Was anderes: Kann es sein, dass die D von Westbrook momentan off ist? Ich hatte ihn immer als relative Pest in Erinnerung, aber was ich bisher gesehen habe sieht ziemlich lässig aus.
Wann soll das gewesen sein?
Das letzte mal, dass Westbrook konstant auf hohen Niveau verteidigt hat, war wohl in seiner Rookie-Saison. Ich schrieb es bereits an anderer Stelle. Seine defensiven Leistungen waren diese Saison die schlechtesten von allen Rotationsspielern. Gerade seine P&R Defense ist so übel. panik: Man kann kaum glauben, dass bei der Draft er als einer der besten Verteidiger seiner Position gesehen wurde. Ich denke seine Entwicklung als potenter Scorer hat diesen defensiven Verfall nochmal deutlich beschleunigt. Er hat eigentlich alle Anlagen eine Pest in der Defense zu sein, aber die Einstellugn stimmt einfach nicht.
Noch was anderes, gerade auf yahoo gelesen:
OKLAHOMA CITY – After watching the Memphis Grizzlies batter his Oklahoma City Thunder in the opener of the teams’ second-round series, Kendrick Perkins(notes) knew something needed to change. So he encouraged Kevin Durant(notes) to gather the team together … and watch the game again.
Durant took Perkins’ suggestion and arranged for a players-only dinner at his house on Monday night. The team dined on a Thanksgiving-worthy spread prepared by Durant’s personal chef and watched every minute of OKC’s disheartening loss to the Grizzlies. The players stopped the video at times to discuss specific breakdowns. By the end of the evening, they were in agreement on what needed to be done to improve.
They must have been right, too. Twenty-four hours later, the Thunder walked off the court at Oklahoma City Arena with a series-evening 111-102 victory. At least a few of the Thunder thought the seeds for the victory were planted at their clear-the-air, players-only meeting, the team’s first of the season.
“Perk did it,” Durant told Yahoo! Sports. “He wanted us to do it, and everybody listens to Perk.
“We talked about how we didn’t come out with any energy. We wanted to see it over again to see that we never wanted to play like that again. That’s the kind of feeling we had coming into this game, and it helped us.
“Guys spoke up on what other guys should have done better. We made sure that we helped each other out. That’s the biggest thing.”
(Quelle: http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...mc-spears_thunder_hold_players_meeting_050411)
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