The Dallas Mavericks guard Tim Hardaway Jr. was asked about how Kyrie Irving’s presence on the floor has created some opportunities for Luka Doncic to attack off the catch:
“It’s great because he’s off the ball, and now you have defenders instead of not helping off as much, now they have to help because you have a prolific, perennial All-Star in Kai on the other side of the floor coming down the lane.
“So you have to have help side, and you can’t just face guard him. Now, Luka is playing off closeouts and that makes the game a lot easier for offensive players and a lot of role players. When you have Kai on one side and Luka on the other side, and they’re doing that, it’s going to create a problem.”
