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How good is Anthony Davis right now? Should he be the Defensive Player of the Year? Discussed in the MVP conversation? This detailed film breakdown & scouting report of the Los Angeles Laker star big man details his incredible lob finishing while incorporating analytics & stats to assess his overall impact.
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@thermostatting977 4 года назад

You ever watch something on RU-vid and be like I can’t believe this is free content?

@zzcc229 4 года назад

Yeah every J Kyle Mann's video

@NatruallyAwesome 4 года назад

Its only free if you value your time at $0 Edit: I'm referring to the time spent watching ads, the actual content is great

@mariamartins367 4 года назад

Like the vid if you want to help

@nocrab 4 года назад

Just did!

@amlansanyal9663 4 года назад

Every Jon Bois video

@misaelchalas6338 4 года назад

Ad's brow: +10 lob +30 Mid range +300 charm

@biglicker4473 4 года назад

Lmao i laughed so loud 😂

@bobby_carmins 4 года назад

This is gold

@davidwilliams316 4 года назад

Im not a believer in his mid range game but yeah. He is a monster. I think he an underrated passer.he should be more like leBron.

@misaelchalas6338 4 года назад

@@davidwilliams316 no. More like LeBron should be more like AD and get a brow

@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904 Год назад

- 300 Durability (Demerit)

@eliasdiwan4079 4 года назад

Ben, stop shooting long 2s and stretch your videos out to 10 mins, it’s more efficient ad revenue

@Blippy-hb4by 4 года назад

True lol

@TheMaciekm 4 года назад

Ben had better check that analytics tab more often

@libraalibaba 4 года назад

Lol...it's only a few seconds. He isn't greedy I guess.

@gideoncheung8731 4 года назад

I was thinking wait, Ben doesn't shoot🤔🤔🤔

@jeanmacalino8143 4 года назад

he needs to stop settling for 2s cause he aint ben simmons, baaaabyyy.

@dddiop 4 года назад

5:12 - I thought you were going to say "A.D. is basically the best off-ball big man we've seen since Ryan Anderson."

@ThinkingBasketball 4 года назад

Underrated comment. :)

@TheIcemanthomas 4 года назад

Lol

@calvin1508 4 года назад

me too

@haychhh6809 4 года назад

Where you been all this time you know we need you now more than ever bro

@SeriouslyWhofarted 4 года назад

nomad: wow I shouldn’t thought if that one😂

@victorespiritu22 4 года назад

Go outside and work on ur jumper hageed watfa

@yvans. 4 года назад

Bro he has a podcast

@elrichardo5377 4 года назад

@nomad: 👏

@kingdinodragonite3470 4 года назад

@@victorespiritu22 i want to. But the nearest basketball court accessible is 5km away and it's 9ft tall. I don't want to play there and then airball my jumper when playing on a 10ft rim.

@ryanmontague3377 4 года назад

It's probably a lot to ask but I'd love to see some analysis videos on NBA draft prospects. With this year's draft having no clear number 1, I think getting to know 10-15 players would be great

@yeatdagoat173 4 года назад

Check out Locked On Fantasy Basketball. He does a really great job in addressing their strengths and weaknesses in a very detailed manner

@AllanMurmann 4 года назад

it is a lot of work to do, even tho would be amazing to have this content coming from one of the best basketball channels, it's impossible to do it in the current situation of his channel, the content that you are asking needs more research, time and investment things that right now he will not be able to afford to keep the quality of the videos.

@ryanmontague3377 4 года назад

@@yeatdagoat173 Ill definitely be checking that out thanks

@thie9781 4 года назад

It would destroy the unique style of the channel and given the relative low upload frequency (no offense I love the vids and know they require a lot of time) it would take months to get all the players.

@yeatdagoat173 4 года назад

@@ryanmontague3377 No problem

@567bc 4 года назад

This vid tells me that Lauri Markkanen should never guard Ad again 😂

@TheUltimateRage 4 года назад

He just needs to heal up, bulk up some more, and get a much better coach who utilizes his strengths as opposed to squandering them. It sucks because Boylen stems from the Popovich tree, but we never reaped those benefits due to the growing dissent Boylen planted within the locker room upon his arrival, stymieing the Bulls from blossoming into a top-seeded team. We all know Gar-Pax was at the root of it all, but now that they've been weeded out, hopefully this team can germinate into the cream of the crop........

@chaoticneutral4729 4 года назад

6:55 that crossover was so clean

@veriityx 4 года назад

That was 🔥🔥

@haroldng5897 4 года назад

That pass too... luka is a different breed

@jaatown23 4 года назад

Not really. Green just over committed to go around the screen.

@crablord7934 4 года назад

@@jaatown23 That's just part of how dangerous Luka is if he goes around that screen.

@jurisdumagan4138 4 года назад

Luka Magic

@waylonmoore5389 4 года назад

3:50 The delivery of “Poor Javale” has me dying with laughter.

@xordus 4 года назад

The best thing about AD is he's made DEFENSE his mission-statement. Not many guys do that. When you're already one of the best offensive players and you commit to becoming THE BEST defensive player... well... good luck Clippers.

@link_nukem 4 года назад

Love your vids could you do one on Dejounte Murray

@wilsonyang4505 4 года назад

The wingspan of a plane

@shaneyy__ 4 года назад

I thought he already did. Maybe it was a smaller segment in a defensive video.

@Tryhard116677 4 года назад

Just A Crab yea I remember that one as well

@DS-ci9pd 2 года назад

Would really want to know Ben's view on AD's level this season, compared to the 19/20 + bubble season

@exquisitemeat5845 4 года назад

I've been starved for more RU-vid basketball content, thank you so much! (Loving the pod as well)

@lakersyoungcoreareaveragep1639 4 года назад

Anthony Davis is third all time in PER behind Jordan and Lebron for a single season. Coincidence? I think not

@yimbaiyoko 3 года назад

Not for a single season it's career wise which is even more impressive.

@cyber6sapien 3 года назад

@@yimbaiyoko Yup.

@dennisthemenace855 2 года назад

But nowhere close to being top10 shows you a lot about “numbers”

@jamalwalker 10 месяцев назад

Per is an awful stat lol

@joshurl5651 4 года назад

one of the most scalable stars in the current NBA

@JustAJok3r 4 года назад

Josh Url what do you mean scalable?

@pearlywhites3025 4 года назад

@@JustAJok3r it's a concept from Ben's book, thinking basketball. Essentially AD has skills that are valuable on both good teams and bad teams. Isolation scoring is not a very scalable skill because bad teams need offense, so a ball dominant scorer can add a few wins. But on a good team with lots of facilitation, taking the ball away from the rest of the team to score in isolation suddenly becomes a lot less valuable. AD is filled with skills like facilitation that are extremely valuable to a good team. In terms of scalable players, think AD, Steph, LeBron, Giannis. And in terms of players who don't "scale" to high win teams as well, think Carmelo Anthony or Zach LaVine

@obnoxiouslakerfan 4 года назад

PsyK Films if his skills are scalable then why did he lose all those years in New Orleans?

@noahmalonson7347 4 года назад

@@obnoxiouslakerfan Poor team construction, general difficulty of big men to elevate a team's offense due to not having primary ball-handling duties, mismanaged front office, small/undesirable market for FAs... think of KG in Minnesota

@RobertSmith-ow5kf 4 года назад

Noah Malonson I mean Garnett still made a conference final

@TheLaptopPerson 4 года назад

Just got done rewatching your other vids since the season was announced to resume. Thanks Ben for the hard work as always!

@Stocky_The_Demi_God 2 года назад

This is hands down the best basketball channel on RU-vid, and second would be basketball time machine. I watch your videos and then play 2k22 and apply everything I learned here to the game and it actually works. Also when I watch NBA games now I always watch them from your perspective and I love it.

@darraghcorcoran9233 4 года назад

Hey man love your vids . Would love to see a khris Middleton video he’s been one of the most efficient players in the league this year and was really good down the stretch for Milwaukee this year. Keep up the good work

@davidf2244 4 года назад

Ur the first channel so far for which I've decided to enable all notifications. Highest praise I can give rly.

@skrewler 4 года назад

Also -- just want to comment, this is easily the best basketball content on RU-vid. You actually offer insightful commentary and, unlike other channels, who show us film and tell us whether they're running "horns", "pistol action", etc without any kind of analysis. Often with a clickbait title. Bravo sir.

@porrapan2008 4 года назад

This is one of the channels in which you can give a +1 without seeing of the video. Great content!

@cauezimmermann538 4 года назад

I absolutely love this kind of content. Your channel is amazing!!!

@lumisuliSime 4 года назад

yaay, the feeling after listening to thinking basketball podcast all day you notice there is a new video :)

@emrvld1420 4 года назад

2 words : I love you. Another couple : Your the best in depth analyst on RU-vid hands down. & Trust me I seen almost all of them to know this. Keep going brother you expertise will land you somewhere great, def the most subs on this genre of youtube, but also a great career in the future. Your videos will be cemented through time as the best in dept player analysis breakdowns. Don’t stop making videos for us brother, your giving us fans and casual fans a whole new understanding to how great these players truly are. Once again, I love you.

@emrvld1420 4 года назад

@@kenanjusic4829 Nothing wrong with telling another man you love them. Get ur head out the gutter

@i-man872 4 года назад

@@emrvld1420 lol

@andrewguan1598 4 года назад

i love you is 3 words

@sharifbrown3567 4 года назад

@@andrewguan1598 shhhh, he's better off learning from this on his own.

@andrewguan1598 4 года назад

@@sharifbrown3567 aight

@mallows9779 4 года назад

"He has these fluid hips that allow solid agility against these penetrators" Yes there can definitely be no way that will be taken out of context

@jonathandeshommes5051 4 года назад

Lmao

@hectorandem2944 4 года назад

F. (er... not literally though.)

@acctsys 3 года назад

No way at all 😁

@curtishardaway3366 4 года назад

you should have more subs. i watch a ton of channels "like yours" and i gotta say you got my sub in 4 minutes. Great analysis and video editing. and just the right amount of subtle comedy.

@seeanthonyn 4 года назад

Ive been watching nearly every game of AD this season. He reminds me so much of KG but with a higher lob threat. His lob catches are truly spectacular

@Antzzz_Manzzz 4 года назад

I’ve played n coached almost 50 years. Your analysis is dead on. Keep up the good work 👍🏼🙏🏼

@Conquistador76 4 года назад

I was lucky enough to see the Lakers Clippers game on March 8th at Staples Center, before the shutdown. When Lebron sat AD took over the offense with his scoring and passing and led the Lakers in points for most of the game. When Lebron came back in AD became more of a post up, lob threat. AD has so much versatility, and he can do pretty much anything the offense requires. This video helped make these points more clear! Great video.

@themacfarlaneranch3342 4 года назад

Divincenzo, markedden, lavine and valenconas. Would love to see a breakdown of these dudes

@qwikscopez6619 4 года назад

Great video as usual, got my bball fix for today, how about that video on Gobert you teased before?

@VGE 4 года назад

My best NBA player, by far !

@happypatibanda9265 4 года назад

Would love to see a brogdon or porzingis breakdown. Also great and entertaining video as always!

@jimmicrackhead12 4 года назад

Does porzingass even play anymore?

@henry7486 4 года назад

jimmicrackhead12 stfu

@stephenleavitt1003 3 года назад

Basketball heaven, seeing a game between the dynasty spurs plus AD, and the dynasty warriors plus Jokic

@BossKing1243 4 года назад

Your analysis skills are commendable.

@dalton7726 4 года назад

After the 2018 playoffs I said that he was the GOAT lob finisher, no one else can do what he does (but shoutout to his teammate Dwight who was also one of the best ever at that in his prime)

@sharifbrown3567 4 года назад

Zion shall also be in contention.

@nc987 4 года назад

Thank you! Great content as always. Would love to see your thoughts on Porzingis!

@vedanguniyal8705 4 года назад

Bro I stg I get so happy when thinking basketball posts :)

@Ninjamm07 4 года назад

Been loving your content for quite sometime now and have devoured the podcast in their entirety. I’d be interested in you doing a series on players who were on the cusp of being great but just couldn’t quite make it due to the varying reasons depending on the player. Keep up the great work.

@willhooke 4 года назад

AD's use of the Floater game is OP. A power forward using that is really hard to defend :)

@ybeef5883 4 года назад

this man still has never made a bad video

@abdirahmaanh 4 года назад

Ben I speak for a lot of here when I say you are one of the most awsome things in basketball both your videos ans podcast. Speeaaking of your podcast. You have done two episode one the greatest power forwards of all time (which I highly recommend). The first one waa on KG and tim Duncan and the second on Barkley, Malone and Dirk. Now you have done one on AD i curious in which group you would put him based on his past present and possibly his future. Maybe you could also ad Giannis considering he has had his hest seasons at this position. Heck it could be awhole podcast comparing them and projecting them.

@Antzzz_Manzzz 4 года назад

Ab H what’s Ben Podcast? So I can check it out

@GANGLYMAN117 4 года назад

@@Antzzz_Manzzz its linked in the description

@jacobcappello1448 4 года назад

Can you do a video on brad beal I’d love to see a breakdown of his scoring

@-fridge 4 года назад

Best basketball yt channel no doubt

@Marianeitor7 4 года назад

He is the most skilled power foward of all time , he can do everything, he only needs more awards and rings

@realking4918 4 года назад

Thats the championship fallacy

@picassojulien899 4 года назад

Yea I agree his talent is there but he need accolades to show for it. There’s lots of guys who should be top 10 just off talent and skill. Lebron, kd, tmac, grant hill, Paul George Hakeem etc. but awards and rings matter.

@Thanosdidtherighthing 4 года назад

ricky king not a fallacy, just the reality

@wallstreetzoomer 4 года назад

@@Thanosdidtherighthing Nah, that's why KD joined the Warriors. Because fans rank individual players with something that requires a team to achieve.

@Thanosdidtherighthing 4 года назад

LIGHT YAGAMI IS JUSTICE The argument isn’t that you can’t be considered a great player without rings. It’s that rings enhance legacy. You’re right Kd joined the warriors just like Lebron teamed up with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh in a weak eastern conference.

@jesse9200 4 года назад

Thank you! Ive been sayin he is in the discussion for best player in the league for years. When hes healthy of course.

@mve5758 4 года назад

Your analyses are on a much higher level than most RU-vidrs and tv analysts. Hardly ever seen anyone pick up on that offball spin which is one of his best offensive weapons.

@emeraldcitycs6662 4 года назад

Whew that intro was heat

@timothyruto6409 4 года назад

Best basketball breakdown channel

@t-mofisher8922 4 года назад

Huh. It’s funny because i was watching the Pels sweep against the Blazers again and i was just hyper aware of how hard the lobs he has catching were- he had 2 or 3 lobs like at 1:15 where he just avoided the defense while keeping momentum by jumping with his chest perpendicular to the backboard. He does it a lot and it’s really good.

@BRBallin1 4 года назад

He’s highly underrated from the FT line too

@UeProductionz 4 года назад

This is Bill Simmon's list for what qualifies as a superstar in the NBA from Book of Basketball podcast and I 100% agree with it: - Sell tickets - Generate interest locally and nationally - Single handedly guarantee an average team 45 - 50 wins - Be the best player on a Finals team if the other pieces are in place My argument to AD has always been the fact that he cannot consistently win games let alone contend for playoff seeding. To me that is just inexcusable when people call him a "superstar". Its one thing to never make it out of the first round like Tracy McGrady but its a whole other thing when you can't even get seeded consistently like Anthony Davis. At least Tmac could get his teams into the playoffs on his own.

@t4d0W 4 года назад

Contend for playoff seeding? Dude he was the REASON why the Pelicans were in playoff conversations the past years and why they had a possible shot making it out of the 2nd round. AD in those playoff series turned it up and the obvious lack of talent around him being the culprit as to why they can only peak that much. There is no way a Pelicans squad of old ass Rondo, Jrue and other wack ass role players are winning 40+ games alone in the regular season and be a threat to take games in the playoffs. BTW the only time Tmac got to the 2nd round of the playoffs in Houston, he was INJURED.

@ninjachannel007 3 года назад

This guy's analysis is somehow very deep and very simple at once.

@douiememento 4 года назад

Dude's a beast! Miss him seeing in NOLA jersey, Hope he could get a ring with the Lakers & win awards

@jamilabanto2680 4 года назад

I love your vids! Can you do a discussion on the Hornets? Like PJ or Cody Zeller or Graham VS Rozier III as the starting PG

@benvigars1349 4 года назад

You said give me 9 minutes and I was very sceptical but you conviced me.

@minhvu1184 4 года назад

Me: Sees Thinking Basketball in my RU-vid homepage. Also me: Immediately clicks on video.

@archer8890 4 года назад

Great vid

@samuelj5144 4 года назад

Great vid! What software do you use to plot the stats?

@bigjax731 4 года назад

Great video

@michaeldixon6035 4 года назад

Thinking basketball video dropped gotta drop everything folks

@milto2269 4 года назад

Anyone who's intimate with Ben's work got chills when he compared KG with AD.

@MrDoToMuch12 4 года назад

A player profile on Jonathan Issacc would be great but of course its your channel and whatever you do next will be great im sure

@QianBing 4 года назад

The GOAT basketball youtuber

@s0ngf0rx 4 года назад

AD is just so so good and so many different things. So fun to watch.

@emmanuelgadalla4303 4 года назад

Can u do a video on Caris Levert? Rlly feel like he's one of the most underrated players in the league

@jamesconnolly9415 4 года назад

Love your videos. Could you please do Bam Adebayo, Caris LeVert or Dejounte Murray?

@matthewgonzalez7880 4 года назад

i could listen to this guy talk all day

@sethrawlings6237 4 года назад

I’d love to see a video on Sabonis!

@kb4231 4 года назад

I love that you use stats only to backup what you see on film.

@Tyyffgb.cvcxxxcc1245 4 года назад

The playoffs this year is going to be epic .

@VictorFPoB 4 года назад

I wish you would make your videos just 30 seconds longer to fit YT's 10 minute algorithm criteria. Your channel deserves more exposure and it'll reduce the amount of "KoBe iS dA bEsT sCoReR oF aLL tiMeZ" types. By the way, not a knock on Kobe. One of my top 5 favourite players ever, it's just an example of an obvious misconception.

@victorespiritu22 4 года назад

It’s a shame we share the same name because I can already tell youza dork ass dude

@VictorFPoB 4 года назад

@@victorespiritu22 Based on your comment, I'm kind of embarassed we do.

@ricksanchez8503 4 года назад

@@VictorFPoBLowkey nice comeback

@victorespiritu22 4 года назад

Victor Russ legally change yo shit then, this name for winners 😌

@VictorFPoB 4 года назад

@@victorespiritu22 This coming from the dude liking his own comments and who said: "...youza dork ass dude" for no reason.

@lucassipe9448 4 года назад

Thanks for the content. I have a question about pace: is there any correlation between pace and injury? Or even fatigue? Is it likely that teams that run more and more likely to garner injuries than a team that does not?

@Conquistador76 4 года назад

I think it was 2 years ago, when everything one was getting injured. Bigs especially (porzingis, cousins). I’m wondering the same thing. If running more post up plays will help slow the pace and improve overall health. I just don’t think 7’ers are built to run at that speed for that length of time. Just my opinion

@justtimes9257 4 года назад

Great great great video but I do have one thing what is your definition of a superstar because to me a superstar is a player who can lead his team to the championship as the leader/Best player

@aids2132 4 года назад

Would love if you did a video on Kemba

@gabbadrianfresnidoafable7064 4 года назад

Great Vid! Can you do a 2019-2020 Jayson Tatum analysis?

@xcvsumextra 4 года назад

3:16 the handles omg

@jdawg9016 4 года назад

You should do a Bam Adebayo breakdown

@mayanks9623 4 года назад

Best basketball channel

@joetheGod13 4 года назад

Looks like I’ve found a new go to channel to watch while at work. Keep it up man

@Liutkusss 4 года назад

I'd love to see a video on Sabonis (the current one :D)

@zenthepoet. 4 года назад

Watched, liked and subscribed..

@theOnyFUFU 4 года назад

I love the KG (aka "maroon forefather") comp! Even though that's clearly the best comparison for AD, I haven't seen it made very often. He's definitely a more offensively gifted but much less intense version of KG.

@Thanosdidtherighthing 4 года назад

Honestly they play very very similar. Ad just take the 3’s that Kg would’ve taken if he played in today’s era. Kg was a better low post player and defensively while AD has a better touch.

@frax681 4 года назад

today is a blessed day!

@unbiasedpoet 3 года назад

How are you coming up with what's barely passable outside shooting efficiency for a big man to provide adequate spacing?

@alejandropreciado1814 3 года назад

You deserve sponsorship!

@t-god2439 4 года назад

Is underrated bc well bc I think he’s hella skilled but as the main guy on his team he hasn’t done much you mentioned KG KG as the main guy on his team won and MVP and also went to the western conference finals the first tome he had some legit help on his team

@emanueleferrero8095 4 года назад

Hey man! I have some questions! After this season do you still think that morant won’t be an all star? And do you think booker will leave Phoenix for Minnesota or another location?

@myichadrakeford1370 4 года назад

How did you add the videos?? While talking?

@Tomoyo_Sayomura 3 года назад

3:22 “Allowing him to create for his teammates.” Shows Danny Green bricks another corner shot. Not sure whether this is intentional or not, but I’ll take it.

@Parsa-je1vd 2 года назад

its because the video is about anthony davis not the lakers offense/danny green. AD created the open shot for green which is what he was trying to show, regardless if the shot went in or not.

@TheLaptopPerson 4 года назад

0:11 "Maroon forefathers" We starting off strong with the triple entendre bar 🔥

@marco5030 4 года назад

Went over my head, you mind explaining?

@TheLaptopPerson 4 года назад

@@marco5030 I interpreted it as 1. Both are power forwards as in the 4 for forefathers. 2. Maroon four (fore) as in Maroon 5 3. Maroon forefathers as KG is AD's predecessor.

@TheLaptopPerson 4 года назад

@@marco5030 Although I could be overthinking it, he could just mean that AD and KG are both pretty good at isolation aka making an island and marooning themselves with the other player.

@GustavoSilva-ny8jc 2 года назад

0:55 The height of this is crazy, his hips went waaay over his head and Gobert is HUGE.

@donkwak3867 3 года назад

Every time I watch one of these, I wish the player saw this video to learn of their consistent weaknesses and habits to improve upon. This should be like a paid nba player personalized assessment report lol

@SexBoyHumper 4 года назад

Bro you need to be making more videos man, we need your analysis

@christophergareth1933 4 года назад

I wish this man had a top 10 list

@AceMacaveli 4 года назад

More player analysis please!

@robertj8451 3 года назад

this man called it .

@empathytrail4758 4 года назад

Thinking Basketball: GOAT Lob Finisher NBA 2K: Gets Rim Checked on Open Break Lobs

@DaBigTicketKG21 4 года назад

Great video. ADPOTY

@cnl1213 4 года назад

"Rarefied air" is what I was thinking before the term is used @7:25. I mean who else has this combination of height, length, hops and reflexes esp on D. May be a young Dwight? Giannis? May be Bam as a distant third?