10-09-2020, 12:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2020, 01:25 PM by KillerLeft.)
(10-09-2020, 12:09 PM)fifteenth Wrote: One possibility may be someting like this. The Monte/Dirk/BWright/Tyson offense performed with record setting efficiency (before that Rondo showed up), and they did so by creating space. But the space they created was more about towards the basket gravity instead of primarliy shooting created gravity. I'm wondering if they want a KP/DP lineup to perform a bit like that. Maybe they scramble the defense because when Luka crosses center court the defense is trying to figure out which pnr they're about to attached with, Luka/KP or Luka/DP. Maybe the Mavs think Powell's 3 is coming along such that KP can hit 3's off of the DP pnr and DP can hit 3's off of the KP pnr. And imagine if we finally get that other ball handler, or that Seth is that other ball handler. You have endless pnr options with Luka and Seth both playing off of DP and KP, and additionally, something I'd love, Luka setting picks for KP and Seth. It could become a beautiful anti-Harden work of art. These are just my musings. I don't know how much reality is here.
Did BWright and Chandler really spend much time playing together that season though? I honestly don't remember, but I would assume not.
You make a good point about Curry here. We know Carlisle was conflicted about what to do with he and THJ, and that he ultimately decided on THJ in the starting lineup and Curry off the bench. I believe that against some teams, they BOTH would've started in the playoffs, with Powell injured. Not trying to involve yet another polarized political party in the conversation, but I would be very interested in Calrlisle's honest answer to the following question:
We know that starting had a positive effect on Hardaway's play, but was this decision made because A) they KNEW he was going to be here, and to win, they had to maximize HIS value, while Curry was still good coming off the bench, or B) on top of the benefits to Hardaway's usefulness, the staring lineup worked BETTER as a whole with him than it did with Curry in it.
I suspect the THJ supporters here, like myself, tend to think B, while the haters would lean A. I can't honestly claim to know the answer though. IF Curry IS that 2nd ball handler I've been screaming for, then it's A, because THJ is not. He's an elite floor spacer, nothing more, nothing less. In that case, I think Hardaway is in Curry's way. But, again, I think it's B. I think they're BOTH floor spacers, and that THJ is actually the better one.
That's a little convoluted, sorry. I hope it makes sense.