08-17-2021, 09:36 AM
(08-17-2021, 09:31 AM)TXBamanut Wrote: Oh, so calling plays and running sets to get people open shots is a bad thing, and only bad teams run play and sets to get their players open shots. Gotcha... Good talk.
I don't know if it's a binary, black-and-white thing like that, but the whole "teams are too good at defending set plays now, so getting shots off of the flow offense is better" narrative is something I've heard multiple coaches promote over the past few years and not something unique to Carlisle/Dallas. Basically, the idea is that the offense reacts to the defense rather than the other way around.
When it comes to Porzingis, specifically, why would it make sense to run plays for him when he has only really ever been efficient in the opposite scenario? NY was bad when he was featured there, and in order to improve since he arrived, Dallas has depended on running their offense through him less and less as time has gone on. At least, that's how it seems to me.
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