Comments on: Film Study: Finding what works within the offense

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:37:49 +0000

@justin Excellent point about Kendrick. Joel Pryzbilla also set some nasty screens for Portland as well before the injury.

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By: justin

justin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:06:41 +0000

@Joe Kendrick Perkins sets the best screens in the NBA in my opinion. It's funny because our guys sprint on close outs defensively most of the time, will show urgency rotating.. know what to do most of the time defending screen and rolls. They look unsure on offense. Maybe we'll hire an assistant this offseason to address the issues offensively.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:01:14 +0000

Our offense is so vanilla it’s scary.

Seriously next time you get a chance to watch Boston play, you will see some stuff if you really watch that blows away anything we’ve ever done under Brooks. First of all the guy who is about to set a screen SPRINTS from the paint out to set it. Not jog. The difference is that the guy who is covering the screener is always late and out of position so he can’t hedge, leaving the ball handler free. It also keeps the screened player from seeing it coming so he can’t belly up and easily get over. We never sprint to the screen. They do it all the time in Europe.

Secondly, Boston uses real double and triple screens. They will bring over a player to set a screen, then the screener rolls and then HE GETS A SCREEN from another player so his defender is shielded, so it requires tip top rotation to even begin to defend it.

Another great team to watch is Portland. They have some of the best ball movement. You see guys making that extra pass again and again. They are most excellent about driving and dishing, then after the pass they pass again, and then begin to swing it all the way around with 4 more passes so that the defense is sucked in on the original drive and then each successive pass requires the defense to shift over and somebody is almost always out of position. Wide open threes galore. Orlando does it too.

The old saying in basketball is that the best shot is always on the other side of the court.

By: justin

justin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:53:37 +0000

Iggy is a serious defensive player, but I think we have bigger holes elsewhere on the roster. I don’t think he’s the kind of offensive weapon we need, he’s ball dominant like Kevin Durant..

By: f5alcon

f5alcon — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:15:07 +0000

@Vega too expensive, 12MM for next two years then 13MM and 14MM and 15MM. His per36 numbers are about the same as harden, and he plays a lot of mins now, so he would see a decrease in numbers because we would keep thabo or harden.

By: Jax Raging Bile Duct

Jax Raging Bile Duct — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:08:11 +0000

@Vega I like AI9. He's got passion for the game. He doesn't seem to me to be the type of guy who has to be the #1 option. He would play the 2 though, and we would have to find something to do with Thabo and Harden.

By: Vega

Vega — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:56:22 +0000

Several people here have mentioned that we need another scoring threat. How about Andre Iguodala? Philly is so desperate to dump salary right now that we’d probably be able to get him for expirings and a pick or two, although we’d probably have to absorb Jason Kapono as well. Thoughts?

By: Brew

Brew — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:08:33 +0000

@Aenema Wish I hadn't missed that one. Can't wait to see Ibaka comfortable enough on offense to be that trailing threat with a tomahawk.

By: Crow

Crow — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:08:19 +0000

I thought it might be interesting briefly looking at Scott Brooks as an offensive player. He downplays his career, the right thing to do as a Coach these days, but he has some stuff that is notable. 5-11 PG starts plays every game as a rookie and puts up a PER14. Backing up Cheeks. With a 4.5 – 1 A/TO and an offensive Rating of 118. 4 seasons over 40% on 3 pointers. Only once below 35%. He got to PER17 in one brief, low minutes season. Two brief seasons with a TS% above 60% and one of those his eFG% was right at 60% too. Career shooting and scoring percentages right about league average. Career A / TO of 3.5. He played on 4 top 10 offenses and 3 bottom 10 so he knows both firsthand. Of course teaching it is different.