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00:00So then is Jimmy and Draymond the key factors to them winning?
00:04Because if they're going to be out,
00:06if it's going to be Luke, LeBron, Steph,
00:08who are the next grouping?
00:09Because I will take Jimmy and Draymond over Hayes and Finney Smith.
00:14So what I would say,
00:15why the Warriors would feel more dangerous is Steph,
00:20when Steph goes nuclear,
00:22it is more impactful than maybe any other player.
00:24Fair.
00:25So Ant going wild, right?
00:27Albeit amazing.
00:28When Steph does it, there's just a different feeling.
00:30Two, if Jimmy Butler had, I think it's more likely, J.Y.,
00:34I think you would agree.
00:35Jimmy Butler flips a switch than Julius Randle flips a switch.
00:38100%.
00:39And the third thing would be,
00:43you're not playing Draymond off the court ever.
00:44Draymond Green is one of the greatest defensive players
00:46in the history of basketball.
00:48We can, look, I think he has somehow concocted himself
00:52into possibly winning defensive player of the year
00:54when he should not win the award.
00:56I think he should be one of the,
00:59he should make an all-defense team.
01:01I just don't think he should be the DPOI.
01:03You're not playing Draymond off the court ever.
01:06So, but you might play Rudy off the court.
01:09It's true.
01:10I mean, again, Styles makes fights,
01:12and it's like,
01:12what are we going to be expecting from each team?
01:14I think when you rank the players,
01:17it's like,
01:17we have a very clear two at the top for the Lakers.
01:19Then it's Steph.
01:21Then it's Warriors role players.
01:23And like, there's a gap.
01:25Well, but so Reeves becomes an interesting swing piece.
01:28Let me,
01:28but here's the devil's advocate I will offer up
01:30against the Lakers.
01:32Luka Doncic
01:33has the second highest career points per game average
01:36in postseason history.
01:38Luka Doncic is on a heater now his last five games.
01:42But Luka Doncic has not been
01:44Luka Doncic,
01:47obviously,
01:48throughout this season,
01:48via injuries,
01:49changing teams.
01:52It is correct to say
01:55there are more questions around Luka
01:57entering this postseason
01:58than there ever has been before.
02:01Yes,
02:01but I still think
02:03with him having LeBron next to him,
02:06that can take the ball off his hands
02:07and also putting the ball in Austin Reeves' hands
02:09a little bit
02:10is going to help Luka settle into the playoffs.
02:13To me,
02:14when I also look at Golden State,
02:15and we go back to Golden State for a second,
02:17is you take away their top three.
02:19Now you're looking at
02:21Moody,
02:22Pazimski,
02:23Kaminga,
02:24Looney,
02:25Kevin Knox.
02:26I mean,
02:27holy Christ.
02:28I mean,
02:29when you're looking at the back
02:31at the second,
02:32as you take off,
02:33and let's say,
02:34you know,
02:35Rudy,
02:35it's Randall,
02:36it's McDaniels,
02:37it's Conley,
02:38it's Nasri.
02:38Nasri coming off the bench.
02:39There's Steven Chenzo,
02:40who has big spots in the playoffs.
02:42They have more outside of their top two or three,
02:45and I'm worried about Golden State
02:47with Draymond Butler,
02:48Curry,
02:49Moody,
02:49Pazimski,
02:50that's a really small team.
02:53Really small,
02:54small team.
02:55And one of the most
02:56unique challenges
02:59the Lakers present to teams
03:00is not just two great perimeter players
03:03with respect to Reeves
03:04and LeBron and Luka,
03:05is they're both 6'8",
03:066'9".
03:07All right.
03:08To where you're like,
03:09all right,
03:09hold on,
03:09like we have a defensive stop.
03:11Minnesota goes,
03:13all right,
03:13we have two great perimeter defensive players
03:14in Anthony Edwards
03:15and Jada McDaniels.
03:17Ant is significantly smaller
03:19than one of them.
03:21If he is having to guard one of them,
03:23that becomes a very difficult portion
03:26of the puzzle,
03:28potentially,
03:29if that's the way things settle up.