Doctor Hoop
Prescribing Hardwood Excellence
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I know I'm in for a boatload of grief posting this, to the point that I almost titled the post "Sacrilege!". I like Hurley's fire, his passion, but I've yet to be impressed this year with the offense or defense in terms of creativity and/or tailoring it to the opponent. When we have more talent, we win, when we don't we lose. And regardless of the opponent our offense looks the same to me, and not much different from last year. On defense we still seem to make iffy plays that open the floor for the opponent.
I'm not seeing creativity, offensive patterns that play to players strengths, etc. We have three guys that can make a 3 more or less reliably - Vital, Polley, and Gilbert - and both Adams occasionally. And none of the plays are designed to get them a 3. We have two starters, Adams and Gilbert, who can drive and finish at the hoop reliably, and Smith and Vital occasionally can do it. But none of the plays open up the floor for them to take advantage of that They get to the hoop, or near it, surrounded and outmanned. There's way too much standing around, with guys watching one-on-one play.
Maybe this is just the players - bad habits, not enough time to work on it, not enough talent, etc. But particularly when your players aren't as talented as you'd like them to be, you've got to create more structure to put them in positions that work for them. Nova ran an NBA-style offense in the second half today, and it worked for them because they could seemingly all drive, and also shoot from 3. We ain't got that.
I'm not seeing creativity, offensive patterns that play to players strengths, etc. We have three guys that can make a 3 more or less reliably - Vital, Polley, and Gilbert - and both Adams occasionally. And none of the plays are designed to get them a 3. We have two starters, Adams and Gilbert, who can drive and finish at the hoop reliably, and Smith and Vital occasionally can do it. But none of the plays open up the floor for them to take advantage of that They get to the hoop, or near it, surrounded and outmanned. There's way too much standing around, with guys watching one-on-one play.
Maybe this is just the players - bad habits, not enough time to work on it, not enough talent, etc. But particularly when your players aren't as talented as you'd like them to be, you've got to create more structure to put them in positions that work for them. Nova ran an NBA-style offense in the second half today, and it worked for them because they could seemingly all drive, and also shoot from 3. We ain't got that.