TAKE DAT WIT YOU 11/11

[DanSchwartzgan]

Thanks for posting those, KL. They really illustrate a basic problem with the current offense that we were seeing in the first couple of games. So to say DAL is 7-4 in spite of this disfunction is pretty good.

Watching the clips it seems like they want to do everything on the same play, PnR with Luka & DP, low post KP, DFS & THJ placed for corner 3s. So once Luka and DP start their PnR, KP immediately posts then two dribbles and all 10 players are below the FT line. I know corner 3s are the most effective, but the current system doesn't allow for that unless you make an early pass to the shooter before the sight lines get obscured. As the action moves toward the basket, nobody is rotating out top for a bail out. THJ is pretty good at that spot. You can see in one of the clips that Luka expects someone to be on top as DP runs away and THJ has to rescue the pass. 

This offense can't continue with 2 guys run to the corners while 3 guys run to the basket, can it?
 

This can't be by design unless the design is to let players do what they wish to do.  KP crushes Powell's chance at a lob.  Powell and KP crush Luka's chance at a play at the rim.  Powell crushes KP's (slim) chance at a post basket.  You can't really blame KP and Powell if they are given the freedom to do what they (think) the do best.  But it will never work unless the options off of this kind of action are more clearly delineated.

This is why I've been saying Maxi needs to start and be the first player out at the six minute mark.  From there you get some KP and later Powell as solo big (against reserves) with Brunson.  Then, when Luka returns Maxi comes back.  You can finish halves however you wish, but there is a version of this that holds down the minutes for both KP and Maxi as DFS would get some minutes in the 4/5 rotation when we play single big.