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re: Asik working to adjust to Pelicans
Posted on 10/2/14 at 5:58 pm to eyeran
Posted on 10/2/14 at 5:58 pm to eyeran
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I really hope that means an end to hard hedging.
+1
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Imo, hard hedging the pick and roll when you're playing against a jump shooting big man might be the dumbest thing in sports
Yep.
It's not that hard hedging is bad in and of itself. It's that the personnel never made sense the last 3 years. A high risk, high reward strategy with improper personnel is as bad play
That said, I could see it being a nice change of pace with Davis/Asik.
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Posted on 10/2/14 at 6:35 pm to corndeaux
If Asik is setting a screen and team hard hedges Holiday, i think thats fine. Asik isn't going to beat you with the ball in his hands 18 ft from the rim. If its Davis setting the screen, then hard hedging stupid. Holiday just kicks it back to him for a wide open jumper.
We got hurt so many times last year leaving jump shooting big men wide open. We made guys like Patrick Patterson and and Jared Sullinger look like knock down shooters, because they were taking wide open shots.
I also think its hurt Davis' reputation as a defender because when he hedges, then has to turn and run all the way back across court to get back to his man, it "looks" like its his fault when Aldridge is knocking down open jumpers.
How many times last year did we trap the point guard, then actually see a secondary defender jump the passing lane for a steal(like Miami tries to do)? Never? I can't remember any. The only thing that happens when we do it is Davis ends up having to exert unnecessary energy trying to sprint back to his man.
We got hurt so many times last year leaving jump shooting big men wide open. We made guys like Patrick Patterson and and Jared Sullinger look like knock down shooters, because they were taking wide open shots.
I also think its hurt Davis' reputation as a defender because when he hedges, then has to turn and run all the way back across court to get back to his man, it "looks" like its his fault when Aldridge is knocking down open jumpers.
How many times last year did we trap the point guard, then actually see a secondary defender jump the passing lane for a steal(like Miami tries to do)? Never? I can't remember any. The only thing that happens when we do it is Davis ends up having to exert unnecessary energy trying to sprint back to his man.
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