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... are we wise to copy the SA style?

The offense is based on Tony Parker going one-on-one (and scoring at will) whenever the defense sags off of him. Sure, it makes Teague look good but will he involve the other players to the extent that it opens our offense up? In the 2nd half of the DAL game, he had 2 assists. Also, is this Schröder's style or is he not the true scorer the offense is designed for?

2nd, when the defense focuses on the PG, the SA offense goes inside to Tim Duncan, a great low-post scorer. When we tried Horford that way against DAL, it wasn't pretty. He's not going to dominate big Centers down low.

On the other hand, our old offense had Teague getting Horford open shots from midrange and Josh Smith getting him the ball down low for dunks. What about our new offense suits Horford?

Kyle Korver used to run around multiple picks to get open. Now, he runs around, trying to find picks that aren't there. What about our new offense suits Korver?

Can someone assure me that, when we have learned this complicated offense, Horford's midrange shots (and the driving dunks that fed off of the midrange game) and Korver's picks will return?

I too have my concerns, Parson. But I suspect two things are true regarding our team:

1. These are not the final pieces Ferry intends to use in this system long term.
2. Coach Bud will (slightly) alter the system as we progress to fit the strengths/limitations of our roster.

It's been awhile since we had a true rookie. But not only is he still learning the ropes of being the top dog of his own team, he's also learning on the fly what exactly his players can do. The latter was an aspect Drew did NOT have to experience since he had been an assistant for years here and was especially knowledgeable of what players could & could not do.

When I was watching,Teague seemed like he was looking for Al like a QB leaning a little too much on his main go to guy.

Jamaaliver wrote:1. These are not the final pieces Ferry intends to use in this system long term.

We're putting a whole lot of trust there, although I agree.

Jamaaliver wrote:It's been awhile since we had a true rookie. But not only is he still learning the ropes of being the top dog of his own team, he's also learning on the fly what exactly his players can do. The latter was an aspect Drew did NOT have to experience since he had been an assistant for years here and was especially knowledgeable of what players could & could not do.

Vivlamore emphasized that Budenholzer was SA's development guy. More reason to hope.

DirtybirdGA wrote:When I was watching,Teague seemed like he was looking for Al like a QB leaning a little too much on his main go to guy.

I agree that we seemed to be trying to force the ball to Horford in the 4th. I didn't really notice that in the first 3 qtrs, however.