Benjy Ritholtz

But when you just look in terms of pick-and-roll efficiency against their half-court defense, their bottom of the league, and it's because for most of this defense,

season they've played cat and a drop at the five and that is just easily exploitable and not only that you can you can bring brunson's man into the action they're playing a hedge and recover scheme pretty consistently and teams just get used to that and they start to find their outlets and they make open threes they have to find ways to get either more switchable at times which they've started to sprinkle in you saw it again last night they have to be able to play og at the five and move cat to the four at times even when mitch isn't playing so that og is the one and more of the actions guarding the guarding the main screener

season they've played cat and a drop at the five and that is just easily exploitable and not only that you can you can bring brunson's man into the action they're playing a hedge and recover scheme pretty consistently and teams just get used to that and they start to find their outlets and they make open threes they have to find ways to get either more switchable at times which they've started to sprinkle in you saw it again last night they have to be able to play og at the five and move cat to the four at times even when mitch isn't playing so that og is the one and more of the actions guarding the guarding the main screener

season they've played cat and a drop at the five and that is just easily exploitable and not only that you can you can bring brunson's man into the action they're playing a hedge and recover scheme pretty consistently and teams just get used to that and they start to find their outlets and they make open threes they have to find ways to get either more switchable at times which they've started to sprinkle in you saw it again last night they have to be able to play og at the five and move cat to the four at times even when mitch isn't playing so that og is the one and more of the actions guarding the guarding the main screener

This is a pipe dream, but I wish they sprinkled some zone in. They haven't played in one possession of zone all season long. I think you look at the most creative defensive coaches in the league, even on teams that have great defensive personnel, the OKCs of the world, the Miami's of the world. They'll throw zone in there. They throw zone in. The Lakers played zone last night. They did indeed.

This is a pipe dream, but I wish they sprinkled some zone in. They haven't played in one possession of zone all season long. I think you look at the most creative defensive coaches in the league, even on teams that have great defensive personnel, the OKCs of the world, the Miami's of the world. They'll throw zone in there. They throw zone in. The Lakers played zone last night. They did indeed.

This is a pipe dream, but I wish they sprinkled some zone in. They haven't played in one possession of zone all season long. I think you look at the most creative defensive coaches in the league, even on teams that have great defensive personnel, the OKCs of the world, the Miami's of the world. They'll throw zone in there. They throw zone in. The Lakers played zone last night. They did indeed.

It's like, you know, it's like a little bit, it's hard to digest like a coach who's not willing to sprinkle that in when, again, you're playing Cat and Brunson 35 plus minutes just to give, offenses are too good now. Pick and roll offense is too good now to just never throw different looks in. That's been a little disappointing. I thought he might, do that this season. He hasn't.

It's like, you know, it's like a little bit, it's hard to digest like a coach who's not willing to sprinkle that in when, again, you're playing Cat and Brunson 35 plus minutes just to give, offenses are too good now. Pick and roll offense is too good now to just never throw different looks in. That's been a little disappointing. I thought he might, do that this season. He hasn't.

It's like, you know, it's like a little bit, it's hard to digest like a coach who's not willing to sprinkle that in when, again, you're playing Cat and Brunson 35 plus minutes just to give, offenses are too good now. Pick and roll offense is too good now to just never throw different looks in. That's been a little disappointing. I thought he might, do that this season. He hasn't.

So that one's probably not going to happen. I do think there are other options that he might go to. Again, having Mitch at the five as a look, OG at the five as a look, I want to see a little bit more. And then mixing in your blitzes, mixing in your switches.

So that one's probably not going to happen. I do think there are other options that he might go to. Again, having Mitch at the five as a look, OG at the five as a look, I want to see a little bit more. And then mixing in your blitzes, mixing in your switches.

So that one's probably not going to happen. I do think there are other options that he might go to. Again, having Mitch at the five as a look, OG at the five as a look, I want to see a little bit more. And then mixing in your blitzes, mixing in your switches.

Anyway. Do some of that as well. Absolutely. Yeah. Because, you know, what happens for this defense too often is Teams target Brunson and Cat, and the Knicks let them do it. And you have Bridges and Anobi behind them who are just too often not involved in the play.

Anyway. Do some of that as well. Absolutely. Yeah. Because, you know, what happens for this defense too often is Teams target Brunson and Cat, and the Knicks let them do it. And you have Bridges and Anobi behind them who are just too often not involved in the play.

Anyway. Do some of that as well. Absolutely. Yeah. Because, you know, what happens for this defense too often is Teams target Brunson and Cat, and the Knicks let them do it. And you have Bridges and Anobi behind them who are just too often not involved in the play.

And if I'm the Knicks, my whole philosophy would be, let's make sure that our wings are involved in the defensive session, no matter what the offense is doing.

And if I'm the Knicks, my whole philosophy would be, let's make sure that our wings are involved in the defensive session, no matter what the offense is doing.

And if I'm the Knicks, my whole philosophy would be, let's make sure that our wings are involved in the defensive session, no matter what the offense is doing.

That's right. It could be instructive. And next thing would be a way to do that, right? It's just, OK, you're going to try to get Kat in the action, but now here comes Adam Obi from the weak side, and we're going to get Kat back down into the action. Those types of things, I wish we saw more. Maybe they'll start building some stuff in before the playoffs.