Post#219 » by KqWIN » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:59 am
Quin chooses to grind out games because of Favors+Rudy, but another reason why our pace is so slow is because we pass the ball so much. Quin wants the ball to move, he wants everyone to touch it. Pace the number is how fast you shoot, but I'd say that Pace in real life is how quickly you get the ball up the floor. That has ALWAYS been a point of emphasis of Quin. Our Pace number has just as much if not more to do with our willingness to pass/shoot versus running (we also never run).
That might be the biggest change in our offense, but I'm not sure Quin will want to do it. If Rubio is going to be effective, he has to have the ball in his hands. Otherwise you are playing 4v5. But that goes against what Quin likes to do. He doesn't want to have one guy with the ball QB'ing the offense.
Who knows...maybe that is what he wants. That's the player that Shelvin Mack is, and he loved Mack.
What would be really disappointing is if we do not capitalize on turnovers or missed layups. Those are the two easiest ways to turn around and score in transition, but we are allergic to it. We have guys that can get into passing lanes, and our entire defensive gameplan was designed to funnel the opposing team into the best rim protector in the league. If the Jazz can't turn those opportunities into more easy buckets it's just bad coaching.
That, or Favors still doesn't want to run. It's a contract year, but Favors has never run the floor and I'll only believe it when I see it. He'd already be an all star if he did.
