#303: LaMelo's empty stats & Cutting-edge offenses

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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What are the best offenses doing differently this year? What makes teams like Cleveland, Memphis and OKC so hard to guard? Before that, we address the “non winning” of style of play for LaMelo Ball and the idea of empty stats. Bonus questions on the Thompson Twins and Evan Mobley vs. Jaren Jackson. Support at www.patreon.com/thinkingbasketball

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0:00.0	Thinking Basketball podcast.
0:09.4	My name is Ben.
0:11.3	And welcome back to a very, very important show.
0:15.1	As many of you know yesterday, just the most momentous, ceremonious day.
0:20.4	Maybe in the history of the entire country.
0:22.0	Yay, nah, the world.
0:25.2	Because yesterday, Cody, was the Thompson Bowl.
0:28.3	The Thompson twins played each other.
0:30.2	It was Houston, it was Detroit.
0:31.6	There was a Thompson twin on the court for at least 48 minutes of a 48-minute game.
0:35.7	One time they even guarded each other accidentally.
0:38.1	I thought I was seeing double.
0:39.3	It was back.
0:39.7	Wait a second.
0:40.3	You just did that.
0:40.9	You're on the other team.
0:41.6	How'd you do that?
0:42.2	This is the greatest defense I've ever seen.
0:43.6	No one can shoot.
0:44.3	Everyone can pass.
0:46.3	The basketball is so good.
0:47.9	How you doing? the episode today. But I got to ask, because I saw somebody very, very indignantly somewhere
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