What Timberwolves must CHANGE with Ant Edwards & Rudy Gobert matchups vs. Mavericks | Draymond Green
Вставка
- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Draymond Green breaks down Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals between the Dallas Mavericks and Minnesota Timberwolves, including why the T’Wolves need to change the defensive matchups for Anthony Edwards and Rudy Gobert, why Karl-Anthony Towns needs to be more impactful, how Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving were able to find their spots, and the keys for each team moving forward in the series.
Vote for Dray to win a Webby for Best Live Podcast Recording: vote.webbyawar...
Shop the hottest gear in all of sports podcasting: thevolume.com/...
Follow The Volume on social media:
/ thevolumesports
/ thevolumesports
/ thevolumesports
/ thevolumesports
Learn more about The Volume:
www.thevolume.com
#draymondgreen #nba #goldenstatewarriors #warriors #sports #basketball #nbaplayoffs #timberwolves #mavericks
Good commentary here Dray
I hate the idea of fatigue for the wolves. The mavs have played more games this playoffs and the wolves have only played 3-4 actually close games, all the other ones were basically over by the end of the 3rd. They are just mentally checked out.
Appreciate your insight, Draymond!
Gobert is the only reason this game was close. The wolves couldn't defend with him off the court. Thats the game.
Finally someone who actually watched the game and understood what was going on
Rudy is the ultimate Rim protector, also he can guard on the perimeter well for his size.
he got picked apart in the pick and roll with his drop coverage.
@@raiderbro8663 he did but that wasn't why they lost. When Rudy subbed out in the second quarter the Mavs made 12-14 straight shots at the rim lol. After that it was anybody's game.
I really don’t know if y’all understand how good luka is… if u play drop coverage ur askin mcdaniels to basically guard Luka in his main spot 1on1 😂 Luka is bigger than him he’s goin to push off and be wide open 😭 then if u trap him off the screen and the center make the read ur getting the role players going and that’s what u really don’t want
Absolutely incredible
Think mavs changed their substitution pattern. Usually kyrie go out after 6 min of 1st and starts 2nd. But since kyrie started hot they switched it and kyrie played 1st. iirc
Yeah, I was surprised that Kidd let Kyrie keep cooking. Plus Hardy is getting almost all of THJ minutes. I'm ok with that. 😆
Damn this podcast is amazing
For how much shit draymond talks, I like his way of talking and he is a natural talking personality - way better than Shaq.
One of the best analysis out there Draymond.
Loved the analysis Draymond thank you
Draymond you should coach when you retire
Draymond right.
1. Worst defensive player of the year award winner in history. Victor should have won it.
2. Defensive Player of the year award winner and you had to get him off joker. You’re supposed to want that match up. Joker was punishing him.
3. The best chance wolves got is to start Niles. More moble and can pull Lively & Gafford away from the rim.
4. Lastly, Shaq and Draymond right about Rudy. Dude week.
Wasn’t a big Sha OKC fan. But I think they would beat Minnesota also. Sha mid-range game SOLID. Ant is incredibly gifted but he streaky and up and down. Also ONE knee injury from being average.
Wolves in 6
Mavs in 5 most likely 4
The Twolves coaching staff are too slow to adjust n do ingame adjustments..
In game one you didnt have to be basketball mind to know Ky will go playground mode.
In game two they *need to think of startin Ant, Walker, Jd, Naz n Kat* ...
In game two Jkid will change it up a bit...n have who *ever brings the ball to immediately give to Luka at the hashmark then Luka will either create, throw it up, drive to the basket or of all else is locked play pick n pop with Ky* ....
They need to *stay away fron the Rudy drop coverage* n have above guys who can play the perimeter n defend alley oops.
LuKai is the new version of the mid-range mafia, comboed with insane playmaking and 3pt shooting
I am a fan of kyrie since his rookie year,
But the thing to do with him is not to try locking him nor double him
Just send 1 different guy per Q who would pester him non stop ball or without ball full court like rodman, if he score just accept if he miss be happy
This is interesting. Has any team done this in the past? Would love to watch some film on this.
I was saying the same thing, that they have to put mc Dan on kai and someone else that’s not ant on Luka.
I think it would be another level of interesting, if you just insert some visuals dray
Looking lean dray💯, come into next season strong 💪🏾
mavs big men underrated
Y'all take this post game interviews way too seriously. Ant just playing mind games. Watch him go for 40 in Game 2.
Didn’t age well
Dray just hates the Wolves. They lost by one possession in a game where they shot 60% from the free throw line. The Wolves made boneheaded mistakes. Dray counted us out during the Nuggets series as well and he was wrong. Losing game 1 sucks but now there is adjustments to be made with the new info we got from game 1.
Ant showed weakness last night interview as well you can tell he not all the way there anymore this deep in the playoffs
Folks talking bout drey not liking gobert acting like they never disliked anyone.
Aye I kno you go through your comments bro. I have the utmost respect for you and everything you’ve brought to the game but going on Shaqs podcast acting like Stephen A hasn’t defended you is embarrassing for real. You’re better than that. Man up and take responsibility. This coming from a fan of yours 💯
He never said he didnt. He was talking about a specific time and one that was important to him).
Wow man did you really have to write all that? It’s not THAT serious, telling another man how to act is really weird btw as if you know better than him
@@jaseallenson316 He never once said SA defended him. What are u talking about
@@everydayesteban Your paragraph is just as big & you’re the definition of an enabler. When a person is acting like a victim when the evidence says otherwise then you’re suppose to call him out especially as a man
@@OGDenzo he said thats his guy. What do you think that means? Again, he was speaking on one specific moment and that moment only. Its just insane, how yall get your panties in a bunch over the dumbest shit.. .involving people ya dont even know.
Green, bring up the white board behind you and draw...it would be more interesting to follow and you are loaded anyway so you can afford it
truth
I don't get why you hatin on Rudy? He smokes you
You just gave the answer to your question lmao.
How is that so hard to get? 😅😂
If rudy gets just 1 chip he'll probably he higher than Dreymond on the alltjme list
Rudy sucks now please stop praying for your country bro
@@nickjones5495he definitely won't 😂
You obviously didn’t watch this whole video
Rudy to the bench. Wolves go small. That’s my take.
Dallas would eat them alive with drives(kyrie& luka) and alley oops(gafford & lively, DJJ).
Dallas was 14-14 when Rudy was on the bench so good luck lol.
lol. Imagine people actually listening to anythings from Dray about Gobert. He is just a fking hater lol.
kat must play like Kyle in the paint more too offset those bigs
He tried. Lol. Got turned back a couple times & went right back to shooting jumpers....
Id start rudy but if ant cant get to the lane bc thr clogging it id bench Rudy and out naz in to space the floor with kat so ant can drive and then kat need to get in the damn post u 7foot u should not be shooting 9's u too damn big
Naz Reid should have played more in the 4th. Wolves needed his offensive threat and he can give fresh legs at Luka. (I know he was -12, don’t care).
Yes, he’s actually a scoring threat
I know yall hate draymond but but Rudy can not allow a rookie and a bench player to be bodying him the entire game. They got the majority of their points in the paint and that’s supposed to be his domain
I'm Thinking the Mavs are simply the better team.. Twolves can't Guard Luka and Kyrie ... And the Dallas Centers are out playing Rudy .
I think he has 4 chips. Ijs. 313 in here
“Rudy can’t stop Jokic the mvp”… “the Timberwolves don’t believe they can win anymore.. the series is over” the Timberwolves beat the nuggets😂 in a historic game 7…. “Ant man can’t stop Kyrie.. Rudy needs to come off the bench.. the defensive player of year” Draymond Green, you are a basketball genius.. but you keep doubting the Timberwolves… they will continue to prove you wrong. All your takes about the Timberwolves are not aging well in this post season.
If you follow the game, you'll see that Luka already specialized in destroying gobert on both regular season and playoffs for a long time (remember that 2022 1st round? 😂)
Dray, replace keyshawn please
facts got to get ant off kyrie. wasting too much energy on d.
The best is whatever draymond says the opposite happens and he was wrong.
draymond and rudy gobert got into that fight in novemeber he choked out rudy lmaoo
Your hate for Rudy is unmatched… you’re willing to risk your future media career just to slander Rudy.. YOU sad af
Edward needs to guard Luka…Or Jr…
Edward’s can’t guard Kyrie or Luka 💯💯
Luka use 20% of his strength to take ant out of the building
Exactly kyrie is much quicker than luka u need someone with a wide wing span on kyrie
@@vicbazemore7546 They will trap him anyway at least he knows he doesn't have to chase mr stand around Luka around. You have to make the others beat you anyways. If Edwards is chasing Kyrie, then who is he on as he isn't guarding Luka. Just bad basketball that needs to be corrected. Wolves have shown they can make adjustments and so I expect them to do so. The question is how fast will they adjust...Being that they can lose home court advantage and put themselves in a hole...
Sounds easier than it looks luka is a great passer😭😭and u don’t want ant guarding luka
Draymond, with all due respect, you average more ejections and podcast episodes per week than points per game.
Draymond loves talking about Rudy gobert 😂😂
he likes choking him out too lol
He's not lying
Lol these Rudy white knight comments. Ofc it's because the wolves are still in the playoffs
Dude is soft…. Do you watch the games, Rudy is ass, Victor W deserved defensive award more than him… 7 rebounds against Dallas is crazy, ant man had 11 and mavs bigs lively/ gafford out rebounded him
And you love being a keyboard warrior
I share the same sentiments. Draymond is brilliant hate him or love him
I actually am shocked at how bad his analysis of some of this stuff is. He can't be serious with his points about drop coverage...playing a drop is basically the only way to play a pick and roll 2 on 2 and avoid getting put in rotation. On top of that, they held the Mavs to a 113 offensive rating in that game, despite executing the game plan pretty poorly by their standards. The offense was a much bigger issue.
I think he's being dishonest to be entertaining/throw shade at Rudy and the Wolves. And if not his basketball IQ is a little concerning, especially for a guy who's hailed as a basketball savant.
@@curbsidemusic How? you can blitz the pick and roll and play up to the level and force the roller to catch the ball out of the dunker spot and have to make decisions when the rotation comes in rather than just luka open middy or a free lob every possession. Leaving mcdaniels to just fight over the screen and trying to recover after already being on lukas back was just cooking them all night. Teams have killed rudy in drop and played him off the floor in playoffs series already this isn't some new concept.
He’s not brilliant, we’ve just been listening to ESPN “analysts” for far too long. They duped everyone.
The same draymond that said nuggets were gonna steamroll Minnesota when the series got tied up 2-2?
@@Damianosiris3 sorry I'll shorten it up for the reading challenged folks next time
I have never seen so many barrage of buckets down the paint over and over again vs gobert. Kyrie was just eating up that last line of defense.. and ant cant keep up. kyrie too crafty
Great analysis. Wolves were a step slow coming off game seven output. Ant was sucking air and looked tired from the tip. Never tried to go downhill and was pass first. Third poor game at home for Ant. Has a new baby as a 22 yo kid who knows if he’s out of routine while in MPLS. He will show up game 2.
Love this show and analysis . Listen to this on the way to and from work . Amazing . Also loved it when he did it all season the season we won it all . Never done before . To go on a pod after each game in the middle of playoffs all the way to the final , all without giving his rivals X's and O's like the media kinda of alluded to that one press conference , is insane and impressive . He totally denied it and proved it by winning another championship and that there is why I take everything draymind says as sacred .he is an elite basketball SAVANT.
Zip it Up when you done
Dude was seething when the Wolves fans were chanting "Draymond Sucks!" during pre-game 😂
2022 Finals was won because of drop coverage
And it was beautiful. Raptors also played drop on the Warriors in 19 though.
@@ces3lg bruh, Raptors played box and one against Steph
If Boston makes it to the finals against Dallas that drop coverage is going to get killed a better figure out a new game plan otherwise it’s over
Seeing a lot of people try to make sense of these two teams. I’ll leave you with this
The timberwolves have given up 100pts or over in only 6 games this postseason. They lost 4 of them. They haven’t lost a single game where the opponents failed to break 100.
Meanwhile, Dallas is 9-1 when they break 100 and 0-4 when they don’t. The one game they lost while breaking 100 was when they erased a 30 point second half deficit and took a lead with 2 mins remaining only to fall a little short at the end. Total anomaly.
Hold Dallas to under 100, you win. Let them break 100, you lose.
Meaningless if it’s unclear how to achieve such a goal.
Thanks Professor
"Just score more points than them"
@@Benedict_Savage 10-1
But they can’t stop them
That’s the problem
Draymond you are a bully! You should be ashamed of yourself!!! You talk about Gobert so much that I get the feeling you are in love with him or something, maybe you should ask him out?
Good content and insights definitely enjoy the podcast..
you shoul d beas king the cavs coach that
Draymond Green 🤣👉 0=1 Game 2 Doncic 🥺👉 Edwards 🏆
Mavs in 4
You hate on Gobert because he’s a better defender, and try to belittle Luka, you’re nothing different from Stephen A., biased, you don’t deserve a podcast platform to say anything about anyone
Yes the hate is very personal if you look deeper. Draymond Green won DPOY & 1st team all-defense in 2016-2017 (Gobert was 2nd in voting and inching closer for Draymond's spot)
The following year (2017-2018) Gobert wins DPOY as well as 1st team all-defense while Draymond is relegated to 2nd team all defense. Since the 1st time Gobert won DPOY, Draymond has one all-defense 1st team and 0 DPOY's while Gobert has 3 DPOY's and 5 all-defensive 1st teams.
Draymond still needs therapy clearly.
I like Ant, and am rooting for him and the Wolves. But, for him to show up as gassed as he did is ridiculous considering they took a workout Pic after Game 7 playing in Denver. Looking forward to seeing a bounce back in Game 2.
Not even just the pic he also does a lot of talking which I love. But you gotta back it up but it’s only one game we will see.
I mean historically teams that win game 7s almost always lose in game 1 of the next round. It's still too early to come to conclusions.
@@suhailrefaye92that’s interesting I wonder if it’s generally the same when the game one is a home game
@@dsbpakman7469 oh I don't know that stat...but the game 1 records of teams than won game 7 in the previous series is pretty abysmal
always nice to hear mind od champion man draymond.. suport from croatia
If y’all watched that game everytime rudy got the ball that shit was cringe as hell like wtf are you doing slow and uncoordinated
Lively is great down there. Even when Edwards tried to drive, it was a block or turnover. Why Minnesota shot so many 3's...
Draymond is the NEW Tony Romo!😳😂😂
I agree about changing the match ups. I think Rudy and Towns need to go in for one another. Keeping one of them in at all times. Too many 3’s.
he loves choking out rudy lmaoo
This series and the one against the clippers made me have more respect for okc and the way they was able to damn near neutralize Luka and kyrie
KYRIE GAVE ANTMAN HIS WISH...
Draymond talks like he didn’t Blow a 3-1 lead in the Finals 😂😂😂
Still got 4 rings lol
@@ed4l63 and? still choked the fifth
You’re in his chat bud
@@Pii_neko still got 4😂
Yea all the tired talk from Ant is not a good look hope the MAVS can feed of him showing that weakness
Missed the opportunity to pick up Kyrie for the move back to San Francisco...
We ain’t listening or believing anything you gotta say playa. You said the Timberwolves were done last series against Denver. You also implied the warriors could deal with Shaq . Last time I checked Shaq made 7 footers look like 3rd graders. You at 6’6 230 couldn’t in your wildest dreams do anything with Shaq.🤣
ok i don't know what the timberwolves can change to beat dallas, the timberwolves didn't play bad, he hit his average by three, fix the field goal if the dallas defense allows. Offensive rebound, they can improve, defensive rebound difficult, dallas has two best players with the ball, Luka is a rhythm player, he is the best in positions 1,2,3 in every attack he throws the defender out of rhythm and pulls more players on him, this is what he does room for more Dallas players under the basket, Kayrie is unstoppable with his plays. If he improves Dallas' 3-point shooting, I don't know what else the timberwolves can do to win game 2. Dallas had a disastrous 3-point shooting of only 26% in game 1, his average in the playoffs is 36%
Kyrie is a better player than Durant, period. Way bigger legend to the sport. His 2016 ring alone blows away any Durant playoff run.
And this run from Irving also blows away anything that Durant ever did.
Durant is the one who held Irving down (swept in the 1st round).
That drop is nasty Dray they tripping great take ain nun wrong w rudy coming off bench chess.
Why doesn’t he ever talk bout Celtic n pacers he be on wolves Dic
I tried to tell my sons this about Embiid. If you give my old ass the drop, I'm getting 50. that's how you know the nba is rigged. because you would just run the same play over and over again, but they don't.
My dawg, if you want us to take you seriously after you retire, you GOTTA at least look like you’re trying to be objective 😂 this Rudy bitterness is a bad look from a HOFer
Rudy needs to play less in this series. Conley has to do more to offset Kyrie productions. Box & one Luka & play more zone.
Minnesota is bigger but Dallas more physical! Big difference MAVS IN 6!
Mavs in 6. When they start making shots... it's game over. Mavs about to win the chip
Only coming here to say Draymond is trash - he makes TNT unwatchable
I be hating on Dray so much I forget he has elite ball knowledge. I gotta sub for that 😅
Draymond coaching in your future or strictly commentating?
Draymond sucks! Draymond sucks! Draymond sucks!
Draymond tired of Rudy winning DPOY 😂 me too tho
Rudy was +10 in this game. Gotta figure out how to limit layups when he is off the court.
I watched that game and I don’t care what that plus minus was a rookie was bodying Rudy the entire game because he refused to take his eyes off Luka
I love Rudy but if his whole thing is protecting the paint you can’t allow a smaller team to score almost all their points in the paint with ease.
Do the wolves change their defensive coverage when Rudy is off?
@@isaiahwolf5904what game did you watch lol? They got almost nothing at the paint in the first two halves when Rudy was on the floor. As soon as he went out they got like 10 straight buckets at the rim. In the second half, the only buckets they got at the rim was when Rudy had to step up to the level of the screen or switch out. Barring a few buckets on Rudy everything else they got at the rim was either when Rudy was out or when the other players didn't switch properly. Gobert is literally the main reason they were even close lol.
@@suhailrefaye92 lively and their second big combined for like 20 points all in the paint mostly from alleys at a extremely efficient rate when combined with Luka.
Uncle Drew Don’t reach Young Blood
MN was playing GS ball
Rudy got 4 defensive player of the year cu
Post up Kylie and put Luka in pick and roll
Great video 🫡
Fr
Whos guarding Irvin?😅😅😅
Draymond Guy in the Dunker Green
This dude is so obsessed with Rudy 😭
All facts 💯
Maybe people would care what you say if you at least made the playoffs and didn't get carried by Steph, Klay, and KD in every ring you did win. I'll add Andre since he was willing to guard LeBron.
I love how in this day in age we can be closer to the celebs we love especially athletes cause before there opinions and day to day life was a mystery now we can go and follow a channel like this and don’t have to just only watch dray play on game nights we can sit back and watch him talk on everything
Nice pod
I told yall luka will expose rudy in this series
Jokic already did that bro lol
love the vids don’t see why people can’t separate your opinion from you as a player gonna be a great broadcaster
How u top 75 but kyrie or howard is not?
Now a days rings over talent. Dray got 4 rings 2 more than kyrie and howard combined.
Draymond talking about how Dallas was getting dunks off of lobs when the defender had to step up but failing to mention that when Gobert was on the floor the Mavs couldn't get anything at the rim is peak hating lol.
@@suhailrefaye92 wait what happened ? Why you @ me ?
@@YoMomma80 huh? When did I @ you?