2022 OFFICIAL NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - NBA FINALS TIME - GS 4-2 - STEVE GETS #4……ON NT - SUMMER JAM SCREEN RECEIPTS INCOMING……

[Based Jesus]

Chris humble as ****. I'm not his biggest fan, but I wouldn't mind if he won a 'chip.

Christopher Emmanuel Paul is humble?

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Soon..

 

[darthska]

Christopher Emmanuel Paul is humble?

Dog I read that and thought the same ish. "Chris Paul... of the Suns/Clippers/Thunder/Rockets/Hornets? Or is there another one who actually is humble?"

-foe

 

[ill steelo]

Jazz/Mavs later today. The Jazz offense has actually held up just fine in the playoffs. Don has turned into an elite scorer, an okay facilitator, has 3 shooters around him at all times, two guys in Bojan & Clarkson who can dribble & score without him & a lob threat in Rudy. You can’t help off of anyone, several guys in that lineup can break you down. It’s very difficult to guard. Nearly 120 offensive rating in back to back playoff runs. ELITE offensive production.

But there are two sides on the floor This roster is completely broken. The drivers of their now elite offense - Don, Conley, Bojan, Clarkson - are some of the absolute worst defenders in basketball. You don’t need a crossover, hesi, between the legs, in n out, etc to get past them. Straight line drives. Pitiful. Traffic. Cones.

Rudy is a historically great rim protector, so those guys get beaten off the dribble & it’s fine on most nights….. in the regular season In the playoffs the gameplans are different.

Rudy would be more of a (lob) threat against smalls with a creative playmaker (Luka/CP/Bron/Harden). But the Jazz guards don’t look for him consistently enough against small lineups, and he doesn’t have much of a post game. No hook shots or anything that we’ve seen consistently. Let alone vision if you were to double him.

So Ty Lue (and now J Kidd) had the bright idea to go 5 out. When the Jazz have the ball, Rudy can’t make me pay in the paint.

When I have the ball, I can hunt one of those 4 victims (Don, Conley, Bojan, Clarkson) and drive to the rim. Every. Single. Possession.

So after the guards are beaten. Rudy Gobert, or whoever the backup center is, has 2 choices.

He can follow his instinct & protect the rim:

Spoiler

Hernangomez with a terrible gamble, gives up the lane, Gobert protects the rim & it’s impossible to get back out to 30 feet

Brunson gets half a step on House on the cut, Gobert protects the rim, impossible to recover 30 feet out. Green is 36% from 3 this year, albeit low volume but nobody is in the vicinity

Spence straight line drives on Conley, Gobert protects the rim, his man at 30 feet runs a DHO this time

Spence hunts Clarkson, Gober preemptively gives help, and doesn’t even try to run Green off the line

Jalen hunts Donovan, has the corner 3 if he wants it You see the backscreen preventing any close out. Kidd is explicitly scheming for this shot

Another drive on Don, more Gobert help, another open 3. Maxi with the awareness to pop after the DHO, knowing Rudy is not coming out there & Don would likely be late on the switch.

Conley in a light morning jog, points for someone to pick up HIS man which would result in a layup he’s now out of position & Green attacks his closeout & he takes a weak swipe at all. Terrible stuff. Gobert protecting the rim again, Bullock sitting right in the corner waiting You see the backscreen preventing any closeout

You see Royce oneale trying his very best here he doesn’t wanna concede the switch with Clarkson, stays in a 1 man zone until Bullock cuts to the corner, he switches with Gobert, but Gobert still has to protect the rim, and Bullock is in the corner for the kickout. Again Bertans setting a backscreen preventing the close out. Kidd is consciously manufacturing this shot

Spence sees that Utah isn’t even matched up yet He hits it ahead, Another drive, more Gobert rim protection, another corner 3.

Hunts Clarkson, straight line drive, Rudy sinks, open corner, no backscreen needed this time

whiteside like Rudy isn’t comfortable defending outside of 5 feet, Maxi gets a clean look here off of a basic V cut

Or Rudy can fight the urge, stay home, & challenge his teammates to contain the ball:

Spoiler

Brunson hunts Mitchell, who doesn’t even get a hand up on a man who had 40 in the last game

Brunson gets bojan in a cross match, blow by, floater. Easy

Clarkson couldn’t wait to stare at the ball as soon as his mans stops moving He doesn’t keep his head on a swivel, completely loses his man on the cut

They hunt Clarkson, line drive layup

Bojan gets hunted this time, another layup

Spence straight line drive on Conley, Gobert stays home, foul

Bojan with a better hedge this time, Jalen doesn’t try the pass instead kicks out to Spence. Donovan makes no attempt to run him off the line…. And gets blown by anyway Hassan stays home & it’s a layup. Just terrible effort.

Brunson hunts Don, House gives help to prevent a blowby but you’re not supposed to help one (non-skip) pass away

Spence hunts Don, Rudy late on the rotation this time, layup

Spence gets Don on a cross match, drives again, Rudy stays home, layup

Brunson hunting Conley, he tries to hedge, ends up screening his own man

So layups or wide open corner 3s. Over and over over again. The two most coveted shots in basketball This is how you get in a shootout in back to back playoff runs against 2 teams missing their best player

Quin Snyder doing everything he can with this roster.

He tries to have the victim hedge on the pick instead of accepting the switch:

Spoiler

Spence hunting Clarkson once again, Clarkson trying to hedge now but Royce doesn’t get back home. They’re in hell

Clarkson trying to hedge again, Spence hits DFS on the roll, Gobert protects the rim, corner again.

Bojan with the worst hedge you’ll ever see Jalen gets right to the cup, Hassan has similar weaknesses to Rudy. Another 3

Quin benches Rudy & tries to go 5 out:

Spoiler

Quin goes small but with Paschall at the 5 but with Clarkson/Mitch/Bojan all on the floor they’re handing Spence a mismatch without him having to hunt for it. He draws Clarkson & Utah tries the Thibs’ strong side defense from 2011... which does not work against today’s 5 out lineups Maxi just cuts & sits right behind him Paschall stays home on the corner shooter instead of sinking, so Maxi’s completely unguarded. Easy o board.

Small with Paschall, they trap Brunson, they reverse the ball, Bojan (just like Don ) doesn’t run his man off the line, doesn’t stop the drive.

Quin Snyder tries going small with Paschall, but now you have no rim protection. Spence hunts him, & shows how undisciplined of a defender Paschall is.

Another Spence drive, they get a miss but without Gobert, you’re also weak on the glass You see that’s Donovan’s man that he doesn’t box out He’s one of the worst defenders in all of basketball.

Small with Paschal, nobody used to protecting the rim & nobody rotates , straight line drive layup

There are no answers here. Every player has a fatal flaw, and getting killed by flawless execution by the Mavs who have them at their mercy. You’re seeing similar great decision making from the 76ers as well.

Space the floor, find your mismatch, attack the rim. Wait for the 2nd man to come & you kick out, or you finish if the 2nd man doesn’t come. Every. Single. Possession. Playoffs are all about finding a mismatch & exploiting it everytime.

Add it all up & there are just no “adjustments” for the Jazz to make.

Hopefully the front office sees that this is THEIR fault, and not Quin Snyder’s. Lest we forget the Jazz were the most boring team to watch with sub 100 offensive ratings in the playoffs just a few years ago.
You give him tools, he’ll get the most out of them.

At this point the Jazz have to hope that they win shootouts while they’re giving up the 2 most coveted shots in basketball. Very slim chance.

This is literally a re-run of the Clippers series so changes will be made in the off-season. Who knows what they are tho

 

[dragicon]

Donovan is an elite scorer?

 

[HIM]

Chris humble as ****. I'm not his biggest fan, but I wouldn't mind if he won a 'chip.

Probably the most hunble player in the league. Have nonidea why people don’t like him but it comes with being great. I just wish people could appreciate him while he’s still in the league.

 

[darthska]

Donovan is an elite scorer?

That's what you got out of that?

-foe

 

[lawdog1]

I’m not sure there’s an NBA superstar (or has been in the modern era) that truly meets that definition up there.

There’s levels to it; some guys are more outwardly braggadocious than others. Some guys are good at appearing very humble in interviews. But, IMO, they’re very aware of their own greatness. And I think it has to be that way for someone to get to that level of achievement.

 

[darthska]

I’m not sure there’s an NBA superstar (or has been in the modern era) that truly meets that definition up there.

There’s levels to it; some guys are more outwardly braggadocious than others. Some guys are good at appearing very humble in interviews. But, IMO, they’re very aware of their own greatness. And I think it has to be that way for someone to get to that level of achievement.

Now THAT I agree with. A certain level of well-deserved confidence that can come off as arrogance? Sure. And there's nothing wrong with that.

-foe

 

[king j]

Donovan is an elite scorer?

Looks like one to me

 

[dman14]

Picks
Raps
Jazz
Celts

 

[ill steelo]

Donovan is an elite scorer?

26 a night last two regular seasons, last 3 playoff runs including now 36ppg, 33ppg and 33ppg.

I mean Anyway the larger point is the Jazz have an elite offense & he’s part of the cast contributing to that…. As well as their dismal performance on the other end.

 

[amitt5504]

Sixers
Mavs
Nets
Mempis

 

[ballinsam23]

Imagine if the Celtics win tonight. Cant wait for that one.

 

[clyde the glide]

When I think elite scorers I think of guys who can do it with and without the ball in their hands.

 

[frshstunna]

this alvarado kid just came out of nowhere huh. good for him

GA TECH product

 

[Zainjal26]

Hope mavs pull off another win today

 

[frshstunna]

My Bahamian brethren Ayton stepping and had himself a very GOODT! game.

Not enough, gonna need that 30/20 from you next game big fells /Shaq

Ayton be back on the Island? Every joint I met from Bahamas a baddie n freekey so I know it’s work out there

Also shout out to CP3, a legend 4real

 

[smedroc]

Donovan is an elite scorer?

Elite looter

 

[yobyellav]

CP3 back to being NTs GOAT after slander in game 2

People must be dizzy in here doing so many 180s on him every other day

happens with every player

Christopher Emmanuel Paul is humble?

we know he's an ******* but he can be humble too. i'd say bringing up Book as the star/mvp of the suns when he hasn't played in 6 qtrs after Chris carrying them in two 4th qtr wins would qualify.

 

[Tony $now]

OK, Mark. You’ve said “light work” like 4 times in the last 3 minutes.

Like just call the game bruh. Ro Parrish and M. Jones gotta chill. They are doing too much

 

[lawdog1]

Like just call the game bruh. Ro Parrish and M. Jones gotta chill. They are doing too much

Feel like Mark used to be better. Maybe that “urban” talk turns Dorris on or something so he’s leaned into it more

 

[HOU$TON]

Pain

 

[HIM]

The rockets traded the wrong player that year. CP the greatest Rocket since Akeem

 

[703 hwy]

Harden gonna show up today?