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4/5 wrote:
Oh, and just to continue posting in this thread by myself, I have changed my mind completely about what OKC needs to do to win. Before game 4 my thinking was simply of getting Durant off LeBron and putting Sefolosha on him. Now I think it's mostly irrelevant who guards him or what they do defensively. (Why aren't they playing a zone more , though???) I think the Thunder should simply try to make this a shootout and should have as many scorers out on the floor at all times as possible. Let James get his. Miami can't win a jump shooting contest with OKC and I feel like their best bet is to try to induce Miami into that game.
unless westbrook shoots 4/20 and miller 7/8 from 3.
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Oh, and just to continue posting in this thread by myself, I have changed my mind completely about what OKC needs to do to win. Before game 4 my thinking was simply of getting Durant off LeBron and putting Sefolosha on him. Now I think it's mostly irrelevant who guards him or what they do defensively. (Why aren't they playing a zone more , though???) I think the Thunder should simply try to make this a shootout and should have as many scorers out on the floor at all times as possible. Let James get his. Miami can't win a jump shooting contest with OKC and I feel like their best bet is to try to induce Miami into that game.
unless westbrook shoots 4/20 and miller 7/8 from 3.
This wasn't a jump shooting contest. Miami was driving and kicking out as opposed to standing around taking iso jumpers.
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Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 20059 Gender: Male
4/5 wrote:
dkfan9 wrote:
4/5 wrote:
Oh, and just to continue posting in this thread by myself, I have changed my mind completely about what OKC needs to do to win. Before game 4 my thinking was simply of getting Durant off LeBron and putting Sefolosha on him. Now I think it's mostly irrelevant who guards him or what they do defensively. (Why aren't they playing a zone more , though???) I think the Thunder should simply try to make this a shootout and should have as many scorers out on the floor at all times as possible. Let James get his. Miami can't win a jump shooting contest with OKC and I feel like their best bet is to try to induce Miami into that game.
unless westbrook shoots 4/20 and miller 7/8 from 3.
This wasn't a jump shooting contest. Miami was driving and kicking out as opposed to standing around taking iso jumpers.
yeah, i know. but then it comes back to OKC needing to defend.
Good on the Heat though. Clearly the best team.
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Congrats to Lebron he grew up a bit and lived up to his talent. He'll only be more dangerous going forward. Still I think Lebron haters will have plenty of good times ahead. I really don't think Wade is gonna age gracefully and Bosh will always be in and out of the line up. With the new CBA really kicking in over the next few years adding talent will be tough. Going over the cap won't really be an option and there are only so many low salary veterns to go around. Unless they really draft well which is tough where they'll be picking. Lebron's gonna have to do it himself and that's gonna be tough especially if he never really gets a jump shot. Eventually he'll run into a team that can play zone.
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badabing wrote:
Congrats to Lebron he grew up a bit and lived up to his talent. He'll only be more dangerous going forward. Still I think Lebron haters will have plenty of good times ahead. I really don't think Wade is gonna age gracefully and Bosh will always be in and out of the line up. With the new CBA really kicking in over the next few years adding talent will be tough. Going over the cap won't really be an option and there are only so many low salary veterns to go around. Unless they really draft well which is tough where they'll be picking. Lebron's gonna have to do it himself and that's gonna be tough especially if he never really gets a jump shot. Eventually he'll run into a team that can play zone.
I think zone defense is the way of the future for the NBA. We had a nice little offensive push in the NBA the last few years, now back to defense and physical play. Make everyone hit their jumpers. Of course, when this happens the NBA will outlaw zone again. Strange that no teams have really tried a pressure zone. With the deterioration of fundamental skills in the NBA, seems to be a perfect time for a team to come out with a Nolan Richardson/Razorbacks type zone. Would be fun to watch.
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