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Phoenix Suns Run The Triangle Offense?
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:49 pm
by JordansBulls
Source: AZCentral
Breaking news. The Suns are running the triangle offense.
"They run the triangle offense now a little bit," Golden State coach Don Nelson said. "They get into it a little bit different than the Lakers do. They get in through the flex cuts but it's still the triangle. They're going to O'Neal as a passer. It looked good the last game. I'm sure they'll do more of it."
D'Antoni said the Suns have one play that could be deemed the triangle offense.
Nelson was surprised Phoenix acquired O'Neal but is sure his former Dallas point guard, Steve Nash, will make it work.
"Great players playing with other great players always make great music," Nelson said.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:51 pm
by Kobay
D'Antonio will still get fired after this season.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:57 pm
by magicfan4life05
look how far we've come...
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:11 pm
by a-rod
doesn't make sense to me. they don't have the tools required to Run The Triangle Offense.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:31 pm
by hermes
copycats
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:47 pm
by a-rod
hermes wrote:copycats
You can't be serious!
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:58 pm
by Chubby Chaser
D'antoni is a one trick pony with his run and none offense. He couldn't find any offensive schemes to integrate shaq into the offense, so he borrowed some from Phil.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:29 pm
by Icefire10304
Suns vs. Lakers in playoffs
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:01 pm
by wilt
a-rod wrote:doesn't make sense to me. they don't have the tools required to Run The Triangle Offense.
How is that ? Shaq
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:09 pm
by Milan24
If you can't beat them, join them.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:31 pm
by 5DOM
Kobay wrote:D'Antonio will still get fired after this season.
please come and replace smitch
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:31 pm
by joe.linnen
I they want to run it they can, but it takes years to fully understand it. Shaq may know the triangle offence but the others will have to learn it and if the coach doesn't know the offence then how in the hell will he teach them.
Bryant, Odom, Walton, Fisher, Bynum, Farmar, Vujacic, Radmanovic Turiaf, Mihm and Phil thats our whole roster other than Gasol and Ariza to the Suns one player Shaq. The only time to run it is when Nash is on the bench, which is almost never.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:40 pm
by mnWI
I've seen other NBA teams run parts of the triangle as well. A lot of teams will take one aspect of the triangle and use it as a set play. You see this a bit in the D-League too, because the triangle is an excellent offense to develop players with. Everybody handles the ball and learns to make decisions in the triangle. It beats telling your big men to camp out down low and crash the glass. When Nellie says they run it a little bit, I'm sure he just means they have a triangle set they call 10 times a game. I'm curious to check out the Suns now to see how and when they use it.
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:40 pm
by noxe
5DOM wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
please come and replace smitch
co-signed
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:51 pm
by Bgil
The Sac Kings started doing the same thing after we started kicking their ass.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:13 am
by RIPskaterdude
Chubby Chaser wrote:D'antoni is a one trick pony with his run and none offense. He couldn't find any offensive schemes to integrate shaq into the offense, so he borrowed some from Phil.
The same "run and none offense" that beat the Lakers
HOW many times in the playoffs so far?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:47 am
by LakerFanMan
^^^ Who else did it beat?
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:00 am
by That Nicka
Lots of teams use bits and pieces of the triangle... been that way for years...
Thats like saying the Lakers use pick and roll... Of course they do... Every team does... when a smart coach sees something that works, he's obviously gonna use it
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 1:10 am
by Moses_Malone95
Triangle offense is a difficult system for players to adapt to. I don't understand why he's trying to make it work this late in the season. This has bad idea written all over it.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 4:10 am
by nashill
xx_skaterdude_xx wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
The same "run and none offense" that beat the Lakers HOW many times in the playoffs so far?
