amac Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 I’d be fine even if we just run it back Rondo- Jrue Jrue-Moore- Clark- Miller Moore- Miller - Hill AD - Mirotic - Hill Boogie - Ad - Diallo But people said we had no flexibility to add decent players this year and we managed to get Rondo, Mirotic, Miller, and Clark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Mark Jackson: Davis is now on Durant, that’s the best thing to do. Well done. Then like a couple seconds later...KD hits a 3 in AD’s face. I was laughing too hard when that happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Yeah putting AD on KD isn’t the answer, It hurts the Pelicans everywhere else on defense. Leave Jrue on him. He’s doing a fine job, KD is just hitting heavily contested shots. You live with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 48 minutes ago, MookieMonster said: Yeah putting AD on KD isn’t the answer, It hurts the Pelicans everywhere else on defense. Leave Jrue on him. He’s doing a fine job, KD is just hitting heavily contested shots. You live with that. You leave Jrue on KD and give him some help when he catches it in the mid post/elbow area. When Iggy/Dray are on the court, that's two guys you could help off of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, J-ALL-DAY said: You leave Jrue on KD and give him some help when he catches it in the mid post/elbow area. When Iggy/Dray are on the court, that's two guys you could help off of. Yep. They need to live with it if Iggy and Green hit 3s against them. Ideally, if you can get those 2 to shoot 8-15 deep shots you should be in good shape. Much better than if you let KD go 10/10 from 12 feet lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 4 hours ago, MookieMonster said: Yeah putting AD on KD isn’t the answer, It hurts the Pelicans everywhere else on defense. Leave Jrue on him. He’s doing a fine job, KD is just hitting heavily contested shots. You live with that. Yep that’s why I am baffled why people say to put AD on KD. Those cuts to the basket, , those misdirections that Warriors love to do and Steph penetrating are all opened up with AD guarding KD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 So when AD was guarding KD, the first possession KD hit a three in his face. Second possession AD blocked KD's jumper. Third time they were matched up against each other KD took him to the bucket and hit him with a step back 7 footer. And the last time he ran AD off a screen and hit a three pointer. So AD doesn't really affect him. I don't think length is the answer here. The times I've seen KD struggle were against teams like Memphis/Dallas where guys like Allen/Matthews were extremely physical with him at the catch point and cut his drives off and made him pull up. Jrue is doing a nice job at that but KD just is rising above him. When has length or bigger defenders bothered him? Kawhi/LeBron have good size and KD has no problem scoring on them. Now, don't have AD's size but the point still stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 47 minutes ago, J-ALL-DAY said: So when AD was guarding KD, the first possession KD hit a three in his face. Second possession AD blocked KD's jumper. Third time they were matched up against each other KD took him to the bucket and hit him with a step back 7 footer. And the last time he ran AD off a screen and hit a three pointer. So AD doesn't really affect him. I don't think length is the answer here. The times I've seen KD struggle were against teams like Memphis/Dallas where guys like Allen/Matthews were extremely physical with him at the catch point and cut his drives off and made him pull up. Jrue is doing a nice job at that but KD just is rising above him. When has length or bigger defenders bothered him? Kawhi/LeBron have good size and KD has no problem scoring on them. Now, don't have AD's size but the point still stands. I think Mark Jackson (or whoever it was) made a good point saying don't put Davis on him after Durant has already caught fire. At that point he's not going to be hurt by Davis' length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Smithers Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Anybody like the Warriors starting 5 nickname of “The Hampton 5”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MookieMonstah Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 24 minutes ago, Kip Smithers said: Anybody like the Warriors starting 5 nickname of “The Hampton 5”? No, super lame. Self appointed nicknames are dumb as all hell tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 1 hour ago, seminoles1 said: I think Mark Jackson (or whoever it was) made a good point saying don't put Davis on him after Durant has already caught fire. At that point he's not going to be hurt by Davis' length. Catching fire or not, my point is when has length or bigger defenders ever bothered him? He just breaks them down and takes them to the rack, something he can't do as successfully against guys like Jrue/Allen/Matthews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 10 hours ago, J-ALL-DAY said: So when AD was guarding KD, the first possession KD hit a three in his face. Second possession AD blocked KD's jumper. Third time they were matched up against each other KD took him to the bucket and hit him with a step back 7 footer. And the last time he ran AD off a screen and hit a three pointer. So AD doesn't really affect him. I don't think length is the answer here. The times I've seen KD struggle were against teams like Memphis/Dallas where guys like Allen/Matthews were extremely physical with him at the catch point and cut his drives off and made him pull up. Jrue is doing a nice job at that but KD just is rising above him. When has length or bigger defenders bothered him? Kawhi/LeBron have good size and KD has no problem scoring on them. Now, don't have AD's size but the point still stands. I think you have to have a guy with athleticism and length. LeBron doesn't defend KD well because he doesn't play with enough energy. As I recall, Kawhi does a good job on him. Tony Allen is Tony Allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Just now, jrry32 said: I think you have to have a guy with athleticism and length. LeBron doesn't defend KD well because he doesn't play with enough energy. As I recall, Kawhi does a good job on him. Tony Allen is Tony Allen. Kawhi really doesn't affect him all that much to be honest. They have been matched up for three playoff series and Durant has done to him and Green what he does to everyone else. Matthews has defended him better than anyone I have ever seen defend him. Played him super physical and didn't allow him to get to the rim as he would cut his drives off. LeBron can't guard him because Durant makes him move side to side and LeBron simply can't keep up. And this is going back to when he was a dominant defender during his Heat days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrry32 Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, J-ALL-DAY said: Kawhi really doesn't affect him all that much to be honest. They have been matched up for three playoff series and Durant has done to him and Green what he does to everyone else. Matthews has defended him better than anyone I have ever seen defend him. Played him super physical and didn't allow him to get to the rim as he would cut his drives off. LeBron can't guard him because Durant makes him move side to side and LeBron simply can't keep up. And this is going back to when he was a dominant defender during his Heat days. http://bkref.com/tiny/ZvEcH http://bkref.com/tiny/djyjR http://bkref.com/tiny/dfco7 http://bkref.com/tiny/VVkLZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-ALL-DAY Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Yes, look at Durant's playoff numbers vs Matthews. KD put up his usual or better numbers vs Kawhi/LeBron, but clearly less efficient vs Allen/Matthews, especially the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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