Clyde_Style wrote:Capn'O wrote:Clyde_Style wrote:
Brunson is a shorter guard who mastered the ISO game to become what he is, because he has no inherent physical advantages to rely on other than being strong for his size.
He is the smallest player in the NBA successful at playing bully ball, but that tends to put blinders on a player whose # 1 obsession is breaking down a defense one on one.
Ideally, that ability to break down a defense should lead to drawing doubles and creating open teammates he can find off his penetration. We saw this adjustment in the DET series after a couple of games when he probed the paint with the intention of drawing coverage and then passing the ball more often.
Brunson will always get assists like Randle got assists because when you handle the ball that much you will end up dumping the ball as defenders converge and someone else will score instead.
But he is 100% a score first guard which can work if moderated. But he gets tunnel vision and loses sight of the big picture too often for a PG.
Brunson is a SG who inherits the PG role because of usage, not because he is a good floor general, which he is not most of the time. He could be, but he defaults to his strength which is ISO. And we have not figured out how to make that work as a team this year.
Indy's been cutting off his passing lanes and dealing with him having big scoring games.
We need an Iguodala type player who can also shoot. Unfortunately, Hart only fits one of the criteria. But a second playmaker.
Yes, a bigger player who can pass from the key would help. Technically speaking, KAT could presumably do that as he has good passing ability facing the rim, but that's not who he is on a regular basis.
Guys like Dray or Noah who can set picks and still have the offense run through them is what they need. It would be great if OG was that guy, but he isn't.
This is the void we had when iHart left. He was very good at this and it opened up our game and off ball movement a lot.
may i suggest josh giddey then?
