Kirk Goldsberry

So what we're seeing, you know, last year was maybe, or last decade was really about like a shot selection revolution.

Here we're starting to see defensive responses to some of this.

And that's one of the biggest trends I'm seeing sort of in the 2020s is like, we're going to pick up your dude

as soon as you inbound the ball and make it hard for you to get across and sort of initiate early offense.

Yeah, it's annoying.

And I think it tires these guys out, too.

It's like...

If you watch Harden, he takes his breaks, like bringing the ball up.

He's like, all right, let me catch my breath.

And you're just denying them that little sort of break in between rounds of action, if you will.

But no team's doing it more than the Blazers.

And then your team, the Celtics, are right there too.

And if you have a lot of good defensive-minded guards and you're young, why not?

Like you're saying, nobody wants to see this.

And...

In an era where everybody wants to get into early offense, we've all learned that that's where the efficient part of the shot clock is.

Slowing them down and taking that away, making them sort of toil until they're 16 or 17 on the shot clock.

And you hear players starting to say that, too.

I just don't want to make it easy.

Like, why should I just let you walk it up?