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Message: [QUOTE="tzznandrew, post: 2437378, member: 168"] A lot of modern NBA offenses are predicated on keeping spacing by minimizing off the ball movement (players in corners) until a pick and roll or something else (dribble hand off, guard taking opponent off the dribble, etc.) sets them in motion. Sometimes, they don't move: they're there so their defender can't cheat. We've seen our guys run it; the play against Oregon where Gilbert found the cutting Anderson was exactly that sort of play. Our problems seem to me to have a few levels: [INDENT]1. the offense needs the offensive players to be able to break down the defender [I]or[/I] shoot well to keep them honest. Adams and Gilbert can get into the lane at will, it seems, but their lack of shooting hurts because the defenders can sag a bit, meaning there isn't as much space when they get past their first defender; Larrier can't comfortably blow past his defender and finish; 2. the shooters in the corners need to keep the defenders honest; ours so far haven't; 3. as Niels said, the guards have to make quick decisions and don't seem to: they need to be blowing past their defenders around the 20 second mark if possible, because that creates the necessary chaos for multiple passes. Why do we wait so long? Perhaps because of 1-2. Perhaps because KO wants to slow the game down possession-wise (the only team that had the horses to really play this way--you need a rebounder to minimize the other team getting second chances and a big who can pop or roll after setting the screen--was the 2016 team, but Gibbs couldn't get separation, DHam couldn't shoot, Adams wasn't ready, and Purvis couldn't finish; 14 didn't have the rebounding or depth and so we slowed games down). Perhaps because Adams/Gilbert/Larrier aren't making decisive enough moves. Or perhaps because there are too many other new guys (including Larrier/Gilbert) that when the initial penetration or pick-and-roll happens they don't make their move on time, messing up the timing. Who knows.[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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