[Chauncey Billups] says he struggles with the fact that Rudy Gobert is a 4x Defensive Player of the Year, yet teams are still purposely attacking him in the playoffs: “We attacked Rudy all series — you don’t just attack great defensive players, you try to go away from them…”
August 19, 2024
[Chauncey Billups] says he struggles with the fact that Rudy Gobert is a 4x Defensive Player of the Year, yet teams are still purposely attacking him in the playoffs: “We attacked Rudy all series — you don’t just attack great defensive players, you try to go away from them…”
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People get scored on. Even the goats are scored on constantly. It’s a big man award, he’s the best paint defender in the league.
When they attack him it’s away from the paint.
He also orchestrated the best defense in the league that was borderline atrocious the decade plus before his arrival.
Rudy slander is so fucking weird.
If basketball were 1 on 1, Chauncey is completely correct. But in real basketball, help D and rim protection are real things, and not every rim protector is also good at perimeter defense. I’d guess almost none of them are.
I’m sure Rudy will give Chauncey’s opinion a ton of thought as he’s inducted into the HOF
I dunno, when a team plans their entire offense against a guy, that’s a compliment imo. That Jazz-Clippers series was on Bogdonavic, Mitchell, Conley and Ingles getting blown by on repeat.
this level of not knowing ball must really pump up portland fans lmao
Chauncey I’m about to throw hands bro. Focus on coaching your team to a better record than 81-165 all-time
He was not very effective against the Mavs Pnr..none of our bigs were. That may have something to do with Luka’s greatness in the Pnr because nobody can really stop him there but regardless they definitely exploited Rudy and our bigs getting them in space then throwing the lob over the top when they committed to the ball handler.
I mean there is no excuse why with three 7 footers on the roster starting you can’t defend the lob attack better, in the Boston series with old ass Horford and hobbled Porzingis it was a non factor. That was a bad series all around from our best players to the coaches and I’ll never understand how badly prepared we looked in that series but it does play to the narrative about Rudy’s ability to get exploited in playoff series even if it wasn’t all his fault.
Yeah they deliberately attack him to get him in foul trouble.
Love the 04 Pistons with Sheed and Chauncey and I check out Sheed’s podcast from time to time but some of the takes they make especially regarding Rudy confuse me. It feels like I’m watching an entirely different player with the way they describe Rudy. They say constantly that nobody cares about Rudy’s presence at the rim and that teams don’t care if he’s there. I just don’t see how you’d think that if you watch how teams try to score with him on vs off the court. The difference is shots at the rim when he’s on the court versus off is astounding. They describe him like he’s a lumbering 7’5 shot blocker who’s helpless in space and in defending pnrs which is crazy since Rudy was in top 86 iirc percentile in isolation defense this season. Their version of “attacking him” is pulling him away from the basket, which to me seems like a basic offensive scheme against any elite rim protector. If teams have to plan against you like that, which we’ve already heard that coaches do gameplan against Rudy’s defense more than anybody’s, I’d say he’s an extremely impactful defender.
Also as a side bar: According to play-by-play, the Wolves were 16 points better per 100 possessions with Rudy on the court in the playoffs. This is by far the highest positive differential out of any starter in the playoffs.
I’ve seen Chauncey coached teams play offense and defense and his answer to this question explains a lot
People who say this kind of stuff don’t watch the basketball games that Rudy plays in.
They always love to ignore that they attack him at the perimeter and not the rim.
Chauncey needs to focus on his ass team and domestic violence issues, not the consensus DPOY
Doesn’t Chauncey coach the Blazers? What playoffs is he talking about.
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People get scored on. Even the goats are scored on constantly. It’s a big man award, he’s the best paint defender in the league.
When they attack him it’s away from the paint.
He also orchestrated the best defense in the league that was borderline atrocious the decade plus before his arrival.
Rudy slander is so fucking weird.
If basketball were 1 on 1, Chauncey is completely correct. But in real basketball, help D and rim protection are real things, and not every rim protector is also good at perimeter defense. I’d guess almost none of them are.
I’m sure Rudy will give Chauncey’s opinion a ton of thought as he’s inducted into the HOF
I dunno, when a team plans their entire offense against a guy, that’s a compliment imo. That Jazz-Clippers series was on Bogdonavic, Mitchell, Conley and Ingles getting blown by on repeat.
this level of not knowing ball must really pump up portland fans lmao
Chauncey I’m about to throw hands bro. Focus on coaching your team to a better record than 81-165 all-time
He was not very effective against the Mavs Pnr..none of our bigs were. That may have something to do with Luka’s greatness in the Pnr because nobody can really stop him there but regardless they definitely exploited Rudy and our bigs getting them in space then throwing the lob over the top when they committed to the ball handler.
I mean there is no excuse why with three 7 footers on the roster starting you can’t defend the lob attack better, in the Boston series with old ass Horford and hobbled Porzingis it was a non factor. That was a bad series all around from our best players to the coaches and I’ll never understand how badly prepared we looked in that series but it does play to the narrative about Rudy’s ability to get exploited in playoff series even if it wasn’t all his fault.
Yeah they deliberately attack him to get him in foul trouble.
Love the 04 Pistons with Sheed and Chauncey and I check out Sheed’s podcast from time to time but some of the takes they make especially regarding Rudy confuse me. It feels like I’m watching an entirely different player with the way they describe Rudy. They say constantly that nobody cares about Rudy’s presence at the rim and that teams don’t care if he’s there. I just don’t see how you’d think that if you watch how teams try to score with him on vs off the court. The difference is shots at the rim when he’s on the court versus off is astounding. They describe him like he’s a lumbering 7’5 shot blocker who’s helpless in space and in defending pnrs which is crazy since Rudy was in top 86 iirc percentile in isolation defense this season. Their version of “attacking him” is pulling him away from the basket, which to me seems like a basic offensive scheme against any elite rim protector. If teams have to plan against you like that, which we’ve already heard that coaches do gameplan against Rudy’s defense more than anybody’s, I’d say he’s an extremely impactful defender.
Also as a side bar: According to play-by-play, the Wolves were 16 points better per 100 possessions with Rudy on the court in the playoffs. This is by far the highest positive differential out of any starter in the playoffs.
I’ve seen Chauncey coached teams play offense and defense and his answer to this question explains a lot
People who say this kind of stuff don’t watch the basketball games that Rudy plays in.
They always love to ignore that they attack him at the perimeter and not the rim.
Chauncey needs to focus on his ass team and domestic violence issues, not the consensus DPOY
Doesn’t Chauncey coach the Blazers? What playoffs is he talking about.