Kirk Goldsberry
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Tobias Harris and Cade Cunningham usage has spiked as a result of the magic being able to really marginalize this all NBA force that this pick and roll partner of Cade Cunningham and now Cade
Cade has the highest usage in the NBA playoffs, Zach Lowe.
He's up there at 36.
That's not where he wants to be.
He wants to be down near 30.
He wants to drive it.
So yes, he's turning it over in part because his pick and roll partner hasn't been there, dude.
He has those passes, those outlets that were there all year are gone.
And again, credit to Wendell Carter, but for me,
If Detroit goes down here, there's going to be a lot of questions and a lot of fingers not pointed at Cade Cunningham, but pointed at the other partner in that pick and roll combo.
Yeah, for a variety of reasons that we don't need to go into here.
But Detroit is also not able to shoot threes.
We knew this coming in, but they unsurprisingly ranked dead last in the playoffs in three-point shooting.
I know it's sort of an interesting point, but they miss Malik Beasley.
They don't have that.
They had that last year.
And he wasn't particularly great in the playoffs.
But Duncan Robinson isn't enough.
He changes what they're able to do on defense to even get them to competent three-point shooting when he's out there.
But you're telling me