gigantes wrote:ecuhus1981 wrote:Food for thought, hot out of the youtube oven:
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After listening to him open the v-blog with a deal of... brand-building I guess it was, I wasn't really too keen on his first point-- that Blake Griffin didn't play enough minutes. I mean yeah, that may be a decent argument I suppose, but not only has it been hashed out plenty in this very thread, but such arguments are amongst the most weak and watery of all sports critique, i.e. that 'someone either played too much or too little.' Just not a great opener for me. Bah.
Anyway, maybe I can still learn something here. Could you tell me what points of his you did agree with, Ecuhus?
TBH, I only catch every 2-3 games, and am simply not sharp enough to spot all the potential things Nash goofs on, aside from sometimes seeming to miss strategic timeout opportunities, especially late in games.
-Doesn't adjust to whats happening in the game. what other teams are doing well
-Doesnt take advantage of opponents weakness (i.e. exploting teams that dont defend pick and roll well, etc.)
-Doesnt challenge plays that require challenges (i.e. clear bad call that results in free throws + foul on a star)
-Doesnt disrupt the flow of players who are on a roll by doubling, trapping, not switching everything, etc...
-Inability to manage close/late games. horrific at something as simple as inbounding the ball
-Does value defensive possesion. will sub in offense for final possesions but not sub in defense for final possesions
-Doesnt adjust to teams defenses. lives and dies by our gameplan coming in. 0 creativity.
-Glues 1-way defenders to the bench, resists any lineup without 5 shooters, even when we are getting crushed on D
- too much rah-rah and nnot enough actual substance.
Mostly its awful/lack of use of timeouts, awful/lack of use of challenges, and 0 in-game adjustments