(08-31-2021, 09:09 PM)DallasBasketball Wrote: Is it possible that a healthy KP will just naturally be those things again? I realize we just came off a season of major regression in those areas (especially defense)/(less pick n roll may have been a strategy) but KP’s ongoing health challenge could have played a role in what Carlisle was asking of him in the game plan(offensively).
That could be. I think that his health naturally producing a strong improvement is certainly the desired outcome.
Particularly on the defensive end. If he could re-acquire his mobility, he might be a good rim protector again, for example.
I don't know if PNR is totally a question of his health, although that is probably a factor. I remember reading/hearing some stuff about strategies being determined more than most fans realize by what the stars do/don't want to do, and that KP preferred not to roll. FWIW.