Ryan Dunn - the Real Deal or Beginner's Luck?

Ryan Dunn is a future star in the NBA


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I know it's only been four games, but I am just going to say it: Dunn is overtaking Mikal as my favorite non-star in the league. His defense is damn-near perfect, and he is not bad on offense either. Most of all, I love the fact that he has no fear- there is never any hesitation with him.
It is almost impossible to be skeptical. His defense is stellar and he does not seem intimidated by the best players in the game's history. He guarded both Luka and LeBron in this last week and did an excellent job on both. He has guarded the 2-5 positions successfully and he probably can guard some point guards.
 
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the beauty is how he fights thru picks - screens - switches

the kid's got (defensive) eyes in the back of his head - anticipates those who disappear behind him while paying primary attention to the ball carrier where he's a natural
 

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the beauty is how he fights thru picks - screens - switches

the kid's got (defensive) eyes in the back of his head - anticipates those who disappear behind him while paying primary attention to the ball carrier where he's a natural
And he never seems to pick a losing battle. If he can fight through, he fights through, if he has to go around, he goes around - and he always seems to recover a half step quicker than the opponent expects.
 
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And he never seems to pick a losing battle. If he can fight through, he fights through, if he has to go around, he goes around - and he always seems to recover a half step quicker than the opponent expects.
they may get the separation for a jump shot but getting by him is another story
 

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And he never seems to pick a losing battle. If he can fight through, he fights through, if he has to go around, he goes around - and he always seems to recover a half step quicker than the opponent expects.
I wouldn’t say never, he’s picked up fouls coming over picks aggressively. It’s how austin reeves got the four point play. But he is pretty good about timing and spacing with it and recovers on the other side quickly. I’ve also noted that the suns have a new tactic that I really like. The screener’s defender shows on the ballhandler just long enough to have the original defender recover and then drops back to his original assignment defensively. This is in lieu of switching everything, which I hated. Switching allows the offense to dictate who is going to defend their best offensive weapon. This tactic says, “no, we aren’t giving you the choice, we’ll take a momentary disadvantage of show and recovery to keep our best defender in your best scorer.”

I also love playing dunn and oneale together. Pick and roll with those defending and it doesn’t matter much. You’re going to end up with a strong high energy defender no matter what.
 

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