Brodie doesn’t get enough credit for how engaged he’s been on defense, I swear. Completely turned around the narrative of being one of the league’s “worst defenders”.
April 22, 2024
Brodie doesn’t get enough credit for how engaged he’s been on defense, I swear. Completely turned around the narrative of being one of the league’s “worst defenders”.
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id say he has been getting a lot of credit this year. he deserves it. he also deserved to be bashed as a defender in previous years.
Funny thing is he was never a bad defender, I really don’t know where the narrative of league’s “worst defender” came from. Yes, he gambles a lot on passing lanes and sometimes takes plays off to look for steal opportunities. But when he’s assigned to guard 1:1 he is a menace and can guard 1-4 pretty well with his athleticism and strength. Name me another point guard that can guard 1-4 and have elite playmaking, and show up nearly all the time playing whatever minutes you ask him to. If his injuries didn’t fuck up his cotton shot, he would be way more efficient as a mid-range shooter as well. Shit was money during the OKC/Durant days.
there’s never been a narrative of him being one of the leagues worst defenders lmao
Everyone followed the defensive game plan, Zubac especially. Previously the Mavs would force a switch, Zubac would be guarding bellow the three point line and Luka would shoot that 3 point shot around 40%+.
This time we guarded above the three point line and force drives instead. Great defensive plan by the coach and great execution from the Clips. We slipped up a couple of times but overall it was successful.
The Luka Lock.
If he played more mins in the reg season he could have potentially gotten in a all defensive team
I’m a huge Russ fan but he kinda looks like he’s getting gasses pretty quickly out there. I know he’s getting up there in age but this kinda came outta nowhere. Anyone else notice it
He was unbelievable. Just some foaming, twitchy, marauding typhoon out there and his covers were shook.
He’s by far the best defender in the league when locked in
Crack baby Russ
Wb get a lot hate for his defense but I remember him doing good vs us /cp3 back in day
Kinda happens when he was asked to do everything else after KD left .
He was known for his defense at UCLA, and even in his OKC days with Durant and Harden. I think it was when he had to carry offensively by himself that saved his energy and avoided picking up fouls.
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id say he has been getting a lot of credit this year. he deserves it. he also deserved to be bashed as a defender in previous years.
Funny thing is he was never a bad defender, I really don’t know where the narrative of league’s “worst defender” came from. Yes, he gambles a lot on passing lanes and sometimes takes plays off to look for steal opportunities. But when he’s assigned to guard 1:1 he is a menace and can guard 1-4 pretty well with his athleticism and strength. Name me another point guard that can guard 1-4 and have elite playmaking, and show up nearly all the time playing whatever minutes you ask him to. If his injuries didn’t fuck up his cotton shot, he would be way more efficient as a mid-range shooter as well. Shit was money during the OKC/Durant days.
there’s never been a narrative of him being one of the leagues worst defenders lmao
Everyone followed the defensive game plan, Zubac especially. Previously the Mavs would force a switch, Zubac would be guarding bellow the three point line and Luka would shoot that 3 point shot around 40%+.
This time we guarded above the three point line and force drives instead. Great defensive plan by the coach and great execution from the Clips. We slipped up a couple of times but overall it was successful.
The Luka Lock.
If he played more mins in the reg season he could have potentially gotten in a all defensive team
I’m a huge Russ fan but he kinda looks like he’s getting gasses pretty quickly out there. I know he’s getting up there in age but this kinda came outta nowhere. Anyone else notice it
He was unbelievable. Just some foaming, twitchy, marauding typhoon out there and his covers were shook.
He’s by far the best defender in the league when locked in
Crack baby Russ
Wb get a lot hate for his defense but I remember him doing good vs us /cp3 back in day
Kinda happens when he was asked to do everything else after KD left .
He was known for his defense at UCLA, and even in his OKC days with Durant and Harden. I think it was when he had to carry offensively by himself that saved his energy and avoided picking up fouls.
Brodie? lol Sounds like a surfer name.