jayu70 wrote:D21 wrote:jayu70 wrote:He kept LP's offense and staff and tweaked it as the interim.
Then last season he brought in his own staff and system. I complained last season I didn't like his offense and this season it's even more ISO, attacking mismatches, and playing in the mid-range. When he said at the start of the season that he'll do it his way despite what the analytics says about 3pt shooting - I had a feeling we would be doomed.
Right
And I had a feeling we would doomed when everybody overreacted to the MIA series and was asking for another star guard because they would eat all balls with Trae, and it could ruin our bench to get him, and a bit more when it looked like we were doing trades to avoid luxury tax.
We already had two Cs unable to shoot 3s, and they lost several 3pts shooters to add a guard not great at shooting 3s.
Well done, just when the last NBA Finals show two teams that can put 5 guys on the floor shooting 3s when they need it (they don't have to run it all game long, but at least they can).
I wanted to see at least a stretch where they test Hunter as clear 2nd offensive option. They did a stretch of just not feeding Collins, but these balls didn't end up in this hand of Hunter.
The roster had potential and could be improved, the guys still have potential, but we need a guy like Riley to drive this franchise
I don't think The Trae/DJ combination is the problem. It's when they are paired with the bench players they haven't been good. They both look for their shots first at the expense of running the offense. But then again the bench without Bogi was so weak. The Holidaze (who should both never play - one or the other preferably Aaron), a rookie in AJ, JJ who is more rookie than not, and OO.
I've never thought pairing Trae and DJ would be bad by itself, it's only because I feared it would be at the cost to have no good bench players.
And aside of that, once they traded for DJ, I think it would have been better to get a C able to shoot 3s. I will still think that until they prove me wrong.
They reached the ECF with both Capela and Okongwu as Cs, but they were more players able to shoot 3s on the roster than they have now.
They need better plays, but I'm not sure it would enough without getting more shooters or a C able to shoot 3s
