Seattlesun wrote:irish22022 wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:Evidently nothing
Allows the double to come up without getting rid of it and dribbles into the triple team with his team mate stuck in the corner lol
I mean, I don't know how much of this is Monty having too much faith in Book or is this what Monty drew up?
I think it's monty placating Booker's ego. I've heard a number of times starting last season and into this season that "everyone knows booker is our best scorer, there's no secret about that in the locker room". Which, he is, but he sure seems to say it a lot. I think booker needs that respect from Monty at the end of the game because Devin surely sees the he's second fiddle on what was his own team now. But Devin not passing the ball away when he clearly sees the defense is guarding him like "don't worry he won't pass" is really really bad instincts. I am still really upset about that shot.
I totally understand your take. But I’m ok with how Dev played that out. In that moment, his mindset is get to a spot on the court where I can elevate and shoot. I don’t think he really has a feel for where the other guys are. Tunnel vision and watching the clock. He would have had to elevate to pass and what if it was errant and got stolen and you give CLE a last shot without getting off one ourselves? I think we can all see that Dev is patterning his game off Kobe so this is what we get now at the end of games. Kobe would not have passed there. Neither would Jordan have passed there. For many years Lebron has been knocked for passing in that situation. I for one am happy that Dev has that mentality like Kobe and MJ.
It will not always work out, but it will pay dividends eventually. I feel some historic shots coming in Dev’s future.
Respectfully, I completely disagree. Especially after mentioning LeBron. For years LeBron was knocked because he didn't take the shot but rarely do people talk about the right pass/decision being made 98% of the time.
It's also not that it won't always work, it's that the vast majority of the time it doesn't work. People want to be Kobe but Kobe took horrible horrible shots, occasionally he hit them and that's what everyone remembers. The misses fade away into the hundreds of misses while the buzzer beaters/ game winners live on in history. I totally get that you miss every shot you don't take but it doesn't mean *he* has to take every shot.
Make the right play >>> take every shot
