Braggins wrote:mrknowitall215 wrote:Braggins wrote:Al doesn't really pass out of double teams much though. Generally, no matter how many defenders they send at him he forces a shot. He is still fairly effective when forcing the issue like this but I think the obsession with our need for shooting is a little overblown. I mean, we definitely do need shooting but not so much that we should be targeting role players like Mcdermott in the draft just because they can shoot. We still need overall talent more than we need shooters for the rare occasions when Al decides to pass out of the post. If anything, we need shooters more to space the floor so our perimeter guys have more room to attack the basket but that won't really matter if all our perimeter guys our one dimensional role players like Neal and Mcbuckets. The frustrating part is that there are guys that will be available at our spots in the draft that have upside and can shoot (Stauskas, Lavine, Young) but with the exception of the possibility of Stauskas it seems like we are going to get stuck with career backups.
I've been adamant about Charlotte needing a scorer than can shoot from beyond the arc a little more than they need a shooter from the beyond the arc that can score a little. If you look at the starting lineup, they performed well together against other starters all the while consisting of Henderson & MKG on the wings lacking perimeter skills. The problem is that when points are needed, Henderson isn't good enough to be depended on. If Henderson averaged 3-5 more points and was more dependent for frequent 20-plus point games then perimeter shooting wouldn't even be considered much of a issue. They can easily sign a proven deadly 3-point threat via free agency like Anthony Morrow instead of wasting a draft pick for one just because
Agree, people are obsessed with #spacing. Having good shooters to space the floor is great but not at the expense of everything else. Our #spacing lineups were terrible most of the time. There are plenty examples of teams succeeding without a bunch of shooters. You just need to adjust the offensive strategy, which so far doesn't seem like something Clifford is interested in. Memphis might have made it to the finals this year if they were in the East and you don't hear many complaints about their spacing.
In the front office, I don't think Cho is obsessed by #spacing, but Clifford obviously is since a lot of his success as a assistant coach hinged on putting perimeter shooters around Yao Ming & Dwight Howard. The NBA has changed so much since then from zone defenses to elaborate shading schemes that playing inside-out isn't as glamorous as it used to be
I think Cho understand this, but he just might be bad at evaluating overall talent after he fall for a player's defensive ability --- reasons why he might be the one overvaluing and/or favoring Gary Harris & Elfrid Payton a lot at #9
I firmly believe the best way to be a dangerous scoring team is to have multiple players that are threats to attack the rim off the dribble, but are at least capable perimeter shooters. You look at per se Houston (who lack defense), James Harden, Chandler Parsons, Patrick Beverley, Jeremy Lin, nor Terrence Jones are exactly knockdown 3-point shooters that you'll see in a 3-point contest, but within enough penetration from various angles it'll confuse a defense to the point where they'll have to pick their poison to close out hard on the perimeter and possibly give up the lane, or casually close out on the 3-point shot and give away the less efficient but more deadly shot from beyond the arc
