Truth. He had that chance, and became scared to shoot, choosing to crash the offense instead. Still bummed about it.
Sample size. Watch the next games and see the evolution of NBA scouting. Watch his man drop into the paint. Watch Manimal get nervous about being so wide open, and sprint into the lane where Clint and James play. Watch the games...
If you want Faried to start, you are probably only watching highlights and on top of that are ashamed to admit it. Faried is a terrible defender and a great rebounder. He sometimes lifts the team's energy with his dramatic play. Perfect for giving you 15-20 minutes backing up the 4 and 5 spots. If he is starting, your team is not trying to win a title. If you are starting Harden and Faried, you will never be better than a bottom 5 defense. Even if you put prime Bill Russell, Scottie Pippen and CP3 around them, you would struggle to be a mediocre defense. Just watch the damn game and watch Faried on defense instead of watching the ball. Green and Faried are comically bad and they both try really really hard not to be.
If I remember correctly, you started a thread the length of a college thesis with your opinion based solely on what you experienced in NBA 2k19 on your xbox. Your opinions aren't taken seriously here.
Jeff Bzdelik defense switching scheme means Danuel House and P.J Tucker as Forwards. When Chris Paul goes to the bench and checks in with Austin Rivers, Eric Gordon, Gerald Green, Kenneth Faried. While James Harden gets a huge rest. Iman Shumpert looks like insurance and hopefully gets back healthy. Nene is used for big bruising Centers, like Nurkic, Kanter, Adams, Plumlee, Embiid Mike please limit minutes the last 10 games of the season, or make Harden, Paul, Gordon, House, Tucker, Capela, Faried
Maybe you guys forgot but Nene is injured, thats why Faried isnt starting anymore he has to play backup C. However Faried didnt play great in GSW...in fact he was a liability most of the time thats why he only got 15 mins. Tucker isnt scoring but he provides so much D so you want him on the court as much as possible and then House was playing great too so obv you dont reduce his mins. Faried can start again but it will take Nene getting healthy and Faried outplaying either Tucker or House.
Well they better shore up the rebounding. Most of their losses have come from lack of offensive rebounding and giving up so many second chances sometimes upwards of 20+ points. Tell me one team that has won the championship being the second worst rebounding team in the league?
i hope mda is keeping fareed at 4 as a secret weapon for playoffs...it worked beautifully and i dont see any reason for going away from it...
His game against the Warriors was his worst game of the season. Just watch the tape on how lost he was. He was ball watching and letting guys put back easy shots all first half. I was seeing visions of Ryan Anderson. There's a reason he got glued to the bench later in the game. Which is a bummer because he was playing really well before, and I was really looking forward to seeing him. It's not that he got outmuscled, or outhustled. He was a deer in the headlights, lost in the paint like a turnstyle, not putting a body on anyone. He had the yips in that game. I honestly put him in the top 3 reasons why we lost that game, and why we couldn't sustain any defensive consistency in the first half. He definitely seems to do better when he seems to be playing loose.
