Perhaps one of the issues is trying to do too much at the same time. I know that we like to push the pace, even off of made shots. I like the idea of getting a rebound or block and initiating a transition. However, when the opponent shoots , if one of 5 guys is getting ready to sprint up court, and our big men are trying to block a shot - the other 2 guys usually get caught in no mans land. Result is often a second opportunity for the opposition which results in the highest % shot possible for them. So what can we do? How about we change it a bit. If they are taking it to the rim - we should help our shot blockers, with other guys boxing out. I'd rather prioritize stopping the opponent from scoring off of rebounds and THEN initiating a fast break. But, you might say, We wount score as many fast break points ! Well, I think we could have the same amount of fast break opportunities or more(rebounds and blocks that result in us getting the ball = more posessions), and the opposing team will score less, they will be even less willing to attack the paint and our bigs will feel more comfortable going after blocks. If our opponent lauches a 3 ball- then we could start sprinting up court and trying to get a long rebound to help the cause. When they try to take it inside on us, 2 guys trying to block the shot, 2 more guys boxing out and 1 guy rinning across the court around the foul line to pick up loose balls could solve our rebounding woes, add more posessions, and therefore scoring opportunities.
The only downside that I can think of is that it requires at least one person to dive into the paint to establish position before the shot goes up. This leaves somebody open on the opposing team. And every team has a couple of shooters who you cannot leave open. Thing is tho, the more dangerous shooters they have - the harder is is to "cheat" this way and give yourself the clear advantage. Inn reality tho, you only really need one extra person in the paint. If our shot blocker's man(mostly C or PF) gets boxed out, we have a clear advantage. The beauty of this is that even a PG or SG can run in front of that slow C/PF and the smaller defender will get alot of calls for someone much bigger showing them in the back. All of our starters could be great at this. Chandler, Gallo, Fields all are quick and could do this very effectively.
1/23/2011 6:27 AM
