The #1 Defense Is Breaking A Lot of Rules

[@vmurda415]

Hell yea new daniel li while i eat my late night sandwich

[@blackmanjack]

cooling pasta rn wassup cuh

[@jeffforty5663]

Just go to sleep bro

[@posaune45]

Cheers

[@vmurda415]

@@jeffforty5663 Its a saturday lol

[@rickystackss]

i’m cooking ramen rn😩

[@gotworc]

No joke they're running NBA2K lineups. This is the type of shit that people have been running on myPark for forever.

[@capnjackYT]

All lockdown high steal wings; iso point guard; undersized stretch center with high steal Presti just a 2k demon smh

[@thestudyofhoops]

no literally

[@nabeelahmed7401]

@@capnjackYT😂😂

[@WarrenJr1996]

Fr 😂😂😂😂

[@ITalk_Basketball]

I should be asleep, but Daniel Li dropped

[@JansMarinara]

This style of defense gets ripped to shreds by the celtics. When they have a center or two the defense is much more balanced between the two teams but you cant just try to take the ball out of tatums hands and expect the Celtics not to roll you. The blitz and rotate, and force role players to make plays style works against a lot of teams especially if the spacing isnt great and the team is star heavy, which is most teams in the league. But the thunder gotta be healthy in the playoffs in order to be able to face all the top teams in the league though.

[@billybilly3777]

Thunder beat Boston in the Garden last year. Not saying that Boston doesn't look like the class of the league.

[@christophermuniz2826]

⁠@@billybilly3777They beat Boston in OKC last year, not TD. And that was with a healthy Chet to match up with KP and they only won by single digits. They’re probably still the favorites out West, but idk about them beating Boston in a potential Finals matchup

[@coreyczech]

Exactly what i was thinking... that defense is actually the exact type of defense that Boston thrives upon. it's reliant on the opposing team missing open shots and making sloppy turnovers which are both things that Boson doesn't do. if the defense fails to create turnovers, its wide open threes for Boson all night.

[@coreyczech]

@@billybilly3777 That doesn't really mean anything. The Suns beat the Wolves all three times in regular season last year just to get swept in playoffs by Wolves and some of those games weren't even close

[@kennethxu1789]

We saw similar things last year from the celtics, with derrick white and jrue holiday being able to guard bigs. But they still always had backups if kristaps was out, al horford of course, and luke kornet if absolutely needed. And horford is smaller, so you were able to see white and holiday do this more than once or twice since kristaps was out for a large portion of the season. Except this time, OKC does have bigs. Chet is a star already, hartenstein is a great role player. This isn’t (hopefully) something they’ll face all the time. What this shows is that 1. OKC is going to dominate on defense when the bigs are back and 2. Unlike many other offensive stars, SGA will play good defense, and decently consistently. That’s scary for any team hoping to gameplan.

[@GibranCamus-kr2dc]

This is the team the Raptors have been trying to build for a decade.

[@jeffforty5663]

How many rings has okc got?

[@GibranCamus-kr2dc]

⁠@@jeffforty5663None. And the Raptors have one. But back to the point: This OKC team with dynasty potential is the team that the Raptors have been trying to build for a decade. Does that satisfactorily clarify things for you?

[@DaffyTaffy93]

@@GibranCamus-kr2dcI love when people randomly bring up rings that are from the past 5 plus years ago how does that help the now? 😂

[@ayylmao633]

@@jeffforty5663 Im from Toronto too but you are hella cringe.

[@alankingchiu]

Raptors put together a team of tall non-shooters, and had a surprised Pikachu face when they lose.

[@JRat_1]

Literally just started eating thank you for uploading just now 🙏

[@TheEloka123]

this is so exciting to watch. I love aggressive defenses. Hope they make a deep playoff run with Chet

[@rockysalvatore435]

Sga couldn't make playoff before Chet

[@coreyczech]

@@rockysalvatore435 Most players can't make a playoff without help. I mean Lebron has missed playoffs with AD, Carmelo, and Westbrook in 2022. AD played half that season and they still only won 33 games. Curry missed playoffs when Klay was hurt. You need complimentary pieces no matter how talented you are.

[@NichMak-q1d]

The only thing u need to pull off this type of defense is to have a guard that can play center Pretty common archetype

[@rockysalvatore435]

Literally not at all common

[@JohnDoe-qn3dc]

Nigga it's a joke​@@rockysalvatore435

[@foodconvos1920]

They playing with NCAA energy on D

[@rockysalvatore435]

Nuggets and clippers actually built like one lol

[@Wayz8921]

Can you do a video on Peyton Watson look at his stats on crafted nba he might be the best rim protector in the league

[@icrashout]

The Thunder is such an exciting team; they’re fun to watch

[@solomonmendonca3223]

jorkin it to daniel

[@betchpons_frfr]

early as hell, daniel li the goat when i needa watch smthn while eating

[@mikebevibevi]

A whole season of this is gonna run okc into the dirt come playoff time

[@elizabethgeorge168]

Not to take away from OKC but what this really highlights is a lack of bball IQ and inability to afjust from competitors. Not sure if it's a lack of experience issue or poor coaching 🤔 Also, what was most impressive against the Mavs was OKC's steals (11) and turnovers (6). If they can continue that while increasing their rebounds, it would be an even more effective defense. However, without rebounding, I don't see this working long term, especially in the playoffs.

[@Foggycallabasashillshelicopter]

We already saw that last year so you’re definitely right. Bigger teams destroyed them cause they can’t match up with them. I remember the lakers going like 6-0 against them just cause they couldn’t even match up w AD.

[@HBG313]

​@@Foggycallabasashillshelicopterwhy do you think they went and got hartstein and got rid of giddey

[@isaacsanchez2003]

Hell yeah

[@Javale02]

Daniel can you do a video on the jazz knicks game today.

[@MistressOP]

Hmm this works on everyone but maybe the warriors. Honestly, Jokic ship was the most luck ship I've seen in awhile. Same for the bucks. I don't see the centers coming back until they lower the number of games into somehting normal.

[@zephaniahmcdaniels]

Celtics will exploit the shit out of this too. Everyone can shoot effectively and efficiently. They usually have an off night here and there but have shown to be resilient in a 7 game series

[@MistressOP]

@@zephaniahmcdaniels Ya and even the warriors who are near master at pulling this off require a level of talent via Green that makes this hard as hell. Doc aint helping them here either. Dam neither. I think this is like wolves howling into the night. Meh.

[@johnnelson3665]

Hardenstein will help a lot.

[@HarrisonHollers]

SGA Chet and JW. Any other guys on the roster future stars? This team seems stacked!

[@crisneros1725]

The new thinking basketball

[@diffizzle8630]

It takes advantage of the one thing NBA teams are allergic too, throwing the ball into the post 😂😂

[@Avian07]

The NBA have the backing of Vegas. Silver got to please the betting odds.

[@nail3692]

How would they stop a dominant center like embiid without a real center? Do they double and force him to pass out?

[@fadhilhussain8344]

So what do they do vs the Celtics cuz it seems like the Cs are built to break this

[@jeffforty5663]

Hey Daniel, if I am to pursue a career in an NBA organisation what would be the best thing to study in university? Thanks

[@Doggomorph]

Laughs in hakeem and shaq

[@angelpando7773]

Jdub is actually 6’6

[@ValWillKay]

Steve Kerr itching to play a 5 guard lineup after this video

[@DanielKu-iq2mq]

yo Daniel do you think they make it to the finals

[@cloudzundersky]

They foul and don’t get called for it. That’s their secret.

[@Zenith_Of_Chaos]

True

[@BerryMckHawkener]

delusion

[@inFamous_Izanagi]

This dude isn't used to seeing defense.

[@cloudzundersky]

Nurkic “able to get fouled” is exactly what you don’t want. I’m telling you OKC go in the bonus so early each quarter and that’ll cost them in an important game.

[@rockysalvatore435]

They just foul everybody and get away with it

[@angelpando7773]

Shai is more around 6’7

[@VengeanceSinX]

Yeah this wont work in the Playoffs vs Luka for sure. Luka's wingman are Kyrie and Klay, leaving your man one pass away in the perimeter is fatal.

[@sirfrescobar4830]

Or even the Celtics if they make it that far

[@MisterRaiizz]

Why not ? This team basically had the mavs beat if not for PJ & DJJ turning into the splash brothers. It’s also now a completely different dynamic with Hartenstein and Chet in the front court and there are no longer any easy match ups since Giddey is gone

[@TheJudgementofDog]

Nobody is worried about Klay and his inconsistency.

[@HBG313]

Yea klank t who just went 0/8

[@mikebevibevi]

Off ball screens seem to be the simple way to break this defense.

[@Njrocks00]

OKC will get mauled by teams with a competent center just like that 1:20 clip good for them though is they are few good centers in the league so this will probably work out for them. Modern NBA is so dogshit. XD

[@Jabraham9]

Ihart came back last game had 14 rebounds and 4 blocks, in under 30 mins so hopefully he stays healthy for us and J Will will be back hopefully in next couple weeks and we just signed Branden Carson a few days ago, so that helps with the depth but against big teams like Dallas and Denver, 76ers if Joel is healthy which is never, timberwolves, it’s a dangerous game but we steered the ship long enough to not fall in the standings whilst unhealthy with literally no big

[@Goatlikeitornot]

No they wont

[@sekki.78]

first

[@50Nobody50]

I don't understand this, you keep mentioning this word...."defense".....I had no idea the NBA even had such a word in its vernacular.

[@Smoney52c]

None of this is good defense this bad basketball offensively smh