Hello Brooklyn wrote:ecuhus1981 wrote:Hello Brooklyn wrote:The problem with starting Brown is what will you play him?
At the 3? I don't really want Harden guarding wings.
I think its downsizes us too much.
I would rather start Green for defense. Or perhaps even Alize, as crazy as that sounds. Even though Nash won't play him.
Harden
Kyrie
KD
Green
Claxton
Respectfully, H B, I think that you're conflating size and defense.
Against guards, forwards and even centers of all heights, weights, lengths, speeds and strengths, Bruce Brown is a significantly better defender than Jeff Green.
I don't want Bruce Brown on the likes of Kawhi or LeBron. Green can do a better job.
And he gives up spacing. Its a no brainer. Brown can be super useful when one of Kyrie or Harden are sitting down.
Against LAC, we would put Irving on Beverly, Brown on George, Harden on Leonard, Durant on Morris and Griffin (or whomever is the starting C of the moment) on Zubac. That's better than having Harris or Green
on either George or Morris, to start the game. If you can keep those secondary scorers under wraps to start a game, it makes controlling the tempo and flow that much easier.
I've said since the beginning of the season, we'll before Lebron's and Anthony's injuries, that the Lakers are not my top concern out West. I never believed that they would make it to the Finals again, now it looks like they may not even make it out of the play-in! Hypothetically of we did face them, LBJ, AD, Kuzma, Harrell and Markieff could all go off on Uncle Jeff, if we over-expose him as a starter. As a scoring/energy punch off the bench, he's wonderful.
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