Bensational wrote:
yet they fail to make simple lob passes/short dishes to him on the majority of p&r's we run...
you know who has actually been the most consistent at either popping a lob over to Dwight, or offloading the ball to Dwight in the lane off a drive? JJ and Von. they make the basic passes that Jameer never does. Duhon doesn't even get a mention. Ish doesn't get the chance (but I've seen him do it several times).
I know we talked about this in the other thread and you (i think) had some stats saying Dwight was very good on t he p&r but I am sticking to my guns and saying he is not doing it well enough. He doesn't set the pick hard enough because he's afraid of picking up a foul, and he doesn't allow the pick to develop and set before he moves. I'm not saying he never does, but a lot of times he doesn't.
Watch how much separation Jordan gets here:
Patience:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjVD_A6gUu8[/youtube]
Dwight doing the same but never touches the ball handler's man, doesn't even set a pick with Redick vs. Roy Hibbert in March:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hw3MveU4jE[/youtube]
You say, that's great, he doesn't even have to set picks, but the problem is you do have to set picks to make the pick and roll work on almost all other plays. Dwight has a tendency to shy away from a pick because of foul trouble. That's why if Dwight set picks like BBD, he'd have a much better pick and roll game.
In this vid, at 57 seconds, Dwight actually sets a pick and pushes the defender away and gets an open dunk. The beginning of the vid is all terrible picks set by Howard and Gortat. No separation created. No disruption and no switch. In the plays where the bigs are camped in the lane zone, Jameer is doing the correct thing and shooting after the pick.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmEntcAxrE&feature=related[/youtube]
When there is no big man zone being played and Howard sets a good pick, they get lobs and dunks. Problem is, against us, that's the defense we see a lot because that's how you shut down the 1-5 pick and roll. Don't hate on Jameer for not being able to throw a lob to a Dwight who is getting covered in the paint by 1 or 2 bigs in the zone.
