76ciology wrote:I dont think we have enough sample size. But on eyetest the offense is much better when its being run by guys like Ish, Fultz or Maxey.
Its mainly because the game has designed the PnR to be the most effective action on offense, and we can’t do that with Ben being a PG.
think about it.. we have 3 all defensive team players and we still struggle defending the PnR.
I feel (im not speaking with certainty) like if you can have just a decent PG who can run PnR like Dragic or Conley, it would make a huge difference that it can easily compensate whatever contribution of Ben. Our defense is not anchored by ben and other defensive wings like thybulle can shine and replace, while a PG can also lead the transition offense.
Halfcourt offense is the most important aspect of the game. More than defense. More than transition offense. If you can make a leap on your halfcourt offense, you can easily make big improvements with your team.
Most games in the playoffs is basically a game of runs until a close game down the stretch. It will ask each team “how good are you on your halfcourt offense?”
This season should have been a disaster if not for Embiid making a big leap of improvement on his jumpshot that allows us to absorb some lousy offensive actions because we can always dump the ball to Embiid. And you can see this with how bad our offense is when Biid is not playing or whenever Biid’s jumper is not falling.
Should be interesting how we’d perform against the good teams in the playoffs. Good teams. Not in the same hierarchy of Wizards or Hornets.
Pull up 3P shooting is the biggest swing skill in the game, and we are the worst or second worst team in the league at that. Ben certainly doesnt help here, but getting one of these guys to combine him with Ben & Joel has always been the obvious solution.
