06-07-2021, 05:11 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-07-2021, 05:11 PM by DallasBasketball.)
(06-07-2021, 04:23 PM)Dahlsim Wrote: In terms of his usage next to Luka and in Carlisle's system I actually think its simpler than it might appear.
KP has to get his shot back. His shooting % have to be at Allstar levels, from the 3 all the way in.
He's too tall for anyone to actually bother his shot most of the time, so it's mostly up to him whether he can drain them or not.
0-5 in Game 7 from the 3.
Such a good point. I don’t think I’ve heard anyone touch on this. KP was really bad from the mid-range, but he started to come on as the series progressed. He’s playing soft in the middle, but maybe if his shot is going down he’ll battle a little more down there and Luka will want to feed him.
On a positive note about KP’s shooting, I feel he has been one of the worst chuckers from deep I’ve seen wear a Mav uni since the Walker’s, but in the series against the Clippers, he reigned that in completely and simply just missed a lot of them he’s capable of making.
He also made that big one in the closing moments of game 5. It just can’t be said enough how important it is to have guys who can pull off heroics in crunch time.
The difference between Jet and Wesley Matthew’s in these moments it was obvious who has the ‘it’ factor and who doesn’t. I think we all wanted more from KP but he has ‘it’ inside him. I’d hate to let that get away.