Tim Legler

D'Angelo Russell has played some high-level basketball in this league at the point guard position.

Let him play point.

And let Cooper Flagg have some situations where he gets to handle in ball screen and handle in transition if he takes it off the glass himself.

That's a weapon for your team.

That should not be, to me, his focal point on walking up situations.

I just think it's too much to put on his plate right out of the gate when you've got a guy like D'Angelo Russell sitting there.

Let me sum it up this way.

That's a great point.

And here is the difference psychologically.

And I actually talked about this.

And the guy that I used as an example of somebody that can do it at a really high level, who I love watching play, was Lonzo Ball, who joined the Cavs this year, right?

And here's the difference.

Guys like that, that have been doing that their whole life, when there's one guy in front of them, or there's, you know, it's two-man action, they're running.

Either way,

they're already scanning and anticipating the next reaction of the next defender.

And they kind of know what these chain of events are going to lead to.

Based on what I do, this is what should be open.

And there's multiple reads taking place.

And all it's about is the next defender that's not in the initial action, whether that's the ISO guy in front of them,

He's looking at the second defender that's going to be the help guy.