Les Claypool
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I still think he's such a smart player, and he's probably going to play in the league a really long time, but maybe it isn't the Miami smarter than everybody else, and everybody's draft questions were stupid about this guy because there's been a bit of a reset on who he is. I think Khalil Ware has been a huge, huge plus for this team. But this team's just going to be stuck.
And I think Heat fans look at it as if they're entitled to expect the next star to just want to end up in South Beach. And I don't know, is it true or is it bullshit? Because they pull off the Shaq thing, they get the title with Wade in 06. Braun decides to go there with Bosch, but did they go there because of heat culture?
And again, I'll never make fun of heat culture again after the finals run, losing to Denver, right? I've decided to never do that again because Caleb Martin turned into somebody else and gave Vincent turned to somebody else. And those dudes turn into dudes. They're kind of not, but, um, LeBron probably went there because it was Miami and because it was Wade already being in place.
And the Jimmy Butler part, you know, they took advantage of an opportunity of Philly making the wrong decision on Ben Simmons and Jimmy Butler. But at the time, everybody kind of understood it. So is it that they are going to figure out a way to get the next guy? Because there's actually not really as much as I love BAM. There's not a top 20 guy really in place.
I mean, if you want to get weirder about it, like how far down the rankings is the best player in the NBA, the best player for Miami, and again, it's Bam. I love him, but you're never going to run your offense through him in a way where it's like, hey, get us a couple buckets. I know he's somebody who will start a possession or his passing is really good, so they'll get the ball to him a lot, but
I think Heat fans just kind of look at the landscape of the NBA and be like, hey, who's coming? Who's next? I don't know who's coming. I think this team is really stuck right now. Speaking of stuck on offense, let's talk Orlando Magic. 28th on offense, number two on defense. That split is the widest split in the NBA in those two categories. I don't even know what second.
I didn't bother looking it up. Last year, they were 22nd on offense, third on defense. To say it one more time, this team went to seven games last year with the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs. Should Jalen Suggs get MVP votes? Well, he's not going to. He's not going to qualify. And now he's out for the season. Knee surgery. Kept trying to figure out what this contusion was.
If you look at the on-off stuff, there's a pretty significant swing for Jalen Suggs. I think it's like around nine points the last time I looked at it. The problem for them, well, there's a lot of problems. But their two best players, Paolo and Franz, are shooting 30% on threes. And...
They take 12 a game, or at least they take 12 a game in February, where Franz is shooting 29%, and Powell is down to 27% on threes. So you're looking at two scores that are combining for 50 points a game in February, and they're at a number where you're not going to tell these guys to stop taking threes, but other people would be told to stop taking threes.
Now, some of it, to be fair to two players that I still really like, Um, there's just so bad on offense, whatever they're trying to get into. And man, I'm telling you when it is bad, it is unwatchable. I think there was a Stan Van Gundy game where I just really appreciated his just absolute like exasperation watching them try to figure out what they were going to do.
And I don't know why it's this bad. But it's a lot of, oh, what do you want to do? Maybe we'll do this. Oh, this isn't working. Okay. Fran, shoot it. Paolo, shoot it. So I have, I think, a fairer eye in how bad some of the shooting is. I don't know what the shot quality stuff is here because I was looking at...
The wide open shots, I was looking at some of the quality tracking stuff that's out there because I was like, is it that they just have the lowest quality of shots? Well, on wide open shots, they actually were like 14th most in just a closest defender, not even being within 10 feet. That's how they track wide open shots. So it's not like they're not getting any of them.
Um, but this team is just forever has spacing issues. And for 66 million, you wanted a little bit more out of KCP and he's shooting 31%. And you want to talk like all don't notice him. I think he's all don't know to some second team NBA this year. I guess I could just say all don't know to some second team. KCP would get some votes.
There's some other guys who are just like, I know they've had some injury stuff here, but you're like, what the fuck is going on with that guy? It is so bad on offense. It's just so bad. They have a really good one-two. They'll have Suggs back.
you know, the Anthony Black stuff, the numbers are okay, but I expected a little bit more out of him, especially with the opportunity because of the other injuries. Cole Anthony's been really good for him. He's probably a six man forever. Jet Howard has not been really good for them.
But I think ultimately what you do if you're running this team is you go, we had an awful year for a bunch of different reasons and you stay the course and you run it back next year because that's what most basketball teams do. And I think Orlando would probably be considered one of the more patient front offices in the entire NBA. This episode is brought to you by State Farm.
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Prices are based on rating plans that vary by state. Coverage options are selected by the customer. Availability, amount of discounts, and savings and eligibility vary by state. Let's talk Atlanta Hawks. Buckle up. They are your nine seed as of today. They're 28-33. They're 20th on offense, 20th on defense, consistent. Last year, 12th on offense, 27th on defense. Last 15, 25th on defense.
So at the beginning of the year, I was hopeful. I think three summers going in, I kind of like some of their guys. They move on from DeJounte Murray, which wasn't playing basketball. It was taking turns between he and Trey last year. I think the Dyson pairing next to Trey is a lot better for them. Jalen Johnson is one of my favorite young players to watch in the entire league. He is out.
Last game that he played in, the team finished up with a loss at 22-22. But now that Hunter is gone, that Jalen has been hurt, Bogdan was gone, I think we could get into some Bogdanovich stuff or just asset management stuff in general and talk about that. But they got Terrence Mann back, so that's fine. And Bogdanovich was shooting 30% from three this year.
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