Post#30 » by Kabookalu » Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:39 pm
Was at the game yesterday. Other than it being boring, the one thing that stuck out to me was DeAndre Jordan during shoot around. What the hell, this guy was pulling off these awesome coordinated spin moves, and picking his dribble from far out the rim and doing these Ginobili like sidesteps. If you knew nothing about basketball you'd think he was the best player on the court during shoot around. I knew Jordan was athletic, but THAT?!
I was pining for Jeff Green to turn around for the Clippers, but he looked awful out there. Though for what it's worth, maybe it looked different on TV, but the Cavaliers defense did a good job of tempting him to be the scorer. Every time he touched the ball, the Cavaliers tried harder to deny passing options for Green and his man always backed a little away from him. He'd have the ball on the perimeter trying to pass it to someone, but the Cavaliers made that extremely difficult for him, and he'd just chuck up an awful shot.
Wesley Johnson and Jamal Crawford looked like the worst players out there to me. Crawford, every time he touched the ball and started dribbling, you could see the Clippers' players body language deflate. He has no chemistry out there with anyone else on the team. And Johnson, dumb as rocks and no skills other than faking a 3 pointer and dribbling inside the line for a long 2. Every time he made a pass it was always either too high, too low, or too hard.
On thate note Chris Paul's passing is insane. I saw him play last year against the Blazers, but it looks so much crisper in the upper bowls. It'd look like he'd throw the ball randomly to the baseline, but all of a sudden Redick catches it perfectly and pulls up for a swish.
