Posted by nixluva:
Yoiu also have to look at who is defending the pass when guys like Lee and Malik are passing to Curry. Often they are somewhat open, cuz teams LEAVE them open due to not respecting their jumpers. Now you KNOW this is true, if you've ever watched a Knick game. Another thing is the position on the floor that they are often making that pass to Curry.
That's got little to do with it. If it were so simple than Jeffries and Balkman would benefit similarly but we don't see them as equal post passers. We also see Jamal as a better post feeder than Marbury when faced with the same defense.
We often run a set with Steph, Curry and usually Q in the corner position and his man is cheating over towards Curry to make the entry pass more difficult. In those sets it's actually part of the play for Steph to feed it to Q, then make a cut. Q then would feed Curry and then cut along the baseline taking his man with him. Curry is supposed to then have the option to feed Q or Steph or take the shot. We all know that he most often looks to take the shot. The problem is that we often don't execute that play in a timely manner and the defense adjusts. It's important that Curry seals off his man and gives a good target, but he doesn't always do that. This leads to delays in feeding the ball and bad passes. Especially when it's Steph who is shorter than Jamal, Collins etc. Steph also makes the mistake of taking a poor angle from which to feed the post. It's a combination of mistakes that leads to the problem. I hope they can fix it, cuz that's going to be an integral part of what we do.
With Jamal and hopefully an improved Collins next year I have a good feeling about Curry being able to have a GREAT season.
Now you're getting closer to the problem. Jamal is also better at Steph because he seems to be a better passer off the dribble. This may be due in part to better anticipation. He's also better at feeding Curry when he's facing the rim rather than backing down. And he's better at the high lob, which I've never seen Marbury execute well, even with olympic all-stars.
Jamal seems to use more of an over hand lob to feed Curry while Marbury seems to prefer more of a sidearm wrist pass. I think Jamal's passes arrive to Curry softer, higher and leading him to the rim, while Marbury's are lower and/or with his back to the basket.
5/5/2007 5:10 PM