Posted by Bonn1997:
Posted by Bippity10:
Anyone else see the importance of a PG that can run the offense and get the ball to the big man. Maybe a young PG that can grow with Eddie and learn his habits over the next few years and learn the best ways and times to get him involved? Sounds like a good idea to me. It is imperative that we start focusing on finding a PG that can grow with Eddie. Some saw it months ago and some will see it as time passes by. Kind of like when we needed a consistent jumpshooter for Pat.
No doubt that Eddie will rebound(meaning bounce back, because we know he doesn't rebound) once Nate and DAvid are back. David will punish teams that double off him by hitting the offensive boards. And Nate gives us another outside shooter to open up the floor. Yet another obvious thing we need to target next year.
I agree a better PG will help but I think the biggest problem is that teams know it's a free turnover if they double Eddy because he can't pass out of the double team. And in those occasions when he can pass out of the double team, we don't have enough versatile scorers to make the opponent pay for it. (And we don't have many draft picks or trade assets to get those players.) Also, I think no matter how good a passer your PG is, if the other team is collapsing on a player, you really can't get the ball to him. You need a supporting cast that punishes them for collapsing.
[Edited by - bonn1997 on 03-07-2007 12:55 PM]
That's why you need a PG that understands the flow of the offense. Understands how the defense is playing his team. And understands how to get guys involved in the game at the right spots so they don't become turnovers. Playing PG is more than just passing the ball it's running an offense. It's a PG that will not miss opportunities to get the ball to Eddie on those rare occassions where he is able to get great position without a double team and can go into his shot before it arrives.
Now we are left praying that Marbs/Stevie can take over the game because we have nooone that understands how to get Eddie the ball while he is being focused upon. We have no shooters to make teams pay for double teaming in the backcourt.. Without Lee we have no one that can dominate the offensive boards to make teams pay for double teaming in the frontcourt. Not having compliments to your star player is the difference between being a good team with a chance to win a round or two in the playoffs, and a team wondering why they keep losing games they shouldn't.
3/9/2007 5:10 PM