Open Court ~ Russell Westbrook, Warriors, LeBron James, Rockets

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You can see anyone looks like it's not what you think we just put on Michael random animal head for the services we're not in costume you were just like I thought that they get them what you guys are gonna be coming out of the characters on the show Bojack horseman but i guess i was only one mhm you are the only one and so very many ways my friend welcome to jump i'm rachel nichols we want and only mr. steven jackson is here the man with the Horsehead me now has this here people get it people i don't know if the people get you out of your for the people who do you think another celebration.
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Well guys I do want to talk about Russell Westbrook experience you know this is one of my favorite topics full effect over the weekend there were the 51 points he put up friday night when he shot.
Yes you are remembering this correctly 1744 then yesterday another triple-double become the first player ever to open the season with 1,500 points 13 rebounds 13 assists be looking at another big o gentlemen the way way too early category we're not afraid of that here here's Russ next to Oscar oh and just in case you were confused about what's going on here Russ head spelled it out for you in his new jordan commercial which is best to the song let me hear it now.
Now i do what i want that's the song by the way that's also being played over the PA in oklahoma city during player warmups.
Yes you can get the message and friends i am here for it all of it on fire Russell Westbrook that is one of my favorite things in the NBA when he is burning through the court his opponents whatever teammates so good however is it good for the thunders team chemistry the development of new players is resting wear himself out it's only happening because they've got a week schedule i don't care i just love watching the pyrotechnics course Billy Donovan Sam Presti they need to care and the Thunder 30 yeah but even Donovan have said he's worried this isn't sustainable on Saturday Donovan locked Russia out of the practice gym to try to force them to get some rest so Steven I guess I want to put you in the Presti Donovan seat.
I'm having a lot of fun over here because I'm not personally invested in the thunder with my job doesn't depend on the Thunder winning if you're one of the guys whose jobs depend on the Thunder winning is this sustainable is good for them.
You hope it is I mean all you can do is hope you know Russell he's had some injuries in the past but you know losing Katie you can replace them so you need super rest you need was to be the dominant the triple-double guy is right now in order for them to be successful as the top Western Conference you want to be a great team was have to practice every night but is it possible we don't know we got to see I hope that you can stay is that the Superman music I bet that's the thing that's the license royalty free version with samples to pull one over on superfamilies like that not rush differences arising think I guess right we're on a budget here here's the thing about rush you know you're right but at the same time Stephen I get scared we see you gotta turn historic like it's never happened before to beat the Sixers sons and the lakers what's gonna happen you have to pay real teens right so they've got to find a way for his sake why are you calling the Phoenix Suns not a real team mr. lives in Phoenix.
Yes yes I am ya know but but they've got to find a way and it's nice to see things like okay you gotta develop the guys or guys want to feel involved that's nice but the truth is he's the best player you can't run them into the ground against these teams right you've got to be able to get him rest on night here that's the nights where he's supposed to be playing 24 minutes and then there's the other guys take over for the rest of the night because they're gonna need to play crazy like that against spurs Clippers jazz the other playoff teams that the plane again there's an argument the rest only goes a hundred twenty miles now you can't you can try him at 45 right i mean you saw him the did you see him at the end of the game where he was like yelling at the bench where he's like is it the look you don't get to add the suns bench right.
The Phoenix Suns you don't have to do that and yet right here he is trash talking I'm like you just want to play off game because this is his grades at this.
That's not for Speed knows what 100 but at the same time you know how it is with players come back from injury to try to come back to quick.
Yeah even though they're saying I'm good I'm good I'm good sometimes you gotta be the bad cop and say nah brah kama hey I think I think that's what r us has to he has the police itself he knows that this team definitely needs him he's very important to the team he wants to average trouble don't we all know that but in order for him to have a successful season he got to be able to please yourself.
No well we have a lot more rest to come this week to talk about but I want to flip over to our daily installment of as the Warriors lost game one is you remember one the next to but it was against the pelvis remember there was some squeaking by two are going to be honest they won yesterday because draymond killed it defensively down the stretch and here's what he said after you know Taylor trying to pawn this and fine like we're not gonna get popped but like I said with with that and no trying to figure everything out this process waiting.
I mean the for everything that's possible that's how you lost the finals right now I want to play through the television show wearing this gets the does your dad get to do whatever I want then I'm like Russ I don't know but it's it's the first of all that's how they lost the finals because they could not overcome his physicality and then second of all it's the team that lost orders Biggs other sighs it's a small team and it's not really a deep team yeah that's the blueprint the blueprint you gotta be physical with him yeah I mean thanks to teelu he gave everybody spread these you know clearly player first well then get off the screens well yeah handoffs everything you get into and push them over to be first with him and kind of thoughts complaints into the games you stay still doing it now and you got thanks you look at that they didn't just complain Katie pushback he's not Lance getting into Katie's head on friday and let's not even the one of the best defender so when Lance can get into your head that massive good man she's not what you think he's a great actor I'm gonna be right here tonight were in the building right but you can see they're getting a little frustration with a handle right well i think the frustration is that they're not playing up to their expectations level and what happens is then little things that usually don't bother you bother you a lot man and so because they haven't figured it out yet these things a lot more irritating than they will I guess when they get going alright again another topic we will be discussing a lot this week so just look at what put away here well yeah we get the game thursday oh I'm glad about that.
Me too i'm trying to know I'm kind of not talk about it reminded her hands david wright Timberwolves we gotta get the Timberwolves because they were up by 18 on the king.
Halftime saturday night and then in the third quarter outscoring 31 throughout not what you want lost by three and they are now open to on the season Tom Thibodeau asked what is holding his team back and you didn't hold back take a look quote everything mental toughness physical toughness emotional toughness all aspects of it we have to get a lot today with me now pepper mm that's what I see now Stephen we know what it was doing here right i mean you know panel into them covered him up we've seen this motivational coaching technique before but that means team still if you go too far look at quote but he goes too far here i don't think so i think he has he has a great group of young guys on this team that doesn't have any vets you don't have Kevin Garnett you don't have bits and these guys here they're gonna be his own kg yesterday he has to be I mean he doesn't have a guy that he can go to to get through to these guys he has to be doing himself he's a tough minded coach these young guys are as I have a lot of talent don't have that much experience but they have a lot of talent but in order for them to be great and to reach reach their potential they got to be tougher office and different gotta be able to finish games when they get big leagues like we know what the whole thing people thought to just show up and we have a training camp in the couple we service all the Sun they're gonna be the best team in the Western when the best doesn't work like that right you got to learn how to win and that's what he's trying to do enough maybe it's a little heart but sometimes this is also the president of the United the coach didn't get you traded to if you're not falling into the program and so what is trying to do is establish a culture and identity this is what we're about and if you're not about it things you're not a part of it was a balance though with a young team of calling them out publicly which again I know you want to do I get it we've seen this movie like a hundred but who you know like how you do it right it's finessing think they're going to turn the corner they want to turn the corner when they do you gotta praise and give them their problem yeah we're going through a hard time sticking with it stand as a team and growing they got this thing a lot of growing pains but the other thing also this is sort of this lady is in a new guy or who's this guy this is we took a year off he's reformed now haven't you read all the articles LOL took was a couple of practices and right back good save all that in the general I think you're being young kids have been getting a lot of positive positive flow their way so they will negative in there to take a quick break but when we come back doc says lebron is no doubt top five all-time no doubt huh we will discuss the first it is time for our weekend remix enjoy [Applause].
Showing no mercy.
Fans please direct your attention to center court.
Let's welcome Blake Griffin as a team we want to do something here that haven't been done before and they don't for that to happen we need you guys to be loud every single night this needs to be one of the hardest places to play the entire NBA no matter what night no matter who's playing no matter what's going on wait with the whole team behind him there that is unusual for one of those home opener player speeches and you got to say the clips have also come out and four so far on the court very authoritative to know basically a reminder that hey we're not the favorites in the West like the Warriors but was pretty damn good how optimistic do you guys think clipper span should be because it on the blue also that should be familiar with how they're feeling for the red sharpie hey this should be familiar feeling which is we pray that we win oh come on if you gonna say the same thing again if we don't we're gonna break the same up we're gonna head table they say every time I i I'll be nice and Jacqueline this one right there good enough to feel good about look good you have to give them but they look good the last 34 years they argue they are good exactly but the question is are they good enough to overcome the teams that are ahead of them in the closet.
What's your bar for them as far as well as what is it what the Clippers should accomplish this year.
You're not gonna you cannot sit here next to me and say they should win an NBA title this year that's not really actually they're always at all goal and and and when I say that here no here's the thing i know they I i enjoy her that that is their goal and that they were doing that and they could surprise everyone but you can't say that's the standard I'll talk I'll tell you why system they have because last year they were on the way to blowing out the blazers and then two guys got hurt and now history remembers the Blazers as teams should be one of the best in the west when really all that happened was they got lucky that's the name of this game sometimes you just need luck the Clippers have a great team we said they've been great for last few years and they play where's the guys at western conference finals I mean you got to get in there made a friend John his family like that to me is that they should get there and then anything else they do on top of that is great it's great for them and and certainly would impress everybody agree so do you think that they're capable of doing that this year no because the clinical klipsch out the KJV and the clips are going to click we know there's gonna be some way they're gonna find the way to 1s ago favorite player Austin Rivers hit 19 points last night he's improving this is where you're supposed to speak that's how TV works ya know that was going on man we got violent bloody nightmare you know I got a couple cars got to talk about what guys think about you.
Come on are you doing anything you had a good game we had a good this happened last year in the playoff picture.
Seriously this is what this shows is known for analog social media we do our sponsor me like live over here with paper mom's homemade you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all that's good that's good advice Austin Rivers yeah no we're not talking about it right like I'm not decided to look for companies last year when you got the bloody nose and thanks again guys corrected nothing turned a corner he had a good game he has stopped it we will ride the brown james ridiculous way I'm sunday that dunk oh so this is my favorite that incredible crew look there was nobody in the corner when you let that all go nobody was there i love this path is my favorite thing in the weekend to look never too soon to talk about where LeBron ranks all-time certainly hope runs been doing it off cover not statistically speaking and visually since I was the coach of Selfridges we have 3-2 lead there watching score 45 Bob I is in the top five there's no doubt LeBron just statistically championship wise he's one of the top five players ever play to get no doubt which is normally not what we hear from the doc rivers generation of players about LeBron James what you think you like exercise a lot of demons last year right and you know we're going to cleveland a team that had no culture before you got there no traditional winning he took a team that was not as good as the team you're playing against they overcame in one and by the way the team you're playing against 73 win team with the two-time unanimous MVP but at some point you gotta do is you know he's doing things that Larry with his 18 hall-of-famers and magic with his 19 Hall of Famer they didn't do that mm even is up he's one of these the best all-around player ever to play the game and he's in my top five and i have my top five you did you think you'd better have much huh that's all around what is it alright go ahead all-around player of all time.
Ok I got my door to your tax ID i got Colby bride yeah I got some dunkin ok LeBron James and message on the weight if the Browns the best all-around player of all time.
Why is Michael because Jordan Kobe and some decals were better but yours not all-around players em right but somebody I don't break these out for example some doctors yeah with the same team as a whole career and five championships and no telling how many MVPs he was a different type of guy he was he wasn't type of got to expect like LeBron that was the big face at NBA he was a different type of guy he was a great player the best power forward ever play the game even keel and this different type of guy michael jordan really should be the face of basketball is a basket ok so that they're going on says that he wants to chase Michael Jordan who who by the way it is not dead you have to change the Holy first I feel like I would disagree with you on Cody I don't think old I don't think always better LeBron i think by Kobe Bryant is I admire and respect like I don't know any player who's more knowledgeable about basketball just knowing stats and figures from the history and everything and incorporating will show you some stuff the Oscar Arias would do he'll incorporating this game but he's not better than lebron lebron is bigger faster stronger all around better pass it but he's better than just a better place yeah this will again go on all season.
Your phone is ringing on the air the show is disaster rocket skirt Patrick Beverley space rockets fan some good news over the weekend saying he's fast tracking his return from injury and cookie back as early as November this to you soon has been the carnival we all expected issues and come on so much fun to watch often not so much for the defense all the time with a little bit better in spurts last night but how big a difference do you think Beverly's return is going to make you well how much difference of the duty wanted to make what they want James play point guard and be facilitated and so how is that going to work with Beverly back i think he's definitely best perimeter defender mhm by far but I don't think him and James see the court that much together with James plan a point now him initiating off your boy stack but this is what I disagree completely I think they're perfect fit because Patrick Beverley doesn't like Chris Paul right when pick-and-rolls and what do you do i guard the heck out of the other guy spider and I spot-up that's exactly what you want you want someone who can help James Harden defensively in the backcourt and then often don't embarrass yourself when I pass it to you make that that's what Patrick Beverley is important thing though is you don't want to rush back from this injury because they don't have another Patrick Beverley on this roster it's not like super guy whose heads memories yeah yeah and who plays a style that lends itself to get hurt right so he's important to this team because they don't have that many defensive guys to begin with but also because he fits perfectly effectively change but with all those great point guards in the Western Conference that James would want even try to go right now actually gonna need patching by which you mean here is their energy to that comes with having a guy who cares about defending being on the team and a fun event is it feels good to know you got the guy your team nobody especially no one else exactly stretching we know James and I don't well I mean he's he's trying into jeans credit he's he's trying to lead in more in that direction it helps if there's another guy to do that we need all that TV even token do they need him back you let you near the gutter point I'm not being too soon is certainly true we have tricks and treats for you when the jumper turns I mean may or may not put on different animal heads but first a distant replay from 2009 that could not be more perfect for Halloween anything look ahead Martin and the backswing the break.
The bat is flying around the court I mean this is Halloween I can't believe this is right on cue get out of here we'll walk off the floor miss disposed game last night against the heat due to rest on the second night of a back-to-back which you know was their fourth game of the season this is too early statement should be resting the NP fires if you're the first one person knows how to rest guys and get wins is pop and you can't you can't have a question him.
They won the game you know pops one of those guys is his camp training camp look different they talk a lot you stand a lot so you might need a little rest of the beginning of season from the waist yeah thanks dear yours and your brain and Grandpop teaching so much okay you're having the rest you really mean that really making a different day 90 or whatever once you're into the playoffs better than window April that over sudden you start to simpy that's a luxury I just make her miss buzzer we have a new boss who this year you have pasted into the bedroom make for MIT tree was tree trick to the trick or treat today handle check out this crossover by Derrick Rose oh come here come on Mike Conley maybe really knowledge means this means heroes is officially back.
No but the check still clear my conscience.
Shane I need to get cross-trained read the skirt of talent oklahoma city known around NBA circles for being haunted and yesterday.
Metta World Peace added to that speculation we can play on TV what he said happened to him but you know facts do you really believe this so that you stay there i've stayed there means pay their do you think it's really haunted absolutely not i was actually good this whole to remember this work I ve got bedbug last year I would be more worried about the event button on the go great costume parties LeBron threw a rager last night I gotta give props to my can see is his trainer who put on the Jimmy Goldstein costume awesome look 31 leads that was the band hello really needed to what do you think yeah they can't love was good dumb and dumber.
What do you guys think of this to go to the guy the horse's head we got news before we go according to the vertical the Thunder and Victor Oladipo reaching an extension for years million dollars.


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