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Sam Vecenie

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1143 total appearances

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He is always constantly just straight up and down. You can get him the ball and he will get into his hop and he will like find his balance almost no matter what, if he's wrong footed, if he has to realign himself in midair, like he's just really, really good at finding that balance with his shot prep. So that's probably the way I would go about answering those three.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

He is always constantly just straight up and down. You can get him the ball and he will get into his hop and he will like find his balance almost no matter what, if he's wrong footed, if he has to realign himself in midair, like he's just really, really good at finding that balance with his shot prep. So that's probably the way I would go about answering those three.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

But this is a class that has some shooters for sure.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

But this is a class that has some shooters for sure.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

But this is a class that has some shooters for sure.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

There's not another way to put it. Okay. So like Maryland will like oftentimes like pre switch him and make it so that he doesn't have to get North South as a defender and like really come up to the level and guard. It was very similar actually to, you know, rest in peace.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

There's not another way to put it. Okay. So like Maryland will like oftentimes like pre switch him and make it so that he doesn't have to get North South as a defender and like really come up to the level and guard. It was very similar actually to, you know, rest in peace.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

There's not another way to put it. Okay. So like Maryland will like oftentimes like pre switch him and make it so that he doesn't have to get North South as a defender and like really come up to the level and guard. It was very similar actually to, you know, rest in peace.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like, you know, Caleb Swan again, when he was at Purdue, like Purdue devised the scheme where like he would call out to a teammate on the wing to go up, guard the ball screen. I'll switch onto the guy on the wing. Right. And for his part,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like, you know, Caleb Swan again, when he was at Purdue, like Purdue devised the scheme where like he would call out to a teammate on the wing to go up, guard the ball screen. I'll switch onto the guy on the wing. Right. And for his part,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like, you know, Caleb Swan again, when he was at Purdue, like Purdue devised the scheme where like he would call out to a teammate on the wing to go up, guard the ball screen. I'll switch onto the guy on the wing. Right. And for his part,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Derek queen is actually like a really good communicator on defense within the scheme and is like really good at making sure that like he has his teammates, you know, in the right spots and that he's in the right spots. I think he's actually also like pretty okay. Laterally on defense. Like if he is in a switch situation and is guarding like a wing and

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Derek queen is actually like a really good communicator on defense within the scheme and is like really good at making sure that like he has his teammates, you know, in the right spots and that he's in the right spots. I think he's actually also like pretty okay. Laterally on defense. Like if he is in a switch situation and is guarding like a wing and

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Derek queen is actually like a really good communicator on defense within the scheme and is like really good at making sure that like he has his teammates, you know, in the right spots and that he's in the right spots. I think he's actually also like pretty okay. Laterally on defense. Like if he is in a switch situation and is guarding like a wing and

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

he can slide his feet in like cut off that player. The problem is when you get them North South, it's really hard. I think for him to kind of stop his momentum and then change directions. Right. So like if he's closing out onto a shooter in like a scramble situation, I think he's really, it's, it's really hard for him to like stop and, and cut off a drive against him.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

he can slide his feet in like cut off that player. The problem is when you get them North South, it's really hard. I think for him to kind of stop his momentum and then change directions. Right. So like if he's closing out onto a shooter in like a scramble situation, I think he's really, it's, it's really hard for him to like stop and, and cut off a drive against him.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

he can slide his feet in like cut off that player. The problem is when you get them North South, it's really hard. I think for him to kind of stop his momentum and then change directions. Right. So like if he's closing out onto a shooter in like a scramble situation, I think he's really, it's, it's really hard for him to like stop and, and cut off a drive against him.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like that's what I worry about most with him. And then like in drop also, I don't think he's particularly long and he's only like, you know, six, 10 ish. Let's go with. So like, he doesn't take up a lot of space in those circumstances either. Like the best drop coverage defenders in the league, they tend to be very big because they can just extend their arms.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like that's what I worry about most with him. And then like in drop also, I don't think he's particularly long and he's only like, you know, six, 10 ish. Let's go with. So like, he doesn't take up a lot of space in those circumstances either. Like the best drop coverage defenders in the league, they tend to be very big because they can just extend their arms.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Why Cooper Flagg will change the NBA | Slam N Jam

Like that's what I worry about most with him. And then like in drop also, I don't think he's particularly long and he's only like, you know, six, 10 ish. Let's go with. So like, he doesn't take up a lot of space in those circumstances either. Like the best drop coverage defenders in the league, they tend to be very big because they can just extend their arms.