04-08-2021, 08:24 AM
(04-08-2021, 08:18 AM)Time Machine Dirk Wrote: Luka's dribbling and step back threes can't be part of our offense for closing out games anymore. It was far too often last year and far too often it was not crowned with success. The offense gets stagnant because these plays and you know what the opposite of stagnant is? FLOW!
Ya I think Luka was just playing lazy. He couldn't be stopped when he drove. He would get 1-1 and an easy basket or a wide open shooter in the corner. He could have ran that over and over again. No reason to shoot step backs except he probably got tired.
One observation with KP is that a lot of times he is behind Luka which is not optimal if he wants to get the ball. Luka has great vision but he is mostly looking at what's left and right of him. He rarely drops the ball off to KP or spins around and passes to KP. I wish Rick would put KP somewhere else and have another player set the screen for Luka.
One play/action I wish the Mavs would run OVER and OVER because it can't be stopped is setting up Luka on the block near the basket and having KP throw in the ball to him where he is close enough that his defender has to decide whether to stay on KP or dig/double Luka. They did this one time and I am like this action is unstoppable. Either Luka gets a high percentage shot or KP will get a wide open outside shot. They passed the ball a couple times to each other, kind of like monkey in the middle. It puts the help defender in an impossible position.