orangello
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Bynum disappears and Gasol gives up too easily. Kobe plays hero ball too much.
Jazz and the big man strategy
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Bynum disappears and Gasol gives up too easily. Kobe plays hero ball too much.
orangello
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The history of the teams also says that Sloan should still be coaching. Things change. Hope is on the horizon!
GVC
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eh? Go watch some video of the NBA from 20 years ago. The speed, quickness, strength and overall explosiveness of the players has increased dramatically. Further, rule changes have made wing scoring much more effective relative to post scoring. The game has changed a ton.
Show me evidence that the Jazz focus on the big man offense has changed. I see none, in fact so far the opposite. Again, how many plays were set up for Hayward last year with Al and Sap on the floor? Any? I do not see Harden out on the wing, shoes nailed to floor, trying to make an entry pass to Ibaka time after time. I do see Hayward in that position a lot.
Here is a good article that might help you. NBA.com no less.
https://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/david_aldridge/04/22/aldridge.defenses/
The rules changed in the 90's and since then there has still been big men dominated teams. Shaq and the Lakers, Duncan and the Spurs (which made up most of the 00's championships). Also, Dirk and the Mavs of last year. Every championship team has had a fairly dominant big man scorer besides the Pistons.
orangello
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All I said is that there is hope.
The Jazz are building their team the right way. Someone on the team has to step up as a 20+ ppg game scorer though. We lack a player who is going to bring the game home in crunch time currently, and we lack a player who is clearly going to develop into that.
We seem to have the interior defense part on lock though, which the 1/2 the equation.
If there is a god we can get Dwill and we should have a championship contending team in 2-3 years if Kanter and Favors develop.
We seem to have the interior defense part on lock though, which the 1/2 the equation.
If there is a god we can get Dwill and we should have a championship contending team in 2-3 years if Kanter and Favors develop.
mellow
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Or this article about Kevin Mchale lammenting the lost art of post play in the NBA.
https://probasketballtalk.nbcsports...e-teaches-talks-post-play-at-adidas-eurocamp/
Best part--if a guy can score in the post, he will get double teamed. If 2 are gaurding 1, then 3 are gaurding 4, and 3 can't gaurd 4 in the NBA. I think this is why Jazz rely on post play, and Al showed some improvement in passing out of the double team.
https://probasketballtalk.nbcsports...e-teaches-talks-post-play-at-adidas-eurocamp/
Best part--if a guy can score in the post, he will get double teamed. If 2 are gaurding 1, then 3 are gaurding 4, and 3 can't gaurd 4 in the NBA. I think this is why Jazz rely on post play, and Al showed some improvement in passing out of the double team.
You will have to modify this statement in a couple weeks.
orangello
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Yes and No. James and Durant are SF's in the NBA, but their size is that of a PF in years past. The difference is they can handle the ball and shoot from the perimeter.
Yeah, but if Heat win they still have Bosh. He is an 18 ppg scorer.
Yeah, but both use them as pretty important pieces spreading the floor with their mid-range games.
And Bosh was 25 ppg scorer. He hasn't gotten any worse, he just doesn't have the touches to score that much consistently.
This year, in particular? Yes, I think they will be. Did LA make Gasol and Bynum the focus of their offense? I heard otherwise, but didn't watch the games.
proof?