re: Asik working to adjust to Pelicans

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Or attempting to, in our case.

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That's what killed me. The last two years hedging with bigs like Lopez, Smiht (Jazz game ), and Anderson is just dumb. Davis will get there, but he's a young big. His footwork and understanding was all over the place at times. At least we started seeing Ajinca and Steamer sagging back as the season wore on. It didn't help much, but it's a start.

Like others have pointed out, the wings/guards behind them weren't up to the task either. It's a demanding scheme mentally and physically, even without blitzing. Miami flat out wore down after 3+ years playing that way and that downshift resulted in them giving up Pelicans level corner 3s.

The Pelicans don't have the athletes, length, or the discipline on the perimeter to rotate like crazy. They do have arguably the best defensive big man combo in the league. If they regularly send Davis and Asik 25 feet out to defend a non Curry pnr, I don't think Monty will be coaching the team for very long. Davis was a revelation this summer playing ICE with worse defensive players than what the Pelicans have.