I wonder if Wemby will ever develop into a roller if the Spurs give him enough spacing. I like his scoring, but seems like he should be taking more advantage of his size in the paint off lobs.
Game Thread Nov 09, 2024 03:00PM MT: Utah Jazz @ San Antonio Spurs
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Jazz still have no advantage creation, just Sexton charging at the paint.
This is a fun game so far. Makes me wonder if there would be merit to a European style of a league where the lower ranked teams play each other more often than the better teams.
Tremendous Upside
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It's not his legs, it's his high center of gravity. He plays really upright all the time and it's too easy to get him off balance. When you're trying to establish position, you need to get LOW and WIDE. Basic stuff, but apparently nobody's told him.
Collier was creating advantages...
Getting low for a 7'er is not basic stuff
He can't even seal his man before he gets the ball. If you only saw him try to iso, you would think he's a clumsy goof. It's so odd.
Tremendous Upside
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Nevertheless, your center of gravity can't be that high when you're trying to post up. Strong legs don't help if a smaller defender can push you out of position and off balance by just leaning on your back.
It's as if he's playing to make twitter clips of him shooting ridiculous 3's. He's making them today, but he puts no pressure on the defense and is only shooting 23% heading into this game. If he decides to play like Anthony Davis he will be the MVP.
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We need 20 minutes of Williams at PG this half… for tanking… I mean development? Spurs are sneaky bastards and we need to gift them as many wins as possible.
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This is ruining the tank. Ainge, get on the bat phone to Hardy and reel this back in.
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The point of posting up off ball is forcing your defender to make a decision (or gamble) . Either front me or stay between me and the basket. Then you use the defender's decision against him. What you can't do is allow the defender to do both of those things at the same time. And that's Lauri's biggest problem. He thinks there's a safe passing lane, but he doesn't really have the defender sealed with his body.
SAS doesn't look like a team that will challenge for a playin like some predicted. If they get to the second half of the year and are out of the race they will get grimey. It's hard for me to cheer for losses, but this game could be important.
Nice entry pass by Flip to Collins in the post. Nice dish by Flip to Juzang for the 3-ball.