CoolBreeze44 wrote:A smart team will defend Giannis 94 feet with a great on ball defender and that will be the end of the full time point guard experiment.
Why?
This isn't high school ball. These guys are phenomenal athletes. Extremely talented. Are there any names you can think of who could stay in front of a large, fast guy like Giannis for 94 feet with him simply dribbling? Remember, if you put a small fast guy on him... it's pretty easy for Middleton or Parker or even Miles Plumlee to dribble it into the frontcourt and just lob it into Giannis in the post.
Playing PG isn't about dribbling it uncontested to the halfcourt line. It's what you do with the ball on the other side of the court.
Maybe you're right, I'm comparing it too much to my own experience as a coach. I've had a lot of success by using multiple man defenders on a single dominant point guard, making him work 94 feet on every possession. But I don't coach in the NBA, and don't run up against the type of athlete like the Greek Freek. But he's not Magic Johnson, and I would think the smart NBA coaches could come up with something to limit his impact as point guard.
Bet Thibs would have a solution.
I don't doubt that. But you would have to get off his nuts long enough so he could implement it.
CoolBreeze44 wrote:A smart team will defend Giannis 94 feet with a great on ball defender and that will be the end of the full time point guard experiment.
Why?
This isn't high school ball. These guys are phenomenal athletes. Extremely talented. Are there any names you can think of who could stay in front of a large, fast guy like Giannis for 94 feet with him simply dribbling? Remember, if you put a small fast guy on him... it's pretty easy for Middleton or Parker or even Miles Plumlee to dribble it into the frontcourt and just lob it into Giannis in the post.
Playing PG isn't about dribbling it uncontested to the halfcourt line. It's what you do with the ball on the other side of the court.
Maybe you're right, I'm comparing it too much to my own experience as a coach. I've had a lot of success by using multiple man defenders on a single dominant point guard, making him work 94 feet on every possession. But I don't coach in the NBA, and don't run up against the type of athlete like the Greek Freek. But he's not Magic Johnson, and I would think the smart NBA coaches could come up with something to limit his impact as point guard.
Bet Thibs would have a solution.
I don't doubt that. But you would have to get off his nuts long enough so he could implement it.
28 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks last night. Yes, it was against the Nets, but still an incredible performance on the heels of a string of impressive performance in an overall impressive season for the Greek freak. He could be on track to becoming the best player in the NBA.
