11-12-2021, 03:53 PM
(11-12-2021, 03:40 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Even if you don't buy into the paragraph above at all (I don't see why you wouldn't, it makes all the sense in the world to me) what if Brunson, due to having better skills than Luka with the English language, has edged ahead of Luka temporarily with his understanding of this new system? What if Luka is struggling temporarily to both know what to do, himself, and to communicate it to his teammates in live time, due to its newness and his language? This is literally just spitballing on my part, but then again, Brunson's leadership qualities are probably more second nature to him than they are to Luka.There has actually been a little reporting on this. When Kidd came in, he wanted more vocal leadership on the court. Luka would have been the natural choice, but his English just isn't very good. So they went to Hardaway for that, and Kidd likes the job he is doing. (Although Brunson apparently wasn't the anointed choice for primary vocal leader, it could still well be that he is better able to communicate in live time than the players for whom English is not their native language. I would buy it.)
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