[Highlight] Steph makes Rudy Gobert look silly
Steph makes every player look silly
Except Kevin love
Here’s my favorite time he scored against Kevin Love.
https://youtu.be/So3Yebkp1ns?is=P04BqUZoQXZeILV7
This one’s a more normal play but this is what he does to everyone:
https://youtu.be/BXSWAyq9A1M?is=A6NPaRJM5zfy3W3f
I’m so glad I haven’t had to hear “There goes that man.” in years.
People always point that out because of 2016 finals but Kevin Love only looked good because Curry was still playing thru his MCL injury in those 2016 finals.
I always point directly to the regular season that year, and finals the following year.
many players make Rudy look silly especially Luka
You have to start guarding Curry as soon as he wakes up. Even then it’s 50⁄50
Truth
RDC always 🎯
You needed to run a half marathon 4 times a week for cardio, if you want to have a shot at guarding Steph.
This is one of the reasons why no one ever wants to play defense during the All Star Games
I always wonder what numbers he’d put up if the warriors played iso ball
Hopefully they let him off the leash this year.
I just want one game where they let him shoot 50 3s
If we aren’t winning a chip, might as well break some records
You’re gonna watch him get doubled and hugged full court and you’re gonna like it.
We need the other 4 dudes just playing 0 line and making a wall 😂
I remember that one debate on r/NBA when they talked about 4 players connecting their arms around curry to form a wall and moving with him so he could shoot it and if it was legal or not lol
shit that 2021 all-season lmao
2021 is close to what you’re looking for. Steph really developed his iso-game after KD left.
Klay injured. Roster thinned. Steph putting up the best season of his career outside of 2016 with less help.
I remember people with all the takes about how he just couldn’t do it. I think specifically dame was one of them.
And then he dropped 62 on him lol
Just think of all the games he sat out in the late 3rd and entire 4th quarters
Just go back and look at when he played under Mark Jackson
More like if the 73-9 win Warriors starters played more 4th quarters. His relocation 3s are a huge part of his game and have always been super efficient. So they are definitely preferable over iso. But if you just mean “if Steph got a higher percentage of the teams shots”, that is a different question of course. But we saw a glimpse of it in April and May of 2021.
Where’s the shooting stars edit?
I miss that era. I miss bootum
Nash talks about how this exact thing is what convinced him to retire. Said something like “my knees won’t let me guard guys like Steph Curry anymore.”
I think the defense here was great, as silly as it looks. If Rudy backed down and gave up late contested 3, like most rim protectors do, it would have looked less funny.
Ran Steph off the line at 6’8 help defender, and Rudy chased him down and would have recovered if Steph passed to Green. Great chance to get a stop if your secondary line of defense is not washed Diaw who averaged 0.1 block per game that year.
Defenders trying gets them clowned. If a player wouldn’t even attempt to guard Steph no one would care. Same as dudes getting posterized, it’s defensive effort shown, not bad D.
The discourse around defense is brain dead. This is a 7 footer trying to defend a slippery guard and goat and people say it looks silly.
Same as “they’re targeting Rudy!” shit. Like people never heard of what a pick and roll is.
I really miss basketball
Will always remember shooting stars meme because of this play
https://streamable.com/s9cxr
Tbf he does that to mostly everyone
🚨Barbecue chicken alert🚨
This caused so much stupid discourse with Gobert and casuals. That was in 2017 but nephews don’t realize players can get better. His perimeter defense improved a lot over the years and I think plays like this were a big factor. Gobert is a proud guy so him getting clowned on for this drove him to improve his footwork and these kind of plays happened much less.
Big man reach and I teach, Professor Curry instructs them on wobbly legs.
Every star players favorite thing to do, cook Rudy gobert.
Those Jazz jerseys just seem wrong to me for some reason
He has both the ball and defender on a string. GOAT except maybe MJ
What happened to this announcer?
We’ve only recently asked bigs to guard the perimeter regularly. Every star big in history would have had a clip like this.
Give that man a map he lost out there
This was great defense tf lmao. Good instincts to turn around quickly as soon as he didn’t see Steph there anymore. Proceeded to take away the three once he recovered which gave Steph a drive that was a tough lay. No mistakes here, just great D, better O.
Weird post
This alone should have ruled him out of any defensive player of the year eligibility.
You will never see a guard to that to Draymond. There’s levels to this shit
Because one’s a 6^8 forward while the other is a 7^1 260 pound rim protecter?
Right, Draymond is overall a better defender because he can hold his own against the best centers and guard the guards
About that
You’ll never see Draymond deter players from entering the paint like Rudy it’s almost like they’re different players
Rudy is also very underrated as an isolation defender like yeahs he’s occasionally gonna get cooked but he’s routinely a 90th percentile isolation defender
I really don’t get it. Like people use perimeter defense as a reason. But there’s many (especially centers) great defenders in history who would not do good at defending the perimeter. But like you wouldn’t see people talking about Mark Eaton, Manute Bol, Dikembe Mutumbo, Dwight Howard, Shaq, and etc. defensive ability on the perimeter.
Levels to what?
To defense
Rudy “DPOTY” Golbert
7 foot 1, 260 pound Center can’t guard one of the best ball handlers of all time.
More at 10
Best rim protectors make players shoot 10-15% less in the paint that average. Some people think they have to get every stop. Gobert last season was statistically one of the best iso defenders last year, allowing ~0.8 points per iso possession. Wolves do not want him to switch on perimeter, but when he does, he is doing very well.
And to add to your point, the main reason why teams focus Rudy for iso’s is to get him out of the paint
Ben Simmons put 42 on him
Embiids put up 70 vs wemby, so? A quick google shows Jordan Poole put up 42 and Sengun put up 45. It happens to all elite defenders
He’s locked up jokic in the playoffs a couple times
Legit multiple dpoy winner too
Steph made him look like a fool though
Which is not a slight to Gobert at all. Prime Curry made everyone look like a fool a few times
Exactly
Even a dpoy can have an off night lol
And Curry is one of the greatest offensive players ever. You don’t even need to have an off night to look silly against him
Ha what an idiot
Rudy “4x DPOY” Gobert