Fred Katz

There might not be a better regular season coach than Ty Lue either.

There might not be a better regular season coach than Ty Lue either.

There might not be a better regular season coach than Ty Lue either.

I mean, he is just so unbelievably brilliant in terms of getting the most out of everybody. And then you got David Adelman on the other side, who might be amazing. I just don't know. We have no idea. He's coached for a week, and he's got coaching in his blood, but he's coached for a week, and we just don't know.

I mean, he is just so unbelievably brilliant in terms of getting the most out of everybody. And then you got David Adelman on the other side, who might be amazing. I just don't know. We have no idea. He's coached for a week, and he's got coaching in his blood, but he's coached for a week, and we just don't know.

I mean, he is just so unbelievably brilliant in terms of getting the most out of everybody. And then you got David Adelman on the other side, who might be amazing. I just don't know. We have no idea. He's coached for a week, and he's got coaching in his blood, but he's coached for a week, and we just don't know.

And the Clippers, as constructed, with Kawhi playing the best ball he's played all season, the Clippers, as constructed... are just a monster defensively. They really are. Evita Zubats has had one of the best defensive seasons in the NBA, certainly his best defensive season ever. And I put him on my second team all defense. I thought he was great this year. I had him second for MIP.

And the Clippers, as constructed, with Kawhi playing the best ball he's played all season, the Clippers, as constructed... are just a monster defensively. They really are. Evita Zubats has had one of the best defensive seasons in the NBA, certainly his best defensive season ever. And I put him on my second team all defense. I thought he was great this year. I had him second for MIP.

And the Clippers, as constructed, with Kawhi playing the best ball he's played all season, the Clippers, as constructed... are just a monster defensively. They really are. Evita Zubats has had one of the best defensive seasons in the NBA, certainly his best defensive season ever. And I put him on my second team all defense. I thought he was great this year. I had him second for MIP.

You got Chris Dunn, who we talked ball perimeter defense last week on the pod. And you guys were like, how do you not have Chris Dunn? And it's only because he wasn't eligible for awards. That's right.

You got Chris Dunn, who we talked ball perimeter defense last week on the pod. And you guys were like, how do you not have Chris Dunn? And it's only because he wasn't eligible for awards. That's right.

You got Chris Dunn, who we talked ball perimeter defense last week on the pod. And you guys were like, how do you not have Chris Dunn? And it's only because he wasn't eligible for awards. That's right.

chris dunn is a phenomenal guy to be able to throw on jamal murray and they can create these really creative ways of guarding yokich too you know we've seen teams have success with yokich not necessarily putting their number one best big man defender on yokich you know minnesota had a lot of success against denver where they go okay last year they put cat on yokich they have rudy gobert

chris dunn is a phenomenal guy to be able to throw on jamal murray and they can create these really creative ways of guarding yokich too you know we've seen teams have success with yokich not necessarily putting their number one best big man defender on yokich you know minnesota had a lot of success against denver where they go okay last year they put cat on yokich they have rudy gobert

chris dunn is a phenomenal guy to be able to throw on jamal murray and they can create these really creative ways of guarding yokich too you know we've seen teams have success with yokich not necessarily putting their number one best big man defender on yokich you know minnesota had a lot of success against denver where they go okay last year they put cat on yokich they have rudy gobert

Can I make one caveat really quickly, Dave?

Can I make one caveat really quickly, Dave?

Can I make one caveat really quickly, Dave?

Really quick caveat. Yeah, absolutely. Denver has the best player in the world. In the world. And it's not particularly close. And if the best player in the world plays at his A-plus game, then it might not matter. Just all the stuff we just discussed might matter not at all.

Really quick caveat. Yeah, absolutely. Denver has the best player in the world. In the world. And it's not particularly close. And if the best player in the world plays at his A-plus game, then it might not matter. Just all the stuff we just discussed might matter not at all.