FULL NBA GAMETIME | Dennis Scott reacts to Timberwolves vs Warriors, Will Curry come out

I said picks because there's confusion when you have big players like that, you're going to set a pick, you cut, you take two guys with you, you take the gym with you and that gives Joe Hare, Deandre Jordan, others to have some easy opportunities, so Offensively I'm fine. with him I think they

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get better I love watching them just stay moving stay cut and stay moving I don't like seeing them on their feet a lot there

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be times where you will have offense where yes you will have a dura on your feet because a The guy can't help it but it would be tough to see those guys moving and obviously getting Joe Harris and those other guys to make easy shots, but it's going to

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down to the Brooklyn Nets defense, not just the big three that is the entire organization.

I'm going to have to start understanding that defense throughout the year has to improve. In fact, talk to me, talk to me. Sorry, I have to jump to what Smitty said. I think that's also just a statistic I'd like to know. with the Brooklyn Nets a hockey assist because I think sometimes people get the assist that leads directly to a basket but Kyrie knocks someone down and then you know basically getting that hockey assist definitely helps the offense so I think Yes, it's Brooklyn and me. In his coaching staff I am following that because it is just as important.

Attendance in hockey is important. Sharing is leading that defense to give up 142 points to the Cleveland Cavaliers near the bottom of the NBA in offense. That's something you might want to address as you move forward well as we proceed to give you what you need, the man who wants war number 33 in the hall of fame, Grant Hill on the call tonight with Brian Anderson waiting to hear that, I have to understand your perspective so far seeing this. new big three as built, what are your thoughts? What are the early results of what you've seen so far in this lineup in Brooklyn?

Well, you know, I think Candace and Smitty really summed it up best. I mean, I think you see an incredible one. The team's offense, the firepower there, even when they're trying to figure out their roles, their chemistry, uh, putting it all together, they've already shown what they can potentially be. I mean, you know the offensive efficiency on the court with the big three. The year is on pace to be the most efficient offense in NBA history. Now I know it's only been a few games, but on the contrary, the defense is so bad that it would be on pace to be the least efficient in NBA history, so, um, you.

I know, I think it's a work in progress, obviously I agree with Smitty that James Harden has fallen into that facilitator role. I think talking to coach Steve Nash, you know he wants Harden to still be aggressive, you know he still wants him gone. looking for his shots, not just you know, falling completely into that facilitator role, I think the substitutions, I think I've gotten tougher at times with the second unit while Kyrie and Durant are resting, you'll see more of that as the season goes on. . I even see more of that tonight, but they want balance, from Harden they want him to keep scoring, but also, you know, he looks to get others involved.

I think one of the interesting things you have with this team is that you have three great closers. three of the best, you know, fourth quarter points, not just this season, but I think historically, but also three guys who are tremendous, if not the best, isolation players in the league, so the offense is trying to find, you know, find flow. rhythmic ball movement when you have three great iso players, you can always resort to playing basketball in isolation, so Steve Nash, you know, tries to incorporate some rhythm, some flow, some movement, some continuity into his offense, uh, and do it in games, you know we don't.

We don't have the luxury of having practice, so three great players, elite players on the offensive side, we can glimpse so far what it can be and it's scary to think if they'll be able to figure it out. throughout the season what this team is in. The offensive side may be at the end of the season. My question is isolation basketball and then also spacing and you play for Mike D'Antoni and then you also play with Steve Nash. My question would be: all of those guys are fantastic. The guys are great driving downhill among all those guys, even I'm putting Kyrie into this.

Which of those guys that you would love to see sometimes during the half court offense can be posting up making the offense a little easier by scoring from the post? or even make it easier to get out of the post, you know that's a great question, smitty, I mean, you know, I definitely think about Durant and Harden, I mean, I think these two guys can score wherever they have size, you know, Durant It has the length, uh, the size matches. up and then toughen up, you know he's a strong guy, you give him the ball with a lot of dribbling five ten feet from the basket, which puts a lot of fear and pressure on any defense and you also consider that with teams that don't post up and don't play in the defense position, a lot of teams aren't used to defending that, so I think as the year goes on, Steve's not a guy that's afraid to experiment.

Obviously, the defense has to improve. to get more continuity like I said for their offense, but don't be surprised if you start to see that more and more and that will be helpful for this team, particularly in the postseason where once teams exhaust all options a lot of times. It all

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s down to great players being able to make great plays and the luxury of the boss, excuse me, Brooklyn, they have three great players, so we've seen Durant post a lot throughout his career, although we haven't seen much of that. so far this season, but I wouldn't be surprised if Steve Nash incorporated that more into his offensive flow. g hill there has been a lot of talk about what the brooklyn nets can do to add to their team, they are very low in the middle, I would say light in the middle with Deandre Jordan being the main center, they had to give up Jared Allen in the exchange.

There has been talk about possibly Jamel McGee. I don't know contractually if Andre Drummond would work, but you know. Someone with a wiry frame, I understand we're strong and Kevin Durant, but you don't want him down there hitting as much as he's been doing these last two games, so what would you say if Brooklyn needs to look for another big man to do it? help them, you know, obviously with the weight of Deandre Jordan, but also on the defensive end, well, mvcp, I think I have to think about that for a second, no, Candice, you know, I agree, I mean, I think which will be interesting.

Look what happens, this team, this roster is complete, you know, to make that trade to execute that trade, they had to give up quite a few rotational players, I think three rotational players, uh, and guys that are part of that core of the last year. uh, and you lose spencer dinwiddie, so you know, I look at this team, obviously, Deandre Jordan, he's been an Olympian, he's been a star, maybe once or twice throughout his career, but he's in the downside to his career having a younger rim protector inside. a guy that can, you know, protect the basket, can intimidate, can cover up mistakes on the defensive end, I think that's going to be important and look, Candace Championship, uh, you know, winning a championship is the goal and you're probably going to have to pass. milwaukee with giannis who plays hoops possibly joel embiid if you look in the western conference you see jokic you see anthony davis so having a rim protector a big athletic young man like you said I think it would be a big help and let's face it also A The defense, I feel like they need a three-and-d guy.

You know a guy that can really defend, defend multiple positions but can also knock down open shots that will be there playing alongside those big three. You know Kyrie Irving James and me. I'm nitpicking here, but you know, James Hard and Kyrie Irving, they're not known for their defense. You know Joe Harris, besides being a very good player. You know Deandre Jordan is getting a little older. You know, Durant, I think he's a good two. player, but having some guys that can help bring that kind of grit and toughness and understand their role, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, I think would really help this team, you know, moving forward like I said, I'm picky, still I like it.

This team as it is, but if you can add a few pieces here and there, you're talking about a big guy inside and maybe another defender on the wing. I think it only makes this team and their hopes of winning better. A championship well awarded to your previous point talking about iso players in the last 10 seasons, three of the five best players in that situation have the highest users in the decisive moment, Kyrie Duran and Hardin, they all play for the networks and on your time here at Turner. it always comes through us so we appreciate you having a great call tonight buddy okay I appreciate it everyone thank you yeah yeah actually well joe harris was the 2019 three point champion shooting the shots in charlotte.

Well, today he. He took over our social media and answered everyone's questions, let's take a look at the most memorable moment of my career. I would say I probably played in the bubble last year, I mean crazy circumstances all the way around for everyone and something that you will definitely be a part of history. You know that in the NBA there is a lot of pressure on our team this season and you know if you want to admit it or not. I think we all feel it. You know it in different ways. But it's one of those things where it's good to have high expectations, I mean, you know the place that a lot of organizations are trying to get to, so you know you try to spin it in your direction in your favor and use it as a positive thing that you're seeing. . carmax carmax pregame show as it should be all three come in abundance reg was passed by steph

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last weekend for second place on the all-time list now steph

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is 412 behind ray allen before to be at the top of the all-time 3-point shooting list, it will probably take about 98 games if you do the math, but I'm not here to do the math, we need to find out who is actually the better of the two, it will be Ray and Reggie or It will be Steph Curry so we will have some preliminary hearings before and the NVP is now about to act as jury judge and in some cases executioner Smitty and I are here to do a trace exam and now Candace Court is in session. traveling, I travel with my team, just FYI, you know, even though I'm in Los Angeles, I still have my deck in my robe and I plan to make a solid judgment call, so what is this?

Which is it going to be? It's going to be Ray and Reggie, that's more impressive for Steph shooting three and taking it out of the stratosphere. Let's go well, first of all, I have to weigh the evidence that exists and I grew up, obviously, I'm a big Reggie Miller fan. I grew up. I'm a Bulls fan, so I watched him play countless times push MJ. I don't know, but I will say that Reggie and Ray took the game from zero to one and one of the hardest things to do is take the game from what it was.

It's not normally a three point shooting game and take it there if you look at the attempts Ray and Reggie made today if they had played now, look, that's the flex I'm talking about, all you Bulls fans. I saw that if they had played now, how many attempts would they have had per game? um you know, you talk about that at that time, at that time, defenses weren't made for shooters, you weren't getting the same calls as Stephen Curry and the game. today and then simply winning a championship lebron has this opportunity right here this three point shot by ray allen thrown out by chris bosh to think about a championship uh in miami and that's why I say that in that it is very difficult to take away the game zero to one, but there are a lot of guys who could have taken it from one to infinity and a lot of guys didn't do that.

Steph made him transcend the way basketball has been played. He now passes through the parks. and everyone is taking 35 footers and trying to be like steph curry, but you know, sometimes to inspire an entire generation, you have to be inspired by two players and obviously reggie miller was a hero of things , he is still a step hero and so is ray allen. The way the game is played is different today because of Steph Curry, he's doing it obviously in half, almost half of the games that have been played and that's phenomenal and the generational player in me just because she's part of my generation it means steph curry. but guess what I wrote.

I'm ready to make my decision and what the verdict is until all is said and done. I am willing to listen. I'm willing to try this again at the end of Steph Curry's career, but so far I have to do it. Give Reggie Miller and Ray Allen a thumbs up because they did this, they shot three balls with fewer attempts and they played in an era where you could touch people on defense and they still put up the kind of numbers they did, the gaudy numbers that they did it I'm ruling in favor of reggie miller and ray allen well, candice, you know, steph curry hired me, I'm the lawyercourt appointed, you know the public defender, let me hear it, steph curry, the public defender, you're the public defender, he's in trouble, but I'm there to bail him out, you know, I don't get paid much, I just want to show that graph If we could, the number of games Steph vs.

Reggie, Ray and I have. nightmares versus reggie and ray I just need you to know some evidence, brother, there are several in this whole jury, the whole jury here in the studio, 715 games to get to 2500 and 62. What do you think of that judge? Hey, you have the power. But again, this is Candace's courtroom. Well, I'm going to turn to the public defender, and I have to say, although that evidence is quite compelling, would you say that's the verbiage you would use? But while you paint a tough case with that, I'll retry this case at the end of Stephen Curry's right move.

There he has it, in fact. I'm looking at the evidence, look at that, I look at the evidence, I look at the evidence and I'm impressed by the way Stephen Curry has changed the way we talk about it, but if Reggie Miller and Ray Allen had played in this. It was, what would they be and with that being said, the number of pull-ups that Reggie Miller did, I'm sure he would have changed, so like I said, I think Steph Curry will be remembered as the greatest shooter in the history of the game. but Scott, you have to wait until he retires, you know, you have to wait until he's done playing and then we'll hear the case again, well, there's Candace has said it and you know what case is officially closed, well, bam, he always is ready to attack you.

We'll see it tonight on your television screen. We saw him reach his career high. 41. He got paid in the off-season and he's definitely playing like it. 7.30. At the end of the hour, you can see him taking on the Brooklyn Nets. and gordon hayward got paid out of season two and is definitely worth every penny 39 last night, which was his third non-sport 30 point game of the season, will he go for 30 tonight? We'll keep you posted on that game as we continue. in Carmax free game, my basketball journey started in high school when I was a kid. I wanted to be a point guard as I grew up.

I realized that my forte was shooting basketball. Coming out of college, I was called Great Scott and then my rookie year. Orlando I made three triples in a row with a Paul Porter who was an announcer in Orlando and he shouts very well then he stops three times he chooses because there is confusion when you have great players so you are going to establish a selection you cut yourself Take two guys with you, take the gym and that gives Joe Hare's Deandre Jordan others some easy opportunities, so offensively I'm good with him, I think they'll get better.

I love watching them stay moving, stay cut, and stay put. The movement doesn't like to see them standing up much. There will be some times where we'll have offense where yes, you'll have Duran on the feet because the guy can't help himself, but it would be hard to watch those guys on the move and obviously get Joe Harris. and those other guys easy shots, but it's all going to come down to the Brooklyn Nets defense, not just the big three, that the entire organization is going to have to start understanding that the year-round defense has to improve, in fact, it does. we saw. talk to me talk to me sorry i have to jump on what he said smitty.

I think also a statistic that I would like to know is with the Brooklyn Nets a hockey assist because I think sometimes people get the assist that leads directly to a basket, but Kyrie knocks someone down and then you know, basically getting that assist Hockey definitely helps the offense, so I think if I'm Brooklyn and I'm their coaching staff, I'm aware of that because they're just as important as hockey assists. The important thing to share is worrying that the defense, which gave up 142 points to the Cleveland Cavaliers, is near the bottom of the NBA and the offense is something they may want to address as they move forward as we proceed to give you what you need, the man who wants war. number 33 in the hall of fame Grant Hill on the call tonight with Brian Anderson waiting to hear that g.

I have to understand your perspective so far seeing these new big three as they are built. What are your thoughts? What are the first returns of what you have done? seen so far from this lineup in Brooklyn, well, you know, I think Candace and Smitty really summed it up best, I mean, I think you see an incredible offense from the team, the firepower there even when they're trying to figure out their roles, their chemistry . uh putting it all together uh they've already shown what it can potentially be I mean you know the offensive efficiency on the court with the big three this year is on pace to be the most efficient offense in NBA history now I know it's just in some games that's happened, but conversely, the defense is so bad that it's on track to be the least efficient in NBA history, so, you know, I think it's a work in progress. .

Obviously, I agree with Smitty that James Harden has kind of fallen into that facilitator role, I think talking to coach Steve Nash, you know he wants Harden to still be aggressive, you know he still wants him to go out and get his shots, not only does he fall into that facilitator role completely, I think the substitutions. I think at times, having tightened up with the second unit while Kyrie and Durant rest, you'll see more of that as the season goes on, you might even see more of that tonight, but they want Harden to balance what they want him to balance. make. he continues to score, but also looks to get others involved.

I think one of the interesting things you have with this team is you have three great closers, three of the best, you know, fourth quarter points, not just this season, but I think. Historically, uh, but also three guys that are tremendous, if not the best, isolation players in the league, so the offense is trying to find, you know, the flow, the rhythmic ball movement, when you have three great iso players. , you can always resort to playing. isolation basketball and so on, Steve Nash, you know, trying to incorporate some rhythm, some flow, some movement, some continuity to his offense and do it in games, you know you can't afford to have practice, so that three great players, elite players on offense.