17 Burst results for "Marquee Morris"
Lakers Nation Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"I'm going to say that. Either by being traded or being bought out. Because of how much smoke there's been around and maybe this changes by summertime. Maybe this changes by then because you never know in the NBA, but with there's so much smoke right now about the Lakers coaches coaching staff was trying to move Russell Westbrook. They were asking the front office to trade him at the trade deadline. He's been defiant with coaches with other players. Asking him to change his role. All of this stuff that's been building not to mention just clearly and has a work this season. LeBron and Westbrook on the floor together hasn't worked. How does it work? So I feel pretty confident saying that he's not going to be a Laker next season. And I don't think he wants to be. And what we've heard is that it's mutual. He would like to go somewhere else as well. So when you've got that mutual interest in Russ and the Lakers both kind of saying, look, this hasn't worked out. Let's part ways. I think 90% Russ is not a Laker next season. Now, that might be via trade that might be the buyout. Micah, could you imagine if he didn't pick up his option? If Russ just said, I don't want any part of that. I just want to be a free agent. Anywhere to decline that it's never going to happen. It's never going to, he would never decline a $47 million option, but I'm telling you, wherever you live, you would be able to hear people celebrating in el segundo at the Lakers offices, I mean, they would just be going wild if Russell Westbrook declined that $47 million player option. But it's never going to happen. He's going to pick it up. The question then becomes, what are the Lakers do with it? Can they trade that $47 million expiring contract and a move that helps them? Or is it just a salary dump? Or do they ultimately wind up waving and buying them out? Regardless, I think one of those three things will happen in Westbrook won't be on the roster on opening night. John Roberts Dow said, small ball won't work if you have a surplus of small guards without 6 6 to 6 8 players, Frank is literally just using small ball disaster all the time. I agree in your assessment of small ball. And I think it goes back to it goes back to when the Lakers won the championship. In 2020 and we talked about Frank Vogel's use of small ball there. But here's the thing. When Frank Vogel was going small previously, he was going and I'm doing air quotes just for anybody who's listening to the podcast version. He was going small. They weren't really that small, okay? Small ball for the Lakers when they won the championship was Mark Keith Morris at the 5. He's what 6 9 6 ten LeBron 6 9, Anthony Davis, 6, 11, right? And then and then and then Danny Green 6 6. KCP 6 5. So the Lakers going small weren't really that small. You're still a pretty big lineup. You're just not running a traditional center, like a 7 foot JaVale or a 6 ten, whatever Dwight Howard. You're not running those guys out there. You're running out there a guy who can space the floor, but still offer some size, a little bit less rim protection, right? If you're running marquee Morris, and then of course, to close things out against Miami in 2020, they ran Alex Caruso out there, but still, I mean, he's peaking compete defensively. Compared that to the small ball that the Lakers run now. It's truly small ball. Because you're talking 6 to 6 three Russell Westbrook. You're talking 6 two Malik monk. 6 four THT. You know, that's what we're looking at..
The Lowe Post
"marquee morris" Discussed on The Lowe Post
"Imagine can you imagine if I just took you, George sodano? And I said, George, I'm going to just stick you under the rim. And here's what's going to happen. For two minutes, PJ Tucker is just going to hip check you under the basket. Right. All you have to do, I'll give you $500 if in a minute you're not out of bounds on the opposite sideline. You would lose in 5 it would be so unpleasant. You'd be brilliant in the ER. A 100%. And then in that same defensive scheme, you have Jimmy kind of like roaming almost playing like a free safety on the weak side, right? And that's really when the defense is at their best when they've got bam and PJ where they can switch and Jimmy just kind of roaming around on the weak side to me. That's when it's going to be really hard to score on them. But as far as their, what's the, what's the one thing I'm thinking about offensively that can make that look to me it's Tyler hero, right? And I think we're the heat of struggled a little bit, Zach, is they've had these, we've seen this across the NBA. We just saw it with Dallas and Golden State the other day. I mean, no lead is safe anymore, right? Like I think it's fair to say that. And even as good as the heat are, I mean, offense is incredible right now in the NBA. It might be as good as we've ever seen. Now, you can say that maybe some of the rules play a factor in that. Okay, fine, whatever. But nonetheless, we are seeing a skilled a group of NBA players is maybe we've ever seen. And to your point about to your point about comebacks, we know what's fueling that, it's threes. Right. And the heat defense allows the most three point shots in the league. Somewhat by design, it's very Bucky in its we're gonna let you fire away from three and protect the rim. And they've gotten away with that now for two and three years because they can test shots well, they make you play the clock. I mean, there is it's not just luck. And by the way, they're not even getting that lucky opponents are shooting like average from three. So this is not a defense built on like last year's nicks that points are shooting some preposterously low percentage from three. Yeah, so to me, you know, at the end of the game, they are at their best in the games Tyler hero has been in the game at the end of games. You know, look, do I trust Jimmy in a playoff series to make a big play, you know, absolutely. No question. But he has struggled in clutch time this year. I mean, there's no doubt about that. Meanwhile, Tyler hero has been excellent in clutch time in his time this season. So to me, he's the key in a lot of ways because those big leads evaporate and you need a guy that can hit a shot from anywhere to your point and Tyler is best suited with his shot profile to hit it from anywhere. It doesn't matter if it's contested or not open. He's just capable of scoring at all the different levels and I think he's a key and that's a lot to put on a guy in his third season, but we did see clearly glimpses of that in his rookie season with the bubble. The other thing I think people need to watch out for is I think they're getting reinforcements. Now, I don't know how much they can count on this, but I believe, you know, woj reported that Victor Oladipo will probably be back the second week of March. Look, I'm not reporting this. I'm just using, you know, I'm just educating, you know, and doing an educated guess here, right? I'm guessing he's coming back for the Houston game, okay? Because if there's a soft spot in the schedule, that's probably the place to put him in on March 7th, right? And just kind of get him back in the flow. That's a 6 days. Yeah. Yeah, but I heard he looks fantastic, Zack. Like, unbelievable. So, you know, the culture is working there, apparently. So he could be back, I'm hearing there could be a chance marquee Morris could be back sooner rather than later. And that would just help, you know, just giving PJ a spell occasionally because, you know, PG 37 years old. And I know spoke loves to do stuff with marquise that the wizards used to do with him, particularly in the mid range on offense. And you know, he's a good enough defender, certainly to help you. He's a fine backup for, right? But I think the only depot aspect of this could be big. It just depends on what we get from him. But if you can get like 70% Oladipo, man, all of a sudden they're even deeper and then who do you cut out of this rotation? Like is it max drusus out probably? Is Caleb Martin's minutes go down? You're not getting Gabe Vincent out of the rotation to your point earlier. He's already the backup point guard to me. But I just think that spoke is going to have so many players at his disposal to mix and match that I think that can help them in a long series of guys get into foul trouble, et cetera, or if guys are struggling, he's got guys he can trust that he can go to. The question is, can those guys elevate some of those two way guys or former two way guys? Can they elevate in the playoffs? But to answer your question, Tyler hero to me is the bell cow as far as their success at the end of games. The Oladipo thing is interesting. I personally think it's got to be much more than 70% for me to play him in a playoff game. It's 30% reduction of any NBA player than a top ten guy. You're pretty much compromising your team, particularly a team that's so good around you. Mark Keith Morris, I'm glad to hear I've said this repeatedly. I love Nikola Jokić's game. I just, I was on NBA today last week and we were talking about the MVP and it was a segment I wasn't on and everyone was they talked about every candidate but jokic and I'm sitting there trying to like are we like how is this guy not coming up in the am I crazy? Am I an insane person? But for him to get suspended one game for that shot on marque Morris was asinine, it should have been multiple games. It was a cheap shot. I don't care that Marquis Moore's instigated it, which he did at the more IR instigators. It was a cheap shot, but Mark Morrison played. But to your point, what PJ Tucker is right now the only four that's playing for them. And so I'm always curious to see sort of how they handle his minutes and how they handle when he's not playing. They can slide butler to the fore, which we've seen them do, screws has played some for. The butler to Caleb Martin can play some for all the depot, so Mark Keith is a natural backup legit for Oladipo gives them another wing to build.
Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo
"marquee morris" Discussed on Dual Threat with Ryen Russillo
"Some of called me. I mean, the word asshole, things like that that just are so ridiculous. I've never talked to anybody high school coach, even the NBA. I've never gotten in a fight with a teammate. I've never gotten into trouble off the court ever. I've never fought a coach. I might have had a disagreement with a coach. But like I said, that happens every day on every team. Austin, do you think do you think there was a moment though maybe when you were younger that you got into the argument with the coach and that's ballooned? You know what I'm saying? Do you have like a moment where you go, oh, maybe that's where all this started? I've never had a hollow with the coach. I've only ever had conversations this read about that. By the way, we're talking about one person. I'm not gonna say his name, but that's the only thing I've only had one instance with a really. I've gone along with any coach I've ever played for. That's just what you're part of the job honestly as a player. Does that have a relationship with your coach and even if he's right or wrong, you got to have some type of correlation and a rapport with the guy who's calling the shots. I've only ever had, you know, probably not the best relationship with one coach. But again, like I said, you're not going to get along with every for ten years. So we're talking about one person. That's not too bad. I think it changed after I played foot with my dad. After I have to play for my dad, a lot of people I feel didn't like that or it rubbed him the wrong way. And then immediately after that, I went to D.C., whether that situation didn't work, but I got traded to a team that was on the verge of blowing up. I mean, I got traded to that team with general wall Brad Beale, ubre, marquee Morris, that whole team was like a ready to kind of go at separate ways. And I got added to that like a month before. I don't think it's like a month. So, you know, I think after that, it just changed. And then I signed with the because I went with the rockets, everything was great right after that. I played two for two, three years, had a great time there, with D'antoni, James Russ, Chris, we had a good run, didn't work out. And then I went to New York and that's the situation that just didn't work out either. So again, a reputation builds because this happened D.C. didn't work out in New York, and is it Austin? And then I do think my last name hinders me with a lot of this stuff and people who are in the NBA can not disagree with this. I do think I get a lot of slack. I get a lot of I get a lot of BS, man, just because of my last name. That's a fact. It just is. With that being said, I know complain because there's a lot of perks that I've gotten to have grown up having that same last name. I had access to being around NBA players had access to seeing how the NBA worked. So it all evens out. So that's kind of how I look at it. What's it like playing for your dad? You know, it was cool and it was, you know, it's kind of like one of those bittersweet things. I had a great time playing for him because at least as a player knowing the coach head is your back. At the end of the day, whether he's arguing me yelling at me as a coach, you know, telling me to do something. I know at the end of the day that this guy has my back, this is my dad. You know what I mean? So the play for someone like that and have that confidence, you go out there and you play loose. You know what I mean? So that is the upside that I had. I also think my pops unbiased and I think he's a pretty good coach. So I think that was just a great fit obviously for those reasons. But then everything else man was with hell, bro I mean, imagine playing imagine being in a locker room where you guys were talking about the code. This happens on every team. You know what I mean? Because not everybody's playing or not everybody's getting along with the coach. This is on every team, you got players get into a coach. That's just I've never been on any team when it hasn't happened. But the coach is my dad. So I got to sit here and they don't know if I'm going to say something or if I'm going to there's just a dynamic that's just weird there. It's just a weird dynamic. It's something that I never planned on being it. I never grew up ever. Jimmy and my dad talk about me playing for him. That was never even in the conversation. And I think he knew us probably going to go pro with my 9th grade when I was like the number one player in 9th or tenth grade. I think at that point I was safe to say it's probably going to go to the MBA. We still never talked about it. And then when the opportunity arose, I remember that car like it was yesterday when they called it, he was like, would you ever consider doing something like this? We don't have a backup guard. He's like, Chris needs somebody. He's like, I know how good you are. I know this would be a better situation for you. You just got to get out of New Orleans. Obviously they're like, man, I would really kind of like to go somewhere else, man. I don't want to be under that name or that shadow or that. The LA price and all that the media, however they were going to take it on people got to take it and they took it as just how we thought we were. Some people liked it and most people didn't. You know what I mean? So I was just like, everywhere I played, I got a lot of heat for it. You know, everybody owe you the leak because your dad like, bro I had to deal with that comment. I've heard too many times. You know what I mean? And my response would be the same thing that I said everybody. The why isn't there any other coaches on the league? Why isn't there a GM sent in the league? Why isn't there a president set in the league? Why isn't there any owner's kids in the league? You know what I mean? I've been doing this. I played my dad two and a half years. I've been late for ten. You know what I mean? There's a reason why and that's because I'm one of the best basketball players in the world. But when you play it for your dad, that shit just gets credited. It says, if they forgot, I was at the top player in high school, I was a lottery pick. I went to duke that all went under the rug when I played for my dad. Nobody gave a fuck 'cause they're like, oh, he's playing for his dad. And it just created this narrative that I've had to deal with. So I'm thankful for the times I had in LA. My God. I've had to like fight that shit off for like, sorry, I don't know if I can cuss in here..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"What they worked on. And to start the game, the blazers missed a bunch, so the Lakers were feeling pretty good defensively, but then things started to fall apart. And we saw the defense not look so good again. Now again, you will help users to 94 points, but how much of that was the Lakers defense was good? Compared to the blazers are bad. I don't know how much of the credit you want to split up there. Yeah, and I'm leaning more towards the Lakers are crap the blazes are just bad. Look at that second quarter. And that kind could just take all the hope away. Yeah, this was a good Lakers defense performance. Second quarter, okay, never mind I believe so just missing a lot of shots. There we go. This is normal. I've got Chris Martinez in all caps, so I know he's really serious about this. Trevor, what do you think about picking up Willie cauley Stein? And I've seen a few people asking about that. So Willie cauley Stein, I'm not completely up to date on what happened with him. The Mavs situation, he was away, I believe it was for personal reasons, but there was an era mystery there, where there wasn't quite clear exactly what was happening. So without knowing whatever it is that he's dealing with, and first and foremost, before we even in basketball, hopefully everything is okay with him. And we don't know. That's a big hurdle to overcome. So Willie cauley Stein, if everything's great and he's just sitting out there in the free agent market, okay, sure, maybe you could talk me into it. I don't know that that's exactly what they need. But he was missing games for the Mavs for a reason. And it was never really made public what that reason was or at least not to my knowledge at this point. So without knowing that, I can't say, oh yeah, he's a guy that you definitely want to go side because I don't know what his situation is at this moment. Yeah, obviously I make sure everything's good with them personally, but one thing I am seeing in the chat is we miss marquee Moore and I absolutely agree. Yeah, when I was talking about Paul Millsap, skill set being something that they lack, marquee Morris also fills that fills that role. Moog Morris do you think Justin holiday toy Craig would be great three and D wing targets?.
Lakers Nation Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"So yeah, you know, a lot of different combinations here. And I think it just goes to show you that the Lakers don't really know exactly what they have because just guys haven't been completely healthy and I know people are tired of hearing that as well, but it's just the truth. I don't have numbers in front of me or anything, but I bet if I looked at different lineup combinations, I bet the minutes totals compared to other teams across the league. It's probably a lot lower. That'd be my guess. And we did this a little bit last year, too. But not to this degree, right? The question was, is Mark assault in the starting lineup your best bet? Or is it somebody else? Is it Andre Drummond now, right? Is it his turn in the starting line, right? So we did this a little bit, but not like this. Not like this where you have so many different possible answers. And then you think back to the stability of the championship season. The starting lineup unless there was an injury like Avery Bradley got hurt for a little bit. Oh, bummer. Avery Bradley's hurt. Okay, KCP. Fully capable guy. Can step in, right? It was Danny Green, either KCP or Avery, Bradley, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, JaVale McGee. Those were your starters, and then Frank Vogel got to tinker with things come play off time. We saw marquee Morris for a little bit. We saw Dwight Howard log major minutes against Nikola Jokić. He got to mix and match. But for most of the regular season, that was the starting lineup. We didn't have this discussion. And I think it just speaks to what a mess, the off season was in terms of putting a roster together that here we are, and we still can't pinpoint what the best starting 5 is. I mean, again, like, Tino faults of rob's fault or whoever else you want to blame. I mean, injuries have definitely played a role in that. But I do think that given the circumstances it is a little crazy that we're in the beginning of February now when we're talking and we still don't really have a starting lineup that everyone can competently say, this is what we're going to come out with tonight. And mat thinking about that 2020 teams insane. I guess I'm just reminiscing over good things now because I just don't have a lot to look forward to when it comes to Lakers games, but man, it's crazy. We had Caruso, KCP coming off the bench, Dwight. I guess it just goes to show and I think this is like a good example for fans to realize how important chemistry and continuity are when team building. A lot of Lakers players have echoed this sentiment is that they just haven't had time on the floor together to figure things out and it kind of feels like everyone's just waiting for people to come back and then people come back and then someone else goes out. It's been a theme the past two seasons and it's incredibly frustrating and it's sad that it's still a talking point and it's still applicable to this day. Two steps forward and two steps back. I think the Lakers themselves the front office may have taken it for granted because you think about how quickly that title team came together almost from the get go..
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"marquee morris" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Box, the next morning because they played a back to back, tweeted, one of the ivory team does this, but some version of hey, it's game day, wake up. And it was Greece and Allen eating at the top. Right. Now, I talked to a friend of mine who runs one of those accounts for another team in the league. No, it's not the box. And said, she was willing to bet that it was scheduled that had been scheduled for probably a week, generally they'll map out those kind of more evergreen kind of things. We can advance that. It all scheduled and ready to go out. And nobody bothered to check to make sure, you know, hey, what's our tweet tomorrow morning? She said, I can guarantee you there is now a check on every tweet that is going out from the box account. So that's that part is it was a bad look. The bulls replied with I saw that. Which I thought was kind of funny. Also sad, but funny. But a lot of reporting mark Stein I think was on the ones predominantly on this woe was on a two that Chicago and other teams are not happy because Grayson now only got a one game suspension and that's it. He was ejected from the game. We should be clear about that. They gave him a flagrant to fall, which is an automatic ejection. But then he's going to get a one game suspension which will think Wednesday is when that will happen. I think it's when they play next. Because they did play after, but he did not play in that game he was injured. In a unable to play. So there's a lot of people feel he should have been suspended longer. Some took it as far as he should be out as long as I've seen that. But that's not how things work. Yeah, that's not a thing. I mean, it was never going to happen that way, but yeah, I think it is, I think it is just one game. It kind of the person with jokic got a game for shove and marquee Morris. Yeah, and I get it the whole balance history should be taken in. A lot of that history of fortunately, if you're not a fan, it didn't happen. Yeah, it was in college. So that's hard to factor that in too much as well. So yeah, there we are. It's just been a freaking and here's the thing. I think that look Grayson Allen as a player. I think he's better than people give him credit for. I think that there's what happens is people remember him from his college days, people think, oh, I don't like that guy because he did this that or the other. And then they let that leak into their perception of him as a player. And I think as a player, he's got a positive for the bucks this season. He certainly helped him out. I come back to you. Obviously, the tweet wasn't, I didn't think that was a good look for the bucks and maybe it was scheduled in advance. Maybe it was. And that's certainly possible. But then to issue the statement, after the suspension, when the general sentiment around the NBA was that he should have been suspended for longer. The audacity to come out here and issue a statement complaining that he was suspended for a.
Lakers Nation Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"In January. But I think so too. I say two weeks is probably a good conservative take. Dre Johnson, do you think not running it back with a 2020 championship team backfired on us? And if we get someone like Jeremy grant, how much does that help us? Yeah, I think it did. I'll say that on paper, the team they put together last season was better than the championship team on paper yes. On paper it was. It was an upgrade in a lot of ways. But the injuries just absolutely destroyed them. I think that breaking up the championship team looking back was probably a mistake. Breaking up last year's team may turn out to be the bigger mistake because of the way they did it. You know, I think in normal circumstances, when there isn't a global pandemic happening and it shortens your off season, I think that breaking up the 2020 team wouldn't have been nearly as bad. Because if we're going to revisit this a little bit, you have to remember that the Lakers basically had 90 days between the championship and the next season. It wasn't even that it was like 70 something. Yeah, well, I think from when they played, but it started. Yeah. But anyway, my point being is that that's just not a lot of time to put two acclimate a whole overhauled roster. But if you gave them a normal off season with plenty of rest and chances to actually get practices in together, I think that team looks a lot better. And yeah, I think not running back 2021 might end up being even worse of a mistake. Because that team had players that made sense. This team could use a Dennis shooter. And again, not a Homer, this team could use a west Matthews. I think Mark Gasol as a floor spacing big off your bench would have been great. Yeah, like that team made sense. Marquee Morris, as your small ball 5, what it made sense? I was legit earlier today going through and saying, hindsight being 2020. What would have been the Lakers a plus off season?.
The Lowe Post
"marquee morris" Discussed on The Lowe Post
"But the other aspect of it is, you know, historically going back to the bubble when tyus Jones was sidelined when they have had both Jones and morant off the court. Those lineups have usually been dreadful offensively and they've survived playing a lot of those minutes. And again, I think that's where it Desmond baines maturation is a playmaker. Like he was functionally playing point guard when I saw them in Portland last week. And Dylan Brooks has done a lot of functional point guard play as well because they all play Melton is back up point guard and then they'll play neither Jones or nor or neither Jones nor melt in. So no point guard on the floor in Melton's only like half a point guard if even that anyway, and Dylan Brooks, Dylan Brooks can take all the horrible hero shots he wants and my God did he take some heat checks last night. The king of the he and danilo Gallinari are having like a secret competition for who can take most foot on the line long twos. And the way he defends and the way he imbues the grizzlies with his, I mean, I apologize for my language. Where the best team on the court tonight, no matter who they're playing, I grant him like 5 of those shots per game. I don't even care. Maybe his teammates don't love it, but I think they maybe they do because to me, I don't care, do whatever you want. I mean, first off, both of those guys have a long ways to catch Nate McMillan. The king of the three pointer with his foot on the line back and his plane. And second, Jason quick wrote about this on the athletic last week. Chauncey billups both before and after the blazers grizzlies game last week went out of his way to praise Dylan Brooks and talk about him as the heart and soul of the team. And it really sounded a lot like he wished he had a Dylan Brooks on his team. Hey, Taylor Jenkins told me when they beat the warriors last year in the playing game. The last playing game to make the playoffs. He's sitting in his office. Debriefing with the coaches, there's a knock on the door. It's too grizzly's players. Moran? Okay, best player on the team you expect that. And Dylan Brooks. They come in his office and they're like, hey coach, just so you know, we're not satisfied. We're built to do more than this. We're not just we're not stopping here. And just like the way he was shadowing Lillard last night all the way up and down the court in his making mean faces, just walking that's still a little it would be walking up the court without the ball and you would be walking next to him making mean faces. I'm like, man, this has to just suck to be guarded by this guy. He doesn't care if he fouls out. You know, jaren Jackson wipe file out to, although his fouls are a little bit down, his defense looks much better, but I just, it just must suck to be to be guarded. If he followed me around in real life for a day, just like jostled beyond the street for an hour, I'd be like, can you get this guy away from me? Can we do 5 minutes on another team that I have hardly talked about at all this year? Let's do it. The Miami Heat are just completely under the radar 18 and 13, 8 in offense, tenth in defense. So top ten in both butler's missed a bunch of games, bam is out for a long time, marquise Morris has been out since Nicole yokocho almost murdered him in broad daylight. Tyler heroes been out for a while. I haven't really figured out how to talk about them because they just have a different lineup every game. They're getting good production from some of these bit players like max stress and Gabe Vincent, but and Caleb Martin too. I love the Martin twins, by the way. The Martin twins just get in the middle of wherever they go. Cody, Cody Martin leads the league in three point shooting. The last time I said, you should shoot 50% on threes. What can we take? Is there anything we can take from the heat? Like I want there to be something other than congratulations on hanging in, which is a big deal. You want to avoid the play, and it's awesome that they've got it out some of these wins. Is there anything we can take from this first 30 games? I mean, I think they're a fascinating contrast in roster building to the Lakers. Because both of them in the Lakers case sort of self imposed because the luxury tax concerns, and then also because of the Westbrook trade, which related to the tax concerns. And in the heats case because the fact that they made the sign and trade for Kyle Lowry and hard capped themselves, both had to get massive numbers of players on minimum contracts. So the Lakers, as we mentioned, went almost exclusively guys who were stars 5 years ago to ten years ago. The heat, they did sign four veterans out of the 7 minimums they had. You know, you Donna's haslam for his leadership and occasional scuffles Dwayne deadman who's been really good for them this season is starting in place of bam. Marquee Morris, as you mentioned, and then Victor Oladipo is an interesting wild card for the second half of this season. Literally forgot about Victor Oladipo. They showed him on the bench a couple games ago when I was watching. I was like, that's right. Victor Oladipo's on the heat. Which could be very interesting. But three of those spots went to guys with two years of experience or fewer max drew gave Vincent omer yurts of in, which contrast with the Lakers only Austin Reeves fits that criteria for them. And hasn't played a whole lot he's playing a little bit now as a backup center. But streusand Vincent, along with Martin, who's been on a two way have just been incredible for them this season. We had huge questions and I think legitimate questions about what's the depth of this team going to look like after you make that sign and trade for Kyle Lowry. Like the starting 5, like Tyler hero, how about spot 7 through 9 and streets Vincent and Martin have made that just a not a question. I mean, stress is shooting 41% from three Vincent's 37 and a half Caleb Martin's 38%. These are guys who are not shooters coming into this season. I'm telling you if there's a loose ball or a conflagration around the rim or someone trying to get a layup on Miami Caleb Martin is going to be in there somewhere just mucking up. He's just a muck upper. That's what he does. He mucks things up. Look, to your point, this was, I predicted the heat would be in danger of falling into the play and if because of their depth issues, well, this is their nightmare scenario. Butler's missed a lot of games, bam's missed a lot of games, Lowry's old and really can only bring the, there's only so many nights where you can ask kylo, can you give me 25 or 30 tonight? Sometimes he engages that gear. Sometimes he doesn't. And they're sitting here at 18 and 13 with a three game cushion on number 7, which isn't much, but it's better than I would have expected, given all those injuries, given that Duncan Robinson is shooting like 31% from three and they're four leading scorers are three leading scorers. There are all out. And I don't know how I watched them, and I'm like, well, they want again. I don't really know. There's a little zone defense here, a little Dwayne deadman there, a little max truce here, Gabe Vincent throws up some heat checks and they go in and it's like, okay, I don't even know what the only stat of interest to me right now is other than their good on both ends of the floor. They're 27th and getting to the rim on offense, which is like, I feared their offense would be a little bit of a slog, but their tenth, despite all of the sudden, I think I really hope they get healthy and have a nice couple of months because I still think this is the third best team in the east in terms of championship equity. I would just like to see it. Agreed. Yeah..
Lakers Nation Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"Look at the energy expended on offense versus defense, not even close. Yeah, I mean, look, again, second night of a back to back, I think that matters, especially when you're a veteran team. That kind of stuff matters. But that said, I think that there's just kind of human nature wrapped up into this. It's hard to not take your foot off the gas pedal when you're up that much and you kind of just play with your food and as much as we say, this happens every season. Every season, there's at least a few games where something like this goes on. And we say it time and time again, you can't take your foot off the gas. You can't give bad teams hope. Don't do this and it just happens. Human nature kind of gets in the way sometimes. And you've got to fight back against that. You've got to realize that that's not something to play around with. You can't play with your food in this situation. But it does happen. And we did see the Lakers. I think it lazy on both ends of the floor. And this one, because they thought they were going to just cruise to a win. I actually got a couple of thoughts, and I'm glad this comment came up. Trevor, have you noticed or have you recognized that the Lakers and Frank Vogel aren't blitzing pick and rolls nearly as much this year? I don't think I've seen them do it. And I think that's a result of not having the guys who can because if you blitz the pick and roll the you're forcing the pass and then you're going to be put into a four on three situation four and three. And the Lakers used to have the guys to still cover even though they were down a man and they don't have those guys anymore. Because you know how I talked about this yesterday about how I was watching the game 6 finals again. And you know, a lot of those games actually. And I noticed that that was a frequent tactic when the Lakers would go small with Anthony Davis at 5. But then, you know, you're talking about LeBron, Caruso, Danny Green, and you know, marquee Morris, or another small another smaller player there. And so this is kind of my concern with the Lakers overall defense is that when you don't have that bag or that an option in your toolbox, you're limited to a lot of drop schemes in pick and roll coverages. And especially when you're playing with players like Dwight, Deandre Jordan, even Carmelo Anthony, because they involve him in a lot of actions as well..
The Bill Simmons Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on The Bill Simmons Podcast
"Gonna go slight under. I think it's more likely they tanked than that they're good. But I don't feel good about it at all. But not bet on it. What do you got? I'm joining you. I'll do this last tiniest under 36 wins. Priscilla? I've had such a hard time with this and you're right. The beginning house and he said impossible. I mean, they were middle of everything statistically and a bunch of stuff last year. This is better. Record was atrocious, but they also got smashed with COVID. They had those stretches where nobody was playing. If siakam were good to go, and I go, hey, dragach van vleet, OG, siakam, kem burch. I'm over. I'm Nick nurse factor alone. I'm you know what I might just Zack here. Give me your hand. I think it's a great sex. Give me 37 wins with them. All right, we're switching envisions to whatever the division Miami is called. Miami over under 40 and a half division is minus one O 5. Conference plus 9 50 title 25 to one there. Plus two 30 for the playing game house. It's like one Kyle Larry Jimmy Butler injury away from 7 seed potential. They have PJ Tucker on their team, which I'm really excited about. I think he could average 0.0 points a game this year. It's very possible. It talks about his box. You've been talking about people. Why do you avoid OJ Tucker? I don't. It's just you're playing four and 5. And I think it's fine if you have Giannis on your team, but in this situation, I'm not as excited about it. Do you want to guess what his points per 100 possessions was? Was it? So that's a hundred possessions. Yeah. 6.7. It was the worst of anyone in the league that qualified. And I guess it was a significant jump up from the second horse. So I have strong thoughts on this over under, but I'm gonna ask you this for solo. That's my one question. What's their next move, if this mix of guys doesn't totally work? Because I do think there's a world in which the mix of all these dudes isn't quite right. I think they're really painfully weak on the wing. I wonder about defensively, it's just a lot of put on Jimmy Butler night after night and you'd be like, well, they have PJ Tucker. It's like, all right, with PJ Tucker, now I'm playing four and 5. Marquee Morris, all right, marquise Morris ever knocked your socks off. You going down the line, and this is a wings league in a lot of ways in certain matchups. And I just feel like they can get torched on that end. Now they have some shooting. They have some scoring, Lowry and a new team. Larry's going to be what 36, 37? It's been in the league a long time and, you know, he's had some injuries. I worry about that. So my question is, what is the next move? If you don't like how this looks two months in, what do you do? Well, I think the next move just happened. I think it is the three year extension for 85 million for Lowry. I mean, so you think this is their team and we're good to go. This is what we're doing. Yeah, when people were afraid to trade for Lowry during the trade deadline, and I had heard he's asking for two for 50. It's like he got more. And he's going to be as you said 35. He's 35 now. Butler's 32, he did a four year 186 million extension. And I think the small move because bam staying. So there's your three max guys for the next three year window. So here is the wild card. So that's the only thing I can come up with when you ask them the question is hero from two years ago to now I just hear about him through Jack Harlow stuff, massive step back in that second year. No, you felt a lot of hero hype right now. So okay, that's cool. And I'm the NBA's leading preseason score heading into the weekend. Okay, that's great to know. There's a lot of he's the youngest player in their roster still. You don't realize how young Tyler hero is. That's been like David Brent's like, you.
Lakers Nation Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on Lakers Nation Podcast
"Work. That guy's gonna work out perfectly. It's what we do, right? Eternal optimists. That's fandom. But that's just not the truth. It's not really going to play out that way. Last season, why Matthews had to get benched for a while, marquee Morris had to get benched for a while because they just, they weren't rotation players for a stretch. Then they got better. But we need to keep in mind when we look at this Lakers roster. Yes, it's deep. Yes, you've got plenty of veterans who can get the job done, but no, not everybody is going to work out and not everybody is going to get minutes. It's just the truth. It's the way it's the way things go in the NBA, but that said, just because a guy doesn't work out in the beginning, doesn't mean that he can't come back around and work out by the end. All right, let me get into a few more of your questions and comments. James bell with a super chat. Said I believe that THT is going to play more three while Trevor ariza plays spot minutes and finishes with a closing lineup. James, I think that would indeed alleviate things a little bit at the swing position. I think that's really interesting. And I'm with you. I'm with you. I am on board with this, particularly because of his ability to attack closeouts if he can shoot well enough to get defenses to close out on him. That's critical. That's a big if. THT shot 28% from three last season. That's not good enough. You swing him the ball at 28% from three defenses will go, no, thanks. And they will not close out on him. If he can get that shooting percentage up to league average, this is a big jump. Don't get me wrong. If he can get there, though, 20 years old, it's going on a straight up trajectory right now. If he can get there, say 35% from three, just enough to keep defenses honest. THT on the wing, I think could work. He's got the size. Okay, well, no, he doesn't have it. He's 6 four, but 7 one wingspan. That allows him to defend up to defend guys that are bigger than him. So I could see it. I could see THT playing the three. The only challenges he's such a good ball handler, but who cares? Who cares in today's NBA, whether you're three is handling the basketball, whether it's your one, your 5 positions don't matter as much anymore. They don't. LeBron was what technically the point guard when the Lakers won the championship, but he's also defending threes and fours..
NBA Gambling Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on NBA Gambling Podcast
"Which of course is a huge question. Mark among exactly sure what. The injury situation was the last year in toronto because toronto was half pumping but not publicly tanking so they had to keep lowery on the bench even though he probably could play if they were in the middle of a series playoff run. Would you agree with the yes. So i'm assuming lower. He's going to stay healthy for most of the season. I love what the heat did this off season. Of course you mentioned the pj tucker move and we both agree that his production the playoff was a little bit over. Stay it'd by the public but he does kinda fit that toughness mold that he's gonna fit in quite well with when you look at the likes of lowery and butler even out of body with the rim. This team's gonna win fifty something else. I the way that i look at it. The fact that pat riley whenever he's in charge of building a team the one thing you always have to give him credit for is that he always finds a team. Identity is willing to stick to the identity. And they're gonna that's how they're going to play and no matter what no matter. How good or how bad they're going to be. They are going to be a pain in the ass to play on any given day. And i think the heat or going to simply grind teams down defensively. They should be a top three top five defense in the league. And i think the beltway games lowry with the experience and even at a bio rim protection. They're going to be a nightmare to score against in the fourth quarter. I think the heater probably gonna win. Fifty two fifty three games. And i think we're going to end up getting a four or three seed. But i really liked the c team. I think the really good. You pretty much agree with everything you say. I do like the identity that riley has established in addition to tucker they went out and got marquee morris as well. Who's a similar type of player They you know they lost a bunch of names that people recognized but Guys like dragush and igwe dala and lou. Those guys are definitely on the end of their career. At and kendrick nine. I think his greatness was sometimes overstated. He's gone Because they depot. What's that you put any stock toll depot as i was just gonna say is i liked that. They got rid of non. Because i think that ola depot needs more playing time in Right now they have him backing up lowry or maybe possibly playing alongside of him. In duncan robinson Maybe taking a few playing a less minutes tower hero. I don't know if there's a little bit crowded. Maybe but i do hope that it'll depot is able to come back into form. All we know depot on both ends of the floor. Went healthy is very impactful. But he's been injured for so many years in a row. It's a huge question. But of course miami did get him on the cheap which is why they were able to make this work without paying and cinema luxury tax so overall i like this team from top to bottom. The injury concerns are there but of course if any team has an injury to a serious player star player. You're going to see them struggle. Which is not surprising. The heat should win fifty something games. I think they're gonna win division i. There's a reason why they're a minus price at around mine is one thirty five to win the division minus one thousand to make the playoffs as much as i like..
GSMC Basketball Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on GSMC Basketball Podcast
"Talk about the miami heat. They made a huge roster. Overhaul will not crazy. You still got bam jimmy butler dunkin robinson tyler hero. Those guys are still there but they bring in cow lowry. They bring in. Pj tucker marquee morris. Victory depot stays on a minimum contract. You bring a back to wing deadman as well max. Strouss is expected to have a big big part of this lineup. Omer omair yartsev in one of the biggest stories in the summer league. This past season showed really really good stuff and could be a a complementary piece alongside bamut a bio. But i feel like this team is ready to content. I mean they got a lot of pieces. Bringing in a cow lowering to complement at a bio and butler is going to be huge. In more ways than i feel a lot of people are thinking about and and you know you look at their other pieces. I feel pretty good about them. Even though i know. There's a lot of depth issues with this team. You know because you look at the backup point guard position. It's probably going to have to come down to gay vincent to take that spot. In whom the at least until all the depot gets healthy but again that's going to be for most of the season so that's gonna hurt and behind the small forward which comes down to mack strouss. It's going to be tough. You know you're going to be relying heavy minutes on vincent and strouss and if they can step up and play high at a high level. This team can easily be at the top of tier two you know. Just trying to nudge its way into tier one. Because i know what. I'm going to be expecting from veterans talker morris deadman at a bio lowry butler. You know. I know what to expect from them and they also tyler hero. You gotta you gotta expect a big leap from tyler hero after a disappointing sophomore season. You know Following that incredible historic rookie season. I expect to see a much better. Tally hero this year. And i think that's going to be the ultimate x factor. What you get from him off the bench is gonna be massive and will be the most important thing for this team moving forward And then you look at the philadelphia seventy sixers and of course they still got ben simmons. They've got one of the best bigs in the entire mba in an mvp candidate and joel embiid there. That's looking great. You know obviously jong beat one of the best players. Ben simmons that has been a recurring issue over the past couple of years. And it's you know obviously reached that boiling point after. What happened against the hawks in this Pass playoffs and he's been in the rumor mill. He's he's getting you know talked about in the in the trade rumors because nobody wants the at least the seventy sixers are through with the antics and and you know with with the poor play in the playoffs. It's you can't do it for that many years in a row and continue to begin a pass. So ben simmons a ben simmons and of course the seventy sixers are looking to part ways. And it's probably going to happen but i recently heard saw rumors said he he could still be on the roster when the season opens up which you know with their asking price i. I'm not surprised. I mean they're asking for a lot for depleting valley contracts so depleting value player and trying to get damian. Lillard is a pipe dream in my opinion. Even though ben simmons solid. You know what i mean. What else can portland get in. That might be what it comes down to. Portland isn't in a hurry. They don't they got lillard for what another four years. I'm i think are at least three years. It's at least three years and there are no rush. Let him go. His value is not going down. he's one of the best players in the nba. So going for a depleted player like ben. Simmons doesn't seem like the best move who knows. Maybe it's the only one they can make to make sense of letting go of their franchise player so if there to get him like i said he can. They can certainly move up to tier one. And we'll be right there with the bucks in the nets contender status. But for now with you know things still anita add uneasy. No real big changes made to the lineup with with drumming being the big edition you know you you still got maxi's you know you got seth curry areas table milton in. They're they're still green. Came back so solid but the really was no big additions to this team. And it's really funny. That drum was one of the at additions to the scene with with all the history of the him and embiid have but again Philadelphia's still going to be a solid team. They got good players. Good veterans good young players. And i see them squarely in your two when i can easily see the miami overtaking them in this tier and being considered the third best team in the east. I just see a lot more paths for them to win But at the moment. I got tier to philadelphia and miami said and then. Finally we're gonna talk and tier one milwaukee bucks and the brooklyn nets milwaukee. Obviously just coming off winning a championship have one of the best players in the nba. Ingenious attempt to cuco. He's got a great supporting cast in guys like drew holiday. Khris middleton one of the best stretch bigs in the league in brook lopez. You got guys off the bench. Like bobby portis pat carnitine byron forbes arch actually. I don't think he's on that roster anymore thing yeah forbes left but i did bring in grayson allen You know you gotta look whilst rodney hood was brought in. Even chen's owes a lot of adept at.
NBA Gambling Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on NBA Gambling Podcast
"And she just mentioned to the next favorite here. I've got them at plus three seventy right now. That moved from the end of july when they did some signings that move from plus four ten plus three seventy. That could keep moving. I'm not sure you're right. It really depends on what. I'm in two very public teams in in in brooklyn and the lakers and lakers even more of a public team but the big moves. Obviously a lot of noise being made. They added mellow dwight. Howard areza for some crafty veterans kendrick. Nunn they resigned. Caruso resigned or tucker accommodate crucial left chicago. Did i am an idiot. Okay is embarrassing westbrook. And then they pretty much swapped drummond for howard and schreuder for westbrook in away by Letting dreamt insured or go and also gone coups. Mma kentavious pope mancha's herald and marquee morris who went to miami. I mean they got older. Is that good. Well the way that was going to describe it as that everyone loves their off-season if you just ask around you search up winners and losers on the internet. They're they're all going to tell you that. The lakers had a great off season. Maybe it's just me. I think that a good off season. I don't exactly think it was amazing. Bny standpoint and i'm not sure it's because the fact that now instead of having to aging superstars who get injured all the time you now have potentially three is westbrook. I know he plays with such a tremendous amount of force intensity. He's at a fair share of leg injuries over the last couple of years..
GSMC Sports Podcast
"marquee morris" Discussed on GSMC Sports Podcast
"The gsm sports podcasts. I'm your host nebi mammo Just got done talking about the nba draft talking about cade cunningham kid ingredient avenue mobiles going first second and third in this year's nba draft cunningham goes to the pistons. Green goes to the rockets. And evan mobely goes to the cleveland cavaliers A very talented nba draft from top to bottom I'm really excited to see what these with. These top three picks in this year's draft. But what all these picks in this year's draft going to be able to do like a cinderella story jalen preston Kion johnson is while jonathan kohima. David mitchell corey. Kiss burn company All these guys have A lot of room to improve on so we started to see what they're going to bring but without further ado. Let's get into the next. Today's podcast which is going to be about um nba free agency and talk about the trades out of already happened So without further do let's get into it so the first trade that want to talk about here is about Russell westbrook going back home to la and playing for the la lakers. I talked about this at the start. Today's podcast in my intro. The losses lakers and washington wizards have agreed on a deal to exchange russell westbrook For cow coups ma mantra herrell contiguous cor pope and a twenty twenty one first round pick Sources told espn area. Were he So with this the lakers get Russell westbrook and the also get twenty twenty four second round. Pick twenty twenty eight second round. Pick the words was officer. Get kuzina herro. Casey p. and The twenty twenty one first round pick in that pick Was zahra jackson out of Kentucky power forward so With this what does this mean for the lakers. Obviously obviously this means that They're gonna be one of those teams in the driver's seat For a Title obviously having lebron eighty there are enough for them to be title contenders but now with watchword here and sending away. Coups mma heralding contagious caldwell-pope Leave some Spots open on a team where you have certain people step up so obviously russia's folks going to have some big shoes to fill And some questions thrown at him but overall he won't be the only guy to to To be questioned here Depending on what the lakers do free agency. I'm just going to assume that the whole team's gonna come back so meaning that dense route is gonna come back Markelle sol Andre drummond So with this and what. I suspect the lakers starting lineup to be. I expect them to have on russell. Westbrook a point guard probably a I'm blanking out on his name here. a taylor horn tucker as shooting guard than obviously the braun at three eighty four. Then maybe market saw at the five or andre dramatic five depending on how it goes but overall. I think that this seems a lot better depth wise now off the bench. you have. i'ma possibly a dentist shooter. Come out the bench a andre coming off the bench. And we'll see what they're doing free agency but They could Maybe have caruso. Come off the bench. Depending on every comes back with the lakers but Outside of that nominee. Other guys come to mind on. This lakers squad so Going to the roster right now and just looking on looking a at who they have On on contracts still That might help them. Out in playoff runs mostly matthews might be a guy Then malcolm more Marquee morris may be but outside of that not whole lot coming from their bench. The bench being reevaluated again dennis ruder at point. Guard probably ben nakimora as shooting guard was matthews. A small forward marquee. Moore's at the power forward than andre drama at the center position. So they're definitely a ten men a deep team if they wanted to be But you know the west is only going to get better Once some of these guys who were injured become a little bit more healthy. So we'll see what happens there. with the lakers. But would i expect for them as title at the end of the day I smacked from the wizards though is completely different saying I really think that the wizards just should blow up everything E- traded away John wall for russell westbrook and now trae away was russell. Westbrook wall obviously going to the rockets is time. Disa- blow everything up Is time just to Rebuild start a new process Try to get something for beal on. Wow stocks pretty high here I've heard you know the celtics might be high on them. Obviously trying to team up with the saint. Louis buddy jason tatum. Maybe the miami heat Obviously I would love as he fan to see on him. Alongside out of bio jimmy butler china's give jimmy extra hand and trying to get back to the finals but Obviously there's some other teams that on would love to have a guy like bill. Dahm not Dowd come to my mind right now. But for the wizards ice them to be like a worst team in the one where seems in the league. I'll be surprised if they get back to the playoffs. Or even the playing tournament At that but overall I just think it's time for the wizards just of blow everything up. But that's just the tip of iceberg there Outside of the outside of that trade. dan any pacers traded up in draft with the bucks The pistons Del mason plumlee onto the hornets. So with this the detroit pistons Sent mason plumbing and the thirty seventh pick to the toronto florence of for the Fifty seven th pick of this year's draft With the thirty.
Mason & Ireland
"marquee morris" Discussed on Mason & Ireland
"Just because he was the first guy that popped into my head. I'll go tom brady. It is not tom brady. That's that's an interesting call because he is from northern california. It's actually tiger woods. Tiger woods certainly fits the bill and some of these. I'd forgotten like alabama charles barkley. Obviously hurt schilling was born in alaska. No kidding yeah is shock from the one from texas from texas. It is the chance armstrong interesting. Yeah so they've got one from from every state but the california selection tiger woods and it's it's hard to argue with that in terms of landmark achievements all that stuff definitely southern californian. I can't make a case against him. But you make a good case. I think for tom brady tom brady would be. It would have been an interesting choice. It's you attack okay. it leaked out recently. That twitter is about to start a paid. Subscription service. Called twitter blew. It will cost you three bucks a month for special features including the use of tweet deck. We both used tweet deck. Yes always been free if twitter starts charging for it. Will you pay three dollars a month or you go back to basic twitter in other words three dollars a month to be able to use tweet. Dick correct god. I hate subscribing things. I know you do but tweet deck seems indispensable to me. They've got the over. That's a pretty good deal i would have. I would have to pay three dollars a month because tweet deck is open for me all day and all night so due to its brady by the time you and i are old older than we are now. I think the tv is going to be like this. You're going to actually decide which channels you want to pay for. And which ones you don't you know rather than like i pay direct. Tv to get everything. Yeah i think pretty soon. It's all going to be a cart but you know the the thing about it is there is just like every one of these streaming services has at least one good show right so so you like okay so i signed up for peacock because i wanted to watch girls five ever which is a really funny show. It reminds me of thirty rock ally. A lot of people who are into handmaid's tale. Well they've got a sign up for hulu. I i signed up for hulu to be able to watch the billie holiday movie starring day. I mean there's like there's one thing on every except for paramount. I have no reason to sign up for paramount. Plus as of this moment that's so funny and it will take on pyramid plus the other day. Yeah i just won't do. I refuse to do it. I refuse to do it unless they have something really good. And then the new season of the good fight comes out all subscribe. Yeah see. I'm not a good guy but you like the good wife i'd like to say no but i was resentful of the fact that they made me have to pay for it and so i'm not gonna watch out of protest out of solidarity with everybody who refuses to pay for paramount. Plus funny i got so many friends of paramount. Yes sorry paramount plus. You're you're out of it. I coming up next for you. Your reaction to last night. A disaster for the lakers phoenix. Is it over war thing or is this something they can come back from and win. Two consecutive games eight seven seven seven ten. Espn your critique of the team. Lebron of frank vogel about the rotations. All that stuff coming up next for mason ireland seventeen. Espn i so what inches astor last night. In phoenix and absolutely terrible performance for the lakers they brought no energy. They brought no see. They brought no fight really last night. Lebron had a very sort of passive night. i would do with the best laker. Yeah and everybody else was terrible. Here is kendrick perkins the role players for the lakers. What the hell of the role plays doing and i did. Lebron james only took nineteen shots. He probably should've took twenty five thirty. But what the hell is dentistry. Doing what is called. We'll talk doing. What is drake drama during. You know what the started to gain the first play of the game. They ran the plate. Frank vogel drew up a helluva play on a baseline of ms rich and play wills across green drama and he turned around and did like a little pin doll. Call will pope in the corner. He was wide. Open the pack. Stop from net point there. I knew it was going to be held in the sale. I'm sorry he knew it was going to be hell in the hell and sell hell of the cell. I've never heard that before. It's like a wrestling term helen. The cell hell in the cell phone the cell that sounds pretty appropriate. It's fair to criticise. Basically any of the lakers. For last night. They know they played bad. I thought marquee morris said it best after the game he said it was like we got punched in refuse to punch back and i thought the most interesting thing than anybody said last night after the game was frank vogel when he said we're gonna find out how much this means to us on thursday right so basically he's challenging the players to i i. I don't know how any clear you can put it. That's basically if your coach says that to you it means. Apparently it didn't mean very much to you tonight. So let's find out what it means to you. Now that weren't elimination game and elimination games. Lebron's really hard to knock out. He averages more points a game than any player ever thirty four. When he's in an elimination game now. I don't know if he's going to do that tomorrow. I still looked at the. Let's face it. He needs to do it tomorrow but he said to. The way the lakers win is that lebron has a vintage lebron performance. Do you understand why he's not going to the basket. Well i i am going to suggest and i think i'm not the first one. And it was speculated. Last night by reggie miller and the broadcast is that he's just not one hundred percent. That ankle is still presenting issues for him and he's not able to slash the way he normally would be to in three. He went to the basket a lot and he was great. So you just gotta hope. And by the way chris paul. We don't know you know what his status is tomorrow. He was in the second half. Yeah that was the same shoulder. Right right and i'm sure that he's going to try and play. We don't know betting anthony davis. I think it'd be surprising if he played. But this games at home your seasons on the line. It'll be really interesting tomorrow to see what the lakers come up with. So this is about as bad as a game could be for the lakers. That's basically the worst possible game. They could've played last night. A bad defeat john. Personally in your life. What is your.
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"marquee morris" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"The road records. PJ 1st and 3rd 1st 3rd best road records in the MBA right hand Duncan the finished by tailing Horton Tucker. Is he, as he has all night and basically all year GHT just puts it on the floor and attacks the rim. He's eight of 11 for 17 points foul called on L. A. Old bull handling the ball at the top of the art draws a handshake. Will go the line to shoot. All 7 ft. Two of them the son of the late Manu Bull at the line left here in the waning moments of this 11 13 to play first free throw is good. Choose me shot. Guess how many points telling Horton Tucker has into paint seven for eight in the paint tonight? All layups 14 points. He's just He's a guy out of Iowa State that didn't have, you know great numbers with the Cyclones. Acquired in a trade with Orlando for basically 1/7 round pick its cash A minute to play book throws a pass toward heroin. It's kids well. Frank Vogel has gotten so much from his role players. And how about this for kind of remarkable marquees? Morris and West Matthews have not played tonight. We're talking to quality players more Keith Morris really helped them last year. You think of what the job The way I wanted to call him complementary players. Do everybody talks about LeBron and 80, which you certainly should do, But Alex Caruso.