07-24-2024, 10:59 PM
https://x.com/MavsFilmRoom/status/1816192633661755493
This is a 14 minute video of Luka+Lively connections this last year in the PnR. So why did I decide to post it in a Klay Thompson thread? Because I want y'all to imagine in some of these plays where Klay is in the corner or above the break and how it radically changes the dynamics of the opposing teams' scheme. The other team will have to basically concede a wide open dunk for Lively because the off-man can't sink in.
The guy who will have to sink is the one guarding PJ, but if PJ is far enough away from the basket, it's unrealistic to expect that to work.
Take the play at exactly 4 minutes against OKC. Mavs run a double drag screen for Luka. Grant Williams sets the 1st screen and Lively the 2nd. Hardy quickly passes the ball to Luka while Lively dives.
OKC HAS to double Luka coming off that double drag screen or else you're leaving him wide open at the top of the key. That leaves Lively wide open below. Giddey is forced to sink in to stop the dunk (and that doesn't really work anyways). But imagine if Klay is in the spot where Grant Williams was? Giddey literally cannot leave Klay wide open like that.
I'm very excited. Enjoy the PnR mastery and just imagine Klay in spots where DJJ+PJ are and imagine the effect.
This is a 14 minute video of Luka+Lively connections this last year in the PnR. So why did I decide to post it in a Klay Thompson thread? Because I want y'all to imagine in some of these plays where Klay is in the corner or above the break and how it radically changes the dynamics of the opposing teams' scheme. The other team will have to basically concede a wide open dunk for Lively because the off-man can't sink in.
The guy who will have to sink is the one guarding PJ, but if PJ is far enough away from the basket, it's unrealistic to expect that to work.
Take the play at exactly 4 minutes against OKC. Mavs run a double drag screen for Luka. Grant Williams sets the 1st screen and Lively the 2nd. Hardy quickly passes the ball to Luka while Lively dives.
OKC HAS to double Luka coming off that double drag screen or else you're leaving him wide open at the top of the key. That leaves Lively wide open below. Giddey is forced to sink in to stop the dunk (and that doesn't really work anyways). But imagine if Klay is in the spot where Grant Williams was? Giddey literally cannot leave Klay wide open like that.
I'm very excited. Enjoy the PnR mastery and just imagine Klay in spots where DJJ+PJ are and imagine the effect.
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