That one guy that gets under the skin / defends them incredibly well / history of dominance.
Example: Embiid - Horford
Jimmy Butler — teammates’ injuries in the NBA Finals
He’s not a favorite player and this was a while ago, but Al Horford has gotta have nightmares about Tristan Thompson
Curry - Tony Allen, Jrue, behind the back pass.
Ja Morant and the Second Amendment
Jokic - PJ Tucker/Boban
Embiid - 2nd round
His coach.
booze, hooka, food, partying, and national team commitments
Women and finances.
Clay Bennett
Refs, recovery beers, hookah, staying overnight in New Orleans (recently)
Kawhi - Stanley “Stanimal” Johnson
charity
Giannis - thinking to much when shooting, specifically FTs but really shooting in general. When he doesn’t think he shoots a lot better and his form looks better too.
Kobe fan here. Tony Allen and Tayshaun Prince are the players that I remember giving him trouble.
Tayshaun’s defense during the 2004 finals was suffocating. His length really bothered him and even if he was able to get past him, Ben and Rasheed was waiting in the paint.
Kobe mentioned that Tony Allen was his toughest defender.