09-24-2021, 02:37 PM
One part of KPs frustration with the Mavs has got to be his role in the playoffs. But we got to give some credit do Ty Lue, he put Kawhi on KP with the sole purpose of stopping the Luka&KP PnR. Luka was hunting switches with Zubac(DFS the roller), and defenses weren't helping that much. That's the reason KP was "camping" in the corner. Luka was just simply in his Hercules/semi-god mode and you don't take the ball out of the hands from a player who's on fire like he was... I mean he almost won the series against the best team in the west last year(that's just my opinion)
Let me also say something about the Luka&KP PnR/PnP. I think that part of the Mavs offense is very underrated by the fans. I know that we aren't seeing many KP dunks and alley-ups and so on, but simply the gravity that they produce is huge(I think that @"Kammrath" can back me up here - maybe he isn't best in PPP, but that also has to do with Luka, he can, and is willing to find every open man). Luka is a PnR maestro, we all know that, but KP also plays a big role here. Simpy the fact that you have a giant who can shoot threes and role to the basket and demands much attention. Help defense needs to make a step closer to the roller/paint, and Luka simply finds (almost) every crack in the defense. The gravity that a player produces is much more important that his stats, and KP has that. Can he play better? Of course he can, much better, but sometimes the stats don't show everything.
Defense was mainly his lack in confidence in his body/knees. Sometimes it was very obvious that he was avoiding contact. I can see him getting his confidence/trust in his body back, with a full healthy offseason.
I'm happy the Mavs didn't trade KP, first of all, he hit rock bottom value, and second, he has roooooooooooooooom to improve. We don't need the Knick version of KP, we need a new, more mature KP, who plays to his strenghts(and knows them), and more important, knows and accepts his weaknesses.
MacMahon and Windhorst are two people who are blowing the MAVS are disfunctional horn the most. I hate that superficial stuff where they just say things like he looked at him the wrong way - TROUBLE IN PARADISE???
Let me also say something about the Luka&KP PnR/PnP. I think that part of the Mavs offense is very underrated by the fans. I know that we aren't seeing many KP dunks and alley-ups and so on, but simply the gravity that they produce is huge(I think that @"Kammrath" can back me up here - maybe he isn't best in PPP, but that also has to do with Luka, he can, and is willing to find every open man). Luka is a PnR maestro, we all know that, but KP also plays a big role here. Simpy the fact that you have a giant who can shoot threes and role to the basket and demands much attention. Help defense needs to make a step closer to the roller/paint, and Luka simply finds (almost) every crack in the defense. The gravity that a player produces is much more important that his stats, and KP has that. Can he play better? Of course he can, much better, but sometimes the stats don't show everything.
Defense was mainly his lack in confidence in his body/knees. Sometimes it was very obvious that he was avoiding contact. I can see him getting his confidence/trust in his body back, with a full healthy offseason.
I'm happy the Mavs didn't trade KP, first of all, he hit rock bottom value, and second, he has roooooooooooooooom to improve. We don't need the Knick version of KP, we need a new, more mature KP, who plays to his strenghts(and knows them), and more important, knows and accepts his weaknesses.
MacMahon and Windhorst are two people who are blowing the MAVS are disfunctional horn the most. I hate that superficial stuff where they just say things like he looked at him the wrong way - TROUBLE IN PARADISE???
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