{"id":127296,"date":"2020-12-06T04:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-combo-means-changes-for-key-nets\/"},"modified":"2020-12-06T04:10:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T01:10:55","slug":"kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-combo-means-changes-for-key-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-combo-means-changes-for-key-nets\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving combo means changes for key Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving combo means changes for key Nets<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Whether it\u2019s astronomy or the NBA, the rules are still the same. Everybody and everything orbits the stars, not the other way around.<\/p>\n

For the Nets, that means everybody adjusts to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.<\/p>\n

With training camp having officially started Tuesday, and the players having been working out informally well before that, nobody had to tell them that specifically. After all, it\u2019s common sense.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere hasn\u2019t been any explicit talks,\u201d Spencer Dinwiddie said via Zoom. \u201cMoreso just look at KD and Kyrie and they\u2019re going to be ball-dominant; you\u2019ve got to know that.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne is the greatest scorer of all time. You\u2019ve got to really recognize that, and get the ball where it needs to go. So you know everybody else needs to process and act accordingly, and then do what\u2019s best to help the team win. There hasn\u2019t been any explicit conversations, but to think that you\u2019re going to be trying to take the ball out of KD\u2019s hands probably isn\u2019t the smartest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Part of the benefit of Durant \u2014 and to an extent Irving \u2014 isn\u2019t just what they can do, but what they can help others do.<\/p>\n

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Caris LeVert and Spencer Dinwiddie<\/figcaption>
Getty Images; Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Both stars have such gravity that they\u2019ll draw defenses, and get the other Nets open looks. Now they\u2019ll just have to adjust to better take advantage of them.<\/p>\n

That means Dinwiddie and Caris LeVert \u2014 who\u2019ve both been ball-dominant, high-usage rate players themselves over the past couple of years \u2014 will have to play more off the ball, and should benefit from additional catch-and-shoot opportunities, a more efficient look than trying to score off the bounce. (Players shot almost six points higher on catch-and-shoot 3s than pull-ups from 2013-14 to midway through 2018-19.)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been working on a lot of different things; I\u2019ve been working on that as well,\u201d LeVert said of catch-and-shoot efficiency. \u201cBut honestly that hasn\u2019t been something I\u2019ve been asked to do at a large volume in the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was in college I did it a lot. That\u2019s something that I\u2019m honestly looking forward to not even showing people that I can do, just doing it. I haven\u2019t really been asked to do that stuff in the NBA. So I love playing off the ball. It\u2019s fun for me. I can\u2019t wait to do that this season; it\u2019s going to be very beneficial for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Dinwiddie hasn\u2019t been known as a reliable threat from deep, Durant and Irving can help them. He shot just 27.7 percent on pull-ups from behind the arc last season, but was a solid 37.3 on catch-and-shoot 3s.<\/p>\n

After only 14.3 percent of his attempts last season were of the catch-and-shoot variety, that figure is almost certain to go up \u2014 as, the Nets hope, will his efficiency.<\/p>\n

LeVert \u2014 who was fourth in the league in isolation attempts last season, and had a career-high 28.4 usage rate \u2014 took an even lower percentage of catch-and-shoot attempts than Dinwiddie at just 10.8. One of those rare players who\u2019s more effective off the bounce, LeVert worked on his catch-and-shoot over the summer \u2014 as did wing Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, vying for a rotation spot.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way the team is built, I know and I believe that I\u2019m not going to be on the ball, with the ball that much on the court. So just work on catch-and-shoot, rhythm shots, running in transition, get some dribble shots, pull over behind the screen, all these types of things,\u201d Luwawu-Cabarrot said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have \u2026 a higher level with our goals as a team this year, way higher. We want to get to the top, and that has to come from us. Everybody in this team has to put his work in and has to do his job on the court, so if it has to come from catch-and-shoot during practices, get better at that, that\u2019s what we\u2019re going to do.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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