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He needs to go up stronger but I liked the way he played tonight.
We’ve been saying this for 5 years. He’s not going to go up strong.
He needs to go up stronger but I liked the way he played tonight.
Indiana seemed to figure out Love's biggest weakness in the playoffs last year, and since, everyone has attacked it.
Love has tunnel vision and is a terrible passer when he gets into the post. So the defensive strategy is to actually let him get the ball in the post and then double-team him. More than likely, Love will force up a bad shot and try to get fouled, or he will throw a bad pass.
It was one thing to do that when the Cavs had LeBron who served as a constant outlet. Without that, though, I worry Love's weakness will become clearly apparent.
Yeah, this is the solution if teams start attacking that weakness.I think Love needs to play next Zizic and start coming off screens again like he did with Pekovic. We can't continue to force feed him in the post with the sole intention of scoring. Teams will probably switch our big to big screens a lot, so we need to try to punish them and post up Zizic quickly against the switch with the intention of scoring AND more importantly creating open 3pt looks for our shooters, mainly Love in the corner (because the big defender might try to help if Zizic proves to be too much of a load).
Lol, this won't happen, but shit..one can dream.
Most of us have been screaming for Love to play next to Zizic ever since we saw how talented the kid is; it's a well-known fact at this point that Love excels when paired with a big, bruising (preferably white) center.I think Love needs to play next Zizic and start coming off screens again like he did with Pekovic. We can't continue to force feed him in the post with the sole intention of scoring. Teams will probably switch our big to big screens a lot, so we need to try to punish them and post up Zizic quickly against the switch with the intention of scoring AND more importantly creating open 3pt looks for our shooters, mainly Love in the corner (because the big defender might try to help if Zizic proves to be too much of a load).
Lol, this won't happen, but shit..one can dream.
Just adding that those forced shots lead to 14 FTA. It was clear they were not going let Love beat them.So the defensive strategy is to actually let him get the ball in the post and then double-team him. More than likely, Love will force up a bad shot and try to get fouled, or he will throw a bad pass.
It was one thing to do that when the Cavs had LeBron who served as a constant outlet. Without that, though, I worry Love's weakness will become clearly apparent.
I disagree. Love has the tools. He gets a lot of defensive rebounds and he is amazing with his outlet passing. That's a key aspect of playing fast. He's also surprisingly agile when dribbling up court during a fast break.I like Love, but I have to question the strategy of playing a fast, up tempo game when your best player doesn't have the physical tools to play that way.
Love looks much better making decisions fast. When he had time to think he turns it over more. Love when he plays fast
I think it showed that we really need an offensive threat out there that knows what he is doing. Rodney Hood is not that!
The offense repeatedly stalled when he wasn't in. To be expected. I imagine it will get better. Clarkson has to fucking pass the ball tho