[Charlie Cummings] A general response I’ve seen to the Klay guarding 4s idea is “I’d love to see him guard a LeBron James post-up”, and folks I have some news
He includes 4 clips of him defending Lebron in the post and Lebron goes 1 for 4 with Klay forcing tough fadeaways on 3 and a turnover in the other.
I’d like to think this would help shut up certain people that keep bemoaning how “terrible” of a coach Kerr is for mentioning this “new” concept of Klay occasionally guarding the 4 in certain match ups– but I know it won’t.
Who_knows-_-
Klay is slower now, but his d is still great. Pf tend to be slower than pg and sg, so it should work well.
System_Lower
Klays problem at the 4 isn’t on-ball defense. ITS REBOUNDING
pnoisebored
Lebelow jordan post.moves so ugly compared to jordan or kobe.
Klay could guard wings at post and smaller bigs like horford. Kerr is not dumb to put him on ad or giannis.
Hellschampion
The problem isn’t LeBron, it’s Giannis, AD, Mobley, KAT, etc…
831loc
People are also dumb because he wouldn’t be guarding Bron most of the time anyways. Wiggins would take that role, Dray on Davis and Klay would go on whatever other non perimeter threat that would be. Someone like Hachimura or Vanderbilt.
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I’d like to think this would help shut up certain people that keep bemoaning how “terrible” of a coach Kerr is for mentioning this “new” concept of Klay occasionally guarding the 4 in certain match ups– but I know it won’t.
Klay is slower now, but his d is still great. Pf tend to be slower than pg and sg, so it should work well.
Klays problem at the 4 isn’t on-ball defense. ITS REBOUNDING
Lebelow jordan post.moves so ugly compared to jordan or kobe.
Klay could guard wings at post and smaller bigs like horford. Kerr is not dumb to put him on ad or giannis.
The problem isn’t LeBron, it’s Giannis, AD, Mobley, KAT, etc…
People are also dumb because he wouldn’t be guarding Bron most of the time anyways. Wiggins would take that role, Dray on Davis and Klay would go on whatever other non perimeter threat that would be. Someone like Hachimura or Vanderbilt.