gunsnewing wrote:Said it before and I will say it again. Since the first stint, people have been mistaking PnR play and alley-oops with good pg play. By that I mean overlooking court vision and lack of midrange game. The attributes all elite PGs have
I doubt people were overlooking it as much as they are aware of that is what this team needs from there pg. Does he frustrate people with the quick threes and long twos off the screen? Yes. However when you run the PnR with just a player that can only score at the rim that's what you get. Teams have changed up there D and are staying home on their man while the two defending the PnR are giving Ray the shot because the big man is staying home with Chandler. It is not a coincidence that Noah and Asik have caused trouble for that play. Those are two good defenders that learned under Thibs and there are very long players.
Now lets look at some synergy numbers on point per possession.
This year Felton is averaging .79 ppp on the pnr and turning it over 12.9% of the time.But, lets look at how the roll man is doing- Chandler’s been far better with Felton. He’s the number one roll man in the league, averaging 1.44 ppp and turning it over just 3.5% of the time.Last year he averaged 1.18 ppp and turned it over 11.2% of the time as the roll man.
So, we know Ray can't shoot so how do they get him to stop shooting bad shots and can you? I think you can with the addition of Amar'e if he shoot is back to normal. He gives Ray more options and is not trapped being just a finisher at the rim so Ray does not have to continue driving down the lane to wait for a lob opening or try to finish at the rim. What if that cuts down Ray shots by 3 or 4? Plus add the possession when he just brings the ball up and let Kidd or Melo initiate the offense with Amar'e.