fatlever wrote:TinmanZBoy wrote:
it is not MDA system, in which the PG (lin or not lin) dominate the ball +70% of time, and a lot top 1/5, 1/4 PnRs, in which shooter are all on the corners to create space let the PG make plays... MDA even set a lot double screens to free lin for him to make plays... those days are over, don't dream about it in the hornets team
Exactly. The days of the MDA type offense of having your PG dominate the ball and run countless p/r is over. Offenses and defenses have evolved. Teams now have 2-3 guys on the floor at all times who can run p/r. Teams are using a lot more ball movement to move defenses. The Thibs style defenses made it too easy to stuck one-dimensional offenses such as what MDA was running back them.
Those if you wishing to see Lin as a starting PG, dominating the ball, with a big rim running center setting screens and three spot up shooters camped in the corners are going to be very disappointed.
This season is great for the evolution of Lin and his career. He is showing GMs around the league that he can have value as a defender and as a combo guard/shooting guard and secondary ball handler. Its a shame that some of his fans refuse to embrace this change.
I'm not sure MDA system and Clifford's system who's more old school, or who's more evolved though.
I do feel Clifford's offense is less modern style , like he don't use corner 3 much, the spacing is not as good though. When you park two shooters as the corner, that's when you stretch the defense the most. Hornets rank the first in taking above the break 3s, but rank bottom 5 in taking right corner 3 and bottom 8 in taking left corner 3s. So this team just don't take much corner 3s.
Also, this team initiate offense from the side, sometimes they will have both ball handler on the strong side and initiate P&R from Elbow, that way you have only one way to pass the ball, and the ball handler were very easy to get trapped to the side line. Remember our first two game against Hawks, how many TOs we had in that game. Also sometimes they end up have only ball movement in the strong side, and harder to swing the ball to the weak side, since, you will need to pass over the defenders, (which is harder for Kemba) and across the court, (which could be dangerous sometimes.)
A lot of teams run high P&R, (exactly the Linsanity style) where PG started at the top of the key, with two shooters at the two corners, the court is wide open, and once the PG go pass the screen, he is running downhill, and could pass to both side of the court, no elbow defender could cheat to sack in, otherwise it will be a wide open corner 3. Remember we were killed by GSW with that 1-5 P&R, and we could not stop Priston's Reggie Jackson.
But we don't run that high P$R ourselves. Well, given we don't have a good P&R big, that's understandable.
Also, this team don't run, they walk the ball up, no fast break, no transition. I see MKG is doing that, that's perfect, and I could totally see Lin pass half court to fast running MKG there, or Lin push the ball and pass to the side to MKG with an easy layup just like in that Cavs game.
However, just because some Lin fans ask for those plays, does not means they only want Lin to shine, a lot more is because they think that could help the team to win more.
It is okay Clifford's system don't play that way, but you guys must be kidding saying that Clifford's system do not have a PG dominant the ball. Hornets as a team average 19.7 min time of possession, Kemba average 7.9 min/game. You can't be more PG dominant than that. Kemba ranked #2 in the league of average time of possession per game.
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