Kyle Lowry and the Raptors front court players

[VanDamme]

Amir has never been and is not being used as a 3pt specialist

In his 8 years in the NBA prior to this season, Amir took a combined 29 3's. He has 20 in 15 games this season.

Jamario Moon 2.0

So increasing a stat line equals a specialist. Got it. /Green Font

[Illuminati_]

Jose didnt have to deal with Demar getting more usage and Rudy gay. That is what's killing lowry right now. He has to get Gay/demar in their spots. Both are reluctant at swinging the ball or creating for others. He also somehow has to get amir/jonas going it just isnt working and wont work. We need better wing players.

[Patman]

Last night, he bounced a pass to a rolling Jonas but the pass was slow and late, and the play busted. However, Lowry yelled and gestured angrily at Jonas, when as I saw it, the pass was bad.

Yeah, this is entirely wrong. On that play the Heat trapped Lowry (as they always do on PnR). JV needs to sit in that pocket just behind the defenders in order to create a 4 on 3. (See the way Indiana operates vs. the Heat for reference) Instead he decided to roll to the rim. That's his mistake, not Lowry's.

Secondly, the PnR isn't entirely about hitting the roll man. No clue why so many fans think it is.

Some good points here.

But the thing with our PnR's is they don't start very well. Not a ton of bigs can stop on a dime to set their pick (KG is a master at this, although he does get away with illegal ones sometimes). You can't expect this as a ball handler. You have to be patient and let the screener set. Also, you have to set up the screen by dribbling towards the basket, and then crossing back over the screen.

Most teams have us scouted and have the screener's man hedge instead of drop back, because they now our handlers rarely hit the rolling big. So while hitting the rolling man is just one of the many options coming out of the PnR, it's the one that defenders are giving us, and also the one we continue to not take.