Episode 420: Chris Paul Returns To The Clippers ft. Justin Russo (LIVE Edition)

Chris Paul makes his way back to the LA Clippers and the roster looks to be complete. How will the rotations shake out? Who gets the AARP reward points for the hotels booked? Do the Clippers have enough talent stockpiled to navigate missed time?

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:10):
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(00:54):
need lawyers justin Rousseau. We're talking Chris Paul being.

Speaker 2 (00:58):
He had a name if you need a lawyer for that,
because we call him Russeau.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
There we go. We're talking Chris Paul back with the Clippers.
Before we get into the x's and o's of it
and everything, this was kind of telegraphed we were all
expecting this news at some point this week. I think,
nostalgia wise, how are we feeling, because that's I feel
phenomenal in that sense. Justin mister Rousseau will start with you,

(01:27):
just strictly nostalgiaise how we feel?

Speaker 3 (01:30):
Yeah, why not? Why shouldn't you feel great?

Speaker 2 (01:34):
Like?

Speaker 3 (01:35):
I get it, people want a younger team. Let's get
the old guy vibes. You know, like third quarter of
a tight game, Chris Paul just randomly could look at like,
I don't even know who's even a young guy left
on the team. Trent and Flowers could be sitting there
and Chris Paul could just straight up just tell them, hey, man,

(01:56):
I've seen some shit and like, you know that kind
of vibe.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Man, he Hey, look, when you have the lengthy career
of Chris Paul, You've been in a few literal wars.

Speaker 3 (02:11):
You've yelled at your center for not going up with
a putback. You've had to flop off in Game seven
against James Harden in the bubble. You know, You've You've
done some things. You've been murdered by a massive three
to one collapse a couple of times. I guess and
you know you've seen some ship's kind of like a

(02:33):
war vet. Let him come home and tell some stories.

Speaker 1 (02:35):
Man, Thank you for that incredibly morbid take on Chris
Pall returning to the Clippers like a war vet to
share some horrifying stories with the young. They're not hor
like you.

Speaker 3 (02:50):
Yeah, but they're character building, you know.

Speaker 2 (02:56):
The tale.

Speaker 4 (02:57):
The real question is who's he given the watch to
carrying on it?

Speaker 3 (03:02):
You know what I mean?

Speaker 4 (03:03):
Who's getting Matt wash that uncomfortable piece of metal?

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Who's getting it? Will? Were you like David Hang? We're
also live at YouTube dot collumpish at Clipper's podcast. In
the fatal audio later, Will did you also cry when
you woke up this morning? In sealther news every morning?

Speaker 4 (03:19):
But that's that's little news.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
In terms of joy.

Speaker 3 (03:23):
This time Will cries because he's happy he made it
another day at the world.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
Yeah, every day is a mystery. Every day's bless uh No,
I mean I was excited, like I you know, I
feel like it's it's nice to have some context and
some time past because even though things ended like amicably
between the teams, I I, you know, things didn't feel
right and I think Chris Paul is the type of

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player who's sort of like annoyances and eccentricities are mags
so magnified when he plays uh for another team that
is not yours, then I think was kind of difficult.
There were some regular season games of truly no consequence
to anyone but me against the Rockets that were particularly frustrating.

(04:09):
But it's it's good to see him back, and I
you know, I'm glad that he's beat his finals addiction,
and you know, who knows. Who knows if he'll relapse
this season? Who knows?

Speaker 3 (04:21):
Yeah, can we just talk about for a second. He
got blindsided? He got blindsided by Pat Bev and still
came back to the Clippers. What a legend? Actually true?

Speaker 1 (04:33):
Adam, you're nostalgic feelings for Chris Paul returning?

Speaker 2 (04:37):
Yeah, I feel good about this, especially because he's still good, Like,
he's still very good. He still helps you win. If
it was just the nostalgia, I'd probably get over it
pretty quickly. But he can help this team, and I
think that's the biggest thing here. But yeah, the nostalgia
part of it, I don't know. I'm thinking of the

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seaman call when he hit the shot over Tim Duncan
in Game seven. God bless Chris Ball. I mean that stuff.
I play it all the time in Clippers rewind whenever
they're going up against him now as an opponent, but
now I'll be back with them. I love it. I'm
here for it. I think, you know, for the most part, uh,

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all wounds heel and if anybody was upset because he
was the enemy and it's sports, it's time to get
over that and welcome and welcome him back with open arms.
It's time Joseph Ryan Award included wow Ward family man.

(05:42):
The kids have softened his cold heart, so he should
welcome GRIZZYB three back.

Speaker 3 (05:47):
Can you imagine that first ovation he gets, like that
opening night when he gets announced, like in like the
like you know, the full introduction for every player, and
like I don't think it's cheesy to say the arena
that he helped build.

Speaker 1 (06:01):
And a large part of their success to get yeah,
and not.

Speaker 3 (06:05):
Like I know we've kind of joked over the over
the years, like oh so and so helped build this arena.
That guy actually helped build it, maybe not construction wise,
but he was the reason that actually was able to
be a reality.

Speaker 1 (06:17):
Of course, you don't mean literally. Thank you for clarifying that.

Speaker 3 (06:20):
He could have been there. We don't know what he
was doing some of those summers.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
You know, Adam, I like that you mentioned that he's good,
which helps this whole thing. It does. We've had.

Speaker 3 (06:32):
Chris notoriously not shitty at basketball.

Speaker 1 (06:36):
Yes, what he brings to the Clippers team, Adam, you
were tweeting out the mid range numbers the Lob the
Jam had a very funny tweet that was, what do
you trust more Chris Paul mid range? RUSS layup?

Speaker 2 (06:52):
Chris Paul midrange might technically be more efficient at this point.
I don't know. Yeah, I don't look those RUSS numbers.

Speaker 1 (07:01):
And I guess on the Yeah, that's what it is.
He can hit the three, And I think people were
worried about the fit, right, everyone including myself. I said
I would chug a bottle of whiskey if he was
brought on the team in any kind of way, that
he was going to start with James Harden. But all
the wordedge, we gotta feel good, right, Lawrence Frank said.

Speaker 2 (07:20):
A few people about to relapse.

Speaker 1 (07:22):
Hung Yeah, hey, it's a dark pod. I'm surprised that
it took this turn so early too. Lawrence Frank said
today he's joining us as a reserve point guard and
it's excited to fill whatever role. Tylo, that's true. It's
an A plus move with that feeling, right.

Speaker 2 (07:39):
Yeah. I think when Rousseau you were on the call
with him talking about the Bradley Beule signing and he expressed,
you know what it means, whoever the next guy is
that signs with the Clippers, And to me, that kind
of gave a blueprint of what they're looking for and
the role that Chris or whoever it was going to be.
But I think we kind of knew it was going
to be. Chris had to accept, and he's buying in

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and he's back home and he understands it's a reserve role.
They put that explicitly in the press release. There's no
ambiguity about roles with guys they're bringing in right now,
and he talked about learning from their mistakes in the
past with that, and it looks really clear and direct
with what they're expecting at a Chris and what he
can provide.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
Yeah. I think, well, first off, hats off the law
Mary for just straight up asking him because like, well, no,
like as someone once told me, if you want a
direct answer, just asked a direct question, and that was
a very direct question, got a very direct answer, which

(08:45):
kind of also gave it away that it was happening,
just based on the fact that, like, of course we're
looking at Chris Paul, like, you know, why wouldn't we
kind of thing, and uh, you know, I I thought
it was interesting that when Shaums did his little two
minute hit that went out, he said that Chris understands
that his role this is a direct quote, understands his
role could fluctuate from night to night. He might not

(09:06):
play on some nights. So I think it's like there's
no ambiguity over what Chris Paul is. Like he's coming
here to be a reserve guarden, and on some nights
if James Harden doesn't play, he could possibly spot right
in as a starter.

Speaker 1 (09:25):
The one night that James Harden doesn't play or the
three nights based only listen.

Speaker 3 (09:29):
I think they might make James Harden not play sometimes
just to like save him from himself. That guy plays.
I know, there's like this like this notion that he
just is like this injury prone player. He gets banged
up a lot, He plays through a lot though, and
even sometimes to the detriment of himself and maybe the team.
But like that's just who he is, and sometimes they're
gonna have to save him from himself. It's what they

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did to Kawhi at times. So I mean, I guess
there's like, without going too far down the road, it
makes you wonder, like, well, they're gonna give James some
back to backs off, Like it's a possibility now to me.

Speaker 2 (10:01):
The only no, I was gonna say to me, the
only way you can reach the highest ceiling with this
team is if you keep everybody fresh enough throughout the
regular season so that going in they still have a
full tank in the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (10:14):
Yeah, yeah, I would say, well, what do you think
over under games that James Harden doesn't play next year?
Played seventy nine last year.

Speaker 4 (10:26):
I mean I think he saw so at like seventy.

Speaker 1 (10:29):
Yeah, I think he's not dipping underneath that threshold.

Speaker 4 (10:34):
But I don't know his playoff struggles, Like he has
had the hamstring thing in some health stuff, but it's
also been fully healthy, so it's not you know, it's
not like keeping him on isis like the secret that
they haven't thought of in the James Harden playoff trajectory.

Speaker 1 (10:52):
Wait, why do they just rest them more? This question
from Meme Double seven was another kind of common not
dis like of the trade, but just something that adds to,
you know, a new wrinkle to maybe think about. Any
concerned about the offensive speed against younger teams. We already
play a very deliberate brand of basketball. I can't remember
who tweeted it, but they said the point guard play

(11:12):
will be the most deliberate in all of the league,
which is true, which is good. Any concerned about the
offensive speed.

Speaker 2 (11:22):
Of course, there's some I think there there's obvious weaknesses
that are all kind of centered around the age issue,
and one of them is lack of rim pressure. I
think that could be one. Rousseau wrote a great article
about Bradley Beal, which maybe Lawrence Frank was referencing when
he was talking about all the handoffs and how he

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was number one in points per possession off of handoffs
this last season. Bradley Beal, well, Bradley Bual leans into
that more and gets downhill on some of those handoffs.
Can he make up for some of the loss of
Norm Palell and just add a little bit more pop
like where where his health is at is going to
determine a lot of that. But I think that is,

(12:05):
you know, a little bit of a hole still missing
on this team. Everybody has flaws, but just rim pressure.
Now if you're saying it's a Visa Zoo boss and
just dumping into him, but I'm talking about attacking from
the perimeter and slashing and getting to the hoop. Yeah,
but real, real quick.

Speaker 3 (12:22):
If you want any idea that people do read your articles,
just listen to like the little between the line shit
that gets set at times. Because in Laurence Frank's presser
about Bradley Beal, he mentioned something about how we've seen
the analytics, we've seen the numbers, we've seen the same
tape that everyone else the Seed about his defense, and
I went, oh, yeah, I did kind of rite about that.

Speaker 1 (12:44):
So we've seen the sub stack pieces staring directly at you. Oh,
we have a quoi. You have a super chat from
the sports Carewer. Thank you. If you ever want to
give us a super chat, we won't say no, not
giving us much chance our take. Someone then said, Kendrick

(13:06):
Perkins is a clown. Hey, the chat does what it wants, Uh,
they don't ever really give us a very chance because
last time they did, they all got burned. So I
don't think I haven't.

Speaker 4 (13:17):
Seen anybody like dumping outside of the Kendrick Perkins thing,
So correct me if I'm wrong, But I haven't seen
anybody dumping on this Clippers offseason. I feel like most
people have been pretty complimentary of what they were able
to do and how they were able to maneuver the cap.
I think if you're looking at, you know, the competition
in the West, I mean, like, what what do you
want to do?

Speaker 1 (13:35):
Like it's it's it's.

Speaker 4 (13:37):
A tough road to hoe. It's really tough to see
this team, even if things click well and everything is
healthy and everyone is healthy, like this team being able
to win sixteen playoff games seems like an insurmountable task.

Speaker 2 (13:51):
WHOA perfectly? WHOA are you? It's our year to it's
not our year?

Speaker 4 (13:58):
That was last year.

Speaker 2 (13:58):
Pal, That's what I'm saying. You're going from one to
the other extreme.

Speaker 3 (14:05):
That uh, that comment you threw up made me just
want to start calling Chris Paul Yes to Toyota Corolla.

Speaker 1 (14:12):
I Q he's old and can't play as many minutes,
But who passes up to Toyota Corolla three hundred thousand
miles for one hundred bucks.

Speaker 2 (14:19):
Do you guys remember the old Toyota commercial jingle I
love what you do for me Toyota Chris Paul and
the guy like jumps in the air and freezes it
at the end. Really corny.

Speaker 1 (14:31):
Uh so, well, so it's not our year? Wait, yeah,
because that feels like more of a bomb show.

Speaker 3 (14:38):
TVD resisting the urge to say we're so back and
it's so all exactly.

Speaker 1 (14:48):
Yeah, the age thing is real. But it's like, I
love this is a team.

Speaker 4 (14:51):
That's like frisky. It's like, oh when they get to the playoffs,
like they can be frisky, like depending on seating and
like depending on the path. Like, No, this is not
a team that I could on with a straight face
outright say they can win sixteen playoff games.

Speaker 3 (15:06):
I thought when you said they were frisky, I just
thought you met like they get some bring I see
hot on their joints, you know, just.

Speaker 1 (15:15):
Quite literally what might happen at some point. Uh yeah, well,
I like I think the reaction to like, for the
most part, people like even after that, you know, they
added we got Collins, they did the Lopez thing, and
now it's like everyone's like, oh, we can have home
court advantage. It feels like that's and then once it
gets to the playoff because the West is crazy, I

(15:36):
think it says more about the West than the Clippers
being not good enough for something like That's how I
see the Clippers changes because the Nuggets got better, just
a pain in the ass. Okay, see stayed exactly the same.
So it's like they get home court at into it.
I would be a static with the regular season.

Speaker 2 (15:59):
Are you into that?

Speaker 3 (16:00):
Are you into that? If they get home court into it.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
Rissa has got to get out of here. Thank you
so much for taking the time. But right, isn't it, Adam,
isn't it? Doesn't it feel like we're like the West
is so good. If this team was in the East,
people would be much higher on that clear path.

Speaker 2 (16:20):
I take what Oil is saying. He's not wrong. It's
hard to think of a team this old making it
four rounds and winning it all, especially based upon the
last two teams that we just saw. But I don't
think it's totally out of the question either. It just
has to be them getting by in their depth in
the regular season. Getting a top four seed at worst

(16:43):
or the fourth seed. You have home court in the
first round, and you put a team away in the
first round. I think that's kind of what it has
to be, which is asking a lot to your point
in the Western Conference because of matchups and how close
it could be. But I I think on paper they're
the fourth best team in the Western Conference right now,

(17:03):
I feel comfortable saying yeah, yeah, and fourth.

Speaker 4 (17:09):
I don't haggle that just seeing a long playoff run.
But again I haven't even seen it on the court, so,
like you know, my opinions could change. But like right now,
with this on paper team, the paper Tiger Clippers, uh six,
it's looking a little hard for that one to cross.

Speaker 3 (17:25):
The finish line.

Speaker 2 (17:27):
My biggest concern is they don't get a long span
of good health in the regular season to a keep
themselves fresh for the playoffs and be build up enough
continuity with the guys you are going to have to
lean on in a playoff series or are you gonna
say justin.

Speaker 3 (17:46):
They've been if you go off players who have gotten
like actual rotation minutes. They've been the oldest team in
the NBA for each of the last three seasons, so
why not make it far?

Speaker 1 (17:55):
Yeah, that's great.

Speaker 3 (17:58):
Like I don't know, I I yeah, maybe the age
can play a factor as you get towards the end
of the season and guys are tired or whatever, and
in a playoff series that can be worn down easier.
I also just kind of don't care because no, like
it sounds weird, but like to fail in the playoffs,

(18:19):
you have to get to the playoffs, okay, And I
feel like this team is I feel like this team
is better suited to get to the playoffs and what
their possible alternatives were.

Speaker 1 (18:29):
Yeah, better team this starting this season than started last season, I.

Speaker 3 (18:34):
Would say, in terms of talent health now and health,
and in terms of tom fit and function, we still
have to see, like obviously you need to see how
guys actually do fit on the court. Like we can
sit here and say, well, they have all this talent,
but it might not matter five healthy players maybe by

(18:56):
one point the season, you know. But like I don't know,
I I don't really concern myself with, oh, can this
team win a title today? Can they win the title,
you know, be champions a year from now? I don't
really look at that.

Speaker 4 (19:09):
And only yeah, that's an exercise and futility.

Speaker 3 (19:18):
But also like how much has changed that we've seen
in the NBA over the last several seasons before from
like this date to you get to the trade deadline
and then you see like all these guys get moved.
You see players you know injured like it happened. So
I don't know. I think their talent is really good.
I got to see it on the court obviously, But
in terms of where they're ranking or hierarchy in the

(19:40):
West is I think fourth is fine. I like, like,
I do you need to be higher than fourth at
this point in the West? I mean, yeah, it'd be
great to be second or obviously first, but.

Speaker 2 (19:54):
Yeah, we're two wins short last season of being second
in the West, and things could be that tight again
where it's going to be ultra competitive down the stretch.
Even if you think you're banking some wins or doing
well early in the season, it's still going to be
really close. So when I say they could be fourth

(20:16):
or the fourth best team, it looks like on paper
in the West, that doesn't mean you can't end up
being two or three, uh standings wise by the end
of the season. I just think okay See because of
their youth, likely going to win sixty games again. They
probably are slotted in as being the number one seed.
As long as they don't have a major injury.

Speaker 1 (20:38):
Houston's gonna be really good.

Speaker 2 (20:40):
Houston's gonna be good. They were relying on an older
Kevin Durant who played sixty games this last year. True.

Speaker 1 (20:47):
We got another question from sports grew if Indy pushed
okay See to the limit, why couldn't this team we
did push the team that pushed okay See to the limit,
to the limit, to the limit? Property and one horrific
Someone mentioned that all wounds healed, that Alley Oop is
not going to heal for me. Uh so, yeah.

Speaker 4 (21:09):
Clippers twenty five twenty six pushes the the limit one
last time, the limit.

Speaker 1 (21:15):
CP three and hine and you're going to get their
first rings, I hope.

Speaker 3 (21:18):
So that would be kind of incredible act, like when
you consider them.

Speaker 1 (21:26):
So why bringing the Clippers their first ship? Like it
would be one of the most absurd championships story wise.
I don't want to get like that, Bill Simmons, Yeah, that.

Speaker 3 (21:39):
I don't want to get too far like down the
road of like, oh my God, like imagine the title,
But just for one brief sec I just want to
mention if they won the title, I could not imagine
if it's a Zubo's reaction. You would weep because because
I've talked to this man after they've been eliminated, like
over the years, and every time it's like, which is

(22:02):
more than fair? Obviously he's like not to spond it,
but just like like you can see it on him,
and it's like, man, like, this is the longest tenured
Clipper now and if he wins, especially.

Speaker 2 (22:14):
Like are you the one he told a couple of
years ago Clippers can't have nice things.

Speaker 3 (22:21):
I honestly don't remember I've been so.

Speaker 4 (22:25):
You talked a little bit about fit, and obviously that's
at the forefront with Chris Paul here. I think a
lot of times, like throughout the two and three era,
the Clippers have had a lot of death, Like they
went from a really like wing heavy, wingstop forward team
to being crazy guard heavy, and I think at different
points there's been a lot of death like is this
the most well balanced though the roster has been in

(22:47):
terms of like actual versatility and optionality at at but
still having like actual positional players, if that makes sense.

Speaker 3 (22:58):
Before I answer that, I just want to say, how
pumped as Chris Paul to finally have his small forward
on the Clippers.

Speaker 1 (23:02):
True, yeah, no, on they took him to it was
forty forward.

Speaker 3 (23:09):
Exactly, and he still got another guy that could jump
and duck out of power forward. You know. No, But
to answer your question, I do think it could be.
Obviously you do need to see it. I still also
kind of go back to like that first year where
it was those it was Kawhi and PG, but then

(23:31):
like you had Pat Bev, but then you also had
Lou and Trez, you had Zuo, You they get Marcus
who was really good for them, and you have like
all these guys who fit in around and it was
really good. Now I am curious to see what happens
this year, But I could see the argument that if
you don't look at the age of it compared to

(23:53):
like what that roster was like, Cause if you compare
the ages across, obviously it's as difference there.

Speaker 1 (23:58):
But.

Speaker 3 (24:00):
With any roster there really would be. But but this team,
it's the best point guard they'll obviously have. Of course,
Kawhi is still really freaking good man like you're still
really like you still. I think people forget he's still
really good at basketball. Not to remind some people every
now and then, but Zoo's better than he was. Bench

(24:24):
bigger than if you want to compare some say, if
you want to compare it, like even go position by position,
there is a bench big like conversation that could be
had between Lopez and Trees where MHM Brook has more
utility in terms of line up variations. But I don't

(24:47):
also want to discount.

Speaker 1 (24:49):
How incredible it was.

Speaker 3 (24:56):
Disgusting. They will never the the Clippers could play the
next one hundred years of ballsetball, they'll never have a
bench pick and roll to them.

Speaker 1 (25:04):
Ever, literally does that? Never have a next guy get
a thirty point triple double like the Williams did against Chicago?

Speaker 3 (25:10):
Is that? What was that? The steals?

Speaker 1 (25:12):
No, I don't think so. That was when they were
stuck in the snow before the game. Oh yeah he
did make it to practice or whatever. Yeah, and he's like, all,
I have a thirty poin triple though, All right, real quick?

Speaker 3 (25:22):
Oh yeah he had. He had thirty and thirty points
and ten steals against the Utah Jazz in twenty eighteen
that's what.

Speaker 1 (25:27):
All right, we have some questions about the starting lineup
we're going to talk about after this quick audio break.
We're doing a Joseph I Award Patton did twenty six
minute segment. We're coming back with the audio to answer
some questions about the starting lineup and three T one.

Speaker 4 (25:41):
All right, welcome back in to Cliffs and Dip. We're talking,
of course, to the Chris Paul acquisition. Taking your questions
live over on YouTube dot com Slash at Clippers podcast.
Uh so, let's get right into it is. He wants
to know, would you rather Colin start so kawhi is
that the three? Or Beal starts so James has a
ball handler? Both starting together would ruin our perimeter? D

(26:02):
till the bench comes in, gentlemen, your thoughts.

Speaker 1 (26:06):
I think I have some horrible news for his What
do you got that Collins will start? Uh and Beal
will also start?

Speaker 2 (26:16):
I think Beale for sure is starting. Collins is the
only slight question mark Yeah, but I think he probably
still does. I would lean that way.

Speaker 1 (26:26):
The shooting is to me, the shooting feels too good
to pass up for that starting lineup. We have comparable
shooting one through four.

Speaker 4 (26:32):
I've been really surprised, like when I've seen like some
other analysts talking about, especially since the Beal acquisition, like
him coming off the bench, And I definitely see the logic,
but I would be shocked if like a starting role
wasn't part of the conversation for him to even come
here at like at the price discount.

Speaker 2 (26:51):
It as the agent said it. I mean, that's all like.

Speaker 3 (26:55):
I would be.

Speaker 4 (26:55):
I would be absolutely shocked if Bradley Beal was not
in the starting backcourt I'm opening for the Clippers.

Speaker 1 (27:00):
That would be stunted, And that would be I would
be a little flabbergast that if John Collins.

Speaker 3 (27:06):
Wasn't they're both starting. John Collins making twenty six million dollars.
He's not like like I don't mean to like reduce
it to that, but like he's making twenty six million dollars.
You're not having a twenty six million dollar guy be
your six man or your bench player. Now, okay, okay.
Over the season, maybe they go through lineup variations where

(27:26):
he doesn't start some nights, John Collins is a starting
power for in the league. John Collins is starting opening night.
If John Collins doesn't start for any reasons other than injury.
God willing knock on Wood that he doesn't get injured.
John Collins is starting. Yeah, right, they're both starting.

Speaker 2 (27:47):
I think they need to at least try that lineup
because it has the most upside potential if those guys,
those two in particular, buy in defensively just a little
bit or show more competence on that end than they
have in past years. And I think they can, because
then you're talking about, well, the offensive juggernaut they could

(28:10):
be with those two, and then if they're just solid defensively,
now you really have something special. I have my concerns
that they're not going to have a real drop off
on the defensive end, but I think you at least
have to give it a shot.

Speaker 3 (28:25):
Also, I wrote this the other day even after my
Bradley Beal piece, and to be perfectly honest, I was
kind of scathing in what I wrote about.

Speaker 1 (28:33):
Yes, dude, I was very hell yeah, so like.

Speaker 3 (28:38):
Like but at the end, but at the same time,
I do understand why they went and got them. They
need the offensive help. And I even wrote this on
Twitter and also on Blue Sky. It also comes down
to I do think we've also overvalued defense to a
large degree, not we this group, but like the basketball

(28:59):
can in general, has overvalued defensive type players. When you
look at the playoffs every year and you see two things.
Defensive role players quite often get played off the floor
offensively because defenses don't trust them or respect them whatsoever.

(29:19):
And secondly, even teams with average level defenses in the
regular season scale up defensively on the playoffs when their
best players get more minutes and the intensity of games
go up. So maybe the pathway for the Clippers isn't
let's have a top five defense at a top fifteen offense.

(29:40):
It's what if we got our offense, which was really
good when Kawhi was back in the beginning of January.
From then on, what if we get our offense to
be a top five offense and we have a maybe
top ten but probably top fifteen defense, and then when
the postseason comes around, all right, guys, now you just
scare ail up and I think that could be it.

(30:03):
That is an incredible cat right there. That cat is
locked right in.

Speaker 2 (30:09):
This cat is on the attack with me and has
been the entire shows so far.

Speaker 3 (30:16):
Is that is that her bed? Right?

Speaker 2 (30:18):
Yeah, that's a little cat bed that's incredible.

Speaker 3 (30:22):
Look at this.

Speaker 2 (30:22):
Oh, she's about eight months.

Speaker 3 (30:27):
Tuca likes the Chris paulm move. We respect, we respect,
and I have my dog who's bringing the.

Speaker 2 (30:32):
Cat is on the offensive and maybe agreeing with the
point of the Clippers having Beal and Sean Collins to
start games.

Speaker 3 (30:41):
But I also think that like, yes, the Bradley Beal
defense has not been good. But sorry, I had to
push the dog away. That was great. Yeah, I pushed
his ass. Okay, he's in my face. He needs to relax.
Bradley Bial's dose the last couple of years was not good,

(31:01):
and and yes, he has a track record of not
being a very good defender. However, this is what I
did put in However, this is what I did put
in my piece, which is this is probably the lowest
run he's been on offensively on a team since he's
been in the NBA. He's maybe maybe the fourth option offensively,

(31:23):
and if if he is that fourth option, and he's
not being asked to do as much on ball stuff,
which is what I suspect that they're gonna do, is
they're not gonna seed possession. They're not gonna seed more
James and Kawhi possessions to Brad because the Kawhi and
James stuff is so good already that and the Zoo

(31:43):
stuff has been great, that maybe Brad is the fourth
guy sometimes the fit depending on John Collins and whatever else,
that maybe it leaves him more energy on defense. There's
always that possibility. Does that sound likely? Probably not, But
at the same time, it's not out of the realm
of past ability that this is a thing that they've
looked at and talking about.

Speaker 4 (32:02):
And I think it's also like to your point, justin
like in the playoffs different like maybe we're not going
to see a completely like a revamped regular season defensive approach,
I still do expect to see improvements with this being
the lowest amount of ball handling he's gonna have to
have done, and I don't know how long, like he's
just not he's not gonna have to be a point
guard at all. But I would spend like suspecting the

(32:26):
playoffs that he's able to rash it up more even
if we're not seeing it on a you know, eighty
two game basis.

Speaker 3 (32:33):
If I can actually pull it up in my manifesto
of Bradley Beal, I think I said, since the twenty
seventeen eighteen season was like the last time he wasn't
like a high ranking in terms of usage and like
on ball percentage, was probably the last time that he
wasn't like all the way towards the top of the
percentile mix. So look, if they get him down to
the twenty seventeen eighteen level or excuse me, twenty sixteen seventeen,

(32:55):
that's what it was. I don't think it's a bad thing.
Like he has been incredible on handoffs. He's a good
solid pick and roll player. He's great attacking closeouts if
he's spotting up and coming off handoffs as well and
using that to either get to the rim, which he's
been really good at around the rim, primarily as a scorer,
but also as a passer. I put in the piece

(33:17):
that he's passed more last year on drives than Norman
Powell did, and he finished at a higher rate as well.
So that's an uptick when when you look at also
his shooting, which while not to the level that Norman
Powell has been the last couple of years, it's still
been really good, like forty plus on catch and shoot
threes and spotted. Yeah, and that was also one of

(33:40):
the things I wrote, is we can look at Bradley
Beal's numbers and be like, oh, he only averaged like
seventeen points and all this stuff, and yeah, he didn't
have a good defensive time in Phoenix, and then you
look at his efficiency and it's like Bradley Beal was bad,
yet Bradley Beal was still very highly efficient as a
basketball player, which the Clippers need out of their off
defensive structure. They need more variation, tylu, it sounds like

(34:04):
it's gonna introduce a little bit more variation, especially handoff.
So I don't know, I think people have a reason
to be excited about the Bradley Beal stuff, even if
you know, I'm not sold on the defensive end of
the floor. But at the end of the day, if
you scale him back offensively, maybe the defensive end of
the floor, you know, has a nice little upswing. And
we're back here in eight months or even less talking

(34:24):
about how Bradley Beal's been had a really good defensive year.

Speaker 2 (34:27):
I get real concerns about just letting go of an
identity you finally re established with what they did last
year defensively. But I do think it's fair to give
this group a shot with these two new guys and
see what they can do defensively, because you could be
so potent on the offensive end. If they're just solid,

(34:48):
that could be really special. But what I don't want
to see is more on Kawhi Leonard's plate on the
perimeter having a guard. That just to me, Now, what's
the point you brought in John Collins to get him
off the four spot, But he's actually running more miles
per game because you don't have a real point of
attack defender in the starting unit. That concerns me. But

(35:09):
I get that Radley Beal is starting and John Collins
is likely starting, and I think you have to try
that five man unit at the beginning of the season
before you make any adjustments.

Speaker 3 (35:20):
You know, it's interesting too, I'm going to cut you off. Well,
I'm sorry. If you look in terms of like their
top eight players in minutes last year, they had eight
players play at least a thousand minutes. The two who
aren't back are Norman Powell, an offensive first guy, and
a Mere Coffee an offensive first guy, and they had
they need to replace the shooting that those two gave

(35:41):
because whatever people want to say about Norm and a
mer those guys were still forty percent plus three point
shooters and very good spot up guys, very good attacking
downhill to the rim a mirror was great in transition,
which is an area that they obviously are trying to
get better, and it's still so on the surface, we
can say here and say it looks like they're changing

(36:02):
their identity from last year, but like, I don't know
if they really have. They've added pieces, but I don't
really think they've taken away parts of their identity in
terms of like the defensive end of the floor. They
still have those guys, So I'm they're just gonna be
repurposed into different roles. Now. Does that lead to a
change of identity? It could. I'm just interesting to see

(36:25):
kind of where they go from here from a structure
standpoint for guys's minutes, because obviously they have like eleven
playable guys now, and you're not gonna play eleven guys
a night. You're not the Oklahoma City Thunder. Let's just
be realistic here, But how many nights are you gonna
have eleven guys?

Speaker 2 (36:45):
I think that's twenty to twenty five games? You have
your full crew during the regular season, So if that
means more minutes for guys who are on the younger side,
Derek Jones Junior, I think is still twenty eight, Christina
is thirty one. If they're still playing heavy amount of
minutes out there, because that's what I think was obviously

(37:06):
the big difference. I don't think of Eats Zubas turned
into a different defensive player last season. I think maybe
he was a little bit better, but the point of
attack defense was so good it just helped everybody out.
And so I just I want to see them on
the other team's number one options a ton still to
slow them down. And if you're not having them in
the starting lineup of startoff games, I worry about guys

(37:27):
getting hot and then when you get a hand on
their face, it doesn't matter because they're already in rhythm.
But again, I get it, I get why you got
to start with those two guys with John Collins and Biale.

Speaker 1 (37:37):
And then someone pointed out on the bench too and
Adam we talked about this a little bit before we
recorded Lopez and CP three is the backup point, or
maybe not even backup point. Those minutes are going to
be really nice for the Clippers because you're guaranteed to
have two guys the Balloons agree, You're guaranteed you have
two guys who can just run the pick and roll competently.

(37:59):
I know that sounds so simple, but the Clippers second
and a half to third tier offense at backup centers
have not been very good at that. So those things
give the team a lot more stability too. And we
haven't even mentioned Bogie, who is going to be able
to not have Well, you talked about this I think
a couple episodes ago, Like now we don't have to

(38:20):
be like, well, Boge's actually pretty good at running the
show when that's not what he should be doing. Yeah.

Speaker 4 (38:28):
Yeah, I'm curious. So one thing, I mean, like, we've
talked so much last year about the identity, and I like,
I think part of that was, like the the locker
room was the most cohesive, but after some notable subtractions.
Is there any concern about now all these new editions.
You you know, we've talked about John Collins, big money player,
we talked about Brad Beal guy formerly a big money player,

(38:51):
Chris Paul very vocal locker room guy, like is there
any concern there. I mean, we talked a little bit about,
you know, about some of the ologies surrounding these guys
pre show, but uh, what are we thinking, what do
we thinking? Vibe wise?

Speaker 3 (39:04):
Here?

Speaker 4 (39:05):
They are they these guys are gonna be able to
be on the same page.

Speaker 2 (39:09):
I think this could be toughest coaching job. And that's
saying something that's a lot to manage.

Speaker 4 (39:14):
It's a lot like it's you know, we got better
for sure, But I do think that it's it's definitely
a different set of personalities than it was last year.
And I do think I do think that that mentality
was one of those things that led to the you know,
it being greater than the sum of its parts. Was
they were able to get on the same page. And
I think, you know, aside from how good the defense was,

(39:37):
you just knew what they were going to do on
a night to night basis, Like it just felt like
the team had the most clear direction that it's maybe
had in the like you know, entire two and three era.
Maybe like you knew what you were going to see
on a night to night basis. And I'm just curious
how these additions all sort of shake that up.

Speaker 3 (39:56):
Could you imagine Tyleru, who's only eight years older than
Chris Paul, telling the sit down and shut up?

Speaker 1 (40:01):
At one point it might happen.

Speaker 4 (40:02):
I believe it. I mean, maybe he'll have Jeff doing it.

Speaker 2 (40:07):
I think.

Speaker 4 (40:10):
Chris is really pissing me.

Speaker 3 (40:11):
Off right now.

Speaker 4 (40:12):
You talk to him.

Speaker 2 (40:14):
We keep talking talking about the positive of having these
guys on short term deals, which means they have to
perform and they're an approve it type of year. The
other side of that, though, is they may have guys
can have their own agenda, they want to put up
numbers because it is a prove it type of year,
and that's the delicate balance.

Speaker 4 (40:34):
I think this is a contract year effectively for Bradley.

Speaker 1 (40:37):
Beale Bill Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 3 (40:43):
Yeah, but I don't know, Like Chris Paul's retiring after
this year, so he's on that. But Brooke brook Lopez
is retiring at the end of this probably contract, so
that's not a prove it deal.

Speaker 2 (40:59):
So just two of the new starters are starting.

Speaker 3 (41:02):
Yeah yeah, but I also but I also don't know,
like Brad's gonna get a new deal regardless. I don't
even think it's a proven deal for him, Like he's
no team next summer is gonna pay Bradley deal like
max money. So so either way, I think Brad just

(41:23):
tied into whatever the m L E is next year.
So I don't even think there's much of like ap
prove of like a prove it for him from that
point of view. And the reason, well, the reason I
said mL it's listen, then it's most of the mid
level exception, you know, like the major m L at
that point. But like you end up looking at Brad

(41:46):
and it's I don't know how much he has to
prove other than can he just be on a winning
environment that he's been on. It does, but he's also
just been on some really bad teams throughout his career,
not like all of it was this fall either. Brook Lopez,
I wrote in My Lopez thing, like his first ten

(42:07):
years in the league, he was on like maybe one
decent level team.

Speaker 1 (42:12):
You were kind of weird malcontents when I first came
into the league.

Speaker 3 (42:15):
Uh. It just it's tough. I think, like if you
don't immediately if you're not immediately part of a winning team,
I think it's hard to show people that you play
a winning style of basketball. At times, I think it's just.

Speaker 1 (42:28):
Tough on the Clippers.

Speaker 3 (42:30):
This sounds like that's not what I'm saying, But I
appreciate that. Now, Konkin Nipple on the other Summer League
MVP right there, baby, well that's the that's where the
real winners were. You know, I'm not gonna lie to you.
I actually think that I talked myself into after two
and a half courter.

Speaker 2 (42:51):
Jordan Miller should have won last year, like easily.

Speaker 1 (42:55):
Yeah, I'm someone I think Usso you posted that it
was Jordan Miller's ninth game in a row with at
least ninth tenth tenth tenth. That stat bums me out.
You shouldn't have that many games in a row of
nineteen points in Summer League.

Speaker 3 (43:10):
But but, but, but hold on? Can I also just
say the two great Summer League factoids from this year
that I just want to point out, and then we
can get back to everything else. Because I'm a nerd.
Everyone knows that I love I love dumb shit on this. Okay.
Number one, Cole Swider of the Lakers is the is

(43:30):
the all time Summer League leader in made three point
also getting.

Speaker 1 (43:36):
Go.

Speaker 3 (43:36):
However, the caveat to this is he leads two different
summer leagues in made threes. He leads the Las Vegas
Summer League all time in mad threes, and he leads
every other summer league circuit combined and made threes, totally
separate type summer leagues, but he leads both of them.
Number two, The New Orleans Pelicans just lost their eleventh
consecutive Las Vegas Summer League game. That's the all time record.

(43:58):
It broke a tie from the Lakers, who like ten
years ago, lost ten in a row. So when we
talk about how bad summer league could be, you could
be the New Orleans Pelicans.

Speaker 1 (44:07):
Disclosure. I watched the first three Clippers games and then
I couldn't bring myself to watch anymore.

Speaker 3 (44:14):
That third game, by the way, that was the Laker.
That was the Laker.

Speaker 2 (44:20):
Want to now Pelicans? It gets worse. They lost queen
for three months. Unbelievable. The guy they traded this year's
for sure. I'm pick four, which is crazy. Protected Joe
Dumars cooking with two polds maybe two first this year.

Speaker 1 (44:38):
Just makes the Clippers.

Speaker 3 (44:41):
I don't mean to like soapbox this, but the fact
that not just Joe Dumars, the fact Troy Weaver got
another job in the NBA after what happened to Detroit
is insane to me.

Speaker 1 (44:51):
And they're together called the boys Club, Justin, and you're
not part of it. Coming up club because we're doing
a quick audio break. We had to match josephire Ford's
favorite segment length. We're gonna close out talking about I
guess expectations right now, I don't know. Coming up. You
can watch these if you're missing this at YouTube by

(45:12):
Columns Stack Clippers Podcast. We'd love to see you there.
We can see people like Justin Russo and Adam's cap
uh more Clipperstock coming up right after.

Speaker 2 (45:19):
This, Welcome back in. It's Clippers Talk and Clippers Talk
Live for you if you're watching the YouTube side and
now you're listening to God, it's been a long day
Clippers Live.

Speaker 3 (45:32):
See did I see that you were live three hours
talking about Chris Paul the after?

Speaker 2 (45:37):
Thank you for C three What do you what do
you mean? Of course I was going to go three
hours work.

Speaker 3 (45:45):
Checking on your mental health man, Yeah, I appreciate it,
you know I did.

Speaker 2 (45:51):
By the way, I checked on your dog with a
text message. Recently, did I hear back from Justin Russo?

Speaker 3 (45:56):
Sorry?

Speaker 2 (45:56):
Hell, but what I have good news.

Speaker 3 (46:00):
But I have good news. After three weeks, this dog
is pretty much back to normal, and I have a
new level of stress, which is I'm just pissed off
at them all the time.

Speaker 2 (46:10):
So I shut on your dog, then I'll be checking
on your mental health.

Speaker 4 (46:14):
There you go, let's love a five it's their favorite thing.

Speaker 3 (46:20):
Or double?

Speaker 2 (46:21):
Are we gonna do a impromptu will updyke fun? Check
the checks right now? And I don't know if this
is the last move of the summer for the Clippers,
but I guess we're talking about expectations for this season
and what we're expecting and how much fun are you having? Will? What?
How are we doing right now?

Speaker 4 (46:43):
I'm having a lot of fun for a season that
hasn't even started yet. I mean, this is what the
what the Clippers could do this offseason. I mean absolute
home run and a lot of guys. I'm just I'm
excited to watch. I'm excited to see how this all
this all sort of fits together. Brook Lopez fan for

(47:03):
a long time, I was saying that and that we
that we should have gone him like after he was
done with the Lakers, like they they let him walk.
Uh and he that was when he like started shooting threes.
He wasn't quite at the level that he would get to,
but it was like, there's a legitimate seven footer who
could like jacking up threes and also like just a
cool guy. He's always wearing flip flops. Uh, he does

(47:24):
love Disney, which I'm not a fan of. But uh,
you know, other than that.

Speaker 1 (47:27):
He's ah, he seems like a good, good, good dude.
So you're hyped. You're pretty hyped right now.

Speaker 4 (47:33):
Yeah, oh yeah, I'm feeling to see it on court,
but you know, you know, I could be talked into
our year.

Speaker 1 (47:40):
I'm feeling the exact same way I said last time
we had alive, I was back to positive Chuck Machler days,
and I'm there again because we have the hard line
of CP three come back in the reserve role. I
haven't seen anything to nitpick yet, so I can't possibly
have anything to be upset about, which I am time

(48:01):
stamping this seven nine pm July twenty First, I feel phenomenal.

Speaker 4 (48:06):
I'm also sorry. I'm also excited, like this seems like
and I could be wrong and this could go the
very opposite way.

Speaker 1 (48:17):
Okay, but this could be.

Speaker 4 (48:19):
A very light workload for Kawhi Leonard. This could be
like a dicking around at work type of year, which
is if.

Speaker 3 (48:25):
You've ever had it.

Speaker 4 (48:27):
He's doing hot foot for whatever reason, you get a
week or two where your responsibilities aren't as high. You
just kind of get to dick around. It's like the
greatest thing ever. And that's what I want for him
for a full seasons exactly.

Speaker 1 (48:42):
I would argue, how about this even just two weeks
of that, because it's not like he's had a lot
of time to dick around on this Clippers team.

Speaker 3 (48:49):
Noted dick around or Kawhi.

Speaker 4 (48:51):
Les Yeah, noted guy, Well was he doing all those
games he missed?

Speaker 2 (48:56):
Did you guys see when he put the whoopee cushion
under coach list seat last year? That was crazy? Like
this guys the fun guy. For a reason, he's doing hotfoot.

Speaker 1 (49:06):
No I am. Hotfoot's also one of my favorite things
in the world. No I am. I'm incredibly excited. I
don't know the piece is fit justin and will you
talked about how it's a more balanced depth that we have.
I cannot believe how well the front office maneuvered this offseason.
I knew it would be. I didn't think they would

(49:26):
be bad. But we're starting next season with a better
roster than last year. We didn't lose any draft capital.
We're still not in apron hell or whatever. Ten out
of ten offseasons so far, as far as I'm concerned,
I cannot see myself being disappointed.

Speaker 3 (49:43):
I ask, can I ask a very important question?

Speaker 1 (49:45):
Yes?

Speaker 3 (49:46):
Do they get a Christmas game?

Speaker 2 (49:49):
I was thinking about this too.

Speaker 1 (49:52):
They will, and they'll also have a Christmas Eve game.
It'll be the first Christmas Christmas back to back.

Speaker 3 (49:58):
But okay, so I we're gonna say they get a
Christmas game? Who do they play?

Speaker 1 (50:03):
The Lakers?

Speaker 3 (50:05):
I think we're getting Lakers, Mavericks there, big guy.

Speaker 1 (50:09):
Big guy ever a game.

Speaker 2 (50:10):
He's a big guy.

Speaker 1 (50:15):
Yeah, my bad. I guess we won't Clippers or Clippers.
I guess how about that Russo.

Speaker 3 (50:22):
They have to.

Speaker 2 (50:24):
I could see that.

Speaker 3 (50:25):
Maybe. I also wonder if they might do okay, see.

Speaker 1 (50:28):
Denver Clippers Warriors, Clippers.

Speaker 3 (50:31):
Warriors could be probably what it could.

Speaker 2 (50:33):
Be Slippers Sixers add into a dome Christmas Day, like.

Speaker 1 (50:41):
To add into all right, wait, justin Rousseau, your fun check.
Where are you answer the question.

Speaker 3 (50:46):
Dude, I'm honestly, in terms of like the off season
they could have had, this is probably about as best
as you could have hoped for from not just like
a level of talent aspect, but like there's from a
from a reporting like cover coverage standpoint. For me, this
is great. You get the Chris Paul retirement year, you
get maybe but not even that. But Brook low Pez,

(51:12):
I know you hate you poop it on the Disneyland thing,
but you get Brook Lopez Disneyland stories all the time.

Speaker 1 (51:17):
Now Disney not it was Will and he's at Disney
as a Disney.

Speaker 2 (51:22):
Brook Lopez was laid to the game. We got stuck
on the mat at.

Speaker 4 (51:25):
I didn't even ask anybody listener you a Disney guy.
I didn't even know if anybody.

Speaker 3 (51:29):
I don't have I do not have a Disney opinion.
Actually interesting, I I don't really care, noncommittal. I'm a
I'm a Disney.

Speaker 1 (51:45):
All right, anyway, I'm.

Speaker 3 (51:48):
A Disney nihilist. Let's please keep it real. He no,
like you get the Chris aspect of the retirement year,
you get the brook Lopez stuff. You get Kawhi healthy
start of the year stuff, where you don't you don't
go into training camp having to wonder when he's gonna
be back, you know, another year James coverage the Nico story.

(52:09):
This could possibly be his last year as well. I
uh well, I'm just saying possibly.

Speaker 2 (52:17):
Like the whole team is going to retire after they
win the champions They're all right now off until the sunset.

Speaker 1 (52:22):
This is gonna be like when you're playing two K
and you're like, how many people are retired? This sim
is broken?

Speaker 3 (52:28):
You get the Brook Lopez uh or not Brookly, you
get the Iviza Zubat's revenge Tour for Defensive Player of
the Year. You there's there's all sorts of stuff you
can get, Like this is honestly one of the most
incredible years in terms of cast off characters that they

(52:48):
could actually roll out there in terms of media obligations.
And that also worries me because I wonder who the
hell we're gonna get on a night to time basis,
But we don't go there.

Speaker 1 (52:57):
But if I'll put Brook out there, Brook is great
with the media.

Speaker 3 (53:00):
I would love to talk to Brook every night.

Speaker 1 (53:02):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (53:03):
Yeah. It reminds me of Disney's Kingdom Hearts game, you know,
where all these different worlds and characters are coming together.
But you would know about that, would you were?

Speaker 3 (53:11):
So I know what Kingdom Hearts is.

Speaker 1 (53:16):
He did just say a big nerd and Kingdom Arts
is pretty nerdy.

Speaker 3 (53:20):
I've never played he never played Kingdom Hearts, but I
know what.

Speaker 1 (53:23):
You must know a bunch about it? All right, Adam,
your fund your up like fun check level?

Speaker 2 (53:29):
Uh more fun by the second here on this show
talking about Disney and everything. I'm excited for this team.
What is a Disney guy into Disney?

Speaker 3 (53:41):
It's a simple question.

Speaker 2 (53:42):
I don't have a membership to Club thirty three or
whatever it is. I probably haven't been to Disneyland in
a good ten years.

Speaker 1 (53:48):
Oh you're clear, then you're totally Yeah, you're good. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (53:51):
When you say I'm clear, like, so, you're not a
Disney guy clearly?

Speaker 1 (53:56):
No, none of us though, that would be crazy. I
have waste my money on them.

Speaker 2 (54:01):
I was the Disney guy back when there was the
Big Four. Do you know what the Big four Disney
movies are? It was a four peat by Disney. This
was some Bill Russell type stuff, Little Mermaid, Beauty and
the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King. After that, I was pretty
much out.

Speaker 1 (54:18):
What about Mighty Ducks.

Speaker 2 (54:20):
Okay, May Ducks two especially.

Speaker 1 (54:22):
Okay, wait, this is Patreon. As you know Patreon, Our
patreons are We discussed dips and movies. It does not exist,
but if we get enough support, we might have to start.

Speaker 2 (54:32):
D and D dips and Disney.

Speaker 1 (54:35):
Yeah, it's all Disney. It's very weird Disney.

Speaker 3 (54:38):
And dicking a route. As Kawhi letter would say.

Speaker 1 (54:40):
Yeah, uh so you're pretty high. You're feeling good.

Speaker 2 (54:45):
I really do think this team has potential to be
anybody in a seven game series. It's just the attrition
of getting through four different rounds of that is the problem.
How much are they going to have left in the
tank when they meet that next team? Should they get
passed around one? It's just that's what scares me. But
there is a pathway at least, and as I said before,

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we get a dream again with this Clippers team. I'm
excited about that.

Speaker 1 (55:14):
We get to dream again. That is a phenomenal way
to put this. Uh this Clippers team. Okay, this person
has asked this question multiple times. We have to answer it.
Uh hot take Okay, see three or lower base a
weight of expectations. I don't think they Okay.

Speaker 2 (55:33):
See okay see three or lower?

Speaker 1 (55:35):
Yeah, I don't think okay.

Speaker 2 (55:36):
See is not game below two and likely not below one.
They're gonna if they're healthy, they're gonna have the number
one seed. They could have won seventy games this year guys,
and chet Holmger missed like two months.

Speaker 1 (55:47):
I think they'll be okay. That's my hot take, just decent.
I think they'll be okay.

Speaker 3 (55:54):
Oh oh cool running what a great shout man.

Speaker 1 (55:58):
Yeah, was a good Disney Phone. We got some more
stuff in the chat.

Speaker 2 (56:03):
You're bad mother talks, John Candy Legend.

Speaker 1 (56:12):
We gotta get out of here. We're gonna keep talk
about this, talk about movies, and that's what we're gonna do.
We got a Kawhi Revenge season from Jonathan Vi last
quiz love that justin Thank you so much for being
on the show. You have put out such great content
to get Clippers fans ready with the new editions, with
the John Collins piece, thank you, and the Brook Lopez

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piece and the real piece. Some people are waiting on
to see me three piece, but some people don't want
to write it.

Speaker 3 (56:40):
So listen, listen. If there's a Chris Paul piece, you're
gonna have to wait a while.

Speaker 1 (56:44):
I I, that's fair.

Speaker 3 (56:47):
I I don't have the mental for that right now.
I'm actually tomorrow. I have an article Tuesday, the twenty second.
I have an article coming out that's about something for
the w n B A hell yeah, which it's data driven,
so if anyone likes that type of stuff. I actually
ended up not to sound nerdy. I scrubbed data from
the w NBA stat site and then I ran it

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through excelled and pumped it in through another thing, and
I have an article.

Speaker 1 (57:12):
The third thing sounds well, where can people read this
article that has a third thing involved in the calculations that.

Speaker 3 (57:20):
It's on the calculations it's it's for a website that
turns your Excel content into like interactive charts that you
can actually click on, so that it's easier for people.

Speaker 1 (57:30):
In articles you can be able to find these interactive charts.
That's pretty sick.

Speaker 3 (57:34):
I almost forgot them, my U r L so it
was justin Russo dot substack dot com.

Speaker 1 (57:41):
You alos forgot that? Okay, well you remember if you're listening,
we hope you don't forget.

Speaker 3 (57:51):
It's been a log couple of days, brother.

Speaker 1 (57:54):
Will Where can people leave a review because we are
going to do audio. I know this is a video
right now, but we're gonna synthesize this, put it through
a third thing, and then get it on audio for you.

Speaker 3 (58:03):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (58:03):
Unfortunately, you won't be able to visualize this if you're
not watching us over at YouTube dot com slash at
Clippers podcast. But you can listen to this podcast where
you get your podcasts.

Speaker 1 (58:11):
If you happen to listen.

Speaker 4 (58:12):
Over on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, go ahead leave a
little rating or review. But yeah, you missed out not
watching this on YouTube.

Speaker 1 (58:19):
That's all I'm gonna say. But well, are you.

Speaker 3 (58:22):
Wearing the hat of the kid from a Sandlot war?

Speaker 4 (58:25):
Is it a blank baseball cap?

Speaker 3 (58:28):
Can you side profile?

Speaker 2 (58:31):
It does look like it's small. Is that his name?

Speaker 3 (58:35):
Yeah? Small smalls as a rocket la.

Speaker 2 (58:37):
Yeah, but he can't play.

Speaker 1 (58:39):
All right, Adam. One positive thing was that Disney.

Speaker 2 (58:42):
No, no, it was.

Speaker 1 (58:43):
Not one positive thing for these Clippers fans heading into
the rest of the week. It feels like it's been
a couple of days already.

Speaker 2 (58:50):
But CP three, I think it's pretty clear he's the
greatest Clipper of all time, not the most talented guy
to put them on a Clippers jersey. I think that's Kawhi.
But if you're talking about career and now it's definitely
ending as a Clipper, I think it's solidified that he's
the greatest Clipper of all time. You get to watch

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him for another season in a different shade of red
with his new threads, as he used to wear red
for this team back when they had it with the
Lob City days they just brought back this past year.
I'm really hyped. I think this is going to warm
a lot of people's hearts in Clipper Nation. It's a

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good day.

Speaker 1 (59:34):
There we go. It's a good day justin the floor.

Speaker 3 (59:37):
I just want to talk about could you imagine this
year if Chris Paul's in the arena and they retire
Blake Griffin's jersey.

Speaker 2 (59:46):
I think there's a good chance that seems like pretty
I'd be calling the game on Amazon Primewalka.

Speaker 3 (59:51):
The broadcasting might be one of the most sentimental moments
you'll ever see in the hit well, probably the most
sentimental moment you've ever seen in the history of the
Los Angeles Clippers.

Speaker 1 (01:00:00):
I'll try and dunk over at key to get hurt
real bad.

Speaker 3 (01:00:04):
Way Ago Chuck Chuck Uphow, all right, we'll be back.

Speaker 1 (01:00:08):
Maybe later this week, I don't know, but definitely next week.
Thank you for hanging out. Thank you everyone in the chat,
ninety nine percent of you. Uh and thank you this.
It's just a good time. We get a hope again
and that's great for Clippers fans. Welcome back, Welcome back,
Chris Paul. Times are good. We'll see y'all later