TheScout31 wrote:Spree2Houston wrote:I would love to hear Knickstape/FOE's take on Frank as of right now.
I think he's used completely incorrectly with the Knicks. Watch the quoted play below and compare it to what the Knicks "ran" last year. It's night and day! The difference between how he's used with the French team vs the Knicks is the playcalls for him. With the Knicks, it's mostly spot up, trying to get him to create for himself, and some PnRs (which he's actually good at, both getting to his spots and hitting the correct pass - the issue is the scoring...which, admittedly, is problematic RIGHT NOW). With France, it's way more PnRs (usually with some cool play designs leading into the screen) and some spot up - next to no isolation.
If you want Frank to succeed, two things need to happen
1) More PnRs. As I mentioned above, he's legitimately GOOD running the PnR. When his scoring comes, and it really just needs to get to the point where defenders really need to worry about him scoring (doesn't have to be some elite scorer), it'll open up way more passing lanes that he can absolutely hit.
2) He has to become a better shooter. Taking advantage of isolations is something he has to do , but given his role on offense will likely be an ancillary playmaker, that shot has to come - just C&S and some basic minor movement shooting (ie, re-location, maybe some pindowns, etc). He's not an isolation guy, which is why playcalls (even simple ones and PnRs) are important.
That's really it. Stop trying to make him into an isolation player and let Frank be Frank. This doesn't mean run the offense through him every single time (which is why the shooting is so important); it means play to his strengths when he's on the court, because he's always doing something either on defense or making a non-box score impact play that helps teams win.
France's play call mentioned above:
On point.
