That's great, i did the exact same thing. Lol.DTP wrote:FloridaMan78 wrote:Killian took zero three pointers. That equals zero spacing. Every pick and roll they ran for him the defender went under and didn’t even need to shade. Every time Killian drove the lane he took a fade away layup. The lob play worked because Vuvcic is an awful defender and helped on Killian when he didn’t need to, which they then fixed and never happened again. Killian has to be some type of threat or else the defense will always play the pass. Pick and rolls work because off ball defense needs to help, except with Killian they don’t need to. But yea let’s run more pick and rolls for him.
I just went back and rewatched the game and tracked every possession Killian was put in PnR. First, I'll say Casey did actually put him in more than what I originally thought and he was decently efficient in it, we got good looks for the most part.
Pick & Rolls including Hayes
1st qrt:
- Bulls switched Ball onto Grant and led to a Grant post up on Ball. That's exactly what we want, Grant just missed the shot.
- Stewart rolled and missed the layup but got his rebound and put it back in. Hayes doesn't get an assist here because Stewart blew the first layup but this is essentially created by Hayes.
- Killian drove left and got Ball in the air on a great shot fake, the shot just rimmed out. Great aggressive move that looked good, shot just didn't fall.
- Lonzo got over the screen, so no switch was forced. Killian drew Vucevic, which is what your ball handler is supposed to do (draw 2) but Stewart didn't create any space either rolling or popping so we got nothing out of it. Stewart has to get better setting picks and I'll expand on that later.
2nd qrt:
- First time Killian is in with Kelly & Trey and we run a good stagger screen with both of them creating switches and mismatches for both Trey and Kelly. Kelly had Ball on him and Trey had Dosunmo on him, EXACTLY what we want. Killian wasnt patience enough though to allow Kelly to post up, he instead swung it to Frank in the corner and led to LaVine blocking Frank's 3pt attempt. That's fixable though, the kid hasn't played 30 games lets remember.
- Not a pick and roll but Killian caught the ball in the right corner and drove hard to the rim drawing multiple guys and kicked it out to Frank at the top of the key who missed a wide open 3. Killian driving hard right is something we didn't see a lot last year and he got a wide open shot to one of the best shooters on the team, Frank just missed it.
- Killian attacked hard going left, pulled up for a midrange and missed. Totally okay with this shot and liked his aggressiveness here, just missed the shot.
- First set out of a timeout was a Horn set, which was the only real play call for him that I could clearly tell all night. This is what led to the lob to Stewart, which I don't think any other player on the team can make that pass.....great execution by Killian and play call by Casey. I don't think I've seen anyone else throw lobs to Stewart, ever.
3rd qrt:
- Killian attacks hard off of the screen and beats Zo but floats away instead of aggressively attacking the rim....NOT a good shot. But he did fight and get the offensive rebound, which led to him kicking out to an wide open Bey for 3 and Bey missed. It was the only open catch and shoot opportunity for Bey all night that I noticed.
- Killian snaked the pick and roll, attacking Vucevic hard going left but missed...was a good contest by a 7 footer. I liked his aggressiveness in the action, he just missed the shot.
Overall, he took care of the ball (only 2 turnovers), pressure from Caruso and Ball (two really good defenders) didn't bother him at all, which is huge improvement from last year. He took 1 bad shot and simply couldn't get the other 5 to fall. Defensively he was fantastic, Ball 12pts and none of them came scored on Killian with the exception of a putback layup that Stewart should've gotten the rebound.
While it sucks seeing 0pts in a boxscore, if you actually watch the actions that he's involved in it's not awful. He's not going to be a boxscore stuffer right now and that's fine, I just want to see him continue to improve and tonight I saw that (defensively, ball handling, the way he attacked). He's essentially the 4th or 5th option on the floor, so he's not going to force things.
Stewart on the other hand, has to improve at setting picks to help Killian's development. I put the blame on Stewart because we pretty much got the same results no matter who the ball handler was (Hayes, Bey, Grant, or Joseph). He doesn't set good picks, which doesn't create much separation for the roll and his shot isn't respected enough to really create space on the pop. Killian more times than not did his job my getting the switches that we want, other guys didn't make shots.
When rewatching the game, I noticed as well that Stewart, especially for his size, sets terrible screens as they are not definitive enough, in terms of what he is setting out to do. A screen, is not just a screen, but different angles, and durations have massive implications on the action.
As bad as Andre was at times, he set awesome screens when engaged, and it would open up Killian and other players a ton if he was doing them. Stewart should start doing the pick and pop not for the three, but for the 15 footer to start games. It would force his man out onto the edge of the paint.
Great writeup again, and agreed on Stewart. His picks should be definitive. Don't move, just peel the guy off the ball handler, and immediately rescreen if necessary.
