Shadowing Practice: I Don't Have Much Hope For My Nets - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Next up on the season preview list is my very own Brooklyn Nets.
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Last year, they finished 20 -62, the worst offense in the entire league, 30th in offensive rating, which is impressive,
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considering the fact that Michael Porter Jr. was better and healthier than expected and was a borderline all -star, 26th on defense, and 13th in the Eastern Conference,
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which, of course, was on purpose.
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This was a team that was trying to lose.
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They wanted to have one of the worst records in the league.
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They succeeded.
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They got high lottery odds and, unfortunately, once again, slipped down.
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I like Mikel Brown, but it's definitely tough
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when you look at the last couple of years for the Nets where the goal when they traded away Mikel Bridges, made that Houston trade, was get their picks back for the last two years and then move forward.
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And they got the eighth pick and the sixth pick despite pretty good lottery odds in each of those years.
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Now, I like both those players, but still, clearly their plan was let's be bad for two years and then turn it around.
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And I don't think this roster is as good as they were hoping
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that it would be at the end of those two years.
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But regardless, let's talk about their offseason and end of the season.
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They added Julius Randle, Michael Brown, Keon Ellis, and Mo Wagner in the offseason, and then they lost Nick Claxton.
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So some upgrades, certainly, obviously, the youth of Michael Brown.
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We'll talk a lot about him alongside of Yeager in the backcourt.
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Julius Randle is, you know, say what you want about Julius Randle, certainly as a postseason player, but he's been a floor -raising kind of guy.
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Each of the last two teams that he's gone to, the Knicks were not that good, and when he went there, they certainly improved while he was there, and then same thing in Minnesota, just continuing to raise the floor.
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I'll be honest, I'm not particularly excited to watch Julius Randle play basketball this year, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Maybe he'll lean a little bit more into the playmaking
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that I think has always been something he should have been leaning more into as an NBA player.
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But still, an interesting offseason for the Nets.
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Maybe you were expecting something more exciting given that they had so much cap space, but Keon Ellis, Moe Wagner, being able to maneuver around, get some extra assets by taking on Julius Randle is what it is for their offseason.
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Let's talk about the starters.
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Now, to me, this is pretty much locked in.
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Not necessarily for night one, because I don't know that Michael Brown is going to be healthy for night one, but the ideal during the season starting lineup for the Nets would be Michael Brown, Yegor Jemen, Michael Porter Jr.,
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Julius Randle, and De 'Ron Sharp, who came back on a cheap deal, but I actually think is pretty good but obviously no more Nick Claxton.
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They have a couple of other bigs as well that they're going to have off the bench, including Moe Wagner, who I talked about earlier.
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And it's an interesting group because, you know, Sharp is kind of, people don't really care too much about him at the five spot.
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Then you got the two young guys in the backcourt in Brown and Jemen, and then you have MPJ and Julius Randle on the wing slash four spot
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as the kind of veteran core of the group.
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And I think there are ways in which this can really work.
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Certainly if there's a leap from Yegor, obviously Michael Porter Jr., if healthy, was really good last year him
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and Randle together in the backcourt slash on the wing is just a really difficult size matchup for teams to deal with.
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I mean, MPJ is like a legit 6 '10".
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Julius Randle is big and strong.
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So I think there are certainly nights where they're going to be able to take advantage of their size in that way.
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Yegor's big.
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Michael Brown's big.
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So it's a bigger starting group.
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And I think that'll be one of the ways they try
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and grind out some wins is try and get on the offensive glass, be a relatively strong defensive team, get out and transition.
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There's obviously concern with that when you're dealing with two young guys in the backcourt.
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But I think that's at least kind of the goal is
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for one of the strengths of the team to just be overall size.
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And then, you know, De 'Ron Sharp has a pretty good offensive rebounder as well.
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Off the bench, things get more concerning, in my opinion.
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Ben Saroff, Nolan Traore, obviously two of the young guys they've drafted in recent years.
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Keon Ellis, Drake Powell, another young guy.
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Noah Clowney, who I thought was pretty good last year.
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And, you know, depending on how concerned or not concerned you are about rebounding, like maybe could start over De 'Ron Sharp, although I don't think he's a natural five.
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And then Mo Wagner, who they also added in the offseason.
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So some decent depth, some decent vets.
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Overall, though, just not that impressive of a roster, depending on how much Julius Randle really raises the floor of this team.
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There's a lot of concerns here defensively, as much as they want to try and be better this year because they don't have their pick.
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There's still a ton of youth throughout this roster, and that obviously, especially in the backcourt, could lead to some not great play.
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And if you really look at their guard rotation, I mean, it's Brown, Jemmins, Seraf Traore, either year one or year two guys, two of which, and Seraf Traore were not very good as rookies.
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And then Keon Ellis, who's like a solid NBA player, but on actual good basketball teams, was playing like 12 minutes a game.
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So injury here or there in the guard rotation gets pretty small pretty quickly in Brooklyn, not to mention i'm not super excited about the wings maybe drake powell will come along a little bit
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but i think i wanted to be really excited about the team
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because i like the backcourt we'll talk about that in a second
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but it's more of an experiment than it is a really good basketball team to me
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and i just i have a lot of concerns up
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and down their roster let's talk about uh big storylines for their season i've mentioned this already for them
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but they do not have their draft pick this year they owe it to houston
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so i think in a in a normal year they would try
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and be in that four to ten spot
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which is you know the non -relegation zone right where you'd want to be in the draft
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but they don't have their pick it doesn't seem to be a super strong draft anyway
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but this is a scenario where they certainly I mean they
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could give away the number one pick in the draft that's
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a realistic scenario typically over the years the Nets have good lottery luck
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when they don't own their own pick so you know
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if they are as I expect them to be one of
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the five to eight worst teams in a league look out for where
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that Houston pick ends up for for the Nets
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and that's just I've done this before with this team already
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but it's just it's a tough place to be in
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when you know you need to get better you know the team's not
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that good then you're giving away high picks
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and not even getting anything out of what will probably be a pretty down season for them.
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Next up, big storyline here, and I think is the number one thing to come away from this season with, and that is this backcourt.
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If the Nets win 20 games again, but you come out of this season thinking, okay, Jordy's like a pretty good coach, maybe had some injury issues, da -da -da -da, and you have Michael Brown and Yegor as like,
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these are our guys for the future, to me, that's a successful season because then I have something to build from.
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If that's not the case, if Brown is hurt, plays like 30 games, and Yegor like takes a leap, but not that big of one.
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I don't really know where you're going.
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I don't know really what the foundation is other than, you know, MPJ is a decent trade asset and Julius Randle.
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Like, I don't know where the team is going from there.
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And I'm hopeful.
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My optimism for the team is Brown's ability to be an on and off ball guy because of his spacing.
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Yegor's continued improvement on the ball, getting to the rim.
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And then how he didn't necessarily shoot it great last year, but he shot way more than I thought that he would
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and clearly was like a point of emphasis for him in terms of improvement
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and those guys being kind of bigger and being you know both on
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and off ball guys I think there's something there
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that could be really exciting in a year or two years
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and that's all I want to see every single time I
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turn on a Nets game is both those guys healthy
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and then playing together as much as possible to me unless
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for some reason this is going to be a play -in team
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and a very tough Easter conference
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which I doubt the number one goal the season should be Brown
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and Jemen should be playing together as many minutes as possible
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don't stagger them at all always have them together on the floor at the same time
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because that to me is one of the only things
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that matters out of this season from an evaluation perspective offensively
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I think there's a lot to like on defense there's obvious
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concern Brown was not a great defensive player in college Jim
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and I think can be a really good NBA defender
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and they each have that size
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but I don't I don't want this to be a situation
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where it's like oh yeah well Yeager's gonna be the guy that guards
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and Brown doesn't I need both of them ideally to be at a guard in this version of the NBA so
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that's certainly something to keep an eye on the Jordy Fernandez
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factors another thing I put down here is a big storyline
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because I think amongst coaches whose record isn't
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that good in the first couple years I think Jordy has like a decently high reputation
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because there are there were points not necessarily last year
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but the year before where they kind of had to start losing some games on purpose
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because he was getting a lot out of the team
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and they were playing fast in transition it's a little bit
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like um the Jazz's coach Hardy where it's like okay we know the team isn't
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that good but you're doing stuff here
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that we like I hope that's still the case by the end of this year
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because although i don't think they're going to be very good
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i think the internal expectation level is higher certainly than it was last year
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or the year before so
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if they're not good i get a little bit worried about his future
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but i think ultimately he's a good coach
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and there's just going to be a lot of ways in
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which that will shine through even
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if the team record does not necessarily show hey this is a guy you should build around long term
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and then another thing i want to mention here as well is the michael porter jr julius randall fit
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and importantly that is a fit
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that they're not committed to michael porter jr as of this
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recording still does not have a new extension with the team he is a 2027 free agent
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and someone that regardless of how their season goes is going to be in trade rumors especially
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if you feel like that's not a good fit between those two guys
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and you just want to go ahead and move on from mpj
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and play one of the younger guys you don't have your pick anyway maybe get a pick
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or two out of mpj and even
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if he does stay on the team although the size is like interesting
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and intriguing i think mpj is more natural at the four
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spot julius randall obviously more natural at the four spot
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so is there enough ball handling is there enough creation here mpj had a really great season last year
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so i'm certainly not doubting his ability to have another one
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but early season as i'm like trying to talk myself into
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the team seeing how those two guys play together is going
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to be one of the number one things i'm going to be watching
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and paying attention to now in terms of prediction
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um i wish i could be optimistic it's my team i want to be excited
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when i looked at this roster and especially like
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if brown's not going to be healthy at the beginning of the year
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i think this i don't know if they'll finish this way
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but i think this is the worst roster in the conference
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but truly they're i have them at 15th in the east i i do not want
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that to be the case but unfortunately someone's got to be 15th
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and i think
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that there's just not enough here some of the vets are okay julius randall will help
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but if like if brown plays 20 games or 30 games
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because of a back issue
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or an ankle issue they're definitely bringing him along slowly i
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just don't know where you're getting any kind of backcourt creation
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from i don't really like any of the other guards other than yegor
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and maybe keon ellis
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so uh i i unfortunately do not think they're going to be very good i hope i'm wrong
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but that's where i'm at with the nets right now
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “I Don't Have Much Hope For My Nets”. Las palabras que más se repiten: julius, brown, pick, michael, Randle. Este vídeo tiene 190 frases y 2678 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:52. El hablante habla rápido, unas 246 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| roster sustantivo | /ˈɹɔ.stɚ/ | lista de personal, plantel |
| porter sustantivo | /ˈpɔɹtɚ/ | mozo, cargador |
| necessarily adverbio | /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ | necesariamente |
| offensive adjetivo | /ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/ | ofensivo, ofensiva |
| decent adjetivo | /ˈdiː.sənt/ | decente |
| lottery sustantivo | /ˈlɑtɚi/ | lotería |
| username sustantivo | nombre de usuario | |
| storyline sustantivo | narrativa, línea de la narración | |
| regardless adverbio | /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/ | pese a todo, a pesar de todo |
| impressive adjetivo | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | impresionante |
| transition sustantivo | /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/ | transición |
| odd adjetivo | /ɑd/ | extraño, raro |
| bench sustantivo | /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ | banco, banca |
| defensive adjetivo | /dɪˈfɛn.sɪv/ | defensivo, que defensa |
| asset sustantivo | /ˈæsɛt/ | valor, activo |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | venga, adelante |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear | |
| come along verbo | avanzar, marchar | |
| get out verbo | salir | |
| move forward verbo | ir adelante, adelantar | |
| put down verbo | menospreciar | |
| start over verbo | volver a empezar, empezar de cero |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- You don't have to do anything else.
- Let's talk about the starters.
- I don't really know where you're going.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | he's been · they've drafted · i've mentioned |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was let · is hurt |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 61 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: sixth /sɪksθ/, eighth /eɪtθ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, rotation /ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, extension /ɪkˈstɛnʃən/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: sponsor /ˈspɒn.səː/, slip /ˈslɪp/, starter /ˈstɑɹ.tɚ/, stagger /ˈstæɡɚ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: offensive /ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/, impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/, defensive /dɪˈfɛn.sɪv/, vet /vɛt/, evaluation /ɪˌvæljuˈeɪʃn̩/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: transition /tɹænˈzɪʃ.ən/, optimism /ˈɑptɪmɪzəm/, pleasantly /ˈplɛzəntli/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como roster, porter, necessarily.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.