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All right, it's going to be.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
A Jampack show. And that's so cliche to say that,
I get it. It's the last day of April. We're
getting ready to turn the calendar page for another month,
heading into May, heading into summer. All of that, and
my good friend Jason Temp, host of Hoops Tonight, will
be joining us next segment to break down NBA action
because we have two fantastic games tonight, close out games
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right in the NBA where you didn't think that this
was going to happen as both the Warriors are up
three to one in their series and the Minnesota Timberwolves
up three to one against.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
The LA Lakers. Are you crazy? A lot of people
did not see that coming.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
And I'm excited to talk to Jason Temp to get
his input, his insight, and his opinion how this happened
right now, and so stay tuned for that. In the
next segment, Jason Temp, host of Hoops Tonight, will join us.
But I didn't want to talk a little bit of
NBA beforehand, Okay, because last night's Pacers Bucks Game five
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instant Classic one nineteen to one eighteen overtime thriller where
ty Haliburton cemented his star status with a game winning
layup against the Greek Freak, clinching that series four to
one for Indiana.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
But is that what everybody's talking about?
Speaker 1 (03:13):
No, it's not Halliburton's heroics or Giannis's monster thirty point
twenty rebound, thirteen assist triple double. Yes, he put it
all out there, mister Falco. Yeah, that's all. No, it's
all about Tyrese Haliburton's dad, John Halliburton, who decided to
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make himself the story by confronting Giannis on the court
after the game. And this is not just embarrassing, this
is so embarrassing for Tyrese's dad, and embarrassing for Tyrese
and embarrassing for everybody involved that this is the focal
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point that we're talking about and even leading me to
talk about this first and foremost right here on the show.
But I do think that it's worth talking about because
I want to dive into it a little bit more
because I think it's a perfect example. We've talked about
it briefly, but parenting and parents in sports, especially youth sports,
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right making it all about them instead of the athletes.
So let's let's break it down a little bit. Remember here,
here's the scene last night. The Bucks are fighting to
keep their season alive. Damian Lillard he's out, he's got
achilles injury. Giannis was a one man wrecking crew. We
mentioned the triple double and Milwaukee leads one eighteen to
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one eleven with just under forty seconds to go in
this game, and Trey, how many times have we talked
about it? And I say this in such a euphoric
way because it makes me laugh and smile each and
every time we talk about it it because the beauty
of sports.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
A lead in the NBA is never safe. No, it's not.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
I think any sport there's not a place that you
should be where you feel I guess comfortable, But especially
in the NBA, it seems like there's no lead that
you should feel comfortable unless you're up like one hundred
and fifty points there and then yeah, sure.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Yes, that's right, there's possible.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
There's a few scenarios and we'll talk about with Jason
that yes it is over right, but you think this
game is over. Remember Milwaukee also had a twenty point lead, yes,
in the second quarter, So this just shows you again
it's never over from that perspective. But it was Tyrese
Haliburton who finished with twenty six points and nine assists
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and was electric as he was able to get the
game winning field goal down the stretch as Milwaukee had
two costly turnovers there by Gary Trent Junior, and it
was so difficult to watch ye for Gary Trent Junior
because he was knocking down threes like nobody's business there
and overtime and to have those two turnovers, which obviously
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led to the Pacers being able to get Tyre's Halliburton
to the rim over Yannis and being able to win
the game. And Rick Carlisle actually after the game talked
about it, as he's quoted as saying, this one will
go down as one of the all time great pacers
wins because of the circumstances end quote. And there's something
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to be said about that. I mean, this is opportunity
to close out the series, yep, and move on advance
into the NBA playoffs. But instead of celebrating this victory,
instead of celebrating Tyrese, we're still talking about his dad's antics.
After the game, and if you missed it, after the
buzzer sounded, John Halliburton walked onto the court waiving a
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towel that has a picture of Tyrese's face on it.
That's a whole nother discussion right there, right and reportedly,
as Janice has said, saying, this is f in what
we do, This is f what we do, and putting
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the towel in Janice's face, And obviously, as Janice is
still processing the situation right a gut wrenching loss, he
did call it disrespectful, saying that he thought at first
that this guy was just a random fan and was wondering,
how in the world is this fan on the court
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on the court, and you look at the video, I mean,
Janice is sitting there like, Okay, what's happening here? Yeah,
and there's nobody really helping him out. And not only
did he not get any help with Tyrese Haliburton driving
to the basket, then he doesn't get any help right
there when John Halliburton is.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
On the court.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
And we've also seen the video of Tyrese Haliburton talking
about it, how mortified he was that he didn't agree
with what transpired from his dad and quote is saying
basketball is basketball, that's.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Keep it on the court.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
And apparently John Halliburton did apologize and posted it on
social media. Quote I sincerely apologize to Jannis, the Bucks,
and the Pacers organization for my actions. This was not
a good reflection on our sport or my son.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
End quote.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
And look, I get it, Yeah, your kid just won
a playoff series in the NBA game winning shot, right,
I get all of that. I mean, you're excited, you're proud,
But guess what, Sorry, John, you're not the one who
crossed up. Be honest, thank you, You're not the one
who drove to the basket. Stay in your lane, and
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yes that is a intended pun there talking about the
basketball lane.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Stay in your lane.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
It's embarrassing that John Haliburton puts tyres in this terrible spot,
and now Tyrese has to go and answer questions about
this and has to clean up his dad's mess, and
I just think it's embarrassing in all aspects. But you know,
this is not just about John Halliburton, so I don't
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want to make it just about him. I do believe
it's more of a symptom of a bigger problem in sports,
and that's what we've talked about a little bit. These
are not just antics just associated with John. It's a
microcosm of what I do believe, not in all situations,
but I've witnessed some of it, and I know many
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of you listeners and investors out there you've seen some
of this too. It's the parents in sports today, especially
youth sports, that are supposed to be the mature ones,
the role models, but too often, guess what, they're the
ones starting the fights, yelling at the refs or in
this case, taunting opposing players after a victory, showing the
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ultimate sign of disrespect. I think youth sports are plagued
by this, and I know I love bringing in stats.
I love bringing in data, and it was interesting, yes,
that I did come across this. There are studies that
show seventy percent of kids quit organized sports by age thirteen,
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often citing pressure from parents or toxic sidelines as a reason,
and the National Alliance for Youth Sports reports that fifteen
percent of youth games, fifteen percent of youth games involve
parents fighting.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
I believe it.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
I mean, is that not insane? Absurd that you have
fifteen percent. That's high, that is so high, And I
just think it's parents like John just forget their role.
You need to support, not still the spotlight, not be
the person that all the attention is going towards. And
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that's why when I look at some other coaches who
have experience, and Steve Kerr talked about this not too
long ago. He was asked advice for youth sports parents,
and here's his answer.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
I'm curious if you have any advice as a sports
parent after the folks I do. I've got to play
advice a mouse. Shut just just shut up. But having
coached my kids in junior. I was just blown away,
like how many parental coaches there were during the game,
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And how can you possibly play at ten years old
when you got twelve people yelling at you? You know,
you got the two coaches, you got you know, your parents,
and you got eight other fans.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
You know, keep your eye on the wall, you know, don't.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
What's going on is that the kids are going to
learn just from play and from the coach and the atmosphere.
And if you just support them his parents, they're gonna
they're gonna feel so much more uncomfortable. And I'm sure
all of you have experienced this, but it's to me,
it's really profound the impact that my parents had on
me just fight backing off and letting me, letting me
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play and letting me figure things out.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
That's head coach of the Golden State Warriors, Steve Kerr,
talking about parents and being very blunt.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
They just shut up. You don't need to say anything.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Yeah, they've got too many voices already trying to decipher
what they need to listen to.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
And just stop being so ultimately involved.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
You should be there for support, not to control or
live vicariously through your kids. And I'm wondering if John
Halliburton is really taking advantage of understanding what he did.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Hey, and I'm all about you make a mistake, you
own it.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Oh yeah, you move on, you live up to taking
responsibility and trying to do better.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
But the fix is simple.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Come on, parents and we're all in this together, all
the parents out there. Just stay off the court literally
and figuratively. Cheer your kids, hug them after, but don't
try to confront the players. Don't try to confront the refs,
don't try to be the coach from the stands.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
That's a good way to put it, And I think
it's okay. You can get caught up in the excitement.
You can be excited for your kid if their team wins.
You can be there for your kid and the disappointment
when they lose. You know, that's part of being a parent.
But I think there's something to be said about letting
your kid fight their own battles out. Yes, they learn
more from what's going to be more beneficial to your
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child going out there and be like, oh, come on, ref,
you messed that up my child, or letting your child
learn from it and understand that, Hey, sometimes people make mistakes.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
That's okay.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Maybe the ref did get it wrong, but I'm still
gonna go out here and I'm going to play, and
I'm going to control what I can control. That's so
much more important in life than you going out there
and arguing with a ref.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
I've heard it so many times, and I think this
is just human nature. We love being in control. We
do yes, and I look in the mirror. Oh yeah,
I like being in control. I promise you that, and
I know people can relate to that. But at times
you have to understand what you can control and what
you can't control. And how many times I know parents
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are sometimes more nervous about situations with their kids because
they can't control what's going to happen, and they would
rather Yeah, I wouldn't be as nervous if I was
the one getting ready to shoot the free throw, or
if I was the one getting ready to try to
get a hit here. Sure, but since I have to
watch my child do that, I'm even more nervous.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
And I totally understand that. Yeah, but when.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
You carry it too far, when you try to start
dictating the situation and trying to again, as you talked about,
push the envelope, with talking to the refs, talking to
the other team, whatever it might be, that is definitely
not the bounds that you want to cross, not where
you want to be.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
So let's do better. Parents.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I'm right there with you, believe me. I'm I'm in
the midst of it as well, but I'm just not.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
That's just not a good situation there for John Halliburton.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
But we will talk more NBA playoffs as we have
our guests Jason temp of Hoops tonight, and we'll.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Get smarter about the NBA right after this.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Here we go.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
Halliburton five seconds, four seconds to lead, one point, three
to go Pacers, Pod one party to inbound and no
Gianness is gonna take it now. Here's Gary Trentptunior got
to crime and the Pacers.
Speaker 6 (15:55):
Are moving on.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Wanta come back in.
Speaker 6 (15:58):
Over time.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Courtesy of NBA TV As the Pacers move on in
their series against the Milwaukee Bucks, winning that series four
games to one, Tyrese Haliburton with late game heroics. As
you're listening to the Richmond Weavers Show presented by Ingles
Markets right here on one of four nine Fox Sports Upstate,
and it's our pleasure to bring in our NBA analyst,
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our NBA guru, and that is Jason Temp, host of
Hoops Tonight, who joins us each and every Wednesday to
get smarter about the NBA. And as Jason, we heard
the breakdown right there is Tyrese Haliburton gets the game
winning bucket. And how much have you learned about the
NBA with all of your in depth analysis and game
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film breakdown that many times no lead is safe in
the NBA at Jason.
Speaker 7 (16:59):
Well, when you play it as fast as the Pacers
do too, they could just score so quickly, Like if
you look at the buckets they had down the stretch,
it was like Andrew Memphard comes out of the time
out just hits a thirty foot off of a ball
screen within like the first few seconds, as like all
of a sudden, your seven point lead is a four
point lead. It feels like a different game, right, yes,
and then he Tyree's Salivern quickly beats Aaron or excuse me,
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it quickly beats aj Green off the dribble off the
top of the key. And then that final play, which
I thought was the a really interesting indicator of what
the next round will look like. He excel and the
honest and a switch and and with that left right crossover,
and that specifically is going to be very important when
we head into the next round, because my guess is
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that the Calves will probably not at the start of
the series, but pretty quickly after the start of the
series will turn into more of a switching coverage against
Tyres and he's gonna have to beat Jared Allen off
the dribble, and honestly, that's the most exciting thing for
Pacers fans like I Rees at the beginning of last year,
looked like a truly special player, like a player that
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had the potential to be an MVP in this league.
He looked like evolutionary Steve Nash. He was like twenty
four points per game. He was like a fifty to
forty ninety guy. He was over ten assists per game.
And then he pulled his hamstring and as a result
of that, he never really had that explosiveness off the dribble,
and he showed an unbelievable level of explosiveness as crazy
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as Gary Trent was down the stretch. He had fifteen points, yeah,
French time, Tyrese had fourteen. Tyrese was going blow for
blow with him down the stretch and like with how
good he looks, it definitely makes that second round series
with Cleveland that much more interesting.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
No question, I definitely want to touch base that Pacers
Cleveland series coming up this weekend. But from a defensive
perspective there at the end of the game, your.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Thoughts on.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Not switching and then also not really given any hell
for Giannis against Haliburton.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
As he is easily able to drive to the basket there.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
Yeah, the Bucks all year were kind of a sloppy
rotation team. It's funny because if you really look, if
you really look at it down the stretch, the same
lazy things that hurt the Bucks all season long kind
of came to the surface. So for instance, the Andrew
Nemhard pull up three at the top of the key,
that was a guard guard action where the Bucks were
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passively switching, meaning like the guy who's taking the ball
handler off the screen sitting back instead of like switching
with aggression and switching with ball pressure. If you watch
the way like Oklahoma City switches, if you watch the
way Boston switches, like they ass off with contact, So
like the guy who will be guarding the ball will
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have like his hands on the defense or on the
on the ball handler and then like literally like passed
him off to the next guy, and there's no gap.
The next guy is just they're waiting on the other
side of the screen. That's how you can keep those
switches from getting very comfortable. And it's like the Bucks
all year were a team that would saw switch guard actions.
The Bucks all year, We're a team that were floppy
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in their help and recover on the back line. And
so it's not a big shock to me that when
they needed stops late they gave up just a layup line. Yeah,
because that's just what they did all year. And it's
just a classic example of, like you know, Richmond, these
series have all been decided by like the thinnest of
margins if you really look down the line. Like so
many close games in the Pistons next series, Wolves Lakers
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has come down to late game execution, Rockets Warriors has
come down to late game execution, Nuggets Clippers, a couple
other games have come down to late game execution. So
much of it comes down to like these handfuls of
possessions at the end of games, and you need to
be a team that is practiced being disciplined in the
details all year, or you can get caught with your
pants down on it when it matters. And honestly, that
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more than anything having to do with talent, the Bucks
just looked like an undisciplined or the coach team. Yeah,
I know that most of that series.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Question and I'm just even wondering, Jason, and this might
be a topic for later discussion to really dive into,
but is this the end of the Milwaukee Bucks as
we know him?
Speaker 7 (21:10):
There?
Speaker 2 (21:10):
With Yannis?
Speaker 7 (21:12):
It has to be. I mean, the only chance they
had was you look at the situation and you go, man,
you play Giannis as basically point forward, like kind of
like what Lebron was towards the end in Cleveland, Like
you surround him with shooting. There's a lot of capability there, right,
he drops the thirty twenty ten like and I think
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there's actually like thirty twenty two and fourteen or something
crazy like that. But like he puts up this crazy
stat line determines everything. It's a steady diet of like
him with Gary Trent, you and you were aj Green
running inverted ball screens around the top, meaning having a
guard screen for him and then Yanni's just making decisions
out of it, and it's proven to work to a
certain extent. However, they needed an obvious talent to influx,
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right Like, they needed a better version of Kyle Kho's
a better version of Tory in prints, like a version
of Gary trans Junior, and that's a better defensive player,
right Like, that's what they need. And in theory, they
could have gotten something like that with a Damian Lillard trade,
right Like, they could have called a team like Orlando
and been like, hey, you guys want Dame. You know,
give us some of your athletes that you have. It's like,
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call a team like Houston and be like, you want Dame,
give us a couple of these athletes. Like there's a there,
there's a version of it where they could have pivoted
using Dame. And now if Dame's hurt, it basically removes
their last get out of jail free card to potentially pivot.
And so now I'm thinking it's like almost a certainty
that Jannie will get traded this summer, and it's going
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to turn into a bidding war between these teams that
have all these draft picks, and I'm scared that it's
going to be someone like okay see. And if okay See,
it's okay, let's just put it very simply, Richmond, okay
see and afford to get you honest wow, like they
if they want to. If okay See raises their hand
and goes we would like Giannis, they're gonna get Yanni's. Yeah,
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no one can beat their offer. And so that's where
it gets really scary in the future. If you see,
if you see the Thunder lose to the Nuggets in
the second round or lose to like a Warriors, Wolves
Likers in the conference finals, you're going to see you're
gonna see Yiannison in Thunder uniform and that could be
really scary.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Yeah, take that to the bank if that happens, no question.
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your podcast. All right, so real quick, just looking ahead though,
to the Pacers Cavaliers in the semifinals Indiana again, Jason,
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we've seen them. They have finished strong in the regular season.
They can stretch the floor, but do you give them
any shot to upset the Calves and the semifinals There they.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
Have a small shot. The problem is is that they
play a very early similar style to the Calves. The
Calves are just better at it, but like it's similar
in the sense that, like they get the defense in
rotation a lot. The Pacers through Tyree Saliburton's unbelievable playmaking
and through Darius Garland for the Caves with his ability
to consistently get drible penetration right. They both have like
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a classic textbook playoff shot maker Pascal Siakam for the Pacers,
Donovan Mitchell for the Cavs. Both teams play very fast.
Both teams like to force turnovers and get out in transition.
Both teams pressure for the ball. Both teams like more
of an equal like an egalitarian approach in the sense
that you know you'll see five, six, seven guys in
double figures on any given night because they like everyone
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is empowered to take shots, you know, like Max Screws
and DeAndre Hunter are empowered to be aggressive on the catch.
Aaron Ne Smith and Andrew Nemhard are empowered to be
aggressive on the catch. Like everyone's empowered in both systems.
The difference is is just there's just a little bit
more in every phase of the game for Cleveland. Like
I just think Mitchell and Garland are better ball handlers
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than and in Devpard, right, I look at the scheme versatility,
like Jared Allen is a guy that can legitimately switch
out onto the perimeter and switch well, well, the thing
is is that like Miles Turner really can't do that.
So like if they switch Miles Turner and ball screens
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onto Garland and Mitchell, he's gonna get cooked, you know.
So like there's a little less versatility for them. Defensively,
I think Cleveland's bench is better, Like I like TJ McConnell,
Ben Mathern can do his things, but like Hi Jerome
is sneaky, like one of the best guards remaining in
the playoffsone let alone, you know, in a bench matchup
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with TJ McConnell, like Ti Jerome is so locked in
right now, he's cooking, like he is really really playing
at a super high level. And then DeAndre Hunter and
Max Druce have been bringing super high level contested shot making.
I just think the Calves are a little bit better
at all of the things that the Pacers do. And
if there was gonna be a team that would eat
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the kas would be a team like Boston that plays
a fundamentally different style that can drag them into types
of games that feel different. But like if the Pacers
try to beat the Kavs by playing a track to meet,
the Caves are the best track meet team in the
league and they're.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Gonna get beat, yeah, no question.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
And now we have to turn our attention to massive
closeout series opportunities tonight for the Timberwolves and also the
Golden State Warriors. So looking at the Warriors first, your
thoughts on how they can actually do this, and again
just how Draymond Green and Steph Curry when it matters
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the most, regardless of how they've played for forty seven
minutes and fifty seconds, when they need a play somehow
they make a play. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (26:48):
And with Houston they just haven't been able to find
something reliable that they can go to down the stretch.
Like with the Warriors, you know you're going to see
Steph Jamie two man game. You know that they can
go to Jimmy on the wing against the big like
they did late in the game they have like action
that they can depend on, and the Rockets kind of
found something in Game four with those inverted ball screens
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with Fred van Bleed screening for shang Gun, but that
happened to be the game where Fred van Bliet was
shooting really well. Bred has shot horribly in every other
game in the series, and over the course of the season,
a Fred van Vliet jump shot was worth less than
one point per shot. Like, he's a notoriously streaky, inconsistent shooter.
So it's hard for me to imagine the Rockets finding
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a way to really crawl back into the series unless
they had something that can really depend on in the
half court. And that's the thing, like Draymond got in
some foul trouble. Is a really weird game. A bunch
of things went the Rockets white. The Rockets shot super
well from three, Fred has his best game Shangoon because
of the foul trouble, goes off for thirty or whatever
he went off for and all that stuff went their way,
and then late in the game the Warriors just out
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executed them again. And that's ultimately like Golden State's biggest
advantage in this matchup is there just so much more experience,
how much smarter, so much more well coached. I think
curis coaching circles around Udoka in the series two, like
they just there is a mismatch in terms of execution.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
Now.
Speaker 7 (28:10):
One of the things the if you guys remember in
twenty twenty two when the Warriors played the Grizzlies on
the way to the title, they they had a three
to one leads and they went back to Memphis for
Game six, Eric get vibe, excuse me, and they just
got rocked. Yes, and so I wouldn't be surprised if
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the Rockets just wrote an incredible effort in their crowd
and everything and somehow extended this to six. But I
just would find it incredibly like shocking if the Warriors
ended up losing the series at this point. I just
think they have too much of an execution advantage.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Yeah, I think there's something to be said just the
playoff pedigree that you're talking about with the Warriors relative
to the Rockets and Jason, how many times have we
seen that there's almost like a little bit of a
letdown and a closeout series opportunity for some of these
teams and then being able to rebound there in game six,
So it wouldn't surprise me from that standpoint. But just
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talk about though, Steph Curry and just how impressive he is.
And I still think there's scenarios that play out where
I don't know if Steph Curry gets enough credit in
terms of he doesn't get a whole lot of calls
as far as you know, he gets physicaled, he gets
bumped around and all of that.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
But when a big.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Shot needs to be made, Steph Curry is there, and
he had a huge three pointer the other night.
Speaker 7 (29:36):
Yeah, you know, and Steph two. You always have to
be a little cognizant of just hyper focusing on the
box score with him because of his ability to create advantages.
Like I felt the same way about Lebron over the years,
I feel the same about Luke Yokich. I think was
a textbook example last night, Yokich goes four for thirteen
from the field, and I thought he was like clearly
the best player on the floor and was just awesome
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throughout the game. And like that's the thing with Steph
is like there's a certain amount of he's running around
like crazy all night, and it just creates a bunch
of openings Like Brandon Pazemski was basically operating in one
on one yeah, all game long against the closeout, so
like he got a bunch of clean looks at three
that he hit. You know, he's able to drive a
close out against Jalen Green and get a shot with
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an A and one down the stretch. A lot of
that stems from just the openings that are created from
Steth Garrett Payton in game three, getting all those layups
on the role that come from Steph drawing two to
the ball out front. It's like step One of the
things that you can count on with Stephan Draymond is
their respective jobs on both ends of the floor at
least getting a good look, Like you can count on
Steth to create the type of advantage to get somebody
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an opening. Even just that Jimmy Io against the center
down the stretch, did you say how much space he had?
It was like a complete and total one on one
with nobody there to help. No one else has that
type of advantage because of the way that you have
to occupy health defenders dealing with Steph and so it's
just it's just one of those things were on that
end of the floor. I can always count on the
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Warriors to run the right types of sets to get
the right types of opportunities. And then on defense, it's
like that last possession is such a perfect example. Garry Payton,
really smart defender, Draymond Green, really smart defender. They're running
the same action that they got burned on twice. They
got burned on Fred van Vliet flipping out of it.
Two on the ball against Shangoon, Fred van Blink got
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a wide open three, they tried switching it. Shangoon posted
Gary Payton and got a layup. Well, they didn't allow
the switch on that final possession. Gary Payton was super physical,
Draymond was super physical. They did their job, they forced
them out of the switch. And then Draymond at that
point had one job, which was for Shangoon into some
sort of tough contested post move and he did that job.
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He beat him to the spot, He bumped him on
his base to just lodge him a little bit and
force him into like a fourteen thirteen foot hook, which
is a really tough shot, and he missed it. And
so it's just that in those big spots, they've just
been there so many times and they're such smart players,
you can just count on them to reach their ceiling.
Or a lot of these younger teams, it's like a
roll of the dice, like are you gonna get the
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good Kate tunning in the crunch time today? Or are
we gonna get Kate tunning in that keeps trying to
dribble through double teams and you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Like, if that's the story those margins, Hey, kay, you
can't dribble through that double team right there? The margin's
not there, right. Jason timp is our guest here. Go
follow all of his great work hoops tonight. Subscribe to
his YouTube channel and listen to the podcast version wherever
you get your podcasts. All right, So switching to the
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Lakers and Timberwolves, and I think this is just showcasing
how Anthony Edwards at times, Jason, he is a freight train.
I mean he will come at you like a full
locomotive and will not stop. So for tonight, how much
is that going to be for the Lakers to be
able to slow him down? Or is it going to
be more about Lebron and Luca trying to exert who
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they are in this game?
Speaker 7 (32:55):
So for the last three games of this series. Now,
the Lakers have pretty substantially outscored the Wolves in the
half court. The Lakers actually logged a one to ten
offensive rating in the half court of Game four, Like
they have figured out how to score against Minnesota. The
consistent thing that has happened is they've worn down at
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the end of games and there's been a lot of
focus on the lineup playing all twenty four minutes late.
And I don't want to sit here and pretend like
that doesn't have some sort of negative impact, But I
actually thought j did comments the morning after and practice
were really fascinating. He was like he basically said, we
struggled to score in the fourth quarter of every game
in the series instead, so like, why are we just
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blaming it on the subs when the truth of the
matter is is that, like we just have run into
the same problem at every point in the series. And honestly,
that's been the thing that stood out to me if
I had to, like if someone had told me to
like really quickly explain like the narrative of the Wolves
Lakers series, it's been the Lakers have controlled it for
three quarters and then consistently Anthony Edwards and Julius Randall
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looked fresher and or explosive down the stretch. And you
mentioned this rim pressure. It's not even just the rim pressure.
He's been fantastic with his over the top shooting. He
had three ridiculous step back threes in that fourth quarter run.
His playmaking in both games Game three and four, he
made several huge plays at a driving kick situations that
generated offense. Like Aunt has been the best player in
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the series. It's literally that simple. If you would have
told me coming into the series that Aunt would be
the best player in the series, there's no way I'm
picking the Lakers. I just assumed. I literally thought Aunt
would more or less reach the same level that Lebron
would reach, and that Luca would be the best player
in the series by a decent margin. And I was
wrong to think that. Like Luca, I believe has continued
to be exposed in this playoff run as a poorly
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conditioned athlete. Yeah, that struggled to maintain his success over
the course of games. Like Richmond, everyone's focused on that
twenty four straight minutes. Ant played all twenty four minutes
in the second half. Did he look tired?
Speaker 2 (34:53):
Good point Julius.
Speaker 7 (34:54):
Rams played twenty three and a half minutes in the
second half of that series. Did he look tired like
those guys all looked great? And then also Lebron, Like,
Lebron deserves some criticism for what happened in that fourth quarter.
He obviously didn't score, although most of that was him
being off ball while Luca was trying to create everything
and he had that turnover late. Like Luca, Lebron was
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a perfect but Lebron looked spry. Lebron was like like
barely getting his fingertips on a huge, like floating jump
shot from Dante DiVincenzo, getting strips on drives like Lebron
was flying around like an athlete, and it looked like
there was one guy that was sticking out like a
sore thumb, as a clear player that was struggling to
handle the physical ask of the moment, and that was Luca. Honestly, like,
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I'm gonna be honest with you, Richmond, as someone's rooting
for that team, I was really really disappointed in Luca
in Game four.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Yeah, well, and think about it too, Luca's age versus Lebron.
Lebron has been in the league for twenty years Jason,
and so I mean there's something to be said about age.
As an older guy over here, I can appreciate what
Lebron is doing, all right.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
So you're thoughts, then, can the Lakers?
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Can they somehow be able to manage the opportunity of winning,
regaining and winning the series?
Speaker 7 (36:10):
They absolutely can. Like, here's the thing, I think the
Wolves are gonna win because it's hard to beat a
really good game three times in a row, and so
there they rightly should be substantially favored at this point,
but there's some realities in the series. Each of the
last three games, the Lakers have scored better and better
in the half four. They've started to figure out how
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to score against this team. With their best five man group,
they absolutely can make fewer mistakes than they did like Richmond.
This is another example of how small these margins are.
If Luca makes that layup against nas Reid, they win
the game. They literally win the game because he missed
the layup, and then because he was exhausted and not
paying attention he was the trailer, he didn't pick up
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nas reed and gave up to three, so it was
a five point swing and went from the Lakers being
up seven to them being up to it was like
a huge swing literally just on Luca making a layup,
like even late in the game with Lebron and that
late game sequence, like if that call goes their way
with Luca getting tripped, if Lebron doesn't turn the ball
over on that sideline, that of bounds that game from
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the fact that Luca got tripped, Like, there's so many
different things that went against them. It's really as simple
beat the Wolves at home tonight. If you're a serious
championship contender, beat the timber Wolves at home tonight, right
they should be able to do that. I would be
I personally would be shocked if the Lakers lost tonight
right now, Game six in Minnesota, that's the that's the
big challenge, that's that's the final boss, so to speak,
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for trying to overcome this, because if they win that game,
you have Game seven at home. Obviously could go either way,
but NBA history tells us that the home team wins
Game seven almost every time, and you have a big
experience advantage. You have Lebron in that situation has been
in a bunch of winner take all game sevens, So
like there's a vantage there, but I think this is
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absolutely doable. But it ultimately will come down to the
dynamic I talked about earlier being slipped. If Luca is
the best player in the series, he will out execute
Ant down the stretch of these games. If he does that,
the Lakers will win. It's like, literally that simple to me.
If they go down for Game six in Minnesota and
Ant hicks Luca's butt again, the Wolves are going to win. Yeah,
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Like most of this, when you get to this point
in the series, everybody kind of knows what everybody's trying
to do, and it really just becomes about the superstar
matchup and Oopsky can create better shots.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
Yeah, and there's something to be said about when you
break some of this down. It doesn't get too complicated.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Jason.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
You just talked about Luca versus Ant, and whoever's going
to come out on top will provide that for their team.
All right, Jason, I know we've got to let you go.
You're busy, man, But before we wrap up, I do
want to ask you about something I think that's very
exciting that you're going to be doing moving forward, at
least I know tonight with playback live stream and experience
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for fans. Can you share exactly what that is and
your involvement.
Speaker 7 (39:05):
Yeah, So the idea is we want to have like
a long term partnership with Playback that will allow us
to do. The thing that I'm most excited about is
next year doing league past broadcasts. So the ability to
like you know, watch Laker games that are not on
national TV, but to be able to essentially provide my
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live analysis during the game. That's something that I'm really
looking forward to in the big picture now within the
scope of this playoff front, just because of the cadence
that we're in and because we're going live after these games.
What we're doing instead is we're going to do like
a post show show. So after the game tonight, we
will have like roughly thirty to forty minutes of analysis
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that's just focused on the games. But then when we're done,
we're going to head over to Playback and we can
actually like bring fans up on stage to talk and
to ask questions. We can put film on the screen,
and I can do like live sessions or going for
specific parts of like like let's say the let's say,
for instance, the Lakers win the Wolves game on a
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thirteen to two run in the fourth quarter. That puts
it away. Like I'll be able to literally put that
on screen in the stream and talk through that with
the fans. They'll be able to ask questions. It's just
gonna be so much more interactive and so much more visual.
And that's really the thing that I'm looking forward to
in the short term, with the long term potential being
these watch alungs, which are so much fun. I did
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one for the first time. I've done a few in
the past, but they've ended up being more podcasty. I
did one with my buddy Eat on Lakers Wolves Game three,
and it was so much fun to like walk through
the game as it was happening and just got the
chest match in real time. And like, that's the potential
that I'm looking forward to with this, But it's a
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partnership that I'm really excited about. In the short term,
it's just gonna be these overfalling after shows. So again,
after we're done on done with our live on YouTube tonight,
you can hop over with us over to play back
and we'll do another, you know, thirty forty five minutes
of fan interaction and Salem and it should be a
lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Make sure to check all of that out, everybody. Jason,
I just wish that all of the games started at
seven pm Eastern time, though.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
That's my only problem.
Speaker 7 (41:16):
I used to live in Charlotte. I was literally, really
really talking about it earlier, just like what it was
like to living there, and I literally thought about, like, man,
can you imagine doing my job over there?
Speaker 2 (41:23):
It would be a little bit different, no question, Jason.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Thank you for your time, and we look forward to
talking to you next week as we continue breaking down
the NBA Playoffs.
Speaker 7 (41:33):
See you next week, buddy.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
All right, that is Jason Temp, host of Hoops tonight again.
Make sure you check out all of his great work.
And we are running way behind. We got to take
this break, but we'll continue this Wednesday edition of The
Richmond Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
Right after this. The text line is.
Speaker 1 (41:51):
Always open eight six four triple seven at ninety five
ninety three.
Speaker 2 (41:55):
Again, that text line.
Speaker 1 (41:56):
Is eight six four triple seven ninety five ninety three.
Let us know what's on your mind on this Wednesday
edition of The Richmond Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets.
Right here on one O four nine, Fox Sports upstate.
And let's take a look at some of the latest headlines.
Speaker 2 (42:11):
It's only one game.
Speaker 5 (42:12):
Five and that's to take care of men hitting the
latest headlines.
Speaker 2 (42:17):
It's the daily rundown, all right. How about this in
the NFL.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Yes, the NFL ratings are out for the NFL Draft,
and it's the second most watched NFL draft ever and
also the highest third round draft ratings we've seen. And
I'm wondering if the NFL owes a lot to Shdor Sanders.
I yes, they got you. So now we'll hear about
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the conspiracy theory that the NFL did that just to
increase their ratings.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yes, that is not part of it. I promise you that.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
And speaking of the NFL Draft, I did find this
interesting and this kind of goes back to some of
the parenting thing that we talked about in youth sports,
and I do believe so important to play multiple sports
and don't just specialize in one sport. Ninety one percent
of NFL draft picks played multiple sports in high school,
and nearly half played three sports. According to NFL data,
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two hundred and thirty three out of the two hundred
and fifty seven draft picks were multi sport athletes. One
hundred and seventy three picks competed in track and field,
and one hundred and twenty three forty eight percent were
three or more sport athletes in high school.
Speaker 2 (43:32):
You don't have specialized right exactly. I promise you. It's
actually better for you to get the diversity. It's different
skill sets, different skill sets. I absolutely love it.
Speaker 1 (43:41):
And speaking of different skill sets, how about this news
are coming out? Reports are coming out from Tiger Illustrated
Larry Williams that Ian Shefflin.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
We know he entered the transfer portal, but it does
look like there's.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
A strong possibility he's going to play tight end for
the Clumps Tigers in football because he is out of
his eligibility for basketball, but the rules are that he
can have another year of eligibility if he plays a
different sport. And Dabosweeney has been big on getting the
chef Ian Shefflin out.
Speaker 2 (44:17):
There on the football field. I like, so we'll see
what happens, all right.
Speaker 1 (44:20):
That is some of the latest headlines and we'll be
back right after this live from the Ingles Studios in
downtown Greenville. This is the Wednesday edition of the Richmond
Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets, and let's head out
to the Ingles hotline eight six four two four zero
five four a zero. We've got Chad on the line.
Good afternoon to you, sir.
Speaker 6 (44:43):
What was going on, mister Rich, Yes, sir, Man, I'll
get right to it. Man, I'm the old counter talking
this morning on the nil. How Texas A and M
was going to spend was it thirty five to forty
or forty to forty five million next year on their
football program? Man, I don't know about you, risk, but
(45:04):
I think, man, you ought to go to Vegas and
they make a few bets. I honestly, the team with
the most money is going to win or at least
getting the final four. That's the way it was last year.
Was Notre Dame and Ohio State and Penn and who
was the other one? Oregon?
Speaker 2 (45:25):
Oregon. Yes, now, Chad, we do appreciate the call.
Speaker 1 (45:28):
We're up against the clock here, but you obviously can
call back any other time. And to your point, yes,
there are reports, and I think it is Texas that's
actually going to be spending that type of money. And
then I know Texas A and M will not want
to be outdone by Texas.
Speaker 2 (45:42):
But we've seen it too many times.
Speaker 1 (45:44):
It's not always about the highest payroll, and if that's
what you want to call it, we see that in
the professional leagues and now in the pseudo professional leagues.
In college it's not always guaranteed that you spend the
most money that you're going to So there's something to
be said about making sure you have the right pieces
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within your team. Not to say that money is not helping,
because five stars matter and getting the best talent does matter,
but it doesn't guarantee success. All right, it is April
the thirtieth, and let's take a look at what happened
back in the day.
Speaker 2 (46:21):
Let's take a look at some history, what happened on
this day.
Speaker 5 (46:25):
Let's go back in history to the moments you might
have forgotten and the ones you'll never forget.
Speaker 7 (46:31):
It's OTD on this day, all.
Speaker 1 (46:34):
Right, I'm going all the way back to seventeen eighty nine.
Oh wow, I don't care what anybody says, because I
thought it was a big day.
Speaker 2 (46:40):
Obviously I was not there.
Speaker 1 (46:41):
George Washington was inaugurated as the very first president of
the United States.
Speaker 2 (46:46):
So yes, that is a huge deal right there. How
about this.
Speaker 1 (46:48):
In nineteen seventy five, Larry O'Brien is named the NBA's
third commissioner. And you wonder what is the Larry O'Brian Trophy. Yes,
that's the NBA Championship Trophy. It was named after the
missioner who served there until nineteen eighty four. And in
nineteen eighty nine, how about this Www? The World Wide
Web was first launched to the public domain by scientists
(47:12):
Tim Berners dash Lee. Yeah, thank you exactly, thank you.
We've got all this content now. And in twenty fifteen,
the NFL Draft was held in Chicago, first time outside
of New York. And then also Jamis Winston was the
number one overall pick to the Bucks.
Speaker 2 (47:30):
That is OTD.
Speaker 1 (47:31):
And that is this Wednesday edition of The Richmond Weaver Show,
presented by Ingles Markets.
Speaker 2 (47:35):
We'll talk to you tomorrow.
Ready to roll this Wednesday right here on one of
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Speaker 2 (01:46):
All right, it's going to be.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
A Jampack show. And that's so cliche to say that,
I get it. It's the last day of April. We're
getting ready to turn the calendar page for another month,
heading into May, heading into summer. All of that, and
my good friend Jason Temp, host of Hoops Tonight, will
be joining us next segment to break down NBA action
because we have two fantastic games tonight, close out games
(02:12):
right in the NBA where you didn't think that this
was going to happen as both the Warriors are up
three to one in their series and the Minnesota Timberwolves
up three to one against.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
The LA Lakers. Are you crazy? A lot of people
did not see that coming.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
And I'm excited to talk to Jason Temp to get
his input, his insight, and his opinion how this happened
right now, and so stay tuned for that. In the
next segment, Jason Temp, host of Hoops Tonight, will join us.
But I didn't want to talk a little bit of
NBA beforehand, Okay, because last night's Pacers Bucks Game five
(02:54):
instant Classic one nineteen to one eighteen overtime thriller where
ty Haliburton cemented his star status with a game winning
layup against the Greek Freak, clinching that series four to
one for Indiana.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
But is that what everybody's talking about?
Speaker 1 (03:13):
No, it's not Halliburton's heroics or Giannis's monster thirty point
twenty rebound, thirteen assist triple double. Yes, he put it
all out there, mister Falco. Yeah, that's all. No, it's
all about Tyrese Haliburton's dad, John Halliburton, who decided to
(03:33):
make himself the story by confronting Giannis on the court
after the game. And this is not just embarrassing, this
is so embarrassing for Tyrese's dad, and embarrassing for Tyrese
and embarrassing for everybody involved that this is the focal
(03:54):
point that we're talking about and even leading me to
talk about this first and foremost right here on the show.
But I do think that it's worth talking about because
I want to dive into it a little bit more
because I think it's a perfect example. We've talked about
it briefly, but parenting and parents in sports, especially youth sports,
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right making it all about them instead of the athletes.
So let's let's break it down a little bit. Remember here,
here's the scene last night. The Bucks are fighting to
keep their season alive. Damian Lillard he's out, he's got
achilles injury. Giannis was a one man wrecking crew. We
mentioned the triple double and Milwaukee leads one eighteen to
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one eleven with just under forty seconds to go in
this game, and Trey, how many times have we talked
about it? And I say this in such a euphoric
way because it makes me laugh and smile each and
every time we talk about it it because the beauty
of sports.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
A lead in the NBA is never safe. No, it's not.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
I think any sport there's not a place that you
should be where you feel I guess comfortable, But especially
in the NBA, it seems like there's no lead that
you should feel comfortable unless you're up like one hundred
and fifty points there and then yeah, sure.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Yes, that's right, there's possible.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
There's a few scenarios and we'll talk about with Jason
that yes it is over right, but you think this
game is over. Remember Milwaukee also had a twenty point lead, yes,
in the second quarter, So this just shows you again
it's never over from that perspective. But it was Tyrese
Haliburton who finished with twenty six points and nine assists
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and was electric as he was able to get the
game winning field goal down the stretch as Milwaukee had
two costly turnovers there by Gary Trent Junior, and it
was so difficult to watch ye for Gary Trent Junior
because he was knocking down threes like nobody's business there
and overtime and to have those two turnovers, which obviously
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led to the Pacers being able to get Tyre's Halliburton
to the rim over Yannis and being able to win
the game. And Rick Carlisle actually after the game talked
about it, as he's quoted as saying, this one will
go down as one of the all time great pacers
wins because of the circumstances end quote. And there's something
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to be said about that. I mean, this is opportunity
to close out the series, yep, and move on advance
into the NBA playoffs. But instead of celebrating this victory,
instead of celebrating Tyrese, we're still talking about his dad's antics.
After the game, and if you missed it, after the
buzzer sounded, John Halliburton walked onto the court waiving a
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towel that has a picture of Tyrese's face on it.
That's a whole nother discussion right there, right and reportedly,
as Janice has said, saying, this is f in what
we do, This is f what we do, and putting
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the towel in Janice's face, And obviously, as Janice is
still processing the situation right a gut wrenching loss, he
did call it disrespectful, saying that he thought at first
that this guy was just a random fan and was wondering,
how in the world is this fan on the court
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on the court, and you look at the video, I mean,
Janice is sitting there like, Okay, what's happening here? Yeah,
and there's nobody really helping him out. And not only
did he not get any help with Tyrese Haliburton driving
to the basket, then he doesn't get any help right
there when John Halliburton is.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
On the court.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
And we've also seen the video of Tyrese Haliburton talking
about it, how mortified he was that he didn't agree
with what transpired from his dad and quote is saying
basketball is basketball, that's.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
Keep it on the court.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
And apparently John Halliburton did apologize and posted it on
social media. Quote I sincerely apologize to Jannis, the Bucks,
and the Pacers organization for my actions. This was not
a good reflection on our sport or my son.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
End quote.
Speaker 1 (08:23):
And look, I get it, Yeah, your kid just won
a playoff series in the NBA game winning shot, right,
I get all of that. I mean, you're excited, you're proud,
But guess what, Sorry, John, you're not the one who
crossed up. Be honest, thank you, You're not the one
who drove to the basket. Stay in your lane, and
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yes that is a intended pun there talking about the
basketball lane.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Stay in your lane.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
It's embarrassing that John Haliburton puts tyres in this terrible spot,
and now Tyrese has to go and answer questions about
this and has to clean up his dad's mess, and
I just think it's embarrassing in all aspects. But you know,
this is not just about John Halliburton, so I don't
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want to make it just about him. I do believe
it's more of a symptom of a bigger problem in sports,
and that's what we've talked about a little bit. These
are not just antics just associated with John. It's a
microcosm of what I do believe, not in all situations,
but I've witnessed some of it, and I know many
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of you listeners and investors out there you've seen some
of this too. It's the parents in sports today, especially
youth sports, that are supposed to be the mature ones,
the role models, but too often, guess what, they're the
ones starting the fights, yelling at the refs or in
this case, taunting opposing players after a victory, showing the
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ultimate sign of disrespect. I think youth sports are plagued
by this, and I know I love bringing in stats.
I love bringing in data, and it was interesting, yes,
that I did come across this. There are studies that
show seventy percent of kids quit organized sports by age thirteen,
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often citing pressure from parents or toxic sidelines as a reason,
and the National Alliance for Youth Sports reports that fifteen
percent of youth games, fifteen percent of youth games involve
parents fighting.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
I believe it.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
I mean, is that not insane? Absurd that you have
fifteen percent. That's high, that is so high, And I
just think it's parents like John just forget their role.
You need to support, not still the spotlight, not be
the person that all the attention is going towards. And
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that's why when I look at some other coaches who
have experience, and Steve Kerr talked about this not too
long ago. He was asked advice for youth sports parents,
and here's his answer.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
I'm curious if you have any advice as a sports
parent after the folks I do. I've got to play
advice a mouse. Shut just just shut up. But having
coached my kids in junior. I was just blown away,
like how many parental coaches there were during the game,
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And how can you possibly play at ten years old
when you got twelve people yelling at you? You know,
you got the two coaches, you got you know, your parents,
and you got eight other fans.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
You know, keep your eye on the wall, you know, don't.
Speaker 4 (11:53):
What's going on is that the kids are going to
learn just from play and from the coach and the atmosphere.
And if you just support them his parents, they're gonna
they're gonna feel so much more uncomfortable. And I'm sure
all of you have experienced this, but it's to me,
it's really profound the impact that my parents had on
me just fight backing off and letting me, letting me
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play and letting me figure things out.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
That's head coach of the Golden State Warriors, Steve Kerr,
talking about parents and being very blunt.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
They just shut up. You don't need to say anything.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Yeah, they've got too many voices already trying to decipher
what they need to listen to.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
And just stop being so ultimately involved.
Speaker 1 (12:36):
You should be there for support, not to control or
live vicariously through your kids. And I'm wondering if John
Halliburton is really taking advantage of understanding what he did.
Speaker 2 (12:48):
Hey, and I'm all about you make a mistake, you
own it.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
Oh yeah, you move on, you live up to taking
responsibility and trying to do better.
Speaker 2 (12:58):
But the fix is simple.
Speaker 1 (13:00):
Come on, parents and we're all in this together, all
the parents out there. Just stay off the court literally
and figuratively. Cheer your kids, hug them after, but don't
try to confront the players. Don't try to confront the refs,
don't try to be the coach from the stands.
Speaker 3 (13:19):
That's a good way to put it, And I think
it's okay. You can get caught up in the excitement.
You can be excited for your kid if their team wins.
You can be there for your kid and the disappointment
when they lose. You know, that's part of being a parent.
But I think there's something to be said about letting
your kid fight their own battles out. Yes, they learn
more from what's going to be more beneficial to your
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child going out there and be like, oh, come on, ref,
you messed that up my child, or letting your child
learn from it and understand that, Hey, sometimes people make mistakes.
Speaker 2 (13:48):
That's okay.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
Maybe the ref did get it wrong, but I'm still
gonna go out here and I'm going to play, and
I'm going to control what I can control. That's so
much more important in life than you going out there
and arguing with a ref.
Speaker 1 (13:59):
I've heard it so many times, and I think this
is just human nature. We love being in control. We
do yes, and I look in the mirror. Oh yeah,
I like being in control. I promise you that, and
I know people can relate to that. But at times
you have to understand what you can control and what
you can't control. And how many times I know parents
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are sometimes more nervous about situations with their kids because
they can't control what's going to happen, and they would
rather Yeah, I wouldn't be as nervous if I was
the one getting ready to shoot the free throw, or
if I was the one getting ready to try to
get a hit here. Sure, but since I have to
watch my child do that, I'm even more nervous.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
And I totally understand that. Yeah, but when.
Speaker 1 (14:47):
You carry it too far, when you try to start
dictating the situation and trying to again, as you talked about,
push the envelope, with talking to the refs, talking to
the other team, whatever it might be, that is definitely
not the bounds that you want to cross, not where
you want to be.
Speaker 2 (15:09):
So let's do better. Parents.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
I'm right there with you, believe me. I'm I'm in
the midst of it as well, but I'm just not.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
That's just not a good situation there for John Halliburton.
Speaker 1 (15:19):
But we will talk more NBA playoffs as we have
our guests Jason temp of Hoops tonight, and we'll.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Get smarter about the NBA right after this.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Here we go.
Speaker 5 (15:32):
Halliburton five seconds, four seconds to lead, one point, three
to go Pacers, Pod one party to inbound and no
Gianness is gonna take it now. Here's Gary Trentptunior got
to crime and the Pacers.
Speaker 6 (15:55):
Are moving on.
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Wanta come back in.
Speaker 6 (15:58):
Over time.
Speaker 1 (16:07):
Courtesy of NBA TV As the Pacers move on in
their series against the Milwaukee Bucks, winning that series four
games to one, Tyrese Haliburton with late game heroics. As
you're listening to the Richmond Weavers Show presented by Ingles
Markets right here on one of four nine Fox Sports Upstate,
and it's our pleasure to bring in our NBA analyst,
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our NBA guru, and that is Jason Temp, host of
Hoops Tonight, who joins us each and every Wednesday to
get smarter about the NBA. And as Jason, we heard
the breakdown right there is Tyrese Haliburton gets the game
winning bucket. And how much have you learned about the
NBA with all of your in depth analysis and game
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film breakdown that many times no lead is safe in
the NBA at Jason.
Speaker 7 (16:59):
Well, when you play it as fast as the Pacers
do too, they could just score so quickly, Like if
you look at the buckets they had down the stretch,
it was like Andrew Memphard comes out of the time
out just hits a thirty foot off of a ball
screen within like the first few seconds, as like all
of a sudden, your seven point lead is a four
point lead. It feels like a different game, right, yes,
and then he Tyree's Salivern quickly beats Aaron or excuse me,
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it quickly beats aj Green off the dribble off the
top of the key. And then that final play, which
I thought was the a really interesting indicator of what
the next round will look like. He excel and the
honest and a switch and and with that left right crossover,
and that specifically is going to be very important when
we head into the next round, because my guess is
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that the Calves will probably not at the start of
the series, but pretty quickly after the start of the
series will turn into more of a switching coverage against
Tyres and he's gonna have to beat Jared Allen off
the dribble, and honestly, that's the most exciting thing for
Pacers fans like I Rees at the beginning of last year,
looked like a truly special player, like a player that
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had the potential to be an MVP in this league.
He looked like evolutionary Steve Nash. He was like twenty
four points per game. He was like a fifty to
forty ninety guy. He was over ten assists per game.
And then he pulled his hamstring and as a result
of that, he never really had that explosiveness off the dribble,
and he showed an unbelievable level of explosiveness as crazy
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as Gary Trent was down the stretch. He had fifteen points, yeah,
French time, Tyrese had fourteen. Tyrese was going blow for
blow with him down the stretch and like with how
good he looks, it definitely makes that second round series
with Cleveland that much more interesting.
Speaker 1 (18:42):
No question, I definitely want to touch base that Pacers
Cleveland series coming up this weekend. But from a defensive
perspective there at the end of the game, your.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Thoughts on.
Speaker 1 (18:56):
Not switching and then also not really given any hell
for Giannis against Haliburton.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
As he is easily able to drive to the basket there.
Speaker 7 (19:06):
Yeah, the Bucks all year were kind of a sloppy
rotation team. It's funny because if you really look, if
you really look at it down the stretch, the same
lazy things that hurt the Bucks all season long kind
of came to the surface. So for instance, the Andrew
Nemhard pull up three at the top of the key,
that was a guard guard action where the Bucks were
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passively switching, meaning like the guy who's taking the ball
handler off the screen sitting back instead of like switching
with aggression and switching with ball pressure. If you watch
the way like Oklahoma City switches, if you watch the
way Boston switches, like they ass off with contact, So
like the guy who will be guarding the ball will
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have like his hands on the defense or on the
on the ball handler and then like literally like passed
him off to the next guy, and there's no gap.
The next guy is just they're waiting on the other
side of the screen. That's how you can keep those
switches from getting very comfortable. And it's like the Bucks
all year were a team that would saw switch guard actions.
The Bucks all year, We're a team that were floppy
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in their help and recover on the back line. And
so it's not a big shock to me that when
they needed stops late they gave up just a layup line. Yeah,
because that's just what they did all year. And it's
just a classic example of, like you know, Richmond, these
series have all been decided by like the thinnest of
margins if you really look down the line. Like so
many close games in the Pistons next series, Wolves Lakers
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has come down to late game execution, Rockets Warriors has
come down to late game execution, Nuggets Clippers, a couple
other games have come down to late game execution. So
much of it comes down to like these handfuls of
possessions at the end of games, and you need to
be a team that is practiced being disciplined in the
details all year, or you can get caught with your
pants down on it when it matters. And honestly, that
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more than anything having to do with talent, the Bucks
just looked like an undisciplined or the coach team. Yeah,
I know that most of that series.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Question and I'm just even wondering, Jason, and this might
be a topic for later discussion to really dive into,
but is this the end of the Milwaukee Bucks as
we know him?
Speaker 7 (21:10):
There?
Speaker 2 (21:10):
With Yannis?
Speaker 7 (21:12):
It has to be. I mean, the only chance they
had was you look at the situation and you go, man,
you play Giannis as basically point forward, like kind of
like what Lebron was towards the end in Cleveland, Like
you surround him with shooting. There's a lot of capability there, right,
he drops the thirty twenty ten like and I think
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there's actually like thirty twenty two and fourteen or something
crazy like that. But like he puts up this crazy
stat line determines everything. It's a steady diet of like
him with Gary Trent, you and you were aj Green
running inverted ball screens around the top, meaning having a
guard screen for him and then Yanni's just making decisions
out of it, and it's proven to work to a
certain extent. However, they needed an obvious talent to influx,
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right Like, they needed a better version of Kyle Kho's
a better version of Tory in prints, like a version
of Gary trans Junior, and that's a better defensive player,
right Like, that's what they need. And in theory, they
could have gotten something like that with a Damian Lillard trade,
right Like, they could have called a team like Orlando
and been like, hey, you guys want Dame. You know,
give us some of your athletes that you have. It's like,
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call a team like Houston and be like, you want Dame,
give us a couple of these athletes. Like there's a there,
there's a version of it where they could have pivoted
using Dame. And now if Dame's hurt, it basically removes
their last get out of jail free card to potentially pivot.
And so now I'm thinking it's like almost a certainty
that Jannie will get traded this summer, and it's going
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to turn into a bidding war between these teams that
have all these draft picks, and I'm scared that it's
going to be someone like okay see. And if okay See,
it's okay, let's just put it very simply, Richmond, okay
see and afford to get you honest wow, like they
if they want to. If okay See raises their hand
and goes we would like Giannis, they're gonna get Yanni's. Yeah,
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no one can beat their offer. And so that's where
it gets really scary in the future. If you see,
if you see the Thunder lose to the Nuggets in
the second round or lose to like a Warriors, Wolves
Likers in the conference finals, you're going to see you're
gonna see Yiannison in Thunder uniform and that could be
really scary.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
Yeah, take that to the bank if that happens, no question.
He is Jason Temp, host of Hoops Tonight. Make sure
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and you also get smarter about the NBA. And also
you can listen to the podcast version wherever you get
your podcast. All right, so real quick, just looking ahead though,
to the Pacers Cavaliers in the semifinals Indiana again, Jason,
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we've seen them. They have finished strong in the regular season.
They can stretch the floor, but do you give them
any shot to upset the Calves and the semifinals There they.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
Have a small shot. The problem is is that they
play a very early similar style to the Calves. The
Calves are just better at it, but like it's similar
in the sense that, like they get the defense in
rotation a lot. The Pacers through Tyree Saliburton's unbelievable playmaking
and through Darius Garland for the Caves with his ability
to consistently get drible penetration right. They both have like
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a classic textbook playoff shot maker Pascal Siakam for the Pacers,
Donovan Mitchell for the Cavs. Both teams play very fast.
Both teams like to force turnovers and get out in transition.
Both teams pressure for the ball. Both teams like more
of an equal like an egalitarian approach in the sense
that you know you'll see five, six, seven guys in
double figures on any given night because they like everyone
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is empowered to take shots, you know, like Max Screws
and DeAndre Hunter are empowered to be aggressive on the catch.
Aaron Ne Smith and Andrew Nemhard are empowered to be
aggressive on the catch. Like everyone's empowered in both systems.
The difference is is just there's just a little bit
more in every phase of the game for Cleveland. Like
I just think Mitchell and Garland are better ball handlers
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than and in Devpard, right, I look at the scheme versatility,
like Jared Allen is a guy that can legitimately switch
out onto the perimeter and switch well, well, the thing
is is that like Miles Turner really can't do that.
So like if they switch Miles Turner and ball screens
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onto Garland and Mitchell, he's gonna get cooked, you know.
So like there's a little less versatility for them. Defensively,
I think Cleveland's bench is better, Like I like TJ McConnell,
Ben Mathern can do his things, but like Hi Jerome
is sneaky, like one of the best guards remaining in
the playoffsone let alone, you know, in a bench matchup
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with TJ McConnell, like Ti Jerome is so locked in
right now, he's cooking, like he is really really playing
at a super high level. And then DeAndre Hunter and
Max Druce have been bringing super high level contested shot making.
I just think the Calves are a little bit better
at all of the things that the Pacers do. And
if there was gonna be a team that would eat
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the kas would be a team like Boston that plays
a fundamentally different style that can drag them into types
of games that feel different. But like if the Pacers
try to beat the Kavs by playing a track to meet,
the Caves are the best track meet team in the
league and they're.
Speaker 2 (26:13):
Gonna get beat, yeah, no question.
Speaker 1 (26:15):
And now we have to turn our attention to massive
closeout series opportunities tonight for the Timberwolves and also the
Golden State Warriors. So looking at the Warriors first, your
thoughts on how they can actually do this, and again
just how Draymond Green and Steph Curry when it matters
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the most, regardless of how they've played for forty seven
minutes and fifty seconds, when they need a play somehow
they make a play. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (26:48):
And with Houston they just haven't been able to find
something reliable that they can go to down the stretch.
Like with the Warriors, you know you're going to see
Steph Jamie two man game. You know that they can
go to Jimmy on the wing against the big like
they did late in the game they have like action
that they can depend on, and the Rockets kind of
found something in Game four with those inverted ball screens
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with Fred van Bleed screening for shang Gun, but that
happened to be the game where Fred van Bliet was
shooting really well. Bred has shot horribly in every other
game in the series, and over the course of the season,
a Fred van Vliet jump shot was worth less than
one point per shot. Like, he's a notoriously streaky, inconsistent shooter.
So it's hard for me to imagine the Rockets finding
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a way to really crawl back into the series unless
they had something that can really depend on in the
half court. And that's the thing, like Draymond got in
some foul trouble. Is a really weird game. A bunch
of things went the Rockets white. The Rockets shot super
well from three, Fred has his best game Shangoon because
of the foul trouble, goes off for thirty or whatever
he went off for and all that stuff went their way,
and then late in the game the Warriors just out
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executed them again. And that's ultimately like Golden State's biggest
advantage in this matchup is there just so much more experience,
how much smarter, so much more well coached. I think
curis coaching circles around Udoka in the series two, like
they just there is a mismatch in terms of execution.
Speaker 4 (28:10):
Now.
Speaker 7 (28:10):
One of the things the if you guys remember in
twenty twenty two when the Warriors played the Grizzlies on
the way to the title, they they had a three
to one leads and they went back to Memphis for
Game six, Eric get vibe, excuse me, and they just
got rocked. Yes, and so I wouldn't be surprised if
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the Rockets just wrote an incredible effort in their crowd
and everything and somehow extended this to six. But I
just would find it incredibly like shocking if the Warriors
ended up losing the series at this point. I just
think they have too much of an execution advantage.
Speaker 1 (28:48):
Yeah, I think there's something to be said just the
playoff pedigree that you're talking about with the Warriors relative
to the Rockets and Jason, how many times have we
seen that there's almost like a little bit of a
letdown and a closeout series opportunity for some of these
teams and then being able to rebound there in game six,
So it wouldn't surprise me from that standpoint. But just
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talk about though, Steph Curry and just how impressive he is.
And I still think there's scenarios that play out where
I don't know if Steph Curry gets enough credit in
terms of he doesn't get a whole lot of calls
as far as you know, he gets physicaled, he gets
bumped around and all of that.
Speaker 2 (29:28):
But when a big.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Shot needs to be made, Steph Curry is there, and
he had a huge three pointer the other night.
Speaker 7 (29:36):
Yeah, you know, and Steph two. You always have to
be a little cognizant of just hyper focusing on the
box score with him because of his ability to create advantages.
Like I felt the same way about Lebron over the years,
I feel the same about Luke Yokich. I think was
a textbook example last night, Yokich goes four for thirteen
from the field, and I thought he was like clearly
the best player on the floor and was just awesome
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throughout the game. And like that's the thing with Steph
is like there's a certain amount of he's running around
like crazy all night, and it just creates a bunch
of openings Like Brandon Pazemski was basically operating in one
on one yeah, all game long against the closeout, so
like he got a bunch of clean looks at three
that he hit. You know, he's able to drive a
close out against Jalen Green and get a shot with
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an A and one down the stretch. A lot of
that stems from just the openings that are created from
Steth Garrett Payton in game three, getting all those layups
on the role that come from Steph drawing two to
the ball out front. It's like step One of the
things that you can count on with Stephan Draymond is
their respective jobs on both ends of the floor at
least getting a good look, Like you can count on
Steth to create the type of advantage to get somebody
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an opening. Even just that Jimmy Io against the center
down the stretch, did you say how much space he had?
It was like a complete and total one on one
with nobody there to help. No one else has that
type of advantage because of the way that you have
to occupy health defenders dealing with Steph and so it's
just it's just one of those things were on that
end of the floor. I can always count on the
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Warriors to run the right types of sets to get
the right types of opportunities. And then on defense, it's
like that last possession is such a perfect example. Garry Payton,
really smart defender, Draymond Green, really smart defender. They're running
the same action that they got burned on twice. They
got burned on Fred van Vliet flipping out of it.
Two on the ball against Shangoon, Fred van Blink got
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a wide open three, they tried switching it. Shangoon posted
Gary Payton and got a layup. Well, they didn't allow
the switch on that final possession. Gary Payton was super physical,
Draymond was super physical. They did their job, they forced
them out of the switch. And then Draymond at that
point had one job, which was for Shangoon into some
sort of tough contested post move and he did that job.
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He beat him to the spot, He bumped him on
his base to just lodge him a little bit and
force him into like a fourteen thirteen foot hook, which
is a really tough shot, and he missed it. And
so it's just that in those big spots, they've just
been there so many times and they're such smart players,
you can just count on them to reach their ceiling.
Or a lot of these younger teams, it's like a
roll of the dice, like are you gonna get the
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good Kate tunning in the crunch time today? Or are
we gonna get Kate tunning in that keeps trying to
dribble through double teams and you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (32:10):
Like, if that's the story those margins, Hey, kay, you
can't dribble through that double team right there? The margin's
not there, right. Jason timp is our guest here. Go
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his YouTube channel and listen to the podcast version wherever
you get your podcasts. All right, So switching to the
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Lakers and Timberwolves, and I think this is just showcasing
how Anthony Edwards at times, Jason, he is a freight train.
I mean he will come at you like a full
locomotive and will not stop. So for tonight, how much
is that going to be for the Lakers to be
able to slow him down? Or is it going to
be more about Lebron and Luca trying to exert who
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they are in this game?
Speaker 7 (32:55):
So for the last three games of this series. Now,
the Lakers have pretty substantially outscored the Wolves in the
half court. The Lakers actually logged a one to ten
offensive rating in the half court of Game four, Like
they have figured out how to score against Minnesota. The
consistent thing that has happened is they've worn down at
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the end of games and there's been a lot of
focus on the lineup playing all twenty four minutes late.
And I don't want to sit here and pretend like
that doesn't have some sort of negative impact, But I
actually thought j did comments the morning after and practice
were really fascinating. He was like he basically said, we
struggled to score in the fourth quarter of every game
in the series instead, so like, why are we just
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blaming it on the subs when the truth of the
matter is is that, like we just have run into
the same problem at every point in the series. And honestly,
that's been the thing that stood out to me if
I had to, like if someone had told me to
like really quickly explain like the narrative of the Wolves
Lakers series, it's been the Lakers have controlled it for
three quarters and then consistently Anthony Edwards and Julius Randall
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looked fresher and or explosive down the stretch. And you
mentioned this rim pressure. It's not even just the rim pressure.
He's been fantastic with his over the top shooting. He
had three ridiculous step back threes in that fourth quarter run.
His playmaking in both games Game three and four, he
made several huge plays at a driving kick situations that
generated offense. Like Aunt has been the best player in
(34:20):
the series. It's literally that simple. If you would have
told me coming into the series that Aunt would be
the best player in the series, there's no way I'm
picking the Lakers. I just assumed. I literally thought Aunt
would more or less reach the same level that Lebron
would reach, and that Luca would be the best player
in the series by a decent margin. And I was
wrong to think that. Like Luca, I believe has continued
to be exposed in this playoff run as a poorly
(34:43):
conditioned athlete. Yeah, that struggled to maintain his success over
the course of games. Like Richmond, everyone's focused on that
twenty four straight minutes. Ant played all twenty four minutes
in the second half. Did he look tired?
Speaker 2 (34:53):
Good point Julius.
Speaker 7 (34:54):
Rams played twenty three and a half minutes in the
second half of that series. Did he look tired like
those guys all looked great? And then also Lebron, Like,
Lebron deserves some criticism for what happened in that fourth quarter.
He obviously didn't score, although most of that was him
being off ball while Luca was trying to create everything
and he had that turnover late. Like Luca, Lebron was
(35:14):
a perfect but Lebron looked spry. Lebron was like like
barely getting his fingertips on a huge, like floating jump
shot from Dante DiVincenzo, getting strips on drives like Lebron
was flying around like an athlete, and it looked like
there was one guy that was sticking out like a
sore thumb, as a clear player that was struggling to
handle the physical ask of the moment, and that was Luca. Honestly, like,
(35:37):
I'm gonna be honest with you, Richmond, as someone's rooting
for that team, I was really really disappointed in Luca
in Game four.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Yeah, well, and think about it too, Luca's age versus Lebron.
Lebron has been in the league for twenty years Jason,
and so I mean there's something to be said about age.
As an older guy over here, I can appreciate what
Lebron is doing, all right.
Speaker 2 (35:59):
So you're thoughts, then, can the Lakers?
Speaker 1 (36:01):
Can they somehow be able to manage the opportunity of winning,
regaining and winning the series?
Speaker 7 (36:10):
They absolutely can. Like, here's the thing, I think the
Wolves are gonna win because it's hard to beat a
really good game three times in a row, and so
there they rightly should be substantially favored at this point,
but there's some realities in the series. Each of the
last three games, the Lakers have scored better and better
in the half four. They've started to figure out how
(36:31):
to score against this team. With their best five man group,
they absolutely can make fewer mistakes than they did like Richmond.
This is another example of how small these margins are.
If Luca makes that layup against nas Reid, they win
the game. They literally win the game because he missed
the layup, and then because he was exhausted and not
paying attention he was the trailer, he didn't pick up
(36:52):
nas reed and gave up to three, so it was
a five point swing and went from the Lakers being
up seven to them being up to it was like
a huge swing literally just on Luca making a layup,
like even late in the game with Lebron and that
late game sequence, like if that call goes their way
with Luca getting tripped, if Lebron doesn't turn the ball
over on that sideline, that of bounds that game from
(37:12):
the fact that Luca got tripped, Like, there's so many
different things that went against them. It's really as simple
beat the Wolves at home tonight. If you're a serious
championship contender, beat the timber Wolves at home tonight, right
they should be able to do that. I would be
I personally would be shocked if the Lakers lost tonight
right now, Game six in Minnesota, that's the that's the
big challenge, that's that's the final boss, so to speak,
(37:36):
for trying to overcome this, because if they win that game,
you have Game seven at home. Obviously could go either way,
but NBA history tells us that the home team wins
Game seven almost every time, and you have a big
experience advantage. You have Lebron in that situation has been
in a bunch of winner take all game sevens, So
like there's a vantage there, but I think this is
(37:56):
absolutely doable. But it ultimately will come down to the
dynamic I talked about earlier being slipped. If Luca is
the best player in the series, he will out execute
Ant down the stretch of these games. If he does that,
the Lakers will win. It's like, literally that simple to me.
If they go down for Game six in Minnesota and
Ant hicks Luca's butt again, the Wolves are going to win. Yeah,
(38:18):
Like most of this, when you get to this point
in the series, everybody kind of knows what everybody's trying
to do, and it really just becomes about the superstar
matchup and Oopsky can create better shots.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
Yeah, and there's something to be said about when you
break some of this down. It doesn't get too complicated.
Speaker 2 (38:36):
Jason.
Speaker 1 (38:36):
You just talked about Luca versus Ant, and whoever's going
to come out on top will provide that for their team.
All right, Jason, I know we've got to let you go.
You're busy, man, But before we wrap up, I do
want to ask you about something I think that's very
exciting that you're going to be doing moving forward, at
least I know tonight with playback live stream and experience
(38:59):
for fans. Can you share exactly what that is and
your involvement.
Speaker 7 (39:05):
Yeah, So the idea is we want to have like
a long term partnership with Playback that will allow us
to do. The thing that I'm most excited about is
next year doing league past broadcasts. So the ability to
like you know, watch Laker games that are not on
national TV, but to be able to essentially provide my
(39:26):
live analysis during the game. That's something that I'm really
looking forward to in the big picture now within the
scope of this playoff front, just because of the cadence
that we're in and because we're going live after these games.
What we're doing instead is we're going to do like
a post show show. So after the game tonight, we
will have like roughly thirty to forty minutes of analysis
(39:47):
that's just focused on the games. But then when we're done,
we're going to head over to Playback and we can
actually like bring fans up on stage to talk and
to ask questions. We can put film on the screen,
and I can do like live sessions or going for
specific parts of like like let's say the let's say,
for instance, the Lakers win the Wolves game on a
(40:07):
thirteen to two run in the fourth quarter. That puts
it away. Like I'll be able to literally put that
on screen in the stream and talk through that with
the fans. They'll be able to ask questions. It's just
gonna be so much more interactive and so much more visual.
And that's really the thing that I'm looking forward to
in the short term, with the long term potential being
these watch alungs, which are so much fun. I did
(40:27):
one for the first time. I've done a few in
the past, but they've ended up being more podcasty. I
did one with my buddy Eat on Lakers Wolves Game three,
and it was so much fun to like walk through
the game as it was happening and just got the
chest match in real time. And like, that's the potential
that I'm looking forward to with this, But it's a
(40:48):
partnership that I'm really excited about. In the short term,
it's just gonna be these overfalling after shows. So again,
after we're done on done with our live on YouTube tonight,
you can hop over with us over to play back
and we'll do another, you know, thirty forty five minutes
of fan interaction and Salem and it should be a
lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (41:06):
Make sure to check all of that out, everybody. Jason,
I just wish that all of the games started at
seven pm Eastern time, though.
Speaker 2 (41:12):
That's my only problem.
Speaker 7 (41:16):
I used to live in Charlotte. I was literally, really
really talking about it earlier, just like what it was
like to living there, and I literally thought about, like, man,
can you imagine doing my job over there?
Speaker 2 (41:23):
It would be a little bit different, no question, Jason.
Speaker 1 (41:27):
Thank you for your time, and we look forward to
talking to you next week as we continue breaking down
the NBA Playoffs.
Speaker 7 (41:33):
See you next week, buddy.
Speaker 1 (41:34):
All right, that is Jason Temp, host of Hoops tonight again.
Make sure you check out all of his great work.
And we are running way behind. We got to take
this break, but we'll continue this Wednesday edition of The
Richmond Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets.
Speaker 2 (41:48):
Right after this. The text line is.
Speaker 1 (41:51):
Always open eight six four triple seven at ninety five
ninety three.
Speaker 2 (41:55):
Again, that text line.
Speaker 1 (41:56):
Is eight six four triple seven ninety five ninety three.
Let us know what's on your mind on this Wednesday
edition of The Richmond Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets.
Right here on one O four nine, Fox Sports upstate.
And let's take a look at some of the latest headlines.
Speaker 2 (42:11):
It's only one game.
Speaker 5 (42:12):
Five and that's to take care of men hitting the
latest headlines.
Speaker 2 (42:17):
It's the daily rundown, all right. How about this in
the NFL.
Speaker 1 (42:22):
Yes, the NFL ratings are out for the NFL Draft,
and it's the second most watched NFL draft ever and
also the highest third round draft ratings we've seen. And
I'm wondering if the NFL owes a lot to Shdor Sanders.
I yes, they got you. So now we'll hear about
(42:47):
the conspiracy theory that the NFL did that just to
increase their ratings.
Speaker 2 (42:50):
Yes, that is not part of it. I promise you that.
Speaker 1 (42:53):
And speaking of the NFL Draft, I did find this
interesting and this kind of goes back to some of
the parenting thing that we talked about in youth sports,
and I do believe so important to play multiple sports
and don't just specialize in one sport. Ninety one percent
of NFL draft picks played multiple sports in high school,
and nearly half played three sports. According to NFL data,
(43:16):
two hundred and thirty three out of the two hundred
and fifty seven draft picks were multi sport athletes. One
hundred and seventy three picks competed in track and field,
and one hundred and twenty three forty eight percent were
three or more sport athletes in high school.
Speaker 2 (43:32):
You don't have specialized right exactly. I promise you. It's
actually better for you to get the diversity. It's different
skill sets, different skill sets. I absolutely love it.
Speaker 1 (43:41):
And speaking of different skill sets, how about this news
are coming out? Reports are coming out from Tiger Illustrated
Larry Williams that Ian Shefflin.
Speaker 2 (43:52):
We know he entered the transfer portal, but it does
look like there's.
Speaker 1 (43:56):
A strong possibility he's going to play tight end for
the Clumps Tigers in football because he is out of
his eligibility for basketball, but the rules are that he
can have another year of eligibility if he plays a
different sport. And Dabosweeney has been big on getting the
chef Ian Shefflin out.
Speaker 2 (44:17):
There on the football field. I like, so we'll see
what happens, all right.
Speaker 1 (44:20):
That is some of the latest headlines and we'll be
back right after this live from the Ingles Studios in
downtown Greenville. This is the Wednesday edition of the Richmond
Weaver Show presented by Ingles Markets, and let's head out
to the Ingles hotline eight six four two four zero
five four a zero. We've got Chad on the line.
Good afternoon to you, sir.
Speaker 6 (44:43):
What was going on, mister Rich, Yes, sir, Man, I'll
get right to it. Man, I'm the old counter talking
this morning on the nil. How Texas A and M
was going to spend was it thirty five to forty
or forty to forty five million next year on their
football program? Man, I don't know about you, risk, but
(45:04):
I think, man, you ought to go to Vegas and
they make a few bets. I honestly, the team with
the most money is going to win or at least
getting the final four. That's the way it was last year.
Was Notre Dame and Ohio State and Penn and who
was the other one? Oregon?
Speaker 2 (45:25):
Oregon. Yes, now, Chad, we do appreciate the call.
Speaker 1 (45:28):
We're up against the clock here, but you obviously can
call back any other time. And to your point, yes,
there are reports, and I think it is Texas that's
actually going to be spending that type of money. And
then I know Texas A and M will not want
to be outdone by Texas.
Speaker 2 (45:42):
But we've seen it too many times.
Speaker 1 (45:44):
It's not always about the highest payroll, and if that's
what you want to call it, we see that in
the professional leagues and now in the pseudo professional leagues.
In college it's not always guaranteed that you spend the
most money that you're going to So there's something to
be said about making sure you have the right pieces
(46:05):
within your team. Not to say that money is not helping,
because five stars matter and getting the best talent does matter,
but it doesn't guarantee success. All right, it is April
the thirtieth, and let's take a look at what happened
back in the day.
Speaker 2 (46:21):
Let's take a look at some history, what happened on
this day.
Speaker 5 (46:25):
Let's go back in history to the moments you might
have forgotten and the ones you'll never forget.
Speaker 7 (46:31):
It's OTD on this day, all.
Speaker 1 (46:34):
Right, I'm going all the way back to seventeen eighty nine.
Oh wow, I don't care what anybody says, because I
thought it was a big day.
Speaker 2 (46:40):
Obviously I was not there.
Speaker 1 (46:41):
George Washington was inaugurated as the very first president of
the United States.
Speaker 2 (46:46):
So yes, that is a huge deal right there. How
about this.
Speaker 1 (46:48):
In nineteen seventy five, Larry O'Brien is named the NBA's
third commissioner. And you wonder what is the Larry O'Brian Trophy. Yes,
that's the NBA Championship Trophy. It was named after the
missioner who served there until nineteen eighty four. And in
nineteen eighty nine, how about this Www? The World Wide
Web was first launched to the public domain by scientists
(47:12):
Tim Berners dash Lee. Yeah, thank you exactly, thank you.
We've got all this content now. And in twenty fifteen,
the NFL Draft was held in Chicago, first time outside
of New York. And then also Jamis Winston was the
number one overall pick to the Bucks.
Speaker 2 (47:30):
That is OTD.
Speaker 1 (47:31):
And that is this Wednesday edition of The Richmond Weaver Show,
presented by Ingles Markets.
Speaker 2 (47:35):
We'll talk to you tomorrow.
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