Comments on: Checking in on the Agua Caliente Clippers

By: World B. We

World B. We — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:10:59 +0000

I think it’s the opposite due to the strain of having to guard bigger defensive assignments. Look at Marcus after his stint at small ball center in the playoffs. He has yet to be healthy since.

By: dhpat

dhpat — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 07:04:18 +0000

Throwing bodies at Giannis is probably the way to go, but maybe, let Giannis get 35, but shut down Middleton and the rest of their guys?

By: teddy green

teddy green — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 07:01:11 +0000

If Kawhi returns from knee injury, I’m curious to see how Lue will utilize him. In all likelihood, Kawhi should be a step slower due to the knee injury. It would probably behoove the Clippers to play Kawhi up a position or two. Plus, considering Paul George’s success at small forward, i would like to see Kawhi play some power forward and center in small ball lineups. The Clippers often utilize either Nico or Mook in those positions, yet Kawhi is both longer and stronger than either of those guys.

Clippers could throw out this closing five:

Kawhi/Nico/George/Mann/Reggie

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 05:23:34 +0000

I’ll tell you this much abour Hart from what lil I’ve seen him this year for us: he’d relish and welcome the Giannis assignment and I think he’d give G a look he hasn’t yet seen in this league. A very energetic look. No way Hart wouldl say or think: “Oh no, why me?”

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 05:15:06 +0000

This. I do love me some Hartenstein, and I was def an early member of his bandwagon, but Giannis is a different beast altogether. He’s too fast for big guys to stick with out on the perimeter, but he’s still strong enough to punk guys like Deandre Ayton, AD, and basically anyone outside of Embiid and Jokic in the post. We’re talking about an All-time Great status – not “I really like this guy and think he could be a viable starter” level.

So yea, Hart (or maybe Batum in spurts) is probably our best bet to guard Giannis, but that doesn’t mean his odds of effectively guarding him are actually good. As always, would love to be wrong about something like this though lol

By: John Maclean

John Maclean — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:43:00 +0000

Hart is the most athletic big on the team right now for sure but I don’t really think there are many people—even throughout history— who could truly guard Giannis. Bill Russell, Hakeem and MAYBE Kevin Garnett but not even sure about the latter. I think when it comes to the Bucks it’s the classic “he’s going to get his so we gotta make sure the others don’t beat us.” Dude’s three pointer is starting to go in now. SMH.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 04:22:58 +0000

Still and all, I wouldn’t sell Hart short there. Or, maybe I’ve just got a bloated opinion(???) I think he, Hart, is a very unique player as do you as I recall you were on the sign Hart bandwagon before anybody here. Right?

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:21:51 +0000

….let’s just pretend that his bricked dunk never happened, shall we?

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:21:20 +0000

Honestly, nobody is limiting Giannis on our roster right now (but KL, MM are probably our best bets when healthy). Our best bet is to throw as many guys at him as possible and swarm him (i.e. lots of double teams and running/scrambling to recover), and hope that he settles for jumpers and/or passes to a non-Middleton teammate.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:05:15 +0000

So I kinda followed the Lakes loss to the Bucks tonite and of course the GFreak dominated and started on AD. Got me to thinking who on the clips (other than by committee) could have sucess limiting the guy. I was thinking Hart maybe. Has the length, plenty of desire, looks strong enough–all tell me it’s be worth a try. Think Mook would be too small and don’t want to waste PG on him. KL has done it but he’s not around. Zu’s just not mobile enough. What do you think?