08-17-2021, 08:36 AM
(08-17-2021, 08:26 AM)TXBamanut Wrote: 1) What was that I saw??? Oh my word...I haven't seen it in forever...what do they call it? Oh yeah...I think it's called "an on-time, on-target entry pass to the post"....
Wow, I had almost forgotten that those things exist.
2) OH MY GOSH...someone ACTUALLY RAN a cross screen with a GUARD to get KP on the low post.... I thought there was some rule that the ONLY WAY you can get in the post is to put someone in a high screen, let them slip it and have to pin a guard while the perimeter players pass the ball back and forth between each other for 5-6 seconds figuring out if the pass into the post is a good thing or not. Wow....what a novel idea...it's almost like someone posted videos of Dirk getting that same play to help him get to the post without being harassed... Call me crazy, but it's kind of funny that no one thought to try that last year. Except once and KP immediately turned baseline, jump hook and scored...
3) LOOK....a rare sighting of an actual set play being called. I thought the NBA had outlawed that. A screen down from a guard on the low post allowing a big man to move to the center of the floor. Amazing...what genius, what cunning, what guile...oh wait, no, that's common 5th basketball plays that coaches teach all the time...my bad, I just hadn't seen it in so long because all I watch is the Mavs.
Markannen looked great! I'm sold if that is what we are getting!
That´s how all the great teams play. Cannot wait to run the 17/18 Knicks (ranked 20th) or Bulls offense (28th). And don´t even start with the Dirk comparisation. KP is a career low 40s shooter from midrange. Mediocre post player. Was just as bad when the Knicks called all of those beautiful plays for him. Markkanen is even worse. Low 30s from midrange.
If you are trying to lose a game (like the Bulls or Knicks in the mentioned season) play calls like this are a good way to do it. Not for all players. Completly understand why a team would run plays like this for Dirk, Durant or Embiid. But not for Markkanen or KP.
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