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05-26-2021, 09:33 PM
“It changes everything,” Embiid said on April 16. “When I got hurt and I was coming back to the court, me and my trainer, we started talking about … how to attack teams that double team me, or that come from the baseline, or that directly come as soon as the ball is in the air. And we were trying to find ways to go against it. I have watched Dirk before, but we started watching a lot of Dirk film and just playing at the nail and the moves he was using. It’s hard to double from that nail, because I see the whole court. As soon as someone comes, I see everybody.
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“When you’re in the post, it’s kind of hard. People might think they’re open on the opposite side, but there’s a lot of hands that the ball has to get through. Even if the ball gets to them, by the time the ball gets to them it might be too late for them to have a wide-open shot. But it’s hard to double from that nail area.”
“He texted me the day after,” Nowitzki said on the Takeoff with John Clark podcast, “and said, ‘I had to show respect to you and shoot it on your silhouette.’ My silhouette is now on the Mavs’ floor, and he said he had to shoot one for me. That made me of course feel really good. I’m honored that he thinks it’s a good shot to have.”
How does Nowitzki assess Embiid’s form on his signature shot?
“It looks pretty good, I’ve got to say,” he said. “He’s so big, but he’s so agile and he’s so athletic and he’s still got the touch. He’s a wonderful player and so much fun to watch. It almost looked better than the real thing, I’ve got to say.”
“I feel like he’s got the body of a little smaller (Shaquille O’Neal), but he’s got the shot from the outside,” Nowitzki said. “He’s got the finesse like Hakeem (Olajuwon) a little bit, the footwork. All the best centers that ever played, he’s got to rank up there with all of them for his all-around game — inside, outside, defense. He loves blocking shots. You can tell he gets energized off of it. He’s a force on both ends, so he’s got to rank up there with the best of them.”
“He’s obviously a lot bigger,” Nowitzki said. “He’s a lot better on the block. My game was more strictly face-ups. Maybe a little bit on the post-up and shooting over guys. He is so unique in the fact that his skill level is so good that he can go outside, and he’s still got the handles and the crossover.
“But then if they put smaller guys on him, he just takes them right to the block and he can overpower somebody, because he’s so big, so strong. His legs are so big and strong, and his butt is so wide. He’s just a matchup nightmare, because he’s got both worlds. Mine was a little more outside-based. If I took somebody down low, it was more shooting over them — more finesse. But to me, he’s a great combination of power and finesse. On any given night, he can use both. He’s a matchup nightmare, for sure.”
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“When you’re in the post, it’s kind of hard. People might think they’re open on the opposite side, but there’s a lot of hands that the ball has to get through. Even if the ball gets to them, by the time the ball gets to them it might be too late for them to have a wide-open shot. But it’s hard to double from that nail area.”
“He texted me the day after,” Nowitzki said on the Takeoff with John Clark podcast, “and said, ‘I had to show respect to you and shoot it on your silhouette.’ My silhouette is now on the Mavs’ floor, and he said he had to shoot one for me. That made me of course feel really good. I’m honored that he thinks it’s a good shot to have.”
How does Nowitzki assess Embiid’s form on his signature shot?
“It looks pretty good, I’ve got to say,” he said. “He’s so big, but he’s so agile and he’s so athletic and he’s still got the touch. He’s a wonderful player and so much fun to watch. It almost looked better than the real thing, I’ve got to say.”
“I feel like he’s got the body of a little smaller (Shaquille O’Neal), but he’s got the shot from the outside,” Nowitzki said. “He’s got the finesse like Hakeem (Olajuwon) a little bit, the footwork. All the best centers that ever played, he’s got to rank up there with all of them for his all-around game — inside, outside, defense. He loves blocking shots. You can tell he gets energized off of it. He’s a force on both ends, so he’s got to rank up there with the best of them.”
“He’s obviously a lot bigger,” Nowitzki said. “He’s a lot better on the block. My game was more strictly face-ups. Maybe a little bit on the post-up and shooting over guys. He is so unique in the fact that his skill level is so good that he can go outside, and he’s still got the handles and the crossover.
“But then if they put smaller guys on him, he just takes them right to the block and he can overpower somebody, because he’s so big, so strong. His legs are so big and strong, and his butt is so wide. He’s just a matchup nightmare, because he’s got both worlds. Mine was a little more outside-based. If I took somebody down low, it was more shooting over them — more finesse. But to me, he’s a great combination of power and finesse. On any given night, he can use both. He’s a matchup nightmare, for sure.”
https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/sixers/dirk-nowitzki-fadeaway-joel-embiid-sixers-nba
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