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Originally Posted by Baltimore Jones
++ congrats man!
Now I have something to tell the grandkids about, I was hating on Steph and the Warriors before it was cool!... The first time I mentioned that they over-celebrate routine stuff was back in the 2015 regular season, but who's counting.
I also found this:
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I still think there are more things you can do and perhaps we will see it more in the playoffs. I think not doubling Steph, switching everything even if it puts your big on him, is the best way. I'd want him driving to the hoop on every possession, yes he's good at that but will he be if he's forced to do it all the time? Don't bring any doubles, and make Steph put it on the floor all the time. I think that coupled with going at him on the other side all the time might just wear him out and encourage him to make some risky passes and suboptimal floaters.
Pretty much the only think he lacks is elite speed, and I think most players, even bigs, can stay fairly close to him on the blow-by. What you want to avoid is bringing any help because They are too good of a passing team and you don't want others involved.
I hope I get a ring sent to my house.
But for real what I didn't predict was that a team would be able to dictate matchups to the extent that Cleveland did, not only forcing Steph to play D on every possession, but to play it against their best offensive players...
after having to fight so hard not to get switched on. I think this was a huge leak in Kerr's gameplan basically making Steph the primary defender for a whole series. That might work in the regular season where teams aren't going to perfect dictating those switches, but it seemed awfully easy for Bron to do once they figured things out.
I feel kind of sorry for Steph... almost.. He was forced to guard Bron/Kyrie, box out Love/TT, and still carry an offense, it's no wonder he had struggles late in games 5,6 and 7.
Last edited by Seadood228; 06-22-2016 at 03:07 AM.