WEBVTT 00:00:10.265 --> 00:00:11.683 Stop it. 00:00:11.766 --> 00:00:14.352 Stop. Stop! 00:00:14.436 --> 00:00:16.062 Cut it out or no fried ice cream. 00:00:23.278 --> 00:00:25.447 Hey! What do you know! 00:00:26.573 --> 00:00:27.907 - Dad. - Dad! 00:00:27.991 --> 00:00:29.117 Of all the bean joints 00:00:29.200 --> 00:00:30.618 in this wide world, 00:00:30.702 --> 00:00:32.746 what are you guys doing here? 00:00:32.829 --> 00:00:35.540 - Oh my gosh, are these your kids? - Yes, indeed. 00:00:35.623 --> 00:00:38.460 - What a bunch of little sweetie pies! Hi! - Uh... 00:00:39.878 --> 00:00:41.755 Kids, this is Ginger. 00:00:41.838 --> 00:00:44.048 Uh, Ginger, this is JoAnn. 00:00:44.132 --> 00:00:46.301 - How are you, Jo? 00:00:46.384 --> 00:00:48.553 I could use a margarita. 00:00:48.636 --> 00:00:49.804 - We'll scooch in, you can join us! - No, no, no. 00:00:49.888 --> 00:00:51.389 We'll make room for you! 00:00:51.473 --> 00:00:52.891 Let Daddy and his friend enjoy themselves. 00:00:52.974 --> 00:00:54.726 Come on, we have our own table. 00:00:54.809 --> 00:00:56.519 Alright, well, I'll see you later. 00:00:56.603 --> 00:00:59.147 - I got the tab! - Yeah. 00:01:01.065 --> 00:01:02.525 Come on. Go wash up. 00:01:06.529 --> 00:01:08.323 Oh shit. Jeanie Bean! 00:01:08.406 --> 00:01:10.074 Jeanie Beanie, what are you doin'? 00:01:11.326 --> 00:01:12.494 Something happen? 00:02:48.214 --> 00:02:49.799 Jesus Christ, Jerry. 00:02:49.882 --> 00:02:52.176 What the * have you gotten me into? 00:02:52.260 --> 00:02:53.886 Listen, I'm gonna introduce you as my wife, 00:02:53.970 --> 00:02:55.763 not my ex-wife, alright? 00:02:55.847 --> 00:02:58.057 Any time you wanna remarry, 00:02:58.141 --> 00:03:00.351 - it's not a problem. - Can we just get through 00:03:00.435 --> 00:03:01.894 - the ceremony without arguing, please? 00:03:05.982 --> 00:03:08.151 You said owning a team would be exciting. 00:03:08.234 --> 00:03:10.403 What's next, a horse head in the bed? 00:03:10.486 --> 00:03:13.656 Would you stop? We need this. 00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:17.076 - I appreciate you coming. - Oh, you kidding? I wouldn't miss it. 00:03:18.911 --> 00:03:21.748 Tell Bill I owe him a call about the roster. 00:03:23.624 --> 00:03:25.543 I'm just, uh... 00:03:25.626 --> 00:03:29.672 having a real hard time focusing on basketball. 00:03:29.756 --> 00:03:32.800 No rush, okay? Listen, 00:03:32.884 --> 00:03:34.969 I'll run training camp if you need me to. 00:03:35.052 --> 00:03:37.221 We're family now, so... 00:03:37.305 --> 00:03:39.265 I want you to meet my wife and my daughter. 00:03:39.390 --> 00:03:41.184 This is JoAnn. 00:03:42.643 --> 00:03:44.896 This is Jeanie... 00:03:44.979 --> 00:03:48.524 - Thank you for coming. - My heart breaks. I can't imagine. 00:03:48.608 --> 00:03:50.276 Hi, Lois. 00:03:51.569 --> 00:03:53.738 You must be Rose. 00:03:53.821 --> 00:03:55.156 Your husband was a saint. 00:03:55.239 --> 00:03:57.116 We're all gonna miss him. 00:04:02.497 --> 00:04:04.457 You pushed and you pushed. 00:04:04.540 --> 00:04:06.959 You couldn't just leave well enough alone? 00:04:08.252 --> 00:04:10.421 Dad, Dad, did she just hit you? 00:04:10.505 --> 00:04:12.465 I'm so sorry. 00:04:12.548 --> 00:04:15.343 - I'm so sorry. - Uh, we should go out the back here... 00:04:15.468 --> 00:04:17.678 You talked to Jerry Tarkanian, 00:04:17.762 --> 00:04:19.764 and you're sure he's out? 00:04:19.847 --> 00:04:22.475 Not his wife, not some other bozo. 00:04:22.558 --> 00:04:23.935 You're absolutely sure? 00:04:24.018 --> 00:04:25.811 Dr. Buss, what I'm sure of is we're out of time. 00:04:27.563 --> 00:04:29.232 Alright, so who the * is Jack McKinney? 00:04:29.315 --> 00:04:31.150 You met him last week. 00:04:31.234 --> 00:04:32.985 He's the assistant coach for Portland. 00:04:33.069 --> 00:04:34.779 You know, glasses, looks like a CPA. 00:04:34.862 --> 00:04:36.364 I know who he is, Bill. I'm saying, 00:04:36.489 --> 00:04:39.075 who is he? * nobody. 00:04:39.158 --> 00:04:41.953 - I met the guy. Can't even remember his * face. - He's a visionary. 00:04:42.036 --> 00:04:44.956 Basketball guru. All sorts of big ideas. 00:04:45.039 --> 00:04:46.832 - Uh-huh. - Hell, he's the reason Ramsay 00:04:46.916 --> 00:04:48.709 won that title up there with a bunch of nobodies! 00:04:48.793 --> 00:04:50.711 Bill, you're sure this is the guy? 00:04:50.795 --> 00:04:53.297 - You're absolutely sure? - If we don't hire someone, 00:04:53.381 --> 00:04:55.174 we're gonna open training camp without a coach! 00:05:00.721 --> 00:05:01.889 Unbelievable! 00:05:01.973 --> 00:05:02.765 Run it! 00:05:07.770 --> 00:05:09.522 How was the call? 00:05:11.983 --> 00:05:15.236 I don't know, I think I... overplayed my hand. 00:05:15.319 --> 00:05:17.613 Full control of the roster, cuts, 00:05:17.697 --> 00:05:19.323 trades, hires... 00:05:19.407 --> 00:05:21.033 I'm pretty sure I scared 'em off. 00:05:21.117 --> 00:05:23.202 No, not if they have any sense. 00:05:23.286 --> 00:05:26.163 It's probably the wrong fit anyway. 00:05:26.247 --> 00:05:28.916 Oh, is that what you're running from? 00:05:32.545 --> 00:05:34.964 - Be another move. - Like Portland. 00:05:35.047 --> 00:05:36.382 And Milwaukee. 00:05:36.507 --> 00:05:38.968 At least LA has sunshine. 00:05:39.051 --> 00:05:40.970 And a damn good team. 00:05:41.053 --> 00:05:43.514 That's the problem. It's perfect. 00:05:43.597 --> 00:05:45.558 Oh. Sounds like a catastrophe. 00:05:45.641 --> 00:05:47.768 It will be, if it fails. 00:05:47.852 --> 00:05:50.938 I've been an assistant for so damn long, Cranny. 00:05:51.022 --> 00:05:52.440 This is my vision. 00:05:52.565 --> 00:05:54.108 This thing has been in my head... 00:05:54.191 --> 00:05:56.193 for 20 years. 00:05:56.277 --> 00:05:57.987 If I can't make it work with guys that good, 00:05:58.070 --> 00:06:01.073 - it doesn't work. - Well... 00:06:01.157 --> 00:06:03.159 it's a good thing you blew the interview. 00:06:05.161 --> 00:06:08.039 - Dad! 00:06:08.122 --> 00:06:10.583 - It's for you! - Someone from the Lakers. 00:06:24.346 --> 00:06:26.599 Is that about Tark? 00:06:27.266 --> 00:06:28.434 Yeah. 00:06:29.477 --> 00:06:32.396 He's gonna stay in Vegas where he belongs, so. 00:06:32.480 --> 00:06:33.939 Oh, I'm sorry. 00:06:34.023 --> 00:06:35.816 Hey. You know... 00:06:37.526 --> 00:06:39.737 - Onwards and upwards. - It wasn't fair. 00:06:40.613 --> 00:06:42.656 What she said. 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:44.450 It's not your fault, Dad. 00:06:46.035 --> 00:06:47.828 I know. I know, honey. 00:06:51.749 --> 00:06:54.835 Sweetie, do you think we could take a rain check on Monopoly? 00:06:55.961 --> 00:06:57.129 - Sure. - You sure? 00:06:57.254 --> 00:06:58.881 Yeah, I have work. 00:06:58.964 --> 00:07:01.926 - Anyway, so. - That's my little Jeanie Pie. 00:07:04.887 --> 00:07:06.639 Alright. I won't be too late. 00:07:14.897 --> 00:07:16.732 Whether 'tis nobler in the mind 00:07:16.816 --> 00:07:18.901 to suffer the slings 00:07:18.984 --> 00:07:21.445 and arrows of outrageous fortune, 00:07:21.529 --> 00:07:24.240 or to take arms against a sea of troubles... 00:07:25.741 --> 00:07:27.159 and by opposing... 00:07:28.786 --> 00:07:30.412 end them. 00:07:32.706 --> 00:07:34.708 You give out any A's this time? 00:07:36.919 --> 00:07:39.630 - No one deserved one. - Well, you know what they say, Paul. 00:07:39.713 --> 00:07:43.300 Students are only as good as their professor. 00:07:43.384 --> 00:07:46.845 - Which, on the subject, we still need to discuss those syllabi. 00:07:46.929 --> 00:07:49.098 - Frankly, your insistence on including-- - Yeah. Can I-- Can I just-- 00:07:49.181 --> 00:07:51.016 Jack? Hey. 00:07:51.934 --> 00:07:52.977 Holy cow. 00:07:53.811 --> 00:07:55.437 No, um... 00:07:55.521 --> 00:07:57.940 Cassie and the kids will be thrilled. 00:07:58.023 --> 00:07:59.775 And I will see you there. 00:08:01.694 --> 00:08:03.070 Are we finished? 00:08:04.196 --> 00:08:06.907 *'-a right. 00:08:06.991 --> 00:08:09.868 - Where are you going? - Palm Springs. 00:08:09.952 --> 00:08:12.162 Training camp. 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:18.502 Well, the Lakers are about to open training camp 00:08:18.586 --> 00:08:20.379 under a new head coach, and all kinds of questions. 00:08:20.462 --> 00:08:22.506 But maybe, maybe, just maybe the biggest 00:08:22.590 --> 00:08:24.800 right off the bat, who's gonna run this offense? 00:08:24.883 --> 00:08:26.719 Magic Johnson or Norm Nixon? 00:08:26.802 --> 00:08:28.762 Who is the *-- Me! Stormin' Norman. 00:08:28.846 --> 00:08:31.056 Oh, I'm gonna be running point. Best believe that. 00:08:31.140 --> 00:08:32.891 I'll show his happy * some magic! 00:08:32.975 --> 00:08:34.476 Norm, you better get ready. 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:36.020 I got some tricks up my sleeve, too. 00:08:36.103 --> 00:08:37.813 I'm gonna be on that *. 00:08:40.149 --> 00:08:42.735 Hey. Can't this thing go any faster? 00:08:42.818 --> 00:08:44.903 ...if you put him on the court with professionals... 00:08:44.987 --> 00:08:46.613 - ...a six-foot-nine rookie at point guard? 00:08:50.617 --> 00:08:52.328 Which brings me to my next question which is, 00:08:52.411 --> 00:08:54.913 who the heck is Jack McKinney? 00:08:54.997 --> 00:08:56.999 One day, we hear it's Tark the Shark. Now it's Jack the nobody? 00:08:57.082 --> 00:09:00.085 He's supposed to be the guy deciding on the lineup, 00:09:00.169 --> 00:09:02.379 - and he's never made a real decision on this own. 00:09:02.463 --> 00:09:04.798 - You said it, pal! - Gimme it! No, let me try again! 00:09:06.925 --> 00:09:08.927 ...won a championship... 00:09:09.011 --> 00:09:11.055 supposedly off of his X's and O's. 00:09:11.138 --> 00:09:15.059 And what happens if McKinney just can't hack it? 00:09:15.142 --> 00:09:16.643 ...with 21 guys, 00:09:16.727 --> 00:09:18.729 Hand me the *driver. 00:09:18.812 --> 00:09:21.148 ...fresh meat like Michael Cooper. 00:09:21.231 --> 00:09:23.567 Yeah, my guess is the last thing he'll hear this week? 00:09:23.650 --> 00:09:25.277 - "Hey, Coach wants to see you. Hit the road." - You hear that? 00:09:25.402 --> 00:09:27.154 They're talking about me. 00:09:27.237 --> 00:09:29.406 I should call myself Shit Luck Cooper. 00:09:29.490 --> 00:09:31.450 Now, I'm gonna roll into camp late, 00:09:31.533 --> 00:09:33.410 - new coach doesn't know my *. - Hand me the *driver. 00:09:33.494 --> 00:09:35.829 I'm telling you, God is sending me a message. 00:09:35.913 --> 00:09:39.083 Take your skinny Black * back to SavOn. Basketball ain't for you. 00:09:39.166 --> 00:09:40.751 I'm supposed to die and rot out here 00:09:40.834 --> 00:09:42.836 like buzzard food. It ain't in here. 00:09:44.755 --> 00:09:46.256 What's this look like? 00:09:47.841 --> 00:09:50.094 - Love you, babe. 00:09:50.177 --> 00:09:51.470 You wanna talk about big question marks? 00:09:51.553 --> 00:09:53.263 The biggest unknown is Kareem. 00:09:53.388 --> 00:09:56.642 32 years old, 10 seasons on those skinny bones. 00:09:56.725 --> 00:09:59.394 His best days are way behind him. 00:09:59.478 --> 00:10:01.313 I don't even know if he wants to be here. 00:10:01.438 --> 00:10:03.107 - I'll put on some music. - He may be the best center 00:10:03.190 --> 00:10:05.275 ever to play the game of basketball... 00:10:05.400 --> 00:10:07.986 - Leave it. - ...but if you look in the encyclopedia 00:10:08.070 --> 00:10:10.280 under "checked out," you're gonna see a picture of his frowning face. 00:10:18.330 --> 00:10:20.541 - Hoo-wee! - Oh. Yeah. 00:10:20.624 --> 00:10:22.125 Earvin Johnson? 00:10:22.209 --> 00:10:23.961 - Michael Cooper? 00:10:24.044 --> 00:10:25.963 I'm Pat Riley. Welcome to camp. 00:10:26.046 --> 00:10:28.841 So you got your team rolls, practice schedule in there. 00:10:28.924 --> 00:10:30.300 First meeting's in 10 minutes. 00:10:30.384 --> 00:10:32.344 Date Palm Room. You know where that is? 00:10:32.469 --> 00:10:34.054 Just cut through there, through the lobby, make a hard right. 00:10:34.137 --> 00:10:35.597 - You good? - Thanks. 00:10:35.681 --> 00:10:37.140 - Alright, you got it. - Wait, wait! 00:10:37.224 --> 00:10:38.809 - I know you from somewhere. - Yeah? 00:10:38.892 --> 00:10:40.602 Kentucky vs. Texas Western. 00:10:40.686 --> 00:10:43.272 That's right! Pops got me out the bed for that one! 00:10:43.355 --> 00:10:45.566 Big Daddy D went up and dunked it on you right there-- 00:10:48.569 --> 00:10:50.195 Hangin' all up on the rim 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:52.239 like crazy, tongue out and everything. 00:10:53.031 --> 00:10:54.157 Yeah, well... 00:10:55.534 --> 00:10:58.036 I still see it in my nightmares. 00:10:58.120 --> 00:11:00.581 But hey, that's part of the game, right? 00:11:00.664 --> 00:11:02.583 - It makes you tougher. - Yeah. 00:11:02.666 --> 00:11:04.501 So what, you, like, a coach or somethin' now? 00:11:06.503 --> 00:11:09.590 Assistant announcer and, uh, travel secretary. 00:11:09.673 --> 00:11:11.675 - What's up, Kenny? 00:11:11.758 --> 00:11:13.343 I like that tracksuit, baby. 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:17.681 What up? Yo, Price, Carter. How y'all doin'? 00:11:17.764 --> 00:11:20.434 AD, man, why you always got the freshest threads on? 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:22.603 Y'all shoulda saw him at the premiere! 00:11:22.686 --> 00:11:25.355 - 'Sup, fellas? - EJ, you really know how to work the room, huh? 00:11:25.439 --> 00:11:28.984 Man, I'm just doin' what the Magic Man do. 00:11:29.067 --> 00:11:30.402 Okay, well... 00:11:30.527 --> 00:11:31.612 No, no, no, not yet. 00:11:31.695 --> 00:11:33.155 Vets first. 00:11:33.238 --> 00:11:34.865 Well, what they waitin' on? 00:11:34.948 --> 00:11:36.325 You'll see. 00:11:38.952 --> 00:11:41.204 Just play it cool. Don't look him too long in the eyes. 00:11:41.288 --> 00:11:44.166 You talkin' about him like he the Boogeyman. 00:11:44.249 --> 00:11:47.711 What's up, Cap? Like this dashiki. 00:11:47.794 --> 00:11:49.963 I take a glass of orange juice with my morning paper. 00:11:51.298 --> 00:11:54.009 Separate it out by section. News first, 00:11:54.092 --> 00:11:56.136 arts and leisure, 00:11:56.219 --> 00:11:58.013 sports last. 00:11:58.096 --> 00:11:59.598 Have it at my door at 6:00. 00:12:00.932 --> 00:12:02.184 You in for it. 00:12:02.267 --> 00:12:04.728 I was his rookie last year. 00:12:04.811 --> 00:12:06.688 I'm telling you, outside his door 00:12:06.772 --> 00:12:08.023 every day at the crack of dawn, 00:12:08.106 --> 00:12:09.691 he still ain't like my juice. 00:12:09.775 --> 00:12:12.778 "Too warm, too cold, too pulpy, not enough pulp." 00:12:12.861 --> 00:12:15.489 - Well, he gonna like my juice. - I hope so. 00:12:15.614 --> 00:12:19.242 - I got you, Cap. Take it easy, cowboy. 00:12:19.326 --> 00:12:22.079 Back of the bus, rookie section. 00:12:22.162 --> 00:12:24.039 Don't be no Rosa Parks. 00:12:24.122 --> 00:12:26.458 Right. 00:12:26.583 --> 00:12:29.044 - Get this to my room, rook. - I'm actually not a rookie this year-- 00:12:29.127 --> 00:12:30.879 Oh shit! 00:12:30.962 --> 00:12:33.131 - Ron *' Boone! - What's up, Black man? 00:12:33.215 --> 00:12:35.300 - Hey, you guaranteed this year? - Man, * no. 00:12:35.384 --> 00:12:37.427 But after this camp, I ain't giving them a choice. 00:12:37.511 --> 00:12:39.346 Yeah, you know how it is. - What's up, fellas? 00:12:39.429 --> 00:12:42.432 - How y'all doin'? Y'all good? - Oh shit. Landsberger! 00:12:42.516 --> 00:12:45.102 - Hey! What's up, baby? - Hey, still ain't right... 00:12:45.185 --> 00:12:47.479 - So, who the * is this McKinney? - ...but you still white. 00:12:47.604 --> 00:12:50.232 Alright, fellas, let's settle in. Come on. 00:12:52.359 --> 00:12:56.279 Right. I'm gonna hand the keys over to Jack here. 00:12:56.363 --> 00:12:59.241 I want y'all to show him the same respect y'all showed me. 00:13:01.952 --> 00:13:03.745 Okay. Take it away. 00:13:05.831 --> 00:13:07.124 Paul? 00:13:11.962 --> 00:13:13.964 This is from last season, your base set. 00:13:14.047 --> 00:13:15.674 There's Nixon. 00:13:16.883 --> 00:13:19.302 Walks the ball up, calls it. 00:13:20.762 --> 00:13:23.056 Dantley with a screen. 00:13:23.140 --> 00:13:25.559 Wilkes in the corner, fakes his man, sinks a jumper. 00:13:25.684 --> 00:13:28.186 Smooth as silk, baby. Hey! 00:13:28.270 --> 00:13:30.564 Twenty seconds. Next. 00:13:30.689 --> 00:13:33.066 This was the play you ran most frequently. 00:13:33.150 --> 00:13:36.570 Kareem in the post, receives the pass... 00:13:36.695 --> 00:13:38.989 six to eight dribbles... 00:13:39.072 --> 00:13:40.157 skyhook... 00:13:42.534 --> 00:13:44.786 23 seconds. 00:13:44.870 --> 00:13:46.872 And then there's this from the same game. 00:13:58.133 --> 00:13:59.676 Nineteen seconds. 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:02.137 That's three plays, two conversions, 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:04.890 62 seconds of game time, for four points a minute, 00:14:04.973 --> 00:14:07.601 which, at a roughly 66% conversion rate, 00:14:07.726 --> 00:14:09.853 that's close to a hundred points a game. 00:14:09.936 --> 00:14:12.606 In line with the league average because this 00:14:12.731 --> 00:14:15.901 is how everybody in the league plays basketball. 00:14:15.984 --> 00:14:20.280 Methodical, predictable, and slow. 00:14:20.363 --> 00:14:23.033 But a few times every game, this happens. 00:14:25.201 --> 00:14:28.413 Five seconds. Three sets of hands. One easy basket. 00:14:28.496 --> 00:14:30.707 So, why do you guys 00:14:30.790 --> 00:14:33.001 only do this six or seven times a contest? 00:14:33.084 --> 00:14:34.336 Because it ain't a choice. 00:14:34.419 --> 00:14:36.838 They miss, we get the rebound, 00:14:36.922 --> 00:14:39.758 maybe a steal, we get out ahead, and we go for it. 00:14:39.841 --> 00:14:41.843 Ain't no way we can do that all the time. 00:14:41.926 --> 00:14:43.887 - Why not? - Breaking ain't something we can count on. 00:14:43.970 --> 00:14:45.597 Not when you're only running off of other teams' mistakes, 00:14:45.722 --> 00:14:47.057 misses, and steals. 00:14:47.140 --> 00:14:48.767 That's why, from now on, 00:14:48.850 --> 00:14:51.186 we won't wait for anyone to give us breaks. 00:14:51.269 --> 00:14:53.063 We'll make our own. 00:14:53.146 --> 00:14:56.024 Constant motion offense. 00:14:56.107 --> 00:14:58.610 Don't stagnate in positions. Dart. 00:14:58.735 --> 00:15:00.862 Pass. Keep our opponents chasing us. 00:15:00.945 --> 00:15:02.989 ...appropriating street ball. 00:15:03.073 --> 00:15:05.367 - What's that, Kareem? - I said... 00:15:05.450 --> 00:15:08.370 sounds like street ball. Chaos. 00:15:10.205 --> 00:15:11.414 It is. 00:15:11.498 --> 00:15:13.500 So, here's the thing. 00:15:13.583 --> 00:15:16.044 A classical offense is a lot like classical music. 00:15:16.127 --> 00:15:18.505 - Coaches put a bunch of notes in place, 00:15:18.588 --> 00:15:20.340 X's and O's, 00:15:20.423 --> 00:15:22.175 and all the players are supposed to do 00:15:22.258 --> 00:15:24.678 is hit their cues. 00:15:24.803 --> 00:15:27.972 It makes a pretty melody, but it's the same song every time, 00:15:28.056 --> 00:15:32.435 and everybody in the building knows exactly where it's going. 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.854 So, how does an offense go from classical 00:15:34.938 --> 00:15:36.773 - to jazz? 00:15:36.856 --> 00:15:39.234 You put the music in the players' hands. 00:15:39.317 --> 00:15:41.403 The point guard is your melody. 00:15:41.486 --> 00:15:44.114 He sets the tempo. He keeps the pace up. 00:15:44.197 --> 00:15:46.032 Your wings, they harmonize. 00:15:46.116 --> 00:15:47.867 Your big man on the trail, he's your bass. 00:15:47.951 --> 00:15:50.203 Instead of chaining them to spots, 00:15:50.286 --> 00:15:51.496 you keep them moving, 00:15:51.579 --> 00:15:53.289 improvise, so they can flow 00:15:53.373 --> 00:15:55.500 like flocks of birds and butterflies. 00:15:57.419 --> 00:16:00.004 Because what seems or sounds like chaos 00:16:00.088 --> 00:16:03.383 is actually the symphony of Mother Nature. 00:16:03.466 --> 00:16:07.137 Everything unpredictable has underlying patterns, 00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:09.347 and when those patterns become reflex, 00:16:09.431 --> 00:16:12.934 individuals become an unstoppable force. 00:16:13.017 --> 00:16:15.478 Or that's the theory, anyway. 00:16:15.562 --> 00:16:19.149 Until now, nobody's ever been dumb enough to try it. 00:16:24.446 --> 00:16:25.822 Who brought their tennis shoes? 00:16:29.534 --> 00:16:32.662 Man, Wanda's gonna kill me! These are Stacy Adams! 00:16:32.745 --> 00:16:35.999 - What's up, Storm? Thought you was fast. - Nigga, you can't spell fast. 00:16:36.082 --> 00:16:38.209 They're called McKinney miles, gentlemen! 00:16:38.293 --> 00:16:39.752 You can't keep up with McKinney, 00:16:39.878 --> 00:16:42.964 you run another mile! 00:16:43.047 --> 00:16:45.091 This * got us runnin' north to freedom. 00:16:45.175 --> 00:16:47.218 Starting to regret that second rib-eye, man. 00:16:47.302 --> 00:16:49.429 - Brad, how long's a mile? 00:16:58.062 --> 00:17:00.231 Times are tough. 00:17:00.315 --> 00:17:02.901 People are waiting in line for hours to get gas. 00:17:02.984 --> 00:17:05.945 The smog's so bad, they can't even take their kids outside. 00:17:06.029 --> 00:17:08.656 But when customers buy tickets to the Forum, 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:10.450 they'll be buying an escape. 00:17:11.201 --> 00:17:13.077 Slide. 00:17:13.161 --> 00:17:16.039 At the Forum, your family's taken care of. 00:17:16.122 --> 00:17:17.665 Something for everyone, 00:17:17.749 --> 00:17:20.251 starting with the Forum clubhouse. 00:17:23.755 --> 00:17:25.298 And our other entertainment won't take 00:17:25.381 --> 00:17:27.675 time-outs just because the team does. 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:30.678 Family-friendly halftime shows. A marching band, 00:17:30.762 --> 00:17:32.305 our own spirit squad, 00:17:32.388 --> 00:17:34.390 - and the cherry on top? 00:17:36.684 --> 00:17:38.478 A mascot. 00:17:38.561 --> 00:17:40.688 What, we're going to dress someone up as a lake? 00:17:40.772 --> 00:17:42.732 No, what goes on top of a lake? 00:17:42.815 --> 00:17:44.484 - Algae. - Ducks. 00:17:44.567 --> 00:17:46.694 But, not just any duck. 00:17:46.778 --> 00:17:48.321 Slam... 00:17:49.739 --> 00:17:51.491 - Shit! *! - Oh my god. 00:17:51.574 --> 00:17:53.952 Lon, you okay? 00:17:54.035 --> 00:17:55.578 Slam Duck. 00:17:57.288 --> 00:17:59.958 The details we're still, uh, adjusting, 00:18:00.041 --> 00:18:01.876 - but we took the broad-- - Kill the duck. 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.087 - Done. - What? 00:18:04.170 --> 00:18:06.214 Shoot him, stuff him, eat him, roast him. I don't care. 00:18:06.297 --> 00:18:09.175 Just get rid of him. The rest of it, I like. 00:18:09.258 --> 00:18:11.177 Jeanie, why don't you introduce these two 00:18:11.260 --> 00:18:13.971 to the marching band and cheer squad at SC? 00:18:15.515 --> 00:18:17.016 Uh, yeah. Sure. 00:18:19.644 --> 00:18:21.854 What? 00:18:21.938 --> 00:18:24.774 - Nothing, if you think this is-- - You said he liked this kind of stuff. 00:18:24.857 --> 00:18:27.235 He does, at college games. 00:18:27.318 --> 00:18:29.278 But it's sort of the same, isn't it? 00:18:29.362 --> 00:18:31.322 I just know he's after something new. 00:18:33.032 --> 00:18:34.033 Never mind, this is good! 00:18:34.117 --> 00:18:35.076 I, um, I like it-- 00:18:35.159 --> 00:18:36.786 No, how about an actual suggestion? 00:18:36.869 --> 00:18:38.579 Okay. 00:18:38.663 --> 00:18:40.623 Then, um... 00:18:40.707 --> 00:18:41.916 This is Disneyland stuff, right? 00:18:41.999 --> 00:18:43.835 And I think we need that, 00:18:43.918 --> 00:18:45.670 but maybe, uh, 00:18:45.753 --> 00:18:48.131 we also need something like the Hollywood Bowl, 00:18:48.214 --> 00:18:50.633 or-or the Oscars, the-the Playboy Club. 00:18:50.717 --> 00:18:53.010 Oh, that's all? Let's throw, uh, 00:18:53.094 --> 00:18:55.054 - Mickey Mouse an orgy with Bob Hope-- - Alright. 00:18:55.138 --> 00:18:57.181 - Okay, okay. - Sorry, I shouldn't have said anything. 00:18:57.265 --> 00:19:00.810 Don't apologize. Just bring us an idea, okay? 00:19:00.893 --> 00:19:03.062 No * ducks. 00:19:03.146 --> 00:19:05.064 Thank you for your thoughts. 00:19:15.199 --> 00:19:18.202 Morning, Cap. Got your OJ, got your paper. 00:19:32.341 --> 00:19:34.594 You don't want the juice? Is there somethin' in it? 00:19:42.435 --> 00:19:44.020 Yo! Here he is! 00:19:44.103 --> 00:19:46.981 Hey, happy first day, Jack. 00:19:47.064 --> 00:19:48.691 Listen, we still haven't had a chance 00:19:48.774 --> 00:19:50.568 to have that, you know, little chat we wanted. 00:19:50.651 --> 00:19:52.612 Just wanna make sure you got everything you need. 00:19:52.695 --> 00:19:54.906 - Thanks, Jerry. I believe I do... Almost. - Good. 00:19:54.989 --> 00:19:56.991 We're running a closed practice. 00:19:57.074 --> 00:19:58.201 Okay. 00:20:03.164 --> 00:20:04.707 Oh! Okay! 00:20:06.042 --> 00:20:08.211 - Your, uh, your show. - He's out. 00:20:09.253 --> 00:20:10.922 Here when you need me. 00:20:14.383 --> 00:20:15.384 Two squads! 00:20:17.094 --> 00:20:19.430 - A and B. - A in gold, B in purple. 00:20:19.555 --> 00:20:21.349 Johnson, you're on B. 00:20:22.892 --> 00:20:24.936 Chin up, Country. 00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:26.979 B is almost A. 00:20:27.063 --> 00:20:29.232 Magic Man! 00:20:29.315 --> 00:20:31.025 Hey, let's get these *s, man. 00:20:31.108 --> 00:20:32.777 Run, pass, 00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:34.320 push the tempo fast as possible. 00:20:34.403 --> 00:20:36.072 Let's get it on its feet. 00:20:41.410 --> 00:20:43.287 - What are you doing? 00:20:43.371 --> 00:20:45.039 - Setting up for the inbound. - No, no, no. 00:20:45.122 --> 00:20:46.624 No setting up. Kareem, hit him on the go. 00:20:46.707 --> 00:20:49.001 Don't let the defense get its feet. 00:20:49.085 --> 00:20:51.754 Come on, Norm! You're known for all this speed! Let's see it! 00:20:51.837 --> 00:20:53.881 - You heard him, let's go! 00:20:55.049 --> 00:20:56.676 Don't slow it! Run it! 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:58.761 - Right there, right there! - Let's go, A.T. 00:21:01.055 --> 00:21:02.974 - Nice! - Eat that, Country! 00:21:03.057 --> 00:21:04.517 - You gettin' fat! 00:21:04.642 --> 00:21:07.603 - The *? I ran, Coach! - Right into traffic! 00:21:07.687 --> 00:21:11.315 Pass the ball and trust the flow! No more one-on-one! 00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:13.275 What is this about? 00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:14.235 - Come on, fellas! - Cap. 00:21:14.318 --> 00:21:15.403 Hey, I got him. 00:21:21.409 --> 00:21:23.160 That was a skyhook. 00:21:23.244 --> 00:21:25.162 That's always going to be there. 00:21:25.246 --> 00:21:27.164 Keep your teammates moving. 00:21:27.248 --> 00:21:29.250 Every time you stop the ball, 00:21:29.333 --> 00:21:31.043 they take a break 00:21:31.127 --> 00:21:32.503 and watch you work. 00:21:33.379 --> 00:21:34.672 Good. 00:21:34.755 --> 00:21:36.215 Let's go again. 00:21:36.298 --> 00:21:38.676 Alright, Johnson. Let's see what you got. 00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:40.261 Come on, B, let's go to work! 00:21:40.344 --> 00:21:42.012 - So look, 00:21:42.096 --> 00:21:43.889 you about to watch the magic happen. 00:21:43.973 --> 00:21:45.766 A point guard's job is to run the offense. 00:21:45.850 --> 00:21:47.143 Hey, I'm open! 00:21:47.226 --> 00:21:48.436 But most guys 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:50.312 lookin' out to get they own. 00:21:50.396 --> 00:21:52.273 - I know you see my hands! - Baskets, 00:21:52.356 --> 00:21:54.358 - stats... glory. - They score again! 00:21:56.026 --> 00:21:57.987 Me though? All my life, 00:21:58.070 --> 00:21:59.780 I'm tryin' to share the love. 00:21:59.864 --> 00:22:01.866 Magic is hot and he knows it. 00:22:01.949 --> 00:22:04.535 Dishing passes out like Cupid arrows. 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:07.079 Hit you in the heart... in style. 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:08.706 Ain't seen that comin'! 00:22:08.789 --> 00:22:10.374 While everybody else is out there 00:22:10.458 --> 00:22:12.793 - gettin' rich by taking. - What the *? 00:22:13.794 --> 00:22:15.463 - Oh, I got you. - Come on, back up! You remember this! 00:22:20.050 --> 00:22:22.178 - Of course, 00:22:22.261 --> 00:22:24.388 - we ain't all ready for love at first sight. - What the *? 00:22:24.472 --> 00:22:26.223 - Hey, you was open. - You see me lookin' at you? 00:22:26.307 --> 00:22:28.142 Be mad at your hands for not catching the ball. 00:22:28.225 --> 00:22:29.810 *, keep your eyes up. 00:22:29.935 --> 00:22:31.729 Ever seen a pass like that before? 00:22:31.812 --> 00:22:33.856 It's not a pass unless they catch it. 00:22:33.981 --> 00:22:35.774 - Making new friends already, huh? - Whatever, man. 00:22:35.858 --> 00:22:37.526 Get your head up, go again! 00:22:37.610 --> 00:22:38.986 Again! 00:22:42.156 --> 00:22:44.158 Jamaal! Dantley! What are you doing? 00:22:44.241 --> 00:22:46.410 - I'm posting up! - This is my corner. 00:22:46.494 --> 00:22:48.621 You don't have a corner! Nobody has spots 00:22:48.704 --> 00:22:50.789 or corners! Right? 00:22:50.873 --> 00:22:53.417 Flow means water. Flow means finding the empty spaces. 00:22:53.501 --> 00:22:56.587 If you're standing still, you're just a pebble in the stream. 00:22:56.670 --> 00:22:59.256 - Let's go again! 00:22:59.340 --> 00:23:02.218 *in' embarrass your-*'-self here... 00:23:03.093 --> 00:23:05.012 Oh shit. 00:23:05.095 --> 00:23:07.515 - Go again! 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:09.308 Let's go, fellas. 00:23:09.391 --> 00:23:10.684 - Oh, * me! *, Jesus! - Shit! 00:23:10.768 --> 00:23:12.728 - * hell! - Oh, Jesus! 00:23:12.811 --> 00:23:14.188 - Jerry, Jerry. I didn't see you, man. - Shit! *! 00:23:14.271 --> 00:23:16.106 What happened? They lock you out? 00:23:16.190 --> 00:23:18.817 * no. Hell no. No. Just, you know, I'm, you know... 00:23:18.901 --> 00:23:20.778 I'm just, you know, giving Jack a little time with boys. 00:23:20.861 --> 00:23:23.614 That's all. That's it. 00:23:23.697 --> 00:23:26.742 - The * is that anyway? - Oh, it's a videotape camera. 00:23:26.825 --> 00:23:28.327 Chick said I could put a little thing together, 00:23:28.410 --> 00:23:30.871 and we'll show it on KCAL. 00:23:30.955 --> 00:23:33.666 - Which by the way, if you're up for an interview... - You got the practice on there? 00:23:33.749 --> 00:23:35.542 Yeah. Yeah, some of it. 00:23:35.668 --> 00:23:38.212 Yeah. Keeps coming out a little green, though. 00:23:39.213 --> 00:23:41.006 What, wanna see? 00:23:42.716 --> 00:23:43.884 - Wanna see? - Yeah, I do. 00:23:48.514 --> 00:23:50.641 - That was bullshit. 00:23:50.724 --> 00:23:52.393 It's my contract year. How I'm supposed to raise my price, 00:23:52.476 --> 00:23:54.353 some punk-* coach won't let me in the post? 00:23:54.436 --> 00:23:56.146 Maybe you can buy your * a jump shot while you at it. 00:23:56.230 --> 00:23:58.649 Our bigger problem is sitting over there. 00:23:58.732 --> 00:24:00.526 Smiley-* * making everybody look bad. 00:24:00.651 --> 00:24:02.486 He hit me with that ball again, I'm gonna bust his *. 00:24:02.569 --> 00:24:03.654 Hell yeah! 00:24:03.737 --> 00:24:06.407 How's it goin' out there? 00:24:06.490 --> 00:24:08.200 - You know, the guys look a little beat. - Mm. 00:24:09.868 --> 00:24:12.579 "No profit grows where pleasure is taken." 00:24:15.499 --> 00:24:17.501 That how you feel, Jack? 00:24:17.584 --> 00:24:19.253 Have you ever levitated, Jerry? 00:24:22.256 --> 00:24:24.216 Some Buddhists in Tibet 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:27.136 say that that's what happens to them when they meditate. 00:24:27.219 --> 00:24:30.431 They legitimately levitate above the ground. 00:24:30.514 --> 00:24:34.018 I've only ever had that feeling in basketball. 00:24:34.101 --> 00:24:37.104 Like, you're one with the flow. Like-like, uh... 00:24:38.814 --> 00:24:40.441 time stands still. 00:24:40.524 --> 00:24:43.235 Floating... Yeah. 00:24:43.318 --> 00:24:46.864 Anyhow, that's my opinion. I'll keep you posted. 00:24:49.033 --> 00:24:50.492 - I see, yeah. - They're athletic girls! 00:24:50.492 --> 00:24:52.536 - Yes. - That's going to have to... 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:54.496 change a little bit. 00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:56.749 Just give me the overview. 00:24:56.832 --> 00:24:58.667 Um, you know, this is just 00:24:58.751 --> 00:25:00.794 - a-a jumping-off point, of course. - Yeah. 00:25:00.878 --> 00:25:03.422 Uh, but, we are thinking... 00:25:04.214 --> 00:25:05.716 Disneyland... 00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:07.468 meets... 00:25:07.509 --> 00:25:08.844 at the Oscars. 00:25:10.304 --> 00:25:11.889 Hey! Now, you're talkin'! 00:25:11.972 --> 00:25:13.891 Now, if you throw in a little Hollywood Bowl 00:25:13.974 --> 00:25:15.142 in there to spruce up the joint, 00:25:15.225 --> 00:25:17.561 - then we're solid gold. - Yeah! 00:25:17.644 --> 00:25:19.313 Great. Great. 00:25:19.396 --> 00:25:21.774 Claire, while, I got you here, 00:25:21.857 --> 00:25:24.443 - I wanna pick your brain a little bit. - Mm-hmm, please. 00:25:24.526 --> 00:25:27.070 I was talking to my accountant about the books, and... 00:25:27.154 --> 00:25:30.574 - Well, d-don't worry, it's no big deal. It's just... - Right. 00:25:30.657 --> 00:25:32.493 I was wondering if you could give me a ballpark... 00:25:32.576 --> 00:25:34.244 What's your guesstimate about 00:25:34.369 --> 00:25:36.371 what a yearly profit might look like? 00:25:36.455 --> 00:25:38.665 - Like a banner year for the Forum? - Mm-hmm. 00:25:38.749 --> 00:25:40.250 Yeah, hard to say, 00:25:40.375 --> 00:25:43.504 you know, without, uh, an idea of... 00:25:43.587 --> 00:25:45.714 - the team's success, you know. - Y-yeah. 00:25:45.798 --> 00:25:48.425 Of course. Hypothetical. I know. I'm not... 00:25:48.509 --> 00:25:50.928 Believe me, I'm not gonna hold you to the number. I just... 00:25:51.011 --> 00:25:52.971 If you had to guess. You know, what? 00:25:53.055 --> 00:25:54.348 Three million? 00:25:56.642 --> 00:25:58.393 - Pie in sky... - Why not? 00:25:58.477 --> 00:26:02.147 assuming we keep costs low, sell out... 00:26:02.231 --> 00:26:05.734 - ...half the year, which no one's ever done... - Mm-hmm. 00:26:05.817 --> 00:26:08.111 If the team could make a playoff run, 00:26:08.195 --> 00:26:10.531 - add extra home games? - Two. 00:26:11.823 --> 00:26:13.283 Yeah? Two million? 00:26:13.408 --> 00:26:15.494 1.25, 1.3... 00:26:15.577 --> 00:26:17.246 - ...in that range. 00:26:17.371 --> 00:26:18.997 But I, um... 00:26:19.081 --> 00:26:20.457 - ...I wouldn't count on that. - Yeah. 00:26:20.541 --> 00:26:22.584 Of course not. 00:26:22.668 --> 00:26:24.586 Not gonna count on it. 00:26:24.670 --> 00:26:27.422 We're just try-- Like I said, just trying to get a... 00:26:27.506 --> 00:26:28.966 You're doin' a great job. 00:26:29.550 --> 00:26:31.468 - Thank you. - I gotta get this butter off me! I'm goin' in! 00:26:31.552 --> 00:26:33.637 Enjoy. 00:27:30.193 --> 00:27:32.487 'Sup, Cap? I got the kitchen dude to make it right there 00:27:32.571 --> 00:27:34.531 in front of my face-- He made it right fresh! 00:27:41.246 --> 00:27:42.414 Tastes fine to me. 00:27:42.497 --> 00:27:44.416 B squad? 00:27:44.499 --> 00:27:46.585 Man, this shit is *ed up. Y'all got your letters switched. 00:27:46.668 --> 00:27:49.087 We're trying out different combinations. You're on B today. 00:27:49.171 --> 00:27:51.131 Johnson, you're running point on A. 00:27:51.214 --> 00:27:52.340 What? Him? 00:27:52.424 --> 00:27:53.884 You hear that, Norm? 00:27:53.967 --> 00:27:55.761 That's B as in bench, 00:27:55.844 --> 00:27:57.929 as in what yo * gonna be sittin' on. 00:28:09.274 --> 00:28:10.442 *! 00:28:10.525 --> 00:28:13.278 *, what was that? 00:28:13.361 --> 00:28:16.531 - Should we, uh-- - No, no, no. Learn by doing. 00:28:16.615 --> 00:28:18.617 What the *, rook? 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:20.160 - This shit ain't gonna work, man. - Come on, Boone. 00:28:20.243 --> 00:28:21.745 You know how it go, man. You want the ball, 00:28:21.828 --> 00:28:23.205 - you gotta get out. 00:28:23.288 --> 00:28:25.207 - Oh, come on! - That's right. Let's go. 00:28:25.290 --> 00:28:26.625 No more one-on-one! Let's go! 00:28:34.341 --> 00:28:36.885 Good pick. 00:28:36.968 --> 00:28:39.429 Too bad nobody called it out for you. 00:28:39.513 --> 00:28:41.223 - Good though work, Young Buck. 00:28:41.306 --> 00:28:43.809 Alright, guys, bring it in. 00:28:43.892 --> 00:28:45.352 I know you're all tired, but we have to 00:28:45.435 --> 00:28:46.895 train our bodies to push past that. 00:28:46.978 --> 00:28:48.647 When crunch time comes, 00:28:48.730 --> 00:28:50.190 the other team is tugging on their shorts, 00:28:50.273 --> 00:28:51.691 we'll be lacing up our track shoes, 00:28:51.775 --> 00:28:53.235 run them off the court, right? 00:28:55.904 --> 00:28:57.781 - Right? Yeah, right. 00:28:57.864 --> 00:28:59.616 Let's hit the baseline for suicides. 00:29:02.077 --> 00:29:03.662 Come on, y'all! 00:29:03.745 --> 00:29:06.331 Just a few more drills, Cap. 00:29:06.414 --> 00:29:08.166 Not me, Jeff. 00:29:08.250 --> 00:29:11.253 Oh, no, no, I-I'm Paul. 00:29:11.336 --> 00:29:14.089 I mean, call me Jeff, but I'm... My name is Paul. 00:29:18.552 --> 00:29:20.595 - Look alive, look alive! 00:29:20.637 --> 00:29:22.681 - No, we have not been here before, man. 00:29:22.764 --> 00:29:24.516 Y'all acting like he ain't 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:26.852 got us out here runnin' suicides like slaves. 00:29:26.935 --> 00:29:29.563 Suicides? Man, I'm thinking homicide. 00:29:29.646 --> 00:29:31.398 Man the whole damn thing is just an experiment, 00:29:31.481 --> 00:29:33.275 - and we the guinea pig. - I can't feel my feet. 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:34.818 Somebody gotta hit the brass what's going on 00:29:34.901 --> 00:29:36.903 before one of us get hurt. 00:29:36.987 --> 00:29:39.030 Y'all see West hanging around here like a goddamn fruit bat? 00:29:39.114 --> 00:29:41.449 He ain't sold on this McKinney, either. 00:29:41.533 --> 00:29:43.743 - He ought to hear it ain't working. - Heard that. You with it, Cap? 00:29:52.711 --> 00:29:53.753 I'll pass. 00:29:54.963 --> 00:29:56.464 He'll pass. You really gonna 00:29:56.548 --> 00:29:59.301 leave us hangin' like that, brother? 00:29:59.426 --> 00:30:01.803 Aight, look. Cap too dignified to do him-damn-self, 00:30:01.886 --> 00:30:03.805 - but somebody gotta do it. - Don't look this way, jack. 00:30:05.432 --> 00:30:06.683 I like the exercise. 00:30:06.766 --> 00:30:08.018 * all y'all *es! 00:30:08.101 --> 00:30:10.270 Norm, what you say, brother? 00:30:10.353 --> 00:30:12.522 Don't look at me. I got a ménage à trois lined up, 00:30:12.606 --> 00:30:14.649 - so... - Hey, I can speak on it. 00:30:14.733 --> 00:30:16.776 Me and Buss cooler than a fan. 00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:18.320 Y'all think McKinney pushin' too hard, 00:30:18.445 --> 00:30:19.946 boss should know about it, right? 00:30:20.030 --> 00:30:21.614 Is that a rookie? 00:30:22.907 --> 00:30:24.617 In grown folks' business? 00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:30.623 See me when you put in some time. 00:30:32.375 --> 00:30:34.294 If I'm just a rook, 00:30:34.377 --> 00:30:37.172 how come I'm the one that got the guarantee? 00:30:37.255 --> 00:30:39.591 More bread than all y'all, besides Cap. 00:30:39.674 --> 00:30:42.677 - This *. Really? - Look, 00:30:42.761 --> 00:30:46.348 - all I'm saying is I'm cool to be the one to rap to Buss. 00:30:46.473 --> 00:30:47.849 And what you gonna tell him, huh? 00:30:49.017 --> 00:30:50.518 Your Black * out here 00:30:50.602 --> 00:30:52.270 tomming like a slave on a plantation. 00:30:52.354 --> 00:30:55.106 "Yeah, I-I sho's likes what you doin', Coach! 00:30:55.190 --> 00:30:57.150 - I runs as fast as you can!" 00:30:57.233 --> 00:31:00.236 That's right, Young Blood! 00:31:01.404 --> 00:31:03.656 That's right. 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:06.409 You can't speak for a team that don't want you on it. 00:31:06.576 --> 00:31:07.744 Shit. 00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:11.164 You should've seen them, Cook. 00:31:11.247 --> 00:31:13.625 - They hate me. Stop the presses. 00:31:13.708 --> 00:31:16.044 Somebody somewhere 00:31:16.127 --> 00:31:18.713 - isn't worshiping the ground you walk on? 00:31:18.797 --> 00:31:21.758 It ain't about that. It's about the game. 00:31:21.841 --> 00:31:24.886 How I'm supposed to spread the love if I can't feel it? 00:31:24.969 --> 00:31:27.347 But, Kareem won't even talk to me. 00:31:27.430 --> 00:31:29.641 Norm's scared I'ma take his spot. 00:31:29.724 --> 00:31:31.684 They all busy worrying about them. 00:31:31.768 --> 00:31:33.770 When they should be worrying about you? 00:31:33.853 --> 00:31:36.022 I don't want 'em worried about nothing! 00:31:36.106 --> 00:31:38.149 I want them having fun. 00:31:38.233 --> 00:31:40.610 Cook, I could get these dudes the ball 00:31:40.693 --> 00:31:43.029 in spaces they ain't never seen before. 00:31:43.113 --> 00:31:45.198 We could all just be one happy family, 00:31:45.281 --> 00:31:46.741 just like it was at State. 00:31:46.825 --> 00:31:49.369 If that's how you remember it... 00:31:49.452 --> 00:31:51.871 That's how it be. My team be my boys. 00:31:51.955 --> 00:31:54.249 You recall the night you met me, Earvin? 00:31:54.332 --> 00:31:56.876 - Yeah, that Bama-* church party. - Uh-huh. 00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.461 Where I was on a date 00:31:58.586 --> 00:32:01.131 with Londell Owens. Your boy, Londell Owens? 00:32:01.214 --> 00:32:03.091 Yeah. Me and Lonnie still cool. 00:32:03.174 --> 00:32:06.761 Cool wasn't how he sounded when he called me the next day. 00:32:06.845 --> 00:32:08.429 "Earvin ain't shit. 00:32:08.555 --> 00:32:11.891 Don't trust him far as you can see him." 00:32:11.975 --> 00:32:14.394 - And that's just for starters. - Ah, he just talkin' shit. 00:32:14.477 --> 00:32:16.938 About you. To me. 00:32:17.021 --> 00:32:20.358 Because you were the star on the team, and he needed that. 00:32:20.441 --> 00:32:22.902 And you can bet he wasn't the only one biting his tongue. 00:32:22.986 --> 00:32:25.154 Hey, Cook, you don't know what you talking about. 00:32:25.238 --> 00:32:26.823 Those dudes and me, we won it all. 00:32:26.906 --> 00:32:29.784 Yes. You did. And what difference did it make? 00:32:29.868 --> 00:32:32.996 What they thought or what they said behind your back? 00:32:35.790 --> 00:32:37.500 Just because you want everyone to love you, 00:32:37.625 --> 00:32:40.169 Earvin, doesn't mean you need it. 00:32:40.253 --> 00:32:42.755 You know, you makin' me sound like a real bad dude right now. 00:32:42.839 --> 00:32:47.010 Just tellin' you the truth, how real friends do. 00:32:47.093 --> 00:32:50.930 We ain't friends! You just some chick I used to hit! 00:32:51.014 --> 00:32:53.016 Wow, oh my... 00:32:54.183 --> 00:32:55.894 Cool. 00:32:55.977 --> 00:32:57.854 - Cook-- - Don't. 00:32:57.937 --> 00:32:59.731 Call. Again. 00:32:59.814 --> 00:33:01.065 - Cook, I didn't-- 00:33:04.068 --> 00:33:06.070 - *... 00:33:06.154 --> 00:33:08.072 - Run it! - You ain't got shit. 00:33:08.156 --> 00:33:10.241 Pass the ball! 00:33:10.325 --> 00:33:12.160 - What the *? I ran! 00:33:12.243 --> 00:33:13.786 Again! 00:33:14.704 --> 00:33:16.873 Right into traffic! 00:33:16.956 --> 00:33:18.875 - What's the matter? You tired, sweetheart? 00:33:18.958 --> 00:33:20.752 - Keep your heads up, pass the ball... Again! 00:33:20.835 --> 00:33:22.962 ...and trust the flow! No more one-on-one! Again! 00:33:23.046 --> 00:33:24.547 - Flow means water. Again! 00:33:24.672 --> 00:33:26.799 No more one-on-one! Again! Again! 00:33:26.883 --> 00:33:28.009 - Again! Agai-- 00:33:28.092 --> 00:33:29.552 - Yep? 00:33:31.012 --> 00:33:33.264 What's going on? 00:33:33.348 --> 00:33:35.308 We was hoping we could talk, Coach. 00:33:35.391 --> 00:33:38.144 Uh-- No. Jerry. Just Jerry. *' coach is down the hall. 00:33:38.227 --> 00:33:40.730 Yeah, that's the thing. Alright, you got a minute? 00:33:40.813 --> 00:33:42.315 Ah, come on in. Come on in. 00:33:49.030 --> 00:33:51.449 What the *? Oh shit. 00:33:51.532 --> 00:33:53.868 Oh, you too, Norm, huh? 00:33:53.951 --> 00:33:56.579 - Yeah... - Alright then. What's on your mind? 00:33:56.704 --> 00:33:58.873 Coach, we got a bone to pick with this McKinney *. 00:33:58.956 --> 00:34:01.250 Yeah, th-this run-and-gun method he got us doing, man, 00:34:01.334 --> 00:34:05.505 - we can't keep doing this every game. - Norm, you feel the same way? 00:34:05.588 --> 00:34:07.507 - Come on. Get it off your chest. - I don't know. 00:34:07.590 --> 00:34:09.425 Maybe this McKinney is onto something. 00:34:09.509 --> 00:34:12.345 We could just try some new shit. If it doesn't work, then... 00:34:12.428 --> 00:34:14.972 - Nah, * that, Norm! - *, you was just on our side a minute ago! 00:34:15.056 --> 00:34:18.601 - Landsberger, where you at? 00:34:19.477 --> 00:34:21.062 He called me fat. 00:34:37.370 --> 00:34:39.539 I sure don't miss that feeling. 00:34:39.622 --> 00:34:41.916 And yet, you can't stay away. 00:34:43.417 --> 00:34:45.586 Yeah, believe me, Jack. I'm trying. 00:34:47.255 --> 00:34:49.423 But you see, I made a promise to this franchise 00:34:49.507 --> 00:34:52.343 not to leave it hanging till you have it on its feet. 00:34:52.426 --> 00:34:54.595 We're making progress. 00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:56.764 Well, that's funny. It's not what I'm hearing from the guys. 00:34:56.889 --> 00:35:00.351 It's human nature to resist change. 00:35:00.434 --> 00:35:03.020 These men are being asked to buy into a new way of doing things. 00:35:03.104 --> 00:35:04.230 Some can't. 00:35:05.273 --> 00:35:06.607 Some won't. 00:35:06.691 --> 00:35:08.276 That's why we'll be making cuts. 00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:10.027 I've been working up a list. 00:35:10.111 --> 00:35:13.072 My guess is whoever came to you is on it. 00:35:13.156 --> 00:35:15.741 Got the whole team on that list then, huh, Jack? 00:35:20.163 --> 00:35:22.582 - I've seen some tape. - You spying on me? 00:35:22.665 --> 00:35:24.292 Oh, come on, Jack. 00:35:24.375 --> 00:35:25.668 I mean, shit, I went to the *' mat 00:35:25.751 --> 00:35:27.295 to get you hired on this job. 00:35:27.378 --> 00:35:29.380 Look, hell, I know better than anyone 00:35:29.463 --> 00:35:32.216 that what you got inside of that head of yours is genius. 00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:33.926 But you gotta open your eyes. I mean, 00:35:34.010 --> 00:35:35.928 we're two weeks out from the season. 00:35:36.012 --> 00:35:37.555 You run this wagon right off the trail outta the gate, 00:35:37.638 --> 00:35:39.098 well, that genius shit of yours 00:35:39.181 --> 00:35:40.725 is gonna stay right in your head, 00:35:40.808 --> 00:35:42.351 right where it is, right on that page. 00:35:42.435 --> 00:35:43.769 You hired me to change the way we play! 00:35:43.853 --> 00:35:46.022 You ain't *' God, Jack. 00:35:46.105 --> 00:35:49.066 You don't got to do it in six days and sleep on a Sunday. 00:35:49.150 --> 00:35:50.860 I mean... 00:35:50.985 --> 00:35:52.820 You got to work with human beings, 00:35:52.945 --> 00:35:54.614 who've been playing this damn game the same way 00:35:54.697 --> 00:35:57.033 their whole lives. They can't change on a dime. 00:35:57.116 --> 00:36:00.119 - You can't change it once the season starts. - Meet the men halfway. 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:03.581 Build gradual. 00:36:03.664 --> 00:36:05.583 Keep some things the same. I mean, just, I mean, come on, 00:36:05.666 --> 00:36:07.543 let 'em hit their spot sometimes. 00:36:07.627 --> 00:36:09.211 Little safety comfort zone. Th-they'll work with that. 00:36:09.295 --> 00:36:12.214 Are we negotiating now? Is this a negotiation? 00:36:12.298 --> 00:36:14.300 Only if you want to make it work. 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:21.098 *, I want this team to levitate 00:36:21.182 --> 00:36:23.392 just as much as you, Jack. 00:36:23.476 --> 00:36:26.228 But the shit part of being a head coach, like it or not, 00:36:26.312 --> 00:36:28.689 you got to be the one with your feet on the ground. 00:36:34.987 --> 00:36:38.074 That's not my system. 00:36:38.157 --> 00:36:40.910 And if you really want to help me, Jerry, 00:36:41.035 --> 00:36:43.412 take my list to Bill and Dr. Buss 00:36:43.496 --> 00:36:46.707 and tell them to build the squad I need. 00:36:46.791 --> 00:36:48.584 No more closed practices. 00:36:48.668 --> 00:36:51.754 We'll be there tomorrow. Me, Bill, and Dr. Buss. 00:37:08.771 --> 00:37:12.066 I used to see these guys, these brilliant guys 00:37:12.149 --> 00:37:14.318 that get these coaching jobs, 00:37:14.402 --> 00:37:16.821 and they'd swear they're going to revolutionize the sport. 00:37:16.904 --> 00:37:18.823 - And then, 00:37:18.906 --> 00:37:21.826 you wonder just how they got as dull as everybody else. 00:37:21.909 --> 00:37:24.245 Man, I get it now. 00:37:24.328 --> 00:37:26.247 Give up the dream or die. 00:37:26.330 --> 00:37:28.666 Are those the only options? 00:37:28.749 --> 00:37:31.377 - What else is there? The dream could work. 00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:34.088 It isn't. That's what I'm telling you. 00:37:34.171 --> 00:37:36.674 When I close my eyes, I can see it. And then, 00:37:36.757 --> 00:37:39.260 I open my eyes. Nobody else can see it. 00:37:43.848 --> 00:37:45.724 - Cap think he can get rid of me that easy. 00:37:45.808 --> 00:37:47.810 He must not know I'm from Lansing. 00:37:47.893 --> 00:37:49.770 Man, he better love this juice. 00:37:49.854 --> 00:37:52.440 He gonna love this juice... He gonna love this juice. 00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:59.905 Morning, Cap. I got your orange juice, and I got your paper. 00:38:01.407 --> 00:38:02.283 - Nah, Cap! 00:38:02.366 --> 00:38:04.452 Nah, Cap. 00:38:04.535 --> 00:38:06.620 Look, I may be a rookie, 00:38:06.704 --> 00:38:08.581 but I been bustin' my * off 00:38:08.664 --> 00:38:10.958 to get up before the crack of dawn to get you this here juice, 00:38:11.083 --> 00:38:12.459 and you ain't even tried it yet. 00:38:12.543 --> 00:38:14.545 Done squeezed this shit myself. 00:38:14.628 --> 00:38:17.715 All I'm asking is that you just take a sip. 00:38:28.309 --> 00:38:29.727 That's not bad. 00:38:29.810 --> 00:38:32.313 I know. Right on, right on. 00:38:32.396 --> 00:38:34.023 But I asked you to bring me a newspaper. 00:38:34.148 --> 00:38:36.358 That's the "LA Times" right there-- 00:38:36.442 --> 00:38:38.569 This is not a newspaper. 00:38:38.652 --> 00:38:41.197 So what newspaper I'm supposed to bring you, Cap? 00:38:41.280 --> 00:38:42.740 Damn! 00:38:42.823 --> 00:38:45.034 The * is wrong with this nigga? 00:38:46.452 --> 00:38:47.745 Jerry? 00:38:48.662 --> 00:38:50.247 Let's go. Come on. 00:38:50.331 --> 00:38:51.624 Of all people, he late. 00:38:51.707 --> 00:38:54.335 - Paul? - Yes? 00:39:02.384 --> 00:39:04.553 Oh, finally! Here he come. 00:39:10.893 --> 00:39:12.353 Hey. 00:39:12.436 --> 00:39:14.438 A and B? 00:39:14.521 --> 00:39:17.024 Let's mix it up. 00:39:17.149 --> 00:39:19.610 Johnson. Stay on A. 00:39:21.236 --> 00:39:23.822 No. Nixon, you too. 00:39:23.906 --> 00:39:25.908 Plus Wilkes, Kareem... 00:39:28.702 --> 00:39:30.537 - ...and Cooper. - Coop. Coop? 00:39:30.621 --> 00:39:32.831 Boone, Dantley, keep your spots on B. 00:39:32.915 --> 00:39:34.625 Hey, Coach, who running point? 00:39:34.708 --> 00:39:37.378 Whoever has the ball. Let's go, jump it up. 00:39:37.461 --> 00:39:40.464 What the * you talkin' about? 00:39:40.547 --> 00:39:42.883 This my spot right here. Move. 00:39:42.967 --> 00:39:46.053 - You in my spot, Magic! - I'm point right now, man! Get over there! 00:39:46.178 --> 00:39:47.596 Yeah, we'll see who gets the ball. 00:39:49.556 --> 00:39:50.891 Go! Set up! 00:39:53.686 --> 00:39:55.521 Let's go, Rook. 00:40:02.653 --> 00:40:04.279 - Told you! 00:40:06.198 --> 00:40:07.700 - Good shot, baby! - That's fast, baby! 00:40:09.910 --> 00:40:11.620 - Come on! Come on! - Get the * off me, Midnight. 00:40:14.748 --> 00:40:16.709 I'm right here with you, Norm! 00:40:20.879 --> 00:40:22.589 See that vertical? Bill? 00:40:22.673 --> 00:40:24.800 Okay, cool! Let's go! 00:40:24.883 --> 00:40:27.428 Let's go! Get back on D! Back on D! 00:40:31.974 --> 00:40:34.560 There we go, Magic, let's go! Run the ball, y'all! 00:40:38.647 --> 00:40:40.733 Come on! Let's go! 00:40:40.816 --> 00:40:42.484 Run the fire, y'all! 00:40:45.112 --> 00:40:46.280 Let's go, cool! 00:40:56.999 --> 00:40:58.750 Woo! 00:40:58.834 --> 00:41:01.503 - Come on, man! 00:41:01.587 --> 00:41:03.797 Come at me, rook. Come on! 00:41:03.881 --> 00:41:05.883 - Whoa, whoa, whoa! - Hey, hey, hey! 00:41:09.136 --> 00:41:11.096 I'm a rookie, but I ain't no *! 00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:13.390 * you, *! 00:41:16.560 --> 00:41:18.479 It's like that, Norm? 00:41:18.562 --> 00:41:21.523 - * off! - And * you, Norm! 00:41:21.607 --> 00:41:24.276 * you, too, rookie! 00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:27.362 - * outta here, man! 00:41:29.907 --> 00:41:32.409 - Jerry? Listen, I've seen enough. 00:41:32.493 --> 00:41:34.328 No, we like this guy, we like this guy. 00:41:34.411 --> 00:41:36.205 What you have to do is get him, get the team that he wants, 00:41:36.330 --> 00:41:38.081 and get 'em under control. 00:41:38.165 --> 00:41:39.958 - Goddamn, man. - We're almost there! 00:41:40.042 --> 00:41:41.960 It's on you. It's still on you. 00:41:42.044 --> 00:41:43.921 Looked beautiful for a second. 00:41:44.004 --> 00:41:46.423 Take care of it, okay? Alright, thanks. 00:41:51.762 --> 00:41:53.639 Give me the list. 00:41:56.683 --> 00:41:59.061 I'll see that it gets done. 00:42:00.979 --> 00:42:02.064 Jerry? 00:42:03.982 --> 00:42:05.567 Closed practice. 00:42:28.382 --> 00:42:30.634 Cooper. 00:42:30.717 --> 00:42:32.719 Coach wants to see ya.