Ryoga Hibiki wrote:CP War Hawks wrote:Ryoga Hibiki wrote:very few centers in the league can "punish" Batum or Kleber, if jusing being given the ball in the post and asked to go tk work, without being set up.
Probably only Jokic and Embiid, eveybody else needs at least a great passer setting them up, something the Jazz didn't have
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Marcus Morris avg. 11.5 ppg and 4rb to his 12.5 ppg and 11.5 rb in the 2021 second rd. Gobert can be neutralized on both ends, it's just a matter of not matching him up with your Looney/Robert Williams throughout a series.
how is Marcus Morris relevant in any shape or form?
Morris was starting center for LA when they beat Utah last postseason. He shot nearly 45% threes on 5 att that series. Similarly, Kleber shot nearly 52% from three on 5 att in the recent series vs Utah. Those two are the primary bigs whether by force or choice that logged the most minutes vs Gobert.
They are suppose to be his primary guards. Offensively there is only a point or two a game difference to Gobert against both guys so he can't capitalize enough on that end to really make it advantageous. That's just straight up man defense where he's somewhat exposed, the issue with switching and drop coverage is the real problem at hand going forward.
Edit: Morris shot 33.5% from three on 5 att. However, he did out point Gobert by a point per game that series. Morris is 6-7 barefoot and 225. If all you need is similarly sized players with plus offensive skill to essentially neutralize Gobert why not just acquire a Grant, Wood, etc. to attack him in the postseason.