What coaches and players say about roles, minutes, gameplans and development.
Avdija's downhill finishing is a big plus and Morant wants to get him more open space.
“With Deni, you know, his ability to be able to, you know, get down the floor, get downhill and, you know, finish through contact or without contact is an extreme plus for us. And the more we can get him in, you know, open space and let him see those gaps, it'd be great for us.”
Adelman sees Diallo as capable of guarding bigger players and shedding screens to hold matchups without switching.
“I tried to get him in to guard Jaron and it just, the sub pattern didn't work out. But I think he could do that too.”
Morant initiates on timeouts and sideline out of bounds plays while Lillard sometimes works off the ball.
“If the five man gets it, they're looking for Ja... coming out of timeouts and side out of bounds is when it's more called... we'll just kind of say like, hey, Ja, you initiate... And then we want Dame off the ball. And then there's other times where we want Dame on it.”
Haliburton adjusting to pick-and-roll with screen-setting Zubac rather than a popping big.
“I'm so used to... typically playing with a popping big and... that's obviously different... when Zubac sets screens, he's hitting people. So if I slow down and give him time to get a good clean hit, I'll be open.”
Toronto is deliberately funneling the ball to Kawhi so teammates learn where he wants to be.
“Intentionally we're focusing right now more to get, get, get a ball to him so other guys can get used to him, where, where he needs to be on the board, what he's going to be doing, how he's going to be finding his teammates.”
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