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[QUOTE="General20, post: 4983330, member: 724"]
I want to share something Draymond doesn't know. I'm surprised nobody seems to be mentioning it.

NC St is a team that plays 3 guards and 2 bigs.  The first half they were guarding Bell with one of the guards, and he went 8-8 from 3 because he set his feet, and with his height and quick release, just shot right over the top of the smaller defender.

In the second half NC St put their PF on Bell, who is their best shot blocker by far. They thought they could do that because our only PF got kicked off the team, so they didn't need him to cover anyone big.  The power forward never helped, never left Bell's side.

There was a trade off.  Copeland had the smaller guard on him, and Copeland abused him down low in the second half without a shot blocker around the rim to get in his way. So we did make NC St pay for the switch.

I dont claim to know more about basketball than Draymond Green, but I bet I watch SU a lot more than he does. Trying to run Bell off screens (a skill he does not possess) with a big shot blocker in his face would have been playing right into NC St's hands.  Making that little guard defend us down low with their best shot blocker out at the 3 point line covering Bell seems like a good adjustment to me.
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