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

What were you saying again ?

Vogel was bad for 44 minutes tonight

 

great 2nd half, we need 2nd half ad all the time if they're to beat pho

 

Thanks Poole. He needed the nudge.

 

(To pull these back to this page, gotta quote myself)

They meant it...

 

Can't have shots at the rim and space to attack with another traditional big on the floor .

Can't expect him to go KD from midrange in every postseason .

Waiting for a whole half to put him in the best conditions isn't acceptable .

Sure he went Gasoft in the 1st half but still ...

 

I like him angry.

 

yeah, i don't get it. he's an mvp at center and a mere allstar at pf. why he's constantly avoiding it, i don't know. i guess worried about injuries.

tim duncan was the same way for most of his career, btw. he just played in an era where you could get away with him playing pf on both ends.

 

not sure about that first part. that's the narrative, but look at the starting centers for most teams. just go down the list in the western conference:

gobert
ayton
jokic
zubac
nurkic
dallas plays small
m.gasol/drummond
valanciunas
gs plays small
poeltl
stephen adams

that's a lot of size at the 5. most EC teams play a true big at the 5 to start games as well.

so i don't think it's a myth that smaller guys can get pounded if they start at center.

but you should be able to start at c against smallball teams, no problem. could have started AD at the 5 last night and not gotten down 10 basically right at the jump ball, imo. and you can't tell me that's about familiarity. these guys have barely played together, period.

and there's no reason you can't feed AD at the five as if he were at the 4. philly does with embiid. denver runs the entire offense through the 5.

 

oh, and didn't catch the end of the game until now. lebron's shot was nice, but why is nobody talking about AD disrupting every shot after that, including blocking curry's three and stealing the final inbounds?! good lord those are huge plays against probably the most feared offensive player in the league.

 

I thought from the camera angle it could have been called a foul on AD maybe having contact(?) with Curry on the inbounds pass, thank god it wasn't.

 

AD clearly wasn't a fan of scrubs like poole and toscano running their mouths like they'd already won

glad those two lit a fire under him

 

Yeah he saw Wes getting screened down low and immediately turned around to guard Curry. GS had no chance. That split-second decision making is really something.