blkexec wrote:nixluva wrote:IMO the best option is to have a BIG Team that has small ball skills with their bigs. It's also not easy to do roster wise. Phil wants big guards partly because of that aspect of things on defense and offense. Having rangy bigs who can cover ground on D and move and score like a smaller player was also something Phil talked about. You want taller and longer players with the most skills, quicks and athletic ability you can get. KP gives this team a flexibility that is of the highest value. It's also why he drafted Jerian, a big guard with a high IQ and skills. It does take more than 22 games to develop tho!!! Phil still has work to do in building around KP and we'll see what he does with the roster over time.This team's biggest issue is that they are still developing and growing. They are still learning the system and each other. 22 games and a lot of fans think it should all be perfect by now. Somehow the style of ball would fix all of our problems. It's not always that easy. This team depends not just on a few vets but also a bunch of young players who have a lot to learn. Teaching them the nuances of the Triangle is teaching them how to THINK the game and not just use simplistic plays like PnR. Yes that stuff does work in the regular season but when it comes to the playoffs you don't see teams scoring easily off PnR actions like you do in the regular season. 3's are as wide open anymore. The Triangle is not based on those things and so when it comes to the playoffs you are already used to playing a playoff style of ball.
I see nothing wrong with having more than 1 system. Think about football, and how much they switch up their defense and offense.
You don't really need another system as much as just playing ball early in the clock. The Triangle is just a base. It's only rigid if you make it that way. FEAR and a lack of experience in the system, is what keeps these players from expanding on the Triangle. There's literally NOTHING in the Triangle that prohibits the players from running what they want to run. The entire point of the system is for the team to be on the same page while still having a free flowing offense. Since there is no actual "play" the players can do what they want within the systems parameters.
Once they get into the Triangle spacing there's no reason they can't have a PnR out of the Pinch Post! There's nothing stopping the players from clearing out and going 4 out and 1 in. They do this often during games after the post player gets the ball and the wings cut thru. There's nothing stopping the tam from playing up tempo but themselves. The 1st rule in Triangle is to push the ball and look for early offense. You can do that every time down, but it's up to the players to actually do it. Fish has been begging for them to push the tempo. The only reason to get into the Triangle is after the defense stops any early offense you may attempt. Even then you can still call for a Screen and work off of that and the PG can direct the post player not to go into the Strong Side Triangle but rather come and set a screen.
What i'm saying is that this is almost TOTALLY up to the players. The system is not rigid. This is why you never heard any talk about this stuff over the decades teams have been playing in the system. Kobe played most of his career in the system and had no problem being creative or attacking the basket. We have to wait on our players to actually learn and master THINKING the game but playing more instinctively based on smart decision making.
The Knicks set screens for their guards just like other teams. A guard is free to call for one at any time. They don't have to force it into the post every time down. Thing is, Jose is not comfortable as a penetrator and Gallo isn't that kind of guard either. Affalalo isn't an explosive guard either. Jerian is much more aggressive but still learning and he isn't confident enough as a shooter to make defenses respect him. These are the biggest problems for this team. This leads to more slow and post oriented offense.
