dobrojim wrote:Top 3 EC teams currently are:
DET
TOR
MIA
It's early. I guess DET isn't really a big surprise.
Miami is absolutely fascinating to watch. They totally changed their offense so that they look like no other NBA team. The almost never run pick-and-roll. It's just an endless parade of drive-and-kick, kinda like what Duke does a lot when they have strong guards. It's like Miami decided not to involve their big men in the actions because it just brings the opposition's big man in to defend the actions. Instead, they park their bigs in the corners and have them shoot 3's.
Bam Adebayo, for example, now has 36% of his shot attempts (6.2 per 36 minutes) coming from 3-point range, and half of them are corner 3's. Two years ago, he attempted 0.6 3PA's per game and only 16% of those were from the corner. Same thing with Ware.
Nobody has really figured out how to defend this offense yet. Miami really doesn't have elite talent, but they are 12-6.