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Darius Kinnard Garland
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The poor baby is all tuckered out and needs some rest.
Actually gives us a better chance of winning.
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Can't have that. Gotta tank to draft a 3rd PG this year in the lottery.
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I think he has been sick lately and they wanted to try to get him healthy. He hasn't played well the last couple weeks. Giving him a little break now then he will have more time to rest at the all star break which could help him reset for the second half of the season.
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He just got his NBA legs a month ago and now they are already tired. He needs another year of conditioning. I'm guessing he drags a little as the season ends and we see Porter fluorish
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Will moving him to the bench lit a fire in his belly or crush his spirit? Him and Sexton cannot both start, one has to lead the bench and all signs point to Garland being an off the bench pg for now.
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It was reported he's been battling the flu and I can believe it based on his play lately. They also wanted to start a bigger guard on Ingram so they started Exum in Garland's spot. It didn't help. Ingram had a huge game and Exum scored 4 points in 18 minutes. It's not looking good for either him or Knight as reclamation projects.
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Every time Lowry saw Garland in front of him he just bulled his way to the rim, shouldering Garland out of the way for an uncontested layups. VanVleet, too. Garland needs to work on taking charges and stripping the ball as opponents are gathering to shoot. Right now he's just backpedaling with his hands in the air and letting opponents lean into him and knock him out of the way for easy buckets.
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great game against Toronto, but yeah he was targeted by their stronger guards. He had some of that dog in him though, which was good to see. Loved some of those passes.
Good game for him, yeah he needs to get 1M times stronger
Good game for him, yeah he needs to get 1M times stronger
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It's interesting because his defensive instincts in terms of footwork is actually surprisingly good for a small rookie guard. Usually not only are those guys bullied, they're crossed over and blown by on the regular. Garland is pretty good at staying in front of guys and not biting on crossovers or play-fakes.
Obviously, the flipside is his lack of core strength which leads him to being pushed around and basically driven through. For small guards, Lowry is the master at using his upper body strength to get guys in precarious positions that either lead to scores or fouls or both. He was feasting on both Garland and Sexton, but the Cavs as a team had a great stretch of defense from the start of the 4th quarter basically until Lowry re-entered near the end and Garland was on the floor for that entire stretch.
Again, I see a puppy with big paws. Lowry had a field day doing his Lowry little-man-strength thing, but rarely did you see Garland lose him or anyone else completely, at least on 1-on-1 situations (help defense is a bit of a mess team-wide).
Some of those passes, especially the no-look where he completely fooled Toronto's defense into thinking he was going to the short corner but hit Nance on the roll... Beautiful basketball.
Obviously, the flipside is his lack of core strength which leads him to being pushed around and basically driven through. For small guards, Lowry is the master at using his upper body strength to get guys in precarious positions that either lead to scores or fouls or both. He was feasting on both Garland and Sexton, but the Cavs as a team had a great stretch of defense from the start of the 4th quarter basically until Lowry re-entered near the end and Garland was on the floor for that entire stretch.
Again, I see a puppy with big paws. Lowry had a field day doing his Lowry little-man-strength thing, but rarely did you see Garland lose him or anyone else completely, at least on 1-on-1 situations (help defense is a bit of a mess team-wide).
Some of those passes, especially the no-look where he completely fooled Toronto's defense into thinking he was going to the short corner but hit Nance on the roll... Beautiful basketball.
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Got some “love” from Zach Lowe in his weekly article about things he likes wrt Garland’s willingness to shoot those long pull up 3s off of screens like Lilliard as well as his general appearance of comfort taking those shots. Hopefully he starts making them more consistently.
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The kid has so much potential, but honestly, I think we’ll see this inconsistency all season. He does not have an NBA body and is still learning to read the court.
At this point, I’d consider benching him for Exum. Let Garland and KPJ run the second unit.
At this point, I’d consider benching him for Exum. Let Garland and KPJ run the second unit.