 What's the word y'all welcome back to Kenny for real I had already had a video Recorded and about to upload and then this whole piece came out about the clippers And it's just something about the clippers where like they turn themselves into villains in the NBA world So when you talk about the clippers everybody loves it and man This article by Johan Buhá of the Atlantic and I could be mispronouncing both of those names was amazing I mean it talked about a lot of things we already knew but there are some new things that came into the thing Mostly talk about the team chemistry superstar treatment things that had to do with kawaii and paul george and how rub the teammates the wrong way And we're gonna talk about all of that be sure to leave a like on the video subscribe for your new use that comment section because it is an open Discussion I'm gonna give my opinions about the clippers you may disagree and that is completely okay Also, I dropped the video yesterday. That's completely different than anything. We've done on this channel I had an interview slash conversation with Tyrese Halliburton and it was a W I want to do more things like that while I bring NBA players executives people in the media on and just have conversations with them And for the people that did watch it they did enjoy so even if it's not your cup of tea I recommend going to check it out give it a couple minutes and if you don't like it, that's completely fine I'm all open to constructive criticism to get better as an interviewer and get better as a content creator I also want that video to do good because I can use that as a reference to get other people on the show So if I send some good statistics to somebody's manager or their agent Then they'll get them on the show because we know that when Kenny talks to an NBA player It's at least getting 80,000 views is at least getting 100,000 views. So go run it up. Let's talk about the clippers Oh, man Have not talked about the clippers since you know that day since that day where they blew that lead and that was a great Date as an NBA fan I mean, it's probably a terrible day for a clippers fan but as an NBA fan that was a great day to see them blow a 3-1 because This is a team that we all basically Wrote into the conference finals at least the LA versus LA conference finals and they didn't live up to that I honestly do believe that the clippers are one of those teams that The hiatus of the NBA season hurt them probably the most out of any team in the league, right? I went back to watch old podcast between me and my guys and we'll be talking about the clippers And one of the things that we continuously said throughout the course of the season is that was scared us the most about the clippers was They weren't really playing together and I don't mean like they weren't swinging a ball or they weren't playing great team defense I literally mean that they weren't playing together the two superstar players that they brought into the locker room Kawhi Leonard Paul George had only played 50% of their games together that was scary to us and Honestly, I think that the clippers plan was we're gonna chill out for the first half of the season Second half we'll ramp it up and then we might not see Kawhi set out a lot We might not see Paul George set out a lot because we want to build that chemistry to lead into the playoffs And obviously the hiatus hit and right before the hiatus hit they were on a nice little win streak They had a couple really big W's under their belt and they were starting to look better as a team But then it got put on pause and now they're lacking that chemistry not only that once we got to the pub They saw three of their their top rotational players miss time Lou Williams Lost someone in his family and had to go to a funeral and everything and in Atlanta Montrez Harold I think lost his grandmother and May they both rest in peace so he had to leave time and then when he came back obviously he didn't look good at all You know they basically just threw him into a playoff series and like okay Montrez you haven't played basketball at eight months to see what you got and it just didn't work out and then Patrick Beverly Had a hamstring injury a calf injury one of the other and he missed Most of that regular season playing stuff and then he missed the first series of the playoffs completely So three of their top rotational guys were missing time and once they got together It just didn't look good together So one of the things that they bothered me the most when it happened in real time was after they blew this championship So first of all after game six Paul just goes to the state the podium like hey We're still in control We have just blown a 3-1 lead and now we're going into a game seven But we still have control of the series which is like no you you didn't you didn't have control anymore And then after game seven when they lost he said that this was not a championship of bus season And I kind of understand what he's trying to say because most of those players will be back this season They only lost Montrez Herald, but they brought a surgery box So I understand what he was trying to say I guess and this wasn't like if we don't win a championship this year the world is gonna end But you undoubtedly didn't hit those expectations and Lou Williams said that right after he left the podium Like yes, this was 100% a championship of bus season Like it was all written for us to go out there and win and make the championship and they weren't able to do it Hell yo yesterday the Minnesota Timber was published a picture on the official Twitter There was a boat a board of like a checklist of things that they want to do as an organization this season The first one said like make the playoffs cool. That should be every team's aspirations, but then they went deeper Make the conference finals and win the championship That is the Minnesota Timberwolves with championship aspiration Paul George and a team of two superstars like the Clippers didn't have It's just it just doesn't really make sense So in this article that there was a lot of things that we already knew as NBA fans that we've talked about before But some of the new things were like this this perks this superstar treatment that Kawhi and Paul George got Throughout the season and superstar treatment is not nothing new It's not like it's just was created with the Clippers LeBron gets a Steph Curry Kevin Arendt Damian Lillard every superstar in the league Yanis is going to get superstar treatment because once you're the top of your game at Anything not just basketball once you're at the top of your game You're going to get extra perks on top of it. It's just the way life works, right? But the difference between Damian Lillard getting championship treatment and Paul George getting championship treatment is that Damian Lillard is not just a superstar on the court He's a superstar off the court and I'm not talking about his rapping I mean when it comes to team chemistry would keep it seems to gather I remember like three to four years ago There was this old picture of Damian Lillard flying all of his teammates to maybe it was in Mexico It was one of those nice tropical places and they were on vacation as a team But they were also doing workouts those are the superstar things in my mind that Transcend the stuff on the court the superstar teammate is just as important as a superstar Hooper and the Clippers didn't have that in their two superstar players on the court So some of the stuff that they got was they had their own personal security and trainers only Kawhi and Paul George were able to get that This is the craziest one to me Kawhi and Paul George had the power For to to control the team's schedule and traveling Leading to teammates to believe that Kawhi Linners canceled multiple practices That is absolutely insane It just is and you know what they could happen across if LeBron might do that as well But I doubt it. I just doubt even if LeBron is not practicing I doubt he's gonna be like I'm gonna prevent my other 14 players on the roster from getting better It doesn't make sense for a single player to have all their months power And I am in full belief of having players or people owning their masters And I believe that to the full extent once once you get to a certain point You should be able to have some type of say and and as and I say that as a fan of players And maybe not so much as a fan of teams because as a fan of players and people in the media I want everybody to be as comfortable as possible The best example of this actually happened today Where if you did not know JJ Reddick has a podcast it used to be with the ringer But he left the ringer to create his own Podcasts network and when he was with the ringer they basically have his name So when he left the ringer he couldn't have the JJ Reddick podcast anymore He had to rebrand his entire show and not even just that today After he had left he had been gone for a few months now The ringer is now using JJ Reddick's podcast a fee to promote their other show JJ Reddick and Tommy Alter they didn't own their masters then right so this bigger conglomerate Owned everything that they were doing and and I want players and I want people to be able to own their masters But it only can go to a certain extent. It just can only go to a certain extent as a fan of a team Right. I don't won't Paul George and Kawhi Leonard determine whether my favorite team practices. I just don't I just don't And and I honestly believe that like some of the some of the chemistry and role issues came into play heavily Think about what the Clippers had the Clippers had a team that was good last year before Kawhi and Paul George They they snuck into the playoffs the hell they they got rid of the biggest deficit in a single playoff game I remember being in New York when the Clippers were playing against the Warriors in that game I fell asleep during the third quarter and woke up to sports center talking about the Clippers winning And I was like what the heck this team had roles this team had players that knew what they were good at They had leaders and then they brought in two superstar players And I think that every team in the league would do that 100% of the time But now you're telling the rest of the team to figure it out now Y'all have y'all have y'all knew who y'all were but now you have to change it up And it's so much different when when Fred Lev Lee was talking about Kawhi Leonard and that championship team with the Raptors He basically was saying that Kawhi Leonard came into work And he left He wasn't really a part of the gang. He wasn't like this bond between teammates Which is completely okay It is cool to have people that just go to work because at the end of the day playing basketball is literally literally their job But somebody has to be the leader there So if you had two superstar players and one of the guys has comes to work and then leaves I need my other superstar player to keep the team together And that's one of the reasons that this Lakers team and I don't like to compare them to but it's it's hard Not to in this situation they both had two superstar players are both in LA They both had built a team on the fly like the Lakers team was brand new and they won a championship We really think about it, but um Danny Green when he was talking about on his podcast He was saying that This is the most team chemistry He has ever been a part of with that Lakers team and we're talking about Danny Green who's a part of the Spurs Whenever one player was going to the movies the whole team was going to the movies Whenever one player was going out to dinner the whole team was going out to dinner And he never experienced that before those are the type of things that elevate a good basketball team to a good overall team It just is And the Clippers didn't have that last year And from the article from Johan, uh, uh, Johan, hopefully again i'm pronouncing that right Um, he talked about the Clippers trying to do everything they can to remedy all of that right Basically bringing a sergi baku who's a great locker room guy and bringing in tower on lube because tower on lube would hold players accountable I don't know. I don't know. I again, this is a team that can easily win a championship based on pure talent 100% But pure talent doesn't usually get it done if that was a case The Miami Heat would have destroyed the Dallas Mavericks in their one championship series. It's not always about pure talent It's about how you put it together. It's about the chemistry. It's about all the other things Um, I feel like I'm missing a lot of things that I wanted to hit on But it is what it is. Let me know what you think about the Clippers Going into this season. Um, obviously they are still a contender Um, all of the stuff that I said in this video can be voided if they just come out next season and just destroy people At the end of the day, uh, I'm out y'all call game