I wouldnt use the word "feed" but you have to be aware and ready to take advantage if you have a 7 footer parked in front of the rim. It's going to be a foul or a bucket 75% of the time.
Yup, and it really feels like Gobert's leash is super short in that regard. **** up more than once and you arent getting anymore looks. That has to mentally affect him. I'm sure at least 50% of his mistakes are due to him being surprised he actually gets passed the ball.
Him being really old and injury prone doesn't help the case either. Like every years playoffs he's dealing with some kind of injury
Really? Do you have data which supports this? Do Gobert's offensive numbers go up as the team's offensive numbers go down? I'd love to see your data.
And teaming him up with an already small backcourt doesn't help either...
It was unfortunate timing and I do think it can be blamed on the injury... I do think if you are hurt you sit out longer with the type of injury he has. If the All-Star games wasn't right around the corner I'm not sure he plays.
Its not necessarily small ball that gets us. Its when teams have enough wings to switch competently on the court. We continue to go into the pick and roll knowing they will switch it and a very minor advantage might be gained. Hell - there are times where its Donovan going from a worse defender to a better defender because they know they will send Rudy to set the screen. If they switch there is no blender... no blender then it becomes one on one. If its one on one then its really only Donovan that can create reliably off the dribble right now. They also did some trapping realizing that Donovan was the only one on the court that would hurt them off the dribble. A healthy Mike would have helped but he looks like he's moving in mud right now.
And again lopo superstar had 3 quoters and than he disappeared like every time when game is close
And to be clear, he has missed a significant # of games throughout his career.
I'm on Central Time. I played soccer for 2 hours before watching as well. When I went to bed at halftime, like others around here, I had no reason to believe we would fold.
He also relies too much on spacing and screen assist. Unlike CP3 who can attack switches and punish his defenders in an iso, Conley can't do it on a regular basis or without Rudy screening his defenders away off a pick n roll. Meaning once opponents decided to go small and switch on everything we are toast.
It is simple we need to find way or lineup to close this tight games or atleast have plan what we should do.Tired getting burned every single time with same tactics, give ball to don and pray....
I agree. And for as blasphemous as it may sound for some people, Rudy might not have to be in our closing lineup depending on the matchup. Many times, the pick and roll simply does not work so Don has to go iso. In that situation, Rudy just clogs the paint. Rudy Gay or Paschall might make more sense.
I just got feeling we getting scared or something when u need to close game , ball not moving at all and we using same bad patterns and they obviously not work. And don't think sit one of your all star players will fix this
Ah but grasshopper, you don't fully understand the system and that eventually we will statistically regress to the mean. Trust the system. Believe in the system. Love the system.
Rudy is an all star for his defense, his ability to screen and his ability to finish only at the rim. If the PnR game is not working adequately at the end of games, you have to question how effective Rudy is in there. Almost all teams go with 5 shooting options in their crunch time offense. The NBA is now all about guys who can take other guys off the dribble in iso situations. You never see a last second shot come from a big man screen at the top unless that big man is also a threat from deep (AD, Jokic, etc).
Don is our best player no doubt but i wanna see hes game from first 3q of game at the end and he was scoreless last 5 minutes. Same ppl are guarding him at the end and he should use hes strength and get inside not choke from outside.
