Looked like KD was expecting Jabari to help protect the rim which isn't at all "blaming him for getting cooked".
Re: Around the NBA: Week 20 (3/2 - 3/8)
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2026 4:15 pm
by ShelC
KD loses track of Podz relocating because he's standing flatfooted watching Smith and Santos with his back to his defender. Then when Podz gets the ball, he rushes out to the perimeter out of control and is off balance when Podz goes by him. Even if the switch took place, KD was so out of position he wouldn't have been able to recover out to Santos in the corner. It'd KD fake-trying on defense like we used to see all the time. He did everything wrong on that possession leading up to the missed rotation.