Great EP as always Eric. Will be really helpful for me to understand how the Dubs use these defenses, how the Mavs evolve (if they do) and how the W’s demonstrate their Darwinian ability to evolve faster.
I just had an inspiration on what to call this series: "Explain Ws" (pronounced "explain dubs") where the Ws is pulling double dub duty to refer to the team and to wins, since you (mostly) post new content after wins. And, as a plus, it's short in character count so you have more space in your YouTube titles.
Great breakdown! Interesting to see how the Mavs were already starting to adjust to the high tag, looking forward to adjustments by both teams in game 2.
Great breakdown, Eric. If you have the time, I'd love to see an E1P showing Poole's absolutely sick moves getting to and finishing at the basket. There was one last night, I think in the second half, that left me with my mouth hanging open. I can only imagine what he'll be able to do if he figures out that he needs new shoes that have better traction wrapping around the sides. He slips and falls way too often when making hard cuts with the ball.
Didn't LeBron eventually find a way to make high-tag less effective? Something about exploiting the timing or something... I think that's how we ended up with pre-switching Steph right?
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Happy you broke down that play around 3Q10:57. In real-time, I remember seeing Dray just show up in front of Luka and then hauling ass out to the perimeter... couldn't find the play to see what happened.
Apparently the profile for the perfect defensive center for the playoffs is to be 6'9", move like somebody's grandmother, and be able to jump over two phone books.
@10:30, Interesting point about how Dallas started working on counters to the tag defense during the game. I'm not actually sure it was smart of Dallas to do that since it gave the Warriors a look at their counter, but maybe they have more up their sleeve for Game 2.
Great EP as always Eric. Will be really helpful for me to understand how the Dubs use these defenses, how the Mavs evolve (if they do) and how the W’s demonstrate their Darwinian ability to evolve faster.
I just had an inspiration on what to call this series: "Explain Ws" (pronounced "explain dubs") where the Ws is pulling double dub duty to refer to the team and to wins, since you (mostly) post new content after wins. And, as a plus, it's short in character count so you have more space in your YouTube titles.
Great breakdown! Interesting to see how the Mavs were already starting to adjust to the high tag, looking forward to adjustments by both teams in game 2.
Great breakdown, Eric. If you have the time, I'd love to see an E1P showing Poole's absolutely sick moves getting to and finishing at the basket. There was one last night, I think in the second half, that left me with my mouth hanging open. I can only imagine what he'll be able to do if he figures out that he needs new shoes that have better traction wrapping around the sides. He slips and falls way too often when making hard cuts with the ball.
"even if it's old junk defense, it's still rock and roll to me"
Pretty sure that Eric's subhead did not come from Duby's playlist....
Didn't LeBron eventually find a way to make high-tag less effective? Something about exploiting the timing or something... I think that's how we ended up with pre-switching Steph right?
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Happy you broke down that play around 3Q10:57. In real-time, I remember seeing Dray just show up in front of Luka and then hauling ass out to the perimeter... couldn't find the play to see what happened.
incredible defensive breakdown, Eric – I learned a ton!
I'm a little worried for James Wiseman.
Apparently the profile for the perfect defensive center for the playoffs is to be 6'9", move like somebody's grandmother, and be able to jump over two phone books.
Defense centric E1P - now that's the way to get those little grey cells humming in morning. Thanks EA.
@10:30, Interesting point about how Dallas started working on counters to the tag defense during the game. I'm not actually sure it was smart of Dallas to do that since it gave the Warriors a look at their counter, but maybe they have more up their sleeve for Game 2.
What is the counter to these screen counters?
JONES BARBECUE FOOT MASSAGE!
I need more information where I can procure BBQ and a foot massage, because that sounds incredible.