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#67: The Top 10 passers in the NBA

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Irving's a Voluminous Point Guard, but He's Not Breaking You Down Off the Defence

In his case, he's not collapsing the defence constantly playing pick and roll. He's not breaking you down off the defence, getting into the paint and then laying it off. That that laydown pass has been a staple of great primiter penetrators for decades. And so someone like irving is voluminous in that area. Yes, the volume is one thing, but he's also just going to constantly have so many different types of passes to dial up to access as part of his passing repertoire. Compared to someone like ingles, any point guard who plays strictly pick and role, spread, pick and roll passing. How do we compare that passing in a reasonably even playing field

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