just watched randle's highlights from yesterday and he looks vastly improved. obviously it's vs guys like nene/randerson and the rockets suck on d in general, but his passing and handles look significantly better. finishing still looks a bit suspect imo since a few of these floatery shots look like low % looks, but good signs overall
nate duncan said on his pod that he looked pretty good defending on switches too which is a good sign too
worth watching:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZE3I1_1YeE
cpls of observation on kawhi's first 2 games:
- looks like he's really trying to draw more fouls, like harden he seems to have an awareness of trying to catch guys with their arms out, and even baiting them into reaching like harden does
- similar to the above he seems to be trying to really make sure help defenders are baited into help which is leading gasol/lma into open shots
his handle looks better which is maybe half the reason he looks able to execute those kinds of tactics, but even so that's really cerebral play. bodes well for his efficiency since he's always had an offensive style with an halfcourt iso-ish template over 'downhill' play (not that's he's unable to run pnr or get out in transition). looks like he's going to be a total beast this year even beyond what i assumed he'd produce. google tells me he opened +1600 for mvp? idk what it is now but he would have been nice value at that price
Last edited by mcb33f; 10-28-2016 at 06:12 AM.