THIS Is Why Klay Thompson Is A CHEAT CODE On The Mavs…
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This is the Klay effect on the Mavs. They run a high pick for Luka, giving him a head of steam, but then watch Klay setting another screen on Wemby who’s the helper, and now it’s Thompson’s man who has to switch on Doncic, leaving Klay with Victor.
So now Lively dives inside and keeps Wemby under the basket while at the same time Klay sprints out to the three point line and gets a completely wide open look. Luka already knows that this is a swish and starts going back not even looking at the basket.
This is another example of the attention that Doncic gets in the pick and roll, as CP3 gets sucked in for just a moment, and that’s all it takes for the pass, the fake, and the wide open look for Thompson’s first points as a Maverick.
Klay got a bunch of open looks throughout the whole game and you could see that he was having fun knocking these down.
But Doncic was having fun as well…
And this circus shot was after the whistle and didn’t count but I was still amazed at how he got it to go.
Going back to the new guys however, watch how CP3 commands the entire Dallas defense here on this pick and roll with Wemby.
Goes middle keeping Lively on him and forcing the switch against a smaller guy for Wemby.
And with everyone now ready to help on that mismatch, Chris just bounces it to the corner to Keldon Johnson who knocks down this easy shot for him.
The very next possession, Paul knows that if he pushes it in transition, they will get some of the easiest points for Wembanyama, and he’s definitely happy about this.
Maan, having him on this team is almost like having Pop out there on the court and the young guys on the Spurs will benefit a ton from it.
They’ll also benefit from a 38% three point shooting veteran in Harrison Barnes, who also plays defense and is a solid all around player.
He is efficient as it is but against Dallas everything he threw at the basket went in.
Good game for him, but nowhere near as great as Minnesota’s new addition:
Randle was breathing fire against Sacramento and if he is hitting this James Harden contested stepback type of three, then there’s nothing you can do about it. (1Q 0:01 FILLER)
5 of 6 shooting from behind the three point line for a 33% career shooter from downtown.
The Timberwolves are sure hoping that he could replicate that one season on the Knicks when he randomly turned into Ray Allen and shot 41% forcing the Knicks to give him 62 million dollars.
But putting my Knicks fan frustrations aside, Randle battled it out against another newcomer on the Kings in Demar Derozan.
A solid 26 Point and 8 rebound debut for Demar, albeit a bit inefficient, going 7 for 18 from the field. And unfortunately for him and his new team, this back and forth in crunch time ended like this:
Demar’s less than ideal efficiency however was nothing compared to Westbrook:
Watch how far Carusso is from Russ, not even looking at him. The Thunder were sagging off of him, helping at the ball handler and basically forcing him to shoot it.
And Westbrook went 1 for 6 on threes and 2 for 10 overall in this bad 15 point loss for Denver at home. I personally still have no idea why Jokic specifically asked for him, the fit is clunky and the shooting is non-existent, so hopefully the Nuggets know what they’re doing.
One guy that absolutely knows what he’s doing however is JJ Redick. His genius offensive masterclass in the opener has the Lakers buzzing right now, and you gotta check out this detailed breakdown to see exactly what he’s doing. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.
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He isn’t a cheat code. He had a hot night, he will shoot 0/6 the next game
Everyone except dumb Perk knew that Westbrick was going to be trash
Klay might shoot 0/10 again, but he's still a huge upgrade from Tim Hardaway
Love that you mentioned the shot Luka hit that didn’t count. I love it not because it was anything crazy (at least from Luka), but because it shows you actually watch the games and put effort into it rather than just watching the highlights or box score. Really helpful for those of us who don’t have the time to watch everything
2:13 god bars
Where was this version of Klay? When he was with Golden State? Happy for Klay.
Bro always picks on russ
jokic asked for westbrook so he doesn't have a deep post season run
This dude is shitting on Westbrook but sucking off JJ lol. Genius? Really? Says all we need to know. 😂
calling him washed after last year because he ONLY shot 38% on threes….🤣over half the league would pay to shoot it that good…i dont get it, he raised the bar so high that even when shooting above average, we get the washed talk 🤡🌎
CP3 is not longer in his prime but having a true PG in the Spurs will help them a lot offensively and make things easier for Wemby
Who could have predicted this about Westbrook? 😤
I love when teams have 3 big names on the roster. It feels like the perfect level of an entertaining team.
So much traveling in the NBA…
Oh stopI. Lebron set a moving sreen over and over again.
Please make more of these daily recap videos if you can! I freaking loved this one and the last one, I can’t watch all the games but recaps on some of them are so nice!
tbf, much of those are just the Spurs having shitty defense most esp Sochan lol
Goes to show he can still shoot and be very effective. His mental health is what makes him inconsistent. Hope bro takes care of himself i wanna see him succeed
The whole nuggets team played bad. Why sling out only russ? Cmon man
CP3 with Wemby will be nuts.
Man,i am so freakin excited about OKC team!! I cant freakin wait to see how they will run thru 90% of other teams thru the season!! Imagine defense-Lu Doort,Alex Carusso and Chet Holmgren. Plus MVP calibre in Shai. Daaaamn!!!
lol i don't hate russ but when you point out that is bad at shooting ppl defend him so hard 😂😂
Best basketball channel imo, i love how you don't engage with sports betting ads!
Crazy how people flipped on Klay a top 5 shooter of all time because of one game going 0/10. Mavs will cause some real damage this year
Love these. Thanks for the daily updates. Especially without the Rate Game stuff ❤
His shooting form changed compared to those days before injury. He used to shoot so simple and text book.
Awesome KLAY. So happy for him. Always his fan
This is a championship winning team
i dont even watch real games anymore i just watch this guy he makes me understand the game better. love your content man
The fact that the Nuggets didn't make a bigger push for clay is absolutely insane and just shows how completely inept their front office is right now. Since the guy who built the championship winning team left to the Wolves the Nuggets roster has completely fallen apart. Jokic needs some help, or he needs to fuck off from the Nuggets if they can't get their shit together and stop wasting his prime with them. he's given them a chip, he's already done enough.
Gsw fan here. Happy for Klay one of the GOAT shooters and 2 way players ever. It looks like he’s refreshed and the perfect fit for Dallas as what theyve been lacking in the past few seasons is a consistent elite shooter. We should also do right by Steph and get him the right talent around him
Klay said Dont forget im still a Splash Brother
Adding a friends' lists on RATEGAME would be fantastic, as it would enable you to see their ratings, similar to Letterbox.
1 game klay is back lmfaoooo
nigga should talk about how okc dismantled denver instead choose to hate on 1 player lmfaooo. this retard is certified westbrook hater
Randall overrated. All left guy
An 80% Klay will be a cheat-code. That's how ridiculous his shooting is.
This is his good performance, he will average 8pts this season.
Klay Thompson is my IDOL👌👌👌
For Barnes, it's personal for him against Mavs trading him mid season
Nuggets wil trade Russ Westbrick soon because he can only drive and dunk and is a bad shooter and a misfit piece.
Dirty Westbrick playing as poorly as he did during playoffs.
this dude got called unfairly washed over one game and bereded as a bad pickup for a team he was obviously gonna improve. it really is a Cinderella story for him to prove all the doubters wrong.
He's a cheat code with Luka for the same reason he would be with LeBron. He can catch and shoot all day.
Bad D.. They could just switch it
Russ still the same 😂
I noticed something different from this game as opposed to the last season, their Defense is UP, and that's gotta mean something