MAVS 103, NUGGETS 89

[F Gump]

I agree with all of this, and I don't feel like I'm letting Luka off the hook for any of it in my head. 

But, I still think it's dumb to go away from what he does well offensively. Add nuance it, fine. Work to diversify it a bit, sure. Completely discard spread pick and roll as the basis for the system? I'm sorry, I just don't agree with that.

"I still think it's dumb to go away from what he does well offensively."

You got "Luka needs to change his style" from what I said? That's not at all what I was talking about.

Let me use different words this time.

I am a believer in the genius of Nellie's offfensive philosophy in general. He was a genius ahead of his time, and he would preach relentlessly about shooting pcts, not game stats, as the key to winning a game. Gotta win at points per shot.

Luka, right now, does not. He's mediocre (to be kind).

There are multiple ways to skin that cat. Find a way to shoot more layups. Draw more fouls (assuming you then convert at a high rate). Use 3s made at a high pct to bring the net result up. Become a better shooter overall.

But Luka is shooting less layups, less free throws, and his rate of making 3s and FTs is sinking (when they both needed to improve a lot already). He takes more shots than anyone, but his pts/shot is bad -- and as long as your volume shooter is not a great shooter, your ceiling is going to be low. His TS% is 53% which is abysmal. 

PGs without great shots, who also don't get to the rim, create issues for their own game and for team.

There are quite a few choices of ways for him to raise the bottom line. But it is on him, not teammates, to get better in the ways that fix the issue. I can't simply assume he will improve, when he's going the other way.