tsherkin wrote:zimpy27 wrote:tsherkin wrote:
Too dismissive. Jokic's playmaking always impacts Murray, though obviously Jamal was also extremely good beyond that.
We shall see what happens, I guess. 5, 10 years ago, 60% TS was incredible. Now, it's +2% rTS in the RS and last year it was +3.4% in the playoffs. That's good, but not ultra-dominant. LA needs to find a way to be more efficient, especially with it's primary offensive stars, if they really want to compete. And, obviously, defend more effectively.
In playoffs:
Murray is assisted on 28% of 2s and 58% of 3s
Jokic is assisted on 56% of 2s and 71% of 3s
Murray is by far the least assisted scorer on the Nuggets.
LeBron is assisted on 44% of 2s and 79% of 3s
This just shows how good Murray is in scoring in isolation. People sleep on Murray so hard because of Jokic but he's really an amazing iso scorer and Lakers had nothing to stop him.
This still has an inherent assumption that Jokic's playmaking must specifically end in an assist to Murray to have affected him, which is an errant assumption.
Yes, absolutely, Murray is ALSO a very good isolation scorer, but having Jokic and his threat on the floor warps defenses in ways that open the door for Jamal to get to those isos and shots.
Yeah of course Jokic has gravity as the best player in the league. That's an absolute given.
But we're getting off track here, you have to acknowledge that Murray needs to be slowed by a big guard defender for Lakers to have a good chance of beating Nuggets in a series. That's all I'm trying to say.
