mreinman wrote:pick and roll seems better and smarter and more efficient than the triangle but what do I know, I aint a zmaster

It depends on who you have like most offenses. Milwaukee has been running PnR for years and a lot of other bad teams. The goal is to have quality offensive players for your system that plat D and enough other things to have a positive impact.

One thing to worry about is that in the playoffs Tyson shot attempts usually drop and he only takes a few shots to begin with. Dallas did win one despite this and they seemingly has duplicated that roster formula in a lot of ways.

I think their numbers will come down some bu I doubt they will come down Wednesday when Amar'e, Smith, THJr, and JR are defending the PnR.

mreinman wrote:

yellowboy90 wrote:

mreinman wrote:pick and roll seems better and smarter and more efficient than the triangle but what do I know, I aint a zmaster

It depends on who you have like most offenses. Milwaukee has been running PnR for years and a lot of other bad teams. The goal is to have quality offensive players for your system that plat D and enough other things to have a positive impact.

One thing to worry about is that in the playoffs Tyson shot attempts usually drop and he only takes a few shots to begin with. Dallas did win one despite this and they seemingly has duplicated that roster formula in a lot of ways.

I think their numbers will come down some bu I doubt they will come down Wednesday when Amar'e, Smith, THJr, and JR are defending the PnR.

I would like to start with a solid PG and go from there. When was the last time we had a young athletic smart pg?

Well Melo ran him out of town then ran him out of his jersey again when he stopped by Houston in the summer.

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yellowboy90 wrote:Also, Brandan Wright is now shooting 80% from the field on nearly the same anmount as FGs as Tyson but in 8.2 less minutes of playing time. That is crazy.

check my track record on him. Brought him up all the time last year.

I think that you brought him up as well.

I may have but there have been others who mentioned him too in the past. He is like what Quincy Acy could only dream to be. Brandan Wright is undersized but is still 6'10 with a 7'4 wingspan. Acy is 6'8 with a 6'11 wingspan. Wright has a higher vert too bit he was a 1st round pick for a reason.

Check out his shooting numbers over the years and he can work in the triangle while capitalizing on the few PnRs within the offense. I would definately go after him at the right price and as the first big man off the bench. Basically, what he is now. It is not just the scoring either, he is rebounding at an okay rate and blocking shots at a great rate.

If the knicks had the money I would be going after Wright and Bass as a tandem off the bench as bigs. I doubt Wright is leaving Dallas though and/or will ask for too much money.

Knicks1969 wrote:Wright and Bass? Seriously? The players we need are Sullinger and Green from the celts.

Sullinger is playing to well to be had and Green is a 3 that cost too much. Now if the Cs would take back Jr Smith and give up a 2nd rounder or 2 I would gladly take on the extra 3 mil that comes with Green. In a lot of ways Green is just a bigger version of JR that plays better defense. Jeff is not all that.

he, like riley did after the lakers, changed the way he coached the team and now is sporting a big time offense. and guys under him (casey + stotts) have toronto + portland scoring pretty well too.

the triangle is a waste of time and phil jackson stubborness is going to waste another 5 years for y'all. it's why his coaching tree stops at him (more accurately stops a jordan + pippen + kobe + shaq).

djsunyc wrote:carlisle had a slower grind it out team with the pistons and a more conventional yet still slower half court team with the pacers.

he, like riley did after the lakers, changed the way he coached the team and now is sporting a big time offense. and guys under him (casey + stotts) have toronto + portland scoring pretty well too.

the triangle is a waste of time and phil jackson stubborness is going to waste another 5 years for y'all. it's why his coaching tree stops at him (more accurately stops a jordan + pippen + kobe + shaq).

My take is no owner has taken on the commitment to revamp the team to adapt to the system. Seems like teams that tried it had the wrong players.
That being said, one can almost imagine Dolan not being a patient owner but with Phil its different. This ego maniac had to get his juice card validated to do what he thinks is necessary to evoke a change of culture which includes free reign to clear the roster if need be. Perhaps there is a belief that Melo can adapt.

one month into the season is hardly enough time. In fact, my take is this season is a tear down throw away season. We'll see.

Usually losses into january would enact some panic trade to salvage the season as the garden gets restless. If we don't, and in fact start selling assets instead you see a change of culture has occured.
I think not trading for Lowrey was a start. Good player, but Phil nixed it.