Coxy wrote:I want Kuminga to be the 2nd best defender on the team, good enough to slot him into closing lineups to lock down oppositions best players.
I want Moody to be a 40%+ 3-point shooter and always have a positive +/- on court.
Kuminga does not have the defensive instincts to make the right decisions on team defense yet.
That might be fixed 2 years from now.
Kuminga’s on ball man defense is good but that is not something you would f!uck up by overthinking.
This year’s Kuminga is making quicker smoother decisions on whether to shoot or drive.
I have been watching an NBA home team regularly since 1979 and I can not remember any home team where 2 guys who should be very good rebounders like Kuminga and Wiseman rebounded poorly because they give the opposing team a head start towards the rebound.
I think Kuminga and Wiseman were stopping to think about whether to go for the rebound or guard somebody or guard a space.
Kuminga only looks a bit better on rebounds this year than last year. Kuminga still hesitates and gives the other team a head start towards rebounds. When you are as fast and strong as Kuminga is on drives for dunks you should be a dominant rebounder.
TJD looks instinctive and like a fast decision maker on defense. If TJD turns into a hesitant slow reactor then I will blame the coaching staff for making Kuminga and Wiseman into bad rebounders by causing them to think too much.
I noticed that Kuminga had a fast drive when he was a rookie but I just got arround to looking at how Kumingais fast. I saw a Kuminga drive and something looked a bit different than normal. Kuminga was blowing past his defender but it was not with long perfect race horse strides like Kobe and LeBron. Kuminga has some moves but they are not great moves at shaking and baking a defender like Curry. What I noticed and will be watching to see if I am correct is that Kuminga was completing more steps than his defender in a given time. Iverson had shake and bake but like what I think I saw on Kuminga was that Iverson was able to take more steps in a given time. If you can complete 2 steps for every 1 step the defender can ccmplete you will be fast even if your steps are not long steps.