to me, Kidd played a very special role during the Twolves comeback game in which Melo got all the glory
I don't want to take ANYTHING away from Melo, he had a GREAT game, but we do not want to consistently play the live by Melo or die by 1v1 moves with no ball movement(JR Smith and Felton), or/and 3point shooting without others touching the ball.
We need all players to touch the ball every now and then, it just keeps everyone much more focused on both ends, and allows them all to get in rhythm and in sync with each other
If not, we rely too much on 1v1 moves, and become stagnant
With Kidd everyone on the floor know's he will not take a bad shot and will look for the open man, it becomes infectious
More importantly, the good shot's looks, allows players to time the offensive rebounds with the right angles
His calmness, ability to facilitate, direct player's to the right spots, and utilize all players on the the floor with spacing made the difference
If you noticed during that game, towards the end, he wanted the ball in his hands, because he knows hot to run a team, and attack the Twolves defense
Now, his STATs doesn't show what he brought that game, in fact they show NOTHING
When he had the ball in his hands he makes better decisions than ANYONE on our roster, and that is the difference
We do not rely on 1v1 moves, step back contested jumpers, and live and die by the 3pt line
The confidence the team has when Kidd is handling the ball is mutual, and it shows when we get quality looks and shots attempts
Especially vs someone like Felton or JR Smith taking low percentage shots
Felton has to learn to accept the role of penetrating and earning quality looks for his TEAM when his shot just isn't falling
When Felton, JR, and even Melo is playing the point role, the team does not know if they will be 3point shot, shooting a pullup/contested jumper, driving in to penetrate, and or looking to dish So to prevent any extra help defenders, the rest of the team would just look to space the floor, unable to read what they should do like cutting, and or going for offensive rebounds
Especially for Felton, since he is our "PG", is playing injured with his shooting hand, and still looks to shoot/score when his shot is not falling...
Merry Christmas to Andrew and Martin, everyone here, and their family's/friends
