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00:00Let's do it. T in Oakland has been patient. Hi, T. Thanks for calling. Thanks for waiting.
00:06Hey, guys. How you doing?
00:07What's up?
00:09Man, obviously, I'm a big 95.7 The Game fan as well as a big Warrior fan.
00:14Yeah.
00:15And when I'm watching the games, normally before the game starts, you know, we on the radio and we talking about the Warriors got a great chance to win against this certain team.
00:24Or we might have to play a better game to beat this team.
00:27But if you've noticed lately, we've been saying that they got a good chance to win those games.
00:33We went into those three monster games saying, hey, we don't have to really play hard.
00:37And we did.
00:38So I was happy about that.
00:40I don't want to really see Jimmy change the way he plays.
00:43I think the way he's playing helps us become successful.
00:47But what I do, what I would like to see is him maybe take some more shots when he does drive inside the paint a lot.
00:54And it's a layup open, and then he'll throw it back out.
00:57So maybe that's a chance that we can have more success that way.
01:01And then also, I'm seeing in games that when Steph is not on and we have a lot of turnovers, we lose those games.
01:09So maybe that's the game, or maybe that's what people are saying when they want to see playoff Jimmy.
01:14Playoff Jimmy is the type of player that sees what he needs to, I won't say aggressive, sees what he needs to up the ante a little bit more when the lead player is not playing up to par.
01:25So I'm looking for him to do a lot of that more moving forward.
01:31You know, if Steph's not on, Jimmy, come on.
01:33You got to do it.
01:33Yeah, so see, T, thank you.
01:36Here's kind of how I see it.
01:37You know what I'm starting to hear a lot of, and I want to push back on, is the idea that Jimmy Butler in these playoffs is going to look like Jimmy Butler has in playoffs past.
01:46I would personally let go of that, let it float out into the ocean.
01:51Different team, different scenario, different age, different everything.
01:58Jimmy Butler better not go into these Warriors playoffs trying to do the stuff he did in Miami.
02:05Literally would be the worst idea that I could think of.
02:09Oh, Jimmy, go try to get 45 tonight.
02:12When Steph Curry's on your team and your ball movement is literally the whole core of who you are, Jimmy has come in here, as many other players have, and said,
02:24this is some of the best basketball in terms of a concept that I've ever seen in my whole career.
02:31He's also 35 years old.
02:34Like, when I hear a lot of people say what I'm hearing them say about playoff Jimmy, the phrase that goes into my head is forcing it.
02:42I don't want that.
02:44And I don't know why that would even happen.
02:47This team has never asked Jimmy to do that.
02:50What's his biggest scoring game of all as a Warrior?
02:54With the Warriors?
02:55Yeah.
02:55What's the most he's scored as a Warrior?
02:57He put up 27 in the win against Memphis.
03:00Wait, he has not ever scored 30 in a Warrior game?
03:03No.
03:04Is that accurate?
03:05Yeah.
03:05Jimmy Butler has never scored 30 as a Warrior.
03:08No, he's got 27, he's got 26, three 25s, and a 24.
03:14And a 23.
03:15I love it.
03:16A 21, a 20.
03:18And he had 13 on Sunday.
03:20Wow.
03:21When the chef had three.
03:22Incredible.
03:23Yeah.
03:23Incredible.
03:24Less than incredible when you have 13.
03:25He's never scored 30 in a game, and some of you want him to suddenly tick up and score 48.
03:30No.
03:30Why?
03:31Not that.
03:31Yes.
03:32No.
03:32That's what playoff Jimmy means.
03:34No, it doesn't.
03:35I want this playoff Jimmy.
03:37When you look at the last time that Jimmy was in the playoffs, and they lost to Denver in five,
03:43he didn't have 30 in that series.
03:45And if you go to the series before, when they actually beat Boston in seven, he had 35 once,
03:51but he had 27.
03:53He took 25 shots, 21 shots, 21 shots.
03:56That's what I'm looking for, is a more aggressive and active Jimmy, somebody who's going to try
04:02to shoot the ball more than seven times in a game where Steph Curry's being neutralized.
04:07I'm not looking for him to get 40 or 30, but I'm looking for more than what he gave on Sunday.
04:13That's all.
04:13Yeah.
04:14And again, to me, this has been so devastatingly effective for the Warriors.
04:20I hope Jimmy just does exactly what he's been doing all along.
04:25Let's go to Miguel in the city.
04:27Hi, Miguel.
04:28Thanks for calling Willie and Debbie.
04:30Hey, love you guys.
04:31What's going on?
04:32Good afternoon.
04:33What's up?
04:34Hey, man.
04:35Are we still talking about this?
04:37Yes, we are.
04:38Jimmy is just fine.
04:39Yeah, I can't believe it.
04:40I'm glad he does.
04:41I'm glad he has Curry.
04:42He's not listening to us.
04:43I wish our IQ here in the Bay Area, it looks like, sounds like we don't know what we're looking at.
04:48But he's composed.
04:50He has wisdom.
04:51He doesn't come out of his play.
04:54And he's a great example.
04:55You know, he's been doing great.
04:57So let him do what he's been doing.
04:59We're in the playoffs now.
05:00We weren't there two months ago.
05:02So let's, you know, share him on.
05:05And DPOY for Draymond Green.
05:09Let's go.
05:09Warriors.
05:10Okay, Miguel.
05:11Yeah, the odds, just some fresh odds on some of that stuff.
05:16And Draymond continues to be an incredibly heavy favorite.
05:21And Shea Gilgis-Alexander continues to be an incredibly heavy favorite as far as the MVP.
05:27Yeah, I do think that both of those are probably a wrap.
05:30Draymond's going to win it.
05:32And yeah, he probably deserves it.
05:34And the big campaign is how can a guy that good on defense only have one DPOY in his career?
05:40And he's helped by the fact that, you know, when Benyama didn't get 65 games and Jaron Jackson Jr.
05:47didn't quite get 65.
05:48And so the shot blocker is normally the guy who wins that award.
05:52And when two of the biggest shot blockers are out based on this new cockamamie rule,
05:57and Draymond's going to play 65, he's going to get it done.
06:01Does Jaron Jackson not have enough?
06:05I actually think Jaron Jackson Jr. just hasn't played very well this year.
06:10But I don't know where he's going to end up on games.
06:13Yeah, he's already at 71 games.
06:14Oh, wow.
06:14Yeah, Jaron's eligible.
06:16He just hasn't been good enough.
06:18And Memphis has kind of fallen off so hard of late.
06:21How about Joe in Oakland?
06:23Hi, Joe.
06:24Thanks for calling.
06:24What's going on?
06:25Yeah, I bet you Draymond Green's glad that Jimmy Butler's in town.
06:31Because every morning I talk derogative about Draymond Green.
06:36So now Jimmy gets to hear some of that stuff.
06:39Wow.
06:39I mean, when you're in the Bay, man, it's not ball of nation.
06:43You know, conversation sooner or later comes up about the Lakers when you're in the Bay.
06:48You know?
06:48And I'm from Detroit, and I hate to hear that shit.
06:52I'm shooting my phone out.
06:53All right, Joe.
06:53I didn't even understand where that call was going in the first place.
06:56I didn't get it.
06:58He said every morning something happens with Draymond.
07:01We've only been on in the morning one week out of our four years here.
07:05So I have no idea about that.
07:06And then the conversation went to the Lakers.
07:09And then the conversation, then it went to a bad place.
07:12Go on.
07:13Yeah.
07:13It's where it went.
07:13All right, let's onward.
07:15Grant in Oakland.
07:16Hi, Grant.
07:17What are you doing?
07:20Showing at the house at the moment.
07:22What are you doing?
07:23On the radio.
07:23Yeah, like I'm here in San Francisco talking to my friend Dan.
07:30Yeah.
07:31So my take is this.
07:33Like, let's not pull a Kevin Durant on Butler.
07:36You know, like, oh, we didn't necessarily run at him out of town.
07:39But, like, I remember when Kevin Durant was like, oh, I'm shooting too much.
07:43And then he starts passing the ball.
07:44He's getting eight to ten assists.
07:45And he's not shooting enough.
07:46And it's like, we could always break it down into one game or one little thing.
07:50The bottom line is that guy is really, really, really good.
07:53If I had to pick two dudes, I might pick Draymond Dream and Jimmy Butler.
07:56In fact, they play really awesome defense.
07:58And they control the whole court in a really good way.
08:02They can guard.
08:03If they're going to go against the Lakers, I wouldn't pick two other dudes other than them
08:06against Doncic and LeBron.
08:09And so we've got a chance.
08:11And the next couple games matter.
08:13But, I mean, you know, hating on a guy for whatever, like, oh, you didn't shoot enough shots this game.
08:16And, I mean, he's shoveling the pass.
08:18He does so many things that are, like, just, like, savant.
08:21He's a savant of the game.
08:23And that's what he is.
08:24And the respect on that.
08:25He's been doing this for 16 years, and none of us have.
08:27And he's a Hall of Famer.
08:28So, just let him do what he does.
08:31And then we're going to win.
08:32Grant, I'm large.
08:33But the difference between him and Kevin Durant, he won't question himself, I think.
08:38He can listen to all this.
08:39He doesn't care.
08:40He's going to still do what he does.
08:41That's interesting.
08:42Grant, thanks.
08:42Yeah, I appreciate it.
08:43I largely agree with you.
08:45The only way where I would meet someone halfway on this sort of through my eyes is that, like, if there's a quarter or a half where something is completely haywire and there's a necessity to it, you know, do you want Jimmy to get ultra-aggressive?
09:02Like, that scenario may present itself.
09:05But the idea, in my mind, that Jimmy should approach the playoffs that way, oof, that's terrifying to me.
09:12That's actually very scary to me.
09:15Or it would be scary if I thought that Jimmy was going to do that.
09:18But Jimmy's not going to do that.
09:20Maybe the fans will do that.
09:22But I am very confident that Jimmy Butler is not like, okay, playoffs, time for me to be totally different than what I've been since I've been here at Golden State and we've won most of our games.
09:32No, man.
09:33Like, you know, he used the word savant.
09:36The Warriors have a very smart team.
09:38Draymond Green is brilliant.
09:41And I've come to believe that Jimmy Butler is, I mean, I've always known he's a great player, but I don't know that he was this heady.
09:49And Steph is heady.
09:50And Steve Kerr is heady.
09:52And they are also bringing up, I think, some heady young players, too.
09:57Like, I want them to keep doing exactly what they do on every single possession because I do think more often than not, it wins.
10:07And, again, if they can get into the playoffs starting next week, all they've got to do is win four out of every seven.
10:14And the Rockets can have their scenario and their approach all they want.
10:18I like this group of Warriors, if healthy, to have a real good shot against most teams to win four out of seven and outthink the opponent.
10:29I like their chances.
10:30I do, too, and I like their chances, especially when Jimmy Butler plays the way he did against Denver, where you played the same amount of minutes.
10:39Basically, you played one more minute and you shot 13 times and you got more free throw attempts.
10:44You scored 19 points.
10:46You were a plus 21.
10:47You were much more impactful and physical against Denver.
10:50Now, was Houston so dominant defensively that you could only shoot the ball seven times?
10:55I think that's a bit of a cop out.
10:57And I look at what Jimmy has done in most of the games, and I'm not asking for Jimmy to go into Miami playoff Jimmy and shoot the ball 25 times.
11:06No, that's not what this team does.
11:08You've got Steph and you've got a certain offense that, outside of Steph, you want to share the ball and you want to set up the three-point shooter.
11:15I get that.
11:16But I looked at the Houston game and Steph was taken away, and I thought that was a game where Jimmy could have been more forceful about getting his shot.
11:24And, you know, he's shooting the ball about 11 or 12 times a game with the Warriors, which is fine.
11:30I'd like to see a couple more, but if those shots don't come, that's fine.
11:35But when you shoot the ball only seven times in a game where your offense really struggles, that's where I scratch my head.
11:41You want him to change after this week, yes or no?
11:44Like, change what?
11:45Change.
11:45Do you want him to approach something differently after this week?
11:48I want him to approach it the way he's approached it the majority of his Warrior career, which is not what we saw on Sunday.
11:53So, no, I don't want him to change.
11:55Sunday, he didn't attack the basket.
11:59Sunday, he was not offensively impactful.
12:02So, I want him to be the player that he's been the majority of his time here, where you look at all the games with Steph, without Steph, and he's attacking the basket.
12:12He's getting to the foul line, and when he shoots free throws, he usually doesn't miss.
12:16And against Houston, I didn't see that.
12:18I didn't see him forceful.
12:20I didn't see him attacking the basket.
12:22He only had three assists.
12:23I didn't see him really that engaged in the offensive flow.
12:27If I went with your premise that that's true, why do you think that is?
12:31Because Houston was too physical, and they were tired.
12:35I can't put myself in Jimmy's head.
12:38Maybe they were too tough for Jimmy.
12:40Maybe they were just too much for Jimmy Butler.
12:43I don't know, Mark.
12:44I can't put myself in his head.
12:45What I saw was, Draymond Green was off the reservation.
12:50He was, and we can all watch the game and see that Draymond Green, he lost his mental edge.
12:56They got to him.
12:57Steph Curry was taken away by Amon Thompson, who basically had his hands in Steph's pockets the entire game.
13:04And so Jimmy Butler was, to me, very deferential and happy to just dribble, dribble, kick it out, and set up shooters.
13:13But the idea, the multiple choice answers of why Jimmy would do that, you came up with either he's tired, or they were too tough for him.
13:25Does any of that, I know you're joking.
13:27Totally joking.
13:27Does any of that actually make sense to you?
13:30Or do you believe that based on the scenario that was presented, a very tall athletic team and a group of officials that did not seem to want to use their breath on that particular day.
13:43Either side.
13:44And role players who were hitting threes.
13:47Do you believe it's possible that Jimmy thought that he was doing exactly what the play called for him to do?
13:55Do you think it's possible?
13:56Of course.
13:56Okay, then he played the exact same in this game that he did in all the other games.
13:59Well, I don't think so, because when you watch what was happening with the game, and outside of some shooting that was actually good,
14:08when you got into the non-Steph minutes and Buddy was on the court, you had a hard time.
14:12And even with the starters, when Steph was out there, you look at the starting unit against their starters, and you got boat raced.
14:20And so Steph was doing nothing.
14:22Draymond was doing nothing but arguing and getting tax and flagrants.
14:26And so that's a time where Jimmy Butler, in my opinion, should take over and force the action.
14:31And he didn't.
14:32How would you answer that, Grandy?
14:33Do you want Jimmy to be different after this week?
14:38No, I want Jimmy to have the same exact mindset.
14:41What makes Jimmy great is he's always willing to do what is best for the team.
14:45Yep.
14:45But I think there's maybe an instance, and I think Dibs has a point that Sunday might have been an instance where what was best for the team was a little more aggression.
14:53I don't want Jimmy to ever do something that he doesn't think is best for the team, but when Steph is 1-for-10 and can hardly get a look,
15:00when Draymond can't play the whole third quarter, it might be best for the team for Jimmy to look to score a little bit more.
15:06I also wonder, like, when everyone goes, well, Steph was 1-for-10.
15:09Well, Steph wasn't 1-for-10 until the game ended.
15:12He also didn't make a field goal until the very end of the first half.
15:15It's not like Jimmy knew.
15:16Like, when Steph did get open shots, were all of us looking at the TV like, well, that's a definite miss?
15:24Or does Jimmy actually have a point in, like, no, let's see if we can get our guy going?
15:28I mean, we could tell.
15:30Let's see if we can get our guy going.
15:30You could tell in the third quarter, once the Rockets went up by, like, 8 or 10, it was a struggle.
15:35Well, yeah, by then, now you're in bad shape.
15:39Now you're in bad shape.
15:40And then you need your other star to score a little bit more.
15:44And the whole thing about playoff Jimmy, I think that's, we're not going to see Miami Heat playoff Jimmy
15:51because it was required, and Miami is not required here.
15:54But I hope not.
15:55I do think there's a level where, on a night-to-night basis, perhaps there's a moment where you might see a little more aggression.
16:01Let's go to Warriors Chris in Montclair.
16:04Hi, Warriors Chris.
16:07How's it going?
16:08Yeah, I got to thank your staff for giving me that name by accident, but I love it, and I'm sticking with it.
16:13Okay.
16:13How did that happen, Warriors Chris?
16:17You know, it's that basic, you're sitting on hold, and then they ask you what your name is, and you mumble something,
16:23and then say your name, and so it became Warriors Chris.
16:25I love it.
16:26Okay, great.
16:27I should pay a little step for something.
16:28I think I'm understanding how this can be gathered now.
16:32Anyway, go ahead.
16:34Yeah, I want to disagree with Dibbs for a second.
16:36Draymond showed up off the reservation.
16:39He did become off the reservation.
16:40I saw in his eyes.
16:41But other than that, I kind of agree with Dibbs, as I think we all do.
16:45We love Jimmy.
16:46He just needed to be a little more Jimmy.
16:49Nobody's asking for him to change.
16:50Those are probably people who didn't want him here.
16:52If he takes the shot, as opposed to Buddy or even Pod, the chances of him getting fouled are greater than those two guys.
17:02So he didn't need to pawn it off so many times.
17:06If he could have had a two-man game, or if Draymond could have had a two-man game with Steph,
17:11where you're putting Thompson in foul trouble, or at least concerned about it, you know, you know, crash, you know,
17:20just if he could just be some foul pressure, Steph might have actually had a little more room.
17:25We might have had people in foul trouble.
17:28We might have even been in bonus.
17:29So we do want Jimmy to take maybe a couple of the shots away from Buddy, unless we just need the numbers on offense.
17:37Hope that makes sense.
17:39Yeah, no, it makes sense.
17:40I just think, I mean, all of this, and thanks, Warriors, Chris, in Montclair.
17:44I, like, I look at all of this as, at best, some very, very easy hindsight, which is to say, like, now, like,
17:54we keep doing this with the box scores.
17:55Like, will you get to the end of the game?
17:57Well, sure, if he had known that everybody was going to keep turning the ball over,
18:01if he had known that Steph was never going to hit a shot, then would he have done it differently?
18:05Maybe.
18:06Maybe.
18:07But I also don't think that him going into some sort of, like, NBA 2K go mode thinks that this was going to go better either.
18:16In fact, I would very vehemently argue that it would not have against this defense that we're all complimenting.
18:22We're all talking about their height and their athleticism.
18:24And then we want 6'5 Jimmy to go to the hole and take over with a bunch of refs who won't blow their whistle?
18:30Like, it's not a great percentage play at all.
18:34And so I get why he didn't do that.
18:36I understand when we look at the game at the end after it's over, like, oh, maybe that would have worked.
18:41Right, because what they did do didn't work.
18:44But it's not a good philosophy, and it's very anti what Jimmy does.
18:50Like, that's not the philosophy of a smart basketball player.
18:55Well, philosophies change, and you look at a game where Steph is 1-for-3 in the first half,
19:00and the only one that he made was a 35-foot prayer at the buzzer.
19:04And it's clear that Houston was not going to let him catch, dribble, or shoot the basketball.
19:10So you go into the locker room, and you come out.
19:12It's like, okay, if I'm Jimmy Butler, let me get into playoff Jimmy mode.
19:16Let me try and see if I can do something to help the offense.
19:20And, you know, Steph was 0-for-7 in the second half.
19:22And, you know, through all his efforts, he could not get free.
19:26He didn't get a lot of clean looks.
19:27And Jimmy Butler, to my eyes, was not that forceful in trying to get him his own stuff.