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Georges Niang is a Good Defensive Player?

Saint Cy of JFC said:
Nah, it/s the lateral quickness. Of course we arent asking Niang to guard stars, but he's the one keeping people in front. Gobert doesnt do that. Plenty of Jazz defenders have been blown by with Gobert on the court.
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and how many of those blow-bys with rudy on the court resulted in points?

if one is to make a video called "georges niang defensive lowlights" similar to that of "matt thomas defensive lowlights" you will see plenty of blow-bys and may think of Niang as the worst defender in the world but jazzfans rarely take notice because these blow-bys are by design and actually help the jazz.

More often than not those blow-bys will result in either a miss shot or a TO simply cuz the opponent really has nowhere to go after running into the brick wall called the Stifle Tower.

Driving purely one on one without anyone covering behind the man guarding you vs. driving with one has a huge mental impact on the ballhandler. Either drive with plenty of caution/control which slow you down(hence Niang "the perimeter stopper"), or drive with full speed to force a breakthrough which then result in a TO or miss shot when helped by Rudy.

So it's basically "pick your poison" type of deal for the opponent and the whole premise of the jazz "funneling to the big" scheme.

In a way we want those blow-bys because it plays to our strength in Rudy. What we don't want to see is those long shots off the dribble/high pick n roll that force Rudy to guard out onto the perimeter.
 
jom2003 said:
and how many of those blow-bys with rudy on the court resulted in points?

if one is to make a video called "georges niang defensive lowlights" similar to that of "matt thomas defensive lowlights" you will see plenty of blow-bys and may think of Niang as the worst defender in the world but jazzfans rarely take notice because these blow-bys are by design and actually help the jazz.

More often than not those blow-bys will result in either a miss shot or a TO simply cuz the opponent really has nowhere to go after running into the brick wall called the Stifle Tower.

Driving purely one on one without anyone covering behind the man guarding you vs. driving with one has a huge mental impact on the ballhandler. Either drive with plenty of caution/control which slow you down(hence Niang "the perimeter stopper"), or drive with full speed to force a breakthrough which then result in a TO or miss shot when helped by Rudy.

So it's basically "pick your poison" type of deal for the opponent and the whole premise of the jazz "funneling to the big" scheme.

In a way we want those blow-bys because it plays to our strength in Rudy. What we don't want to see is those long shots off the dribble/high pick n roll that force Rudy to guard out onto the perimeter.
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Yeah, you arent giving Niang nearly enough credit. Getting blown by isnt funneling to the big.

And like I said, the defense has held up with Niang/Favors. as well.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, you arent giving Niang nearly enough credit.

And like I said, the defense has held up with Niang/Favors. as well.
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credit definitely goes to Niang and he does a great job when he gets to close up on his opponents, which is not something i can say about bojan. all i'm saying is that he fits really well in our defensive scheme and life may become a bit more difficult if he is to go to a new team that plays with more pace and open space. so it'd be smart for him to stay.
 
Niang lovers are hilarious and will make excuses come playoff time. He will get exposed there, and lets pull up this thread again.
 
I never understood the Niang hate. I’ve been ambivalent, but his development has flown under the radar. Very well could be the next Royce to some degree. If Oni develops too, that solves so many problems.
 
It’s very clear George’s went to the “Joe Ingles School of Defense for the Vertically Challenged” last summer.

His lateral movement is very good. He doesn’t get blown by... those saying he does aren’t paying attention. His issues come because he’s not long and isnt disruptive. He has been guarding his yard and makes the right rotations and that goes a long way. Just like Joe he won’t be winning any foot races but they move side to side well.... George’s just doesn’t have Joe’s length so he doesn’t make a lot of plays on the ball.

Everyone pay better attention and stop being dumb please.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
It’s very clear George’s went to the “Joe Ingles School of Defense for the Vertically Challenged” last summer.

His lateral movement is very good. He doesn’t get blown by... those saying he does aren’t paying attention. His issues come because he’s not long and isnt disruptive. He has been guarding his yard and makes the right rotations and that goes a long way. Just like Joe he won’t be winning any foot races but they move side to side well.... George’s just doesn’t have Joe’s length so he doesn’t make a lot of plays on the ball.

Everyone pay better attention and stop being dumb please.
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Niang and Ingles have the same wingspan. I think NIang might be an inch shorter in height.
 
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