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The Donovan Mitchell Hype Thread! (repository of highlights and effusive praise)

White Chocolate said:
Some respect for Pippen on here? I thought I would never see the day. Thank you for actually being knowledgeable about plauers.
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I know all about plauers. One of my most useful tools tbh.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Who doesn't have respect for Pippen?? Isn't it common sense that he's good??
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He's possibly talking about me because I called Pippen overrated in a recent thread. That doesn't mean I don't think he was a great player, though... just not as great as many people consider him.
 
framer said:
Playing Defense on the lower levels, rec league, and church ball is pretty damn easy. At higher levels people will use screens and rubs to remove you as a defender which means that not only do you have to pay attention to your man, you have to be generally aware of the players nearby. Teammates can call out a screen, but if you are not aware of the screen before it is called, it may already be too late. That is why you can't just "athletic" good defense and it is a reason that Exum runs into problems playing team defense. Old school reaction to "screen!" would be to add a little physicality to the collision in order to bounce the direction you want to go and perhaps punish the screener. Many others would simply switch. Carlos Boozer and Enes Kanter would generally be defeated. Fighting through screens with NBA level athletes is not easy, and says something about the players that do it.

Most NBA players would be terrific defenders one on one against schlubs. To be an all-NBA defender you need to have rare athleticism and an uncommon mental skill set. That is why you rarely see poor defenders morph into good defenders. It isn't as simple as developing your shot.
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I used to love to watch Stockton fight around/through screens.
 
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