ARE WE JUST GOING TO IGNORE THE SPECTACULAR DEFENSIVE JOB DMO DID AGAINST DIRK AND MATRIX?

Did I notice that he EVER guarded him? Yes. Did you notice who was matched up on Dirk every time he (referring to our guy) was on court?

Do you give credit to Kobe for shutting down James Harden in the LA game that we won 107-105 because he got cross matched on him a few times and did a good job? Or to MWP who was guarding him all game and frustrating him?

 

It's white people, man. They all look the same to you, don't they?

 

You didn't watch the game if you didn't see Dmo guarding Dirk one on one on several possessions.

Like a poster above noted Dirk is bothered by length so Dmo gave him trouble. The reason Mchale said that Dirk stopped himself is because we are going right back up against him on Wednesday, not need to give Dirk extra motivation.

Is it that hard for you to give a young guy credit when he plays well? Everybody knows that he is great on offense and everybody complained about his D and rebounding. Now he goes out and plays good D and rebounds but you still can't give him credit, I don't understand.

He is a young player and I think the main problem with him is knowing where to be on D and I'm sure he will continue to improve.

I'm very happy to have 7 footer at PF who can move and work hard like he does.

 

You realize its the writer who says DMO and Chandler... Where the Dirk quote says he got guarded by a smaller guy (Parsons)

 

Shark Tank is awesome.

 

I'm guessing you were typing when I responded by saying that of course I saw that Dmo was on Dirk for at least a few possessions. It's just that to give the appropriate credit where it's due, I think it would be stupid to single out Dmo for credit like this thread does (even though it's just intended as an FU to another board member) when Chandler started the game on him and played all game on him when he was in there.

 

This ***** knows

 

And did he do a good job defending Dirk on those possessions?

 

As I pointed out before, he did a decent job on Marion (his primary defensive assignment) and I would say that yes, he did a pretty good job on Dirk when he was on him. Mainly at the start of the 2nd quarter. But James did a good job on him too when he got cross-matched. In fact, James drew an offensive foul and got Dirk tech'd up...

I just think it's ludicrous to give credit to Dmo for Chandler's starting and continued assignment. Especially in lieu of the fact that everyone on the actual team and in the media was giving credit to Chandler.

 

No, but if Kobe forces Harden to miss several key shots down the stretch on the switch then it's appropriate to say Kobe played great defense on Harden. That doesn't mean he is exclusively responsible for shutting him down of course, and I don't think any one was argueing that D-MO was exclusively responsible for Dirk's struggles. At least I wasn't. Dirk only took 8 shots, so D-Mo challenging even just 2 of them means he defended him for a quarter of his attempts.

 

And I think it's ludicrous to not give DMo credit for playing Dirk very well when asked too and just generally having a very good game especially because of all of the people complaining about him before the game.

 

An all caps thread title? Really?

 

Yeah I thought those were only for Lin fans who were upset that Lin only got 34 minutes or like when McHale says that Lin isn't better than MJ.

 

Your right I didn't see that you wrote that and yes I agree that it was Parson's who played D on him the most. I'm just saying that Dmo had a good overall game and I do think he deserves credit after not playing D so well the last game.

 

Lol ...when did carl herrera become DD?

this reminds me of the time when everyone got mad we traded alston (no upside, average player) for Kyle Lowry (unproven, high potential player)

Everyone was arguing that alston is better then lowry ... blah blah blah.

When the whole point of the trade was not only accquire lowry...but to open spot for brooks.

then brooks goes crazy...and kills it...most improved player. Then lowry becomes better player then both.

Except that one was at least reasonable to be confused on...lowry was a low pick and couldnt even get PT with "at that time" inconsistent conley.

This is we know Dmo is a stud...and T-rob was top 5 pick. I am pretty sure my 12 year old nephew could put this one together.

 

Well it's not like he shut down Shawn Marion, and he had some defensive problems on 2 for 3 screens that turned in to pin downs and other actions, so I'm not going to sit here and stroke him off for doing an incredible job. His close outs are atrocious at times. He is getting better and I really do love Dmo as a young player, but the real defensive masterpiece that was put out there last night belonged to Chandler, and the fact that no one is giving him or the coaches credit for the execution or the scheme itself is preposterous.

 

I'M HONORED YET AGAIN!