08-17-2021, 10:14 AM
(08-17-2021, 09:54 AM)TXBamanut Wrote: That is my point...my post was a sarcastic response to a dumb assertion.
It depends on the type of player. One isn't "less valuable" than another necessarily, it's a player by player basis. It's in EVERY sport.
This is an extreme example to highlight the point. If you have a strong big running back, you run the ball, not just split him out continuously and run bubble screens when he isn't super quick and doesn't catch well. You CERTAINLY don't do it repeatedly, and then proclaim the guy a failure because you don't get the production you'd like to see out of him. NO...as a coach, you run things that work, within the philosophy of how you want to try to win, that maximize players.
That's why you don't put THJ in the dunker spot and you put Dwight Powell there. It's not even basic basketball, it's basic sports.
If a play gets someone open, then great do it. If it's flow, then it's flow. The point is to keep the defense off balance, so set plays mixed with flow makes more sense. The truth is the "flow offense" is similar to the spread in football and you come to the line with 3 plays and depending on that the defense does you do that...and sometimes, you don't audible into it, the team reads it optimally or in more complex versions, you see the stand up and look to the sidelines and get the signals.
All the same, you don't just not have a structure and run around hoping things happen. You put players in certain spots at certain times to help the team succeed, by helping them succeed in the moment. The truth of the matter is that the defense will eventually catch up to "flow" (unless they just keep basically legislatiing defense out of the game)...as it will to the all wing, positionless basketball and it will come back around again in some sort of resurgence in the cycle goes again.
"Dumb assertion". Probably one of the least insulting things you have said in regards to me or my posts in the last few weeks. I take it as a compliment.
I did not negate anything you are saying right now. Just disagree on KPs role. You are still acting like no one ever tried to run those kind of plays for KP (you just saw the highlights of him in that role and celebrated them). The Knicks did and just like in the mentioned game the results were not pretty. To go along with your example. Run things that work. Don´t put THJ in the dunkers spot. Don´t have Powell at the 3-point line. Don´t put KP into midrange iso or post up situations. That´s all the same to me. Might be worth it to waste 1-2 possessions per game like this to keep the defense honest but that´s it.
I am not against set plays (even though I think @"KillerLeft" is right. Modern defensive schemes have a counter for most of them). Call horns sets for KP and another big. Let KP pop to the 3-point line. Run THJ around offball screens. Or to name my favorit. Run spain pick and roll.
The shown Knicks plays create midrange or post up opportunities. Could be an option for the Mavs. But not for KP. Would try to call them for Luka or Brunson. Guard post up or midrange iso.