07-07-2023, 08:44 PM
https://twitter.com/grantafseth/status/1...98176?s=46&t=4w35gotNXtBJnqxbaL7e9w
Summer Mavs coach Jared Dudley has focused on shell defensive principles with rookies Dereck Lively II and Olivier-Maxence Prosper. Dudley envisions Prosper being ready to contribute in Year 1.
"First, you always try to do our shell defensive principles, they've been doing it mentally. Now, it's physically and seeing what the pace [looks like] because they're excited. A couple of hiccups early on of when to rotate [and] whose rotation it was. Once you went over it with them, they never made the same mistake twice. And that's crucial. A lot of these young players, the reason why it's difficult for them to stay in the league is they keep making the same mistake twice.
"You could tell [Omax] is a mature player. I could see him for us, even this coming season, because of how he is defensively. He's going to be a huge addition. ... I have to integrate these guys slowly, knock on wood, don't want anybody getting hurt, and just throw them out there for 30, 40 minutes. It wouldn't be smart for me [to do that]."
Summer Mavs coach Jared Dudley has focused on shell defensive principles with rookies Dereck Lively II and Olivier-Maxence Prosper. Dudley envisions Prosper being ready to contribute in Year 1.
"First, you always try to do our shell defensive principles, they've been doing it mentally. Now, it's physically and seeing what the pace [looks like] because they're excited. A couple of hiccups early on of when to rotate [and] whose rotation it was. Once you went over it with them, they never made the same mistake twice. And that's crucial. A lot of these young players, the reason why it's difficult for them to stay in the league is they keep making the same mistake twice.
"You could tell [Omax] is a mature player. I could see him for us, even this coming season, because of how he is defensively. He's going to be a huge addition. ... I have to integrate these guys slowly, knock on wood, don't want anybody getting hurt, and just throw them out there for 30, 40 minutes. It wouldn't be smart for me [to do that]."