Why is Jerami Grant guarding small guards?

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BonesJones said:
Defense is all about minimizing scoring. Saying "no" to minimizing scoring because the initial coverage is blown when NBA teams have a bunch of defensive principals in place in case of dribble penetration seems silly to me.
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It seemed silly to Grant to....who didn't stick around to talk about it after the game...Chauncey put an address on the blown coverage and Dame highlighted how they broke the string on defense at the end of the game....that's game. Not system but a breakdown in execution. The coaching staff has addressed it. I heard your take on it and we disagree about why it happened. It's on Grant, not coach. Josh Hart has an ankle like a softball and is limited in lateral movement so Grant takes the assignment. Defense might be about limiting scoring but on the other side of the ball....the offense found a way to score which is what offense is about...that's the actual point of basketball so one player wins that match every play.
 
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riverman said:
It seemed silly to Grant to....who didn't stick around to talk about it after the game...Chauncey put an address on the blown coverage and Dame highlighted how they broke the string on defense at the end of the game....that's game. Not system but a breakdown in execution. The coaching staff has addressed it. I heard your take on it and we disagree about why it happened. It's on Grant, not coach. Josh Hart has an ankle like a softball and is limited in lateral movement so Grant takes the assignment. Defense might be about limiting scoring but on the other side of the ball....the offense found a way to score which is what offense is about...that's the actual point of basketball so one player wins that match every play.
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Sure it's on Grant, but as a coach if you see a guy struggle against guards consistently and his biggest strength defensively is guarding forwards and helping around the rim, you should play him to his strengths not his weaknesses.
 
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SIeepwalker said:
Honestly I don't get the argument of saying Hart or other better options are injured and that's why Grant is defending guard. He's been defending guards since game 1.
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He deserves to be an AllStar. Definitely the best Blazer this season overall. And people thought he was gonna be a prima Donna lol.
 
SIeepwalker said:
Honestly I don't get the argument of saying Hart or other better options are injured and that's why Grant is defending guard. He's been defending guards since game 1.
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I've had no problem with his guarding them either from the start....reminds me of how we used Batum. Hart is hurt so in this matchup, Grant would guard the guy, Makes total sense to me but Grant made two blunders at the end...game over.
 
SIeepwalker said:
Honestly I don't get the argument of saying Hart or other better options are injured and that's why Grant is defending guard. He's been defending guards since game 1.
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I think you will see much less of it in key situations once Payton comes back and Hart gets better(He looks to be moving better last game).
I think you will always see teams switch and get him on a guard as much as they can. That seems to be what they are trying to accomplish. If they can get Nurk guarding a PG then they will love tat as well. Same thing just opposite when you have a strong long player like George or Durant or Tatum switching to get Dame on them.
It's up to the players on the court and Chauncey/Rogers to figure out how to address this issue because it's going to keep happening.
 
They must be because ever is playing #5's position is wide open game after game for easy dunks.
 
The Blazers try their best to hide Simon's's terrible defense. Lillard is small and can't guard anyone with size and/or muscles. Putting Jerami in the top center of the defense can have him peel back and provide at least some help to the middle of the court.
 
Whyachi said:
The Blazers try their best to hide Simon's's terrible defense. Lillard is small and can't guard anyone with size and/or muscles. Putting Jerami in the top center of the defense can have him peel back and provide at least some help to the middle of the court.
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actually I think Dame is pretty good guarding size and muscles as long as it isn't an 8 inch or 40 pound mismatch....which Chauncey has opted for a few times this season
 
B-Roy said:
The reason this happens is because we concede the switch on all pick and rolls involving our guards. That's a coaching decision.
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bingo...they go right by our guards
No way you have you're two small guards guards on bigs.
 
wizenheimer said:
actually I think Dame is pretty good guarding size and muscles as long as it isn't an 8 inch or 40 pound mismatch....which Chauncey has opted for a few times this season
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Agreed. Dame does quite well for himself in the post when it turns into a 'strength' issue. Where he gets blown by is out on the perimeter. Nas actually requested to be put out top to try to slow down the initial break down of the defense. They went to a zone and tried to hide Ant/Dame in the corners.

We actually did something very similar in college and incorporated the same in city league games after college. We put one of our better/longer defenders out top to negate the initial breakdown of a quick guard. It worked quite well. Then again, it could be humorously argued that we had better defenders in the corners than Ant/Dame.
 
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