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The Rudy Gobert Dilemma

The Rudy Gobert Dilemma

The Joel Embiid Conundrum

The Joel Embiid Conundrum

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  • @bilal__8209
    @bilal__820921 сағат бұрын

    Please can you put a circle around the player that your taking about because I don't really know the players that good

  • @Doggomorph
    @DoggomorphКүн бұрын

    Li-ka doncic

  • @dimelo58
    @dimelo58Күн бұрын

    This Dude never disappoints

  • @amit212543
    @amit212543Күн бұрын

    Great vid. I wish I’d see some lefty specific patterns from anyone. I guess this is still useful for my two handed backhand in the middle on a non stacked point.

  • @turrlerabbit4884
    @turrlerabbit4884Күн бұрын

    You deserve more views man. To the casual NBA fan (me) your videos are a goldmine. Thank you for sharing the knowledge 🤝

  • @VisionClearly
    @VisionClearlyКүн бұрын

    I agree!

  • @girngo
    @girngoКүн бұрын

    It's too much for casuals, goats debate are for that

  • @jihadijohn9408
    @jihadijohn9408Күн бұрын

    Daniel Li, Half Court Hoops, Coach Daniel, HoopVision68, BasketHead, and The Film Room. Thank me later

  • @tigerjiang
    @tigerjiangКүн бұрын

    thinking basketball

  • @Biporian
    @BiporianКүн бұрын

    Awful coaching

  • @jihadijohn9408
    @jihadijohn9408Күн бұрын

    @@tigerjiang Yes, yes, and yes! His podcasts with Cody are must listens in addition to his videos on his channel

  • @jihadijohn9408
    @jihadijohn9408Күн бұрын

    @@Biporiantoo result oriented based on hindsight when he shows plays imo

  • @Freesilver92
    @Freesilver92Күн бұрын

    You could thank me now

  • @lucasyogurt5948
    @lucasyogurt5948Күн бұрын

    My day gets better when Daniel Li posts

  • @VisionClearly
    @VisionClearlyКүн бұрын

    This was interesting!

  • @darrentenorio6747
    @darrentenorio6747Күн бұрын

    First

  • @mailcarlosplease
    @mailcarlospleaseКүн бұрын

    first. :)

  • @_Creaux
    @_CreauxКүн бұрын

    Daniel Li aka the goat 🐐

  • @sekki.78
    @sekki.78Күн бұрын

    first

  • @RomjanAli19964
    @RomjanAli199642 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @storageaccount5573
    @storageaccount55732 күн бұрын

    crazy thing is Kobe didnt care who was there. kobe wants the shot even with 5 guys on him. ha ha

  • @Gmnoah
    @Gmnoah4 күн бұрын

    watching this before the mavs-celtics matchup for the finals. i honestly think the celtics have a good chance of slowing luka since, even better than minnesota. i think the game changer in this series is how well the celtics score against the mavs since if they defend luka well, theyd have to make compromises to kyrie or smth.

  • @gfhjklkjhgfg
    @gfhjklkjhgfg4 күн бұрын

    Tells Caleb what? I couldn't hear that part.

  • @infinitygauntlet101
    @infinitygauntlet1017 күн бұрын

    Love how Dlo is running the play and Lebron still wants the spotlight lmao.

  • @eddieabueva8660
    @eddieabueva86608 күн бұрын

    Nick Young said Kobe did not talk to Jeremy for one year, and that made an impact on Jeremy's playing.

  • @gregorywillis8400
    @gregorywillis84009 күн бұрын

    Our eyes are not lying! He have been abused in every series in the playoffs!! Without him they were awesome defensively

  • @gregorywillis8400
    @gregorywillis84009 күн бұрын

    Our eyes are not lying! He have been abused in every series in the playoffs!!

  • @anyone58
    @anyone5812 күн бұрын

    KAT has been shitting this series against MAVS....dude doesn't have that clutch gene ,at 14 or 16 ppg, he is ofno help, inspite of having more experience than ANT !!§

  • @StevenC32
    @StevenC3214 күн бұрын

    LeBron is the greatest player that I have seen over the last 50 years, his basketball IQ is off the charts, he makes average players look much better than they actually are, which is a true measure of greatness.

  • @StevenC32
    @StevenC3214 күн бұрын

    LeBron sees everything on the court, he even knows the opposing teams plays. He sometimes points out to opposing player that they were in the wrong position for their particular play. LeBron is not only truly gifted as a player, he also has a truly gifted mind which allows him to process things quickly and gives him photographic recall.

  • @Jay-tq2zp
    @Jay-tq2zp14 күн бұрын

    Same thing happening in 2024 the dude won it over the Rookie or year 2024 piss me off

  • @TreyDoe
    @TreyDoe12 күн бұрын

    Rudy is completely overrated.. AD is a better defensive player. So is Wemby because they can guard perimeter players and Rudy cantv

  • @unlesupery9981
    @unlesupery998114 күн бұрын

    ✨️🔥✨️🔥✨️✨️🔥

  • @donaldmcgee6334
    @donaldmcgee633416 күн бұрын

    Every offensive player has that one guy that makes it hard to score. With Kobe, it was Tony Allen. Jordan, it was Joe Dumars.

  • @1utube01
    @1utube0119 күн бұрын

    First Team, All Defense! The Grindfather!

  • @spicydoughnut8397
    @spicydoughnut839720 күн бұрын

    That mustve been a huge flex that Kobe listened to you and agreed with your plan.

  • @Llowin2
    @Llowin221 күн бұрын

    One idea I’m surprised wasn’t explicitly referenced, is that maybe the opportunity for a player to be clutch really only exists when they’re already having sub-par shooting performances. When a team is shooting REALLY REALLY well…they’ll likely be winning by more than 5pts at the end of the game. In decisive victories there’s no opportunity for a player to be this definition of clutch. So for a player to “clutch all the time,” is analogous to always redeeming yourself from mistakes. When what should be technically more desirable is to not make mistakes in the 1st place. If I’m overthinking this feel free to enlighten me. I’m genuinely curious to whether or not there a metric that takes this concept into account?

  • @Aidcbxiidis
    @Aidcbxiidis22 күн бұрын

    People shitting on gobert for having no offensive game but who’s the retard that thought trading for him was the right move 😂😂

  • @ryghdebenport
    @ryghdebenport22 күн бұрын

    This is what explains his longevity. He’s no longer as fast, agile, explosive, or as durable but the dude finds ways to get involved and his teammates.

  • @therocklau
    @therocklau22 күн бұрын

    You made it sound like Gobert is wronged, Gobert is notoriously for slippery hands, and if you played organized basketball before you know what that means, not that your hands are physically slippery, it means this player has low IQ or well dumb and cannot react to passes on time, that's why wolves and previously Jazz teammates never pass to him, he will very likely turnover the ball. And "Porter can protect the rebound over Gobert", he has a solid 3-4 inches on MPJ, if you can't get rebounds like that, you are a terrible rebounder, terrible.

  • @josephzepeda7608
    @josephzepeda760822 күн бұрын

    I think a lot of this is on the coaches. It shouldn't be impossible to use Gobert as a weapon on offense just from his size alone. If he gets a guard onto him, he should immediately set a high post screen for KAT, who is capable of punishing a little guy down low. This team doesn't adjust as fast as Denver does.

  • @MotuLogan
    @MotuLogan22 күн бұрын

    What about how the Wolves best game in the series was when Gobert wasn't even there.

  • @YunisRajab
    @YunisRajab22 күн бұрын

    I never thought that I would ever say 7/7 for 18 is a net negative offensively but this really was

  • @dimelo58
    @dimelo5823 күн бұрын

    I feel like if gobert has a guard on him you should try and feed him in the paint if you’re not gonna feed him you might as well take him out because joker is unstoppable anyway put a shooter out there instead.

  • @sekizo1728
    @sekizo172823 күн бұрын

    gobert is that 2k center player who takes space in the paint and cant dominate the boards or finish

  • @badmontad
    @badmontad23 күн бұрын

    This is why you need mike conley. Mike conley makes those passes when gobert has a mismatch

  • @Jonathan-A.C.
    @Jonathan-A.C.22 күн бұрын

    Good point

  • @shouryarajput5633
    @shouryarajput563323 күн бұрын

    At least Lakers games against Denver were competitive and not blowouts

  • @ctcsback
    @ctcsback23 күн бұрын

    Thanks for this video. This game was frustrating to watch given how smooth the Wolves looked in games 1 & 2. Seems like they have no go-to play to get Ant open and his off-ball movement is very lacking. The rest of the players just aren't good enough to expose the nuggets defense. The Rudy Gobert dilemna is a very accurate description of what the Wolves need to address strategically if they want to force a game 7. And the rest of the team needs to be way more locked in to offset their lack of offensive advantage.

  • @welder9163
    @welder916323 күн бұрын

    I already quit watching baseball and football. Basketball is next after Steph retires!! REFEREES RUINED IT!!!!!!!!!

  • @JeremyGraczyk
    @JeremyGraczyk23 күн бұрын

    After game 2, Jokic was asked what he can do against MN's 3 bigs. He said clone himself. This was directly after game 2 when Gobert didn't play - the 3 bigs Jokic was talking about were KAT, Naz and Kyle. Do you know how I know? Without Gobert, the Wolves have to have one of Naz or KAT on the floor at all times. KAT and Naz are the only 2 players on the Wolves capable of getting low enough to counter Joker's center of gravity and strength. Rudy cannot get low enough and does not have the mass or center of gravity even if he could bend his knees to get low enough. Kyle was on Jokic a handful of times in game 2 BUT ONLY AFTER KAT WAS ABLE TO BATTLE HIM, WEAR HIM DOWN AND FRUSTRATE HIM. Once you frustrate Jokic, he has to exert more mental and physical energy on the one thing he is currently doing instead of giving him the ability to look for a shot or pass or make a move. Because of this, Kyle was able to get a number of poke-aways on Jokic. That's really all Kyle can do on Jokic anyways, and if Jokic is not frustrated and tired, he is not going to turn the ball over from Kyle reaching in. KAT and/or Naz HAVE TO BE IN WHEN JOKIC IS. They have to do everything in their power to stick to him on screens / switches. If Joker wants to stand up at the top of the key or 3 point line and look to shoot/pass? Fine, live with that. The moment he decides to dribble, you need to get into his body and play him physical. No reach-ins, no bumping him back, no shot block attempts - you stay up on him and make him work for every little thing he wants to do. Again, Gobert is not capable of staying up on Jokic. There are numerous examples of Jokic backing Rudy up and knocking him off balance and literally shoving him back a few feet. He can also do this to both KAT and Naz when they play soft and give him space. NO SPACE. NO EASY BACKDOWNS. GET LOW, GET UP ON HIM AND MAKE HIM WORK. This will frustrate Jokic, and that's the only chance you have of making him make mistakes or not make the correct read on plays.

  • @michaelahurt
    @michaelahurt23 күн бұрын

    Good analysis but it's give and take. When Gobert has been off the last three games Denver's other players can get to the rim easier. They need to play with the intensity they did in game 2 where I don't think they missed a rotation the first 30 minutes. But idk if that's really possible. Maybe in game 6.

  • @JeremyGraczyk
    @JeremyGraczyk23 күн бұрын

    @@michaelahurt I'm not saying Gobert has to be off the court. He just has to be kept away from guarding Jokic at all costs. He cannot be in there at the same time as Kyle Anderson, unless KAT or Naz is still in. Will the Nuggets work to get the switch? Yes, but that's where the Wolves coaching is supposed to come into play to figure out - do we stunt on Joker, do we try to get a body in front of him for a charge? Even if Rudy ends up on Jokic, *it needs to be difficult*. He has to be made to work and fight for anything he tries to do. The only way to do that without getting in foul trouble is keep KAT / Naz on him, keep them low, stable, feet ready to shuffle, and up against his body. No double teams, no reach-ins, no bumping hard back into him (which is almost always frustration on KAT's part). No gambling leaving your feet on shot block attempts. Until you get him worn down and tired, you play him extremely physical while avoiding anything that could give the refs a reason to call a foul.

  • @michaelahurt
    @michaelahurt23 күн бұрын

    @@JeremyGraczyk If you trap it's a 4-on-3 with no rim protection. If you drop Jokic will go downhill and turn it into a post up and if you double the post it's a lob to AG or Jokic is dotting the corner or a cutter. If you stunt then Rudy is 25 feet from the rim and Jokic is going around him or it turns into a 4-on-3 or lob or three because Rudy can't recover fast enough The only coaching strategy to keep Gobert off Jokic is to play zone and/or pre-switch so he's never in the action. But Jokic/Denver will find a way to exploit that too. There is no answer. That's why so many people call him the best offensive player ever The only thing that was effective was when the refs let Naz and KAT get in his legs in game 2 and actually push him but that seems like a one off. Not just because they aren't allowing that much physicality but because Denver is running Jokic off staggers now so those guys can't load up and Jokic can catch against a moving defender The safest bet is to take Rudy off the court and just double any matchup you don't like as they did in game two. Plus it helps the offense to take Rudy off

  • @JeremyGraczyk
    @JeremyGraczyk22 күн бұрын

    @@michaelahurt I personally don't think Gobert or SloMo should be on the floor when Jokic is so that there's even less risk of switching onto him. But realistically Finch is just not going to do that. So you have to gameplan what you do if they get the switch. Like I said, if they look to screen for Jokic? The screener's man needs to get in his way, whether that be stunt or try to draw a charge. The only way Rudy is stunting on Jokic 25ft away from the basket is if Gobert and Gordon do the pick and roll, which I haven't seen them do. Usually they try to get a switch for Jokic using a 2-man screen in the free throw zone, which is why it should be possible for someone to get in front of him and draw a charge. I didn't say it would be easy to stick to Joker or battle him, but they have to try. Its the only thing that works against him. There are other videos on KZread literally showing this - there's one from about a year ago showing PJ freaking Tucker having success guarding Jokic this way!! Jokic was cooking Embiid of all people in the 1st half and the Nuggets scored 73 pts. 2nd half they put PJ on him, who's both strong and lower than Jokic's center of gravity, and the 76ers came back to win that game because Joker got frustrated and made mistakes

  • @michaelahurt
    @michaelahurt22 күн бұрын

    @@JeremyGraczyk I'm sorry you haven't seen them run the Jokic-Gordon PnR? I remember the PJ Tucker game. That wasn't the playoffs. Also, KAT and Naz aren't PJ Tucker. 6'11" guys can't create the same leverage as a 6'5" guy. That's like saying a 6'5" 330 pound DT should just put leverage guys like Aaron Donald does. That's not how physics works. (They also can't navigate screens like PJ Tucker because, again, they aren't 6'5" perimeter defenders.) But that's the same thing LA was doing with Rui/LeBron instead of Tucker. How did that work? Jokic is going to solve anything you throw at him.

  • @veerchasm1
    @veerchasm123 күн бұрын

    If the Wolves hope to get to game 7 they need to sit Gobert down and play small. Go Nuggets!

  • @steveno4871
    @steveno487123 күн бұрын

    The more egregious case offensively is that the limited offensive gobert somehow managed to draw two defenders on to him without the ball and the driver elects not to pass to the open corner three.

  • @michaelahurt
    @michaelahurt23 күн бұрын

    Yeah Minnesota just doesn't have enough playmaking to punish teams for putting two on Ant. But that's what you get when you play two bigs and McDaniels.

  • @ybwkel5836
    @ybwkel583623 күн бұрын

    @@michaelahurtMcDaniels as good as he is defensively his lack of anything to do with offense is really hurting the wolves as well

  • @kerm281
    @kerm28123 күн бұрын

    I keep saying take the bear out. Wolves need to continue what works during game one and two with gobear on the bench. When he’s out on court the wolves have 0% offensive power cause he can’t shoot threes .

  • @hiimsenpai
    @hiimsenpai23 күн бұрын

    Why are the basketball analysts NOT talking about this aspect!? Love this video and the breakdown of how much of a liability offensively Gobert is. Its like Shaq said years ago, if you wanna make it to the league as a big man just be able to score 10 points, 15 rebounds and 2 steals/blocks

  • @michaelahurt
    @michaelahurt23 күн бұрын

    Every decent analyst has been talking about this for five years.

  • @Godeau03
    @Godeau0323 күн бұрын

    If this is the best defense you saw, you need to see more. This is high school stuff

  • @TheGbelcher
    @TheGbelcher23 күн бұрын

    If Gobert is just going to get cooked like everyone else you might as well play someone who can contribute on offense

  • @Jonathan-A.C.
    @Jonathan-A.C.22 күн бұрын

    He’s still defending better than most if not all other players, as well defending generally well beyond Jokic if he has the opportunity. The other dudes couldn’t play as much because they were in foul trouble, but even if they were, Gobert is pretty much the best player out there. Jokic is just better

  • @jimbobfisher8904
    @jimbobfisher890423 күн бұрын

    2:55 this dude clearly purposefully hit the ball back to nuggets.

  • @jimbobfisher8904
    @jimbobfisher890423 күн бұрын

    Gobert and kat are throwing the series on purpose it’s pretty obvious.

  • @dxbgaming4813
    @dxbgaming481323 күн бұрын

    I'd rather try giving the ball to Gobert everytime as this point.