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you refused to listen. He is a rookie and on top of that, he is playing in an unfriendly system to any newbie let alone a rookie and even worse, a PnR centric pg.| AUTOADVERT |
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WaltLongmire
Posts: 27623 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/28/2014 Member: #5843 |
12/11/2015 12:17 PM
yellowboy90 wrote:The picture looks clear but the video tells a different story if you put them together. In the video you see KP is behind Cousins as Melo is dribbling and initiate his shot motion. As Melo is in his shooting motion that's when Cousins, like most of the Kings stopped defending, it's when KP uncovers while Melo is at the top of his release. Now, there has been many of times where it's late in the shot clock and we have seen Melo go up for a shot get to the top of his motion and then pass it out. That's what he should've done here. However, I can understand that a player is probably concentrating on the rim in that situation and a 40 ft pass is different than a 10 ft pass. I still would have liked h8m to pass it though. You are wrong on this...sorry. Freeze frame at the 3 second mark. He was not in his shooting motion and had a clear view how things had shaped up. The real issue is about intent, and we know that Melo is a scorer, not a facilitator. To be honest, the fact that he had made a number of nice passes with no positive results tells you he can make passes when he is looking to make them. The pass to be made here was not to a guy behind the arc, though- it was to a guy standing underneath the basket, with nobody within 12 ft of him. KP should have probably had his arms up and waving them...of course he does this a lot and gets overlooked, but he should have made himself even more visible. Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: Did not see/hear and post-game stuff. Was that last play the only option, or did Anthony have some options? EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
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ChuckBuck
Posts: 28851 Alba Posts: 11 Joined: 1/3/2012 Member: #3806 USA |
12/11/2015 12:45 PM LAST EDITED: 12/11/2015 12:47 PM
WaltLongmire wrote:Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: Great find WaltLongmire! To all the apologists, Melo had TWO CLEAR OPEN PLAYERS to pass to on this play. 3 is debatable as Jose's guy was a little close but was drifting towards the basket. Forget the other plays in the 4th where Melo passed and his recipients missed. PASSING HERE IS THE RIGHT PLAY! Classic decoy basketball, you draw 2 or more eyes, and find the open man. MJ done it drawing the D then finding Kerr/BJ/Hodges/Paxson or Bill Wennington in his return to MSG double nickel game. If Melo had actual BBall IQ, he'd know Karl would send the hounds his direction. Simple pass and it's a tie or a win. No one was guarding KP, and Affalo's defender pretty much was staring at Melo the whole play. |
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93BUICK
Posts: 22281 Alba Posts: 1 Joined: 10/6/2006 Member: #1175 USA |
12/11/2015 1:07 PM
mreinman wrote:Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: "you're" If you are still following the team and reading sites like this, there is nothing, short of your own demise, that is going to throw you off this train.
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wh4t
Posts: 20279 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 5/1/2015 Member: #6039 USA |
12/11/2015 1:40 PM
melo only shot it because he was clearly fouled and thought the refs would make a call
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WaltLongmire
Posts: 27623 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 6/28/2014 Member: #5843 |
12/11/2015 3:07 PM
Tweet was deleted or there was problem with the URL: Did not see the right hand on his back, originally. Would have really affect his already compromised vertical ability. EnySpree: Can we agree to agree not to mention Phil Jackson and triangle for the rest of our lives?
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