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[DanSchwartzgan]

 

Kidd and Igor (who appears to be serving an offensive coordinator role) are running a lot of set plays, as opposed to the flow offense that Rick liked. A lot of those set plays were used by the Slovenian National Team, and Luka is familiar with them. Some of them haven’t worked that well yet, but the point is that they’re trying new things. 

We know from the Carlisle days that the Luka-dominated four-out offense is fine for the regular season, but just doesn’t work in the playoffs. Luka gets too worn down, and it’s too predictable. You need another playmaker, and a vertical threat or a post threat on the floor. They are trying to institute these types of things with the players they have. 

As they try things, it’s not always going to look great, especially at first. Diversification on both ends of the floor for long-term purposes is what they are after. We need to see 15-20 games before assessing. Trying to judge now is just knee-jerking. Hopefully, the experimentation won’t cost them too many wins. Expect some clunkiness before the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. 

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