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HAHAAAAAAAAAAAA, i said the same thing, he didn't close the distance, that was the mistake
Said Pop: "You got to make him drive with that amount of time. That's why we put a bigger guy on Mo at the end so he couldn't get a shot off. You don't step off Mo Williams. What do you think he's going to do with two seconds on the clock? Instead of getting into him, he backed off. Huge defensive error."
I actually disagree with Pop. Green was reasonably close to him and fully extended by the time Mo went up into his shot. If Mo is going to knock down a 27-foot three-pointer with a taller player fully extended in his face, you tip your cap and go to the next game. Weak opinion by Pop, IMO.
If Green gets any closer to Mo in an attempt to make him drive, he becomes susceptible to a foul. With that young officiating crew, they probably blow the whistle on any sort of bump.
HAHAAAAAAAAAAAA, i said the same thing, he didn't close the distance, that was the mistake
plus that play had Kawhi defending Mo all over it... but Leonard wasn't there... I can live with that Mo shot, tbh
Maybe he is upset because he told Green to make Mo drive and Green did not do it.
It seemed like Mo was going for the jumper no matter what. The guy made a hero ball shot it happens but damn of all the teams to lose to, the ing Mormons.
Oh man just when I started to get over this bs loss now this comes.... Time to go to bed.
I disagree, you live with that shot..a contested, deep 3 from a career loser..
Pop should be more upset that Danny Green still can't dribble a ball or create a play for himself..
Playing face for 12 minutes was the only "Huge defensive error"
Trade Green+Blair for a pf. Anderson is better anyway, hopefully Pop is starting to see the light.
How the is Anderson better and when has he proven better? Are you serious? He is unproven as .
that was pretty good defense... don't know how green could have played it better, he forced williams to shoot a heavily contested 3 from a foot or two beyond the 3 pt line.
Naw this isn't Laker rigged.
Crew was letting them play pretty much all night and for the game ender they would have towed the NBA line that anything short of a mug goes at end-of-game.
He needs to close as the clock goes under 2 seconds.
this
If Mo Williams was any kind of end of game threat LeBron's ass would have still been in Cleveland.
i thought green got his hand up right in mo's face. it was as good a contest you're going to get without blocking the shot. plus, green has the height advantage on mo, so even if he wasn't RIGHT up in his grill its not an issue. mo made a gilbert arenas shot. if Mo missed, analysts would have called out mo for dribbling out the clock and settling for a really long 3 pointer over a taller defender
The biggest error was to sub Patty and Splitter out when they had it going and not playing Tiago down the strecht for Diaw.
I think Green played very solid defense there. Contested without fouling and was close.
But... I think it may have been the wrong defense. I would prefer to see Williams having to move sideways and be rushed, particularly as the clock wound down. Williams is a fantastic straight on, face up shot-maker. I would prefer to see him have to do something he isn't comfortable with.
Can't blame Danny though, the defense he played was good. Tip your hat to a clutch shot and move on.
I agree with Pop on Mo... If you guys have played basketball you'll know about natural shooters. All they need is a "look and release". Pop didnt want to give Mo (a natural shooter) a clean look at the hoop, not from 7, 17, 27, or 37 feet from the hoop. An extended hand means nothing to natural shooters if they can get a clean look and release. so you have to take it away. personally, i question Green's clutchness, both offensively and defensively, outside of his lack of playmaking skills, im baffled at why a 6'6" player continues to miss point blank layups at the rim. Its outrageous and unacceptable. But i wont complain because i understand role players are just role players for a reason and hes on a very affordable contract.
Speaking of 6'6" players that miss point blank shots at the rim... What the is going on with dejuan Blair. Green seems to be taking the heat for this loss when in actuality blair was the worst player on the court tonight.
Same ing here! I love Danny but c'mon dude.
I agree with Pop on that one.
Green with 3 secs on tghe clock should have close the distance as much as possible without fouling. make him try to drive or something, just to disturb the play which was just to make a jumper. A set up jumper is more dangerous then the drive-in jumper from 20feet
I think you're totally right, but tbh missing the point. It's like you're describing a totally different Pop than the one that was justifiably praised (by me, you, and most here) for making the decision to rest players against the Heat, because he was able to use it as a TEACHING opportunity for the bench and young players. Was that Pop not present when this Pop made that statement, or is it more likely that it's all the same Pop?
So if it's all the same Pop, he likely chose to put out this statement for a specific purpose. What could that purpose be? Hmm, could it be intended to TEACH and MOTIVATE Green? Pop seems to be into that kind of thing. Let me unpack his statement as I understand it:
Pop basically overstated the "error" Green made in order to communicate several things to him. First, even though Green is for all intents and purposes a second year player, with this statement Pop is expressing the expectation that Green in capable of making the correct defensive play, in crunch time, every time. I mean, obviously Pop doesn't give a about a regular season loss here and there. And equally obvious to me is that he doesn't waste these motivational gambits on situations or players who he doesn't think can benefit from them. And finally I feel sure he knows that sometimes crazy shots or just great offense will beat even the best defensive effort.
So if you'd agree with all that, it's seems very likely to me that Pop wasn't really making a statement about this specific play at all. Instead, I'd posit that he was simply taking the opportunity to remind Green to forget the whole Sop re mindset, that Green is now recognized by Pop as somebody who is capable of making the right play every minute that he's on the court, all the way up to the last play of a tied ball game. That he's going to be held to basically the same standard as a Timmy, or Tony, or Manu. Which in my eyes is a great way to motivate a kid who wasn't even expected to make the roster this time last year.
So I think this is motivational genius Pop at work, you just have to read between the lines.
Or maybe I'm just over analyzing it, and Pop just really hates making Mormons happy.
I think that was obvious that Pop wanted to motivate Green and put fire under his ass.
The matter is, if that was a really defensive error
This. Diaw was not having a good game - passing up wide open shots, traveling - when will Pop learn that he should play Tiago more when opponents have a very good frontline. I thought that the stretch where Diaw and De Colo messed up in a row and lost the lead cost them the game. It shouldn't have come down to the last play. Utah's big men are very good - too good to be playing Blair so many minutes - Tiago only 20 min when he was playing well. What a waste of a great game by Timmy.
I disagree with Pop about Danny's defense - what coach comes out of a time-out with a contested 3 from downtown as his play? Great shot - move on.
Yeah but in crunch time like that there were defensive errors all around...IMO, you press hard on the inbound don't even let them get it inbound...Then you don't give an inch to any shooter and play Man to Man D..
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