To be honest I never watched the Celtics under Ime so I have no idea......it is a clean slate for me. The Spurs of past years were always a Half court team.....less grinding it out than Memphis but still more than very solid on both ends.
Tough to really know since the Rockets are built a bit differently than the Celtics, but: With Celtics’ defense locked in, Ime Udoka’s offensive adjustments have shined against Nets: Film breakdown Ime Udoka’s playbook: anticipating his actions based on the Spurs offense Ime Udoka’s coaching book, chapter 1: Spacing, mismatches and screening
I think under Mazzulla the Offense went from 7th-8th to 4th or something. The Defense dropped from Top2 to Top 10. That way you knew Mazzulla is more Offense orientated. Basically he dropped 1-2 games because of inexperienced coaching in the Playoffs otherwise he would have been in the Finals.
High level talking points, very few details, you get from national media. That said, he is informed and I think he's right.
If his 3pt shooting really improved 20ppg season isn't out of question. If he's given enough chances i predict that he'll surpass Sabonis at the end of next season. I was watching Sabonis clips the other day only thing Sabonis is clearly better than sengun is rebounding. He doesn't have Sengun's versatility i think. Sengun is a threat even when he gets the ball way behind the 3pt line. You know either he's gonna drive to the rim and probably score or he's gonna kick out OR try some weird pass that will find his teammate near him. If he gets the ball near the rim he can spin both ways, he can finish with either hand he can pass it out when he's doubled so someone else scores. They legit triple team him sometimes which is pretty crazy. He can generate so many plays for others. You think he lost his balance and lose the ball but he doesn't and dunks over someone. His balance nevers gets mentioned this dude's balance is otherworldly. Kid oozes talent.
Agreed. People focus a lot on his passing, which is really cool and flashy, but his footwork and balance is elite. He worked out with Dream and instantly adopted moves where legit HOF calibre players have worked out with Dream and seemingly had little in their game change at all. If he's stronger I don't even think he needs to hit that many 3's, once they can't muscle him outside of 2-3 people in the league he'll be unguardable in the post.
I really do feel like the Jalen/Sengun draft is underrated on here because of the shinier new toys we have. If these 2 break out this year I could see that being by far the most pivotal draft we had. So far, nothing I've seen in the offseason suggest they're going to struggle in all honesty.
