Always love to see the loongod get some recognition. Most underrated big man in the league imo.
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One thing I want to say about this: you’d be shocked how many bigs there are in the league who can’t do any of these things. None of this shows up in the box score, but it’s critical to winning and losing. The skill set Looney has is so damn hard to find. You put this man on the Chris Mullin Run TMC warriors, on the “We Believe” team and just think about how much better he would make those teams. I remember Run TMC, those guys did not need more offense, they needed defense, rebounding, toughness and size.
Please appreciate this man, just like we appreciate Steph, Klay and Draymond. Once he goes, it’s going to be a very long time before you see someone like him again. There just aren’t that many players who can rebound, defend (both inside and out) and do all the little things well.
Imagine for a second Boston had Kevon Looney, suddenly, their entire defensive game plan changes. Players who can defense in the paint, switch onto smaller perimeter guards, and switch back onto bigs are very tough to find and everyone is looking for one.
I remember the exact moment I knew Looney was going to bs special, it was an early regular season game in his third season against Houston. He picked up James Harden at the perimeter, Harden ran pick and roll, Looney switched onto Clint Capella, there was a bit of back-and-forth and he eventually ended the possession contesting a Harden layup. Guys who can switch from a guard to a center and back to guard and defend all of them at a high level unlock modern NBA defenses.
On defense, Looney only really struggles with the fasted guards and the biggest bigs. Prime Lou Williams gave Looney all kinds of problems, but prime Lou Williams was in the 99th percentile of quickness and change of direction amongst NBA guards. He’s also always had trouble against bigs who can just win at bully ball. However, the outlier is not what matters, since almost no one ever has both an elite physical big and an elite quick guard, when you do draw those players, it takes a team effort, but you can game plan ways to mitigate it.
Looney is the most important player on the warriors who no one knows. Wiggins got his flowers last post-season, and I was glad to see people finally realizing how good Looney is.
Like Kerr said, I’ll ride with him to the end, no question.
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Always love to see the loongod get some recognition. Most underrated big man in the league imo.
One thing I want to say about this: you’d be shocked how many bigs there are in the league who can’t do any of these things. None of this shows up in the box score, but it’s critical to winning and losing. The skill set Looney has is so damn hard to find. You put this man on the Chris Mullin Run TMC warriors, on the “We Believe” team and just think about how much better he would make those teams. I remember Run TMC, those guys did not need more offense, they needed defense, rebounding, toughness and size.
Please appreciate this man, just like we appreciate Steph, Klay and Draymond. Once he goes, it’s going to be a very long time before you see someone like him again. There just aren’t that many players who can rebound, defend (both inside and out) and do all the little things well.
Imagine for a second Boston had Kevon Looney, suddenly, their entire defensive game plan changes. Players who can defense in the paint, switch onto smaller perimeter guards, and switch back onto bigs are very tough to find and everyone is looking for one.
I remember the exact moment I knew Looney was going to bs special, it was an early regular season game in his third season against Houston. He picked up James Harden at the perimeter, Harden ran pick and roll, Looney switched onto Clint Capella, there was a bit of back-and-forth and he eventually ended the possession contesting a Harden layup. Guys who can switch from a guard to a center and back to guard and defend all of them at a high level unlock modern NBA defenses.
On defense, Looney only really struggles with the fasted guards and the biggest bigs. Prime Lou Williams gave Looney all kinds of problems, but prime Lou Williams was in the 99th percentile of quickness and change of direction amongst NBA guards. He’s also always had trouble against bigs who can just win at bully ball. However, the outlier is not what matters, since almost no one ever has both an elite physical big and an elite quick guard, when you do draw those players, it takes a team effort, but you can game plan ways to mitigate it.
Looney is the most important player on the warriors who no one knows. Wiggins got his flowers last post-season, and I was glad to see people finally realizing how good Looney is.
Like Kerr said, I’ll ride with him to the end, no question.
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