Is chemistry overrated

[CupcakeNoFillin]

It might not be a guarantee to win you a championship or even a playoff berth, but without good chemistry teams would not really do good.

Look at the Portland Trailblazers earlier this year, they would always get in fights with each other in practice and never liked each other. Once they finally became a TEAM and got cool with each other they went on that 13 game winning streak.

And look at the Warriors. Ever since the return of Stephen Jackson earlier this season, the Warriors have the BEST RECORD in the Western Conference. I'm pretty sure if everyone on the Warriors including Stephen Jackson disliked each other, we wouldn't even be on par to win 50 games this season.

[theGreatRC]

Have you ever played organized basketball in your life?

If so, you seriously wouldn't be asking this question.

You need to know your teammates games; where they like the ball, do they play hard d, are they solid rebounders, do they pass, etc. When you know how your teammates play, it is easier to input your style of play with theirs and the game flows so much easier.

A scenario would be if a player can't work well with the ball, you need to know that so you can get the ball to him; to at least let him touch it in a play; he doesn't need to score, just handle the ball for a few seconds.

Chemistry is just as important as talent when you are playing with a team.

[Sroek]

The recent trade of Marion got me thinking about how important chemistry really is to a team. Did the in fighting between Marion and Amare really hurt the Suns, they still have a great record in the West. If KG Paul and Ray didnt get along would their talent not be as beneficial to the Celtics? I personally think that chemistry is important to a degree, but if you have enough talent, the talent will override any off court problems.

Chemistry has nothing to do with personal relationships. Chemistry is about play-style compatibility, knowing how your teammates play, how to optimize their potential and supplement them so that teamwork comes natural.

[nicknorman]

I always thought chemistry was the combo of off court relations and on court chemistry. When they said Amare didn't get along with Matrix it wasn't because their games didnt match. Amare and Marion both worked well and complimented Nash equally. But sources said they hated each other, which is the chemistry. So don't say that chemistry is on court stuff

[MalReyn]

New York Knicks.

All the talent in the world, but no chemistry and no team-oriented focus. If anything, chemistry is severly underrated. There's a reason GM's prefer to deal in the off-season..

To be fair, the Knicks talent is all flawed talent. So many of their players have serious shortcomings in their games beyond simple chemistry isuses.

The Sonics have good chemistry and they still suck! :$

Talent without chemistry will prevent you from winning a championship.

Chemistry without talent will prevent you from making the playoffs.

[jax98]

To be fair, the Knicks talent is all flawed talent. So many of their players have serious shortcomings in their games beyond simple chemistry isuses.

Somewhat true. However, having chemistry on a team with young players seems to maximize their potential quite often. Eddy Curry's last season with Chicago, he took major leaps in becoming a better player. Now.. Well, you know the story. IMO, it's a two-way street. Chemistry can psuh talents to improve and a lot of talent can (At times) create chemistry via confidence (Boston this year, for example) though the latter is quite uncommon.

[LakerFanMan]

Chemistry is overrated on teams with great talent but underrated on teams with poor talent, IMO!

This has some truth to it. If you have great talent, like a team stacked with HOF's or something, you don't necessarily need great chemistry. However, if you have anything less then a whole bunch of HOF's, you need chemistry. I can't really think of any teams that won the title and didn't have chemistry. Not all the title teams had great chemistry, but they definitly had above average chemistry. Bottom line is though, a team needs a mix of pretty much everything to win: Talent, Chemistry, and Depth. If you're lacking in anyone of those areas, the other two need to make up for it.