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Wow, what a sad ending. Between Kyrie and Luka they overshare and don't even get a shot off.
I blame Luka more. Kyrie set him up with that bounce pass. Luka was still guilting about last night and overpassed it back.
Lot of people called his fat ass out.Zion out another month after reinjuring his hamstring
He don't care. He's gonna burger and shake no matter.
Mav posters.
Wow, what a sad ending. Between Kyrie and Luka they overshare and don't even get a shot off.
I blame Luka more. Kyrie set him up with that bounce pass. Luka was still guilting about last night and overpassed it back.
Beyond that. Luka still plays no defense.
If he's focused and tries he's not too bad actually. He's way better than he was in the first two years. Problem is he often just doesn't even try. Would love to see a stat on how many threes were made by the guy he's supposed to be guarding because he just left him alone. Happened multiple times every single game I watched. Often even just stays close to the baskets and looks. It's pretty infuriating.
Individual man defense is really hard to play well in today’s game. Not just because you can’t handcheck. With all the three point shooting, help defense in general has really suffered. With very few exceptions, teams don’t just have that big center camping in the lane to block and alter shots anymore. That’s why we don’t really see guys average 4-5 blocks a game like Dikembe or Eaton. A center has to be mobile enough not only to play up on the PNR, but play solid perimeter defense all the way out to the three point line.
When fans criticize certain players for being bad on defense, I take it with a grain of salt. There are very few players in the game that are very good individual man defenders. Very, very few. The game doesn’t reward it. You can play perfect man defense and the shooting has gotten so good, you not only get scored on, but it’s often three points instead of a tough, contested two. And you have to play up on the three point line because of that, and one really good dribble move, pump fake, hesitation, and pretty much you’re cooked, even the best defenders. Sometimes it’s better to just let a guy dribble past you so you can try to poke the ball from behind or try to block the floater or lay-up from behind, which isn’t exactly conventional good defense.
Today, you put the effort in to play defense and you recover to contest the three point shot, and you’ve done your job. Criticizing a defender for getting scored on in the PNR or someone driving right by them after a shot fake, I think it’s gotten to a point of nitpicking man defense. Today, I think it’s more important that a player plays good team defense. Plays his man initially, talks with his teammates and switches aggressively, and recovers to contests the three point line. Everyone shoots threes and you don’t have help defense in the paint anymore.
Handchecking does jack and against skilled players
Centers weren’t « camping » in the paint, it was illegal.
Most of their blockshots were against other big men.
Fair enough on handchecking. But not being able to handcheck at all on the perimeter isn’t easier than being able to. How much it helps is debatable. Not being able to handcheck making it more difficult to guard isn’t.
Camping in the paint is illegal when you’re not guarding anyone. Back then, majority of bigs stuck around the midpost or low block on offense. Their defenders could stay in and around the paint and not be illegally camping. And also had shorter distances to help defend. That’s the difference now. Bigs play offense all the way out to the three point line now. Harder to camp when the guy they’re guarding is out at the three point line. Harder to provide help defense running in from the three point line. That’s the whole point of big men who can shoot the three.
Budovich doing the tired, lame loser strategy of
"We don't do that over here."
Ahead by 3, playing D off the inbounds with 5 seconds to go. Did not foul, rather gave up the game tying 3.
Derrick White went back to 2019 tonight tbh.
Feet look really good. Must be getting some good med care.
Letting himself get pick pocketed at the end tho.
Watching the stain Warriors lose will never get old.
Klanus n Kerr whining about fouls they've become so en led to.
You can say what you want about Nephew, at least he helped put a dent in that farce org.
Clicked on the JokeStar game for a few minutes.
I know the idea is play no d and keep everyone safe, but these Soy Bois are taking it to new levels.
OTOH Jason Tatum giving 100% maximum effort. got, wish someone would floor him.
God the All-Star game is such a joke. Taking turns passing alley oops to yourself off the glass, taking turns jacking up 50 footers, no one even moves on defense. This is really sad seeing the All-Star game turned into the Pro Bowl.
Never liked ASGs tbh, even the “compe ive” ones
ASGs are pointless
Used to love them in the early 2000s to see Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant playing together. They were always good in the 80s and 90s too when they'd actually try to play to win in the fourth quarter.
Can’t blame the players tbh
The ASG is a ing waste oc time, why would they pur any effort in it?
Beesides this game is for pure entertainment
If anything , yesterday’s NBA players were stupid to compete in that exhibition game
The dunk contest winner was great though, stop hating
No drive and pride in
All buddy buddies now
Some g leaguer better in the ultimate display of athleticism when
They were all buddy buddies back in the days, there was no social mediaNo drive and pride in
All buddy buddies now
Some g leaguer better in the ultimate display of athleticism when
Demar DeJordan played golf with his opponents in the middle of playoffs/Finals series
As for the dunk contest, scrub Dee Brown won one
Also, the last time the All Star Weekend was in Salt Lake City, Harold Miner won the dunk contest
Mmmm… I wonder what happened to him
Last edited by lefty; 02-20-2023 at 02:04 PM.
Stop. There’s a difference between dialing it back and just letting guys waltz into the lane. Nobody wants to watch uncontested layups, flush dunks, and terrible 3s. There’s nothing impressive or fun about watching a professional player do any of those things.
Honestly, it’s on the players to bring that compe ive edge. This year it was clear that guys were only trying to chuck their way to MVP. Nobody even bothered in the fourth quarter, which was a new low lol
Well, a lot of people are stupid enough to keep watching / buying tickets for this glorified exhibition crap
As long as the NBA i making money off of it, nothing is going to change
And who gives a about being compe ive in a non compe ive event lol
Too much player movement today - from one Conference to the other and back again. In the past there was pride in proving your Conference was superior.
If you’ve played basketball, you should know that it’s much much harder to score on a guy when he’s riding you with his arms or putting his hands on you vs having to just move their feet perfectly.
To Jam’s point, ball handling and pull-up 3 point shooting are better than ever now. So you combine that with the fact that you can’t touch anyone and throw them off of their rhythm, and this is what you get.
As with most things, the answer for why scouring has increased is somewhere between the bitter old heads and the new NBA apologists.
Agreed. Still annoying though as a fan. You almost never get to see this many great players compete against each other, which is part of what made the asg cool in the past, particularly in the early-mid 2000s.Well, a lot of people are stupid enough to keep watching / buying tickets for this glorified exhibition crap
As long as the NBA i making money off of it, nothing is going to change
And who gives a about being compe ive in a non compe ive event lol
My main issue is that if you won’t compete, at least do something cool lol. These guys are out here doing simple layups, flush dunks, and jacked up 3s -_-
no it’s not harder
Unless you’re unskilled like those scrubs from the 90s
Handchecking doesn’t affect great players
Besides it was illegal, Derek Harper was called for handchecking many times by the refs
And of course anyone who dared handcheck jordan
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