together, we put together a documentary. 00:45:37.920 --> 00:46:01.840 Like it's yeah, it's so but Mark Stein uh reported at night in his late night um NBA Intel uh you know that he that the Steinline did learn that the Wizards in Kool Bali had multiple discussions on uh Monday, the deadline day uh for an extension, um, and that they wanted to get a deal done, just you know, never quite got there um numbers wise. 00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:09.360 So the clear and like he said, like this is a clear sign that Washington sees cool bali as like a long-term part of their plans. 00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:18.400 And so I think that's kind of important to note where it's like, you know, Will Dawkins, Michael Winger, the whole old team is all in at keep you know, keeping below cool bali. 00:46:18.960 --> 00:46:26.880 So um, I know I mentioned in the past, like with restricted free agency, you know, watch out for like you know, the Warriors and like Nets, for example. 00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:33.119 I still think those are two teams that could really go out there and get him if they wanted to, because they're gonna have a ton of cap space. 00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:41.599 But like I said, it it seemingly looks like you know, Washington and Bilal, Cool Bali, they want to stay together in this relationship. 00:46:41.679 --> 00:46:45.599 It's just, you know, the numbers just quite weren't there uh over the summer. 00:46:45.920 --> 00:46:49.440 We gotta hear Yaxel's unfiltered thoughts on Bilal. 00:46:49.679 --> 00:46:52.559 I'm sure he has some some interesting insight. 00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.960 When he plays Trey Young, that would be a really good thing. 00:46:56.079 --> 00:46:56.800 He's gonna play Trey Young. 00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:58.159 He's like, that guy really fouls a lot. 00:46:58.239 --> 00:46:59.440 Like it's gonna be his first time. 00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:01.199 How does he not know that Luca fouls? 00:47:01.360 --> 00:47:04.079 Everyone knows Luca is like the biggest a-hole in the league. 00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:07.760 You know, you know who he talks like in these post-game uh press conferences? 00:47:07.920 --> 00:47:10.159 It's exactly like you're my player from 2K. 00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:28.480 You always get that one option where like you can either go for the teammate chemistry, you're like, oh yeah, man, like you know, like we play good tonight, we were playing really, you know, like together with the ball around, or let's get let's get 50,000 fans in a Gatorade partnership real quick, and like, hey yo, Luca, Luca, meet me in the locker room real quick, meet me outside real quick. 00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:28.880 You can't. 00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:44.079 It's like he just woke up out of like a cryo chamber, and it and everyone like the whole thing with Luca is like you could like just you don't have to watch basketball, you just go on undisputed back in the day, and Skip Bayless is down there calling Luca like a big baby because Luca talks to the refs a lot. 00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:47.920 And it I just don't know how you missed that entire leg of the news cycle. 00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:54.639 I he just said he watches highlights, which which you know he he did say that, so I guess he just thought he was

just the coldest guy, just scoring them all ethically. 00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:56.719 Um the big boys aren't like that. 00:47:56.880 --> 00:48:06.159 There's there's no goaded superstar who's winning MVPs and taking taking their team to the finals who's averaging 0.0 complaints to the rest of the game. 00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:08.159 They're always complaining. 00:48:08.239 --> 00:48:10.400 They're like every superstar in this league flops. 00:48:10.559 --> 00:48:13.920 As much as people want to say Ant does it, he does flop every now and then. 00:48:14.159 --> 00:48:15.440 He like he'll pull it out. 00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:17.840 Like you hear him, you can actually hear him. 00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:22.480 You can hear him more than almost all you hear like hey, like all the time when you're watching on the broadcast. 00:48:22.719 --> 00:48:23.519 No, that that that's Kat. 00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:25.519 He'll he'll go up and go, hey. 00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:28.559 I I love when they would do that together. 00:48:28.639 --> 00:48:30.079 It was like a harmony. 00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.199 Oh my god. 00:48:33.440 --> 00:48:41.440 I'm looking, but yeah, I mentioned the Luca thing also because I really hope AJ is in town for and ready to go when Luca plays, because he was the one who said he wants to play against Luca. 00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:49.679 He wants to feel the pace, and I was like, good luck, because we've seen Luca is the most like I really like watching him this year. 00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:57.119 Um, he's he's so bitter all the time, and he he holds every slight he's like like Mike, like he holds everything so personally, it's so funny. 00:48:57.280 --> 00:49:01.920 So when there's someone like Yaxel, of course you're gonna get like a half court like bean right in your face. 00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:02.880 That just makes such sense. 00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:06.800 So godspeed to AJ, and I I hope we're we're in town for that game. 00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:08.559 That would be fun. 00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:16.559 But we got we got anything else to talk about before we um end this three-part documentary that's at 50 minutes now. 00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:25.679 Um it's it's so easy to get to get hung up on on the messiness, but this is gonna be a messy season, so just enjoy it while it lasts. 00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:26.480 That's what we're gonna try. 00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:27.519 We're telling ourselves that. 00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:31.199 Key key thing is like, you know, think about it like this. 00:49:31.280 --> 00:49:35.199 Like they have done, they have done so Keith. 00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:49.760 The key thing is the the key thing is they have done so many things, like so poorly, like rebounding and shooting, and they are still two and two, and we're you know, still in those two losses where they could have easily won those, right? 00:49:50.079 --> 00:49:56.880 They've just fixed one of those issues, and all of a sudden, this team is looking like one of the best in the NBA somehow. 00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:00.559 And yeah, there's a lot to feel good about without AJ playing one minute. 00:50:00.639 --> 00:50:02.159 Yeah, that's a huge deal. 00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:10.639 This is all without the first overall pick playing, and like that's it, like it things are looking up, but that's a podcast, baby. 00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:11.840 That's a podcast. 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:15.519 It was great, it was great seeing you all again on you know the same same screen. 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:16.320 This was fantastic. 00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:17.280 We should do this more. 00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:18.880 We should do this more often. 00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:20.000 Three man, yeah. 00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:22.320 Next time, three man weave, three man weave. 00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:24.480 But thank you guys tuning in, listening as always. 00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:25.360 We'll see you in the next one. 00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:25.840 Peace.