04-01-2021, 07:54 PM
Honestly, I understand the decision and have lobbied in this thread that it's not a big deal.
My personal preference, as it was in 2007 in the playoffs...do NOT gear down to your opponent.
I thought they should have played Damp then and worked GS...I thought they should have put KP in and worked the mismatch there...
BUT....
...TO DO THAT...
...you HAVE to make the entry pass on time, on target and give KP the best chance for success, because you know this isn't his natural bent, but for Pete's sake...if you will hunt DFS a mismatch in the post against Kemba, why on God's green Earth can't you work a good play to get KP one.
But what happens, and you go watch. He pins a guard on the switch, and they have to fake a 3 and pass at least once, before and if, they get him the ball at all.
If Luka would look to pass it to KP in the post as quick as he tries to hit Maxi or Richardson with an impressive pass, we'd see that work a whole lot better.
My opinion on KP is that he breaks to the post when a guard is trying to drive and spoils the drive, almost...ALMOST...like he's trying to force the pass into him...and they don't like passing it in to him.
It's not his thing...but if that's how htey are going to play him, he had better make it his thing and that's going to take REPS in game to get it there, BEFORE the playoffs...
My personal preference, as it was in 2007 in the playoffs...do NOT gear down to your opponent.
I thought they should have played Damp then and worked GS...I thought they should have put KP in and worked the mismatch there...
BUT....
...TO DO THAT...
...you HAVE to make the entry pass on time, on target and give KP the best chance for success, because you know this isn't his natural bent, but for Pete's sake...if you will hunt DFS a mismatch in the post against Kemba, why on God's green Earth can't you work a good play to get KP one.
But what happens, and you go watch. He pins a guard on the switch, and they have to fake a 3 and pass at least once, before and if, they get him the ball at all.
If Luka would look to pass it to KP in the post as quick as he tries to hit Maxi or Richardson with an impressive pass, we'd see that work a whole lot better.
My opinion on KP is that he breaks to the post when a guard is trying to drive and spoils the drive, almost...ALMOST...like he's trying to force the pass into him...and they don't like passing it in to him.
It's not his thing...but if that's how htey are going to play him, he had better make it his thing and that's going to take REPS in game to get it there, BEFORE the playoffs...
"There are no friends on the court." - Luka Doncic