Impact of Jimmy, Draymond, and Curry in NBA Playoffs

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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.

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