03-17-2021, 02:59 AM
(03-16-2021, 10:28 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: There was a moment in the 2nd quarter, from 5:05 to 2:00 mins left, where Luka sat and it was just KP featured. Guess how many times KP touched the ball on the offensive end. Not shoot. Touch.
Was your answer 3? Because it's 3. KP touched it 3 times in 3 minutes. 2 of those touches coming off of hand offs in the PnR. He got 1 shot attempt which he scored. Is KP not our 2nd option?
We give KP a lot of crap for not meeting expectations, but often the team does not find him. Even if he's scorching hot.
Very good observation, I also noticed that. And KP was posting up against smaller wings all the time, but there was always Mavs guy in the way at the corner three, basically preventing a pass to KP. Because that defender can easily afford to go a step away from the corner guy to prevent KP pass as the corner guy needs way more space than that to shoot it. They just don't know hot to clear space for the ball to go inside. That's why we need better starters.
I just don't understand all "Kleber is our fourth (or even third) best player" stuff being thrown around here. He is so extremely limited on offense... He managed 4 shots in 35 minutes and scored 1. DFS is in the same category, only his shooting percentage is worse. They are no where near so elite on defense that it would compensate for the offensive inability.
Clippers game was great as it was played at playoff level intensity, shooting was good yet we still lost. It really exposed true weaknesses. DFS was actually ok in last playoffs, but Maxi was same zero on offense as this game (excuse was broken finger). I am not ready to quit on JRich, I need a bigger sample. I expect he will be number three guy in playoffs.