By james art 
Claveland, Ohio – CAVS guard Darius Garland eats the elbow, but Hawks Trakes Translater launches free throws. Spinning fills the arena, but the referees will not change the conversation. Re -re -shows that young people ignite their body without the intention of basketball, except to draw a whistle, but it steps to the bad thing, anyway, where its two points are reported as the same as everyone.
How is this happening?
You have to be new here. Young has blunted the defenders-depending on your perspective, officials-for years with a wicked drawing formula, which,, Like it, either hate it, it is rarely repeated in the history of the NBA. After the merger of the NBA/ABA (1976-77), only six players standing six feet or shorter are on average seven free games per season. Only three have done it repeatedly (the guard of the Hall of Fame Alan Iverson, a five -time All Star Kevin Johnson and Young). And only young ones wear medium labels like Flopper or Foul Baiter while making the history of the edges.
It seems unfair if you value his craft, fit, if his rule that suggests you, you breathe. Ask around: Trick or Tay? And you will hear the various descriptions of the most outspoken (or most unnecessary) pound for a free throw league.
“It depends on what you mean by the trick,” Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson said on Thursday. “I think many players do this. Many smart players in this league, James Harden does it, Trae does it and is part of the game. They invent the rules, invent the nuances of the rules and take advantage, and it is difficult. (Knicks Jalen Brunson’s guard is like this little.
“So I don’t know how you look at him as a fan or as a media person or as a coach, but these guys have come up with him how to, it helps them be more efficient, helping IG to win games. And the opinion depends on your personal opinion on what you think about it. “
Opinions may vary depending on the occupation. For example, for some The reason, Hawks’s employees praise every power of young imit – I’m sorry, generates – close to the paint. Floper? Try an artist or magician. Atlanta Dyson Daniels’ guard uses both terms to portray the Young genius, which stems from the skill to use his size (or absence).
Defenders see the 164-pound security as controllable. The smallest blow drops the young on his way. The lowest touch enhances its deficit by strength. Both true but young counters with a smooth handle, a quick first step and a fragile frame that makes every push. When he passes a player, he can slow down and deviate in their path. If they hit him, young wins. If the said defender beats young in his place, he can get into their chest and throw his head back. It looks like a big clash. Young wins. And every time Young feels a foreign hand nearby, he can find her, then hook or tear her apart, then shoot a prayer. It looks ugly, it sounds like a whistle. Young wins.
“It’s a skill. This is art, ”said Daniels. “You need to learn how to sell it. You need to know when people will reach, when people will run out of your back and similar things. You must be aware. This is more than jumping into people and receiving calls. This is the art of the game. I think he has mastered this piece of the game. “
Chief Manipulator? Maybe. But Hawks Quinn Snyder coach reminds us that young people can only find these doors using fundamental skills. His jumper threatens, his dribble intersects. His speed defeats the first fake step. The question is: any player can jump into a bumped defender. Few can force them in such favorable positions.
“This is the total amount of what he does as a player,” Snyder said. “If you can get to your person, it usually puts the protection in a position in which he or she has to react. Be fast, handle the ball really well and play corners.
“It’s easy for me to say. It’s hard to do. “
True enough. We only know around Cleveland a few players capable. And in fact, Cavs Guards Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland could benefit from a forced stroke or two. Put both of your talents on paper and they combine for eight attempts to freely throw a game career (young shoots 7.6 only). This CAVS crime, elite as much as possible, ranks 23rd in attempts to freely throw a game. It has not been ranked higher than the 21st since Garland and Mitchell have joined their efforts. And before you offer it, believe me: they have already tried to break the employees.
Are the Cavs All-Star couple missing a crossover of Young or his quick first step? No? The corners should be then.
Or the breasts with a barrel. Look, Mitchell exceeds a younger with 51 pounds. “If I had to hit Trey,” he said on Thursday, “it looks much different than if Trey hit me. And then, if I overflow, I seem to be actually falling apart.”
In the mind of Mitchell Lakers, LeBron James (6 feet 9, 250 pounds) and Timberwolves guards Anthony Edwards (6 feet 4, 225 pounds) shares his problem. Players fake Edwards without interfering with his progress. Defenders hurt themselves to ignite James. The referees absorb their whistles.
“… This is only the nature of the game,” Mitchell said. “For a man like Tay, he is smaller. So, if struck, he bounces from his body. It just looks different. And for his merit, he figured out how to manipulate this, and it was not knocking (on him) or nothing. This is smart. If you are going to play a game, you may also try to figure out how to be the best in it.
“Is it annoying? Sometimes, for sure. “I feel like I’m a foul, yes, but at the end of the day it doesn’t look like a foul. So you still need to be able to finish through contact and find ways to be still effective. “
Or effective and annoying. Mitchell may have been accumulated, but Garland (6 feet 1, 192 pounds) is still thin enough to bounce on hit. And he fell victim to the magic of Young (or manipulation) on Thursday night. Save the tape and who knows: CAVS can develop their own historic producer of free throws.
To what purpose, however? Young’s hawks average 36.7 wins per season and have won two playoffs (not since 2021) during their term. The NBA coaches left him to give up the All-Star vote this season. When they watched Young’s tape, they did not see a magician, master or artist.
It’s just a taste.
“… There are only some guys, just not how they work,” Atkinson said. “I think KD was like that. No flop. He just wants to score. He doesn’t think about drawing fouls. And I think Darius and Donovan are in this bucket a little. Donovan had a fake head the other day and just jumped into the man. I don’t know if you call this trick, but Steph was not a trick at all. He didn’t really seem to play that way. It just depends on the player. “