Klomp wrote:One of my favorite things about his game (and Milton too) is his quick decision-making. Some of these plays are almost SloMo-like.
I wonder if our bench unit is more suited for Finch read-and-react game with:
1) five guys who can pass the ball. Even though Reid is not a flashy passer he moves the ball quickly and plays off the catch which helps ball movement. Anderson, Milton, NAW and Brown are all good passers for position. Also Milton is 27yo who has experience which should help him
2) five guys can shoot. Reid is a good three point shooter for big man standards. Anderson can hit open three (41% in regular season), Brown and Milton are 38% shooters, NAW shot 40% in playoffs against DEN.
3) four guys who can defend and have size. Fifth is Reid who is a bad defender mainly because he fouls too much and doesn't rebound well. I hope he improves in these areas. But none of these five guys won't be able to stay on the floor because they are bad defenders like Nowell and Forbes, or lack size like Rivers and McLaughlin
Reid-Anderson-Brown-NAW-Milton is a prototypical fiveout formation where the role of traditional PG shared between multiple positions, and many actions starts with pass to a big, following with DHOs, cuts and off ball screens. What makes this unit really special is that you can put Towns instead of Reid and play same style, you want put Edwards instead of NAW or Milton and it will be a dangerous fiveout smallball unit, you put MCD instead of Anderson or Brown and MCD and NAW can lock perimeter while still playing fiveout offense.