[Game] Toronto @ Kings - 12/5/12
- Thread starter PurpleHaze
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That play they were running towards the end of the game with the Salmons/Csouns screen n roll where Tyreke hit the threes is one of the better late game playsets they've run all year.
1. It involves your two best players.
2. It has a veteran decision maker handling the ball with Salmons.
3. It either gets Cousins the ball down low or gets the ball to Tyreke at the one spot he shoots best from.
4. If all of that fails, it gets Salmons a jump shot at his favorite spot.
So essentially it involves at least three players instead of one player going heroball and it gets all three players in good spots to score. Amazingly, this harldy ever happens in the team's halfcourt sets.
1. It involves your two best players.
2. It has a veteran decision maker handling the ball with Salmons.
3. It either gets Cousins the ball down low or gets the ball to Tyreke at the one spot he shoots best from.
4. If all of that fails, it gets Salmons a jump shot at his favorite spot.
So essentially it involves at least three players instead of one player going heroball and it gets all three players in good spots to score. Amazingly, this harldy ever happens in the team's halfcourt sets.
I'm taking Npliam's side on this one. It's tiring trying to defend the opposing teams best player. It takes a tole on a players offensive production as well.
There is a reason why the Heat have guys like Chalmers and Battier on their team. They try to put those guys on the opposing teams best players, but down the line, you matchup Wade and Lebron on those players to try to completely shut them down.
There is a reason why the Heat have guys like Chalmers and Battier on their team. They try to put those guys on the opposing teams best players, but down the line, you matchup Wade and Lebron on those players to try to completely shut them down.
they asked coach smart why he waited so long to put reke in and he sounded a little shocked that someone actually asked that, he basically said he didnt want to show toronto his hand......so he let lowry go off for 34 and 11 before showing his hand? sounds pretty stupid to me, he ended it by saying hes been in rodeo for a long time as to say " dont question me like that"
If he's been in the rodeo for so long, why does it take him longer to figure **** out than many on this forum? It's also a ridiculous strategy, to let Tor's arguably top player to get going at such a key point in the game before putting our top defender on him.
I'm pretty sick of this guy. Tonight was an example of what could be with even a decent coach. Tighten the rotation, which most coaches do, and we look better. Put your best defender on Lowry, but do it earlier, and it's probably not as close at the end. This guy has the learning curve of a toilet plunger.
I'm pretty sick of this guy. Tonight was an example of what could be with even a decent coach. Tighten the rotation, which most coaches do, and we look better. Put your best defender on Lowry, but do it earlier, and it's probably not as close at the end. This guy has the learning curve of a toilet plunger.
Reke should have been on Lowry when he checked back in at the 5-6 min mark.
Rotations were far better, but the issue is it took him 17 games to get there.
I actually liked Jimmer's role more tonight even though he didn't shoot that well.
There's improvement, but the issue is all this is occurring at a pathetically slow rate.
His postgame comment about switching his backup PG's every game is an asinine strategy. So on Fri it's back to IT? That won't work. It hasn't worked.
Rotations were far better, but the issue is it took him 17 games to get there.
I actually liked Jimmer's role more tonight even though he didn't shoot that well.
There's improvement, but the issue is all this is occurring at a pathetically slow rate.
His postgame comment about switching his backup PG's every game is an asinine strategy. So on Fri it's back to IT? That won't work. It hasn't worked.