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This is quite interesting. Gian Casimiro does a great job of showing some of the Blazers defensive breakdowns, and unfortunately, a lot of them involve LaMarcus. He gives credit to Joel Przybilla for coming in and having proper positioning and execution.

This guy (Giam) is quite talented, I must say. He should be picked up by an NBA team as a video coordinator.

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great video

Really highlights some dreadful D by LMA and Oden. Both those guys have to get better at being able to show on the pick and roll and still getting back to their man.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 8:26 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

totally agree

But I didn’t realize how bad until this video, this is a really excellent break down of the problems with our help defense.

Jaws were hitting the floor as Greg repeatedly attempted to tear the rim off the backboard...

by TheOdenator on Dec 18, 2008 12:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

wow

a real eye opener. przybilla is apparently quicker than oden and lma haha. everyone is usually so quick to condemn our perimeter defenders but the truth is, they’re men are usually getting free on screens and our bigs aren’t rotating fast enough (or in lma’s case, not at all) to cover them. people thought greg was gonna step in and add another dimension to our defense but it looks like he has a ways to go. forget a new assistant coach, lma and greg need to learn some lessons from the vanilla gorilla.

The Blazers as a whole are far more like my wife than like me in the sense of their physicality on defense.
-Dave

by chrischa on Dec 17, 2008 8:39 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I think Przy *is* quicker that Oden right now

Oden is still not at full speed, so hopefully he’ll get back to the athlete he was at Ohio State.

In LMA’s case its a combination of laziness and poor defensive instincts. Hopefully Nate makes those guys watch themselves on tape… that kind of defense should make those two embarrassed.

Boomshakalaka

by jksnake99 on Dec 17, 2008 8:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Is it bad

if our Center does not come up high on the pick and roll? I can only see a serious downside if the opposing team’s Center is a threat with the jump shot.

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by CaptainSexyJacob on Dec 17, 2008 8:59 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

It is bad if the screener rolls hard to the hoop which Lee does

It ends up a 2 on 1 situation.

The center has to hedge, deter the dribbler away from the hoop and cut off the pass to the screener. Oden doesn’t have the quickness to hedge, so he has to try and cut the dribbler off after the screen. He picks up a lot of fouls doing this.

BINGO, BANGO, BONGO

by blzrfan on Dec 17, 2008 9:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I always knew LMA defense was so-so, definitely not upper tier

But that video did him no favors.

Also, Blake blows on defense. He’s constantly out of position.

Oden’s pick and roll defense has been a problem all year. No surprise. He has no lateral quickness.

Give it up for Przybilla. The best big man on the Blazers.

BINGO, BANGO, BONGO

by blzrfan on Dec 17, 2008 9:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is why

our defense IS going to improve. It’s not just individual defense, it’s team defense.

Joel is recognizing plays as they develop, while our other bigs are still weak at this. Experience is a big part of that. It’s easy to see it on the screen when somebody stops the action. It is much harder to recognize the situation developing in live action. But it will come, and when it does, you are talking at least 3-4 additional stops a game — and that is the difference between poor defensive efficiency and good defensive efficiency.

Do you like asparagus?

by jscot on Dec 17, 2008 10:31 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

This is great!

I love this kind of stuff.

Anyone know where there’s more stuff like this out there?

More Blazing, Less Trailing

by Bretski on Dec 18, 2008 12:10 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

I don't know

but I’d love to find more Blazer-centric videos like this.

"Brandon Roy, that man is unstoppable, it's like he's playing NBA Live." - Anthony Johnson

by jamon51 on Dec 18, 2008 5:30 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

ugh

December 18, 2008.

"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212

by maid tu rek on Dec 20, 2008 3:28 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

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