If you compare Sexton and Jrue, its pretty easy to see how much more technique and IQ/instincts/experience matter than athleticism.
It was a mistake but I can't really blame Hardy since he didn't want to constantly be looking over his shoulder knowing that management also viewed him as a head coaching candidate.
He was at that level last year so I definitely think he can get back there.
It all depends on if the wolves win. If they win then we know that he won't have the balls to show his face until the wolves lose a game in the conference finals.
I don’t know about this. I see a lot of good athletes with these teams while I saw a lot of crap on the Jazz. Sure is Holiday a prime Baron Davis or Westbrook level athlete? I guess not. But he looks better than anything on the Jazz, especially with size. I look at these other teams in the playoffs and they have big guards and athletic wings to spare. I can hardly keep track of Dallas’s wings as they all can run, jump, defend, and shoot the hell out of the ball. We just have so much work to do.
Yep. Defense is mostly about effort and desire. There are so many elite athletes in the league that are mediocre defenders while there are a decent amount of limited athletes that are solid defenders because they put in the effort on that end. The transformation of Brook Lopez over his career has been one of the more impressive things because he was a mediocre defender the first part of his career when he was more of a primary scoring option. He was written off as a bad defender because he had heavy feet when we now know it was all about effort. He goes to the bucks where he is no longer relied on as a key scorer and his focus changes to defense and he turns into a beast on that end.
This is what frustrates me about the Snyder era. We continually blame the roster and the defenders (or lack thereof) on it. I have beef with DL but if you were to weight the actual problems, the system structure and the conditioning of “just let Rudy do it” was the real downfall. Changing that would have made the difference.
We have a ton of work to do. This is a really flawed roster right now and it starts with our lack of long athletic wings that can switch nonstop and swarm teams defensively. The good news is that we have plenty of picks over the next few years to transform this roster. This draft alone could transform the roster with the amount of long wings that is has.
This old argument. I will say it again. When I talk about athleticism IM talking about jumping ability and speed primarily. Some people think fat golfers are athletic because they can swing a golf club with precision. Some people think walker kessler is a great nba athlete. That isn't how i view athleticism in the nba.
none of those things get a dude tearing down the rim though like was referenced in the post I quoted. Tearing down the rim is the type of athleticism being discussed here.
I don't buy this kind of thinking. I mean, I know it's a popular way of looking at it, but I think this is the kind of thinking for beta folks. If you are going to be an NBA head coach, you need to have big *** balls. You can't put what is better for the team behind your insecurity. If that is the way Hardy thinks, he should go sell insurance.
Hell if Donovan could have been bothered to give a single **** about playing any defense at all then we likely get past the clippers at least one year in the mix and then who knows what. The system was certainly proven to be ****, but the lack of defensive ability and desire was the nail in the coffin.
I don't think either team will give Boston any trouble.
ya i agree.
