Are The Clippers Legit Title Contenders? The Tuesday Crew Debates | NBA on TNT

Are The Clippers Legit Title Contenders? The Tuesday Crew Debates | NBA on TNT

>> JUST WHEN YOU WORRY ABOUT THE NBA HAVING TOO MANY BLOW OUTS, WE HAVE THREE PHENOMENAL GAMES IN THE ASSOCIATION. PAUL GEORGE IS THAT MAN. SHOW US THAT TRADE AGAIN WHAT A QUARTER BY PAUL ANTHONY CLIFTON GEORGE IS THAT HIS FULL NAME BROTHER 8′ TONIGHT WITH SHAQ LOOKING JUST GREASY.

>> HOW LONG HOW LONG. >> BARBECUED CHICKEN FRIED CHICKEN AND GET THAT CHICKEN A CHANCE. YEAH. LET HIM BREATHE NBA ON TNT TUESDAY POSTGAME SHOW OTHER CITIES GO CHECK IT OUT IN SEATTLE BY KIA JAMAL CRAWFORD, CANDACE PARKER, SHAQUILLE O’NEAL I AM LEFKOE. >> BUT AGAIN I HEARD SOME PODCASTS THIS WEEK. SHOUT

OUT TO MY GUY RUSSILLO. WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BLOWOUTS IN THE NBA? LAST WEEK YOU HAD SOME GAMES WHERE IT WAS JUST 40 POINTS EVERY SINGLE GAME TONIGHT WAS DOWN TO THE WIRE AND THE ONE GAME NOT ON OUR AIR. YOU HAVE TO SEE. BUT FIRST THE ONE WE JUST

FINISHED UP WITH THUNDER CLIPPERS. SHEA GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER. THE STORY RETURNING BACK TO LA. KAWHI FOR THE CLIPPERS ON FIRE RECENTLY. TERANCE MANN, WHO I KNOW CANDACE LOVES, GETS THE REBOUND AND KICKS IT OUT. AND KAWHI FROM THREE. >> AND IF THERE’S ONE AREA THE THUNDER NEED TO GET BETTER AT IS REBOUNDING. I

UNDERSTAND CHET PLAYING THE FIVE BUT YOU’RE GIVING UP. SO MANY OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> OUTREBOUNDED 12 TO 9 OFFENSIVE EARLY TONIGHT. KAWHI AGAIN. AND THEN JAMES HARDEN. THIS IS HIS MOVE. IF ANYONE EVER BUILDS A STATUE IT WILL BE A STEP BACK. JAYLEN WILLIAMS THEN LOBBING

THE BALL TO CHET WILLIAMS. THE FRONT RUNNER FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. CLIPPERS LEAD IS CUT TO THREE. >> AND THEN SHAI GILGEOUS OH STEP BACK ON THE NASTY MASTER. >> DOES THAT COUNT AS A CROSSOVER. CAN IT BE. >> AND CROSSED UP. >> YEAH. CAN IT MAYBE MAYBE

MAYBE NO NO WE HAVEN’T EVEN ANNOUNCED CROSSED UP NEXT. >> OH KAWHI THROWS IT. PREVIEWS PREVIEW PREVIEW. >> THEY’RE WORKING ON AN UNDERGROUND THUNDER IN TRANSITION. >> AS CANDACE YOU POINT OUT THEY LIVE IN TRANSITION. >> YES. AND THAT GUY RIGHT THERE SGA LEADS THE LEAGUE IN PAINT POINTS. AND THAT’S

A BIG REASON WHY. >> THEN SECOND HALF PAUL GEORGE WENT CRAZY. HAD TEN POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF. AND HE HAD A LOT MORE IN THE SECOND HALF. NORMAN POWELL CAN’T GET IT TO GO. WESTBROOK THERE WITH THE PUT BACK DUNK. AND THEN HERE COMES PAUL GEORGE JAMES HARDEN SWINGING TO THE CORNER.

>> LET’S JUST PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE. TALK ABOUT IT MAN PAUL GEORGE LACING HIM UP ISAIAH JOE WHO IS DEADLY FROM THE OUTSIDE KNOCKS DOWN THE TRIPLE. >> AND THEN IT’S JUST A PAUL GEORGE BARRAGE. >> OH OKAY BIG MAN AMONGST THE TREES. >> THE AND ONE AND THEN A

THREE. THE OH BOY. WOO. AND THIS ONE WAS THE EXCLAMATION POINT. THE CLIPPERS UP NINE. >> THEY’RE GOING TO DUNK IT THOUGH. YEAH HE IS. OH I APOLOGIZE PG 38 SEVEN AND FIVE FOR PG 28. >> IN THE SECOND HALF CLIPPERS GO ON TO WIN THIS ONE. AS I MENTIONED SINCE

NOVEMBER 7TH 23 AND SEVEN. BEST RECORD IN THE NBA. AND OUR JAMAL CRAWFORD ASKED HIM A GOOD QUESTION JUST MINUTES AGO. >> WHEN YOU FIRST SAID A WHILE AGO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT , KAWHI IS THE NUMBER ONE. I’M THE NUMBER TWO. THAT WAS BIG OF YOU. I THINK IT

HELPED SET YOUR TEAM. HOW DO YOU KNOW ON NIGHTS WHEN IT’S TIME TO BE NUMBER ONE LIKE YOU WERE TONIGHT AND JUST TAKE OVER GAMES AND BE WHO YOU ARE BECAUSE YOU’RE ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD. STILL APPRECIATE IT. >> I MEAN, IT’S HONESTLY JUST READING THE GAME.

>> YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THEY’RE GOING TO DOUBLE TEAM KAWHI AT NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT. SO TO ALLEVIATE THAT I GOT TO GET GOING. I GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE. HAVE TO AT LEAST GIVE HIM OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY ONE ON ONE. YOU KNOW EVERY POSSESSION THEY’RE SENDING TWO AT HIM. SO THE

MORE I CAN BE AGGRESSIVE, THE MORE I CAN TRY TO TAKE CONTROL. UM IT ONLY OPENS UP THE GAME FOR HIM AND ALLOWS HIM TO GET COMFORTABLE. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT’S JUST BEEN MY MINDSET, YOU KNOW, ON, YOU KNOW, ANY GIVEN NIGHT. AND THAT MENTALITY WAS JUST SOLELY, MAN, I JUST WANT TO

PUT EVERYBODY AT EASE. I KNOW WHAT I’M CAPABLE OF. I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO IN THIS LEAGUE. ONE AND TWO OPTION. I KNOW I’M GOING TO GET MY FAIR SHARE. UH, HONESTLY, I’M JUST COMMITTED TO WINNING AND THAT’S IT. SO WE ENJOYED THAT QUESTION AND ANSWER.

>> SHAQ SAID HE DID NOT LIKE PAUL’S ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. HE SAID THAT YOU WANTED HIM TO SAY THAT THEY CAN WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP, BUT WHAT THE HELL DID YOU GET? >> I DIDN’T LIKE HIS ANSWER. >> I’M PRETTY SURE IF WE REROLLED THE TAPE YOU SAID I DIDN’T LIKE HIS ANSWER.

>> I NEVER SAID THAT. I SAID I WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM TO, SAID I. WE’LL CHECK IT. >> IN THE MEANTIME, WHY DON’T YOU BREAK DOWN WHAT YOU MEANT BY. >> YOU NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT A CHAMPIONSHIP NOW. IN JANUARY. >> THERE’S 30 TEAMS. CORRECT? AM I CORRECT?

THERE’S SIX TEAMS THAT HAVE HIGH PROBABILITY OF WINNING THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE WEST. IT’LL BE THE DENVER CLEAR AND PHOENIX. RIGHT. OKAY IN THE EAST, IT’LL BE MILWAUKEE, BOSTON AND PHILLY. YOU THREW PHOENIX IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP? NO, BECAUSE THEY GOT KEVIN DURANT I’M WITH YOU SHAQ I

GOT BILL I GOT PHOENIX I GOT PHOENIX THEY’LL HAVE THE TALENT TO GET IT DONE. SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE TALENT TO GET IT DONE IT STARTS HERE. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE WE CAN WIN. THAT’S THAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE WE CAN WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. THICK AND

THIN, UP AND DOWN. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SO. THEY DEFINITELY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. YOU GOT KAWHI. YOU GOT PG, YOU GOT HARDEN. AND THEN YOU GOT A HALL OF FAMER RUSSELL WESTBROOK COMING OFF THE BENCH. >> AND YOU HAVE NORMAN POWELL AND ZUBAC AND MILES PLUMLEE AND AMIR COFFEY.

>> YEAH MORE YOU SAY IT. THE MORE YOU BELIEVE IT. WHEN THE MOMENT OF TRUTH HAPPENS BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE SAID IT AT MANY TIMES YOU BELIEVE IT. NOTHING CAN FAZE YOU. SO I ASKED HIM THAT QUESTION FOR A REASON. AND I WANTED HIM TO SAY, OH, I THINK WE

CAN WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. THEN I WOULD HAVE BACKED OFF THE CLIPPERS, REALLY OFF THE CLIPPERS AND BE LIKE, OKAY, BECAUSE AS ME AND CANDACE, WE KNOW ONCE YOU START THINKING LIKE THAT AND ONCE YOU START BELIEVING THAT, THEN YOU BECOME MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. SO IT’S NOT THAT I DIDN’T LIKE HIS ANSWER. I

WOULD HAVE LIKED HIM TO SAY, WITH ALL THOSE PIECES THAT THEY FINALLY HAVE, AND AS WELL AS THEY PLANNED, I WOULD HAVE WANTED HIS ANSWER TO BE, I THINK WE CAN WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. NOT THAT THE BALL’S IN OUR COURT OR, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, WE CONTROL EVERYTHING.

>> THEY SAY. WE HAVE THE DRIVER’S SEAT. YEAH. >> YES. >> THE CLIPPERS ARE FOR REAL LEFKOE. >> NO, THEY ARE. >> THEY HAD NINE GUYS TONIGHT PLAY. THE LOWEST SCORING GUY HAS SEVEN POINTS IN A TIGHT GAME. IT WASN’T A BLOWOUT WHICH AND THEY’RE MISSING BIG ZOO WHICH TELLS

ME IN THE PLAYOFFS THEIR DEPTH IS GOING TO KICK IN. AND NOT BECAUSE ALL THOSE GUYS ARE GOING TO PLAY, BUT THE ONES YOU CAN FIND A GUY TO HELP OR TO IN A PARTICULAR GAME OR SERIES. AND THAT’S WHY THEY HAVE A LEGIT CHANCE, BECAUSE THEY’RE JUST TOO DEEP.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT’S INTERESTING? BECAUSE THE WHOLE TIME WE WERE WATCHING THE GAME, YOU KEPT TALKING ABOUT HOW HOW THIS WAS A PLAYOFF TYPE OF GAME. UM, AND WE TALK ABOUT THE YOUNG PLAYERS, AND I THINK CHET WILL LEARN FROM THIS BECAUSE HE WAS TWO OF TEN. MM. UM I THINK SHAI

GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER WILL LEARN FROM THIS. BUT THESE ARE THE TYPE OF GAMES THAT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT AND LEARN FROM BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS, BECAUSE USUALLY IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, YOU GET INTO THE TO THE POSTSEASON TO EXPERIENCE THAT. YOU LEARN THE NEXT YEAR TYPE OF THING. THE THUNDER HAVE AN

OPPORTUNITY TO USE THIS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET BETTER. I DO THINK THAT THEY NEED TO GET A LITTLE BIGGER, UM, IN THE POST, BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING OUTREBOUNDED WHEN THE GAME DOES SLOW DOWN, THEY DEPEND HEAVILY ON TRANSITION. UM, BUT LISTEN, THE BRIGHT LIGHT TODAY,

JAYLEN WILLIAMS I MEAN JAYLEN WILLIAMS CAME TO PLAY. AND I THINK HE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A CENTERPIECE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION FOR A LONG TIME. >> I HAVE TWO THUNDER QUESTIONS. 11I HAVE HEARD OF THE YOUNG TRANSITION TEAM BEFORE AND THAT WAS THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND SO I’M

WONDERING ONE DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO PLAYOFF BASKETBALL. AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS, MAN, THEY GOT A LOT OF PICKS OVER THERE IN OKC. THEY CAN GO AND GET A BIG GUY. THEY CAN GO AND GET ALMOST ANYBODY WITH ALL THOSE PICKS. IT’S NOW THE TIME TO START CASHING CHIPS AND BUILDING AROUND THAT.

SGA JALEN WILLIAMS, CHET OR IS IT? LET’S HOLD HIM AND KEEP ACCUMULATING. >> I THINK THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH A PLAYOFF SERIES FIRST OKAY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. LIKE TO REALLY GO THROUGH IT AND SAY YOU KNOW WHAT THIS GUY STEPPED UP. THIS GUY KIND OF FADED A LITTLE BIT.

>> YEAH THEY HAD THE PLAY IN LAST YEAR. >> BUT NOT THE PLAYOFF. >> AND LIKE YOU SAID THEY’RE LOADED. THEY HAVE SO MANY DRAFT PICKS AND THEY’RE SET IN A WAY THAT A STAR PLAYER WOULD SAY YOU KNOW WHAT THAT CORE I CAN ADD SOMETHING TO

IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO I THINK LET THEM GO THROUGH A PLAYOFF SERIES, SEE WHAT THEY’RE MISSING. AND THEN ADD TO IT. CANDICE’S POINT, I THINK THAT NO MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK AT, THEY’LL NEED ANOTHER BIG PERSON. >> AND I THINK WHAT THEY HAVE GOING FOR THEM IS THEY

PLAY WELL TOGETHER. YEAH, VERY MUCH SO. YES, THEY KNOW THEIR ROLES. THEY KNOW SGA AS OUR GUY. THEY KNOW GIDDEY IS GOING TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THEY KNOW IS. THAT’S CHET. CHET OR CAT. >> YEAH, CHET CHAT IS CHET IS ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING A PHENOMENAL PLAYER, BUT THEY

PLAY WELL TOGETHER. >> LIKE THEY MAKE THE SIMPLE PLAY. THEY MAKE THE SIMPLE PASS, AND THEY KNOW THEIR ROLES. I THINK THAT’S WHY THEY’RE SUCCESSFUL. AS EARLY . HOWEVER, ONCE YOU KNOW, WE GET PAST ALL-STAR GAME, GETTING INTO THE PLAYOFFS, I STILL THINK THAT 1 OR 2 PLAYERS AWAY.

>> MM. SEE I’M ALWAYS LIKE, IF YOU CAN WIN, I MEAN THEIR TOP THREE IN THE LEAGUE RIGHT NOW IN STANDINGS. YOU SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WAIT. RIGHT. MEMPHIS NOW IS NOT EVEN IN THE CONVERSATION A RESULT OF INJURIES IS PLAYERS BEING OUT ALL OF THAT STUFF. SO IT’S LIKE

WHEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WINDOW CLOSES, ESPECIALLY WITH SGA PLAYING THE WAY THAT HE’S PLAYING JALEN WILLIAMS. YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR FRANCHISE IS GOING. YOU HAVE ALL THOSE PICKS AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET BETTER. I THINK IN THE RIGHT SITUATION YOU MAKE THE MOVE. YOU REMEMBER OKC WHEN

THEY WERE YOUNG BEFORE THEY HAD HARDEN. >> WESTBROOK AND DURANT AND WENT TO THE FINALS OF 23. AND WE’RE LIKE OH THEY’LL BE BACK EVERY SINGLE YEAR. THAT GROUP TOGETHER NEVER WENT AGAIN. SO TO CANDACE’S POINT ESPECIALLY IN OKC THEY’VE SEEN YOU HAVE TO STRIKE WHEN THE IRON’S HOT. BUT TO

SHAQ’S POINT, WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL IS THEY BROUGHT A COLLEGE SYSTEM TO THE NBA GAME AND THEY PLAY FOR EACH OTHER. THE COACHES HAS ALL OF THEM BUYING IN AND THAT’S WHY THEY SHOULD BE APPLAUDED. >> YOU NOTICE THAT NONE OF YOU BROUGHT UP MINNESOTA, AND THEY HAVE THE NUMBER ONE

RECORD IN THE WEST. BUT WE WILL GET TO THEM ON ANOTHER DAY. UH, WE ARE GETTING READY TO LOOK ONE MORE TIME AT THE GAME. IT’S FUNNY SEEING SHAQ HAVE TO GIVE PROPS TO THE CLIPPERS. >> LET HIM KNOW DAVID I’VE BEEN TELLING HIM FOR TWO YEARS NOW. THAT AIN’T THE

HAWK. YOU ARE

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