Comments on: Off Day in La La Land

By: freez

freez — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:51:52 +0000

if you force things into the middle, it’ll crowd the defenders and leave open shooter or open lane for slashers. with the baseline, it’s like another defender and you force them to move laterally. since when have the warriors been a ‘defensive stopping’ team?
not since never… trade jax might as well start the rebuilding for the 100000000000000 time

By: feltbot

feltbot — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:52:46 +0000

Yes, he is.

(I love the hint of “Crazy Nelllie” gives us with this piece. Imagine an NBA coach not recognizing the worth of Acie Law.)

By: Tdubb

Tdubb — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:19:55 +0000

In a response to one of my earlier postings Sartre made an excellent point about the W’s not having a lockdown defensive presence amongst them.

When Jackson was in San Antonio and Indiana isn’t that what he did? Someone told him to shoot. JUST SAY NO!

Goose, AR and Ronny are shot blockers so I say it’s the scheme. The NBA forces everything to the baseline but I know when I grew up playing the help defense was always in the middle. You don’t have to be a great one-one defender if you only allow your man to go one way and everyone else knows it.

I’ve ask several pro coaches about this concept and they all say the players are to good to let them go middle. Not sure….Any thoughts anyone?

By: blazekush213

blazekush213 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:39:40 +0000

give the lakers their 2009-2010 championship rings while we’re at it already. its in the bag.

By: blazekush213

blazekush213 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:36:56 +0000

crickets

By: Brytex

Brytex — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:26:02 +0000

Thank goodness Monta if fine. I almost threw up when I read he came down hard on the ankle and had to be helped off. I mean, seriously…TWO MINUTES into the SECOND PRESEASON game!!!

All I ask is they stay within ten for the next Lakers game.

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