Ruzious wrote:prime1time wrote:Kanyewest wrote:
Interesting observations.
Kispert made some solid plays but also they seemed to put Kispert on the worst perimeter player out there. Butler really took advantage of Kispert when he was switched onto him. It also seemed like Kispert's best stretch during that run at the end of the first half happened when Gonzaga played zone. Basically it looks like Kispert could be an ok team defender but would be worried about him guarding point guards on switches.
Which plays do you think Butler really took advantage of Kispert? If Butler makes a stepback 3, that's not really on Kispert imo. In 2021, if a guard is going to consistently knock down stepback 3's the only answer is really to double team. The play is unguardable.
I really don't remember any clear plays where someone blew by Kispert with a simple move and got a straight-line drive. The only switches I'd be worried about with Kispert are the switches that I'd be worried about regardless. Lillard, Kyrie, Harden, KD, Curry, Young, Mitchell etc.
What I was more concerned about were the come-from-behind blocks of his layups by the athletic Baylor defenders. When we get into playoff Basketball, teams with long athletic wing defenders will be able to put the clamps on him. A lot of people on this board knocked the Raptors for drafting Barnes but in a league where shooting is becoming more and more commonplace, long switchable defenders are going to be needed sadly the Wizards are lacking these players.
*Baylor's game plan was also a good one. Get Drew Timme in the switch and attack him relentlessly. I look forward to watching Kispert guard in isolation in Summer league.
Probably the best comp for him that's been mentioned is Bojan Bogdanovich - Kispert's probably an inch taller. Bojan looked real good shooting in the playoffs I saw this year. There's no reason why Kispert can't do the same. Just because team's generally do not shoot 3's as well in the playoffs doesn't mean they aren't just as important. I think it's even more important then to have snipers like him.
I agree, you certainly have to have them. What I was trying to say - all be it badly - was that his own efficiency might drop. But the benefit to the offense is why it drops. Defenses get a lot tighter on their defensive keys. Who do they have to stick close to and who can they help off of. If you have a non-shooter in Kispert's place, then immediately they are helping off. So I'd argue that in the playoffs against good defensive teams that are 100% committed to playing defense, the benefit of 3-point shooting is that you give your star player room to create. Ideally, we'd put teams in the same situation that the 76ers put us in this playoffs. Do you help off a 3-point shooter to slow down Embiid, or do you play Embiid straight up and let him torch you.
