Post#13 » by steefP2 » Wed Oct 18, 2023 7:41 am
A bunch of scattered notes from last night's game:
Zinger is just a cheat code on offense.
Jrue needs, unsurprisingly more time and reps on offense. You can see the flashes but he doesn't yet know where guys will be for kick outs all the time and the bigs dont realize yet jrue is a serial screen rejecter, similar to brogdon.
85% of what went wrong, aka open looks for the knicks or turnovers for the celtics was miscommunication. Only upwards from here.
Hauser's first stint was awesome. Switching, rotating hard. Always knew where to be on defense and made sure he was there with high hands and high contests. Driving after the closeouts and adjusting after he got blocked hard at the rim the first time. Drove and when the help sank, immediately made the skip pass to al in the corner.
15 corner 3's are a whole heck of a lot of corner 3's.
Jaylen will require longer than tatum/KP to adjust to new offense but he showed some flashes. People focus on the bad and it was very noticeable but there was good too. Got semi open for a pullup 3 on a JB/kp pick and pop but made a great little pocket pass for a wide open kp 3 after pumpfaking the defender off balance. Had some other good passes to kp. Needs to learn from JT to pass early and trust the ball to find him again. Catch the ball more on the move. People won't be patient with him but seriously all of this will look better (for everyone) by December. JB will never be as in the flow as some others but there will be real growth i think.
Tatum looks strong af and is gonna bully hard. Also his pullups were wet af. Just net snapping.
Pace is way higher but that's common for preseason. Would be good to see that hold up but i don't expect it to last past december.
Horford looking to do more than just spot up, will have more freedom to do that off the bench.
White looks thicker in a good way.
No one is scoring on KP at the rim but need to gang rebound when KP goes to help/contest.
They're trying a whole bunch of stuff, unsure what will stick but its interesting. Don't hate the press.
Zinger diving for the steal off the press is cool.
Jaylen doing some better screen navigation work.
Preseason defensive intensity waxes and wanes alot lol
Knicks have a lot of guys, will make for interesting decisions to see who plays and can do it consistently.
Brisset does a lot of good things but it doesn't mean anything if he cant finish. Would be greatly helped if he took 1 more step or dribble. starts his jump too early.
Pritchard better decision making but limited by size. Knows which pass to make but too small to see it.
Banton belongs on an NBA court but hard to play him with the scrubs. Will work better in lineups with spacing.
For folks who asks what kornet does better than Queta, its being in position and contesting a lot without fouling. Its conservative but i get it. Nemias better with the scrubs though.
Hauser is our 7th best player. The level up in passing and defense might just be large enough to make him a meaningfully more viable rotation guy against the best competition.
Preseason caveats apply, none of this might be anything.
