martin wrote:TMS wrote:martin wrote:TMS wrote:martin wrote:More on Fields: when someone else goes towards the rim with the basket or if the PnR is going on the other side of the court, he makes smart cuts to the basket, whereas Gallo and Chandler just sit on the 3 point line.
agree on Fields... he is our smartest player by far in terms of hoops IQ... kid always seems to know where to be, when to rotate, when to cut & where to pass the ball to.
I wish I had video edit capabilities like Cosmic does cause last night there was a CLASSIC example of how this played out.
Amare was in the high post on the right side of court and Fields got the ball at the 3point line (also on the right hand side) and cut hard towards the middle of the court, down the throat of the FT area. Defense collapsed and Chandler was sitting on the baseline 3point area and Gallo was at the elbow extended 3 point area (both on opposite side where Fields started). Both of their defenders sagged down to cut off Fields going to hoop. Either one of those guys could have cut to the hoop and Fields could have passed the ball off for an easy dunk (Chandler prob had the better angle), but both of those guys stood out there.
Ball went smartly to Chandler for a clearly wide open 3 point shot and a miss. If Fields and Chandler had been in reverse roles, Fields would have gone to the rim for an easy basket.
it could be the design of the play for Wilson & Gallo to camp out at the 3 pt line & wait for a kickout off Fields' penetration... i dunno how many times i've seen that same type of sequence play out over the past 2+ years... i don't see nearly enough cutting to the basket from our guys... but do we apply that to their lack of hoops IQ or to the coaching?
i dunno, I am not a big fan of saying that it's the design of the coaching staff, no matter who the staff is. I am not sure how Wilson and Gallo sit out there and dont move but Fields will cut all day and get easy baskets. Just in the same way we know that TD should be going over any pick to keep with his player when on defense, no way coaching staff was designing Nate and Duhon to go under it; players got to step up and do the right and smart thing.
THANK YOU MARTIN!!! People have to realize that the players are out on the floor and they are the ones that have to make the decisions based on what the defense does. If you take a bad shot rather than make a pass or fake and drive, that's on the players. No coach wants players to take bad shots. If you watch Mike, he gets on his players when they do stupid things. His plays always have various great options based on what the defense does and common sense. He clearly wants the ball to keep moving and not stop, but players have tendencies, that they have to break. When they move themselves and move the ball, this offense is impossible to stop. But if you're just chucking 3's and ending up one and done and the other team getting out on the break, that's a recipe for disaster.
The truth is that this offense is broken right now. No PnR and No 3pt shooting is a huge problem. The team is forcing the PnR instead of letting it come as a natural flow of the offensive set. There's no misdirection and that makes it easy for teams to defend. YOU SEE IT COMING! It's not supposed to be that obvious. This is why it worked so well in PHX. Nash ran plays as if they weren't looking for the PnR and then bam, he would use a pick from Amare and before the defense could react it was a score. Too often they just throw Amare the ball and it's not even a PnR. He's stuck too far from the basket with the whole defense looking at him. Felton and TD must probe and penetrate the D to cause distraction and free up the other players. Since there's very little drive and kick or dribble penetration with the purpose of fooling the D, our PnR is weak.
11/11/2010 5:22 PM