06-08-2021, 10:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-08-2021, 10:40 AM by dirkfansince1998.)
(06-08-2021, 10:22 AM)TXBamanut Wrote: The only way to get a guy to the post is not for him to set a screen. That just shows how stat conscious you are, but not basketball savvy. For example, Game 4...screen set FOR KP, crossed to the Low block, pass in from DFS, jump hook score. Clean as a whistle. The ONE and only time I remember that play being run in this series and honestly FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON. Dirk got on the post with the help of a screen for him ALL THE TIME. He was not exclusively set a screen for JET and then go post).
As I said. Stats, tape. Doesn´t matter. "Mr. Smartest guy in the room" with his superior knowledge knows better because he is basketball savvy. Let´s compare KP to Dirk and ignore the fact that KP is shooting 10% worse on those kind of shots. Let´s also ignore the fact that the game changed and offense is getting more efficient each year. Dirk career average TS would be barely above league average these days. Was incredible in the 00s.
(06-08-2021, 10:22 AM)TXBamanut Wrote: Don't give me that "he wouldn't hit it..." That's just you pumping your narrative, but it's a way to get him involved that would help and it is literally never run on either baseline. I honestly didn't know he had a baseline jumphook in Dallas until Game 4 of the LAC series, but then again, that play was never run before to my knowledge. It stuck out because DFS actually made a quality entry pass to the hand that KP held up and not a bounce pass to his knees...I literally thought "Where has that been?"
Are you for real. Let´s ignore the previous 4000 FGA and his shooting percentages because he made one shot. I am not saying that he would never hit but I can say that he is not a great shooter. Right around league average. That´s a fact. Not me pumping my narrative.
(06-08-2021, 10:22 AM)TXBamanut Wrote: But it's cool...I'm not going to belabor this point. My fandom has never been tied to KP, so go ahead and trade him...but you just watch what I said. Clip this and bring it back in the next playoffs or the year after that about usage rate. It's great to set Luka up as a martyr, but it won't help him or the Mavs win a championship...that's fact.
It's fine...you know better. Jordan was trash and Luka is the savior.
Nice strawman. I am not saying that Luka doesn´t need another playmaker or a 2nd option. I am saying that the current version of KP is not that guy because he cannot create for himself. Not to mention that he is a liability on defense.