All players have good and bad match ups, and this includes superstars. For example, Shaq got cooked by Hakeem and Rick Smits. AD seems to hate being guarded by Draymond, but Embiid does very well against Draymond. Gobert gets pocketed by Jokic.
What are some interesting match ups that you guys know about, maybe for your team or for your favorite player? As a Warriors fan, I remember Iguodala for some reason would do very well against Dame. Curry would do very good against Jrue Holiday, but he always used to struggle against Avery Bradley for some reason.
Bad Boys Pistons Defended Shaq/Duncan decently in their respective Finals Matchup against Lakers and Spurs. 2004 and 2005.
But these Bad Boys Pistons had a hard time defending Young Wade and Young Lebron. In 2006 and 2007. Lmao.
As a Spurs fan, I was gunna say Rasheed the Weed vs Duncan. Sheed had length that Duncan had trouble with at times. One of the only times you saw Duncan in a war.
Manu was killing them as well and probably should have won Finals MVP in 2005.
Lol I wonder if it might have had something to do with them losing HoF defensive coach Larry Brown and 4xDPOY Ben Wallace 🤔
Seriously, Bron’s 2007 ECF against Detroit was cool but it’s disingenuous when people try and paint that team as if they were the same one that won the title with a historic defense a few years earlier