How Malik Monk breaks the mould

[@SnoringTurtle]

This is excellent work. Thank you! Keep it up!

[@jamesbu1187]

@@SnoringTurtle thanks, will definitely try to; keep an eye out for early November

[@circuscontrol8717]

Love it, and it feels like you do too. Keep it up, man!

[@jamesbu1187]

My guyyyyyyy when that circus control encouraging comment hits 🏩🏩🏩love bro

[@wesleygreenaway8760]

Great vid James, love the minor details around differing styles of attacking the pnr

[@jamesbu1187]

Thanks so much Wes thanks for going as far as not sleeping to help give it a watch 😂

[@wesleygreenaway8760]

@@jamesbu1187 believe it or not I actually woke up at 7am this morning. Personal record lmao

[@jamesbu1187]

@@wesleygreenaway8760😂😂😂 you on that productivity wave eh

[@johnmeeker9752]

Great work and analysis! Love watching Malik play and these pieces add a layer of enjoyment to watching games. My one piece of feedback would be to get a higher quality mic, but otherwise I see this channel getting big soon.

[@jamesbu1187]

Thank you so much for the encouragement bro, thanks for the advice too. You got any mic recs? I'll definitely have a look into it, currently using a Snowball Ice which I know is a basic entry level mic

[@johnmeeker9752]

@@jamesbu1187 Sure dude. My buddy uses the Samson Q2U on his channel and it sounds excellent. I tried to put a link in for it but KZbin deleted the comment lol.

[@johnmeeker9752]

@@jamesbu1187 A buddy of mine uses the Samson Q2U and it sounds great.

[@johnmeeker9752]

@@jamesbu1187 Samson Q2U

[@johnmeeker9752]

@@jamesbu1187 My buddy uses a Samson Q2U on his channel and it sounds great

[@2kTeacher]

Pretty underrated player. Every year on 2k one of my first builds is a malik Monk build. I think his offensive game is incredible. Hed be a starter on most teams but is happy to back up his Kentucky bretheren DeAaron Fox. Love his game. Great breakdown

[@coltontyler-clement8204]

Elite level breakdown.

[@jamesbu1187]

@@coltontyler-clement8204 thx man

[@coltontyler-clement8204]

​@jamesbu1187 Ay man, you need to put out more content cause you know your stuff. Malik is my favorite player and I have yet to see a skill breakdown in detail like you've done. Looking forward to it

[@jamesbu1187]

@@coltontyler-clement8204encouragement like yours def motivates me to do more You from Arkansas or a Kentucky fan? I been a big Monk fan for a few years, I wanted to go harder on the “Malik was already good in Charlotte” stuff but that woulda stretched the vid out to 20+ mins 😅

[@abdirisaqosmaan]

JBBHoops🔥🔥 I learn so much from you bro

[@jamesbu1187]

@@abdirisaqosmaan my guy thanks bro thanks so much for watching

[@Prhymate777]

Great breakdown. Love the explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of each style. Monk sees the floor so well and is so skilled thst even with a lack of strength I think he still has the skill to be an elite (or close) scorer on and off ball. A more decisive handle would go a long way tho

[@jamesbu1187]

Love bro thanks so much for checking it out so quickly

[@middlfingazup2446]

Hit it out the park like you “Ohtani”. You can’t ever go wrong on the highly underrated MMonk even though he’s starting to get his due. I remember someone who follows the warriors that knows their stuff scoffed at me like I was crazy when I said that’s who the warriors should get when he was about to be a FA leaving Charlotte. I might have to pull that up to remind them lol. As always, great detail, the unibased breakdowns are next level. This piece and all your stuff would be great for people who may just be casuals though great for anyone. Not only your explanations but the different players you showed in the p&r (that oop from Trae to JC 👀) along with it just being so “even” so to speak as far as showing the positive as well as the negative so people can get way more of an understanding than just watching positive outcomes. These types of pieces should be on nba tv. Loved how you even included screen action giving credit to Loon he doesn’t usually get and you know I loved you showing how my boy Mpj can get left out in the cold as well as more blame than he should (see the nuggets shots taken in the second half by each player of that elimination game). Not knocking my boy JMurray but he has some of the same abilities including athletically to mix it up more in getting more efficient outcomes but he relies and settles too much on that J to drop even when he’s not going hot. MMonk is and has always been more than shooter/scorer that can fill up including dropping dimes that a lot of players are reluctant or not capable making especially with him doing it next level in split seconds. Pieces like this will help many recognize

[@jamesbu1187]

@@middlfingazup2446 my guy man. FR. Love

[@jamesbu1187]

@@middlfingazup2446 yeah couldn’t agree more on Murray. Esp playing w Joker. Would love for him to do more of the Jimmy Butler type cutting + finishing stuff. He’s big enough for a PG to do a bit of work inside. Skilled enough to shoot that many Js too but like you say soon as he cold man that hurts the Denver O

[@jonathancchen]

LETS GOOO HE'S BACK

[@jamesbu1187]

@@jonathancchen Johnnnooo ❤️❤️❤️ how could I not be after seeing your summer grind

[@JBHOOPS100]

Great Work James! Another phenomenally put together, detailed & informative breakdown! 🤩

[@jamesbu1187]

@@JBHOOPS100 JB gang thank you so much bro

[@Flizop]

NEW FAVORITE MOVIE

[@jamesbu1187]

Wlizzzzzzzz love bro u da best

[@91Kicks]

This is a very well made video, much more interesting and insightful than what I see from most other basketball analysis channels. Just a couple pieces of criticism: you should mix your voice a bit higher in the audio, it was hard to hear you at times in the video. Also, I would recommend working on the graphics a bit when you're displaying stats or other text on the screen. Maybe pick a font/color combo and use that consistently. Overall though, great video!

[@jamesbu1187]

@@91Kicks thanks heaps for the tips, I will definitely follow up on these I’ll have to have a look into fonts and colours for graphics Would you say it would be ideal for the graphics and quotes to be fitting the screen rather than what they were in here, only covering portions of the screen,

[@shaynehenry1836]

I'm beyond sure every player in the NBA respect Malik Monk even more, going forward...Malik Monk is definitely that unique next level dude...As we all watch

[@jamesbu1187]

Facts man. Looking forward to next season, SAC gonna turn some heads IMO

[@MrTrollSwag]

*mold

[@middlfingazup2446]

***I know you have way too much on your plate but MAN!!! Watch that UK vs UNC game when DFox & MMonk were there🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jamesbu1187]

@@middlfingazup2446 I think I seen both bro. March madness game that was different gravy tho

[@jamesbu1187]

@@middlfingazup2446 idk if I seen the full game tho. I know Monk didn’t go off until late in the March madness game, might have to watch the full game to see why IIRC Kentucky had Zay Briscoe running(starting) w em too; Justin Jackson was killing Kentucky off them pindowns man. Bringing his name up got me thinking about how Kevin Knox used to KILL off those same actions too. Idk if JJax could ever defend but Knox should be in the league IMO even tho he not a lockdown defender at all

[@middlfingazup2446]

@@jamesbu1187I think the game was early season but let me check real quick. Yeah the Dec game was 🔥🔥🔥 A couple of yrs ago I thought JJackson was coming around though yeah maybe that D was lacking but a 6’8 scorer 🤷🏾‍♂️ I haven’t seen him hoop since. Definitely agree with KKnox. I was trippin’ he was in summer league in his 7th yr and even if he might lack on D he could still come off the bench and supply some heat plus he’s still only 24 or 25. I only saw him for a hot minute in summer league but you would think he’s willing to try to step up defensively with almost not being in the league but even still he can get buckets

[@middlfingazup2446]

@@jamesbu1187Lol I don’t even remember the march madness game

[@tagtheroller]

Hi James

[@jamesbu1187]

@@tagtheroller WRNNNN

[@DanMars27]

Once he starts for the Kings, they will push for a title … hopefully it’s before Fox leaves, but probably not

[@LivinProoof]

Believe it or not, Keon Ellis is going to be a better starter simply because he provides more of what the Kings starting 5 desperately needs which is insane defense. A starting 5 of Fox, Monk, DeRozan, Keegan, and Sabonis, while lethal on offense, can really be exploited on defense. With keon ellis in the starting 5 they were a top 5 defense last season. (All games after the ASB). Not only that, they can stagger Fox and Monk so there's always elite offense at all times.

[@DanMars27]

@@LivinProoof best stats last year were when Fox and Monk were on the floor together and without Barnes … moving Barnes was huge … changes everything

[@LivinProoof]

@@DanMars27 Hope so man, I think we win 50+ games for sure

[@DanMars27]

@@LivinProoof the fan interest will be there, they can count on us

[@middlfingazup2446]

@@LivinProoofYeah as much as I’d love to see Monk & Fox starting together these rosters are too deep to just put the “best 5” out there and fit is going to be even more important with all the talent multiplying. While Keon is up & coming MMonk can supply that instant firepower coming off the bench that teams need while Keon is a better fit in the starting lineup as you said that will also keep elevating his confidence instead of coming off the bench feeling like he has to “prove” himself. You get more from Monk coming off the bench than Keon coming off the bench not to say he can’t be productive coming off the bench. With all this talent on all these teams it’s going to be more about no matter how good a player is if they can show they can come off the bench ballin’ then no need to start them. All these guards including Huerter, Duarte would be starters in the past nba so “get in where you fit in” is going to be even more important. It’s great Brown wants to play with pace because that’s the only way all these guys with talent will get opportunities that they’re comfortable with and like you also said staggering MMonk & DFox. Love to see them on the floor together but that won’t always be the answer

[@Whocares-z6v]

Shouldn't the pick and roll be viewed as an inefficient play if 0.91 points per possession for an individual pick and roll ball handler is considered "very good"? Thats the equivalent of shooting threes every possession at a clip of 30%..... are you sure you have that stat correct? If so, that's nuts. The overall nba average right now for total points per possession is like 1.15 or so. 0.91 very good??? How?????

[@jamesbu1187]

Fair question; honestly I have no idea, I just went off what Synergy's rating was. I agree its low, though in general Synergy just isn't an accurate statistical representation of playtypes anyway due to the issues I outlined in the video Malik's middy numbers I cited aren't great either because they're the whole season's (they're fine-good, just not great); if I made a filter for only Feb-onwards Malik's middy numbers would probably be elite; Ultimately I have to work with what I've got, but I'm definitely frustrated that I only have the publicly available stats. The Synergy/playtype stats in particular are some of the most problematic I find, outside of pure Impact Metrics (which I'm not a big fan of) I am pretty confident NBA teams would have access to stats that show what the film backs up about Malik's pick and roll game a bit better. Stuff like % of PnRs that result in a shot in the paint would probably paint Malik's PnR game in a better light than the 0.91 stat, I think I've seen Malik's playmaking out of drives stat ranking extremely high x.com/danfavale/status/1764674008153231838 But ultimately that's not a pick and roll stat so I chose not to include it Appreciate your criticality and engagement tho FR, hope that answer gave something and wasn't pure waffle