Draymond GreenForward, Golden State Warriors

Draymond breaks down guarding Jokic 😳 | #shorts #nba #goldenstatewarriors #denvernuggets #basketball

13 Apr 2022 · 1 min

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Draymond Green breaks down the defensive dilemma with Nikola Jokic: you can't stop both his scoring and his playmaking, so you have to pick which strength to take away. In playoff series, teams systematically strip away a player's best options game by game.

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Obviously we know their offense begins and ends with Joker. You know, he makes a bunch of plays, whether it's for himself, whether it's for other guys. And going into an NBA playoff game plan, you have to decide what are you willing to lose against? I think one common thing with Joker is people have to decide like whether you're gonna make him a passer, whether you're gonna make him a scorer, what are you trying to take away? And I think that's a very interesting thing. You see that all around the league. As you get into the playoffs, I always tell guys, your number one strength they take away. And as you get deeper into the playoffs, your number two strength is taken away. And that is one of the beautiful things about the playoffs. You have situations where teams are able to study guys for 7 games. I think that always made the playoffs more interesting.