No one had Josh at the top of their list
Wingstop with a side of Deuce is doing very well
Knicks defense looked much improved with KAT not playing.
This article says we're the best 2 way rebounding team in the league. /we get offensive rebounds (Mitch) and defensive rebounds (KAT).
Thank you for posting these educational thingies, very very interesting
We still are giving up too many open 3's. W need to tighten up that part of our defense.
BigRedDog wrote:We still are giving up too many open 3's. W need to tighten up that part of our defense.
Yes, watching OKC rain 3's against the Suns every time they collapsed the paint was an eye opener.
I am not sure about the math though. From what I remember, points per possession are ranked:
FTs, rim, 3pts,2 pt jump shots
So while ideally the defense is forcing teams to take jump shots, the math on giving up 3s might work in the long run, but with exceptionally high variance.
BigRedDog wrote:We still are giving up too many open 3's. W need to tighten up that part of our defense.
It'll get a little better but when you have Jalen on the floor, there is only so much you can do.
martin wrote:BigRedDog wrote:We still are giving up too many open 3's. W need to tighten up that part of our defense.
It'll get a little better but when you have Jalen on the floor, there is only so much you can do.
I can't really blame this only on Brunson. There are times where the other team passes it 4-5 times and finds the open man which you can't fault but a lot of times we lay off our man too much defensively and they can't get back to their man in time. A simple pass to their man and boom, an open 3 pt shot. I see Hart guilty of this often. I don't know if its their defensive philosophy to protect the paint but there has to be a better balance between protecting the paint and able to get back to your man to play defense.
BigRedDog wrote:martin wrote:BigRedDog wrote:We still are giving up too many open 3's. W need to tighten up that part of our defense.
It'll get a little better but when you have Jalen on the floor, there is only so much you can do.
I can't really blame this only on Brunson. There are times where the other team passes it 4-5 times and finds the open man which you can't fault but a lot of times we lay off our man too much defensively and they can't get back to their man in time. A simple pass to their man and boom, an open 3 pt shot. I see Hart guilty of this often. I don't know if its their defensive philosophy to protect the paint but there has to be a better balance between protecting the paint and able to get back to your man to play defense.
Hart just doesn't care defensively sometimes.
He is an enigma to me.
On one hand he can be a force and play with tremendous energy while making key passes, rebounds and buckets.
On the other hand he can have his head up his ass, lose guys defensively, get blown by off the dribble, force passes to nowhere and just be a drain offensively.
When he is on & sharp mentally we often have a complete 5 and are tough to beat.
When he is off & not sharp mentally we look slow, clumsy and everything comes hard offensively.
I think this is why it's VERY KEY to keep Josh both physically & mentally fresh.
I think most of his poor play is due to fatigue (sometimes injury) and there are moments where he's just not fully locked in.
