10-26-2021, 06:40 PM
(10-26-2021, 06:13 PM)hakeemfaan Wrote: Who cares what Kidd is asking the team to do might be outside their comfort zone and capabilities? The offense that everyone is lamenting over was a soft offense. It was never going to translate well as the team moved deeper into the playoffs.
Do we want some simple pleasures in the regular season or have the team playing a style that is better in the long run? Was the triangle really the best offense to build around MJ? Systems generally cater to the team as a whole with the stud also getting their chances. As Phil said though all systems are meant for 3 quarters. In the 4th the stars will take over. Last year Luka noticeably got tired in the 4th in the playoffs. We have to try something different.
Yes we may not have the personnel to run either of these options, but at least this keeps Luka a bit fresher. It also hopefully instills in him a discipline that everything need not run through him every time he is on the court. In the 4th? Yes. Don’t need that every single possession he is on the court.
Totally reasonable point of view. We have all seen Luka visibly run out of gas at the ends of games.
I think you have put your finger on the rub. Convincing Luka to buy into this idea. I can see Luka being fine with this as long as it is actually working. I am not so sure he is ever going to be agreeable to losing games, even for the sake of keeping him fresh, so that they can run the offense through DFS, or Josh Green, or whoever.
I think they desperately need one or more players who are competent to do what is necessary to take the ball out of Luka's hands and still remain competitive. In the meantime, if they need to rest him, they might have to resort to just holding him out of a game every now and then. Having the current situation drag on for the rest of the season is not a pleasant prospect. But who knows, maybe they'll surprise us and rise to the occasion.