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Below I will take a look at Gordon Haywards three made threes from last night:
1- Hayward receives the first pass of the possession and dribbles off of two screens set by Burks and Kanter, Gordon goes under both screens and Hayward rises up and drains the shot.
I went back and watched three other possessions where Hayward was the p&r ball handler, and we went over on every single possession other than this made three.
So I think you could put this one on Gordon, who needs to somehow get over those screens.
2. The next make comes on a Richard Jefferson drive on the left wing. For starters, I'd say it's obvious Monty does not trust our perimeter defense. Tyreke lets Jefferson get into the paint, but I feel like he still has good position to challenge the layup. But 6'3 Eric Gordon is tasked with coming 23 ft to defend the rim leaving Gordon Hayward, a guy that shot 46% from the right wing last season and 41% overall from both wings, wide open by himself in the corner.
Now you have the great Anthony Davis in the contest position, but his back is turned to Hayward and even he can't get there in time before Hayward begins his shot. Here it is:
This one I have to put on Monty. I've said it in the past, Monty asks this team to make impossible rotations, and on top of that I truly feel the team lacks a in depth knowledge of it's opponents players. Why would you leave one of the best corner shooters?
3. This last one holds a special place in my heart. I think I've said it every game so far this season, but our pick and roll philosophies are trash. In these next pictures, you will see Jason Smith come out above the 3pt line to hedge a screen on some guy named Diante Garrett. We will then ask the only player on the right side of the floor, our shortest defender Eric Gordon, to leave Hayward once again, to challenge the Jazz's tallest player, Derrick Favors.
This will lead to not a single player 23 ft within Gordon Hayward, who I repeat, shot 46% from the right corner last season. This is off the pass:
and this is when Hayward starts his shot:
as you can see, a member of the Jazz bench has already started to celebrate because he knows Gordon Hayward will not miss that shot.
1- Hayward receives the first pass of the possession and dribbles off of two screens set by Burks and Kanter, Gordon goes under both screens and Hayward rises up and drains the shot.
I went back and watched three other possessions where Hayward was the p&r ball handler, and we went over on every single possession other than this made three.
So I think you could put this one on Gordon, who needs to somehow get over those screens.
2. The next make comes on a Richard Jefferson drive on the left wing. For starters, I'd say it's obvious Monty does not trust our perimeter defense. Tyreke lets Jefferson get into the paint, but I feel like he still has good position to challenge the layup. But 6'3 Eric Gordon is tasked with coming 23 ft to defend the rim leaving Gordon Hayward, a guy that shot 46% from the right wing last season and 41% overall from both wings, wide open by himself in the corner.
Now you have the great Anthony Davis in the contest position, but his back is turned to Hayward and even he can't get there in time before Hayward begins his shot. Here it is:
This one I have to put on Monty. I've said it in the past, Monty asks this team to make impossible rotations, and on top of that I truly feel the team lacks a in depth knowledge of it's opponents players. Why would you leave one of the best corner shooters?
3. This last one holds a special place in my heart. I think I've said it every game so far this season, but our pick and roll philosophies are trash. In these next pictures, you will see Jason Smith come out above the 3pt line to hedge a screen on some guy named Diante Garrett. We will then ask the only player on the right side of the floor, our shortest defender Eric Gordon, to leave Hayward once again, to challenge the Jazz's tallest player, Derrick Favors.
This will lead to not a single player 23 ft within Gordon Hayward, who I repeat, shot 46% from the right corner last season. This is off the pass:
and this is when Hayward starts his shot:
as you can see, a member of the Jazz bench has already started to celebrate because he knows Gordon Hayward will not miss that shot.