Rightfully so. Those two players are a big part of the reason this team is where it is at. You don’t make wholesale changes after the team makes the WCFs
When Zach goes in or if he starts he would be on Green and if Golden States goes small and if Green on the Bench he will be on Looney. Aminu or Harkless will be on Durant in this series. But Zach moves his feet pretty well I wouldn't mind see if he couldn't stay with Durant.
The refs hate Zach. If he were to guard Durant, he'd foul out in a quarter. The rest of what you said was spot on, though.
No doubt that I don't see Stotts changing the starting lineup. Durant going to get his he always does against us.
I don't know the Refs actually been tuff on Durant giving him calls this year one reason he so many T. Zach he has to understand your not trying to block his shot your just trying to contest the shot. But yes Zach does pick up some stupid fouls and yes the Refs seems like they don't like him. But just think if he could stay with Durant and pick up fouls. Zach I believe length would bother Durant.
Rewatching the game last night without the stress, Zach was such a huge force on the defensive end. He went from the top of the key to the paint and back several times in one sequence. The Nuggs were scared to go up, passing the ball out because of his presence. He has such good defensive instincts! When he is locked in like that we are so tough to beat.
If only those soft hands didn't let his opponents take so many rebounds out of his grasp, haha. I'm confident that will improve next season. I love me some Zach and have from Day 1.
Edit: Have to put Zach on Green. Kanter and Meyers go on Cousins and Bogut. Lillard on Steph Curry and CJ on Thompson. That leaves Aminu on Durant.
Nope nope nope. Remember our win against them in the regular season when Kerr decided he wanted attention all for himself and imploded? Collins played the absolute perfect role as the free safety running in and out of the paint near the rim. We left Green WIDE OPEN with 10+ feet of space on every play while everyone else stayed with shooters. And I'm not playing Dame on Curry-- he needs all the energy he can conserve for offense. I'd put Dame on Iggy, CJ on Klay, Moe on Steph, and Aminu on Looney, with Collins guarding the middle and helping on every drive. Kanter is gonna become a major liability on defense, but he'll be getting his on offense-- i'd play him judiciously.
If MO had problems guarding Murray he have the same problem with Curry. I think you have to guard Golden State straight up guard on guard. But I might have MO guard Thompson and CJ guarding Iggy or CJ guarding Curry and Dame guarding Iggy.
Agree. That kid has amazing footwork. At some point - he is going to be a crazy option down on the block while also being in the conversation about a defensive player of the year talk.
Very happy with Zach's play in the postseason. I think it's validated the FO's reason to draft him. All season long it felt like they were grooming him to be the starting PF next year when they don't resign Aminu, but his play after getting Kanter (even after Nurk went down) was brutal. To the point where I thought the team might need to dig into the wallet and resign Chief. But he's played his way back in the postseason, especially against the Nuggets. Prediction: He's gonna have a breakout series against Golden State and they let Aminu walk. GS is actually a good matchup for Zach. His strengths like his speed and versatility is great against teams who rely on perimeter scorers, and the Warriors don't have any bigs that can abuse Collins down low.
Why can't you? Maybe we're made it in spite of dilating them. If theres something we can improve, we should do it.
