Chandler wrote:

martin wrote:

VDesai wrote:Is Shamet's defensive performance repeatable? I know he always gives a decent effort, but he's usually overwhelmed because of size. The way he defended last night was incredibly impressive...even against Siakam

Yeah Pacers don’t have a SF that’s big, Shamet can hold his own against 6’5 to 6’6 guys

IMO he has done the best job on TJ. For whatever reason TJ gives Deuce problems. I would have thought Deuce would shut him down but not so, or at least not consistently

Shamet is like a spider monkey out there making every second count!

Deuce is a basket case against TJ -- it's almost like TJ makes a 6" head fake to left and Deuce overreacts jumping 2 feet and TJ is gone the other way. Shamet/Wright doing a little better job thus far of conceding space, staying disciplined and using length when TJ shoots.

Hopefully this continues and refs don't insert themselves to our detriment.

fishmike wrote:

martin wrote:

VDesai wrote:Is Shamet's defensive performance repeatable? I know he always gives a decent effort, but he's usually overwhelmed because of size. The way he defended last night was incredibly impressive...even against Siakam

Yeah Pacers don’t have a SF that’s big, Shamet can hold his own against 6’5 to 6’6 guys

he was getting scored on at will and Im sure that's what got him dropped from the rotation. It was bad. I thought he was playing hard and challenging shots but he was just getting scored on so much.

Last night he and Mitch were playing defense like it was the last possession of the game and they were up 1... like the whole time they were out there. It was wild. Had not seen that from Shamet. Love it.

Agree - what we are seeing from Shamet is a bit out of character and yes he was very frustrating to watch during regular season. I was a big fan of the pick up and highly disappointed in his play most of year but for whatever reason he is as someone said fighting like a Spider Monkey on D.

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Chandler wrote:^^i don’t know who those guys are but I love them w all my heart

Didn’t realize The Big Mermaid didn’t pronounce the ‘i’

Its Mark Albert! He learned Korean and still taking a bit out of life!!!