vtime wrote:He took 5 shots. It’s kind of in Paul to make sure a talent like that gets touches. And Monty Williams. If he keeps having games like that then the bubble vibes are gone and you just have an expensive backcourt with multi year extensions coming for Ayton and Bridges in 18 months.
He needs to take more, but they needed to get him the ball more on fast breaks when he is open instead of waiting until he gets the double team. I don't totally mind 5 shots because he did get fouled and had 5-6 free throws which is one thing people complained about and he didn't take bad shots. 3-5 is better than 5-10, or 7-14.
Ayton is a great runner down the court and in the SSOL offense with Nash he would be averaging over 20 easy. But in this Paul or Booker dribble for 15 seconds and then throwing to him when he is doubled...that is not effective...even if he tries. They need more pick and rolls even if at the free throw line because Ayton has shown the willingness to take it to the rim from there.
Our offense is simply not set up to maximize Ayton....or, rather, if we played the .5 offense it might be but Booker and Paul dribble too much, particularly Booker. Quit hunting for shots for too long or taking contested pullups rather than letting a teammate take a wide open shot or Ayton getting it early before he is doubled.
If Booker passes sooner he will only likely get it back often and if he moves a lot coming off screens he will get a lot of wide open shots and end up with better #s.
He is a good iso player but taking more wide open catch and shoots and getting teammates involved early would help...he does get some assists but if he did it early he'd get a few more assists and probably cut the turnovers in half...but preferably he needs to cut his turnovers more than that...like a third at most of what he is getting.
If he played a game with quicker decisions, I think he could be averaging 30 on better %s with like 7 assists and 2 turnovers.
I know I nag on him a lot but it's because I think he can be great, and more consistent like a Lillard, or have games like McCollum did last night.
