they are 7-5 w/o KP this season and I think they had a wining record w/o him last season as well. I think the defensive metrics go way up when he is not on the floor, but there are games when KP will get 6 blocks and you think it's alright.
KP is unguardable as far as getting his shot off, but very guardable if he is missing that bankshot from 12'. so it's a mismatch tradeoff both ways, but if the guy KP is defending can get the rim at will it takes a tremendously hot hand for him to keep the balance.
throw old school fundamentals out the window on Luka's last shot. you need the ball to go in with no time on the clock. That's Luka's shot and he obviously works on that stepback a ton. He was perfectly set; he chose the exact spot we was going to shoot from and had a clean look. If he drives, they collapse and he has to pass. Not sure i want anyone else to take the last shot. Contrast that with Texas' last possession in regulation vs Kansas. About the same scenario, but Texas took a running fade-away 3. not a good shot, not one they had practiced and worked on and was taken with a man right in his face. you can say Texas should have driven or run something else there and i agree.