[BBallBreakdown] Can The Raptors Solve The Warriors Secret To Success?
Posted May 29, 2019, 10:03 PM UTC
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Draymond is their engine, we need kawhi guarding him. Plus it neutralizes the Dray/Steph pick and roll.
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Posted May 29, 2019, 10:03 PM UTC
Draymond is their engine, we need kawhi guarding him. Plus it neutralizes the Dray/Steph pick and roll.
This video perfectly illustrates why it's silly for people to talk hours upon hours about specific matchups when it's fucking WWII out there with switches, shading, and help defenders flying all over the place. It's not as simple as 'put Kawhi on Draymond to shut down their playmaking'.
I think ideally you are ok with the switch of Kawhi onto Curry. Either they don’t use Draymond to play make and give curry to iso almost every possession which is better or you force Kawhi onto curry with the switch defender being able to sag off Draymond which is also good
You're missing my point. You can't try to forecast which exact switches will be taking place when their offense runs so many actions with the intention of confusion, cross-matches, or worse, wide open rim runs. This is why the Rockets intentionally switched everything to make it easier on themselves on defense.
I don’t disagree, though discussing matchups makes things more fun and while the raptors have the ability to switch everything, in crunch time you need possessions where you have to have certain defenders on certain players, though the warriors will try to fuck with that
lol its about match ups aswell. pascal on mirotic, kawhi on middleton/lopez/brogden, serge on iliosova, all got cooked. but i do agree theres lots of switching and help defending, but the raps are a VERY GOOD defensive team
That's the Bucks. Their offense is wildly different and far more simple than GSW. But yes, if there's any team in the league that has the switchability and IQ on defense to stand a chance, it's this Raptors team.
Raptors are one of the few teams that can switch with anyone on the floor. Last year, teams would target JV and Derozan on switches.