re: NAW putting in work with Dinwiddle

He looked good offensively. That spin move is Nice. But he didnt look great defensively. Dinwiddie definitely looked best overall. Yea the short dude in black shirt was fast and had some nice handles.

It really doesn't. The NBA is more about team defense than it is about individual defense. It's why bad defenders can be part of a good defense as well as good defenders can be part of a bad defense.

You can't put any stock in these games from either side of the ball. NAW forcing his man into the teeth of the defense or the help, play passing lanes, and provide strong help defense, rotating, hustling, and closing out the right shooter on the perimeter is more important and it's not going to show up in a pick up game highlight video.

Of course the most logical post here with ANY critique of one of our players is downvoted.

Folks just because the truth is harsh, doesn't mean you have to downvote it.

These are glorified workouts. They work on specific things for the upcoming season. You are getting way too caught up in an offseason pick up game.

There was this one year where Booker complained about being doubled in a pick up game. You're putting way too much stock into nothing.

It doesn't matter...

I can agree with you fam, but at the same time I feel like some things can be extracted from these "glorified scenarios" as well.

Like both things can agree. It's not a huge deal, and NAW is not a scrub, but at the same time you can clearly see NAW gave a shite and was trying.

That wasn't a pick up game. They were practicing offense and defense one on one in the final seconds of the shot clock.

A stop got you the ball if you were on defense (Dinwiddie had the ball a ton because he barely could be stopped). Defenders rotated out if they got scored on while the scorer kept the ball.

So yes defense mattered a great deal.

You’re definitely not MM…

Playing the market on hot takes is such a weird thing to put so much effort into.

You came up with this “Honest Man” schtick and you have so many takes that are very clearly based on your own personal biases.

People would be arguing both sides regardless of how NAW looked into this video. That’s what they do with every thread.

I think what most are trying to say is a 1v1 video of NAW playing bad vs a borderline all star maybe isn't enough evidence to suggest he's over rated or not good. Although I agree that NAW is more of a role player than a go to guy like Dinwiddie.

That's not what I'm saying. I just hate how defensive, hypocritical, and delusional some fans can be by any critisim of players.

I personally STILL believe NAW can possibly have a really good year. But I understand why other fans don't because NAW as a lead guard can be inconsistent, and turnover prone. The hope is some of the mental things has been worked out because he has talent, but his lateral quickness has a been a critique since he came in the league.

This footage is "slight" evidence of some of that. Nothing more. It's folks acting like that it's blasphemy to notice some of that from this video when NAW who is competitor and bussing his butt, and trying while folks are acting like he is care free in this video because they deep down don't like what they seen.

Lets have HONEST conversations is all I'm saying.