Not if they aren't real screens. If Adams is setting a screen 4 feet away from the ball-handler, why should Gordon switch onto him? It would take more effort for Gordon to switch onto Adams than stay with Schroder, and it'd create a defensive vulnerability.
pretty much illustrating why you're not relevant and can't discuss high iq basketball. Actually basic level basketball in this case. go do you. I'll move on and focus by attention on the better posters around here Go Rockets
This is my point, which you have missed. I think Covington switching on to Schroder is a defensive vulnerability because he gets blown by every time, so I want them not to. Now, you can disagree with that, completely fine.
'Not relevant'. Lol. This is a forum for talking Rockets basketball, and I'm talking about Rockets basketball. At least I have reading comprehension
It depends which players are on the court for both teams. If the Thunder have any poor 3pt shooters, we can clog the paint when Schroder drives and force the ball into the poor shooter's hands. I don't think any individual Rocket can stay in front of Schroder. We need team defense. We also need to punish him on the other end
If Schroeder (who is admittedly balling right now) is the key to the series... I'm not worried about it. See yall in ORLANDO (I cant say "LA" - lulz).
Both of y'all are making valid points, but are so caught up in this tit-for-tat that you aren't hearing one another: If Shroeder is dribbling the ball at the three point line, we should play off of him. His release is slow and he is a terrible pull-up three point shooter If Shroeder is spotting up, we should respect his three point shot, as he is a solid shooter overall We are a switch heavy defense - this mucks up offenses with a lot of movement. OKC loves iso, and has discovered the favorable matchups to attack. Given Shroeder's slow release, we can decide to not switch every screen (such as the soft screens that @foggy94 highlighted above) and at least make it harder for him to get a favorable matchup (like with Cov, who Shroeder continues to blow by). This requires situational awareness and good communication from the defense, so it is not a riskless proposition, but something I think we should try. @YOLO, you started off by saying @foggy94 didn't watch the games and doesn't have basic knowledge of the game, when the opposite is true - his blog posts have been great additions to the forum and have highlighted strategic advantages the Rockets have (i.e. Green PnRs, Harden post-ups) days before national outlets (like Kevin O'Conner) covered these issues. You can disagree with him without getting personal here.
the ad hominem attacks here are pretty disgusting. Feel sad for the guys who need online vindication for life happiness. @foggy94 - i know those blogs take time to compile and I appreciate you doing so, it is a definite plus and regardless of who understands what content it brings plenty of conversation. Thanks for doing it.
If we play off Schroder, he's not going to settle for a pull-up 3 if he knows he's bad at it. He's going to advance into the space we give him and force our defenders to react.
you seem to have missed this part of the beginning this is the problem for those who don't follow the game outside of the rockets. which is common. I literally broke down his twitter post of plays and his follow up was it's BS. so no I didn't get personal
Thank you for the kind words. Yolo could at least admit he shouldn’t have jumped down my throat saying ‘I don’t watch games’ because he misread I was talking about pull-up 3-point shots, of which Schroder is below 30% every year and is even in this playoffs.
Check this play, he has to pass out twice after trying to pull-up and back out, which is because of the hesitancy you mention. And the bonus is Harden is able to close out once he picks up his dribble cause his release is so slow. Rockets get them deeper into the shot clock and it ends in a Dort drive into traffic. I think just with the way he is destroying our perimeter defense right now, forcing that hesitation would be good. https://twitter.com/nathanfogg1/status/1298017057267744769?s=21
He made a mistake by picking up his dribble with Harden 5 feet away from him, and it looks like he knows that a pull-up 3 is a bad shot for him. Do you think he'll continue making this same mistake?
Sure, but if we're able to diagnose this problem, then surely the OKC coaches can. Adjustment happen all the time on a game-by-game basis, and this particular mistake is easily corrected.
Covington has a 7 ft 3 inch wing span, he could back off 2 feet and still shade him left. This makes no sense to me whatsoever.
