Has a DPOY ever been exposed so badly as Rudy Gobert?

[MooseMouthMthafuga]

This Terrance Mann dude is going to give the Suns problems.Watch.Them wiry strong, hustle players are a thorn in the side for the Suns.Torrey Craig might combat him, tho.Hopefully.

 

[Loose]

I don’t wanna hear shyt about how Gobert is the most important player on the team again. Not when he’s a self check on Offense and can be rendered a non factor on defense by placing one extra shooter on the court.

Bad post, the problem is building your defense around one player with 4 bad defenders is a recipe for disaster if that player can't switch on defense. Even the best centers both jokic and embiid would have had similar issues in goberts spot on defense.

 

[CHICAGO]

I swear you have selective vision. I already TOLD you how the Clippers were generating those 3s in the 3rd quarter. Simple screen action to burn Utah's guards. A few plays where Rudy doesn't run out on HIS primary assignment doesn't describe the entire game. How about you load up youtube and ACTUALLY watch how the play develops instead of coming in here with your nonsense? Utah's perimeter defense was the main reason they lost this game, not Gobert. He's just the dude getting singled out because he's the DPOY and had to clean up everything.

HE DIDNT CLEAN shyt UP.

NOT ONLY DID MANN
DUNK ON HIM LAST GM...
HE HIT HIM WITH A PUT BACK DUNK
THIS GAME...
DUDE COULDNT EVEN REBOUND.

PLUS WHEN GUYS ACTUALLY
DECIDED TO ATTACK HIM
AS HE STOOD IN THE PAINT
IT WAS A LAYUP LINE.

fukk YOU STANDING IN THE
PAINT FOR IF nikkaS
GONNA SCORE ON YOU ANYWAY?

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[DlAMONDZ]

It's criminal that this dude got 3 DPOY but Draymond only got 1

 

[LV Koopa]

Bad post, the problem is building your defense around one player with 4 bad defenders is a recipe for disaster if that player can't switch on defense. Even the best centers both jokic and embiid would have had similar issues in goberts spot on defense.

Happened to Jokic last round. Poor perimeter defense, Chris Paul and D.Book just walk into space at the elbow with no pressure and Jokic is fukked. But you're typical fan doesn't see that and underestimates how critical perimeter containment is. It's damn difficult to do but if you can get those guys you're in good shape.

 

[LV Koopa]

This Terrance Mann dude is going to give the Suns problems.Watch.Them wiry strong, hustle players are a thorn in the side for the Suns. Torrey Craig might combat him, tho.Hopefully.

 

[Hersh]

this might have been his Hibbert series.

 

[Shadow King]

Expect a 7'2" nikka to contain 5 shooting guards for 40 minutes, brehs

 

[NYC Rebel]

Does David Robinson count?

That wasn't his DPOY year though.

David was killed by an all time great. The fukk are you talking ng about that he was exposed?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Does David Robinson count?

That wasn't his DPOY year though.

David was killed by an all time great. The fukk are you talking ng about that he was exposed?

There are plenty of other years to choose from tho.

Robinson's DPOY season he had surgery and missed the playoffs. But the year before that, he was knocked out of the 1st round by the GSW in just 4 games. Mullin averaged 25ppg on 52% shooting, Hardaway averaged 23ppg on 47% shooting, Richmond averaged 22ppg on 55% shooting, and Marciulionis averaged 17ppg on 59% shooting. It was a pretty thorough destruction. Exact same issue as today, DPOY center who can't do shyt to stop a bunch of perimeter players going off (and they were only shooting 1/4 of the threes that LA shot tonight). But he played in the 1990s so he was untouchable.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Mann took his soul this series

 

[NYC Rebel]

There are plenty of other years to choose from tho.

Robinson's DPOY season he had surgery and missed the playoffs. But the year before that, he was knocked out of the 1st round by the GSW in just 4 games. Mullin averaged 25ppg on 52% shooting, Hardaway averaged 23ppg on 47% shooting, Richmond averaged 22ppg on 55% shooting, and Marciulionis averaged 17ppg on 59% shooting. It was a pretty thorough destruction. Exact same issue as today, DPOY center who can't do shyt to stop a bunch of perimeter players going off (and they were only shooting 1/4 of the threes that LA shot tonight). But he played in the 1990s so he was untouchable.

You know you just cited numbers while not watching those games, right?

how is a center not stopping wing players an “exposal”?

 

[Jalether]

This is why I laugh at those who still believe rim protection is the most crucial aspect of defending in a 3 point dominated era

Like how does that make sense, you'll are stuck in the 90s era mindset

 

[Professor Emeritus]

You know you just cited numbers while not watching those games, right?

how is a center not stopping wing players an “exposal”?

Oh the irony.

Reread what I said. A DPOY center can't do shyt to stop a bunch of perimeter players from going off. That's always been true.

This is why I laughat nights who still believe rimprotection is the most crucial aspect of defending in a 3 point dominated era

Like how does that make sense

It's still true because having one good perimeter defender doesn't stop a dominant 3pt team, you can just force a switch or pass to a different shooter. The 3pt line is 70 feet long and players are shooting 5-10 feet behind it some times, no one person can defend it. Even when Kawhi was playing DPOY level in San Antonio, some teams started scheming where they'd let Kawhi stay on his man on an island out on the corner and then play 4-on-4 very effectively against the rest of the Spurs defense.

But there are still dozens of shots taken at the rim every game and one person CAN guard the rim. So rim protection is still crucial. One elite rim protector impacts the game more than one elite perimeter defender, it's just that one elite rim protector can't make up for the rest of his team defending terribly if the other team has the personnel to scheme against him right.

 

[duckbutta]

this might have been his Hibbert series.

Vastly underrated post.

While the Jazz perimeter defense was awful, when players did get to the lane they finished over Rudy like he wasn't even there. So even when he WAS supposed to be doing the thing he is great at, he was awful at it.

Hibbert never recovered from this. Rudy might not either. He got his money though