Fred Katz

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.

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.

This is probably my favorite first round series because sneakily you look at teams, often the team that wins the title is the most balanced, is at least amongst the most balanced teams. And you look four teams finished in the top 10 in offense and the top 10 in defense in the NBA. And it was the three you would expect, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Boston, and the fourth is Minnesota.

This is probably my favorite first round series because sneakily you look at teams, often the team that wins the title is the most balanced, is at least amongst the most balanced teams. And you look four teams finished in the top 10 in offense and the top 10 in defense in the NBA. And it was the three you would expect, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Boston, and the fourth is Minnesota.

This is probably my favorite first round series because sneakily you look at teams, often the team that wins the title is the most balanced, is at least amongst the most balanced teams. And you look four teams finished in the top 10 in offense and the top 10 in defense in the NBA. And it was the three you would expect, Cleveland, Oklahoma City, Boston, and the fourth is Minnesota.

And when you look at contrast of styles in this series, Minnesota's played great ball to close the year. And you look at contrast of styles in this series, the post Anthony Davis Lakers play really small. They play. And when I say really small, the, the, They're going to use one big man in their postseason rotation, and it's going to be Jackson Hayes.

And when you look at contrast of styles in this series, Minnesota's played great ball to close the year. And you look at contrast of styles in this series, the post Anthony Davis Lakers play really small. They play. And when I say really small, the, the, They're going to use one big man in their postseason rotation, and it's going to be Jackson Hayes.

And when you look at contrast of styles in this series, Minnesota's played great ball to close the year. And you look at contrast of styles in this series, the post Anthony Davis Lakers play really small. They play. And when I say really small, the, the, They're going to use one big man in their postseason rotation, and it's going to be Jackson Hayes.

And even when they use Jackson Hayes, they tend to employ small team strategies. Now, they're not as small as people say, because like their wings are big. Hachimura is big. And Jared Vanderbilt is big. And like, you look at a lot of their guys, they're big. Luca is a huge point guard. LeBron is big. Like they have big guys, but they employ small team strategies.

And even when they use Jackson Hayes, they tend to employ small team strategies. Now, they're not as small as people say, because like their wings are big. Hachimura is big. And Jared Vanderbilt is big. And like, you look at a lot of their guys, they're big. Luca is a huge point guard. LeBron is big. Like they have big guys, but they employ small team strategies.