Kawhi vs Luc Mbah a Moute

[DMC]

http://www.clipsnation.com/2015/12/1...clippers-spurs

[cjw]

It's a shame Mbah a Moute bounced around the league after his years in Milwaukee, with crap franchises at that. He's a career 30% three point shooter, but if that could have been harnessed into 35%+ like he's reached a few years, he'd be much more playable. Kind of what Aminu's done this year in Portland.

Defensively, he's always been sound but a total void offensively. If he can develop that three pointer at age 29, he's the perfect fifth guy for that Clippers starting lineup. Without that, you can sag off him too much and with Deandre in there, creates spacing problems.

[FkLA]

Mbah a Moute's length did bother Kawhi. Even the shots he made were well contested tbh.

[bic50]

He did a good job defensively

[ceperez]

Too bad, he was picked up for the vet. minimum. However I think Butler was the better deal. Mbah a Moute will be exposed come playoff time.

[SPURt]

LMAM was a surprise in that Clips game. He's the best 3 I can remember the Clips starting with CP3 and Blake. If he is making threes the Clips are tough to beat. I'm sure Doc is still searching for a good trade to upgrade that position, LMAM would be an awesome backup.

[ILoveOranges]

Great post - honestly I always wondered why the Spurs didn't run Kawhi through more screens, both to get him easier looks and to wear down his defender, but I assume it's to keep Kawhi's energy up through the game. There's some motion for him, but generally there's no real scrambling, no sprinting like there is with Manu, Patty, or Green.

There's some good clips in here, and while Leonard is the league's most accurate 3 point shooter, I'd like to see more of him setting screens and rolling hard to the basket. There's so much variation and the Spurs offense gets the ball to him in so many spots that it's hard to fault anything, especially given that Pop likely doesn't want Kawhi spending all his energy running around on offense. With the Spurs calling on him to bail out on isos with the shot clock running down, I imagine that's getting him experience for game closing situations. Moute did a fantastic job defending Leonard this game, and we saw Leonard give up the ball a number of times after Moute cut off his drives, but from the clips you can see how much room there is for Kawhi to get better.

I'd love if Kawhi spent some time working with and absorbing some of Patty's lightning-quick runs around the world or Diaw's buttery-smooth jelly rolls; those two are constantly moving with and without the ball and constantly a threat not just with their accurate shooting from anywhere on the court, but with their great passing. The big difference for me is how Patty and Diaw constantly run with the ball and either shoot it immediately, or drive and try to get to the basket. We know Leonard can shoot the mid-range, so I'd like to see the next step in his evolution.

[KL2]

Rivers did a great job against Leonard, he had Moute on him in the 1st half, then Johnson on him in the 2nd half, I think Stephenson saw some mins against him too, all of them had fresh legs. On the defensive end Leonard was forced to constantly chase Re around numerous screens like last year, it's very tiring. Pop needs to stop acting like a re and just put Green on Re .

There's only so much you can do on defense when a guy is getting ran through so many screens, a shooter with a quick release like Re is going to get off those shots regardless.

[TheGreatYacht]

Mbah a Barnes

[ILoveOranges]

Rivers did a great job against Leonard, he had Moute on him in the 1st half, then Johnson on him in the 2nd half, I think Stephenson saw some mins against him too, all of them had fresh legs. On the defensive end Leonard was forced to constantly chase Re around numerous screens like last year, it's very tiring. Pop needs to stop acting like a re and just put Green on Re .

There's only so much you can do on defense when a guy is getting ran through so many screens, a shooter with a quick release like Re is going to get off those shots regardless.

I don't think Pop "needs" to do anything you're suggesting, nor do I think he's "acting like a re ." In fact I think the best coach in the league has several goals beyond whatever some armchair fanboy has in mind. Re , Paul, and Griffin all saw multiple defenders, and Leonard was on all three of them at different parts of the game, and Green and Mills were the primary defenders for Re during the Clippers game, so I'm not sure what game you were watching. If anything, I'd imagine Pop wants everyone to be comfortable switching and defending pick-and-rolls against great shooters, so he'd absolutely want to give Leonard burn against Re for the inevitable Golden State matchup.

[exstatic]

Rivers did a great job against Leonard, he had Moute on him in the 1st half, then Johnson on him in the 2nd half, I think Stephenson saw some mins against him too, all of them had fresh legs. On the defensive end Leonard was forced to constantly chase Re around numerous screens like last year, it's very tiring. Pop needs to stop acting like a re and just put Green on Re .

There's only so much you can do on defense when a guy is getting ran through so many screens, a shooter with a quick release like Re is going to get off those shots regardless.

Pop put Green on Red . He promptly got lost, and Red dropped a wide open three bomb. Danny is really a much better on ball defender than player chaser.

[DMC]

Mbah a Barnes

That must have sounded cuter to you in your head than it appeared in type.

[bic50]

That must have sounded cuter to you in your head than it appeared in type.

[TheGreatYacht]

That must have sounded cuter to you in your head than it appeared in type.

Cuter? Keep that got downstairs

[Kool Bob Love]

That must have sounded cuter to you in your head than it appeared in type.

Keep that lame downstairs grandpa.

[SPURt]

That must have sounded cuter to you in your head than it appeared in type.

Haha!

[SPURt]

Keep that lame downstairs grandpa.

Do you and TGY touch wieners tip to tip?

[RD2191]

Do you and TGY touch wieners tip to tip?

[wildbill2u]

Pop put Green on Red . He promptly got lost, and Red dropped a wide open three bomb. Danny is really a much better on ball defender than player chaser.

True that. Unlike Patty, who'll fight and claw to get through the pick, Green just seems to give up when his man goes behind a screen or on a pick. He'll trail and maybe try to come from behind at times. I don't think he likes contact.

By the way, I think I'm seeing Parker fighting through screens more this year.

[bic50]

Do you and TGY touch wieners tip to tip?

[Obstructed_View]

I love this matchup, mainly because Jeff Van Gundy has to try to pronounce his name. Usually he calls him "Mah Boutay", which is hilarious to hear a little white man say.

[Kool Bob Love]

Do you and TGY touch wieners tip to tip?

Keep your fetish to yourself clown.

[DMC]

Keep that lame downstairs grandpa.

Cuter? Keep that got downstairs

Shut up gots

[100%duncan]

That must have sounded cuter to you in your head than it appeared in type.

D bullying s

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Meh this type of player is no longer playable in 2015. He can have a nice defensive showing from time to time but this hardly help the team as it presents other issues - for example Pop made a great adjustment putting Patty next to Parker in the 4th in order to chase Red and he got away with it because of Mbah a Moute, when otherwise a Parker-Patty combo would be a net negative.

Clippers will look to trade for a 3, that's for sure. Mbah a Moute is not the solution against the Spurs or GS. Doc should do his best to make Pierce buy some minutes at the 4 come playoff time, but he looks done.