I have heard about Bonner lack of decent playoff performances. but he has had enough 20 point games against to make me completely paranoid, lol. I can only hope that you're right.
Favors is definitely a quick guy, in all honesty. Very athletic. He has done an unbelievable job on defending the pick and roll, specifically in terms of hedging point guards to his left. Its something that I can't really describe too well over post, but you will probably see this in action over the course of the series. My main worry with him though, is foul trouble.The kid is quite foul-prone, and he gets a little timid when he's sitting at 3 fouls or more.
On the flip side, Favors has a pretty limited offensive game, in some regards. He doesnt have a go to move. He tries to make up for it though, with his unbelievable athleticism; as a result, most of his points when playing with Jefferson and Millsap will be along the realms of putbacks, fast break dunks, or baseline cuts/dunks. Favors isn't relied upon offensively very much at this stage of his career. He has actually proven to be quite a serious pick and roll player on the offensive side of the ball though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVMhTyvpeGM He ended up tieing it. An example of his athleticism, in a P&R play. Given, it was against Golden State, but the point still stands (more or less).
Yeah, he's quite good at the foul-drawing aspect. Shoots them at a good clip, too. Honestly, we have zero chance at this series if Millsap doesn't play well. Its one of the very very few match ups that the Jazz could potentially outplay the Spurs in. Again, the flip side could easily occur as well. I won't be able to watch the game tomorrow, so try and pay attention to Millsap's play against your guys's three (he won't start there, he is often thrown in that position either at the end of the 1st, or the middle of the second) and tell me how he does.
Typically, no. The reason Millsap guarded Gordon towards the end is because Eric Gordon was being defended by Gordon Hayward (who is actually a very solid defender), and he drained two step back threes on him. For the third iso play, Hayward deferred to Millsap, and Millsap nearly got the steal, causing Gordon to fumble it away to one of his teammates. Millsap historically struggles defending against taller power forwards, and very agile stretch-fours. He's quite solid in most other cir stances, actually. So will he ever guard Manu? If a game ever goes to clutch time, and Hayward is dogging it (which usually never happens:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaiUkuSIVXM 3:00 mark) then yes, Millsap would probably be the defender trying to guard him on iso. In summary, Millsap is easily the most versatile, skilled player on our time. Not only does the guy do it all, but he is hands-down our most clutch player as well:
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/pl...TA_TOP_10.nba/
Im excited to see how Diaw and Millsap matchup. Again, should be very exciting. The Spurs will most-certainly be too much to handle, but this series will do an excellent job of exposing our greatest weaknesses, which we can use as important lessons while heading towards the offseason, and free-agency.
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So basically Favors=2011 Tiago Splitter? Foul prone, you say? I think the Spurs will exploit him in that case. ElNono was saying in the other thread (and I happen to agree with him) that the solution against this line-up is to pack the paint and force you guys to shoot since you're not so strong on the perimeter. While that definitely sounds like it should work I have to ask: has this strategy worked for the teams you've played the 3 bigs against?
Millsap does to me seem like the guy I'd want with the ball when it matters (on your team anyway). His versatility makes him a tough guard once he's in rhythm. I would think Diaw would be able to defend him decently to start. Possibly even the best on our team. He has the quickness and the length to bother him well enough and I guess there's other options at Pop's disposal if it comes to that.
