Dillon Brooks on Mental Lapses: “Feel like it’s the same guys that are doing that”

There's no way anybody can claim Bari is taller or the same size as Alpi. In fact, look at Jalen and Amen, if Jalen's "6'4" then Amen's 6'5 at best. People can't have it both ways haha.

 

Generally I agree, but his lack of aggression vs. Wemby was concerning. Particularly after his social media posturing on draft night.

 

Funny thing is, even with all that Jabari still has a better defensive rating than Sengun.

https://www.nba.com/stats/team/1610612745/players-advanced?dir=D&sort=DEF_RATING

 

Dillon with the Million.

 

You guys can’t keep up your rhetoric. First you say Jabari gets the harder assignments, then you say Alp is hunted on switches. Which is it?

 

Pretty much, the best guys are the ones doing the hunting. But how can that be if Jabari is the one guarding them?

 

Angel shots! Things and people look different depending on the ANGEL of the camera. Sengun is not taller than Jabari

 

I've said that Sengun is the best young player we have on the team right now but I'm not going to pretend he can do things he cannot.

Jabari is just a better defender than Alp. He's far more versatile as he can guard more positions and he can switch onto most matchups which is vital to being a good defender in this league nowadays.

 

I think Jabari will be a better defender, I don’t think he is currently though.
I think Jabari is in his own head and trying to do too much, be too much or live up to his draft status.
His archetype is a perfect match to Alp, but I also think Jabari has to develop more than Alp to reach anywhere close to their respective archetypes

 

Hopefully with the additions off J.Green, Van Fleet and Dillon Parker the rest of the young core can follow suit .

It's a bit early to call it a season but the younger guys need to start learning as much as they can. I'm just glad Harden didn't end up here, he would have made this team worse than with KPJ.

 

The angel of the camera? Do you mean angle, or is this some weird Christian thing I don't get?

 

No - Jabari is vastly better laterally and also going back. Sengun is stronger and better at denying position - but the lateral and step back speed is a genuine concern in 2023 and keeps him from being a good defender.

 

Dillon is clearly talking about @34to11 and @larsv8 when he is speaking of "mental lapses" and "always the same guys doing it".

 

Are you being facetious or do you really not know how "hunting" goes?

The primary objective is get a stronger defender (in this case Jabari) off your guy and create a mismatch with a worse defender (Sengun).
A team will run screen after screen until they get the match up they want.
That's exactly what we saw late in the Golden State game as the Warriors made their final push.

Funny thing is the Rockets used to hunt Steph the exact same way.

 

Jalen and Jabari lol

 

Overrating one and underrating another.
Jabari moves better laterally, but he is neither fast, quick or explosive in those movements.

Moving back as in backpedaling? That’s no different than lateral agility. Same training goes into lateral and backpedal. I don’t see how anyone can see that on a basketball court, there is very little backpedaling done on defense.
Or flipping hips? Still lateral movement training.
Either way, yes Jabari is better but he is far being elite at it.

Jabari is able to get lower and wider in his stance, which is weird with his overall stiffness. His balance when low is better than Alp who is a lot more flexible and limber.