Jrue Holiday matching up with Joel Embiid? And succeeding?? In this enhanced segment from the Thinking Basketball podcast, Cody and Ben break down how the Celtics are using a creative strategy with their point guard on opposing centers, allowing Kristaps Porzingis to roam near the basket.
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20 Comments
He is actually insane and Jrue so many fouls
UCLA legend. We love you Jrue! 💙💛
This reminds me so much of the 76ers last season when they put PJ on Jokic and let Emiid roam
cool video. OG did this a week earlier
Humorously dumb.
Not only did they lose, but Embiid had over 30 points. What do you mean he’s locking him down?
Alex Caruso guarded Giannis in the 2021 playoffs.
5:45 tell that to the people who guard Nicola Jokić
Jrue and D-White together is great to watch and they are competitive with eachother about their defense
Let’s be honest, the fans call the fouls. if you’re a popular player, the refs will give you the star privilege. if you’re not a popular player, tough luck. And just so you know…I hate it!
Its pretty incredible that the Brad Stevens flipped Marcus Smart for three first rounders and got Porzingis in return as well. Then he flipped two firsts, Time Lord and matching salary for Jrue, who essentially plays the Smart role with better offence.
Its pretty incredible that the Brad Stevens flipped Marcus Smart for three first rounders and got Porzingis in return as well. Then he flipped two firsts, Time Lord and matching salary for Jrue, who essentially plays the Smart role with better offence.
You can't just power through.
Giannis: Hold my beer.
Would Jrue work on Jokic?
Best overall man defender in the league . It’s been this way for a while. Why didn’t kat just post up every time, or run to the block?
Can we stop pretending embiid a super star 😂?
When Porzingus was in NY and Smart was in Boston, Smart guarded KP and in those 2 games KP has his worst 2 games of the year that season. It was a drastic drop in production while guarded by Smart, and it was because Smart kept pressing up on his legs ans KP couldn't move and if he brought the ball down it would make Smart strip it from him. It was a master class of how to guard a giant with a guard.
Marcus Smart used to do this for the Celtics. But, Jrue is the better overall player. If Grant Williams was still with the Celtics, this would also be his role.
I can only imagine Kenyon Martin's opinion on this
i think mazzula will drill it into jrue that flopping like smart does helps against bigs like bam and embiid