Woodson has stopped his philosophy on "holding player accountable"
His mean stares and frustrated look does little to nothing to JR and Melo, while he uses his fake barks to show authority on ROOK's and other players
He is simply a horrible X and O's coach, doesn't believe in the power of DECEPTION and uses ISO
Not creative and is very stubborn, putting in lineups that DO NOT WORK
ON DEF, we constantly HELP and not play 1v1 DEF, and that is why we collapse, because we are not quick/mobile enough/ HIGH IQ to help one another and be able to stay with your own man
In GENERAL *of course certain matchups/rotations/situations change*, in my opinion, you ALWAYS try to defend your own man first, and then give the help your are capable of giving while still focusing on your own man, so you can be held ACCOUNTABLE
Of course, certain plays and certain matchups will change this, but to constantly help and switch is just a horrible strategy
Felton is big boned and lacks the speed/quickness to defend PG's, while he has trouble to get through screens and will ALWAYS go under the screen like Pablo does, meaning the opponents will always know they will have wide open shots
Instead of constantly helping, we need more players that are capable of defending their own man first, when we have a opponent that isn't a scoring threat than that many is the "CHEATER/HELP DEFENDER", but we have too many positions that need help
When someone is a light's out shooter, that man almost NEVER leaves him any room, especially if he isn't very skilled like could penetrate/finish off the dribble or/and post up
Like there was no reason Kevin Martin/Danny Green was as open as many times as was, Kevin Love is another story, though I think he got too many good looks too
But Woodson's scheme of always helping rotating is just not possible to move as fast as the ball, especially with great ball movement like the Spur's has
It just DOES NOT WORK WOODSON
Look at how Indiana plays on OFF and DEF, they really play great TEAM ball with cohesiveness, I think they are ready to challenge the Heat this season as it was a close one last one arlready
It took time, they have improved much since their first year taking to Heat to 6 games in the ECF, improving again last year, and even more this year
I guess that is the result when you have the work horses DEVELOP TOGETHER and share the ball unselfishly, capable of playing on and off the ball off each others skills, and are willing to share the piece of the pie rather than OVERPAYING for players leaving little room/incentive for the rest of the team
BUT, anyway, LOOK at how EVERY SHOT THEY TAKE, they constantly put themselves in GREAT REBOUNDING POSITION for the OFFENSIVE REBOUND and at the same time, are read to run back for DEF if it doesn't fall their way
They understand the importance of POSITION on REBOUNDS on DEF too, but it is for each individual and as a TEAM collectively, they position themselves very well, and have great size/length/athleticism to go with it
You must credit the players, coach, shot selection, and ability to predict who and when their own team will shoot *for DEF 3 sec violations if not*
I must admit they work very well together, fighting for position for those OFF BOARDS and that is where most of their easy points and momentum plays/confidence come from
Unfortunately, for us, we have absolutely no CLUE how/when our own players will try to score or put up a shot and without Chandler, we have trouble getting OFF rebounds, especially without Kmart playing his role last season
I hope Murry gets the chance to play with Iman, MWP, Kmart, and another fill to prove himself
He should not be sitting with Chris Smith, that is a slap to his face
Felton has been trying to score a little too much of jump shots with no ball movement without much success
I am not blaming him either
But feel Melo has tried his best to cut down on "shot selection" not so Felton can get the green light to chuck
We need better shot selection collectively on higher percent shots as a habit
As for Felton's DEF, yes, he and Pablo's has been monsters with STEALS with the rest of the Knick's, but their DEF is just horrible without the speed needed
Back to the point up top about the picks and how they should do a better job calling it out/fighting through it, going over/under depending on situation and player is a shooter or not
