D'Antoni says Shumpert can cover Wade, LeBron, DRose

Kiyaman

Legend
Dantoni is STUPID!!!!


A defensive-system that have athletic shotblockers defending the paint
is the only thing that can stop elite scoring players from scoing in the paint.
Other than that, one on one players are not going to stop elite scorers
from scoring from the peremeter.
u have to double Carmelo/ Lebron/ Kobe/ Wade

Watch a Celtics game, or a Miami game. PG/SG/SF will back away from
the paint coming off of a screen simply because they see that the defense
behind the pick and roll is solid. They know it won't end well if they drive at
that time. Against the Knicks that is almost never the case regardless of who
the "one on one" defenders is. When you play the Knicks, you know that if
you beat your man, you score or get an easy basket for a teammate. That
just isn't true for good defensive teams. Great defenders will get torched
regularly if Dantoni was their headcoach.
 

smokes

Huge Member
Dantoni is STUPID!!!!


A defensive-system that have athletic shotblockers defending the paint
is the only thing that can stop elite scoring players from scoing in the paint.
Other than that, one on one players are not going to stop elite scorers
from scoring from the peremeter.
u have to double Carmelo/ Lebron/ Kobe/ Wade

Watch a Celtics game, or a Miami game. PG/SG/SF will back away from
the paint coming off of a screen simply because they see that the defense
behind the pick and roll is solid. They know it won't end well if they drive at
that time. Against the Knicks that is almost never the case regardless of who
the "one on one" defenders is. When you play the Knicks, you know that if
you beat your man, you score or get an easy basket for a teammate. That
just isn't true for good defensive teams. Great defenders will get torched
regularly if Dantoni was their headcoach.

Dead on, even though the Celtics couldn't "stop" Melo in the playoffs they certainly had a good plan to frustrate him, and definitely slowed him down with all the double teams they threw at him all game long.

Paul Pierce is frustrating enough as a defender with all his poking and flopping and then you have KG/Allen/Rondo doubling up and the rest of the Knicks not being able to score an open look.

Such a simple plan and it worked so well. The Knicks can't effectively double team anyone because they suck at help defense and if the double team is passed out of they will never catch up to the ball.
 
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