Magic Johnson and other large point guards

[TrainOfThought5]

Spurs have Kyle Anderson, a 6'9" high bbq, natural playmaker with a very rare size/skillset mashup.

I wasnt old enough to watch Magic Johnson or skinny PG Boris diaw in depth to study schemes built around them, but i think Anderson may have a future in their molds.

Could the older guys please enlighten me on how the defensive schemes were set up by those teams to protect these guys on the defensive end from smaller faster point guards, and any other weaknesses that they (and the coaches) had to deal with.

[Raven]

well magic was never a good shooter, so he was always driving, making the defensive matchup straightforward. KA is nothing like him though, Johnson handled the ball faster than anybody, KA has good handles only for forward, playing pg would result in a thousand turnovers.

[Buddy Mignon]

Spurs have Kyle Anderson, a 6'9" high bbq, natural playmaker with a very rare size/skillset mashup.

I wasnt old enough to watch Magic Johnson or skinny PG Boris diaw in depth to study schemes built around them, but i think Anderson may have a future in their molds.

Could the older guys please enlighten me on how the defensive schemes were set up by those teams to protect these guys on the defensive end from smaller faster point guards, and any other weaknesses that they (and the coaches) had to deal with.

That guy is way too slow. Magic, Penny, and Ray Richardson were special players. The guy you're talking about is a scrub.

[baseline bum]

:lmao not only we dominate through the playoffs en route to 5, the rich keep getting richer...

Kyle Anderson is the best passer, highest basketball IQ player in the entire draft. I can't believe teams slept on this guy and let it fall on our laps at #30.

This kid looks like a young Diaw, a Magic without AIDS, a tall Nash without the bad back, the Stephen Curry of SF.

Don't even know why they call him Slow Mo, he can easily outrun this cheetah:

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/4334657/cheetah-run-slow-motion-o.gif

NBA = fu:lolked

[AlexJones]

I'd love to see Magic in this era getting torched up by Steph Curry every time he's on the floor

[ambchang]

Tough to cover for big and slow point guards. One way is to have a small shooting guard so they switch on defense.

Players go backdoor on Magic a lot and I think he enjoyed it.

[namlook]

I'd love to see Magic in this era getting torched up by Steph Curry every time he's on the floor

I'd love to see Curry try to guard Magic in the post. We'd be talking 90%+ FG percentage.

[SpursIndonesia]

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Players go backdoor on Magic a lot and I think he enjoyed it.

:lol :tu

[KL2]

Modern large PG's have much more perimeter moves than Johnson and a much better handle and are generally more explosive, the game has changed a lot since then. Johnson was a great passer, but without being able to expose the porous defenses of the past, most of his passes would be simply picked off in today's game. He used to look away and throw out his legs which made a lot of his passes look better than they actually were, and the defenders he went against :lol

[Buddy Mignon]

Magic would shoot 30 ft's a night playing in this soft ass league. There is not a player in the league that could stop him on the post. He'd average a triple double.

[lefty]

That guy is way too slow. Magic, Penny, and Ray Richardson were special players. The guy you're talking about is a scrub.

Pre-injury Penny was awesome

[Mark Celibate]

No double he would, Luva, if people played defense with only their eyes on him, while avoiding any body contact you know why.