NoDopeOnSundays wrote:3toheadmelo wrote:NoDopeOnSundays wrote:
They don't put him in a drop, they switch and they bench him in games for Jabari, using DFG% to point out he's a good rim protector is ignoring how they use him to achieve that. If we did the things they do, KAT would be better.
This isn’t about being in drop coverage or not. It’s simply about knowing how to contest shots.
The Rockets don't play defense like we do, again, they switch and have him meet guys at the level on screens. In your clip he's even guarding Hart in the game against us and leaving him to go protect the rim, when is the last time we put KAT on the worst shooter in a lineup so he could roam? You can look for as many videos as you want, they do not run the same scheme as us.
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That is how they play defense, where as all anyone has to do is watch our game last night, we were dying on one screen because we kept going over or under them and not switching. One pass and a three without even getting into the paint because we refused to switch against Lauri.
There's literally clips in there of him guarding Wemby and leaving him to protect the rim. Is Wemby not a big time offensive threat?
even some drop coverage in there too
You can post all the clips you want about KAT too and blame everyone else but the guy simply doesn't have the IQ to switch and rim protect like Houston is doing with Sengun. He's out here switching and guarding multiple players like we saw Hukporti do for us that night when he played. If Huk can do it then I am pretty sure it isn't a scheme issue.
And the Knicks have actually put KAT on the worst shooter to let him protect the rim and he still couldn't do it. There's a clips in here that show KAT being left on Giddey, Amen Thompson so he can protect the rim and he does nothing.
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/11/18/24299280/karl-anthony-towns-new-york-knicks-offense-defenseRight now, it’s a delicate dance until Robinson and Achiuwa return. Even then, there are issues that may just be endemic with Towns at the five—sometimes, in those aforementioned situations where Anunoby is guarding the center and KAT is hiding out on a lower-usage option, no rotation ever comes. Here he is 2.9-ing the paint as Alperen Sengun drives by Anunoby—who’s shading Houston’s center towards help that never comes from the baseline—for a layup:
And here, against the Bulls, Anunoby checks Nikola Vucevic so Towns can stick to Josh Giddey. Bridges could’ve done a better job staying attached at the point of attack, but again, no help comes:
Just how troubling has it been? Opponents are shooting 70.8 percent at the rim when KAT’s on the court and 54.2 percent when he’s off it. (The league average is currently 65.7 percent.) More directly, according to Bball-Index, opposing field goal percentages at the rim when Towns defends a shot are 13.1 percent higher than the shooter’s expected average. This number is so terrible for a big man that the second worst starting center in the category is Vucevic at … 4.8 percent.
