Toumani Camara has grown increasingly comfortable bringing the ball up and initiating offense in semi-transition. Notice how he uses his jump + length to drop this one off around the defender.
Want to know what elite play calling/design from a coach looks like?
Watch Nick Nurse call “77” before commanding Oubre Jr. to free up the weakside corner — which allows Maxey to drift in space as the Knicks allocate 3 players to Lowry/Embiid PnR.
With the Sixers on Brunson or the Clippers yesterday, it looks like 'nexting' pick-and-rolls will be a big theme in those playoffs — especially against teams with questionable spacing.
Watch Tre Mann step up at the level of the screen here. No penetration conceded at all.
With today’s game being more and more oriented towards outside shooting, the component of 'variance' is playing an increasingly bigger role in deciding game/series outcome.
Check out this graphic that captures the average shooting deviation for each team. 📊⬇️
Small wrinkle but I’d like to see Brunson go to those straight line drives + one-footed floaters more often.
Philly’s length and coverage are exploiting his spasmodic pace & two-feet leaps with their rearview contests. Jalen clearly has it in his bag — time to adjust.
