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jg77 wrote:Impuniti wrote:I hope my future wife loves me as much as HotRocks loves Luka and my future kids admire me as much as Hotrocks admires Luka.
IIRC he was a LeBron defender as well. I'm guessing he went from LeBron > Luka
Aiolos wrote:HotRocks34 wrote:Aiolos wrote:No matter how hard you try because you might be the only one that is going really hard trying to prove Luka is not a bad defensive player most people will forever imo remember this Finals as showing that Luka Doncic had in their minds the worst or one of the worst defensive showings in Finals history.
My take I definitely think in a specific context Luka definitely has serious defensive problems that I think he can fix. I dont think like some think the Mavs are down 0 - 3 in the series solely for his defense, imo its one component of the reason not the whole reason.
It doesn't matter what you or anyone else thinks.
The data is the data and there are plenty of clips to back it up.
I think it does matter what me and others think otherwise you would imo not be going this hard trying to disprove and defend Luka as it pertains to this subject.
It looks like its personal to you.
HotRocks34 wrote:Two other observations about Luka's positive effect on Dallas' defense:
* He seems to fit well with Dallas' "pack the paint" scheme. If Luka gets beat by his man he can still funnel him to a clogged lane with a shot blocker. This often results in a kick out and Luka is good at picking off some of the kick outs and he's long enough and smart enough to get back and defend vs threes when the kick out comes.
HotRocks34 wrote:Ok, here's the BBREF individual DRTG stats through G3.
So, putting together the data through G3:
* Luka has the best individual DRTG among all Mavs players in The Finals
* Luka has the second-best On Court Team DRTG (Lively) for any Mavs player averaging at least 10 mpg in the series
* Dallas' Team DRTG is at its worst with Luka Off Court
Jamaaliver wrote:HotRocks34 wrote:Two other observations about Luka's positive effect on Dallas' defense:
* He seems to fit well with Dallas' "pack the paint" scheme. If Luka gets beat by his man he can still funnel him to a clogged lane with a shot blocker. This often results in a kick out and Luka is good at picking off some of the kick outs and he's long enough and smart enough to get back and defend vs threes when the kick out comes.HotRocks34 wrote:Ok, here's the BBREF individual DRTG stats through G3.
So, putting together the data through G3:
* Luka has the best individual DRTG among all Mavs players in The Finals
* Luka has the second-best On Court Team DRTG (Lively) for any Mavs player averaging at least 10 mpg in the series
* Dallas' Team DRTG is at its worst with Luka Off Court
Sounds like Luka is a Lockdown defender, then.
Meanwhile...
Jamaaliver wrote:HotRocks34 wrote:Two other observations about Luka's positive effect on Dallas' defense:
* He seems to fit well with Dallas' "pack the paint" scheme. If Luka gets beat by his man he can still funnel him to a clogged lane with a shot blocker. This often results in a kick out and Luka is good at picking off some of the kick outs and he's long enough and smart enough to get back and defend vs threes when the kick out comes.HotRocks34 wrote:Ok, here's the BBREF individual DRTG stats through G3.
So, putting together the data through G3:
* Luka has the best individual DRTG among all Mavs players in The Finals
* Luka has the second-best On Court Team DRTG (Lively) for any Mavs player averaging at least 10 mpg in the series
* Dallas' Team DRTG is at its worst with Luka Off Court
Sounds like Luka is a Lockdown defender, then.
Meanwhile...
Impuniti wrote:
Does this mean within the last 10 years, Luka is the worst, the second worst, and third worst since from any playoff series?
UglyBugBall wrote:Jamaaliver wrote:HotRocks34 wrote:Two other observations about Luka's positive effect on Dallas' defense:
* He seems to fit well with Dallas' "pack the paint" scheme. If Luka gets beat by his man he can still funnel him to a clogged lane with a shot blocker. This often results in a kick out and Luka is good at picking off some of the kick outs and he's long enough and smart enough to get back and defend vs threes when the kick out comes.HotRocks34 wrote:Ok, here's the BBREF individual DRTG stats through G3.
So, putting together the data through G3:
* Luka has the best individual DRTG among all Mavs players in The Finals
* Luka has the second-best On Court Team DRTG (Lively) for any Mavs player averaging at least 10 mpg in the series
* Dallas' Team DRTG is at its worst with Luka Off Court
Sounds like Luka is a Lockdown defender, then.
Meanwhile...
That's his strategy, he's funneling the driver to their bigs who are great rim protectors. Luka has been playing good defense, casuals are just not familiar with the scheme and think he's not playing defense when he's following the game plan and it got them to the finals. Luka is an above average defender. Not yet great, but quite good.
tlee324 wrote:
Lebron made it to the finals with that cleveland team.
Bird would have won 4 rings with that team, in this weak ass era of basketball.
bigboi wrote:UglyBugBall wrote:That's his strategy, he's funneling the driver to their bigs who are great rim protectors. Luka has been playing good defense, casuals are just not familiar with the scheme and think he's not playing defense when he's following the game plan and it got them to the finals. Luka is an above average defender. Not yet great, but quite good.
Is this a troll post? I hope so
UglyBugBall wrote:
That's his strategy, he's funneling the driver to their bigs who are great rim protectors. Luka has been playing good defense, casuals are just not familiar with the scheme and think he's not playing defense when he's following the game plan and it got them to the finals. Luka is an above average defender. Not yet great, but quite good.
HotRocks34 wrote:This guy did the clips for me tonight. I still want to look at the stats, though.
HotRocks34 wrote:After G3 of The Finals, Luka's Playoffs DRAPTOR remains at +1.2 (higher positive is the goal). He is second on the team in that category (Lively; +1.7).
His overall Playoffs RAPTOR improves from +3.6 to +3.7 after G3.
bigboi wrote:UglyBugBall wrote:That's his strategy, he's funneling the driver to their bigs who are great rim protectors. Luka has been playing good defense, casuals are just not familiar with the scheme and think he's not playing defense when he's following the game plan and it got them to the finals. Luka is an above average defender. Not yet great, but quite good.
Is this a troll post? I hope so
HotRocks34 wrote:This guy did the clips for me tonight. I still want to look at the stats, though.
hugepatsfan wrote:HotRocks34 wrote:This guy did the clips for me tonight. I still want to look at the stats, though.
Did the media criticism get in his head and make him act defiantly against their “let everyone go by you because we have shot blockers scheme” you mentioned earlier? It worked tonight, but do you think maybe there could be a rift between Luka and the coaches over it?