TNT Crew previews Nuggets vs Clippers | April 4, 2024

TNT Crew previews Nuggets vs Clippers | April 4, 2024

>> HE’S NOT. >> YEAH EXACTLY. SO YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. >> FIRST OF ALL THIS HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN YEARS. SHAQ REALLY QUICK OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 8TH AND TEN. THEY WENT ON THAT CRAZY RUN FROM DECEMBER TO PRE ALL-STAR IN FEBRUARY 20TH AND SEVEN. BEST RECORD IN BASKETBALL

SINCE THEN 500. WHAT WERE YOU SAYING I DON’T WANT TO HEAR NO NO GUARD TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN YOU GET ME GOING. >> YOU GOT THE BALL CENTERS GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION LIKE ME AND LIKE PICK AND POP GUYS AND GUYS THAT DEMAND ABOVE. BUT WHEN YOU’RE A GUARD, I DON’T WANT

TO HEAR THAT JAMES HARDEN KNOW WHAT HE GOT TO DO TO GET HIS HEALTH. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR IT LIKE THIS AIN’T THIS AIN’T HIGH SCHOOL OR AAU WITH LIKE YOU GOT A CALL PLAYS. HE HAS THE BALL MOST OF THE TIME. SO WHEN HE WANTS TO TAKE A SHOT, HE CAN

TAKE A SHOT. WHEN HE WANTS TO DO THE LITTLE BOOM, BOOM, BOOM AND TAKE A SHOT. HE CAN TAKE A SHOT. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR. NO. WHAT CAN WE DO TO GET JAMES HARDEN GOING JAMES HARDEN GOT TO GET HIMSELF GOING JAMES HARDEN WANT TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP. HE GOT

TO BE A VITAL PART OF THAT OFFENSE. HE HAS TO BE CONSISTENT HIM NO DISRESPECT HIM. AND PG SOMETIMES THEY DISAPPEAR IN THE PLAYOFFS AND IF THEY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENT THEN ALL THE HIGH HOPES THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR THE CLIPPERS, THEN MAYBE THE CLIPPERS CAN GET

IT DONE. THIS IS WHY I’M NOT REALLY HIGH ON THE CLIPPERS. >> I WAS GOING TO SAY I WASN’T SURE IF IT’S BECAUSE YOU ROLLED OVER MY COFFEE OR IF IT’S THE CLIPPERS. >> NO, NO NO HE AIN’T BEEN ON THE CLIPPERS. >> NO NO NO I LOVE THE

CLIPPERS I LOVE TOLU. TOLU IS MY GUY. BUT YES YOU KNOW IF YOU AIN’T GOT IT DONE YET I CAN’T GIVE YOU PROPS FOR JUST WHAT YOU GOT ON PAPER. I GOT TO SEE YOU GET IT DONE AND IT’S BEEN DONE. EVERYBODY LIKE WHEN I WAS IN LA CHAK CHAK CHAK. BUT THEN

WHEN SHAQ GOT SWEPT, THEY FORGOT ABOUT SHOT. I HAD TO GET IT DONE AND GET THAT RESPECT. SO TO GET MY RESPECT, GET EVERYBODY RESPECT, THEY GOT TO GET IT DONE. THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT DONE, BUT I DON’T WANT TO HEAR NO GUARD TALKING ABOUT HOW CAN I GET

MYSELF GOING. STOP IT. YOU GOT THE BALL. JUST SOME PERSPECTIVE. >> JAMES HARDEN HAS NOW GONE 12 STRAIGHT GAMES UNDER 20 POINTS. LONGEST STREAK FOR HIM SINCE 2010 WHEN HE WAS A BENCH PLAYER ON THE THUNDER. WE HAVEN’T SEEN THIS LAST THREE GAMES. HE IS FIVE FOR 22 AND HAS ONLY SCORED 23

POINTS IN THREE GAMES. >> THAT’S THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE. THAT’S THE PROBLEM. >> HE’S JUST NOT SHOOTING THE BALL A LOT. HE AND KAWHI’S. MISSING HIS SECOND STRAIGHT GAME TONIGHT. >> WELL HE’S NOT PENETRATING YOU KNOW JAMES HARDEN IS A PERSON WHO GETS TO THE BUCKET. HE GETS FOULED. YOU

KNOW HE GETS FOULED ON HIS THREES. AND WHEN YOU WATCH HIM PLAY WITH THE CLIPPERS HE IS TRYING I MEAN IT FEELS LIKE HE’S JUST PLAYING A TRADITIONAL POINT GUARD GAME. YEAH RIGHT. HE’S NOT PLAYING. YOU KNOW THE 28 AND SEVEN JAMES HARDEN BASKETBALL THAT EVERYBODY FOLLOWS THEIR LEAD. AND SO

YOU KNOW TO SHAQ POINT. IF YOU ARE THE POINT GUARD YOU GOT TO GET YOURSELF GOING BECAUSE YOU GOT TO BE THINKING ABOUT GETTING PAUL GEORGE GOING GETTING KAWHI LEONARD GOING. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. GETTING RUSS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. ALL THE THINGS LIKE YOU ARE YOU’RE

FIVE FOR 22. YOU’RE IN THE GAME. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BUDDY. YOU’RE IN THE GAME. YOU HAVE THE BALL IN YOUR HAND. AND SO IT’S UP TO YOU TO LIKE PLAY WITH THAT SENSE OF URGENCY AND THE CLIPPERS HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO ALL

RIGHT. ARE THEY READY TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP. AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THEY TAKE TWO STEPS BACK AND ENGAGE JAMES HARDEN IS THE BEST JAMES HARDEN YOU’RE GOING TO GET. >> YEP. BUT HE DOESN’T HAVE TIME TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHEN HE’S GONNA BE ENGAGED. RIGHT NOW HE’S IN THE PERFECT SPOT

BEING THE THIRD OPTION. YEAH. IT’S NOT LIKE IN PHILLY. IT’S NOT LIKE IN HOUSTON WHERE HE HAD TO BE THE NUMBER ONE GUY. HE’S THE POINT GUARD. WE DON’T NEED 30.10 ASSIST JAMES HARDEN. BUT WE STILL NEED 20 AND 12. LIKE WE STILL NEED THAT. AND THE CLIPPERS NEED THAT. AND

HE’S IN THE CONTRACT YEAR. THIS MAY BE ONE OF THE LAST CHANCES HE HAS WITH THIS KIND OF ROLE ON A TEAM THIS GREAT WITH A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE. THEY NEED HIM. >> THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEY NEED HIM ESPECIALLY. >> THEY DIDN’T HAVE A

PLAYMAKER. HE FILLED THE VOID. YES. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. >> THIS IS HOW HE USED TO BREAK MY GAME DOWN. I’M TAKING FIVE SHOTS A QUARTER. THAT’S 20 SHOTS. YOU MEAN TO TELL ME HE CAN’T TAKE THREE SHOTS A QUARTER AND STILL GET HIS NUMBERS? >> HE WAS ONE FOR THREE THE

OTHER NIGHT. >> THAT’S MY POINT. HE GOT TO GET HERSELF GOING. DON’T BLAME IT ON TY LUE. DON’T ASK PAUL GEORGE. DON’T. HE GOT TO GET HIMSELF GOING. SO YOU KNOW I KIND OF DISAGREE WITH YOU JAMAL A LITTLE BIT THAT HE HAS TO LOOK FOR GOD. YEAH HE CAN STILL LOOK FOR

GUYS. BUT YOU GOT TO LOOK FOR YOURSELF THREE THREE THREES A QUARTER. THAT’S 12 THREES I WANT HIM TAKING 12 THREE I NEED YOU HERE. >> HE HAS TO SCORE AND LOOK FOR GUYS I’M JUST SAYING HE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE 30 POINT. BUT YOU CAN STILL BE 20. YOU

GOT TO SHOOT RIGHT. BUT IS HE ONLY TAKING THREE SHOTS TO SAY I’M NOT GETTING THE BALL. I’M NOT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? TO HIDE BEHIND THAT OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU GOT TO BE SELFISH. >> YEAH, HE GOT THESE POTENT SCORES AND HE’S NOT BEING SELFISH. HE’S NOT DICTATING

HOW THE GAME IS PLAYED. HE’S NOT CREATING FLOW. HE’S NOT CREATING A TEMPO. HE’S NOT MAKING PLAYS. RIGHT RIGHT. YOU KNOW ONE FOR THREE JAMES HARDEN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. LISTEN UNDER 20 POINTS YOU AIN’T TRYING TO MAKE PLAYS. Y’ALL KNOW I PLAYED WITH SOME MONSTER. >> BUT I’M TAKING FIVE SHOTS

A QUARTER. OR ELSE SURE PERIOD. >> OR ELSE YOU GOING TO ROLL ON THE TABLE BROTHER. >> OR ELSE MAN. LISTEN, JAMES GOT THE BALL. GOT TO SHOOT. WAY BETTER THAN FIVE FOR 22. YEAH, THE OTHER THING THAT’S INTERESTING. LOOK, THAT TEAM IS GOING TO GO AS FAR AS KAWHI GOES. AND

KAWHI RIGHT NOW I’M JUST GOING TO SAY IT SCARES ME WHEN HE LEAVES A ROAD TRIP. >> IT’S JAMES HARDEN. >> NO ALL THREE OF THEM. >> YEAH KAWHI IS THE MACHINE THOUGH. >> HE’S THE ONE I’M JUST WORRIED BECAUSE KAWHI LEFT TO GO GET HIS KNEE CHECKED. >> YEAH BECAUSE I DON’T.

>> BUT GUESS WHAT I GET AFRAID BECAUSE IF THEY’RE MISSING KAWHI THE CEILING DROPS DOWN A TOUGH YEAH. BUT KAWHI DON’T HAVE UP AND DOWN GAMES. KAWHI HAS BEEN LIKE THIS EVER SINCE HE GOT INTO THE LEAGUE, ESPECIALLY DOWN IS DOESN’T PLAY BECAUSE OF INJURY OKAY WELL WELL IF HE

DOESN’T PLAY WE’VE STILL GOT A NICE ONE TWO. THIS WILL ONLY BE HIS EIGHTH MISSED GAME OF THE YEAR. >> IT’S JUST IT’S BACK TO BACK AND THAT’S WHY I GET NERVOUS JUST AT THIS POINT OF THE YEAR. BUT THEY ARE TAKING ON A NUGGETS TEAM TOO.

>> THEY GOT LIKE THEY GOT A ONE, TWO, THREE PUNCH AND GUYS COMING OFF THE BENCH. >> IT’S WESTBROOK IS BACK. >> YEAH WE’LL WATCH THE GAMES AMIR CAULFIELD COME IN. WE’RE LIKE THAT GUY’S A DEAD EYE SHOOTER. THEY HAVE NOT WON A HOME GAME AGAINST A TEAM OVER 500 SINCE

JANUARY 23RD. THE CLIPPERS THEY HAVE LOST THEIR LAST FIVE HOME GAMES. AND NOW THEY ARE TAKING ON JOKIC AND THE NUGGETS. >> ARE THEY GONNA WIN THE NIGHT? BETTER THAN THE CLIPPERS? BETTER. >> YOU BET. >> YOU BET I MIGHT TAKE THIS ONE. >> THIS IS YEAH THIS IS HISTORY.

>> LET’S GO BACK THIS ONE BETTER I’VE NEVER SEEN YOU BET ON THE CLIPPERS. AND YOU’RE BETTING AGAINST JOKIC. BETTER I’M 20 BUCKS. WHAT WE BEEN SHACK. >> YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT. WHERE WE BEEN. >> $10 MILLION SHOTGUNS. >> 10. AT LEAST WE SAW THAT. AT LEAST YOU SAID SHACK

BUCKS THIS TIME. THAT’S GOOD. IT’S GOOD YOU CALLED UP YOUR REALTOR. HE WAS GOT A NEW HOUSE. I GOT SOME SHACK, I WAS SICK, I WAS BRO, HE WAS SICK. >> AND SO THESE GUYS, PRETTY MUCH SAID DENVER. IT’S THEIR WEST TO LOSE. DO YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT DENVER

NUGGETS IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE, I THINK DENVER I THINK THE WEST IS PRETTY, PRETTY BALANCED AND PRETTY EVEN. I WILL SAY IT IS DENVER’S TO LOSE SINCE THEY ARE THE DEFENDING CHAMPS, BUT DENVER HAS ALSO LOST SOMETHING TO ME. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WITH, BRUCE BROWN. RIGHT YEAH, WITH JEFF

GREEN. RIGHT. YOU YOU LOSE. YEAH. YOU LOSE SOME GRIT, YOU LOSE SOME STABILIZATION. AND THEN WITH BROWN, YOU MISS SOMEBODY WHO WAS JUST MAKING ALL THE RIGHT KEY PLAYS. MAN, YOU COULD PLAY HIM ANYWHERE ON THE COURT. SO REGGIE JACKSON GOT TO STEP UP. YOU KNOW WHAT I

MEAN. AND SO FOR ME THAT’S THAT MAKES DENVER VULNERABLE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE THAT YOU KNOW THEY DON’T HAVE A STABILIZER LIKE LIKE A BRUCE BROWN. >> I’M GONNA SAY SOMETHING CRAZY. I THINK THE ONLY TEAM THAT COULD CHALLENGE THE NUGGETS WOULD BE THE THUNDER

. AND THAT’S ALL BASED ON. HOLY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE JOKIC PLAY SOME DEFENSE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW JOKER AGAINST ALL THESE OTHER TEAMS HE’S DOMINATING ON OFFENSE. HE’S NOT REALLY PLAYING DEFENSE I THINK CHET WOULD WOULD BRING HIM OUT A LITTLE BIT AND FORCE HIM TO PLAY DEFENSE. BUT CHET WOULD

HAVE TO BE SUPER AGGRESSIVE. >> I’M GONNA BE SUPER. I’M GONNA THROW A TEAM IN THAT TWO. I THINK PHOENIX CAN. >> YEAH, YEAH, BUT THEY AIN’T GOT NO BIG TO STOP JOKER OR MAKE HIM PLAY. >> YOU DON’T TRY TO BEAT THEM BIG. >> YEAH. YOU HAVE TO BEAT THEM SMALL.

>> TO YOUR POINT I LOOKED IT UP. DENVER IS ONE AND TWO AGAINST PHOENIX. THEY GOT THREE AND ZERO AGAINST THE LAKERS FOUR. AND OH AGAINST THE WARRIORS. >> BULBUL PHOENIX IS PHOENIX GOTTA BE. IT’S A VERY. >> AND THAT SERIES BETWEEN THE SUNS AND THE NUGGETS I

THINK THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO MAN THAT WAS SPECIAL. THAT WAS A GOOD ONE. >> THAT WAS A GOOD ONE I’M TELLING YOU PHOENIX. >> YOU THINK THE THUNDER. >> BUT SHA’RAE WOULD HAVE TO BE SUPER AGGRESSIVE. LIKE EVERY TIME HE TOUCH IT GO A JOKER MAKE HIM PLAY SOME

DEFENSE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, JOKER AIN’T PLAYING NO DEFENSE. IT’S ALL OFFENSE. AND THAT’S THE BEST TYPE OF PLAYOFF SERIES TO PLAY. NO. ALL YOU DID IT BEFORE? >> YOU DIDN’T. >> OH ALL THE TIME. OH ALL THE TIME. ALL THE TIME I AIN’T PLAYING NO I WANT TO

GET 40 AND 20 LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO TRY AND REPEAT DENVER IS TRYING TO REPEAT AND I’M CURIOUS. >> WE HAVEN’T SEEN IT IN A WHILE. THESE HAVE BEEN THE EXITS FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN THE PLAYOFFS. WHEN DOES THE EXHAUSTION STEP IN

OF OUR TARGET HAS BEEN ON OUR BACK NOW FOR AN ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR. >> WAS ALSO NEVER SETS IN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU BECOME THE CHAMPION, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU TARGET THE TARGET. >> I JUST I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. >> NO, NO, SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE YOU JUST TOUGH IT

OUT, YOU ICY HOT ON IT, MAN. >> NO, NO. >> WHEN YOU BECOME THE CHAMPION, AS YOU SAID, THE TARGET IS ON MY BACK. BUT YOU’RE ALREADY PREPARED FOR THAT. AND YOU ALREADY HAVE THE BLUEPRINT FOR THAT. THE BLUEPRINT STAYS THE SAME. BEAT THE TEAMS WE SUPPOSED TO BEAT DOMINATE AT HOME AND

STAY ABOVE 500 ON THE ROAD. AND THEN ONCE THE PLAYOFFS START, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO THE BLUEPRINT, YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES. SAYING LIKE BACK IN THE DAY WHERE YOU HAD TO PLAY DAY’RON PLAY LIKE YOU GET 2 OR 3 DAYS OFF, IT AIN’T NO EXCUSE. >> YOUR SECOND CHAMPIONSHIP

HARDER THAN YOUR FIRST AS FAR AS THE JOURNEY. NO. SO THE SECOND WAS EASIER. >> YEAH, THE SECOND WAS EASIER. >> SO DENVER SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER THEORETICALLY FOR ME. >> AND IT WAS EASIER BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW WE ARE WHEN YOU DOUBT US, THAT’S WHEN WE HAVE TO STEP UP. YEAH. LIKE

BETWEEN US. AFTER MY FIRST ONE, I WAS GOING TO CHILL OUT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THEN THEY START QUESTIONING ME, OH, YOU ONLY WON BECAUSE WHAT YOU CALL HIM GOT HURT AND BOOM, BOOM. AND YOU DIDN’T PLAY. YOU LIKE. SO I’M LIKE, OH, YOU CHALLENGING ME? SO THEN WE

HAD TO STEP IT UP AGAIN. >> YEAH. AND I THINK THE, THE NOTION THAT JOKIC DOESN’T CARE OR THAT JOKIC DOESN’T WANT TO BE THERE I THINK IS COMPLETELY WRONG I THINK HE’S ONE OF THE MOST CAN’T BE THAT GREAT. I THINK HE DOES NOT CARE TALKING TO

PEOPLE LIKE ME. YEP I THINK HE WANTS TO BALL DOING THE WHOLE MEDIA STUFF. >> OH YOU SEE THOSE MOVES. OH HE WAS OUT FOR YEARS. >> YEAH. OH I KNOW YOU HAD THAT FOR YEARS. YOU GOT THOSE NEW HS. THE

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