Of all the Moses Moody highlights this preseason, two immediately come to mind — two of which probably won’t top the list in most people’s memories whenever he and the things he’s been doing for the Golden State Warriors as of late get brought up.
These two clips are similar in their setup, identical in their result, and groundbreaking in terms what it could mean for the Warriors’ offense. When you consider how NBA teams nowadays opt to defend drives down the middle of the court, Moody is built to feast on schemes that send an extra man toward the “nail” — the area approximating the middle of the free-throw line — to slow down ball handlers’ attempts to penetrate.