Spates wrote:sidsid wrote:JN wrote:I don't want him to be the PG per se.
When he is assigned the point (say the games FVV was hurt), he tends to pound at the top a little more than normal, and tries to create from the top which due to his dribbling and penetration restricts lanes and his great passing skills. The games he was the point are not those he has had the most assists.
I just want him to get the ball much more in varied spots within the key. Or get him the ball when he is moving/rolling where he has a knack more than others to create. That is where he can do damage and take advantage of his +++ creation and passing skills more easily.
So there would be another PG on the floor, but they would play off the ball much more than the current PG in FVV. Frustrating thing, is that it probably could work between the two because FVV despite his struggles is a good shooter. But for whatever reasons its not working.
Who brings the ball up the floor isn't much of a concern nor really the point. You'll need another ball handler after him and Siakam, but that's more to grease the wheels for an offense than an actual role.
You can give Scottie some PNR ball handling for flavour, but what you're really looking for in an offense that fits Scottie is movement by the entire team.
The fixation on how he does when plowing through guys in an iso - in the post or the perimeter - while no one moves is exactly what's wrong with the current coaching.
You want an offense that keeps the ball moving, that puts Scottie at the center of the decision making in the middle of the floor (Siakam would also cycle into those spots) and that encourages teammates to pass the ball with the expectation that they'll likely get it back during the possession.
Barnes already has the instincts to work off of that movement to create those advantages. He's raw in a lot of offensive skills, but manipulating defenses with his passing is ready now. Just need a coach/offense who will exploit it. This has been a wasted year on that front. Team is way worse off because of it.
You might appreciate this video. It's a breakdown of the damage of good roll man can provide. I think a lot of what's here in this video can be emulated by Precious, Barnes, and Jakob.
Compare that action to this:
This is cherrypicked, of course. But it's a woefully blown 2 on 1. The roll is rarely a threat with Fred as the handler.
I have no doubt that Scottie will be able to make the passes, it's the bigger issue of the inevitable contraction of the defense. We already see it with Siakam, where opposing defenses sell out on both going under screens and dropping even deeper to contain Siakam to spots where he already operates normally: the elbow/nail.
Any action that relies on the defense respecting Scottie's pull-up will be mitigated fairly quickly. You can definitely have it as flavour, but it's not going to be bread and butter until Scottie finds spots on the floor where he's a knockdown shooter.
There are limits to what Scottie can do in iso or even 2 man games as a player and the team's lack of shooting, which is why the offense needs a complete overhaul to fit the skills of our bigs, which is passing and movement.
