[Game] Kings @ Hawks, 11/23/2022 4:30pm Pacific 7:30pm Eastern
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Here's another thing about Keegan we have to remember and I hope the coaching staff does to. Keegan in college actually played a pretty physical brand of BBall which was actually a knock by some people considering they think he can't do that at the NBA level. He looked to body up guys on the post, drives, etc at Iowa. He's been almost entirely a spacing/cutting player that hasn't got much chance to body up a defender. He got fouled 3 times on that post up on Young but you can see Keegan is trying to avoid contact. Once he starts making contact as a big man again I think things will open up for him on a consistent basis.
Modern NBA doesn't really allow for post-up PFs. I don't think you can name a single post-player who's not a center... and even then, you don't really want your bigs posting up much.
Paired with Sabonis and Fox? Ya... Keegan is not going to get any post-up opportunities because of the poor floor spacing. But like I said, even without them, post-ups aren't really something you want to see unless your big is a really good passer.. which Keegan is not.
Paired with Sabonis and Fox? Ya... Keegan is not going to get any post-up opportunities because of the poor floor spacing. But like I said, even without them, post-ups aren't really something you want to see unless your big is a really good passer.. which Keegan is not.
Fox can put up 30 in the 2nd half. Give up 140+ tonight and it won't matter. This defensive scheme has finally met the proverbial crossroads. This team probably isn't going to be a top 20 defense at any point because they don't have the personnel for it. You never know though but they need to figure out what they do best on defense and use it when they have to. Sabonis as your backline defender means relying on paint protection isn't a good idea, you have to push your defense out and make it harder to get in there. I would so bring in Chuck Hayes to work with him. I think he can do some of the same things on pick and roll that Hayes did.
I'm not saying he should be a post up player, but for better or worse, that's basically the extent of his iso game right now. We saw Collins get a post up in this game. PF's still post up here and there. And also, plenty of wings that play small ball PF do. Tatum, Butler, plenty of post play is still coming from that PF spot.
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