He likes to pass the ball more when he drives with his left.
And I'd prefer him to pass than to shoot or score.
What's up guys,
Jrue Holiday here.
I'm going to take you
guys through my film session.
The break down.
Just to show you guys what I do on a day-to-day basis
against the best players in the world.
And why I'm the best defender in the league.
Let's go.
What's hard about Steph is he's super quick.
He's really quick, really shifty.
We know how he can get that shot off you.
So this, again for me, it kind of
becomes like a long distance track meet.
Where one of us are going to get tired,
and it's not going to be me first.
We already know that I'm staying with Steph no matter what.
I get hit by a screen, fight through the screen.
Over the top, underneath, but most of the time over the top.
Because I can stay closer to him and possibly
run him off the 3-point line.
At this point, I'm just attached to him.
I'm stronger than him.
So I feel like I just try to be physical with him.
And I don't want to give them any room to get comfortable.
Don't let him just go whichever way he wants to go.
And as they're doing that dribble handoff,
I get my hand on the ball.
There's also another term that we use, is called
"on an island."
So if I have Steph by myself and he's in the corner.
And it's just me and him.
I'm "on the island" with Steph.
And usually, when you're on that island,
somebody from behind you has to communicate and tell you
what's going on.
So I crowd him because I don't want him to shoot 3,
I don't want him give him space.
And then I kind of send him in one direction.
You can see my right foot is up at the top
of that 3-point line.
And I'm kind of giving him that baseline drive,
knowing that my helper is going to be there.
And then being able to just kind of reach in
and knock that ball out of bounds.
I didn't know the exact metrics.
But I also know for us to win the game,
he's going to have to really fight.
That's cool, that even just here,
being able to get that on record.
Just like how much you pressure up on somebody.
And these are professional athletes.
And they're best way to do it.
That's why they're in the NBA and they make this money.
Dame is called "Logo Dame" for a reason.
It's not easy to guard somebody up that high.
That's where I hear a lot of my teammates.
And what's going on, if there's a screen,
which way to send him.
I'm already picking him up close to half court.
The screen comes up, so they communicate the screen.
I get underneath the screen because the big man is up.
Four, five, maybe even six feet above the 3-point line,
which Dame is capable of shooting that.
But I get underneath so that he doesn't split.
He doesn't try to dribble back and split between me and him.
You see I kind of cut him off.
And then I keep him at that angle.
So that he has one way to go.
I would prefer the ball out of Damian's hands.
And you see Steph, Dame, Trae Young, Luka, LeBron.
You see these guys shoot from half court.
You see a big shot like that go in,
and that could really spark something in the score.
Defense is hard.
I mean like Boston, where you have Kemba.
Loves to shoot the 3, but also can get to the basket.
You have Jason, who is a really good, damn near great, one-on-one player.
You have Jaylen Brown.
So all them, I view them differently.
It's corner fill.
And you're not supposed to leave corner fill.
Our philosophy, don't leave corner
fill because that's one of the best shots in the league.
I mean, guys make that with our eyes closed.
I ended up being late to the close-up.
Which, at this point, I'm thinking, "I messed up.
Let me try to run him off the line."
So I overshoot it.
And I try to get on his left side
to try to make him go down the line,
knowing that my helper's there.
Kemba to go up against somebody like Brook, who's seven feet.
That's going to be a difficult shot.
Jason, I feel like I'm quicker than him.
So I usually try to pressure up on him.
For one, he probably has three or four inches on me.
He does a nice little crab dribble to a step-back.
My momentum is forward.
I also know he's going to take the step-back shot.
And I'm going to just contest the best that I can.
That's kind of where my mind goes
when I try to guard guys who are prolific scorers.
To know that like you can pressure up on somebody,
and still do a great job with them is y'all just really making me feel good.
You know, out here, I should be a Defensive Player of the Year.
Kids need to learn defense, man.
It's fun.
Kind of give you my insight on defense.
And what it takes.
You got to start locking people up, man.
It's the way to go.
Get under the skin.
Stop them defensively, man.
I love it.