nixluva wrote:knicks1248 wrote:nixluva wrote:knicks1248 wrote:nixluva wrote:knicks1248 wrote:How about changing the defensive system and stop ignoring the 3 point line because its a 35% shot avg
The problem is that we're easily broken down which causes players to have to give help and that leads to a lot of late recovery back to shooters. What we need is better on ball D at the point of attack and more speed overall to be able to get back to shooters.
your right, but you wont find that starting kp/willy..
I actually think they will get better at defense as they learn how to properly defend and get stronger. KP and Willy will be more effective the more we upgrade the Perimeter defense and that should be a top goal. KP and KAT have the same defensive rating at 109. It takes time.
I thought (melo, Allan Houston, dirk,rose,Vince carter) defense would get better as they grew older and wiser. But it never happen. Their offense, shot selection and stamnia got better, definetly not their defense. What you do is put a bunch of defensive players around them and let them carry the offense.
Its like hoping mutumbo got better offensively, but it never did. To me, you are who you are when you come in the league..if your a offensive player, that what gets better, if your a defensive player, that's what you do..Did you ever think Tyson chandler would be a better offensive player?
So you don't think Karl Anthony Towns will improve defensively then??? I do believe that players have to have the talent to defend at a high level but you CAN improve your defense if you have the physical talent to do so, then you need to improve your technique and understanding of defensive schemes. There are actually things anyone can do to improve. Now if you're suggesting that they have to become GREAT defenders then perhaps that's asking way too much, but certainly KP and WIlly can improve in many areas.
The first things is simply getting stronger and more mature. Then next is experience and learning from playing different guys and what they do. Then you have technical things that anyone can improve on like getting low, learning the proper distance, how to contest without fouling, getting leverage to hold ground. It's really not as impossible as you make it sound.
KP and Willy are physically talented enough that they should be able to make improvement.
You can already see where his mind set is by going to work out with Dirk, one of the worse defensive players in the league. Euro players are not too concern about their defense too much.
knicks1248 wrote:nixluva wrote:knicks1248 wrote:nixluva wrote:knicks1248 wrote:nixluva wrote:knicks1248 wrote:How about changing the defensive system and stop ignoring the 3 point line because its a 35% shot avg
The problem is that we're easily broken down which causes players to have to give help and that leads to a lot of late recovery back to shooters. What we need is better on ball D at the point of attack and more speed overall to be able to get back to shooters.
your right, but you wont find that starting kp/willy..
I actually think they will get better at defense as they learn how to properly defend and get stronger. KP and Willy will be more effective the more we upgrade the Perimeter defense and that should be a top goal. KP and KAT have the same defensive rating at 109. It takes time.
I thought (melo, Allan Houston, dirk,rose,Vince carter) defense would get better as they grew older and wiser. But it never happen. Their offense, shot selection and stamnia got better, definetly not their defense. What you do is put a bunch of defensive players around them and let them carry the offense.
Its like hoping mutumbo got better offensively, but it never did. To me, you are who you are when you come in the league..if your a offensive player, that what gets better, if your a defensive player, that's what you do..Did you ever think Tyson chandler would be a better offensive player?
So you don't think Karl Anthony Towns will improve defensively then??? I do believe that players have to have the talent to defend at a high level but you CAN improve your defense if you have the physical talent to do so, then you need to improve your technique and understanding of defensive schemes. There are actually things anyone can do to improve. Now if you're suggesting that they have to become GREAT defenders then perhaps that's asking way too much, but certainly KP and WIlly can improve in many areas.
The first things is simply getting stronger and more mature. Then next is experience and learning from playing different guys and what they do. Then you have technical things that anyone can improve on like getting low, learning the proper distance, how to contest without fouling, getting leverage to hold ground. It's really not as impossible as you make it sound.
KP and Willy are physically talented enough that they should be able to make improvement.
You can already see where his mind set is by going to work out with Dirk, one of the worse defensive players in the league. Euro players are not too concern about their defense too much.
That doesn't mean that KP and Willy won't get help working on defense!!! You can't assume you know everything from a few comments and you shouldn't generalize and stereotype them like that. Just remember 21 and 22 yrs old. The opinions you've locked into don't predict the future. Also we should be so lucky if KP becomes an All Time Great and NBA Champion like DIRK!!!
