(03-20-2021, 10:14 AM)hakeemfaan Wrote: Post play is not just about strength anymore. The NBA took that away in the late Shaq years itself. It is more about handles in a small circle. KP lacks that though I would still feed him a certain number of times in the low post and hope he gets better. The real issue is not KP getting force fed the ball. It is that Luka for all his greatness is still young. We had the same problem against good teams last year too. We just couldn’t finish many games because of the offense going stagnant.
The other glaring issue is we have two very good guys offensively but the coaching staff has still not managed to find a two man game that works. With KP’s ability to shoot you would think they would prioritize a two man PnR even if KP’s awareness at setting picks and moving is also a bit weak. Won’t doing it over and over help him? He is not dumb. Dirk was a poor passer out of double teams. He improved over the years.
And you blame Luka for that. The way he looked off two defenders with a fake pass to Powell and swung it to a wide open THJ in the corner was legendary. Of course THJ missed it. Porzingis and Richardson barely drawing the front iron on their pathetic post-up attempts. That is on Luka? The problem is still the same. Nobody else on this team can create for others, Brunson/THJ can for themselves. That is why it is completely useless to go for a Gordon or Collins type. We need another elite creator/scorer like a DeRozan. Nobody plays defence anymore until the last minutes of a game and that's when we get exposed as one-dimensional.? I trust Kanter more than Porzingis to create for himself, but I'm sure the advanced analytics say that even Powell is a better basketball player Enes. If we had Lavine or Randle we would be a legit contender, but Mavs were too busy playing with their moneyball models rather than watch basketball games. Luka is more than ready. You pretty much nailed our problems otherwise. Porzingis is not a reliable #2.