James Edwards
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I mean, I think at the very least you have to see how it goes.
that's a great question.
I think the easiest thing, easiest fix.
I don't know if it's a fix.
So the one thing I want to see that I think is easiest to do is,
What the Knicks did in game two was because they went back, they had spent a lot of time of Okongwu on Cat, but late in that game they put Okongwu on Hart, Kaminga on Cat.
So they spent a lot of time putting Josh Hart in the action where he's setting the screen so that Jalen can get Okongwu.
And I thought, again, Okongwu did a great job of retreating as Nikhil got around or whoever was guarding him got around.
Just because Kat's being guarded by a wing, which that's the book, right?
Everybody knows that's what you do.
I don't think that means you just you still can't put him in the action.
Like either Jalen's going to go one on one with Kaminga, which let's see what happens, or they're going to switch and Kat's going to be on to kill Alexander Walker.
Let's see what happens.
I think Nikhil is a great defender.
He gets so low in his stance, too, that if Kat's trying to dribble from the three-point line, that could be an issue.
But let's find out.
I don't think just because a Kong Wu is guarding Hart, that means you can't put Kat in the action.
And if you're not going to put Kat in the action, I think you should at least use him as a floor spacer.
We talk about that play where Kaminga had the block.
It was because Kat's just standing in the dunker spot right outside the paint.