TTNN wrote:yosemiteben wrote:lin is ok wrote: But heck the 2nd unit seriously needs some stability and frankly I don't think Batum extending his minutes and playing PG is helping them warm up. look at his turn overs. No doubt Batum does create some great assits, but not off a dribble as a point guard. This 2nd unit has some serious trust issues, cause everyone on it is fighting for their own minutes rather than for each other.
I actually completely disagree, but it's just on the eyeball test and I'm curious to see how the stats bare this out. I feel like running Batum with the second unit gives greater stability because so far Lin and Lamb have not shown to be great at facilitating ball movement (not necessarily their fault). Lately it has seemed like Lin gets jammed up trying to create too much off the dribble, and I personally feel a lot more confident that the ball will be moved intelligently with Batum on the floor, his TOs notwithstanding.
Might be my bias though.
In general, I feel Batum on the floor with Lin is the best combination as those two could work together beautifully, play off each other, and they could be really synergistic. That was most obvious in the first three games.
However, in the past two games, Batum and Lin has less of that togetherness but more like take turns, and also Batum kind of take more on himself, and Lin defer a lot. Not sure that's coach's decision or somehow it turns out that way, it wasn't working nice, and getting close to antagonise each other.
I think for two dominant ball handlers, the best way for them to work together is to really share the ball and play off each other, that way it becomes multidimensional and way less predictable. But if they only share the ball by taking turns, it will be way less dangerous, and very limited.
whatever but the results show that it is not work
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