(12-27-2019, 08:12 PM)Fuerza1 Wrote: Posting-up is a ball stopping play. Porzingis was "good" at this in 2017-18 but remember it was only 48 games on a tanking Knicks team. Harrison Barnes was also a good post-up player on a tanking team. As dirkfansince alluded to, unless you have Embiid or Jokic, it probably shouldn't be a major part of your offense.I like this post so much. Only thing I'll say is it is a ball stopping play if the defense doesn't react to it and at least double team it. KP is tall enough, over any other player to see where the defense is weakest and good enough to pass the ball there.
But as others have said, it also doesn't mean you have to cancel it out completely. For all of Carlisle's talk of it being a bad play, it is still part of Porzingis' offense; he takes about 2 shots out of the post per game. If you're still going to attempt them, make them count. He isn't taking advantage of mismatches, own up to it.
Porzingis overall isn't shooting well either. His TS% is one of the worst among other NBA big's. If posting up is considered a low percentage play, you can make a case his shooting is too.
It used to be that a team shoots 3 pointers to open up the lane for the post up players. The opposite could be true now. The team posts players up to open up 3 point shots. Doesn't look like RC will ever buy into that theory after that rant though. Not that that needs to be the overall offensive strategy, just a change of pace kinda thing when the defense is stopping your main strategy. Food for thought.