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  1. BigGameDamian

    BigGameDamian Well-Known Member

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    Don’t fall in love. Clingen will replace Ayton soon enough.
     
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    UKRAINEFAN Well-Known Member

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    Is a lot of Ayton's problems setting screens because the ball handler doesn't dribble past close enough to the screen? This is just a theory so far but I have noticed on other teams they skim by so close that they lose the guy who is blocked. I think he wants to set good screens so is the problem coaching?
     
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    sure....some of it can be on the ball-handler. But that's going to be true for every screen-setter. Ball-handlers don't magically get dumb around Ayton and then get smart around Jokic

    Ayton isn't terrible at setting screens, but he's not great at either. Probably below average. This was a big complaint Phoenix fans had about Ayton by the way
     
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    I was talking about the Portland ball handler..... I'm saying maybe Jokic is working with smarter or better coached ball handlers.
     
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    sure....maybe....probably?

    I'm just worn out on considering excuses for the flaws of Portland's big-3
     
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