enetric wrote:Just read through the last few pages. Obviously, Brown took a lot of the hits from you guys tonight. Some blaming Nash for him being in, others simply blaming Brown for missed shots.
While I understand those comments, oddly when the game ended I wasn't even thinking about Brown. First off, Nash went short rotation with heavy starter minutes. To expect Nash to adjust in game is like expecting Linus to see the Great Pumpkin. No way the worst in game coach in this league was going to adjust. He was finishing with that 5, end of story. Obviously, Brown was the one bright spot on offense tonight...well him and KD in the 3rd. And the first miss, the floater from the Kyrie pass in the lane was a good shot. He just missed. And the second one was a broken play off the bobbled in bound pass. Kyrie saves it from going out of bounds, and Brown who was the guy who bobbled the Blake in bounds was chasing after it and was the closest guy. I replayed this 10 times. Brown at this point had a wide open lane, and KD never rotated back out from the far left corner. He just stayed there in no man's land.
He had no one to pass to and an open center of the floor. He made the right read even if it's not the shot you want. Credit Brook Lopez for staying on the ball and he put himself between Brown and Kyrie who rolls outside, trailing the ball and did not give Brown an angle to pass the ball back. There were only 8.5 seconds left when Brown gets control after the Kyrie pass. No one came to the ball for a reset. KD could have cut across the middle for the pass...didn't. So? Right play by Brown...better D by Lopez.
Spot on.
Both times Brown shoots, its with 10 seconds or less on the shot/game clock, After the ball ends up in his hands as not the primary option, with a lane in front of him to the kind of shot he is routinely asked to take.
As a coach, you have to at least anticipate, that there is a 50/50 probability it is going to end up with Brown shooting the ball, especially if you are using him to screen for the ball handler. The first possession, at the very least, you have to assume is a high probability of Brown getting it in an area where he has the green light to shoot.
Second one, broken play, chaos... less on the coaching. but again, your down by 1. less then 24 seconds on the clock and your coming out of a timeout. Why don't you have an all-offense lineup on the floor? Why are you preparing your team:
"guys we have 10-12 seconds. if we cant inbound it, call a timeout. if we get trapped, call a timeout. if it breaks down, call a timeout". or when you see kyrie save it after it nearly rolls out of bounds, run to the ref and call a timeout.
Brown is the last person to be blamed. If you want KD/Kyie to get that shot... then run a Kyrie/KD pick and roll. where they either need to switch or its KD getting it as role guy instead of bruce brown.
