the fact that julius is blitzed as often as he is tells you how valuable he is to the team. to be fair, he is blitzed often because it is (or was) effective, but that typically happened when julius went into iso mode and would try and back down his defender. the double would come from the blind side, and then it was hard for him to find the open man. last season julius faced the basket more, saw the double team coming, and got rid of the ball before it came (at least more often than past years). if this adjustment means less doubles, then he will feast this year. if the doubles keep coming, then everyone else feasts.
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the fact that julius is blitzed as often as he is tells you how valuable he is to the team. to be fair, he is blitzed often because it is (or was) effective, but that typically happened when julius went into iso mode and would try and back down his defender. the double would come from the blind side, and then it was hard for him to find the open man. last season julius faced the basket more, saw the double team coming, and got rid of the ball before it came (at least more often than past years). if this adjustment means less doubles, then he will feast this year. if the doubles keep coming, then everyone else feasts.