Ron Swanson wrote:We didn't have a "modern offense" last year for a myriad of reasons (major uptick in inefficient post-ups, bottom-8 in pick and roll frequency despite having multiple efficient P&R ball-handlers). Not getting enough shots up, particularly of the 3PT variety, was absolutely a huge culprit and arguable the biggest reason we finished outside the Top-10 in offensive efficiency for only the 2nd time in 8-years.
Seriously. how many times did we lose the math game this past season? Why was that basically never an issue up until last season? Because even in seasons we got out-shot, we were more efficient than most teams because our 3PT volume off-set the difference. On average we literally gave the opposing team 5 more shots per game last year (worst amongst all playoff teams by a significant margin). Shooting efficiency in general is mostly reliant on talent, but shot volume is almost entirely a schematic/philosophy thing. It's gonna be pretty clear very early in the season whether or not we've (re: Doc) learned anything. "Do more of the things you're good at and less of the things you're mediocre-to-bad at" should not be a complicated starting point.
We took more 3s than our opponents so how exactly did that cause us to lose the math game? In the meantime, our opponents had almost 3 more 2nd chances than us per game. You want to figure out why they took a lot more shots than us, wouldn't you start with all the extra possessions they got? Shooting more FTs than them is most of the rest of it.
