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Originally Posted by LukaMagic
The answer here is that THJ should switch with Lively and that is because Lively is a very mobile big with great length who can challenge KT well at the 3-point line, but also if KT were to drive inside. As you can see, what happened here is that THJ dropped out of the play which led to an easy 3-pointer for GSW.
That's what Lively brings as a big. Length, size, aaand mobility. And a good positional sense. That's why Lively is such a good young player.
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But to be able to switch THJ must be able to see all of that in the situation that he is in. He must be able to know that it is Lively who is there, he must be able to see Lively's position, read all of that, and then decide to switch at the most optimal moment. That has to do with MATCHUPS that Kidd talks about during press conferences often. Exploiting such matchups. Every players must know very well when to switch, with who to switch and with who to not switch, and so on. So that a player must have both the knowledge of that and awareness of that in the situation that he is. As well as the ability to act upon all of that.