I was listening to an interview with Caitlin Cooper who is a journalist who covers the Indiana Pacers. She is very impressive with her coverage of the Pacers and knowlege of the league. She is known for her excellent breakdowns of Xs and Os and detailed tracking information. She broke down like 1000 passes to prove Haliburton's passing when he jumps is actually more effective and not a liability. Cool stuff.
Anyway, in one of her older interviews, she was talking about Brogdon when the Pacers were looking to trade him after acquiring Haliburton. I believe it was with the Knicks who were interested in Brogdon as an alternative to Brunson if they were unable to get him in FA.
I can't remember all the details she was giving about Brogdon but they were detailed (as usual with Caitlin Cooper) and very good.
One was the comparison between how Hailburton and Brogdon ran the team as a PG. Haliburton plays at a high tempo and is constantly looking to get the ball up the court either with the dribble or the early pass. Brogdon much more methodical. Plays at a slower pace. Haliburton shares and moves the ball around much more. Brogdon likes to hold the ball, make the play, and then give up the ball. Haliburton a more well rounded passer who involves his teammates better in the offense.
Other interesting observations were about Brogdon's creation. This is the part where my memory is weak. When he goes right, he does one thing. When he goes left, he does another thing. I believe it is a pull up jumper left and a drive right. This worked well for Indiana early in Brogdon's time there but as teams scouted him better they worked this out and were able to game-plan against him and force him into lower percentage shots effectively. Brogdon was particularly poor at pull up 3s when he goes left. This was the shot opponents would try to force him to take.
So this created some limitations in terms of him being a prime time go-to scorer which is why ideally he is in a smaller offensive role like he is here in Boston than the 20ppg threat he was Indiana.
Also talked about how Brogdon uses his strength so well on his drives. One of the more prolific drivers in the league for non small speedy guards. Once he gets his shoulder in front of you, you can't get back in the play. He is too strong. Ridiculously strong. What is he, 6-5 230lbs. Guy is a tank. I keep thinking he looks a similar size as Grant Williams when they are out there together.
These were all interesting observations. I enjoyed listening to Caitlin Cooper's interviews. I have listend to about 4-5 in the last week or two. Some newish. Some older. A lot of good information in them. That one on Brogdon was very interesting.
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