dlts20 wrote:I agree and disagree. I agree on some of the things you said but that is easily fixed with coaching. Mike D'Antoni is going to have Wall & the screeners running it a certain way in camp. He's not going to allow them to not use the pick right or not set the pick right. Its coaching. Its great to have smart players with high IQ but alot of them arent. You can also tell that some of it was Flip's design. Again, even Gil was playing it that way when he didnt with Eddie Jordan.
If he's with D'Antoni, SVG, Adelman, or anyone like that then they are going to teach them how to run it the right way, just like I believe that a guy like Pop is not going to let NY play the way he does without either getting him to play right or benching him. There is no way that you can watch film over & over and McGee still not set a pick at all when Flip was here unless Flip was ok with that. Those other coaches wont be because the play wont be nearly as successful. Flip didnt care because he wanted it more about the curls and stuff anyways
This remains the crux of the Wall discussion. It's unclear to me whether the point you are making is legitimate.
It's one thing to suggest that different offenses might bring out the best in Wall (which I would question as well), but the idea that Flip Saunders and/or Randy Witman don't know how to teach a proper way to both set and set up a pick is just not correct. It's a fundamental aspect of basketball and many, many players are able to master this by the high school level or before. This does not require NBA talent or hall of fame coaching.
There's a repeated sentiment of "Wall just needs better coaching", or "just needs to learn how to change speeds" or "just needs to learn how to use picks better" when the real question should be, are those things you learn or things you are born with?
