Nivek wrote:I think Davis will be a very good offensive player in the NBA (and a great defender). Doc covered the defense. On offense, he was absurdly, preposterously efficient and it wasn't because he was low usage.
Let me say this about that. I commonly have a mental correction for players in the Coach Cal Dribble Drive Motion offense. The system tends to post 4 perimeter players on slashing attack so the single Big has more opportunities for interior play on dump offs and the like. Joey Dorsey for instance surely benefitted from defenses that were loaded up trying to defend the perimeter. Ditto Big Cuz. (It also tends to inflate TOs for guards a little and reduce their rebound totals which penalizes them in the eyes of the Win Score dingleBerris. Coach Cal doesn't strictly want his guards rebounding since he wants them ready for transition, ether pushing it up or defending against same.. And as far TOs he lives with allowing his players to make their own plays instead of a Flip Saunders like anal retentive control diagramming and calling plays on every possession).
This year I wouldn't say the offense was necessarily flipped on it's head forcefeeding the post. The team was too talented for that. Balanced attack across the court. That offensive efficiency of Davis is testament less to his dominance and more to his intelligence. He made the plays he had to, passed out instead of forcing it if he wasn't the right option. I'm saying we have no real idea about the outside limit of his offensive ability, since he himself never pushed it much. But I do believe if he needs to learn a skill to improve his utility on the floor, he'll do so. As for points I wouldn't guess he'd score much more than 12 or 13 a game, but I expect his +/- will be noteworthy, even on a team with Seraphin and Nene if we're so lucky.
