How will Grant Hill guard Kobe?

NapoleonII · Post #81 » by **NapoleonII** » Mon May 17, 2010 10:54 pm

Indubitably

Post #82 » by **BrooklynBulls** » Mon May 17, 2010 11:46 pm

mnWI wrote:Eh, one on one defensive match-ups generally don't matter that much in the NBA. The real question is what is the Suns team approach to guarding Kobe, and their team approach to guarding the Lakers. Are they going to double Kobe and in what situations, where is the double coming from, which gaps are you staying soft in, where are you forcing the ball on your rotation off the double, ect. These things will matter a lot more than Grant Hill on Kobe. Anyway, I think the Lakers feel that they have the advantage inside and will try to play inside out through Gasol much of this series.

It's well known that team D is more important than man D. So thanks for that, Copernicus.

But there's been a clear man defensive strategy out there for Kobe for a while now. Larger, long-armed defenders who play conservatively, looking to just contest well instead of go for the highlight play. If the matchup didn't matter, there wouldn't be a cross-match done specifically so that J-Rich keeps the hell away from guarding Bryant.

Don Draper · Post #83 » by **Don Draper** » Tue May 18, 2010 12:34 am

I say let Kobe average 35 for the series, but the Suns have to contain Gasol to stand a chance.

That Nicka · Post #84 » by **That Nicka** » Tue May 18, 2010 3:52 am

That Nicka wrote:unsuccessfully

Post #85 » by **UGA Hayes** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:20 am

It would be nice if they didn't call a foul on Hill everythime Kobe pushes him.

Day in the Life · Post #86 » by **Day in the Life** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:28 am

UGA Hayes wrote:It would be nice if they didn't call a foul on Hill everythime Kobe pushes him.

yeah, it'd be nice if the refs called a moving screen on kg once in a while.

supaflash · Post #87 » by **supaflash** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:27 am

He got away with a lot of physical play early, he could have easily had 3 or 4 fouls in the first half.

That said I think his strategy was to garner sympathy for getting his foot broken again

RaisingArizona · Post #88 » by **RaisingArizona** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:42 am

Hill did fine but the refs don't allow anyone the opportunity to slow down Kobe. They'll call ticky-tack foul after ticky-tack foul on anyone who challenges him.

eatyourchildren · Post #89 » by **eatyourchildren** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:44 am

Did you see Kobe battling for position on the mid-block? That's not exactly ticky-tack.

Aventador · Post #90 » by **Aventador** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:47 am

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LA Warrior · Post #91 » by **LA Warrior** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:50 am

The Flyest wrote:

Fixed

RaisingArizona · Post #92 » by **RaisingArizona** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:56 am

^ Go you have a gif of the Kobe travel where he took 2 steps, fell down and then was able to call a timeout?

brownfishfarmar · Post #93 » by **brownfishfarmar** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:57 am

Kobe did his thing while playing conservatively you have to admire the fact that he didn't feel the need to go all out this game but still dropped 40 :eek:

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Not sure what else Grant could do he generally wasn't too far out of position... If some of the other Suns played defense suns could have definitely kept the Lakers lead at around 15.

LA Warrior · Post #94 » by **LA Warrior** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:00 am

ginobiliflops wrote:^ Go you have a gif of the Kobe travel where he took 2 steps, fell down and then was able to call a timeout?

Best i could do...

purple32gold · Post #95 » by **purple32gold** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:09 am

LA Warrior wrote:
ginobiliflops wrote:^ Go you have a gif of the Kobe travel where he took 2 steps, fell down and then was able to call a timeout?

Best i could do...

HAHAHAAH!!! i remember that

J the Drafter · Post #96 » by **J the Drafter** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:16 am

LA Warrior wrote:
ginobiliflops wrote:^ Go you have a gif of the Kobe travel where he took 2 steps, fell down and then was able to call a timeout?

Best i could do...

The play where Brown kicked that Suns player to the ground for the offensive foul, excuse me, I mean two free throws?

MagicMamba88 · Post #97 » by **MagicMamba88** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:22 am

J~Rush · Post #98 » by **J~Rush** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:40 am

nevetslc wrote:

It's hilarious how they cut it right before the miss

LApwnd · Post #99 » by **LApwnd** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:44 am

^^^more hilarious is Amare thinking he actually had a chance at that block allowing the easy dunk by Powell

KDoverLBJanyday · Post #100 » by **KDoverLBJanyday** » Tue May 18, 2010 6:55 am

LA Warrior wrote:
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Fixed

I hope he has ankle insurance.