THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

[Dundalis]

Luka is great. His offense is great. Love him. But his sky high usage also wears him down and depresses output and energy from other guys. Running more is possible with him, he's done it with Slovenia. They can do both. Get other people involved by running more and getting the energy up and let Luka do his thing when they need it, to close out halves and games or when they just need points. That's what Jordan and Kobe used to do, get everyone else going and then take over when you have to do it.

His usage goes down with Kyrie on the court, that's a guarantee. My comment was more about when the ball is in Luka's hands. Luka will outlet pass down court if guys run. But they don't or haven't. But ultimately, Luka will still get a load of entry passes to work the block, and Luka as ball handler will assess and break down defenses the same way he has been which both are heavy clock eating actions. That's not gonna change IMO, it just won't be quite as frequent as it has been. It's Kyrie who will drive the faster pace. I'll also be interested to see if they give Green ball handling duties even when both Luka and Kyrie are on the court. Kyrie was way more off ball than I expected him to be this game.