Lary Grand Jr wrote:I see a lot of people complaining about the line ups and the rotations, but I wonder what do you guys think about the game style you have seen so far, are you satisfied? would you change something? From what I've seen there is way too much hero ball and way too less team ball. Yeah I know it's a Beal and Russ team now, but isn't the goal is winning? In these two regular season games I feel like there is no good balance between scoring and making sure all the players are getting involved in the offense. Each player is playing for himself and his stats. I just don't like it. People praise Neto, but so far he has played 18 minutes and has only 1 assist. I don't like it. I don't like it that too many players looking to prove they are play worthy by scoring, what about passes? what about cuts? what about so many other aspects of the game, which is a TEAM game and not tennis? I've watched the Heat yesterday and I loved so much the way everybody there is looking to pass, share the ball, move without the ball, their game style reminded me why I love basketball. I want the Wizards to play team basketball, this is how IMO you build a healthy winning culture and a healthy organization. And I can't help but wondering if it's possible with Beal, Russ, Ish, Neto and so many players in the same team thinking about their own stats more than thinking about what is good for the team.
Just my thought.
Hope to see some positive team-play signs in today's game.
That seems to be the way a Westbrook led team works. Not every play, but often. He controls the ball until he draws the defense to him, and then sets up the open man. Often the defense dares him to shoot because he's not much of an outside shooter, so he becomes a high volume shooter. When he does pass there's not much time left to keep the ball moving.
Beal also holds the ball a long time. Pass is always the last option, so there's not much time left for others.
This style of play leads to a lot of turnovers for Westbrook and Beal because they're frequently surrounded by defenders. It also leads to other players' mentality, "I better shoot while I have the ball because I'm not going to have it much".
I was a big John Wall fan, but his style was similar. We had a short period a few years ago when Wall was injured, referred to as "everybody eats". Tomas Satoransky played PG and the Wizards led the league in assists for a few weeks. A fond memory for most Wizards fans.
I don't see Coach Brooks changing the team's style of play, so sharing the ball and good team play has to start with a team's stars. Not too optimistic about that happening.
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