01-17-2022, 05:38 PM
(01-17-2022, 05:22 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: In theory, playing them together makes the team's ball-handling and offensive creation much more similar to that of the teams we see doing well in the playoffs and much less predictable or easy to contain.
I just want Brunson to shoot when he's open, that's all, and lately he has shown an odd reluctance to do so, as if he thinks it's "settling" or something.
Amazing points KL. I agree, the old format of 4 spacers and Luka iso is really predictable. Me and even my daughter knows what's going to happen. Luka will attack the paint and score, and if doubled pass it out, and Maxi/KP/DFS/THJ they will shoot. It works, but in playoffs, defenses are much better directing at which player that will go to, and finding the one that is shooting least well at that given moment, and since they know where it will go it gives them some chances to adapt to it.
This thing with Brunson entering that paint with that space is super unpredictable. He is elite in finishing there once he enters the paint. He is great in passing it further in case the defense collapses on him.
Well noticed with the reluctance to shoot lately from Brunson. I think it correlates with him entering the paint more now with being with Luka in lineup. I think he has found out that the split second he has more of time now with the ball arriving to him after Luka passes to him (or Luka-other player-then Brunson), gives Brunson that little edge to attack the paint, as his defender arrives a step slower now, and that Brunson can literally almost now every time enter the paint. He keeps using that to great success. To me this is the cooperativity with Luka and Brunson. If you look at Brunson when he leads the point of attack against a well set defender from the first moment, then he has harder time to enter the paint. Unless he gets a great screen. But amazing thing with Brunson once he is there, he excels with his footwork and shooting. Unbeleivable!
And amazing point with Brunson shooting. If he keeps using the space Luka provides by attacking paint, sooner or later, the defenses will not keep collapsing on him, and just wait in the paint for him. The above only works as long as Brunson can keep defenses honest with his 3pt shot. Cant forget about it and he needs to catch and shoot at least once or twice in the game.