There wasn’t much to like in the second quarter of Monday night’s game against the Warriors, but this Baron Davis-DeAndre Jordan connection demonstrated how effective Baron can be when he initiates the offense as a posting guard.
Couple of observations:
- Once Baron gets in close, Blake Griffin is drawing his man low — a no-no. He needs to move off the block to a spot at about 15 feet so his man has to make a real choice: collapse on Baron and leave Blake open for a 15-footer or stay home on Blake and give Baron more space than he should have. Good offense is making the defense choose between two bad options. The more each of the five guys on the floor can do that on a given possession, the better the offense.
- Though they’re a little slow getting to their spots, both Rasual Butler and Ricky Davis are also stretching the defense on the perimeter. Their tardiness is attributable to the fact that Baron gets into the paint so quickly against Monta Ellis.
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I like Baron as a option in the post, especially because of his abilities to draw a second defender and get rid of the ball quickly as we saw in the vid. I think the offense this year should start from the inside and move out. I saw some encouraging signs from Kaman with a couple of nice passes out of the post. But like you said, spacing is key, we got guys who can post up, shoot, and take defenders off the dribble, but all that can be moot if we dont space the floor correctly. As a coach and a fan, you gotta love the amount of options that this team gives you.
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Posted on October 14th, 2009 at 7:19 am
I think it is time to jump on the Clip Ship! Can’t wait to see all the haters coming on later when the Clip Ship has set sail for the playoffs!!!
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Posted on October 14th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Didn’t people realize that this is the reason Mark Cuban went out and got Jason Kidd for the Mavericks? Baron Davis KILLED Devin Harris in the post, simply because of his bigger body. Jason Kidd has a bigger body, unfortunately he’s too slow to keep up with anybody but Baron Davis. Therefore, it was a stupid move; but then again Mark Cuban isn’t known for making smart moves. Word.
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Posted on October 15th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Great video edit and recap Kevin. (I guess I could have told you that privately.)
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Posted on October 15th, 2009 at 11:29 am
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