04-19-2021, 11:05 AM
(04-19-2021, 10:16 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Last night they mentioned how few fast break buckets the Mavs get. This has been a pet peeve of mine for a while. The pace picked up in the third when Luka was out. I understand Luka likes the ball to survey the floor. But I wish he would push the pace more. He has done it a few times this year and I really like it. I really like putting pressure on the defense. Open threes on a break is fine, but I would much prefer trying to get easy baskets at the rim. It may help our role players to get some easier baskets as well.
Our offense was very good last year playing the same style, but it bugged me last year too. For me, nothing is scarier than when Lebron gets the ball and is going downhill looking for quick, easy baskets. Luka isn't quite a fast as Lebron, but I think he can play the same way.
The pace is on Carlisle and nobody else. We play slow, so we don´t commit the evil turnovers. We don´t go after offensive rebounds, cause it exposes us defensively. Been that way for 15 years.
Of course you can run with Luka. The dude could probably throw fullcourt alley-oop passes behind his back.
Another reason rookies are screwed here btw. They can´t use the one advantage they have: young legs to outrun old people down the floor. So instead they are supposed to outsmart guys in the halfcourt that have 15 years of know-how on them. Josh Green cannot outsmart Ingles and Bogdanovic in the halfcourt with Gobert waiting at the rim, but he can out-run them down the floor. If he was allowed to (be on the floor).