52. "RE: Your agendas against Luke and D'Angelo. " In response to In response to 51
>Yes, they're giving him space because defenders respect his >drive. The drive that he's been using since the beginning of >the season, ie not something that took Luke "7 games to figure >out".
they're giving him space because they don't respect his jumper
>Yes, his handles are fine but they're not elite. He's not a >half-court Westbrook/Paul type that can penetrate at will; >like I said his drives are better in transition or as an >off-ball cutter. We know this because, again, we've had seven >games of film, not one.
So do defenders "respect his drives" or not? who's contradicting themselves? lol
>He doesn't *need* D'Angelo, but it's clear with more games >that each player would thrive if they were together. They >would cover each other's weaknesses beautifully. KCP isn't a >dynamic enough playmaker or scorer to force defenses to >collapse on him. With D'Angelo initiating the offense, it >frees up Lonzo to work off ball a lot more, setting up >D'Angelo hockey assists or cutting to the basket. This is so >painfully obvious.
KCP is exactly what he needs, a 3&D guy that can create space and play tough D on opposing wing players, not D'Angelo's ball-hogging, non-defending, losing ass lol.