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00:0087 let's get to your open line calls. Ray isn't Rami listen. He's I'm 97 1. Hello Ray. Hey Doug. How you doing? Hey, right?
00:07Listen, you've been a former basketball player. I'm quite shocked that you made those comments about Kate Cunningham
00:13If you take a look at it
00:15We've probably lost two to probably three games in the fourth quarter having a fourth quarter lead
00:19But just turning the ball over on just
00:23petty
00:25Dribbling X by Kate Cunningham and also Kate. I mean, excuse me, Ivy
00:30So what I'm trying to say is this we should not continue with the experiment that you mentioned because Kate
00:36Has already proven it. He's not a point guard. He's not a ball handler
00:40Ivy is not a ball handler. It will be so nice to see this team
00:44Acquire some type of point guard because there's no true point guard on this team to distribute because we all know Kate can score
00:51We all know that Ivy can score in transition
00:54but when it comes down to Kate howling the ball and trying to dribble between his legs and
00:59Getting it taken away or or Ivy running at a hundred miles an hour and then jumping in the air and just throwing a ball
01:06Who knows where it ends up at I've seen that story so many times
01:10So we should not experiment during the season and lose games
01:15While trying to you know, see what's gonna happen
01:18Well, I guess it's a different way of how you want to go about it
01:21And I'm not debating that there hasn't been issues because clearly there have Ray for me
01:26It's I keep giving him the ball because I want these guys
01:30To be able to develop that it'd be awfully useful if they do and I think they can guys get better
01:36They're still both in the infancy stage stages in their career
01:39And so hey if you're about winning a game, you know the next game they play you might be right, but I'm not about that
01:46I'm about kind of taking the 30,000 foot view and playing the long game with them
01:51I've never been a good assistant turnover ratio guy ever
01:54And so how is he gonna now do it in the NBA where you got the best athletes in the world?
01:59Because he's getting better. I see. I'm not I'm not closing the book turnovers. I'm not close
02:05I mean a couple years ago
02:07They said he couldn't shoot threes and he's 8% better from three than he was a couple years ago
02:12But I mean, but do you agree that it will be better if we had a point guard that can distribute the ball to these guys
02:17if
02:19They did and could acquire that and needed to win a game
02:22Yeah
02:22But I'm gonna continue to try to develop them until they have that
02:25And lose these games in the fourth quarter because there was no way in hell. He's supposed to have lost that game
02:31Right. Well, they didn't
02:39The stroke of luck that Harold got on the heater to
02:50So
02:51You'll dismiss that they had a nine-point lead late in the game and you'll say there was no luck in that
02:56But there's luck that the Pistons were able to play
02:58He has proven to be able to make a streak of threes Tyrell has done that. That's nothing new for him
03:05Well again, if if they're trying to win a single game Ray you bring up a point
03:11That I would agree with I'm not trying to win a single game
03:15I'm trying to make this team as best they can be
03:17Like if you look you you sound like you think Kate is defined and this is who he is gonna be the rest of his
03:23Career, but just look at his assist numbers. This is in his career. I brought this up five point six six seven point five
03:30And this year eight point three. He's getting better at that aspect of the game now
03:34His turnover numbers are high this year. I would agree his shooting throughout the course of his career
03:3931 28 35 34 point three right now
03:43Better than it was earlier in his career parts of his game can get better
03:46And I am hoping that the turnovers are part of it and that I would stick with it
03:51Obviously you wouldn't now if there was a plus point guard that became available on the market should they consider it?
03:57Absolutely. They should consider the question to his guys
04:00Like you got to ask picker staff or you know
04:02What you want yourself is do you want Cade working on this stuff only in practice?
04:06Do you want to try to get better during the game?
04:08Because if that caller forget his name, but Ray Ray and he wants the business to win games now, which I totally understand
04:15So maybe in his mind is like listen
04:17Don't do it during the game because he's just not good enough yet because they clearly have to be working on this in practice
04:22Duke when you let him do it in the game though
04:24Cuz how is he how you can know if he's gotten better or not?
04:26I mean, you know, it's I guess it's just different philosophically. Yes as to as to what you're trying to accomplish and
04:33I
04:34Understand his frustrations like last night in the Duke, Kentucky game if for those that stayed up
04:40Cooper flag, you know might be the number one pick overall in my opinion
04:43He would be but still early but one of the best players in the country last two possessions
04:48You just say he might be your number one pick you've been talking about him for two years. Well might for other people
04:55But for the last he was great the whole game last two possessions turned the ball it over I mean
04:59But he's going to get better. He's not a finished product
05:01Yeah, I mean he's a college kid, but I still he's like what
05:0723 when the color says he's never been able. How long has he been trying to do it? Cuz
05:13He's not that old. I guess I just don't think of him as defined yet
05:16And if you don't think he's ever gonna develop that then yeah, I would I would subscribe to his theory to move on
05:22I'm not there yet
05:24God, I hope he's not done developing