I think Green will be an excellent fit against the Warriors. When they roll out their small line (errrr, death lineup?), Green can defend the 4 or 5 positions.
I think Green will be an excellent fit against the Warriors. When they roll out their small line (errrr, death lineup?), Green can defend the 4 or 5 positions.
If TT's stinking it up in the finals.I think Green will be an excellent fit against the Warriors. When they roll out their small line (errrr, death lineup?), Green can defend the 4 or 5 positions.
I agree, he should match-up well with Durant, Klay, Draymond, and Iggy... but I still don't know who we have that can defend Curry. Both Wade and Bron are no longer quick enough laterally and IT & Rose are going to get torched. I feel like length and lateral quickness is what gives Curry the most trouble. I think Shump does a decent job on him but he's shown to be a non-factor offensively.
Draymond and iggy maybe. But KD has smoked him. Jeff Green isn’t exactly a DPOY candidate. He’s very JR Smithish on d. Sometimes he’s good other times he gets lost. Putting him on KD would have the same effect that RJ had. Crowder and Lebron are our only hopes against KD and that’s still not good.
I agree, he should match-up well with Durant, Klay, Draymond, and Iggy... but I still don't know who we have that can defend Curry. Both Wade and Bron are no longer quick enough laterally and IT & Rose are going to get torched. I feel like length and lateral quickness is what gives Curry the most trouble. I think Shump does a decent job on him but he's shown to be a non-factor offensively.
Also - individual defensive matchups matter less against the Warriors because of how much of their offense comes from cuts/off-ball screens and how little it comes from basic PnR/ISO. The Warriors don't want to generate matchup-defined looks because that is not where their players excel.I don't think we worry should about the Warriors at all right now.
We simply need to work ALL season on our TEAM defense, on our paint protection, and on our transition defense.
If we improve drastically on those 3, compared to last year, then we'll be in a MUCH better position.
Worrying about individual matchups at this stage in the season is dumb.