Had a little chat with David Locke

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Madness, as you know, is a lot like gravity...

This place drags you down, you know.

“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, or you wouldn’t have come here.”

 

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Unless you're thinking of them going into high-low or something afterwards it's probably more about JLIII not being a threat than it is about Favors not holding his man.

If I were defending JLIII going left I'd dump Kanter's defender into the paint and let the guard fight through Kanter's screen (between Kanter and the defending big). Since JLIII is not a threat, the guard can recover and the big doesn't have to hedge much at all and can still cover the pass to Kanter (he can guard both, really). If Lucas happens to turn the corner then Favor's guy can come over late since he's not hitting anything high %.

If JLIII pushes middle instead I'm guessing they really don't care and let him commit just before pulling the big up to challenge

This is where I'd like Rockets' system to be modeled in the Jazz more. When they choke it inside with a backcourt player's drive, they have at least 2 options to kick it out which usually ends up in an open 3. But I'm not going into specifics to compare Harden or Chandler to anyone.

 

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This is where I'd like Rockets' system to be modeled in the Jazz more. When they choke it inside with a backcourt player's drive, they have at least 2 options to kick it out which usually ends up in an open 3. But I'm not going into specifics to compare Harden or Chandler to anyone.

That's typical for every team with a dominant driver. Miami does the same with both LBJ and Wade, but they often pack the right side with 4 players like the Rockets used to do with Drexler.

I want to see this being one of Hayward's plays but apparently he has not shown enough ability in practice to run this iso.