martin wrote:10 hours, 16 beers and a ton of Crown later and nada?What do you guys think SSOL is? This is disappointing to the community. Swishfm3, CrushAlot, AnubisADL ... let me know your thoughts.
Uhh, isn't it self explanatory? Push the ball, and get a good open shot within the first 7 seconds before defenses have time to set or matchup with their man. Requires good ball movement and no ball-stopping 1-on-1 play.
If you want to go into it more specifically, D'Antoni's system requires 3 shooters to space the court, 2 of whom should be ready to make a backdoor cut if they catch a defender napping (which will happen more often than not during the first 7 seconds), and a high post pick-n-roll play between the PG and center.
Honestly, I think some of our players just got a bad sense of D'Antoni's system cause Duhon sucked and never actually pushed the pace. And after December/January, teams soon realized that all they had to do was cut off the passing lane to David Lee to screw over our pick-n-roll, and there went our primary offense (since Duhon didn't pass to anyone else). So really, all we did last season was run the PnR in a half-court set, and when that failed, we passed it to a shooter who either chucked up a 3, or stopped the ball and made an iso move (even Gallo was a culprit of this and took on some Harrington tendencies). As Clyde would say, "we had no continuity"
I think Felton's going to explode next season and I wouldn't be surprised if he takes a most improved player award. He may not be a Steve Nash, but what a lot of people don't realize is that SSOL doesn't really require Steve Nash's ridiculous shooting ability or pinpoint passing. All it requires is a PG who can push the ball and make good, quick decisions cause he's otherwise executing basic basketball plays.
