Per 36 minutes, Parker is averaging 16.7 points and 9.4 rebounds since donning Celtic green. The Nets are prone to be more switchable when they go small, but could steal some minutes against Griffin by playing Kornet here. If the Nets try to prevent Blake from switching and drop him, putting Kornet next to Jayson Tatum or Kemba Walker in the pick-and-pop isn’t a terrible thought:
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