OG has been a defensive demon these playoffs.

[BloodNinja]

To be fair he's guarding bums that can't dribble

[cgf]

Its fans like this who makes me cheer against the knicks

talk to me when ya'll win the championship like we did in '19

Our front office has done it and been there, talkin bout wasting OG, foh

But I mean dude isn't wrong, they have given him more responsibility on the offensive end and not just relegated to a corner 3D guy

Have they? Again he's scoring .9 ppg more in the regular season and his Usage rate and Iso% seems relatively the same.

I think, in fact, he is wrong.

OG leveled up after Brunson went down and is doing things with the ball I didn’t think he ever would…and we have more firepower around OG than you did, so we don’t need him to go off every game, just to step up whenever we do

[Duffman100]

But I mean dude isn't wrong, they have given him more responsibility on the offensive end and not just relegated to a corner 3D guy

Have they? Again he's scoring .9 ppg more in the regular season and his Usage rate and Iso% seems relatively the same.

I think, in fact, he is wrong.

OG leveled up after Brunson went down and is doing things with the ball I didn’t think he ever would…and we have more firepower around OG than you did, so we don’t need him to go off every game, just to step up whenever we do

Yeah and we're just saying he did the same thing in Toronto from time to time. This isn't "unlocked OG". More likely just slightly better due to natural player progression OG.

[Kampuchea]

For the first time in his career, he is being utilized properly. Credit to Thibs and the Knicks organization.

[cgf]

Have they? Again he's scoring .9 ppg more in the regular season and his Usage rate and Iso% seems relatively the same.

I think, in fact, he is wrong.

OG leveled up after Brunson went down and is doing things with the ball I didn’t think he ever would…and we have more firepower around OG than you did, so we don’t need him to go off every game, just to step up whenever we do

Yeah and we're just saying he did the same thing in Toronto from time to time. This isn't "unlocked OG". More likely just slightly better due to natural player progression OG.

OG never had handles like this in Toronto

[Duffman100]

OG leveled up after Brunson went down and is doing things with the ball I didn’t think he ever would…and we have more firepower around OG than you did, so we don’t need him to go off every game, just to step up whenever we do

Yeah and we're just saying he did the same thing in Toronto from time to time. This isn't "unlocked OG". More likely just slightly better due to natural player progression OG.

OG never had handles like this in Toronto

Dude I've watched every Knick playoff game because I'm rooting for you guys , yes he did. He's the same guy exact player just marginally better at things.

This is why Raptor fans were raving that he was an under appreciated

[cgf]

Yeah and we're just saying he did the same thing in Toronto from time to time. This isn't "unlocked OG". More likely just slightly better due to natural player progression OG.

OG never had handles like this in Toronto

Dude I've watched every Knick playoff game because I'm rooting for you guys , yes he did. He's the same guy exact player just marginally better at things.

This is why Raptor fans were raving that he was an under appreciated

Well then you sent us a broken OG and he just got to 100% because only 3-4 months ago, he wasn’t this same player for us. What he showed while Brunson was out was something I thought we’d never see just from a skill perspective.

Dude wasn’t just attacking the rim, but going east-west with his penetration to do so…and getting as low as he does in his defensive stance, which I had never seen him do with the ball…as he & Mikal stepped up to carry us like Spree & H2O once did.

[Johnny Bball]

I do/will miss OG more than any other Raptor. He's just the perfect 3rd option.

[Johnny Bball]

I remember when the Pacers desperately needed a wing and drafted TJ Leaf over OG. -_-

OG tore up his knee before the draft and dropped 15 spots

[Johnny Bball]

The Knicks have unlocked him, unlike the Raptors, who wasted him all those years.

Tell me you never watched OG without telling me you never watched OG

[Son Goku 25]

He has been doing this for years. People just don't pay attention to the Raptors so he never got any notice.

Siakam, OG, Van Vleet and Norm Powell were all on the Raptors championship team that is vastly underrated lol. That was an absolutely elite team.

That team is one of the best in modern history tbh

[lobosloboslobos]

The Celtics are shooting 17% against OG Anunoby so far in these playoffs.

According to the Ringer's Kirk Goldsberry the Celtics have shot 5-29 against OG in games 1 and 2.
Tatum is 2-8, Brown is 1-5, White is 0-6, everyone else is 2-10. That's crazy. 2 games and only letting 5 shots go in.
He's also averaging 2.5 steals per game these playoffs, and 1.1 blocks. Thanks to Thibs he's leading the playoffs in mpg.

This is coming after a series where Detroit's entire offense was simply: get Cade to attack anyone who isn't OG Anunoby.

I wanted to give Ogugua Anunoby Jr. a shout out because despite this being his healthiest season in years, OG got very little buzz for DPOY and all-defense as New York spent the regular season trying to figure out how to patch the defensives holes that are Brunson and KAT. OG was the hole patcher all season long, and got very little credit for that outside New York. Guys who make bad defenses into average ones get way less credit that guys who participate on great defensive teams.

It's also been his best scoring and driving season.

I spent several years arguing for OG as DPOY on this board when he was a Raptor and never got taken very seriously. I would have thought that delivering the same demonic defense on the Knicks would have helped his case but for whatever reason the NBA and the media refuse to acknowledge his greatness. in a league where it is pretty much accepted that offensive stars are always gong to get theirs, OG has a mind-boggling record of shutting down 1st options, all-stars and soon to be hall-of-famers.

And here is a key point to understand: it's not just that guys shoot terribly when guarded by OG but it's how many shots they don't take because he's on them. Luka and KD typically averaged 10 FGAs less per game than their season averages when guarded by OG as a Raptor. and then they shot terrible on the shots they did take. But you have to include how many times guys just give up and pass the ball with OG on them to get a real sense of his impact.

[ryan in Maine]

Drug test OG Anunoby.

[lobosloboslobos]

The point that poster was making is that the 2019 team was so stacked it didn't even need OG to win the title.

Can't believe that one went over his head lol.

The point I was making is that teams should be rated based on the healthy players they have that play for them. Otherwise you could make the argument that the 2021 Nets should be rated higher than the 2019 Raptors, but that’s a silly argument.

Oh we are plenty fine to have that championship Raptors team rated for who played:

Kawhi Leonard
Pascal Siakam
Fred Van Vleet
Marc Gasol
Norm Powell
Danny Green
Serge Ibaka
Kyle Lowry

That team was absolutely elite at both ends, down the middle, on the wings, speed, size, shooting, passing, clutch - you name it we had it.

OG was hurt just before the playoffs and missed every game. But he had been a starter and so the point being made is not to make excuses because of his injury - hello, we won! no excuses needed - but rather to say that as good as our championship squad was, we actually were even better than that because we had OG Anunoby on our team too, and he didn't even play. That was a GREAT team.

[cupcakesnake]

Can't believe that one went over his head lol.

The point I was making is that teams should be rated based on the healthy players they have that play for them. Otherwise you could make the argument that the 2021 Nets should be rated higher than the 2019 Raptors, but that’s a silly argument.

Oh we are plenty fine to have that championship Raptors team rated for who played:

Kawhi Leonard
Pascal Siakam
Fred Van Vleet
Marc Gasol
Norm Powell
Danny Green
Serge Ibaka
Kyle Lowry

That team was absolutely elite at both ends, down the middle, on the wings, speed, size, shooting, passing, clutch - you name it we had it.

OG was hurt just before the playoffs and missed every game. But he had been a starter and so the point being made is not to make excuses because of his injury - hello, we won! no excuses needed - but rather to say that as good as our championship squad was, we actually were even better than that because we had OG Anunoby on our team too, and he didn't even play. That was a GREAT team.

OG was technically available to play in the finals against the Warriors. The coaching staff opted against trying to reintegrate him into the rotation so last minute after he'd been out so long. At that point, OG was even more of a defensive specialist, and the Raps weren't struggling with defense at all. He was a 2nd year player, and not utilized much in the offense. His corner 3 was not hitting that year (that ended up being the only year he wasn't lights out from the corners.)

He was a big part of that team in the regular season. He was in the rotation for the 67 games he was available, and was leaned on in all those load management games Kawhi sat out.

[SweetTouch]

He’s a great defender

I mean the King loves to toy with him

But overrall he’s a lock down man defender and help defender

[cgf]

Drug test OG Anunoby.

They did, it came back: 100% bad man

[NZB2323]

Can't believe that one went over his head lol.

The point I was making is that teams should be rated based on the healthy players they have that play for them. Otherwise you could make the argument that the 2021 Nets should be rated higher than the 2019 Raptors, but that’s a silly argument.

Oh we are plenty fine to have that championship Raptors team rated for who played:

Kawhi Leonard
Pascal Siakam
Fred Van Vleet
Marc Gasol
Norm Powell
Danny Green
Serge Ibaka
Kyle Lowry

That team was absolutely elite at both ends, down the middle, on the wings, speed, size, shooting, passing, clutch - you name it we had it.

OG was hurt just before the playoffs and missed every game. But he had been a starter and so the point being made is not to make excuses because of his injury - hello, we won! no excuses needed - but rather to say that as good as our championship squad was, we actually were even better than that because we had OG Anunoby on our team too, and he didn't even play. That was a GREAT team.

Sure, which is why I compared OG on the 2019 Raptors to Caron Butler on the 2011 Mavs.

[cupcakesnake]

This thread jinxed his offense today.

[The4thHorseman]

This thread jinxed his offense today.

He played?