10-21-2022, 12:30 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-21-2022, 12:43 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(10-21-2022, 05:39 AM)ballsrchr Wrote: THJ (and DB, to a slightly lesser degree) have the same problem on offense. They try to shoot off the pirouette. I know a quick release is emphasized in the NBA, but they shoot off the pirouette with nobody around them. And nobody can reliably shoot off the pirouette. If they'll just face the basket and shoot--their shooting percentages will go up--possibly dramatically.
On defense:
Bertans is better than he seems...and he puts out a lot of effort.
THJ is not so good on defense simply because he only cares about shooting. If he gets the ball you can pretty much bet that he's going to shoot 80% of the time. When he doesn't have the ball he forgets to defend--because he's waiting to shoot when he does get it. A conundrum...
Yeah...Kidd made some poor decisions and didn't react fast enough.
THJ's defenders ignored the most egregious example of the problem with him as exposed by last year. Prior to his injury, THJ was the only Mav who hadn't bought in to Kidd's defensive philosophy. He just couldn't get it right, and was an anchor on our defensive ceiling. I watched the late-season games. SD, who has the reputation of being a lackadaisical defender, had bought in by his third game and was contributing decently on defense. To me, that's a withering indictment of THJ on that end of the court.