Slava wrote:aaron_gray wrote:The offense does lack creativity, but a fair part of that is players just standing and watching Kobe instead of down screening for each other.
Despite all the horror and Kobe jump shooting to oblivion we are still a league average offense, better than last season and +0.4 relative offensive rating over league average coming into last night's game. That's not the issue and if we can actually add a sliver of talent to what's already here, there would be cause for celebration on that end so Scott must be doing something good to be able to produce a smoothie out of this crap.
The elephant in the room is the defense. Its sometimes just lack of effort, lackadaisical ball handling from the PG leading to turnovers and absence of a shot blocker who can alter shots without fouling (No, Ed Davis is not that person). If we add some talent, Scott is actually a very capable coach and I'd give him more time and opportunity to succeed here because unless you have Popovich, THibodeu, Spoelstra, Van Gundy, Vogel or Carlisle you have to make do with what's available.
The problem is the vast majority of the offense is generated from Kobe, Boozer and Hill jumpers. The offense isn't healthy, and the percentages have been ugly. And I agree, the defense has had issues too. Davis is a liability at times because he is not a good post defender. Also, Kobe's days of playing defense are done.
