Scottie Pippen explains why the Jazz's defense has been so bad vs. Rockets

Pippen listed officially at 6'7 and T-Mac at 6'8. In that video Pippen looks 6'10 or T-Mac is really 6'5 if Pip is 6'7 lol

 

Rachel hesitated at 3:52 when she said, "When you know it's like...when you..."

...saw Michael Jordan do it every night.

 

I agree. The narrative will change for people with reason, but I also believe haters will continue to hate or at the very least, keep their mouth shut since they won't have much to say at that point. New line for haters will be "Well, can he do it multiple times like Kobe and LBJ?" Anyways, first, we have to cross that bridge.

 

The development of James Harden's floater is the most underrated topic this season. Because of this shot, he has basically annulled anything thrown at him on defense. Kudos to him and the coaching staff or whomever got him to work on that over the summer because he's perfected it.

 

I'm excited for what he may add next season. I love he always is improving.

 

Harden has a greater burden than Nowitzki. He is the primary scorer and playmaker on this team and this year is also playing solid defense.

Nowitzki was not a playmaker for the Mavs. He was strictly a shooter.

They had Kidd and Barea sharing playmaking duties both of whom played at a really high level that series.

Nowitzki was also the same average/poor defender he has always been. Perimeter defense of Kidd and Marion combined with rim protection of Chandler was carrying that Mavs defense.

The biggest factor in that series was actually Lebron going in full choke mode.

He simply disappeared after 1.5 games of the series, which also coincided with Mavs making a turnaround.

Warriors team >>>> Heat team, especially the first year they played with Lebron James going into full choke mode.

 

Driving right.

 

If I were to guess, I'd guess Chris Paul, Thought I have a ton of respect for the Rockets coaching staff.

 

Pippen: "And also, if they want to win the game, they need to score more points than their opponents."

 

They still have not quit like Scottie.

 

Rubio got them playing 4 on 5 lately.

 

Not sure if its been mentioned... But the Jazz are defending Harden exactly how Pippen said he would defend Harden on The Jump a few months ago...

 

I agree and this is when CP3 must shine.

 

and then when harden threepeats, they're gonna say can he do it without the beard, where he gets his superpowers... to which the answer is obviously no.

 

They all agree Harden is the most elite offensive player in this league right now yet they will still vote Giannis MVP

the irony

 

yeah, I posted this previous page. Note the timestamp on vid. He said that on Jan 14/15th. Bledsoe and Bucks revealed this defense on Jan 9th.

Previously, I thought he said it prior to Bucks January game, too. But apparently, he said it after footage of it was available, so I'm curious why they didn't mention the Bucks.

 

Gimmick defense is fine and dandy. But at the end of the day, defenses just hope that the Rockets don't make shots, which is possible. Role players making shots is extremely important for the Rockets offense.

The only kind of teams that can beat the Rockets are those who can outscore us. You can't hope to consistently stop the Rockets. You have to be able to beat us at the other end. The Jazz just doesn't have the fire power to beat us. Golden State on the other hand...

 

Last I saw he was 4-17 on his floater. So he still has some work to do.

 

Would be a hard explanation given this is their first year with him.

 

Scottie: "Jazz defence vs Harden isn't working. If I was down 2-0 I woulda quit."