Anthony Davis Discussion: Only Player On Both All NBA + All Def

That's without zooming in. It's about 20 rows up. We were one row below and too the right of Mychal Thompson and John Ireland in the espn 710 booth

 

This. It was an off night based on the easy ones he missed. But every other team in the league would kill to have one of their two best players put that up on a good night. He still hit a big 3 and helped close it out at the line.

I think the thigh bruise and refs swallowing their whistle also factored in. Had it been a regular game in those two regards, he is flirting with 50.

 

I don't know why he always goes for the dad in the turn around. Just power thru. Even with a double in the middle you have to out pressure in them

 

Anthony Davis out here looking like Kareem Abdul Jabbar in Game of Death LOL

 

He does well against bigger bigs than he does against smaller defenders. It's really frustrating watching Jaylen Brown be able to guard him. I don't think the C Bags make it to the Finals but vs the Clippers, if AD does not show up vs their WEAK frontcourt, there will be questions about whether the Lakers should sign him for the long-term future. At the end of the day, AD is great but LeBron can handle Kawhi and then some. Can AD handle Harrell/Zubac? Because he's going to have to drop 30/15 on them for us to beat the Clippers.

 

in fairness, lebron ducked kawhi in both meetings, whereas AD took him on d at some key points (and made his life difficult).

and smaller guys can only guard AD if they're allowed to foul with impunity. he's not shaq. he can't just bulldoze. everyone likes to (pejoratively) compare him to pau, but it's similar--he can't just run over dudes.

again, if the league called the post by the book, we'd play him at center and he might average 40. instead, you can't touch folks 30 feet from the hoop and you can just blatantly grab arms within 15 feet. need our organization to point this out as the playoffs start with some of these smallball punks thinking they're just going to throw the original nintendo fat hockey guys out there to get into people's legs and muck up the game.

 

Vogel needs to run Dwight and McGee at him in practice and not call any fouls against them. that would be the best scenario prep I can think of

 

i mean, houston's beating everyone playing like this--not just us. as with everything, the proof will be in the playoff pudding. if houston wins it all, we basically have to consider divesting ourselves of all bigs except AD. and the nuggets will need to dump jokic, utah will need to dump gobert, and so forth.

i agree it's frustrating, but imo, this is what the league has wanted with the way they've decided to officiate. i was watching dallas play minny for a few minutes last night, and they called a foul on okogie for resting his hand on doncic near midcourt. by the book, it was definitely a foul. rick carlisle actually screamed for it for a full 4 seconds before they blew the whistle.

now, how many times does AD get a shoulder past the defender and have a hand on his chest and/or arm? but it's ok because it's closer to the basket? because he's tall? is sentient officiating these games?

if placing your hand on the ballhandler while they face you is a foul, AD should average 30 FTAs a game until he just starts getting dunks and layups every trip down because teams have given up (a la harden).

except he won't see anyone that big. he knows how to handle that. he's taken care of jokic, and steven adams, and whatever other behemoths have been run at him on either end. he's struggling with the stumps. why? because the stumps are basically allowed to root him off spots (not legal) and run into his body when he floors it.

let's see if pj tucker gets to do that for a 7-game series before we freak out, though.

 

AD had a bad game but part of the problem is our role players need to make more open 3s , if not the opponent will keep crowding AD in the paint with several bodies .

Unless you have a big who can establish very and early deep post position and put his opponent in the basket as Shaq used to do , post players will get crowded and "zoned up ".

AD has not the hook shots and post moves Pau had around the baskets either , he got a floater and others moves further from the basket.

The solution is to get AD towards the basket more in the move than on straight post ups imo .

What were the " points in the paint" numbers in Sunday's game ? I'm confident we still dominated big time .

Bron will play bully ball in the post in the playoffs , I'm not worried about that

 

yep ... I think AD will have to get through/draw the contact instead of getting away from it though .

On the late lay up he missed at the rim ( the 1st one) , if he's throwing his body/arms into Theis body after he faked the shot , he's getting 2FTs but he kind of get away from it and didn't get the call.

PS :

There is no reason to freak out about Houston . They won' hit 50% of their 3s 4 times out of 7 in a playoffs series against us

 

i do wonder if we'll end up using lebron in the post against the smallballers like houston. that would be my move. he's such an outstanding passer. just park AD in the opposite corner and have him dive from the weak side to get a pass or crash the boards over top the munchkins.

 

That was something LeBron didn't really do vs Boston as well. If we're going to have Rondo and Bron play together, it makes absolutely zero sense for LeBron to stand in the three point line watching. Often times, he's just there standing waiting to get the ball back. That's just terrible offense and forces Rondo to be stagnant at times. In a lineup with Kuz, AD, Rondo, Bron, and KCP, I would love if KCP moves around like Klay, AD forcing screens for Kuz+Rondo+KCP, and for LeBron to be at the post to find cutters or get the mismatch. There's no reason for LeBron to have to try and create for everyone at all times.

 

Our best players don't embrace banging basketball, but if they come in with the right mindset (black swan), I believe they can both be very effective at it.

But they have to get rid of the excuses in their minds, take no prisoners, and take it directly at guys anticipating, embracing, and playing through the contact. Their nature is nice guy, but the playoffs aren't about nice guys. It's about who is nutting up and imposing their will.

I don't want to see 6'5" players imposing their will on either one of our stars or I'll be mentally throwing stuff at their children. JK