therealbig3 wrote:Because Lopez can't pass out of double teams, I want him to be the clear 3rd option on offense behind Deron and JJ, not the 1st or 2nd option he's been used as during the preseason so far. He's just not good enough to be that guy. He should be used as a guy we use to get us efficient points against single coverage in the post. That's it. None of this nonsense of running the offense through him when Deron and/or JJ are on the court, makes no sense to go to Lopez when two clearly superior offensive players are out there. In fact, Brook should primarily be used as a PnR/PnP finisher, with a few touches in the post.
agreed. also, when you play brook with the ball, you can't get him shots in finishing oppurtunities. theres no reason brook shouldn't be catching lobs and dunks off penetration, and getting wide open 15 foot set shots. he's had very few catch and finish looks thus far.
ill say this re the whole "move wallace to the 4" debate... we're not going to be a good defensive team. we sag off shooters in the half court for absolutely no reason. we don't make any effort whatsoever to match up with shooters in transition. our bigs are slow in every sense of the word, they move like theyre stuck in quick sand and they have **** reaction times. our guards are too big and slow to get over screens consistently and our bigs aren't capable of showing on them. i mean, brook lopez's man can have a wide open 15 footer any time he wants it... you don't even need to put him in a pick and roll, brook will just sag and give it to him. rim protection is pretty much nonexistent. wallace at the 4 solves very few of these problems, creates a few new ones, and does not allow us to play our most effective offensive game, which should be the focus at this point. crash is a 3 who can switch onto 4s. that's what makes him an effective defensive piece. let him play his game at his position.
teletovic with the starters, in my opinion, is the most impactful shift we can make at this point. in the long run, i don't see him as meaningfully worse than hump as a defender, who has just been abysmal. as a rebounder, sure, but I want avery to show me it isn't viable. even given that he hasn't played particularly well, i see a player in teletovic. he can shoot the lights out from deep, he can pump fake and pull up, he can pass, and he gets out in transition. were a 6-0 run waiting to happen with him on the court. i dunno, i really just think he's been terribly misused thus far, given all his burn alongside backups, with aveyr in his ear every second, "i don't ever want to see you passing up any "open" shots" on these **** middling, contested looks. see what happens when you play teletovic on the strong side with deron and brook... guess how much more difficult it is to double any of our playmakers. how often does the opposing 4 simply lose him in transition? i dunno, i guess i feel like we should bet on mirza early, because I think him turning into an adequate defender and rebounder, along with what he can provide offensively, maxes out the current team's potential.
