playa-hater wrote:ConstableGeneva wrote:playa-hater wrote:If you're watching Lal and Minnesota you would see so many wide open shots because of the double teaming of the stars.
Sam Hauser would be killing On either team or others like Denver.. Sam Hauser's shooting ability is absolutely being wasted on Boston..
I'm blessed and he misses his one shot and then gets sad that is not winning basketball.
Magic aren't double-teaming the Jays. That's the big difference. They're either switching (since they have the size) or putting one on JT and staying home on shooters.
We've had SO MANY games where opposing teams tried sending two on JT and paid dearly for it. Hauser's not getting open 'cos his defender's not leaving him. Our stars need to make them pay for single coverage. (Looking at you, KP.)
You are not wrong about that, but at the same time, we can also run Sam Hauser with some picking rolls. Or I have him come off a double screen. And yes, KP definitely needs to get it going otherwise no. Reason to double team anyone.
My issue with our mismatch-hunting offense is it can easily turn into stagnant, iso basketball where no one else touches the ball and there's very little movement on the court. I've said over and over that teams that can handle our stars with single coverage will give us the most issues. It happened in the 3rd Q of Game 3. And it kept happening vs. our matchups vs. OKC. To some extent, DET has had some success against us too.
Joe needs to have a plan B against these certain teams. Maybe let DWhite handle the ball more and put Jays offball (esp JB). I'm no coach, just a casual fan but that 3rd Q where we just use up the clock with very little going on was disgusting to watch.
