THE GREEN MACHINE: The Subtle Emergence of Josh Green

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"Design plays"? How would this work? 

It seems to me that the Mavs offense is all reactive and audibles (so to speak), with the defense deciding what they will do, Luka/Kyrie responding by figuring out who/how to attack and then reading who is open (or taking the shot themself), rather than a coach pre-determining who will get shots.

What am I missing?

I'm not talking about ISOs from the top of the key, or from the wings. Josh has shown he can go for straight line drives, but I'm not advocating ISOs for him. 

One poster here mentioned it. The cuts to the basket is one of Josh's strengths. The Mavs of last season looks like they moved away from it. That took away scoring opportunities from Josh and Dorian.

I remember back door cuts for Green was a thing. It's not often executed but, the Mavs did it every once in a while. Same goes for Dennis Smith and For Roddy B. I don't have the numbers to show, but from what I've seen there were so much less of those lob plays from the Mavs last season than previous seasons. The emphasis for lobs were for the bigs and not much for the athletic guards.

Regarding the "reactive" offense -- Luka and Kyrie can be masters taking reads, and pre-determining a shot might not be the best thing if you have such talented decision makers. But would it hurt the team if the coach tells his PGs. -- " I see Josh has a slower/smaller player on him who's incapable of guarding him, maybe you guys can throw him a lob or two at some point. We got plays for these type of scenarios."

That's a pre-determined shot taker, and you need an actual play called for it, or else it doesn't happen.