YogurtProducer wrote:BetterCallSaul wrote:YogurtProducer wrote:Barnes doing the 2k charge animation kills me everytime. IDK what the **** he is doing with that because it has worked literally never
It has worked twice! He's trying to make the defender think it's an easy blow by and immediately switch up to contest their shot instead.
Jokic just used this tactic yesterday to intercept a seemingly easy dump off pass.
The best players will always try and find unique solutions to complicated problems. In 2v1's when Kyle seemed seemingly helpless defending alone he would play possum for a split second and then lung at the passer's lob angle and sometimes deflect their alley oop attempt.
These guys are basically trying to turn a no win scenario into a win 2/10 times
Except Barnes does it in the half court in drop coverage and watches their guy simply float it overtop or step by him.
He is a great defender generally but his weird obsession with pretending to take charges that never come is just weird
Yeah he does it too often and it is silly but the fact that he's a bit silly is the part of him I like. The part of him I don't like is when he's joyless and deflated and seemingly angry at his teammates. This and the stop and wait on transition dunks are unique parts of his game that come from his personality. I'm just saying, he does the phantom charges too much, but I've seen it work twice somewhat recently and I also think he doesn't do it as often anymore.
