Spo will be shown to be an amazing coach
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 3:40 pm
I have always believed in coach Spo, however great we were during the Big 3 era, he was hamstrung in his creativity and what his style of coaching encompasses. Spo is one of the few coaches in the NBA I consider to be system guys, what I mean by that is he doesn't need stars to be successful, but rather players that fit his system and style of play. Pop is a great example of the pinnacle of a system coach, and regardless of talent these type of guys can win based on the their style of coaching alone.
Lebron reminds me a lot of Peyton Manning, in the fact that when he is on the floor he runs your team, he dictates the sets, and completely controls your offense. Just like a offensive coordinator with Peyton Manning is rather irrelevant, coaching Lebron is much less hands on than what a normal team dictates. Spo's pace and space offense centered around the half court PNR, and ball movement, was hamstrung by the isolation style of basketball we ran with Lebron. With James every play runs off of him, even when he doesn't have the ball, the offense is dictated by how he is defended.
Typically in the half court, the ball would move to James and our offense was dictated by how the defense choose to defend him. The great coaches in the league have found ways to stifle such an attack. The answer is to simply leave James 1 on 1, dare him to take over a game, with the understanding that James wants to collapse the defense draw double teams, and kick start ball movement to open jump shooters. Teams like the Spurs and Dallas figured that if they let James have his, limit their help defense, that they could truly stifle the ball movement, and force James to make the choices they wanted him too. The gamble was James' greatness, sometimes he would go for 40 plus, but the overall goal for defenses was to take his shooters away, and make the ball stick. This was the story of the 2014 NBA finals, and what lead to the end of our run.
How soon we forgot that coach Spo proved capable of winning nearly 50 games with a roster no where near the talent we currently have. For those who need a refresh this team won 47 games under Spo.
PG Carlos Arroyo/Chalmers
SG Wade/Cook
SF Quinton Richardson/Jones
PF Michael Beasley/ Haslem
C Jermain Oneal/Anthony
That is a really poor rotation, but in an offense that encouraged ball movement, demanded spacing, and a scrambling defense we were able to be successful, and far overreached our talent level. Spo's defense requires players to expel a tremendous amount of energy, and last year we simply were too old, and too shallow in our rotation to be successful playing it. What we have now is an infusion of youth, a excessive in solid wing players, and guys who understand ball movement, and team play.
I believe the addition of Mcroberts was one of the most underrated free agent signings of this offseason. He was finally given an opportunity, and he took full advantage of it. He showed he has amazing feel for the game, the ability to knock down big shots, and create offense for himself and his teammates. The Borris Diaw comparison is made a ton, and its no mistake they have almost identical numbers, and actual had the same PER last season. I expect him to be a huge catalyst to our offense and even defense. He plays with tremendous energy and unselfishness, that becomes infectious within a team. This was clear to me during the playoffs last year, outside of big AL I thought he was their best player, their heart and soul, and I couldn't be more pleased having him. Just like Diaw was the X factor this year for the Spurs I expect him to be ours.
We are about 8-9 guys deep that all bring something to the table, are proven scorers, and team players. Without LeBron controlling the game, guys will be free to play naturally, and I imagine you will see many different players contribute scoring wise.
I am going into this next season with cautious optimism, I really believe we have a product capable of being extremely consistent over the course of a season. I would not be shocked to see us improve on last years win total, and take a lot of teams by surprise. One thing that got overlooked is how draining our daily grind was over the last 4 years. Night in and night out we were a playoff game for opposing teams, we drew their best shot, had a tremendous amount of scrutiny, and a big target on our backs. That is going to fade this season, the pressure that encompassed our guys will dwindle, and you will see a much more free flowing team. I am not saying losing James' was a positive, but what I am saying is that this is a different team, a different system, and a completely different set of circumstances. I am starting to feel like we have just as much of a chance as anybody next year, and it certainly won't surprise me if we are right there at the end of it all.
Trust in Spo we have a lot people with things to prove on this roster including himself. I think it puts us in a great position, with the wind at our back, and a chip on our shoulder, this season will be very interesting. Go Heat
Lebron reminds me a lot of Peyton Manning, in the fact that when he is on the floor he runs your team, he dictates the sets, and completely controls your offense. Just like a offensive coordinator with Peyton Manning is rather irrelevant, coaching Lebron is much less hands on than what a normal team dictates. Spo's pace and space offense centered around the half court PNR, and ball movement, was hamstrung by the isolation style of basketball we ran with Lebron. With James every play runs off of him, even when he doesn't have the ball, the offense is dictated by how he is defended.
Typically in the half court, the ball would move to James and our offense was dictated by how the defense choose to defend him. The great coaches in the league have found ways to stifle such an attack. The answer is to simply leave James 1 on 1, dare him to take over a game, with the understanding that James wants to collapse the defense draw double teams, and kick start ball movement to open jump shooters. Teams like the Spurs and Dallas figured that if they let James have his, limit their help defense, that they could truly stifle the ball movement, and force James to make the choices they wanted him too. The gamble was James' greatness, sometimes he would go for 40 plus, but the overall goal for defenses was to take his shooters away, and make the ball stick. This was the story of the 2014 NBA finals, and what lead to the end of our run.
How soon we forgot that coach Spo proved capable of winning nearly 50 games with a roster no where near the talent we currently have. For those who need a refresh this team won 47 games under Spo.
PG Carlos Arroyo/Chalmers
SG Wade/Cook
SF Quinton Richardson/Jones
PF Michael Beasley/ Haslem
C Jermain Oneal/Anthony
That is a really poor rotation, but in an offense that encouraged ball movement, demanded spacing, and a scrambling defense we were able to be successful, and far overreached our talent level. Spo's defense requires players to expel a tremendous amount of energy, and last year we simply were too old, and too shallow in our rotation to be successful playing it. What we have now is an infusion of youth, a excessive in solid wing players, and guys who understand ball movement, and team play.
I believe the addition of Mcroberts was one of the most underrated free agent signings of this offseason. He was finally given an opportunity, and he took full advantage of it. He showed he has amazing feel for the game, the ability to knock down big shots, and create offense for himself and his teammates. The Borris Diaw comparison is made a ton, and its no mistake they have almost identical numbers, and actual had the same PER last season. I expect him to be a huge catalyst to our offense and even defense. He plays with tremendous energy and unselfishness, that becomes infectious within a team. This was clear to me during the playoffs last year, outside of big AL I thought he was their best player, their heart and soul, and I couldn't be more pleased having him. Just like Diaw was the X factor this year for the Spurs I expect him to be ours.
We are about 8-9 guys deep that all bring something to the table, are proven scorers, and team players. Without LeBron controlling the game, guys will be free to play naturally, and I imagine you will see many different players contribute scoring wise.
I am going into this next season with cautious optimism, I really believe we have a product capable of being extremely consistent over the course of a season. I would not be shocked to see us improve on last years win total, and take a lot of teams by surprise. One thing that got overlooked is how draining our daily grind was over the last 4 years. Night in and night out we were a playoff game for opposing teams, we drew their best shot, had a tremendous amount of scrutiny, and a big target on our backs. That is going to fade this season, the pressure that encompassed our guys will dwindle, and you will see a much more free flowing team. I am not saying losing James' was a positive, but what I am saying is that this is a different team, a different system, and a completely different set of circumstances. I am starting to feel like we have just as much of a chance as anybody next year, and it certainly won't surprise me if we are right there at the end of it all.
Trust in Spo we have a lot people with things to prove on this roster including himself. I think it puts us in a great position, with the wind at our back, and a chip on our shoulder, this season will be very interesting. Go Heat
nice catch