nixluva wrote:holfresh wrote:Here is the thing...ISO is such a bad word in today's game...Some of the best players that ever played this game were ISO players...Ewing was ISO in the post..Jordan was ISO..Kareem was ISO..It's beautiful basketball to me because each possession means a good look not always jacking up threes from low percentage shooters...ISO and Defense is so HOT...
We all know that ISO is part of the game and actually MDA even acknowledged the need for it. It's not like we never had any ISO's ever. The thing is that your stars can go ISO and succeed, but the rest of the team will do better when you run a team oriented offense that creates open shots for less talented players. End of shot clock, end of game or for key periods of time ISO is very effective, but you don't want a steady diet of it, to the detriment of the team.
This team was winning minus any of it's stars with defense and a team oriented offense. It doesn't have to be either or. It can and should be a bit of both.
That's not how it works NIx, give your best player the ball at the end of the shot clock and tell him score if everything else breaks down...He has to be in rhythm and be part of a flow, he needs touches...JVG said yesterday he rather have Melo take a shot with three guys on him than Jared Jeffries wide open, I agree...Lin was putting up more shots than Amare..How on this planet does that make sense..How???