Tim Legler
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And so Zion would still try to shoot it and get it blocked.
And like, you could see him like shake his head and start like shuffling back down the court, like on defense, like so frustrated.
He looked very young.
He looked like a very young player getting frustrated, right?
And these are two guys that are elite players in this league.
And that's what Wemby Nyama is capable of doing to you.
And I wonder if that was the only team bill that I ever played against.
Uh, those mid nineties bulls teams that, that like when you would foul them and now they're going to the line when they've got Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, like that group, Harper, uh,
And now they're going to the line and you're going, here comes this press.
You're never worried about getting pressed in the NBA.
Most teams that have tried to zone press and they would go to a 1-2, 1-1 press.
That doesn't work at the NBA level.
The teams that have tried that in the past, you're giving up so much easy, fast stuff the other way.
But yet they were so long and so fast and so aggressive and...
And the rules kind of allowed a little bit more grabbing and holding and slapping and like that kind of stuff in the backcourt.
It was kind of like, Oh man, the last thing you wanted to do was break to the ball in the backcourt in the corner and like, and catch the ball.
And like, so you do anything you could to avoid that death trap down there.
So yeah.
And it,
And again, yeah, so it's that feeling of like, man, this is like a little bit overwhelming.