out of 85 players avereging 30 or more minutes a game these stars are in the top 11 slowest on defense John Wall LeBron James Kevin Durant Chris Paul Russell Westbrook Anthony Davis Draymond Green do other boards fans' create a thread discussing how slow their stars are? and these guys travel on defense less or just about the same as James Harden Dwyane Wade Chris Paul Wilson Chandler Darren Collison George Hill Marcus Smart Mike Conley Gordon Hayward DeMar DeRozan Isaiah Thomas Courtney Lee Kevin Durant Jae Crowder Kemba Walker Ricky Rubio Wesley Matthews Jrue Holiday Goran Dragic Kyrie Irving Kawhi Leonard Russell Westbrook LeBron James do other boards fans' create a thread discussing how lazy their stars/defensive specialists are?
lol, thanks for the reference, but you missed my point. You said step backs are difficult to block. I'm not worried about his getting blocked, he is good enough to avoid that even on his bad shots. I'm worried that it's too difficult a shot when the defender knows it's coming and can contest. I'm concerned that he doesn't make these shots at the end of close games when we need points to separate. He's better off taking it to the elbow or post and doing a step back from there, rather than from 25ft or beyond with a man in his face.
PDNR (pretending did not read) It's all good, DonKnock.. I'm illiterate. Good defense is all about not leaving room to get inside and disrupt. Your post was well defended so all I can do is tangent: Teach me how to dougy, teach me how to tangent: With all the crafty dribblers in the league I come to only one conclusion based on all your videos. These guys need to be boxing every day. More specifically, they need to be sparring at least once a week. Boxing developes quick and more important, accurate hands. These NBA guys already have amazing reflexes and accuracy, but boxing can get you to another level. The reason I say that they should spar is that boxers will fool you into thinking they're doing all kinds of things, but if you focus on their sternum, you have a pretty damn good guess. That being said, it takes practice to get good at focusing on the chest. It's not the whole chest, it's that spot right in the center that says "oh, that's where the punch is coming from". The rest of life is a blur and you react to the blurs that shows you where they're going. The sternum writes the story of their offense. I noticed our guys jump roping the other day, something boxers do every friggin day over and over for 3 minutes to however much your body will take. That gives you quickness like you wouldn't believe, but knowing where to move is a trick of it's own and sparring will teach you that. If I were the Rockets, I'd have a ring inside the practice facility and bring in boxers to spar. Keep the boxers that don't get too serious about landing punches because we don't need swelled faces to win, just the practice habits of boxers. We should be doing everything boxers do and more. The more would be pulling punches during the season. Off season, landed punches teach good habits. One of the best boxers of all time, Roy Jones Jr, would have a prize fight then go play a semi-professional basketball game in the same day. There's a reason he could do that: training for boxing is perfectly suited to the requirements of basketball.
I forget about those plays, but you're exactly right, MDmA got rid of that habit. He's an outstanding coach and a really really good fit for Harden. Match made in ecstasy.
I think James would agree with you based on some of this footage P.s. I believe the guy with the DQ cut sleeve is a beardposter and not the real beard
