02-29-2020, 11:12 PM
To be honest, i didn't get to see the game but was expecting a loss because we dont mix our SF/wing rotation enough or play "tough" enough to try and grind teams and win that way. The hope seems to be to make enough 3s and get the occasional Luka/KP magic and sneak out a win.
What I dont get is in times past even if a player can't create and score for themselves, defense/rebounding and just grit play would get you minutes but our teams seems to be fully of the philosophy that if you dont/cant make 3s you dont play much and cant mix in guys whos strong suit is hustle/defense and the like. We put up more 3s than we did in 2011 when he had top 5 3PM players and cant put together a halfway decent defense and wonder why we blow leads and lose to decent/good teams.
Where is the adjustment o top 5 coach with the playoffs looming? We need to play our PGs at point guard and give wing minutes to DFS,MKG,Lee who I've seen to be decent in the team defense and not completely ignorable (if thats a word) on offense.
Everyone on the floor doesn't have to be a threat to shoot but a threat to contribute to creating a scoring play. Tyson/Haywood/Matrix/Brewer weren't shooting 3s in 2011 but they kept the defense honest by being able to catch and go/make FTs at a decent rate, the O rebound tap outs, and they contributed on defense. Even Stevenson who frustrated us all sometimes calling his own number from 3 at least played hard nosed defense. On this team only Maxi, THJ and DFS play that kind of focused defense but sometimes find themselves outmatched because there is no last line of D to help or they go to the bench and we play some ass no defense lineup.
Adding size helps with those tipouts, rebounds, adding length on the perimeter and more aggressive defense. With the playoffs around the corner, we also need to figure ways to score when the defense/refs are beating up on Luka..... (heres where a boban/kp post up opens the floor or a WCS/insert guard P&R).
Play Boban, Lee, WCS when he gets back..... because we are a jump shooting team primarily who dont create good shots when played tough. with no alternative to score and we play small so we cant defend!! When we dont play size, we shoot ourselves in the foot. As i pointed out in a " different post, all other teams "small ball" is bigger than our starting lineup. That means we need to mix up our SG/SFs as best we can and refrain from playing players obviously out of position. No Curry/Delon at SF in most cases and play THJ, DFS, MKG, Lee at SF with Maxi/KP/WCS/Boban backing them up.
Rotation should be something like
PG. Luka/Curry/Brunson/Delon/JJB (mix based on need for size/who's motor is most engaged and is affecting the game)
SG. THJ/Curry/Delon/Lee
SF. DFS,Maxi/Lee/MKG/THJ
PF. Maxi/KP/MKG/DFS
C. KP/WCS/Boban w/ occassional/rare minutes for Maxi.
We gotta do better than just hoping the 3s fall and to do that we gotta mix some players who can't shoot but can defend/rebound/screen/intangibles or we'll be lucky to win more than 2 games in the playoffs. If we play a PG at SF, we gotta surround em with size and defense or can expect to be picked apart by the better teams.
What I dont get is in times past even if a player can't create and score for themselves, defense/rebounding and just grit play would get you minutes but our teams seems to be fully of the philosophy that if you dont/cant make 3s you dont play much and cant mix in guys whos strong suit is hustle/defense and the like. We put up more 3s than we did in 2011 when he had top 5 3PM players and cant put together a halfway decent defense and wonder why we blow leads and lose to decent/good teams.
Where is the adjustment o top 5 coach with the playoffs looming? We need to play our PGs at point guard and give wing minutes to DFS,MKG,Lee who I've seen to be decent in the team defense and not completely ignorable (if thats a word) on offense.
Everyone on the floor doesn't have to be a threat to shoot but a threat to contribute to creating a scoring play. Tyson/Haywood/Matrix/Brewer weren't shooting 3s in 2011 but they kept the defense honest by being able to catch and go/make FTs at a decent rate, the O rebound tap outs, and they contributed on defense. Even Stevenson who frustrated us all sometimes calling his own number from 3 at least played hard nosed defense. On this team only Maxi, THJ and DFS play that kind of focused defense but sometimes find themselves outmatched because there is no last line of D to help or they go to the bench and we play some ass no defense lineup.
Adding size helps with those tipouts, rebounds, adding length on the perimeter and more aggressive defense. With the playoffs around the corner, we also need to figure ways to score when the defense/refs are beating up on Luka..... (heres where a boban/kp post up opens the floor or a WCS/insert guard P&R).
Play Boban, Lee, WCS when he gets back..... because we are a jump shooting team primarily who dont create good shots when played tough. with no alternative to score and we play small so we cant defend!! When we dont play size, we shoot ourselves in the foot. As i pointed out in a " different post, all other teams "small ball" is bigger than our starting lineup. That means we need to mix up our SG/SFs as best we can and refrain from playing players obviously out of position. No Curry/Delon at SF in most cases and play THJ, DFS, MKG, Lee at SF with Maxi/KP/WCS/Boban backing them up.
Rotation should be something like
PG. Luka/Curry/Brunson/Delon/JJB (mix based on need for size/who's motor is most engaged and is affecting the game)
SG. THJ/Curry/Delon/Lee
SF. DFS,Maxi/Lee/MKG/THJ
PF. Maxi/KP/MKG/DFS
C. KP/WCS/Boban w/ occassional/rare minutes for Maxi.
We gotta do better than just hoping the 3s fall and to do that we gotta mix some players who can't shoot but can defend/rebound/screen/intangibles or we'll be lucky to win more than 2 games in the playoffs. If we play a PG at SF, we gotta surround em with size and defense or can expect to be picked apart by the better teams.