This is obviously great but teams are doing a very good job of screening him to get the switch and really dragging Barnes/Champ after, from what I've seen.
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This is obviously great but teams are doing a very good job of screening him to get the switch and really dragging Barnes/Champ after, from what I've seen.
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Yep, well maybe. Hard to gauge how they are recording it for that tweet.
Booker went:
3 on Vassell
2 on Harper
2 on Castle/Wemby (Castle was screened off but did challenge from behind with Wemby the man in front. You could put this on Wemby as he did switch. McLaughlin was also digging from the other side.)
3 on Vassell
2 on Castle (or Wemby) hard to tell who was closer. I'd say Castle here but I could see the argument for Wemby as he was kind of challenged initially but dropped back as Booker was rising to his shot. Castle challenged late coming through the screen.
2 on Barnes
2 Cherry picking fast break
2 on Castle (great one on one fade away from Booker)
2 on Barnes
2 on Vassell
I'd say two-three were on Castle but you could argue one with poor switching defense by Wemby on two others.
For those two shots, Wemby kind of played a soft drop, with a hand extended but not really challenging the shot, and definitely not hedging the screen. So both times Castle had to fight through the screen and try and challenge while Booker was already in his shooting motion. I can see the argument they belong on Wemby as he was the man in front when Booker began his shooting motion. I think they were somewhat giving Booker the midrange on those plays with Wemby more focused on protecting the paint.
EDIT: I only watched the Booker highlights and they obviously don't show misses so not sure if Castle was actually defending him for his five misses of the game.
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