What does Finchy need to run his system?

[karch34]

Shot creating wing. Think this is likely our 1st rounder. Maybe it’s Balmaro but haven’t seen enough to believe it.

Bigger/athletic PG. Beverly is great but he’s older. JMac is a great value but he’s got his limitations. DLo doesn’t match up well against a lot of the PG out there that are more athletic.

Yeah I'm not sure what to do with Lea. I actually like the potential fit, because he provides the defensive tenacity like we get from Pat Bev while also having the PG/led guard abilities we can get from someone like JMac. I think he can slot into either role with time (an attractive quality), but how long must we wait?

Yeah. Best case he's a meaningful piece in the 2023-2024 season.

[younggunsmn]

I think Finch is the kind of coach who doesn't necessarily need to have a player "fit" his system.
His success here has been built on maximizing skillsets.

We play high wall because KAT is awful in drop and drop puts too much pressure on him as a foul prone big. I believe that's primary reason, not any preference for it from Finch.
In order to do that he needed players who could defend and rebound as low man with KAT away from the basket putting pressure on the ballhandler. No coincidence Vando has that exact skillset, along with the ability to slow down big wings who can attack from angles that make low man scheme less effective.

Naz can shoot the 3 well enough that you have to guard him, but not good enough you want him jacking up shots.
Is that worth the lack of defense, rebounding, passing? A player like monroe can be just as effective or more effective in different ways. What if we draft a big who can be highly effective in drop and actually protect the rim? Or a rim threat for ANT on a pick and roll? Isn't adding a different dimension better than simple redundancy? Wouldn't that be appealing to a coach like Finch?

I am growing to appreciate Beasley's value more. It's important to have that flamethrower who can take pressure off your star players and create space for them. Maybe Beasley should start with Beverly and D-Lo should come off the bench.

The one thing that would really boost this team is upgrading Russell with a legit max player, which will not be easy.
Maybe if BRK sours on SImmons enough we can make a deal.

[minimus]

I am watching CHI-MIL game, Caruso is a special player. Played 10 min: 4 AST, 2 blocks, and steal. But he is doing all little things such as set good screens, help big man defending entry pass, moves the ball. One sentence was impressive when he stole the ball, lead fast break and assisted LaVine, tagged rolling Giannis and boxed him out. I really hope Bolmaro can learn defense from Beverley and grow into our version of Caruso

[TheZachAttack]

One maybe criticism I have is that l would love some more foundational concepts introduced… at a minimum for KAT.

I think our offense mainly consists of us picking a spot to throw the ball to one of our big 3 who are stationary and then we rely on their ball skills to beat defenders and either get to the rim or create 3’s for role players. Sprinkle in some Towns 2-man action and point Ant and that’s about it.

I would love to get KAT moving around the offensive zone and around screens and let KAT pop these. Tough shots but no problem for KAT and I think could be quick hitters we could use to keep Towns in rhythm avoid double teams and get him feeling his best skill (his shot).

I think it would create a lot of havoc to have Towns moving all over the zone and he would benefit from catching with some momentum and a trailing moving defender versus in a set spot against a set defender.

Probably too tiring but I would love to see Towns JJ Reddicking 3’s from all over and maybe also being able to sit in areas inside the perimeter and stop the action and break coverage rules.

Watching Towns take a bunch of KD like 3’s instead of his set shot makes me dream of him firing like 10 3’s per game and just being unguardable at that size. I think he hits 4-5 of those per game easy.