Full Transcript for Who’s Cookin Who?

00:06:25.600 Nobody else has taken it taking more than three shots. 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:36.639 Alper and Shangun, who usually is a cog to the offense, is only two in three or three in those type of crunch time situations. 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:46.879 Durant told Gillary that late game execution is the most important thing, and that it's good to get these reps early in the season. 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:52.800 Van Vliet pointed out to the other end of the floor, we need to get some stops, man. 00:06:53.199 --> 00:07:10.000 Last season the Houston Rockets tied the Dallas Mavericks for the most clutch games in the league with 45, and they went an astounding 22 and 23 in games that were considered crunch time games. 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:16.959 Now, against teams that are 500 or better, they were 12-16. 00:07:17.600 --> 00:07:26.000 The four West teams that reached the second round went 89 and 44 in those same type of environments. 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:35.120 Gillary lists the reasons for last year's, including Van Bleed's absence, which we have just discussed, and Durant's first season. 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:38.800 Said those are now excuses that are gone. 00:07:39.199 --> 00:07:40.879 Now I will tell you this. 00:07:41.199 --> 00:07:47.680 You can tell me that right now that I am farming for clicks. 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:55.920 You can tell me right now that Vince, this is watered under the bridge, people have gotten over this and all of that. 00:07:56.319 --> 00:08:11.279 but I will tell you the rockets have been significantly different ever since those those DMs from Kevin Durant's burner Showed up right after the All-Star Break. 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:22.879 Now, you can say that time heals all wounds, you can tell me that Van Blee is such a veteran that these things don't matter anymore. 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:25.439 You can tell me a lot of things. 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:35.360 You can tell me that I mean Doca has got his full roster and his full array of players out there doing big things. 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:36.960 You can tell me all of that. 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:42.559 The one thing that you can't tell me is Cohesion. 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:48.960 The other thing that you can't tell me is that these dudes really play for one another. 00:08:49.279 --> 00:09:10.799 Cause as we see, and if if you look at the shot uh distribution in those crunch time uh areas, Kevin Durant is four of thirteen, Van Vliet is four of seven, and Alcrum Shingoon is two of three, and no one else is taking more than three shots. 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:21.519 Now, granted, that's why they paid Kevin Durant the big dollars, that is why they were hoping to get Van Vliet back off this ACL. 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:31.440 But I'm trying to tell you that this team has to do some soul searching, and we gotta start trusting the other guys on this team. 00:09:31.759 --> 00:09:40.159 I do not know for the life of me why they do not run crunch time offense through Alper and Shangun. 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:44.799 Because the one thing that Alper and Shangoon can get you is a good shot. 00:09:44.960 --> 00:10:00.240 Whether he's taking it or somebody else on that team is taking it, when he's at the nail and he's basically running the offense from being a hub, they get good offensive flow, they get good cuts. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.759 People cut harder because they think they're getting the ball. 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:07.600 Check Tari Eason, check Jabari uh Smith Jr. 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:09.600 in the earlier parts of the game. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:19.200 Now you can tell me, hey, in crunch time, these young guys are going to kind of turtle and it's going to be a shit show. 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:20.559 You can tell me that. 00:10:20.879 --> 00:10:25.279 But how are they ever gonna learn if they don't ever get the ball? 00:10:25.600 --> 00:10:40.240 Evidence with 210 left to go, and about 120 of you, the exact figures that we need to get to is this they're 26 in pace, 26. 00:10:40.879 --> 00:10:58.960 Now, if you think about who's on that roster, Alcran Shengoon is on that roster, you got Tari Eason, you got Jabari Smith, you got a lot of people on that roster who would like to get out and run, cut, move, you know, without the basketball and things of that nature. 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:12.240 But when you have Kevin Durant and you have Fred Van Vliet, you know what they're gonna want to do in the half court offense, they are going to want to kind of stabilize, shrink the game a little bit. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:20.080 They want to be able to take a couple pictures mentally before they start their move, calculate their situation. 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:30.320 Durant takes about eight free throws a game, roughly six for every 10 shots that he takes on the floor. 00:11:30.480 --> 00:11:35.200 He's about 65% in true shooting, so that tells you all you need to know. 00:11:35.440 --> 00:11:37.759 He's still generating good looks. 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:44.320 Now, Van Vliet in eight games, he's averaging 13 points, six assists in 30 minutes. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:52.080 He is he turns it over about 10% of the time of his possessions, and he takes nearly eight threes a game. 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:54.240 That's what you want in the modern era. 00:11:54.639 --> 00:12:04.960 He's shooting at a 36% uh level, but he's hitting 40% overall, so he's doing what he needs to do. 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:08.799 Shingoon, on the other hand, has the ball a lot too. 00:12:08.879 --> 00:12:14.639 His usage rate is about 26, his assist rate is 30 is 36. 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:18.960 Now his turnover rate is about 15 at this point in time. 00:12:19.919 --> 00:12:25.440 Between him and Durant, they account for a little over a third of the team's turnovers. 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:33.440 My mouth projects that per game numbers will tell you that will get you a lot of L's. 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.559 Now, they are very

talented. 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:41.120 Amen Thompson is still struggling with the three ball. 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:45.519 Uh he's he's making he's shooting 22%. 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:48.720 Tari Eason is still at 25%. 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:51.120 Now, Jaguari Smith Jr. 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:55.679 is shooting is at 46% at about six attempts a game. 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:59.519 Now, do I expect Jaguar Smith Jr. 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:03.519 to continue his hot shooting um from three? 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:05.200 Probably not. 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:13.200 But the thing that you want to know what you what you want to do is you want to continue to feed that confidence. 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:18.000 You're gonna need this kid in the playoffs. 00:13:19.039 --> 00:13:22.639 It's not about whether the Rockets are going to be a playoff team. 00:13:23.120 --> 00:13:25.440 They're stamped, they're certified. 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:28.399 In my book, this is a really good team. 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:32.960 It's in the margins that I have my my concerns. 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:48.799 And when you look at the margins and you look at what is going on right now, and you have people like Reed Shepard, whose true shooting percentage is only uh 50.9% over seven games. 00:13:49.600 --> 00:14:20.559 We don't know what we don't know, and until we get a better sample size or we get um more trust in the guys that are in an eight to nine man rotation, we're gonna continue to look at this team and go, This team is very talented, we expect a lot of them, and you have Kevin Durant, so therefore we expect you to win, and then we're gonna be terribly disappointed towards the end of this. 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:31.600 We've talked about Van Vliet's injury, but the thing that we are going to talk about is that he's the best creator by assist rate, and that's Shangun. 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:40.799 Now, Van Vliet is their whatever you want to call him, their emotional leader, their stabilizer. 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:47.440 But as far as best creator, as far as assist rate is concerned, that's Alcra and Shangoon. 00:14:47.919 --> 00:14:58.240 Which then brings me to the point: why is Alcra and Shangoon only taking three shots in crutch time um situations at this point? 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.360 Sometimes so you gotta ask the question. 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:03.519 And then here's the other thing. 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:25.039 Is it fair to think that a 32-year-old coin guard who's basically six foot nothing, who just came off a torn ACL, sat out for a whole entire year, expected to just could just bounce back and run the offense at this such an efficient manner. 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:27.120 I don't know. 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:31.519 Marcus Smart was brought in for veteran leadership. 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:40.159 He left LA to come over and give you toughness and give you kind of a backup point guard type situation. 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:51.840 Um right now, he is

sitting there playing seven games, his defensive box plus minus is a positive 1.1, so he's doing his thing. 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:55.919 His turnover rate, however, is 19.2%. 00:15:57.120 --> 00:16:01.200 Now I'm gonna tell you right now, Marcus Smart is a lot of things. 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:11.600 If you're asking him to be the best decision maker when it comes to being a point guard or a league guard, that's not his forte. 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:42.080 His forte is shooting standalone three-point shots, get getting in there and doing like the the gritty work, you know, diving in for rebounds that he has no business getting at six foot three, stealing the ball, and initiating the break from there, hitting a timely three once the ball has been swung well two or three times. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:44.720 That's what Marcus Smart is about. 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:53.360 Now leading your second unit, hopefully you're leaving one of the stabilizing influences on your offense in with him. 00:16:53.600 --> 00:17:10.079 That which should be like a Shingoon time or even a KD time, where you know that if for some reason you get yourself caught up, you can always give it to Kevin Kevin Durant, he can get you into some good offense and get off a pretty good shot. 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:20.880 Now, the guys that are in question, I mean Thompson and Reed Shepard right now, the it's kind of like the polar opposite, correct? 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:28.400 You want Reed Shepard to shoot threes, but his defense is terrible. 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:37.359 Amin Thompson is one of the most gifted defenders that we've ever seen, and one of the most athletic dudes we've ever seen. 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:54.240 But he couldn't hit the ocean with a P at this point, and then Shangun, who's 24, is the guy who should have the ball, but for some reason E Man Delka won't give it to him. 00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:59.759 So I'm at a loss at this point about what the Rockets should be doing. 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:11.920 Houston's margins, margin of plus nine points per game is about seven, is about seven and a half wins in ten games. 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:34.240 Okay, so they're right now looking at a situation where they're plus nine when it called talks about point differential, they're gonna need all that cushion because their half court offense in the second half, if the game is close, teams can pressure them into bad shots. 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.720 That is not great. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:43.920 And I think it will come back and bite them at some point in this season. 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:51.759 If you believe not, if you believe that I'm just yelling at the sky, yelling at clout, I understand that. 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:56.880 If you're a Houston Rockets fan, I definitely understand that you probably don't want to hear these things. 00:18:58.640 --> 00:19:06.799 But we didn't think they were gonna lose to a Lucas Lucas Lakers team last year in the playoffs, right?

00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:10.960 I didn't have it on my bingo card, and I'm a Lakers fan. 00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:14.160 We're gonna get to a segment that I am excited about. 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:31.200 We call it off the bounce, and what we're gonna do is we're gonna shoot about eight stories at you, quick fire type situations, but it gives us a taste of what's going on around the league, and you know where we need to start. 00:19:31.440 --> 00:19:38.079 We start at the the most viral dude on the face of the planet right now, Victor Wambayama. 00:19:38.400 --> 00:19:52.079 Monday night in Phoenix, it's the same old Victor doing the same old things when we scored 40 points, had 11 rebounds in nine blocks, but check the check the stat line, baby. 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:54.640 He did it in 25 minutes. 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:57.359 That's efficient as shit. 00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:57.920 Okay? 00:19:58.559 --> 00:20:03.200 40 points, 11 rebounds, 9 blocks in 25 minutes. 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:05.039 Now I'm gonna go chill. 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:06.640 I'm gonna go take a nap. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:08.480 I'm gonna do what I need to do. 00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:11.359 He shot 15 of 19. 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:17.519 He had 22 at the half, and then he sat most of the fourth quarter. 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.799 Here's a number. 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:31.680 ESPN says that he's the second player since they started tracking minutes in 1951 and 1952 to score 40 points in under 26 minutes. 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:35.920 The other one is Sleeky Floyd. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:39.440 Anyone remember Sleeky Floyd from Golden State? 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:42.160 Go go check the YouTubes. 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:44.319 Sleepy Floyd was a bad boy. 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:48.640 He scored 40 points in 24 minutes back in 1991. 00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:51.759 Now, Booker, Devin Booker had this to say. 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:55.440 He said it's something like we've never seen before. 00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:58.079 The Suns coach Jordan Ott said this. 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:01.359 He says he does this from all three levels right now. 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.799 That's the scary part. 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:04.640 That's the scary part right there. 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:13.359 And Wingby himself said he should keep the physically amazing things for the amazingly difficult situations. 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:15.599 It's not the day-to-day. 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:17.039 Read that again. 00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:21.680 He's telling you that this is the easy version. 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:24.319 This kid is going. 00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:26.240 This kid is amazing. 00:21:27.440 --> 00:21:37.279 It wasn't only him, Dylan Harper, who we absolutely love, and we always advocate that he should have the ball in his hands mostly, have 14 points in the third quarter. 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:41.279 After Mitch Johnson called a timeout to get him going. 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:46.000 Devin Vassell was out with a tight left abductor. 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:49.759 And this is nine straight wins for the San Antonio Spurs. 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:51.039 So guess what? 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:52.480 They're back again. 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.839 They're nine and two. 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:57.279 And they are just rolling right now. 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:59.839 Now, here's the best part about the Wimby thing. 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:07.759 Last Wednesday, he scored 52 points and had 24 rebounds against the Dallas Mavericks. 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:10.319 He's just doing what he needs to be doing. 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:18.480 When we shot out the fourth quarter of this game against the Suns, but Cooper Flagg, he was eating a sandwich. 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:21.279 And you want to know why, right? 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.319 I got you. 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:26.960 So in Sunday's game, the Mavericks was just kicking ass. 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:33.119 They scored 130 points and beat the woeful Brooklyn Nets. 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:40.559 And our guy Cooper Flag had 25 points by rebounds and a career high 12 assists. 00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:50.720 Early in the fourth quarter, he's on the bench in warm-ups, and a camera catches him eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich out of a little plastic bag. 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:52.799 And it was the second game in a row. 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:55.920 He did it on Friday against Utah as well. 00:22:56.319 --> 00:23:00.480 His answer is he's trying to gain weight and muscle. 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:02.559 So those are the requirements. 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:09.359 I gotta meet smooth peanut butter grape jelly for my man Cooper Flag. 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:20.319 Now Daniel Gafford chimed in with uh sitting next to him and said that he gets the honey version, but not the banana alone. 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:26.160 Then Monday, our boy Cooper Flag had himself a game. 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:30.079 He beat the Pacers 125 to 122. 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:40.720 He had 43 points, he had 10 rebounds, he had six assists, three steals, and he was as efficient as he's needed to be. 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:43.680 He was 16 of 25 from the field. 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:47.039 That's his fifth 40-point game. 00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:58.240 He and Kevin Durant are the only teenagers in NBA history to have 40 and 10 uh 40-point games. 00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:02.640 Cooper Flag is now averaging 25.9 points a game. 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:10.799 He's grabbing nearly seven rebounds a game at 6.9, 6.9 assists, and two steals. 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:18.559 The only other player averaging that in all four is Luka Doncic. 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.319 Hmm. 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:22.480 Very interesting. 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:30.400 The Luca replacement is one that's chasing Luca with those type of numbers. 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:32.240 The Mavs are 7-4. 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:38.720 Dusty May, who came over from the

national championship winning Michigan Wolverine, says this. 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:42.960 It's unbelievable that he's 19 years of age and doing this. 00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:54.000 Nagy Marshall says that he breaks the standard for what we what he thought Flagg would be every day. 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:56.799 And Flag had 12 assists on Sunday. 00:24:57.039 --> 00:25:01.279 The Warriors had 37 as a team on Monday. 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:06.000 This Warrior situation is getting out of control. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:15.440 I don't know what's going on up in San Francisco, but they absolutely destroyed the New Orleans Pelicans. 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:17.759 138 to 87. 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.680 Folks, do the math. 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:23.759 That's 51 points that they beat the Pelicans by. 00:25:23.839 --> 00:25:27.680 It's the biggest margin of any team this season. 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:33.599 The Warriors, fourth biggest ever, and the worst loss in Pelicans history. 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:38.480 It's 8 straight after a zero a 0-3 start. 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:40.880 They're 8-3 right now. 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:51.839 And the second longest streak after 0-3 or worse to start the season in NBA history. 00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:58.799 The Mavericks of 2006 and 2007 won 12 in a row after starting 0-4. 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:01.200 37 assists. 00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:08.640 Three straight games of 30 assists or more. 00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:14.319 They're 6-0 when they do this. 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:18.160 Brandon Kazinski had 25 himself. 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:22.960 Our guy, he's doing it again. 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.960 He's absolutely doing it again. 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:27.359 Yaxa Lundenberg had 23. 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:31.200 Curry had 25 in a while 20 minutes. 00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:40.720 Curry then passed DeMar DeRozan for 16th in the all-time scoring list with 26,803 points. 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:46.799 He had 41 in an overtime win over Orlando on Saturday. 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:57.680 And Jimmy Butler, who is hurt, who is who's rehabbing a knee, showed up dressed as a coach with a clipboard and said, Pass the Steph. 00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:00.640 That was his intake as far as being a coach. 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:08.400 Laundrieborg said that Butler told told them that he's going to get a tech for them tonight and didn't. 00:27:08.640 --> 00:27:09.759 Shame on him. 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:15.200 If you're going to step up for the fellas, then step up for the fellas, Jimmy. 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:24.160 By the way, you owe all of those dudes a cup of that$50 coffee that you're trying to pass off on everybody. 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:28.160 I hope those guys are getting the coffee for free. 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:32.079 Don't be selling Steph no$50 cup of coffee, my dog. 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:36.640 Now, the Warriors are 8-3. 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.720 It's amazing. 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:49.359 It's amazing that remember when they told they told us that the East was going to be stacked and that they this was the best conference. 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:53.200 Lord and behold, the West is still the best conference, man. 00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:56.000 It's still the best conference. 00:27:56.400 --> 00:28:05.519 Everybody who is in the playoff situation, and that is including the play-in teams, are over 500. 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:08.319 We cannot say that about the East. 00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:14.799 And speaking of the East, we need to get to this heat and Giannis situation right now. 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:24.640 Now, Doc Rivers, who is now no longer a coach in the NBA, started with some noise. 00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:29.359 He was on the Bill Simmons podcast, and this is what he had to say. 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:34.720 He said Giannis doesn't necessarily have a super IQ. 00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:40.559 And that that had he had he has one way, downhill force. 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.519 Force. 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:45.440 And that is not easy to coach. 00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:50.400 Then he told Anscape he meant feel for the game. 00:28:50.880 --> 00:28:53.759 He texted Giannis and said he apologized. 00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:56.400 Rivers called it more of a compliment. 00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:02.000 Giannis after the Heat beat the Kings. 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:04.640 First of all, he's not my coach. 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:07.200 And then I'm speak I'm speechless. 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:10.240 Fair to say that Rivers has walked it back. 00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:12.240 Now the real story. 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:18.160 Giannis is still scoring a bunch of points. 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.039 29. 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.480 Yeah, 14 in the win on Sunday. 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:25.039 He said it plainly. 00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:27.920 Right now, we don't trust one another. 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:33.039 And here's what it looks like in the numbers. 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:36.240 Miami is 25th in defense. 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:48.799 With a team of Bam Autobayo, Giannis Anti Tecumpo, Davion Mitchell, and Andrew Wiggins. 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:53.279 This team is 25th in defense. 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:56.400 They're 20th in offense. 00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:00.960 They've been outscored by 53 points through 10 games. 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:07.759 They've allowed a league worse 20.5 open threes a game. 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:17.119 And the opponent is shooting 39.4% of those threes, which is third highest in the league. 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:22.480 They gave up 138 points and 125 points. 00:30:22.954 --> 00:30:30.315 138 points to the Lakers and then 125 and or more in four of their last seven. 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:37.359 Giannis ties it to the closeouts and late closeouts when guys don't feel backed up. 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:40.559 That's an open step back three. 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:43.920 The offense has a trust problem too. 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:45.680 And here's

the funny part. 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:53.440 The Heat run the fewest on-ball screens in the NBA at 22.3 a game. 00:30:53.759 --> 00:30:57.759 This was a problem when Dame Lillard was in Milwaukee. 00:30:58.079 --> 00:31:03.200 Everybody was talking about that Dame Giannis pick and roll is going to be lethal. 00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:19.279 Because you got one of the most vicious guys going to the rim in Giannis Anthony Tacumpo, and you have one of the most shiftiest guards in Damian Lillard before, obviously, the Achilles injury. 00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:24.079 And it didn't, and you it never materialized in Milwaukee. 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:30.000 And it doesn't surprise me that they have the fewest on-ball screens in the league right now. 00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:36.960 But when they do run them, they're the most efficient offense in the league. 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.920 Hmm. 00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.119 Go figure. 00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:45.200 In their 0-4 start, they averaged 23.5 against Atlanta. 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:49.440 Spokester called 57 and they won. 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:58.240 Pat Riley, Dwayne Wade, Udannis Howsham has come out on the Los Angeles trip, has them talk to the team. 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:01.279 Nobody says what he said. 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:04.319 Spoker had to say. 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.480 the league is not waiting. 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:20.480 And here's the thing the background to all of this is Giannis came over in the June trade, and ESPN said his free agency is looming and the pressure builds this season and next. 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:23.279 They are playing tonight against Utah. 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:27.279 I cannot wait to see what goes on in Utah. 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:28.960 Utah is struggling. 00:32:29.119 --> 00:32:38.160 So if there was a time to get right for the Miami Heat, is there was a time to go ahead and run some ball screens? 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:44.640 Is there was a time to get Clay Thompson out of the starting lineup and put somebody else in? 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:47.119 This is the time to do it. 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:52.240 Because the great thing about the East is that nobody's running away with it. 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.519 The top of the East is absolutely stacked. 00:32:55.680 --> 00:32:59.839 Like you got Philadelphia and you got Boston doing their things and what have you. 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:03.839 But the defending champions is only 5-4. 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:06.079 And we'll get to them a little bit later. 00:33:06.400 --> 00:33:10.559 But before we get to them, we got to get to the Lakers. 00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:14.000 Sunday night at Detroit. 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:19.119 Without Luca, the Lakers win 121 to 116. 00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:28.000 Austin Reeves, who was given a very nice contract, and everybody was skeptical of what that contract meant. 00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:32.880 Like, this is a lot of money to give Austin Reeves to be the number two. 00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:36.400 Well, we don't think, we don't know if he can be the number two. 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:40.720 We can put all that noise to rest. 00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:44.880 Not just because he had 43 against Detroit. 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.960 Here's the thing. 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:51.039 My man is averaging 24 points a game. 00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:57.920 Luca and Austin make up the best 1-2 combo in the league. 00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:02.720 They get buckets no matter who they go up against. 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:10.559 But when Luca was out, Austin stepped up and did his best Luca impersonation by scoring 43. 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:18.719 Walker Kessler, who was brought over from Utah, had 12 points, 16 rebounds, three blocks. 00:34:18.960 --> 00:34:23.440 Now our guy Dennis Jenkins, now I'm going to tell you right now. 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:28.239 Every time he sees the Lakers, it's just a great day for him. 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:31.360 The last time he saw the Lakers, he scored 30. 00:34:31.599 --> 00:34:33.599 This time he scored 31. 00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:36.000 Both are career highs. 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:38.559 He hit eight threes in that game. 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:40.480 Now they held Cade. 00:34:41.199 --> 00:34:43.519 Okay, Cade only had 14. 00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:48.400 So they were asking somebody to beat them other than Cade Cunningham. 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:54.880 And Dennis Jenkins decided that, yo, that must be, they must be talking about me. 00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:57.840 So I'm going to go ahead and try to do what I need to do. 00:34:58.239 --> 00:35:01.599 Now, they fell five, they fell five points short. 00:35:01.760 --> 00:35:04.880 The Lakers prevailed, 121 to 116. 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:07.039 And then here's the thing. 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.400 On a back-to-back, going to Atlanta, mind you. 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:15.360 This wasn't them going to Milwaukee or them going to Chicago. 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:20.159 They went from Detroit, Michigan to Atlanta, Georgia. 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.840 Played Monday night. 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:24.880 Now, Austin swaps out for Luca. 00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.320 So Austin sits down. 00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:28.480 Luca plays in the game. 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:31.840 The Lakers said, it don't matter to us. 00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:35.039 124 to 114. 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:41.039 Luca scores 32, which is actually an off-night for our guy. 00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:42.800 And then here's the thing. 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:44.320 The Lakers are 10-2. 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:47.760 They have the best record in the league. 00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:55.599 And by the way, Luca has scored 50 points twice. 00:35:57.039 --> 00:36:01.760 He scored 52 earlier in the year, and then he had 53 on Friday. 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:12.400 And if you missed it, he hit a 61 footer at the halftime buzzer for three of those 53. 00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:18.159 This ties back to what I

said in supporting Cass segment. 00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:27.840 The Reeves going for 43, Kessler doing what he needs to do on the glass, and also providing ring protection. 00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.960 You're seeing all the pieces. 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.840 Now, here's the thing. 00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:39.360 we're gonna talk about this a little bit later, don't worry, But Reeves is a credible number two. 00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:43.280 And what you always want from your number two is the capacity. 00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:49.599 When your number one goes down, that then he can go ahead and step up and be that number one for you. 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:52.400 And Austin Reeves is doing all of that. 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:55.119 So shouts out to Rob Palinka. 00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:58.800 Shouts out to Austin Reeves for earning this contract. 00:36:59.039 --> 00:37:08.639 And then shouts out for Austin Reeves showing everybody that they can shut their mouth on how his game is. 00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:12.559 Do not be disrespectful to our guy Austin Reeves. 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:27.440 And if you want to call him the Snowtime Lakers, you want to call it the White Walkers of LA, whatever it is that you want to call us, call us also a very, very good team. 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:36.800 Now, speaking of Los Angeles, let's talk about a guy who got his exit out of Los Angeles, shall we? 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.960 Kawhi Leonard. 00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:46.159 Now pinch me if you've not heard this before. 00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:56.239 But the Raptors say Kawhi Leonard will miss at least one more week with swelling in his left knee. 00:37:56.559 --> 00:38:03.599 This all started back in October 27th when he was scratched against the Minnesota Timberwolves. 00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:14.480 Test show, no acute injury, and the team put him in a treatment and rehabilitation program to address the swelling. 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:23.519 Before that, he played in two games, scored 19 points, 19.5 points, on 32% shooting. 00:38:23.760 --> 00:38:26.159 That's a long knee history. 00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:31.360 It is the second week, which is part that we need to watch this. 00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:34.320 And now here's the thing that we need to talk about. 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:41.119 These are the type of things that he did in Los Angeles with the Clippers. 00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:44.559 There would be, and I'm not saying he's faking it. 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:46.719 I'm not saying anything like that. 00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:53.760 All I'm saying is that when you hear the word, there's no acute injury. 00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.199 Right? 00:38:55.679 --> 00:38:59.280 So what they're saying is that we don't know where the swelling's coming from. 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.719 We have no idea. 00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:05.519 Could be water, could be whatever it could be. 00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:12.880 But the one thing that we do know about Kawhi Leonard is that he does not want to play unless he's 100% healthy. 00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:15.840 Unless he feels very, very good. 00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:19.360 That's the only time he really wants to play. 00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:22.400 Now, is it Shay? 00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:24.159 Yeah, you could call it that. 00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:41.679 I'm just saying that if you're paying that dude that type of money, and you know for a fact that he longs for extensions and things of that nature, and you know what the Clickers went through to keep him happy, in Los Angeles, I'm not saying Toronto is doing those things. 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:46.000 I think they're doing everything above board at this point in time. 00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:57.280 But Kawhi is a guy that his talent is so tantalizing, and you want to be able to just extract every bit of it out of him. 00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:00.960 The problem is that he won't let you enjoy it. 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:04.079 He will not let you enjoy it at all. 00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:19.440 So Kawhi Leonard still killing teams out here, unfortunately, still tantalizing the fan bases with incredible performances when he's when he's not hurt. 00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:24.880 But it's always a problem, it's always a situation. 00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:33.840 Now, one team who has benefited from Kawhi Leonard is the Oklahoma City Thunder. 00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:37.360 Remember all the picks they got for Paul George in the Clipper trade? 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:42.000 You know what I'm talking about, but why was Carl George needing to be a Clipper? 00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:47.440 Because Kawhi Leonard said, I'll sign if you get Paul George. 00:40:47.840 --> 00:41:11.599 Now, the Thunder has seen a bunch of injuries themselves, and Sean Sharania has reported, and they have picked up Nick Clifford from the Sacramento Kings, and the Sacramento Kings get a 2028 second-round pick via Utah and a 2030 second-round pick via Minnesota. 00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:22.719 Now, the Thunder, I believe, if I'm not mistaken, they go down from 22 second-round picks to 20 now over the next six years. 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:29.519 Now, Neat Clifford was the 24th overall pick in last year's draft. 00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:33.920 Not this last year, but the year before, the 2025 draft. 00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:36.800 As a rookie, he played in 75 games. 00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:38.239 He showed some promise. 00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:40.159 He was 8.6 points a game. 00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:43.440 He only shot at 41, 8, 41.8%. 00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:50.880 Uh for some reason this season he has fallen out of favor out of the Kings rotations. 00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:52.639 He's played in eight games. 00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:58.320 He's only scored 1.6 points, but he's only averaging 6.2 minutes. 00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:03.840 Now, the why Oklahoma City got him, I can tell you exactly why. 00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:07.679 He is an Oklahoma City type of player. 00:42:08.800 --> 00:42:18.800 And

given long-term injuries of Jalen Williams, Kasen Wallace, and Chet Hungren, here is a cheap alternative to turn to. 00:42:20.800 --> 00:42:21.920 It's a small deal. 00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:25.360 But small deals seemed to work out for Sam Presti. 00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:36.880 Now, Clifford, like I said, fell out of rotation with the Kings, but the Kings have somebody who's taking all the shots right now. 00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:37.519 Okay? 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:41.280 So Neat Clifford wasn't going to get no shots anyway. 00:42:41.519 --> 00:42:43.360 Not with rookie Darius A. 00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.320 Cuff Jr. 00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:45.199 over there. 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:48.400 The Kings rookie point guard, Darius A. 00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:51.679 Cuff, is uh on Sunday against the Miami. 00:42:51.760 --> 00:42:53.280 He had 32 points. 00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:54.960 He had five rebounds. 00:42:55.119 --> 00:43:00.559 He had 10 assists in a 114-108 loss. 00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:05.360 On Wednesday against the Lakers, he had 22 points and 12 assists. 00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:17.119 Now, in 10 games, he's had about 26 points, 7.4 assists, and 3.8 rebounds a night in 37 minutes. 00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:20.320 Here's how fast he got here. 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:27.519 His fifth game against the Pelicans, he scored 34 points and had 14 assists. 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:36.079 That made him the fourth player in NBA history with 30 points and 10 assists in his first five games. 00:43:36.719 --> 00:43:49.760 The other three guys to do it are Oscar Robinson, Isaiah Thomas, and we're talking about Detroit Piston, Isaiah Thomas, and Trey Young. 00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:53.840 The Kings are were 0 5 at that point. 00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:59.519 On Monday, November 2nd, the Kings beat the Dallas Mavericks 115 to 100. 00:44:00.159 --> 00:44:01.360 And it was their first win. 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:06.079 Acuff had 25 points, six assists, five rebounds. 00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:12.639 He was the first rookie since Luka Doncic to put up with 25, 5, and 5 in three straight games. 00:44:14.960 --> 00:44:22.320 And when we look at the points that he's getting and the assists that he's getting, he's the usage level is off the charts. 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:24.239 But here's the other thing. 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:26.480 My man is taking shots. 00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:40.159 Okay, there was a point where Demonis Abonis, a longtime Sacramento King, was kind of grumbling about, hey, uh, am I going to get shots? 00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:44.239 And Darius Aka is going to tell you straight up, no, dog. 00:44:44.719 --> 00:44:45.920 No, you're not. 00:44:46.639 --> 00:44:47.920 You know why? 00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:50.320 Because I'm here now. 00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:55.840 And if I'm here and I got the ball in my hand, you know what's going to happen? 00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:58.559 You're not going to shoot the ball very much. 00:45:00.400 --> 00:45:02.960 Because I'm the future and you're the past. 00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:10.639 You couldn't get it done, but I'm going to do it and I'm going to learn on the job training style. 00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:13.440 So shout out to Darius A. 00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:14.400 Cuff Jr. 00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:16.239 for putting up buckets. 00:45:17.199 --> 00:45:22.000 He is really the must-see situation in Sacramento at this point in time. 00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:23.920 He is fun to watch. 00:45:24.159 --> 00:45:27.039 Listen, he might be a bit of a gunner. 00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:43.119 But now that he's getting up into those double-digit assists, and you know, the little situation with Demonisabonis has kind of blown itself over, and it's a little bit better, and he's getting uh demonic subonis involved in the pick and roll. 00:45:43.280 --> 00:45:45.280 You know, it seems like it's all love. 00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:47.840 But my boy is getting buckets. 00:45:48.000 --> 00:45:49.119 Okay, Darius A. 00:45:49.280 --> 00:45:50.079 Cup Jr. 00:45:50.239 --> 00:45:56.239 is a bucket getter, and he is he is going to prove it to you every single night. 00:45:57.119 --> 00:46:04.239 So Sacramento is going to be a bleak season as far as the wins are concerned. 00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:08.559 But just enjoy the development of Darius A. 00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.599 Cup Jr. 00:46:10.159 --> 00:46:13.760 And then hopefully you can get a good pick next year as well. 00:46:14.079 --> 00:46:22.000 To start to build on this particular talent in Darius A. 00:46:22.079 --> 00:46:22.719 Cup Jr. 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:32.960 And then hopefully you can start forming a young nucleus that can bring you back to some respectability sometime in the near future. 00:46:33.679 --> 00:46:37.760 Now, the Lakers 10-2. 00:46:39.519 --> 00:46:42.559 And Luca and Reeves are the engine. 00:46:42.719 --> 00:46:46.239 The others have been holding it down on their end as well. 00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:50.400 So Monday night, we talked to you a little bit about what happened. 00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:57.440 Austin Reeves was out sick, and they were also without Quentin Grimes with a spraying finger. 00:46:57.840 --> 00:46:59.440 Luca said, No problem. 00:46:59.679 --> 00:47:00.639 I got you. 00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:07.679 Here's 32 for the Atlanta Hawks, and we're going to get out of here with a 124-114 win. 00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:14.000 Now, here's the thing that I want to kind of talk about when it comes to the Lakers. 00:47:14.400 --> 00:47:15.440 They're 10-2. 00:47:17.360 --> 00:47:22.480 Luca is on another level now as far as his production is concerned. 00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:30.320 Austin seems to be the perfect complement to Luca Doncic as his robbing to Lucas Batman. 00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:33.280 I have one critique. 00:47:33.599 --> 00:47:36.320 It's the turnovers for the both of them. 00:47:37.119 --> 00:47:40.320 They are both turnover prone this season. 00:47:41.440 --> 00:47:49.519 Some of that I can explain that they have

nine new players through trades, through the draft, and free agency. 00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:57.840 So continuity comes with time, and we're only 12 games into it, and that's not enough time for a team to uh jail. 00:47:58.000 --> 00:47:59.119 Sorry about that. 00:47:59.440 --> 00:48:05.840 The rebounding and the defensive issues are also still there and they're still real. 00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:09.119 Even with Walker Kessler being there. 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:12.000 We are going to talk about that soon. 00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:16.400 But the thing that I do want to discuss is this. 00:48:17.360 --> 00:48:25.599 As much shit as I've given Rob Palenka over the years, I must give him his flowers this year. 00:48:26.719 --> 00:48:29.679 Because we're going to talk about the others. 00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:41.599 Now we're going to talk about, you know, maybe something that concerns me, but we are going to talk about the others and what they're doing and how the Lakers are now 10 and 2. 00:48:43.199 --> 00:48:52.320 So when I ask what the team needs, and I'm asking about them and what do they do well, and where are they thin? 00:48:52.559 --> 00:48:54.400 Let's get into it a little bit. 00:48:56.159 --> 00:49:00.159 We'll start with the Sunday game against Detroit. 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:03.039 Luca was out. 00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:05.599 He had back tightness. 00:49:06.000 --> 00:49:12.639 So it's when you're scoring as many points as Luca scoring, you're going to have back tightness too. 00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:13.679 You know what I'm saying? 00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:17.920 But again, Austin held it down like a real G. 00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:31.519 He spent time on the other guys, Kessler in the fourth quarter, a block dunk on one end, and then a and one plug back on the other end. 00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:48.159 Listen, Walker Kessler is a double-double machine, and also we gave a stat in our last podcast that he is 43.1% uh at the rim when shots are coming at him, and that's a crazy stat. 00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:57.920 Now, Zaire Williamson and Zaire Williams and Matisse Steible are the defensive wings that the Lakers needed. 00:49:58.159 --> 00:50:04.159 Both are on minimum contracts, and they produced beyond their paychecks. 00:50:04.480 --> 00:50:07.840 One of those examples is harassing Kay Cunningham. 00:50:08.320 --> 00:50:14.800 Kate Cunningham has zero points in the first half of that game. 00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:16.400 I will say that again. 00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:26.639 Kate Cunningham, who's been averaging like 28 a game, has zero points in the first half against the Lakers. 00:50:27.760 --> 00:50:32.159 Now, after the game, Austin didn't sound like a guy who had dropped 43. 00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:37.280 He said a lot of the a lot of the wins this year having been having been clean. 00:50:37.760 --> 00:50:45.599 He said if they clean up the offensive rebounding and the turnovers, they will get more shots. 00:50:45.760 --> 00:50:47.360 Those

are his words. 00:50:48.559 --> 00:50:50.719 I will say this about Austin. 00:50:52.000 --> 00:50:55.360 He is really growing into that leadership role. 00:50:55.519 --> 00:50:57.519 And he says what needs to be said. 00:50:57.679 --> 00:51:07.920 So even in a win, he's talking about not, oh, we we accomplished this, and this is great, and we're doing great and what have you. 00:51:08.000 --> 00:51:10.480 He's talking about where we can get better. 00:51:11.119 --> 00:51:15.199 Where are the deficiencies at and what we need to tighten up? 00:51:15.679 --> 00:51:30.800 That's somebody that seems to have like JJ Redick on speed dial, or they have Zoom calls, or they're FaceTiming each other, and saying, hey, shit, we gotta get some more rebounding, we gotta get some more on ball pressure and what have you. 00:51:30.880 --> 00:51:37.599 So we get easy early looks so we're not getting these turnovers as we've been getting them. 00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:40.400 Now, Monday happens, right? 00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:41.599 We got into this. 00:51:41.840 --> 00:51:48.400 No Austin, no Grimes, and then Luca comes out and scores 32. 00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:55.679 Our guy Cameron Carr, who hasn't had a lot of run as a rookie, had a dunk, which was awesome. 00:51:56.000 --> 00:52:08.320 Colin Sexton was running the offense as Luca was coming down pin downs and then getting the ball up at the top of the key and doing what Luca does, which is Luca Magic. 00:52:09.840 --> 00:52:12.239 Now they had they went up by 20. 00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:26.400 There was a point where that team was up real big against um Detroit, but they got up on uh they got up on Atlanta by 20. 00:52:27.280 --> 00:52:34.320 And Atlanta continued to come back because the turnover situation kept on rearing its ugly head. 00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:39.599 Now Sexton gave them some juice attacking the paint. 00:52:39.679 --> 00:52:41.920 He had 18 points and six assists. 00:52:42.159 --> 00:52:50.400 Our guy, Sandro Mamu Kilashvili, scored 23 points, just doing it real big, eight rebounds. 00:52:50.800 --> 00:52:55.679 He was plus 20, which is great. 00:52:56.559 --> 00:53:01.440 You know, anytime you can be productive like that, it's always a good thing. 00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:05.599 The bench score 49, which is a season high. 00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:07.679 It wasn't easy though. 00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:17.280 Atlanta continued to cut into that lead and got it to five in the fourth quarter, and then Thai will hit a three late to put it away. 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:23.840 That makes three wins in three games where Luca or Austin sat. 00:53:24.559 --> 00:53:29.599 Both of the Lakers, both of the Lakers losses came with both of them in the lineup. 00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:42.880 Now, if you go back to last Wednesday in Sacramento, the Lakers were down 16-8, and then Luca scored 11 straight in the second quarter. 00:53:43.119 --> 00:53:47.280 Reddick said the teams feeds off of him. 00:53:47.599 --> 00:53:48.719 They believe in him. 00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:54.079 When Luca is making three in a row, everybody looks good. 00:53:54.239 --> 00:54:02.960 What I want to know is what the other guys are doing on those nights that those do not come. 00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:08.880 Let's face it, Luca's been on an incredible run. 00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:10.880 Incredible run. 00:54:11.599 --> 00:54:14.639 Up until last night, he was averaging 40 points a game. 00:54:14.719 --> 00:54:22.480 He dropped he because he scored only 32 last night, he dropped to 39.3 points a game. 00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:23.119 Okay. 00:54:24.480 --> 00:54:27.280 Luca is still damn near averaging 40. 00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:33.760 So, what does it look like when Luca doesn't score 40 or 50? 00:54:33.920 --> 00:54:37.119 Because that's where that's kind of the era that he's been in. 00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:40.480 Now Luca's usage rate is 40%. 00:54:41.599 --> 00:54:44.639 Austin's usage rate is 27. 00:54:45.519 --> 00:54:53.519 The next highest guy on the team is Colin Sexton at 25, and sometimes we wonder about some of his decision making. 00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:56.960 Now for the good news about the other guys. 00:54:57.280 --> 00:55:08.000 Five of them are shooting six 60% or better in their true shooting while using less than 18% of the possessions. 00:55:08.239 --> 00:55:11.280 Kessler is at 6 69.2. 00:55:11.679 --> 00:55:17.119 Zaire Williams is at a astonishing 70.8. 00:55:17.679 --> 00:55:30.719 Thibal and Mamu, Kikishvili, and La Ravier are all between uh 60.4 and 64.2 when it comes to their true shooting percentage. 00:55:31.360 --> 00:55:33.920 Those guys are getting them up. 00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:50.000 When they are pass the ball, they are making quick decisions, and they're being very decisive with their reads, whether they're just hoisting it up from three or pump faking and then moving towards the basket. 00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:53.440 Kessler is the cleanest example. 00:55:53.599 --> 00:55:57.519 He's scoring 14.9 points a game on nine shot. 00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:06.159 All twos, by the way, which is dunks, putbacks, layups, reverse jams, all of that. 00:56:07.039 --> 00:56:10.079 He's rebounding the ball at a respectable level. 00:56:10.159 --> 00:56:17.360 He's at 10.8 uh rebounds a game, and he's averaging 2.3 blocks a game as well. 00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:22.000 His box plus minus is a 3.3. 00:56:22.400 --> 00:56:25.679 He's third on the team behind Luca and Zaire Williams. 00:56:26.159 --> 00:56:28.800 A caution of on Zaire Williams. 00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:35.199 He is uh 70.8 in 9 games in 221 minutes. 00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:41.440 Thaible is shooting 39.2% from three on four attempts a game. 00:56:41.599 --> 00:56:51.199 Now it's a small sample size, but these would be these are high watermark levels for these type of dudes. 00:56:51.519 --> 00:56:56.400 They're playing above their pay grade right now, for sure. 00:56:58.159 --> 00:57:05.199 The two guys on

the other side of it, Sexton, is averaging 10.3 points a game with a usage rate of 25.5. 00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:08.639 His true shooting percentage is 53.3%. 00:57:09.440 --> 00:57:20.000 He's only hitting 29.7% from three in his box plus minus right now, is at a negative 3.5, which is the lowest in the rotation. 00:57:21.360 --> 00:57:25.679 But he moves it, he protects it, he assists rate is at 20%. 00:57:26.239 --> 00:57:31.920 His turnover rate, even though you would think it'd be higher, is only at 11.7. 00:57:32.880 --> 00:57:39.119 Now Grimes is shooting the ball at 24.2% from three on three attempts. 00:57:39.440 --> 00:57:41.199 We needed more from him. 00:57:41.519 --> 00:57:51.599 His box plus minus is a negative 2.3, but he gets it to the line, and his free throw rate is at 52.3%. 00:57:53.519 --> 00:57:57.519 They both have made big plays uh in the Detroit game. 00:57:57.679 --> 00:58:02.400 Sexton, like I said, he had 18 points uh that game as well. 00:58:03.199 --> 00:58:08.159 So what is it that the Lakers are lacking? 00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:14.159 The Lakers are averaging 40.3 rebounds a game. 00:58:14.800 --> 00:58:16.880 That's 29th in the league. 00:58:17.199 --> 00:58:33.199 Opponents are averaging 41, and on the offensive glass, the Lakers are getting 10.7, and opponents are getting 13.5, and the opponents are they'll recover, they're recovered 31% of their own misses. 00:58:33.360 --> 00:58:37.280 The Lakers recover 28% of their own misses. 00:58:37.840 --> 00:58:47.840 Kessler and Luca together are about 43% of the team's rebounds on about a quarter of the minutes. 00:58:48.079 --> 00:58:55.440 Now, the defensive rebounding has been atrocious, even with Kessler and Luca. 00:58:56.000 --> 00:59:04.480 Mamu Kilishvili is doing what he can do as far as that's concerned, but he's not the shot blocker, and he's not a really big body. 00:59:04.559 --> 00:59:18.320 He's 6'9, he's 230, which you know he's a decently well-built dude, but the Lakers are lacking another big wing. 00:59:19.119 --> 00:59:22.159 I love the contributions from Zaire Williams. 00:59:22.320 --> 00:59:24.480 I think he's been phenomenal. 00:59:24.960 --> 00:59:35.599 Quinn Grimes has obviously been a little disappointing, but when it comes to rebounding, the Lakers are gonna have to get better at it. 00:59:35.920 --> 00:59:40.239 The other issue with the Lakers is the turnovers. 00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:45.519 They commit 16.8 game and they force 18.6. 00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:52.079 Luca and Austin commit 44% of the turnovers. 00:59:54.239 --> 00:59:57.119 That's my critique from the top. 00:59:57.599 --> 00:59:59.119 And that counts. 00:59:59.599 --> 01:00:00.639 That counts. 01:00:00.880 --> 01:00:08.159 You gotta have if you got the two guys with the biggest usage have the most turnovers, there's a problem. 01:00:08.719 --> 01:00:17.039 Now, again, I will sit here and defend that a little bit and go, the the roster turnover for the Lakers has been astounding. 01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:26.000 And you gotta get time to commit to one another, know exactly where everybody's gonna be, pretty much on a nightly basis. 01:00:26.159 --> 01:00:30.800 Now you can scheme that up, and JJ Redick is one of the best at doing that. 01:00:31.199 --> 01:00:41.199 But until you really trust, completely have that trust in one another, and say, okay, my assignment is to be in this corner. 01:00:41.440 --> 01:00:55.599 Now, no matter what Luca does, until I'm given the go-ahead to sprint towards the rim or make a cut towards the rim, I need to be disciplined and stand in this corner. 01:00:56.480 --> 01:01:00.480 Because Luca is a great passing guard. 01:01:00.800 --> 01:01:12.239 He can find you when he's not looking at you, he can find you when he's looking up at the stars, he can find you when he's arguing with uh with fans in the stand. 01:01:12.400 --> 01:01:13.760 It doesn't matter. 01:01:14.400 --> 01:01:17.519 He is and he'll put it right on you. 01:01:17.760 --> 01:01:22.320 But the problem is that you gotta be in the area that you're supposed to be in. 01:01:23.199 --> 01:01:24.800 That's the rule. 01:01:25.199 --> 01:01:27.199 Them's the breaks. 01:01:28.400 --> 01:01:39.599 So again, the Lakers need to stop turning the ball over as much as they are, and it will be a better product for sure. 01:01:40.159 --> 01:01:41.119 Defense. 01:01:41.280 --> 01:01:58.639 The Lakers are second in the league in steals at 10.8, they're third in blocks at 6.4, and their defensive rating is still at an atrocious 114.7, which is 18th in the NBA. 01:01:59.039 --> 01:02:06.880 Opponents are taking 40.8 threes a game, and they make 37.6% of them. 01:02:07.360 --> 01:02:12.480 Thibal is the only wing that shows up defense in those numbers. 01:02:12.719 --> 01:02:23.119 He has a steal rate of 4.1, he has a block rate of 3.6, Kessler's block rate is 8 because he's on another level right now. 01:02:23.599 --> 01:02:32.000 Uh again, Kessler's defense has been sterling. 01:02:32.239 --> 01:02:34.960 Love what he's doing, but he's one guy. 01:02:35.840 --> 01:02:43.199 You need to get more buy-in, and you get need to get more like on ball pressure. 01:02:44.719 --> 01:02:54.960 These are things that have always plagued the Lakers, and when you have Luca Doncic and you have Austin Reeves, the other guys matter when it comes to this. 01:02:57.039 --> 01:03:02.159 So we talked about the rebounding, we talked about the turnovers. 01:03:02.559 --> 01:03:04.480 Well, where do you get better? 01:03:04.719 --> 01:03:06.400 How do you get better? 01:03:06.960 --> 01:03:08.000 What happens? 01:03:08.159 --> 01:03:21.199 Well, you can say that with growth of Sexton and Grimes and getting more comfortable with like right now, Grimes might be actually trying too hard. 01:03:22.639 --> 01:03:27.440 JJ Redick even told Colin Sexton that he needed to slow down a little bit. 01:03:28.880 --> 01:03:38.239 And he can become the connector and that

like emotional leader off the bench and provide the juice that the Lakers need. 01:03:38.880 --> 01:03:51.599 Now, I'm gonna give you a couple examples of what the Lakers might be looking for, but this these are not these are not guys that I am provocating for them to get. 01:03:51.840 --> 01:03:57.760 Okay, these are just examples of types of dudes that will help them. 01:03:59.599 --> 01:04:25.840 If the Lakers could get like an Anthony Black type or Dyson Daniels type, provided if Dyson Daniels could shoot the basketball because he can't, but that type of on ball hound dog that just absolutely wrecks offensive timing and getting into your set, then Lakers would be a better defense. 01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:33.519 Um having guys like that around Luca and Austin would only help. 01:04:34.159 --> 01:04:35.599 Would only help. 01:04:36.320 --> 01:04:42.320 Now, I'm not saying that you need to replace Grimes or anything like that. 01:04:42.400 --> 01:04:43.760 You gotta give this time. 01:04:44.000 --> 01:04:53.440 But if I had my brothers, that would be the type of composite type of guy that I'll be looking for. 01:04:53.599 --> 01:04:57.280 Now, could they get Anthony Black from Orlando? 01:04:57.440 --> 01:05:00.400 I don't think that the Lakers have the assets to get that. 01:05:00.719 --> 01:05:20.239 Um now Dyson Daniels continues to struggle with what the Lakers have, they might be able to get him, but the problem is is that does he become a uh does he become a Vanderbilt issue where Vanderbilt cannot hit an open shot to save his life? 01:05:20.559 --> 01:05:32.239 And if the last uh Atlanta game I saw, which was last night, there's points in the game where Dyson Daniels not even looking at the at the realm, and he's wide ass open. 01:05:33.280 --> 01:05:43.360 So, again, it's not the exact dudes that I'm saying that they need to go get, but that's the prototype that I'm asking them to go get. 01:05:44.000 --> 01:05:51.440 Being second in steals and third and block in third and blocks is great, but being 18th in defensive rating is terrible. 01:05:52.000 --> 01:05:54.000 That's the gap that tells the story. 01:05:54.639 --> 01:05:57.360 So, how do you help that situation? 01:05:58.480 --> 01:06:03.360 You need to get Help on the defensive rebounding thing. 01:06:03.519 --> 01:06:05.760 Now you can sit there and do this two ways. 01:06:06.400 --> 01:06:10.000 You can go and try to get yourself a backup big. 01:06:10.639 --> 01:06:10.960 Okay? 01:06:11.920 --> 01:06:13.440 Well, good luck with that. 01:06:13.599 --> 01:06:15.280 They're they're hard to come by. 01:06:15.519 --> 01:06:17.679 Or you can go get you a big wing. 01:06:18.719 --> 01:06:25.840 You know, a guy who can do maybe play the 3-4 position, but it has a good rebounding rate. 01:06:26.800 --> 01:06:32.880 You know, that's a that's a um PJ Washington type of guy. 01:06:33.280 --> 01:06:39.440 That would be a what's my guy from Chicago's name? 01:06:40.639 --> 01:06:42.400 Plays backup center for them. 01:06:43.199 --> 01:06:46.800 I'm trying to think of guys that would fit this role. 01:06:48.559 --> 01:06:50.719 PJ Washington really is that type of guy. 01:06:50.880 --> 01:06:53.440 Tari Eason would be that type of guy. 01:06:54.239 --> 01:07:02.159 Tari Eason would really be somebody that would benefit that type of role for the Lakers. 01:07:02.239 --> 01:07:05.039 Now I'm not saying that you can get them. 01:07:05.519 --> 01:07:09.760 I am saying that it's a prototype that you can look for. 01:07:10.559 --> 01:07:37.360 And see, sometimes things aren't just going to be available the way you want to, either because you are out of um picks or or things that and you know ammunition to get these guys from other people, or they're just not available because they're so tied to the team that they're with. 01:07:38.079 --> 01:07:44.239 Like I don't think Houston's ready to give up on Tari Easton unless they get something that bowls them over. 01:07:45.280 --> 01:07:49.519 And what would bowl Houston Houston over would be Austin Reeves? 01:07:49.679 --> 01:07:53.920 So, Laker fans, would you be willing to give up Austin Reeves right now? 01:07:55.119 --> 01:07:57.599 Austin Reeves is playing like an all-star. 01:07:59.679 --> 01:08:03.440 Contract whatever you might have said in the beginning. 01:08:03.920 --> 01:08:09.039 Whatever you might have said when the con when he got the contract, oh, he's not worth all this money. 01:08:09.199 --> 01:08:15.519 There's a lot of conjecture in Los Angeles about what Austin was worth when he got his contract. 01:08:16.800 --> 01:08:19.600 I bet you that quiets down a little bit. 01:08:20.960 --> 01:08:36.479 Like I listen to Yoban Buha and I listen to his podcast, and I hear some of these trades that Laker fans are are putting out there and and talking about Austin and what have you, and I just I'm dumbfounded by any of that. 01:08:36.560 --> 01:08:38.560 I'm like, are you watching the game? 01:08:40.079 --> 01:08:43.279 Yeah, I understand the turnovers are not not cool. 01:08:43.439 --> 01:08:44.399 I get it. 01:08:45.279 --> 01:08:59.840 But again, this is this is not in VA2K where you put the team together and you go, okay, I got the perfect team, and they automatically have chemistry, they automatically have continuity. 01:09:00.239 --> 01:09:15.439 These are real people who are moving in Los Angeles, understanding the layout of Los Angeles, understanding the fan base of Los Angeles, understanding like where they need to be on the court. 01:09:16.239 --> 01:09:23.279 These are regular human beings, and it's not gonna always go smoothly. 01:09:23.840 --> 01:09:28.880 So, yes, right now there's turnover issues. 01:09:29.199 --> 01:09:31.119 Will that dissipate with time? 01:09:31.600 --> 01:09:34.880 I would think most likely, yeah. 01:09:35.920 --> 01:09:50.000 I can't guarantee it, but I can sit here and tell you that I would think because Luke is very smart, Austin's very smart,

they're not trying to turn the ball over. 01:09:50.800 --> 01:09:53.279 I think that will get better with time. 01:09:53.840 --> 01:09:54.960 Just saying. 01:09:56.399 --> 01:10:00.239 But yeah, the Lakers could use a little help here and there. 01:10:00.640 --> 01:10:01.279 100%. 01:10:01.920 --> 01:10:10.479 I love what LaRavia is doing, even though he's not providing a bunch of points, but he's just one of those junkyard dogs that you absolutely need. 01:10:10.800 --> 01:10:15.680 And he's been a tremendous offensive rebounder for the Lakers. 01:10:16.239 --> 01:10:26.000 And he's giving them exactly what they need right now, even though, again, the production is not where exactly where we want it. 01:10:26.239 --> 01:10:31.199 It's you know, he he's very, very particular about the shots he takes. 01:10:31.520 --> 01:10:37.199 Um, but as far as the hustle, the defense, the grunt work, he does, he definitely does that. 01:10:37.840 --> 01:10:54.720 So as far as what the Lakers are going to be able to do, I would tell Lakers fans, do not be disappointed if the Lakers don't go out and make a big move during the trade deadline because they just don't have a bunch of ammunition to go out and get it. 01:10:55.279 --> 01:11:02.960 I think what we need to do is give Rob Polinka a very good grade for what he did in the offseason. 01:11:03.119 --> 01:11:05.359 Walker Castler is a home run. 01:11:05.680 --> 01:11:07.760 Zaire Williams is a home run. 01:11:08.000 --> 01:11:12.399 Mammoose Killis Vili is a is a is a double or triple. 01:11:13.680 --> 01:11:14.800 You know what I'm saying? 01:11:15.039 --> 01:11:20.800 The the rebirth of Zach of Jake La Ravia is awesome. 01:11:20.960 --> 01:11:24.560 This dude is shooting the three-ball at a high level. 01:11:25.039 --> 01:11:30.720 Uh, we've been really blessed by what he's been able to give us. 01:11:31.039 --> 01:11:34.479 Matisse Thibel is shooting is shooting the hell out the basketball. 01:11:34.640 --> 01:11:35.600 Love what he's doing. 01:11:35.840 --> 01:11:38.960 And then what he's doing on the defensive end is great. 01:11:39.520 --> 01:11:47.439 Colin Sexton has been up and down, but I would say that he has been more of a contributor than a detriment. 01:11:47.840 --> 01:11:49.680 And Quentin Grimes, yeah. 01:11:50.239 --> 01:11:53.039 They all don't go right. 01:11:53.439 --> 01:11:54.239 You know what I'm saying? 01:11:54.319 --> 01:11:59.439 They all, and again, I think that Grimes is putting a lot of pressure on himself. 01:11:59.760 --> 01:12:01.920 I think he has got to the LA market. 01:12:02.239 --> 01:12:10.800 He wants to produce for the Lakers fans out there, and I think with time, if he's given the time, he will come around. 01:12:11.039 --> 01:12:23.119 But Polinka did a really good job in the offseason, and this is coming from a guy who's been one of his harshest critics since he got the role. 01:12:23.520 --> 01:12:33.359 My verdict is this Luca is absolutely freaking elite, and he deserves to be the front runner for the MVP. 01:12:33.920 --> 01:12:39.039 Austin Reeves is a bona fide all-star. 01:12:39.760 --> 01:12:51.840 And if the efficiency stays exactly where it is, and he's gonna average what he's gonna average, this dude is going to flirt with third team all NBA for sure. 01:12:52.880 --> 01:12:55.760 Do they need more rebounding? 01:12:56.159 --> 01:12:59.760 Do they need maybe one more ball handler? 01:13:01.439 --> 01:13:02.960 Yeah, they do. 01:13:03.600 --> 01:13:15.840 Would it be nice to have a more credible on ball defender that just is an absolute pest and wrecks offensive sets? 01:13:16.640 --> 01:13:17.279 Yes. 01:13:17.680 --> 01:13:25.600 Would it be great to have a really solid solid backup big that can take pressure off of Walker Kessler? 01:13:26.079 --> 01:13:26.720 100%. 01:13:27.279 --> 01:13:44.560 But Rome was not built in a day, and all the pieces that Rob did get us, we need to go ahead and be like, hey man, that dude did a really good job in the offseason with what he had to work with and what was out there. 01:13:46.319 --> 01:13:47.520 Just saying. 01:13:48.927 --> 01:13:57.728 And I'm not sure that Jonathan Kaminga would have been the the type of guy to fall in place here. 01:13:58.720 --> 01:14:12.079 I think the type of guy that works here is not just gonna be predicated on talent and your athletic ability, it's gonna be predicated on a lot of factors. 01:14:12.239 --> 01:14:17.359 I think the Lakers now finally are looking for a specific type of dude. 01:14:18.239 --> 01:14:27.039 They're looking for real grinders, guys with chips on their shoulder, but chips on their shoulder to say, hey, you know, I belong. 01:14:27.199 --> 01:14:39.359 I belong, I deserve minutes, and this is why I deserve minutes because I am going to be an absolute productive member of this squad once I get the opportunity to do so. 01:14:40.399 --> 01:14:53.920 So I will tell you this: the Lakers did great, they have a lot of bench pieces that we absolutely love, and as a Lakers fan, I can't be more uh uh pleased with what is going on. 01:14:54.399 --> 01:15:00.239 So, with that being said, we we said a lot, we did a lot today, and I want to tell you this. 01:15:00.640 --> 01:15:10.399 If frpc is your spot, do us one favor, share this episode with one person in your group chat who needs to hear it the most. 01:15:10.960 --> 01:15:20.239 Pull up on us on X, which is at frontrunnerpc, or at socially underscore FRPC. 01:15:20.960 --> 01:15:24.159 We are on the TikToks, okay? 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